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Once I wrote for newspapers, then I watched people argue about housing on Twitter, then I curated playlists of music by East Bay artists discovered via Bandcamp—but private equity and debt financing has slowly killed all that stuff so now I’m here.
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#MusicChallenge #ActivityTunes Day 7 - Sleep "So Sleepy," The Gummy Bears youtu.be/XeT_czGAfWg?... This was written by students in a songwriting workshop at L.A. literacy nonprofit #826LA, ages 7 to 13, and recorded by Fiona Apple(!), Jon Brion(!!), and the Punch Brothers(!!!) for a benefit CD.
#MusicChallenge #ActivityTunes Day 6 - Inherit “Anti-Hero,” Taylor Swift youtu.be/b1kbLwvqugk?... “I have this dream my daughter in-law kills me for the money / she thinks I left them in the will” I honestly figured everybody’d do Tay Tay for this one, but I haven’t seen anyone else but me 🤷
Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero (Official Music Video)youtu.be Official music video for “Anti-Hero” by Taylor Swift from the album ‘Midnights’.Buy/Download/Stream ‘Midnights’: https://taylor.lnk.to/taylorswiftmidnights G...
So Sleepyyoutu.be Provided to YouTube by TuneCoreSo Sleepy · Fiona Apple F/ Jon Brion And The Punch BrothersChickens in Love℗ 2014 826LAReleased on: 2010-05-25Auto-generated b...
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I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:
if you’re waiting for everyone around you to wake up, you’ll wait forever. this is how the people grinding our bones to make their bread WANT you to be. paralyzed, alienated & purposeless
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We’re No. 1!!! (Alphabetically, but still, go #AlamedaCA)
🚀 Parking reform is sweeping the nation. At the end of 2020 there were 16 US cities that had eliminated costly parking mandates. Now at least 69 have discarded these damaging and arbitrary rules! The best is yet to come!
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#MusicChallenge #ActivityTunes Day 6 - Inherit “Anti-Hero,” Taylor Swift youtu.be/b1kbLwvqugk?... “I have this dream my daughter in-law kills me for the money / she thinks I left them in the will” I honestly figured everybody’d do Tay Tay for this one, but I haven’t seen anyone else but me 🤷
#MusicChallenge #ActivityTunes Day 5 - Dress “Dressy,” The Reigning Sound youtu.be/8ZNpKWSsJoY?... It’s not 100% explicitly stated in the lyrics, but I always think of this as being about a couple getting ready for a night out, and the guy falling in love all over again once she emerges.
Dressyyoutu.be Provided to YouTube by Merge Media LtdDressy · Reigning SoundTime Bomb High School℗ 2019 Merge RecordsReleased on: 2002-06-11Music Publisher: Big Gamble Mus...
Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero (Official Music Video)youtu.be Official music video for “Anti-Hero” by Taylor Swift from the album ‘Midnights’.Buy/Download/Stream ‘Midnights’: https://taylor.lnk.to/taylorswiftmidnights G...
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28% of the artists in the Top 50 are from Michigan. Mostly cuz of Motown, but also hi Del Shannon!
#LET5D0IT And finally (I think!?) THIS IS THE #LET5D0IT TOP 250 with all the stats. (check bottom for 'headings' as I use the row numbers for chart positions) The second tab shows the medallists for each year and the artists who won two/had two in the top 50. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
THIS IS #LET5D0IT TOP 250docs.google.com TOP 250 THE RONETTES,BE MY BABY,1963,USA,1,174,340 STEVIE WONDER,SUPERSTITION,1972,USA,2,174,338,* CURTIS MAYFIELD,MOVE ON UP,1971,USA,3,174,307,* MARVIN GAYE,I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE,1968,US...
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#MusicChallenge #ActivityTunes Day 5 - Dress “Dressy,” The Reigning Sound youtu.be/8ZNpKWSsJoY?... It’s not 100% explicitly stated in the lyrics, but I always think of this as being about a couple getting ready for a night out, and the guy falling in love all over again once she emerges.
