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YouTube video by TheRetroKidsShow "Everybody Eats When They Come To My House" - Segment #40

🎧This'd be better if there were more people to match all the names in the song, but I'm petty.
This is prob my fave Cab song.

Tower of Power would sound like this if they smoked a lot of weed and listened to a hit-free Prince mixtape, then jammed out with War.
Funky, stoney, and smart.
Oh, I should tell you that it's just shy of eleven-Minutes long.
But listen to it anyway. Break it into thirds.

YouTube video by Cymande - Topic Dove

🎧 This is one of countless bands that, on paper, I should adore, but for some reason, I don't fully connect with. But then i hear tracks like this and have to think about it. My late friend Roy told me more than once that some music is best taken in small bites.

YouTube video by David Henry LUCKY MILLINDER ~ APOLLO JUMP ~ 1941

So great. One of the things I like about this era is the musical arrangements. I love the trombone section at about 1:30.
#LuckyMillinder & His Orchestra

YouTube video by IDLES IDLES - DANNY NEDELKO (Official Video)

#MusicSky
#SongOfTheDay

How about an angry, post-punk, pro-immigrant song today?

"Danny Nedelko" by IDLES

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YouTube video by Public Domain Archive 1964: Mario Savio’s “Bodies Upon The Gears” speech at a UC Berkeley student protest

My favorite metal band, Fear Factory, turned me on to Mario Savio's "Bodies upon the gears" protest speech from 1964. Inspirational stuff in these times.

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Both. At the same time.

It's a Beautiful Day for Lady Gaga's Mister Rogers Cover “Mister Rogers was so clearly someone that stood for something, and it’s powerful to think of what he would say right now,” says Gaga in the short documentary, adding that it's “kind of a special song...

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freakin' GaGa.

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A young Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra in 1941

YouTube video by 12probandoprobando Fats Waller & His Rhythm - Christopher Columbus [April 8, 1936]

I'm doing a deep dive on jive. Dig:
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They’re fast-paced, fun, dramatic, and you get to learn about every aspect of the movie industry in the WWII era. I wish #shondaland would consider them.
#Books #History #HistoricalNovel
#oldschool #GoldenEra
#Hollywood

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If you ever wanted to get in a time machine and be dropped into the middle of old school Hollywood and become a friend of Humphrey Bogart or get to know Bette Davis and everybody else who was anyone at that time.

I’m finishing the last of three volumes from Martin Turnbull’s second Hollywood series, and I just got volume one of his next three book series centered around producer David O. Selznick (Gone With the Wind).
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Talk Talk’s Experiment ‘Spirit of Eden’ Was a Flop. And a Cult Favorite.

Talk Talk’s Experiment ‘Spirit of Eden’ Was a Flop. And a Cult Favorite. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/a...

YouTube video by emma shaye I Spent a Year Renovating an Abandoned General Store

If you want to watch something wholesome and, if you like old crap, I enjoy this show. A young woman buys a three floor former general store that was packed at least half full and we watch her renovate it into her home. This covers the first year

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Remember: “They’re eating your pets.” ~ Donald Trump

Now, Springfield, Ohio is bracing for an ICE surge targeting an estimated 12K - to 15K Haitian immigrants.

Don’t expect much pushback from Governor DeWine.

Indictment of Dan Lemon is a remarkably tendentious document, dressing up all manner of journalistic activity and planning as conspiracy to “intimidate” and “threaten.”

He may have to live through some pre-trial steps, but the case is going to crash and burn.

Large crowd marching against ice

Walked into a big NYC march of what look like high schoolers against ICE and Trump in NYC. The kids are alright!

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YouTube video by joaquinnieto misummergrooves OSIRIS. "War On The Bullshit". 1982. 12" extended version.

🎧 Today’s National Anthem:

War on The Bullshit!

The world needs 12” of this.

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ICE a "protected characteristic"on BlueSky? Is working for ICE a characteristic like age, ethnicity, gender identity, immigrant status, sex, or sexual orientation?

Uh...say what?

Domestic terrorist because he legally carried a legal gun?

Where’s the outrage from the 2nd amendment ammosexuals?

what do we think of the extra verse (the first one) should i scrap or keep ❓❓ also i stole the title from some comments who told me about the play thanks for the idea commenters #originalsong #folk #a... TikTok video by coldfishsticks

This kid wrote our new National Anthem:

The Iceman Cometh

YouTube video by Simple Harvest Baking Traditional Turkish Sesame Bread on a Cold Winter Day…🔥🍞

Can’t take the horror shows on the news? Try watching this. It’s a woman in Azerbaijan baking bread. No one talks, except for some birds and a couple cats. Beautifully shot, quiet, and peaceful. It’s a nice break.
What I wouldn’t give for a piece of her seasame bread.

“Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”

-Buddah

(It’s argued whether or not the attribution is correct but I doubt Buddah would care.)

YouTube video by Epicurious Smokin' Ed Currie Tastes 17 Hot Condiments From Around the World | Epicurious

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Eyeteeth – Meaning, Idiom & Origin Hearing a person say they'd give their eyeteeth for something just means they'd give up anything of value in order to obtain something else. It's a peculiar phrase with an interesting history, so why ...

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Oh, tosh!

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