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Ear worm that I can't figure out. The main part of the chorus sounds like "Waaaaaaaailin'!" or "Raaaaaaay Lynn!" or "Heeeeeeyyyyy Lynn!" That's repeated two or three times and then it's "Never let me down oh no" or something along those lines, repeated a couple times in a more conversational tone. Genre/style is like the Rolling Stones or the Eagles or something along those lines. [more inside]
posted by lapis at 8:06 PM - 13 answers

Losing my mind trying to find an oldish song by a defunct Canadian indie band whose title is some variation on [Woman's name][Couture-related][Negative occurrence] that would be like "Sally's Denim Disaster" or "Mary's Fashion Failure".
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 5:09 PM - 5 answers

I have long had a movie scene in my mind of Steve Buscemi clutching his upper arm in a parking lot before collapsing in a heart attack. [more inside]
posted by ojocaliente at 7:34 AM - 4 answers

The first place I heard How Soon Is Now was a TV commercial that used to play in the US in the early 1990s. It was just the HSIN instrumental track/soundbed with no vocals, and a boom camera panning across what looked like speed skaters in silver jumpsuits on some kind of treadmill-like training device in a large moodily-lit studio. The performers leaned forward and did their skating motions in place while watching moving landscapes projected on giant screens in front of them. Can anyone help me find this commercial, on YouTube or similar? [more inside]
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 6:13 AM - 4 answers

I remember reading a book from at least 15 years ago about the Roman invasion of the Celtic / Anglo Saxon territories. It was written in an odd dialect (old-English-ish, with a glossary) and was essentially a post-apocalyptic survival tale set 2000 years ago. I cannot for the life of me remember the name or author, and my Google-fu is failing me. Does this ring any bells for anyone? Thanks in advance!
posted by ananci at 12:07 PM - 9 answers

The song “I Come With Mud” off of the new Men I Trust album has this very, very tasty lead guitar solo tone in the back half. I want more songs like that with some specifics inside. [more inside]
posted by glaucon at 6:16 AM - 11 answers

I think it was maybe a month ago, there was some discussion about a movie possibly? Set in the semi-near future, where you could hire pets by the hour via an app (for the busy professional). [more inside]
posted by many-things at 11:56 PM - 3 answers

”I told you I was not a big Renee Zellweger fan” remains in rotation in the Lemkin household. But what is Carmela referring to when she guilt trips Father Phil about Rosalie Aprile?
posted by Lemkin at 8:40 AM - 6 answers

I saw a documentary in 2020 on internet trolling, early 4chan culture, and the like, and I could’ve sworn it was called “Lulz: A Corruption of Lol” - but when I look that up, I get nothing. [more inside]
posted by wheatlets at 3:33 PM - 2 answers

Lots of web search, no luck finding the lyrics for this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1icO5fzHsOY I even tried to reach the band. Anyone have a special source?
posted by 4midori at 9:14 PM - 2 answers

I need to build a library of stock photos. I work at a nonprofit that helps predominately low-income Hispanic families in Chicago. We have very little money. What are the best sites for free, legal-to-use stock photos? [more inside]
posted by SoberHighland at 2:52 PM - 8 answers

I am looking for space travel or established civilization stories which involve living “near” these three suns [more inside]
posted by ayc200 at 12:41 PM - 3 answers

I'm looking for novels and films that prominently feature a documentary filmmaker making their film. The more central the doc is to the fictional narrative, the better! [more inside]
posted by Beardman at 11:00 AM - 14 answers

Yet more on replacing the Washington Post and NYT... I'm following French news on bluesky even though I barely speak the language. Looking for more of that sort of thing. It helps. Spanish too. [more inside]
posted by A Terrible Llama at 2:48 AM - 8 answers

The columns would have been written in the 70s or 80s, I think. I could swear I once owned a book that collected a number of them.
posted by Lemkin at 9:52 PM - 2 answers

I'm in love with Cindy Lee's music for the music itself, yes, but I also love how hard it is to get hold of and actually hear. It makes me feel like a teenager. What else should I be checking out? [more inside]
posted by kensington314 at 12:34 AM - 4 answers

I’m looking for stories (fiction but preferably nonfiction) about individuals who have been selected for favor by a collapsing regime. A tale of takes the test / runs the race / wins the award and is whisked to the capital where a full re-education occurs. Only after our heroine has fully identified with her new overlords does she learn the regime is on the way out. She eventually has to adapt to a new world and laments her prior “fortune”.
posted by jefficator at 7:19 PM - 9 answers

What would you call the 3rd chord? [more inside]
posted by falsedmitri at 9:17 AM - 15 answers

The usual sources don't appear to be reliable narrators, so where do I go now? [more inside]
posted by essexjan at 3:58 AM - 30 answers

IDAGIO has a "pay per second" payout model that pays artists more the longer their tracks are, as opposed to "pay per stream" employed by other streaming services. But how much exactly is IDAGIO paying out, and are there other services out there doing the same thing? [more inside]
posted by curagea at 2:48 PM - 0 answers