Stephen Thompson More recommendations from the Pop Culture Happy Hour newsletter Please justify the time that I spent researching and writing it. It is a really fascinating bit of cultural archaeology, and you will get such a snapshot of popular music for the last 40 years. It is really interesting to go back and listen to everything he has ever released in chronological order and hear the way that he has evolved as a satirist, as a songwriter, as a performer, how his band has evolved into this incredible Swiss Army knife that can reproduce any sound. If you've got, I don't know, what did it take? About 12 hours to listen to every single song he's released? He has 14 studio albums, plus an album of rarities that's on a box set, and a few other kind of stray singles here and there. The news peg that we're hanging this on is the 40th anniversary of the release of Weird Al Yankovic's self-titled debut album. I have spent the last several weeks listening to every song ever released by Weird Al Yankovic, so that I could put together a 5,600 word omnibus ranking of the 40 greatest Weird Al Yankovic songs for NPR Music's website. Music Lists 40 Songs From 40 Years Of 'Weird Al' Yankovic Episodes premiere on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block, but will end up streaming on HBO Max the next day. There's some Betty Boop, some Felix the Cat, a little Asterix in there. This time out, he's riffing on old-school animation, classic Disney. If you know Tartakovsky's work, you know that this guy designs worlds you just want to live in. Metaphor, adolescence, metaphor, blah.īut the show parcels out the relationships between the characters, and you get some interesting twists and connections as the show progresses. And this time, the three warrior spirits, which are a sorceress, a monk and a knight, end up inhabiting the bodies of kids and teenagers for some reason. This time out, the evil arises in a kind of alt universe, steampunk London, and something goes wrong. The show is about three immortal spirits who, whenever an ancient evil returns, inhabit and transform the bodies of some normal people to fight against it. Jesse Royal and Sevana joined Protoje early in the set for 'Sudden Flight'.Unicorn: Warrior's Eternal is a new animated series from Genndy Tartakovsky, who did Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack and Primal. With Protoje calling back all the friends on stage to close his set, Chronixx again ignited a fire in the crowd when he started his monster hit 'Skanking', with Agent Sasco fanning the flames with 'Mix Up'.Įarlier, upcoming act Lila Ike got a huge response from the crowd with 'Second Chance' and after innocently exiting the stage, to be called back by Protoje, she delivered another telling moment in her section of 'Not Another Word' that included Protoje and Agent Sasco. The excitement level across Catherine Hall went through the roof when Chronixx was brought on to perform 'No Guarantee' and 'Who Knows' - the latter especially sending the crowd into a frenzy. For the latter, he changed the words to include the Petrojam scandal plaguing the Jamaica government and the Catholic church's debacle of priest allegedly molesting boys. Protoje still shone by himself, with his performance of his singles 'Like That' and 'Blood Money' among others attracting huge roars of approval. The conscious reggae toaster had a commanding performance lasting approximately 45 minutes, during which he performed collaborations with Jesse Royal, Sevana, Lila Ike, Agent Sasco and Chronixx to enhance his act. Protoje was in top form during his performance at Reggae Sumfest at Catherine Hall in Montego Bay early Sunday morning, with a scintillating set that included his musician friends joining him on stage to thrill the huge crowd.
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