Jay Babcock

Patsy Cline 4 years

Lorde also 4 years

Christopher Cross took 4 years

Frank Ocean of course

Not a solo artist, but: the Stone Roses

Lauryn Hill is the biggest one I can think of

It is the day after Hallowe’en but this magnificent beast still deserves a retweet.

John Patterson on radical filmmaker PETER WATKINS (No. 23/Oct 2006) Originally published in Arthur No. 23 (Oct 2006) Layout by Yasmin Khan and Michael Worthington. An Optimist on Two Fronts The little-seen, oft-suppressed work of dissident filmmaker Peter Watkins c…

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Peter Watkins, Oscar-winning director of The War Game, dies aged 90 Radical English director who clashed with the BBC over his ‘horrifying’ film about nuclear war, was forced to look abroad to continue working

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Peter Watkins obituary: radical British filmmaker behind The War Game and Punishment Park The maverick filmmaker and pioneer of the docudrama, whose anti-establishment works redefined political cinema and challenged the very language of mass media, has died aged 90.

So long, Peter Watkins

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At one point during the hearing, Tyler Becker, a lawyer for the Justice Department, argued on Friday that the shutdown was “not an emergency,” even though roughly 42 million people were at risk of losing benefits imminently. The comments met sharp resistance from lawyers representing cities and nonprofits, who charged in court filings that the White House had “needlessly plunged SNAP into crisis” by refusing to act while it still had time. “Where there are appropriated funds available, benefits have to be furnished,” Michael Torcello, a lawyer representing the groups that sued, said during a hearing on Friday. “And in this case, appropriated funds are available.”

They've achieved the "Let them eat nothing" point in this shitshow. #FullAntoinette

YouTube video by Loyal Opposition Professor Irwin Corey Stand-Up Comedy NYC 1976

"And part of the demolition will be handled by... RCA."

Oh, I miss this guy!

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In the lawsuit I filed to protect SNAP for 900,000 Arizonans — including 1 in 4 Arizona kids— the court ruled the Trump administration acted illegally by trying to cut off access to food benefits even though there are emergency funds available.

Explorers Room with Flash Strap Playlists & archives

Every week he does it. It's incredible. The archives are huge and always there, waiting to be streamed: wfmu.org/playlists/EX

ICE wasn’t moving fast enough.

So Trump is swapping them out for Border Patrol agents in Phoenix, Los Angeles, and beyond — the same crew that rappelled from Black Hawks and tear-gassed a kids’ parade in Chicago.

Link to the story below.

Yikes!

Tonight in the Explorers Room, live on @wfmu.bsky.social & Give the Drummer Radio: a deeply haunted program of psychedelic ghosts, including a special set of J.A. Seazer stuff you have to hear to believe and a bunch of Adrian Sherwood dub productions. 7-10:00pm: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

Jack DeJohnette!: destination: OUT with Jeff Golick Audio & playlist from October 29, 2023

Here is a Jack DeJohnette radio special I put together a couple of years ago: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

Really appreciate the substack-workaround donations I've been receiving from readers via buymeacoffee and paypal. We're all just trying to do the best we can inside these shit systems, and my hat's off to people who're able to make the effort to not put $ through subsuck.

ICE Wants to Build a Shadow Deportation Network in Texas A new ICE proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

NEW: An ICE proposal envisions a 24/7 system where armed private contractors take custody of detainees from local police and move them between transport hubs placed in each of Texas' 254 counties, instrumentalizing local law enforcement. @dell.bsky.social has the story:

“Four in 10 American Jews believe Israel has committed a genocide,” said Daniel May, the publisher of Jewish Currents, citing Washington Post polling. “There’s a disconnect between that number, and the view of American Jewish institutions, where even the most liberal places have leaders that have refrained from calling this a genocide. People who feel committed to Jewish life have no choice but to create new Jewish communities.”

What Comes After War, Political Division and Painful Family Feuds

Amen. Let's have a schism.

"She now argues that young Jews who are critical of Israel, like herself, need to build new communities — new spiritual congregations, new schools — that don’t emphasize Zionism."

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November 8 - Utrecht, NL - Le Guess Who? November 10 - Paris, FR - Le Trianon * (low tickets) November 12 - London, UK - Union Chapel * (sold out) November 14 - Brussels, BE - Church of Our Lady of Laeken * (sold out) November 16 - Geneva, CH - Antigel Festival (evening with) November 17 - Bern, CH - Mühle Hunziken (evening with) November 20 - Valencia, SP - Teatro La Plazeta * (low tickets) November 22 - Madrid, SP - Teatro Lope de Vega (matinee!) November 24 - Braga, PT - Theatro Circo * (low tickets) November 25 - Lisbon, PT - Teatro Tivoli * *with Gina Birch!!!

Wow! Gina Birch of the Raincoats is the opening act for a bunch of Devendra Banhart's upcoming shows

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Japan to Send Troops to Help Stop Bear Attacks

Go bears!

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Re-upping for the nite heads

Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

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[Landline] Songs of devotion, Part I Beer and Jesus

On listening to praise music from German beergardens and a rock ‘n’ roll snake-handling strychnine-sipping microchurch in the Appalachians.

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HELADO NEGRO STUDIO AND COLLECTION SALE I will be selling off most of my belongings in January 2026. Some will be able to ship, and some may be easier to pick up in person. Location TBD but definitely east coast. It will be studio recording...

Hello 💛 I’m selling my personal studio gear, record collection and books in January. Sign up via this list if you want to know more:

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As millions of Americans are about to lose their SNAP benefits, I am reminded of this quote by Emma Goldman:

"Ask for work. If they don't give you work, ask for bread. If they do not give you work or bread, then take bread."

a lot of the advice you’ll get about navigating precarity comes from ppl who have never dealt with it.