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MusetteThis Hardcore Punk Anthem About Heroin and Murder Ended Up Selling ShampooSong: “Diamonds and Guns” by TransplantsJul 23Jul 23
Musette“Sumer is Icumen in”: The Oldest Song in the English Language May Also Be One of Its WorstSong: “Sumer is Icumen in” by the Hilliard EnsembleJul 181Jul 181
MusetteHow a Grim 1700s Ukrainian War Farewell Wound Up as a Merry Children’s Holiday Recital NumberSongs: “A Cossack Rode Beyond the Danube/Yikhav Kozak za Dunai” by Semyon Klymovsky, “Schöne Minka” by Ludwig van Beethoven, “Minka” by…May 17May 17
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