#MusicChallenge #ActivityTunes Day 4 - Play “Ten Little Kids,” The Jayhawks youtu.be/8-TvU2MXajQ?... “Ten little kids / on the side of the road / laughing, running, jumping, playing / they don't care what their moms and dads are doing”
Ten Little Kidsyoutu.be Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupTen Little Kids · The JayhawksTomorrow The Green Grass℗ 1995 American Recordings, LLC, under exclusive license to...
Dressyyoutu.be Provided to YouTube by Merge Media LtdDressy · Reigning SoundTime Bomb High School℗ 2019 Merge RecordsReleased on: 2002-06-11Music Publisher: Big Gamble Mus...
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#MusicChallenge #ActivityTunes Day 3 - Travel "Traveling Again (Traveling 1)," Dar Williams youtu.be/2Zbj1lOa5Dw?...
#MusicChallenge #ActivityTunes Day 2 - Read "My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors," Moxy Fruvous youtu.be/DfnkjNPdfOA?... "Well you should see my story-reading baby / you should hear the things that she says / she says, 'Hon, drop dead, I'd rather go to bed with Gabriel Garcia Marquez.'"
Moxy Früvous - My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors (Music Video)youtu.be this was also not uploaded by anyone. Lyrics: Well you should see my story reading baby, you should hear the things that she says, She says "Hon, drop dead, I'd rather go to bed with Gabriel Garcia Marquez." Uhh-huh! Cuddle up with William S. Burrows, leave on the light for Bell Hooks, I've been flirtin' with Pierre Burton 'cause he's so smart in his books I like to go out dancing, My baby loves a bunch of authors My heart's so broke and bleedin' Baby's just sitting there doing some reading So I started watching some TV, played my new cd player too, She said: "Turn it off or I'll call the cops and I'll throw the book at you." All this arguing made me get dizzy, called my doctor to come have a look I said: "Doctor hurry!" He said: "Don't worry, I'll be over when I finish my book" I like to go out dancing, My baby loves a bunch of authors We've been livin in hovels Spendin' all our money on brand new novels So I got myself on a streetcar and it drove right into someone, You know the driver said: "I was lookin' straight ahead!" But he was reading the Toronto Sun "So?" So my honey and me go to a counsellor to help figure out what we need She said: "We'll get your love growing, but before we get going, here's some books I'd like you to read." I like to go out dancing, My baby loves a bunch of authors Lately we've had some fricton 'Cause my baby's hooked on short works of fiction So we split and went to a party, some friends my girl said she knew But what a sight 'cause it's authors night and the place looks like a who's who Now I'm pounding the ouzo with Mario Puzo Who's a funny fella? W.P. Kinsella Who brought the cat? Would Margeret Atwood? Who needs a shave? He's Robertson Davies! Ondaatje started a food fight, salmon mousse all over the scene Spilled some dressing on Doris Lessing, these writer types are a scream! I like to go out dancing, My baby loves a bunch of authors We'll be together for ages Eatin' and Sleepin' and Eatin' and Sleepin' and Eating und Sleeping und Turnin' pages. Yeah!
Traveling Again (Traveling, Pt. 1)youtu.be Provided to YouTube by TuneCoreTraveling Again (Traveling, Pt. 1) · Dar WilliamsThe Honesty Room℗ 1994 Dar Williams RecordsReleased on: 1994-07-19Auto-genera...
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"We have entered an uncertain new era. The door is now wide open to the kinds of fascism and authoritarianism we spent much of the 20th century and hundreds of thousands of American lives combatting overseas." talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
The Supreme Court Took A Sledgehammer To American Democracytalkingpointsmemo.com This is special hair-on-fire edition of TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email...
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When I think about what was sacrificed on this day in 1863 for this Republic, and what meaning Lincoln gave it... Government of the people By the people And for the people And then I read the news. Sigh.
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From Franz Kafka's diaries.
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#MusicChallenge #ActivityTunes Day 2 - Read "My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors," Moxy Fruvous youtu.be/DfnkjNPdfOA?... "Well you should see my story-reading baby / you should hear the things that she says / she says, 'Hon, drop dead, I'd rather go to bed with Gabriel Garcia Marquez.'"
