DJ Mac

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ATX. Recovering nihilist. Dada not Data. Groucho not Karl. Libertines not Libertarians. Conscience not Con Art.

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I don’t care much for the NYT’s Best Songs of 2024 (So Far), www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/a... so I created my own. open.spotify.com/playlist/7ft... There’s some overlap, but usually it’s songs like “16 Carriages” that are undeniable. Let me know what I missed and what i should have omitted.

The 40 Best Songs of 2024 (So Far)www.nytimes.com Our critics select 33 standouts from our weekly Playlists — and seven more tracks they had missed.

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Fun fact: Being antiwar is actually the moral default position. It's not for antiwar demonstrators to justify their position, it's up to the pro-war people to justify theirs.

If you told me 2 days ago that Macklemore would drop a track that made Kendrick’s evisceration of Drake look tame, I would have laughed my ass off. Kudos to him for doing a Biden administration dis track. Pro tip: it’s even better at 1.5 speed. youtu.be/fgDQyFeBBIo?...

MACKLEMORE - HIND'S HALLyoutu.be All proceeds to UNRWA. Donate Here: https://www.unrwa.org/ HIND'S HALL Written and Produced by Macklemore Sample: "Ana Le Habiby" by Fairouz Video by Macklemore Subtitles by Charles Boonsu Select Video Footage by: Omar - @omaronig Habibi House - @habibihousepodcast Lyrics: The people they won’t leave What is threatening about divesting and wanting peace? The problem isn’t the protests it’s what they’re protesting Cause it goes against what our country is funding Block the barricade until Palestine is free Block the barricade until Palestine is free When I was 7 I learned a lesson from Cube and Eazy E What was it again? oh yea fuck the police Actors in badges protecting property And a system that was designed by white supremacy But the people are in the streets You can pay off meta you can’t pay off me Politicians who serve by any means AIPAC and the interests Of the companies You see puppeteers behind the land of the free But this generation here is about to cut the strings You can ban tik Tok take us out the algothim But it’s too late we’ve seen the truth we bare witness We’ve seen the ruble the buildings the mothers the children And all the men that you murdered and then we see how they spin it Who gets to the right to defend and who gets the right of resistance Has always been about dollars and the color of your pigment But White supremacy is finally on blast Screaming free Palestine until they’re home at last We see the lies in them Claiming it’s anti-semetic to be anti-zionist I’ve seen jewish brothers and sisters out there and riding In solidarity and screaming free Palestine with em Organizing, unlearning and finally cutting ties with a State that’s gotta rely on an apartheid system To uphold an occupying violent History been repeating for the last 75 The Nakba never ended, the colonizer lied If some kids in tents, posted on the lawn occupying the quad is really against the law And a reason to call in the police and their squad where does genocide land in your definition huh? destroying every college in Gaza and every mosque pushing everyone into rafah and dropping bombs The blood is on your hands Biden, we can see it all And fuck no I’m not voting for you in the fall Undecided, you can’t twist the truth The people out here united never be defeated when Freedom’s on the horizon Yet the music industry’s quiet complicit in their platform of silence What happened to the artist what do you got to say? If I was on a label, you could drop me today And be fine with it cause the heart fed my page I want a ceasefire fuck a response from drake What you willing to risk? What you willing to give? What if you were Gaza? what if those were your kids? If the west was pretending that you didn’t exist You’d want the world to stand up And the students finally did Let’s get it

Words I thought I would never say: God Bless Macklemore. youtu.be/fEA4DypmAkE?...

Macklemore's 'Hind's Hall': a song for the liberation of Palestineyoutu.be A look at Macklemore’s powerful tribute to Palestinian liberation in his latest track, "Hind’s Hall." Inspired by student activism and dedicated to Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces, this lyrics take on Washington's support for Israel's "genocidal" military offensive in Palestine's Gaza and applaud the recent student uprisings in the US. Proceeds from the song will support the UN's aid organisation for Palestinians, UNRWA. #macklemore #hind #gaza Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world

Great dis battles of history, continued UTFO, “Roxanne” v Roxanne Shanté, “The Real Roxanne” About 2 dozen dis tracks from as many artists about Courtney Love but AFAIK no response, sadly.

Kendrick v Drake got me thinking about great dis battles of history: Hank Thompson, "The Wild Side of Life" v Kitty Wells, “It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" Paul McCartney, “Too Many People” v John Lennon, “How Do You Sleep?” Sex Pistols, “New York” v Johnny Thunders, “London Boys”

Dog park goes woke. And a handy receptacle for Kristi Noem’s political career.

Springtime in Greg Abbott’s Texas Republic.

This new Beyoncé release is the most uplifting thing to come out of Texas in years. The aural equivalent of Lockhart BBQ. The way she turns “Jolene” on its ass is perfect, and it’s not even one of the top 5 cuts on the album.

