Truly remarkable how many people have told the Pope, in some way or another, to "shut up and dribble." Or corrected him on the Bible, despite their thin education on theology. Or told him to stay out of US affairs, despite him being a US citizen. The hubris is amazing.
Full list of Townes VZ's favorite albums, from a 1987 magazine interview:
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Today I’m celebrating the release of Getting to Reparations by Dorothy A. Brown.
This is one of the most thorough arguments I’ve read on how the federal government and state courts have intentionally worked to sanction the theft of black wealth.
Professor Brown maps a legal path forward 👌🏾
a video taken by the eyewitness, Emily Heller, shows agents denying a self-identified physician access to the victim and telling bystanders to “just relax.”
“How can I relax? You just killed my fucking neighbor,” Heller responded. “How the fuck do you show up to work every day?”
In memory of Dennes Dale Boon, a bundle of energy without equal ⚡⚡⚡
April 1, 1958 – December 22, 1985
Minutemen – Corona
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A beautifully bleary 'n' boozy Jerry Jeff Walker radio broadcast from 1974. doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/7968495...
We are the richest shithole of a nation to demonstrate our inhumanity in the long, miserable history of this failing planet.
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Sister Rosetta Tharpe. ⚜️💙⚜️💙⚜️💙⚜️💙⚜️
She was there before Little Richard, Johnny Cash & Elvis Presley swiveled their hips and strummed their guitars.
41 years ago
The Minutemen, Eugene, Oregon, "The Campaign Trail '84" tour, July 1984.
Photo by Hank Trotter
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Still the best 2 minutes 21 seconds of electric guitar ever caught on film. Magic Sam playing Earl Hooker's cheap-ass Japanese Les Paul copy with flower power stickers on it, live in Europe back in the 1960s. The tone is in his fingers. Good lord, it's GREASY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Q9...
Happy 75th birthday, Tom Waits.
In no particular order, here are 75 great Tom Waits performances, lyrics, songs, quips, quotes and roles. Could have done 75 more.
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For me: Pancho & Lefty w Willie Nelson. Perfect pairing, full of character, and his '93 voice is just right for the song.
88 years ago today, Robert Johnson stepped into a San Antonio hotel room and changed music forever. His first recording session and recorded blues classics like 'Sweet Home Chicago,' 'Terraplane Blues,' and 'I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom.' The birth of a legend.
Newspaper story on Scott Joplin with a large image of sheet music for his big hit The Entertainer
hbd to prolly my fave ragtime composer scott joplin
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One of the most difficult reckonings of this election is that the incentives we thought inspired voting choices - a better life for your family etc - may not be as decisive as the desire to inflict cruelty on outgroups. Explanations that don't grapple w/this point read to me like liberal wishcasting
Forced to be an optimist -James Baldwin