Moxy Früvous - My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors (Music Video)youtu.be this was also not uploaded by anyone. Lyrics: Well you should see my story reading baby, you should hear the things that she says, She says "Hon, drop dead, I'd rather go to bed with Gabriel Garcia Marquez." Uhh-huh! Cuddle up with William S. Burrows, leave on the light for Bell Hooks, I've been flirtin' with Pierre Burton 'cause he's so smart in his books I like to go out dancing, My baby loves a bunch of authors My heart's so broke and bleedin' Baby's just sitting there doing some reading So I started watching some TV, played my new cd player too, She said: "Turn it off or I'll call the cops and I'll throw the book at you." All this arguing made me get dizzy, called my doctor to come have a look I said: "Doctor hurry!" He said: "Don't worry, I'll be over when I finish my book" I like to go out dancing, My baby loves a bunch of authors We've been livin in hovels Spendin' all our money on brand new novels So I got myself on a streetcar and it drove right into someone, You know the driver said: "I was lookin' straight ahead!" But he was reading the Toronto Sun "So?" So my honey and me go to a counsellor to help figure out what we need She said: "We'll get your love growing, but before we get going, here's some books I'd like you to read." I like to go out dancing, My baby loves a bunch of authors Lately we've had some fricton 'Cause my baby's hooked on short works of fiction So we split and went to a party, some friends my girl said she knew But what a sight 'cause it's authors night and the place looks like a who's who Now I'm pounding the ouzo with Mario Puzo Who's a funny fella? W.P. Kinsella Who brought the cat? Would Margeret Atwood? Who needs a shave? He's Robertson Davies! Ondaatje started a food fight, salmon mousse all over the scene Spilled some dressing on Doris Lessing, these writer types are a scream! I like to go out dancing, My baby loves a bunch of authors We'll be together for ages Eatin' and Sleepin' and Eatin' and Sleepin' and Eating und Sleeping und Turnin' pages. Yeah!
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Nobody asked for it, but here's a playlist with all the songs I posted to this here #MusicChallenge. music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🎶 #MusicChallenge #FamilyTunes 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Day 30 - free "Choctaw Bingo," Ray Wylie Hubbard youtu.be/4KB4dVMQfRE?... This is actually a James McMurtry song (previously featured on Day 25), but I love this cover. And it's about a whole dang dirtbag family, with verses devoted to uncles, cousins, etc.
Choctaw Bingoyoutu.be Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupChoctaw Bingo · Ray Wylie HubbardDelirium Tremolos℗ 2005 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc....
#FamilyTunesmusic.youtube.com Each song posted to the #FamilyTunes #MusicChallenge, June 2024 on BlueSky
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what is your favorite black and white move?
what is your favorite black and white movie?
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#MusicChallenge #2SongsSameTitle Day 30 - "Cherry Bomb" The Runaways (1976): youtu.be/_EBvXpjudf8?... vs. John Mellencamp (1987): youtu.be/KF0gsbQKhD8?... This was fun. Thanks for the likes (all five of ya).
#MusicChallenge #2SongsSameTitle Day 29 - "Good Man" Josh Ritter (2006): youtu.be/I8XFOvyereo?... vs. Raphael Saadiq (2011): youtu.be/ZeKaHBMKows?...
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🎶 #MusicChallenge #FamilyTunes 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Day 30 - free "Choctaw Bingo," Ray Wylie Hubbard youtu.be/4KB4dVMQfRE?... This is actually a James McMurtry song (previously featured on Day 25), but I love this cover. And it's about a whole dang dirtbag family, with verses devoted to uncles, cousins, etc.
🎶 #MusicChallenge #FamilyTunes 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Day 29 - "Great" "No. VI," Great Lakes Myth Society youtu.be/DyFM8f1fI1M?... Using this as an opportunity to share my favorite underappreciated Michigan indie band. And the song is kinda about ancestors.
No. VIyoutu.be Provided to YouTube by CDBabyNo. VI · Great Lakes Myth SocietyGreat Lakes Myth Society℗ 2005 Great Lakes Myth SocietyReleased on: 2005-04-19Auto-generated by...