As a boomer, it’s in my job description to be clueless, but how did I not know Beyoncé had released not one but two country songs (in advance of a full C&W album)? And they are fantastic. Blown away.

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One of the key things that unlocks the character of Greg Abbott is that he fought to ban the sort of injury lawsuits that he himself benefitted from, specifically targeting the kinds of lifetime disability annuities that he himself has.

I know, I know: I won’t be laughing the Orange Reich comes for me, but this really does seem like a clip from a Mel Brooks flick. x.com/theadamsass/...

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“Christmas has been canceled in Bethlehem.” Not exactly how the Fox culture snipers thought this was going to play out. youtu.be/sW2T5ErJys0?...

“Jesus Would Be Killed in Gaza” Peter Oborne’s Alternative Christmas Messageyoutu.be “Jesus was always on the side of the oppressed”Support Medical Aid for Palestinians ► https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donateJoin the Future of Journalism ► htt...

Texas Politicians to Tech Workers of the World: we don’t care that a large majority of the college educated workforce is female - or that out policies are repugnant y to college educated males, too! We don’t want a world-class economy if we can’t inflict our shallowly held religious beliefs on you!

“Surely there will be a day of reckoning for those who defraud the laborer of his hire.” Awesome snarky letter from former slave to his former “master,” read with brilliant comedic timing by the excellent Mr. Fishburne. youtu.be/evi_i7R0SFQ?...

Laurence Fishburne reads a former slave's incredible letter to his old masteryoutu.be In 1864, Jourdon Anderson and his wife escaped a life of slavery and moved to Ohio. A year later, he received a desperate letter from the man who used to own...

““It’s frustrating that we’ve developed this national law enforcement intelligence-sharing network that basically takes disinformation straight from the rightwing social media fever swamps and puts it out under the imprimatur of law enforcement intelligence…” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...

US police agencies took intelligence directly from IDF, leaked files showwww.theguardian.com Analysis of BlueLeaks trove also shows police received training on domestic ‘Muslim extremists’ from pro-Israel groups

It's like the universe demands extra ballast to handle the karmic black hole gravity of Kissinger. bestclassicbands.com/scott-kempne...

RIP to one of the great storytellers-in-song. www.theguardian.com/music/2023/n...

Shane MacGowan, Pogues songwriter and Irish music legend, dies aged 65www.theguardian.com One of the all-time great bandleaders and writer of Christmas classic Fairytale of New York, MacGowan invigorated rock with the power of Irish folk music

This is the most depressing thing I’ve seen in the past two decades since the Iraq War, including the night of November 8, 2016 and the past six weeks. youtu.be/RV0pEUXMz6M?...

'Annihilate Everyone': Israeli TV Promotes Genocidal Songyoutu.be This really does have to be seen to be believed. Please like, subscribe - and help us take on the pro-war media here: https://www.patreon.com/owenjones84

After the Oct 7 Hamas terrorist attack that killed 1400 Israelis, Joe Biden said this was, given Israel’s population, equivalent to “fifteen 9/11’s.” Is this the moral calculus we’re to use? Because the current death toll in Gaza is already equal to 500 9/11’s for their civilian population.

Today’s mood. open.spotify.com/track/6ZesTt...

World Destructionopen.spotify.com Time Zone, John Lydon, Afrika Bambaataa · Song · 2001

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Half a million people in London right now. Jewish activists in New York last night. Polls in both countries overwhelmingly support a ceasefire in Gaza. Cannot imagine this level of support even five years ago. Whatever happens, the Palestinians are no longer alone.

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At least 1,500 children under the age of 10, including 600 under the age of four, have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, according to a list released on Thursday by the health ministry there. More than 100 were listed as less than a year old. nyti.ms/45KtzKJ

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this is absolutely remarkable, organized by @jvp.bsky.social they shut down NYC's Grand Central Station demanding #CeasefireNOW

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(1/3) Hey, it’s Halloween Month. Here’s a list of some of my favorite ghost/horror stories from years of desultory reading in the genre: Walter de la Mare, Season’s Aunt Graham Greene, A Little Place off the Edgware Road Joe Hill, Best New Horror Robert Aickman, Ringing the Changes

Gabriel blew his horn.

@pfrazee.com I don’t know how often people say this to you and your fellow Bluesky devs, but your responsiveness and openness to ideas from the community - and speed in implementation - is fantastic. Kudos to y’all.

I suppose the next move by the Texas Legislature will be to install fetal heartbeat monitors alongside the body scanners at Texas airports.

Mexico supreme court decriminalizes abortion across countrywww.theguardian.com Decision comes two years after ruling abortion was not a crime in one northern state

Biden needs to get his Sharpie out. Or drop some nukes or something. Instead he just let Hurricane Hilary into the country. Those Dems are still doing the evil bidding of the Clinton Cabal! https://youtu.be/AzAm_kZ97qA

Fox News attempts to blame Hurricane Hilary on President Bidenyoutu.be