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I hate when I say things like "oh I want an ipod classic but with bluetooth so I can use wireless headphones" and some peanut comes in and replies with "so a smartphone with spotify?" No. I want a 160GB+ rectangular monstrosity where I can download every version of every song I want to it and it does nothing except play music and I don't need a data connection and don't have to pay a subscription to not have ads and don't have popups suggesting terrible AI playlists all over the menus.

Gimme the clicky wheel and song titles like "My Chemical Romance- The Black Parade- Blood (Bonus Track)- secret track- album rip- high quality"

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I really feel like tumblr’s fallen down on the job in not properly celebrating this very important holiday

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From the gifset I made last year for June Millington's birthday, you might think that I am a fan particularly of her slide guitar playing. And you would be correct. 🙂

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I'm not sure that this is a hill I particularly feel like dying on (at least maybe not today. Check back tomorrow), but it seems to me like people make way too big of a deal about RPF as if historical fiction, featuring historical figures (even/especially like world leaders and politicians), isn't a completely fucking legitimate genre for BOOKS...NOVELS...PUBLISHED PIECES OF WORK THAT THE AUTHORS ACTUALLY GET PAID FOR. And folks want to clutch their pearls because RPF writers dare to write fanfiction about actors and musicians? Get real.

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Happy birthday, June Millington! (b. April 14, 1948)

"I don’t think I came to music. I think music came to me—or was already embedded when I came into this sphere, this realm, this Earth. And that feels really good because it’s part of the fabric that makes me feel a part of everything." (x)

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Why am I suddenly getting so annoyed with the way my coworker/previous supervisor has structured emails to me (she's an ELA teacher, by the way) that I just had the thought, 'Damn, I SHOULD be a teacher, because I'd be a GREAT teacher, just like that little 6th grade girl told me.'

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I've posted about this song before (even though Tumblr's still-fucked search function tells me I haven't!?) and how emotional it makes me, but today, of course, I want to highlight the utter perfection that is June Millington's outro slide solo, that you can also hear even better (okay...arguably. The audio and video quality are horrible, but you can still at least hear it, even if it doesn't sound as amazing as it could) in this live performance of this song.

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Green Day referenced the genocide in Palestine at fucking Coachella, but PEARL JAM COULDN'T [at any of their concerts]?

Hey, hi, I'm sorry, but something is wrong with that picture.

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Tracklist:

All This Time • Staring at the Wall • Paradise • Queen of the Sea • Visions • Running • I Just Wanna Dance • I'm Awake • Swept Up in the Night • On My Way • Alone With My Thoughts • That's Life

Spotify ♪ YouTube

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I've been planning to buy June Millington's memoir for at least like six fucking years. Well, I'm finally fucking do it, today, for June's birthday but also as an early birthday present to myself. :')

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Oh my god. When I say that June Millington's Youtube channel is a treasure trove of absolute gems, I CAN'T OVERSTATE THAT. This made me cry (happy and grateful tears), because "Where You Lead" is one of my favorite Carole King songs ever, and Fanny and Barbra Streisand absolutely do it justice!!!

And oh my goodness, you just MUST read June's story behind this recording (from the description of the Youtuve video):

Our band Fanny, along with Barbra Streisand, had the same producer for awhile - around '71-'72 - experimenting with some projects, one of them playing together in the studio. Well, why not? She had come to see us play at the Whiskey A-Go-Go several times in Hollywood, and those were hot, steamy nights, with everyone going crazy over the music and the scene. She was out on dates with Ryan O'Neal, who I'd have to admit was one of the most beautiful men I'd met at the time. Simply gorgeous. They were having a great time, and so were we. And it seemed natural, and of course an honor. We arranged "Where You Lead," with Richard Perry - our shared producer - involved, of course (he picked the key), and met her at Capitol Studios. Well, we met Richard there first, going over the set-up and finals on the arrangement if there were any. And off we went! She came in, saying she was nervous because she'd never sung live with a band before, and I believed her. In fact, I sat across from her, knee-to-knee, and went over the vocal with her. If it were an act, it worked well, 'cause we were by then all ready to go and she nailed it from take one. (I think they took take 5 but it doesn't matter, she nailed it from the jump.) And Fanny? We never faltered, you can be sure. We knew how to play, were well-prepared and confident. And that's the true story.

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Jean Millington and June Millington, from Ladies on the Stage, 1977; edited by me, photo credited to Pierre Chanteau

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"All Mine" performed by Fanny live on The Midnight Special on April 13, 1973 (x)

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I was listening to this song yesterday when it came on my mp3 player on shuffle, and I just had to have A Moment over how fucking good this band is.

I mean, you should all know by now how obsessed I am with guitar and piano/keyboard/organ interplay, but June and Nickey really fucking go for it in this song to the MOST FANTASTIC DEGREE and I swear, as brief as it is, it is SOOOOOO FUNNNNNN! Not to mention how insane Jean's bassline is on this song (that could, or maybe even should, be the first thing I mention about this song in general, actually - HOLY CRAP, IT'S AMAZING), AND how the three of them manage to keep up with Alice.

I know Alice, Kristen, and Byron talk about this song in the Get Behind Fanny podcast, but I'm glad they did, because otherwise I'm pretty sure I almost never hear Fanny fans talk about this song, and it SOOOO deserves to be talked about.

I also, while listening to this yesterday, tried to imagine how this song would sound live and my brain almost imploded.

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Happy birthday, June Millington! (b. April 14, 1948)

"I don’t think I came to music. I think music came to me—or was already embedded when I came into this sphere, this realm, this Earth. And that feels really good because it’s part of the fabric that makes me feel a part of everything." (x)

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Mount Rainier