Choctaw Bingoyoutu.be Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupChoctaw Bingo · Ray Wylie HubbardDelirium Tremolos℗ 2005 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc....
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“It’s often cheaper to not be cruel” is a narrative worth respecting.
Jailing people for being homeless is a classic American policy: stupid, brutal, and very expensive.
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🎶 #MusicChallenge #FamilyTunes 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Day 29 - "Great" "No. VI," Great Lakes Myth Society youtu.be/DyFM8f1fI1M?... Using this as an opportunity to share my favorite underappreciated Michigan indie band. And the song is kinda about ancestors.
🎶 #MusicChallenge #FamilyTunes 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Day 28 - Girlfriend/Boyfriend “Neil Jung,” Teenage Fanclub youtu.be/sifx0wF9gzA?... “You had a girlfriend / that wasn’t good enough for you” This is such an underrated album. Some of the best guitar pop of the ‘90s. Killer hooks on every song. 😍
Neil Jungyoutu.be Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Neil Jung · Teenage Fanclub Grand Prix ℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc. Released on: 1995-01-01 Producer: David Bianco Producer: Teenage Fanclub Composer Lyricist: Norman Blake Auto-generated by YouTube.
No. VIyoutu.be Provided to YouTube by CDBabyNo. VI · Great Lakes Myth SocietyGreat Lakes Myth Society℗ 2005 Great Lakes Myth SocietyReleased on: 2005-04-19Auto-generated by...
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In you need a reality check on where normies are, my wife was saying last night how gross Trump is & I offhandedly said he should be in jail for trying to thwart the peaceful transition of power and banned from running for office for engaging in insurrection, & she said, “Oh yeah. He did that, too.”
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🎶 #MusicChallenge #FamilyTunes 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Day 28 - Girlfriend/Boyfriend “Neil Jung,” Teenage Fanclub youtu.be/sifx0wF9gzA?... “You had a girlfriend / that wasn’t good enough for you” This is such an underrated album. Some of the best guitar pop of the ‘90s. Killer hooks on every song. 😍
🎶 #MusicChallenge #FamilyTunes 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Day 27 - Fiance/Fiancee "Get Ready Marie," Patty Griffin youtu.be/VmI6k_7mCr0?... "She was a pretty good looking young girl / and she kissed me in such a way / but to get anything, she said, "Show me the ring" / the way they did in those days"
Patty Griffin - Get Ready Marieyoutu.be Off of Patty's album, "American Kid"iTunes: http://bit.ly/V3HOY2Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PattyGriffinTwitter: https://twitter.com/PattyGMusicInstag...
Neil Jungyoutu.be Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Neil Jung · Teenage Fanclub Grand Prix ℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc. Released on: 1995-01-01 Producer: David Bianco Producer: Teenage Fanclub Composer Lyricist: Norman Blake Auto-generated by YouTube.
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My Hero of the Day was the young woman who weighed maybe all of 90 lbs, who was in front of me as we crossed the street, and who—when the SUV in the right turn lane started creeping an inch into the crosswalk, immediately halted her phone conversation yelled, “BITCH STOP YOUR VEHICLE!”
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🎶 #MusicChallenge #FamilyTunes 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Day 27 - Fiance/Fiancee "Get Ready Marie," Patty Griffin youtu.be/VmI6k_7mCr0?... "She was a pretty good looking young girl / and she kissed me in such a way / but to get anything, she said, "Show me the ring" / the way they did in those days"
🎶 #MusicChallenge #FamilyTunes 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Day 26 - grandchild “Sloop John B,” The Beach Boys youtu.be/nSAoEf1Ib58?... The heartwarming story of a guy taking his grandkid to Nassau so they can drink all night and get in fights and get their corn all eaten up.
The Beach Boys - Sloop John Byoutu.be Official music video for “Sloop John B (Promotional Video)” performed by The Beach Boys. Follow The Beach Boys: ☀️Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheBeachB...
Patty Griffin - Get Ready Marieyoutu.be Off of Patty's album, "American Kid"iTunes: http://bit.ly/V3HOY2Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PattyGriffinTwitter: https://twitter.com/PattyGMusicInstag...
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