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Still Processing

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News, Arts

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🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

How "Old Town Road" gave us hope without making us cringe, and became our song of the year. Discussed this week: Joe Coscarelli, Alexandra Eaton, Will Lloyd, Eden Weingart, Antonio de Luca and Alicia DeSantis. "Diary of a Song — ‘Old Town Road’: See How Memes and Controversy Took Lil Nas X to the Top of the Charts" (The New York Times, May 10, 2019)Jon Caramanica. "The Short Rise and Long Tail of Lil Nas X" (The New York Times, Jun. 26, 2019)Jade Jolie"Shut Up & Sing" (directed by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck, 2006)BriMalandro.tumblr.com

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0:00.0	I'm Jenna Wertham.
0:04.6	And I'm Wesley Morris.
0:06.1	We are two culture writers at the New York Times.
0:09.9	This is still processing.
0:12.9	So good.
0:21.4	It never gets tired.
0:26.3	I never get tired of hearing this banjo.
0:29.4	Yeah, I'm going to take my horse to a tarot.
0:34.8	Right till I can't know more.
0:37.3	I'm going to take my horse to a tarot.
0:41.5	Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh.
0:45.0	Boom.
0:46.0	I dare you not to hit the well when that beat drops.
0:48.8	Yeah.
0:49.3	Like try not to smile.
0:50.5	Yeah.
0:51.0	Try not to be happy.
0:52.1	Try not to fill your mood elevated.
0:53.8	The other thing that I love about this song is the banjo
0:57.6	is a sample from a nine inch nail song, which is so dope.
1:00.4	My favorite favorite part actually is this.
1:03.0	This is the end of the song.
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