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Hello everyone and welcome to Indycast.

On this show, we talk about the biggest indie news of the week.

We review albums and we hash out trends.

In this episode, we review the new album by Alex G and the current Pavement Reunion Tour, and we look ahead to upcoming alt-rock LPs by Smashing Pumpkins and Mariah Carey. My name is Stephen Hayden, and I'm joined by my friend and co-host. He will be teaching a course next semester at NYU on the meta-narratives of

Jimmy World's Clarity. Ian Cohen. Ian, how are you? Just so we're perfectly clear,

if there are any administrators at NYU listening to this show, I will absolutely teach this

course. It doesn't have to be next semester. Maybe know, maybe we talk about it in 2024.

But, yeah, I mean, when we go into, like, what we're actually referring to here, I cannot hide my jealousy over somebody who gets to, like, talk at a bunch of college,

a bunch of college students about their favorite albums.

I mean, I do that shit for free every single day.

Well, let's get the background here. There was a story this week that NYU, I guess next

semester, will be offering a course on Lana Del Rey. And it'll be diving into her music, as well as

her place and culture. I know NYU, they had a similar

course on Taylor Swift recently. I don't know if they've done other courses on pop stars.

But, you know, this story has gotten some attention. And it's coming from all over the spectrum.

Obviously, you have the people out there who are upset about the proposal to forgive college loans.

And they see stories like this and it makes their heads explode because, and you look this up, like NYU tuition for one semester is what, like $30,000 or something?

It is about $31,000 a semester and that does that plus fees and that doesn't include housing,

which by the way, don't let the name fool you.

NYU is in New York City, specifically Manhattan.

Oh my God.

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