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It was a wild week of news. A small subset of what triggered my fuckery threshold...
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Music
What a time to be alive ...
Kids these days have it so much better than when I was coming up. The era of digital, modelers and meticulous crafting by dedicated people makes getting great tone trivial.
Politics
Some truth from a Farmer
Farmers knew what they were voting for, and they expected a round of bailouts, and some backtracking by Trump. But so far, they are boned. Good.
Politics
Tick Tock... Time is not Trump's friend...
The blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut. David Frum, Canadian scold does have a point.
Politics
The Audacity of the WaPo
The fucking Washington Post speaks out of both sides of their mouth, whinging about the Jimmy Kimmel event, but just last wek they fired Karen Attiah for rather tame social media posts. Hypocrisy, they name is Washington Post
Music
Music: The Surfrajettes
Surf music, played by an all women group? And they slay? SIGN me up!
Music
Music: Mediterranean Sundance with elan
Al Di Meola, doing what he does with his inimitable style and flair. Joined by stellar musicians from the Valencia campus of Berklee, this was a magical performance.
Politics
Break out the tiny violins: Soybean farmers in distress
Gee farmers who voted for Trump are stuck with a soybean crop that they can't sell and are facing ruin. And water is wet!
Music
One Week - Strandberg Bodin Essential
My latest acquisition is a Strandberg headless guitar, with the Endur neck, designed to be ergonomically correct. The fit, finish, and polish of this instrument is in no way budget.
Politics
This Fucking Guy: Ezra Klein
Ezra Klein, The NY Times' token progressive once again licks his finger and reads the winds wrong.
Epstein, Kirk, and whatever
It's been a funky week, and by funky, I mean not worn gym-socks odor funky. From the release of the Epstein 50th birthday book with so much cringe in it (and Trumpworld's ludicrous attempt to memory-hole it... I have it in two fucking places beyotches), to
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Shit. Charlie Kirk is dead
Hang on Baby Jesus, it's gon' get bumpy