Sam Adams
@samadams.bsky.social
Culture writer at Slate, published in LA Times, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, THR, and points south. Member: New York Film Critics Circle, National Society of Film Critics, WGA East
A: Yes, if the sentence begins “And your little dog”
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
A: Yes, if the sentence begins “And your little dog”
I didn’t end up writing quite as much as I envisioned about how great Die My Love is, but
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I didn’t end up writing quite as much as I envisioned about how great Die My Love is, but
yeah, it’s like they sneak up on you so all you can do is say “mmmf” and nod
November 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
yeah, it’s like they sneak up on you so all you can do is say “mmmf” and nod
in addition to being weird and gross, “How’s everything tasting?” disclaims responsibility for everything except what the food is doing in your mouth
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
in addition to being weird and gross, “How’s everything tasting?” disclaims responsibility for everything except what the food is doing in your mouth
I mean, it was a *very* big deal to use a campaign song from a decade as recent as the 1970s. Treated as a real generational shift.
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I mean, it was a *very* big deal to use a campaign song from a decade as recent as the 1970s. Treated as a real generational shift.
yeah, Ocean Spray guy is a major data point
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
yeah, Ocean Spray guy is a major data point
yeah, it was my hook for writing this. I liked the play but the sense of double vision going through Ken Caillat’s making-of memoir was pretty intense.
Why an Almost 50-Year-Old Album Keeps Hooking New Generations
In part because of a song that’s not even on the album.
slate.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
yeah, it was my hook for writing this. I liked the play but the sense of double vision going through Ken Caillat’s making-of memoir was pretty intense.
I think it was partly too long and partly that it would have given Nicks too big a share of the album’s royalties for her male bandmates’ liking. But it wasn’t nice: Mick broke the news to her in the parking lot as a fait accompli.
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I think it was partly too long and partly that it would have given Nicks too big a share of the album’s royalties for her male bandmates’ liking. But it wasn’t nice: Mick broke the news to her in the parking lot as a fait accompli.
as I explain in the above-linked piece, there is a simple answer and a complicated one, but I think the easiest explanation is: “Silver Springs”
Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs (Live) (Official Video) [HD]
YouTube video by Fleetwood Mac
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
as I explain in the above-linked piece, there is a simple answer and a complicated one, but I think the easiest explanation is: “Silver Springs”
It’s not surprising that Rumours is still popular—it’s fucking Rumours. But it is surprising that it is *so much* more popular than once-unkillable contemporaries like Dark Side of the Moon or The Eagles’ Greatest Hits, fading monsters that Fleetwood Mac now runs circles around.
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It’s not surprising that Rumours is still popular—it’s fucking Rumours. But it is surprising that it is *so much* more popular than once-unkillable contemporaries like Dark Side of the Moon or The Eagles’ Greatest Hits, fading monsters that Fleetwood Mac now runs circles around.