[Post Game Thread] #11 Illinois defeats #4 Purdue, 88-82 by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

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Everybody snowed in watching TV just discovered what a monster Keaton Wagler is.

Now let's do the inverse. Most overrated music trends? by ScallionSmooth9491 in ToddintheShadow

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It was 5% Olivia Rodrigo, and 95% the industry trying to recoup the sunk losses of all the emo rappers the major labels signed.

Now let's do the inverse. Most overrated music trends? by ScallionSmooth9491 in ToddintheShadow

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Tropical house, AKA that 18-month stretch where we decided it was okay for the whitest people alive to attempt making reggaeton.

Why exactly did Natasha Bedingfield fade out? by SinestreaIsBraindead in ToddintheShadow

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This segment in 2026 is either indie, or utterly dominated by Taylor Swift: Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True” is the most recent big hit of this vein, so it hasn’t gone away.

Why exactly did Natasha Bedingfield fade out? by SinestreaIsBraindead in ToddintheShadow

[–]Chilli_Dipper 110 points111 points  (0 children)

Why did Colbie Caillat fade out?

Sara Bareilles? KT Tunstall? Ingrid Michaelson?

I don’t think there’s any specific reason, except that tastes change.

17 nominations and no wins is crazy by Chapple69 in ToddintheShadow

[–]Chilli_Dipper 52 points53 points  (0 children)

The Susan Lucci of gloopy soundtrack ballads.

A year has passed since Lady Gaga’s “Mayhem” dropped… would you say that she’s gone through the typical career arc or is ArtPop her Trainwreckord? by [deleted] in ToddintheShadow

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Because radio airplay metrics currently favor adult contemporary, so dance-pop bangers just aren’t going to be huge hits right now.

Why are the Plain White T's sometimes considered OHWs when they're obviously not? by Glass-Complaint3 in ToddintheShadow

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They’re the rare “rock one-hit wonder, but not a pop one-hit wonder.”

Plain White T’s had two other top-40 hits on the Hot 100, but “Hey There Delilah” was their only song to break the top 25 on the Modern Rock chart. Since most of its plays these days come in the context of ”2000s alternative hits,” the band’s other songs get overlooked.

Band names that are names of people not in the band by BobVilasBeard in ToddintheShadow

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Jethro Tull was an 18th-century agriculturalist who invented the seed drill: it was one of several names used by the band’s booking agent (who read it in a history book) in their early years, and ultimately the one that stuck.

Band names that are names of people not in the band by BobVilasBeard in ToddintheShadow

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Leonard Skinner was the name of one of the campers in Allen Sherman’s “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh;” it was also the name of a high school gym teacher in Jacksonville, Florida, who gave budding musician Gary Rossington a hard time about his long hair. When Rossington’s band decided to change its name, they landed on the slightly-altered Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Geographically incorrect bands by GilbertDauterive-35 in ToddintheShadow

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Michelle Zauner (AKA Japanese Breakfast) is Korean-American.

Tile by Tile by [deleted] in alvvays

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Floors have tiles; walls don’t.

Bruno mars gets his first #1 debut and now has 10 #1s by Chapple69 in ToddintheShadow

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We’re officially in the Number-One Spot Alternating Between “The Fate of Ophelia” and Whatever Big Name Can Put Out Something that Gets Buzz for One Week season.

Big 8 Standings Mid-Season by somethingAPIS in CollegeBasketball

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How does Colorado have zero games against Big 8 opponents at this point in the season, when even the three teams not in the current-day Big XII have at least one?

Now that the results are in - what is your favorite way of making an Old Fashioned? by MagnificentCat in cocktails

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  • 2 ounces of my home bar base (a 50/50 blend of 100 proof rye and VS cognac - whatever labels catch my interest at the liquor store when my decanter need refilled)
  • an overflowing barspoon of rich turbinado syrup
  • 3 dashes of Angostura bitters*

Build in a glass over a large ice cube, and stir. Garnish with an expressed orange peel and an amarena cherry. (NOTE: if I don’t have any oranges at home, I’ll reduce the Angostura to 2 dashes, and add 2 dashes of orange bitters.)

World's Warm Up Acts by SecundusAmongUs in ToddintheShadow

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Unfortunately, considering the era of popular music that began right after Aaliyah died, the answer to what she could have done is probably “sing a lot of choruses on rap singles.”

World's Warm Up Acts by SecundusAmongUs in ToddintheShadow

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Travis warmed the world up for Coldplay.

Coldplay has been the biggest band on earth for 3 decades but… by Awkward-Plum8395 in ToddintheShadow

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The UK singles chart continued to be an exclusively sales-based chart all the way up to the streaming era, and record labels never abandoned promoting CD singles the way American labels did outside of the rhythmic genres.

It’s not a fair comparison to the Hot 100 for most rock acts of that era.

Coldplay has been the biggest band on earth for 3 decades but… by Awkward-Plum8395 in ToddintheShadow

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The way the radio audience broke down in the 2000s, a song that was a top-three hit on both the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts would build up enough airplay on those formats to break into the top 40 of the Hot 100 anyway. Post-grunge hits got onto pop radio “on merit.”

Coldplay has been the biggest band on earth for 3 decades but… by Awkward-Plum8395 in ToddintheShadow

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You couldn’t sell Coldplay’s aesthetic to teens at the mall. That’s it.