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THE GRID's avatar

That playlist is hot tho🥵

Hadn’t heard of Ratboys before you wrote about them. I’m digging em 👌

Jared Smith's avatar

Start with "Black Earth WI," my favorite

Justin Steiner's avatar

I'm also loving the new Ratboys and appreciate the link to the live performance. Also, I've never listened to the Ordinary World album - will give it a whirl this long weekend.

Jared Smith's avatar

Lemme know what you think!

Justin Steiner's avatar

The live Ratboys performance was great, but I bounced off the Duran Duran album partway through the 4th track.

Jared Smith's avatar

Understandable 😂

Marty Slagter's avatar

New Ratboys rips

Jared Smith's avatar

Gets better with each listen.

Howard Salmon's avatar

What I appreciate most here is how the curation feels less like recommendation and more like care. The Ratboys suite gives the weekend an emotional center, while everything around it—MONO’s scale, Duran Duran’s rediscovery, the wild tonal swing in the film picks—expands Valentine’s Day into something wider than romance.

It ends up reading like companionship rather than criticism, which feels exactly right for a Weekender. A lovely way to shape the space of a few free days.