J.R. Nelson

A banner hung on a fence that says: HELP WITH LEGAL SERVICES REPORT ICE SIGHTINGS AND ARRESTS SE HABLA ESPANOL 855-435-7693 ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK

Chicago, stay strong and take care of one another.

For help for your family or to report ICE activities, call 1-855-435-7693 (HELP-MY-FAMILY)

Para ayuda para su familia ó para reportar actividades de ICE, llame al: 1-855-435-7693

National Lawyers Guild Chicago Legal Support Hotline: 872-465-4244

In another part of the camp they showed me the children, hundreds of them. Some were only six. One rolled up his sleeve, showed me his number. It was tattooed on his arm. B-6030, it was. The others showed me their numbers. They will carry them till they die. An elderly man standing beside me said, 'The children–enemies of the state!' I could see their ribs through their thin shirts. The old man said, 'I am Professor Charles Richer of the Sorbonne.' The children clung to my hands and stared. We crossed to the courtyard. Men kept coming up to me to speak to me and touch me, professors from Poland, doctors from Vienna, men from all of Europe. Men from the countries that made America.

An excerpt from the transcript of CBS correspondent Edward R. Murrow's broadcast from Buchenwald, April 15, 1945

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For the night crowd

YouTube video by BBC Archive 1972: Mother Thames - Lady of the London docks | Look Stranger | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

Another glorious BBC archive doc, this one on Mrs Fisher, or "mother Thames", who ran a fleet of tugs & barges, raised a fortune for charity, and largely seemed to have presented as a man. Incredible footage of the London docks and Thamesside power stations in 1972

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf1F...

Lynyn lets his wild beats breathe on the new Ixona - Chicago Reader Lynyn lets his wild beats breathe on the new Ixona, beloved indie label Trouble in Mind hangs it up, 5 Magazine celebrates 20 years, and more.

New Gossip Wolf:
Lynyn on his new @sooperrecords.bsky.social album!
@troubleinmind.bsky.social says farewell!
@5mag.bsky.social celebrates 20 years!
@chrisdeville.bsky.social in conversation with @jackriedy.com!
A Kickstarter for a Lounge Ax doc!

Wild stuff — nuking a portion of your website because MAGA got mad at you for it.

jewishinsider.com/2025/09/adl-...

If you’re looking for something nice to read this evening may I recommend…

This is three weeks away and it’s gonna fuckin rip

Best Music Legacy Built on Collaboration (In Memoriam): Harold Matthews Jr. n August 4th, 2025, the South Side gained an angel like none other. Harold “Big Ed” Matthews Jr. was a talent unique in every way who built community across genres, generations, and even countries. Wi...

I had no idea Harold Matthews Jr. died in August. Peripheral Vision is a stellar deep house album

Lilith Fair rewrote the rules of rock

Having just finished watching it, I agree with everything that @carynrose.bsky.social says in this great piece about the new Lilith Fair doc (and the tour more generally).

PSA: the doc is awesome and if you’re in Canada you can watch it on the CBC Gem app.

www.salon.com/2025/09/23/l...

In the old days when we were open until 1AM, Myopic constantly got calls asking if we had a glory hole. I'd always regretfully say no, then properly crank the shit out the Dicks' "Saturday Night at the Bookstore" in their honor www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z48...

Tom Cruise as Frank TJ Mackey in MAGNOLIA wearing a headset mic, smiling madly, two fingers held in front of his face.

Tuesday morning. Hegseth. In front of scores of generals in some Virginia auditorium as China invades Taiwan.

A photograph of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro's famous diner scene in Heat

"You are as constructed as me; the same anarchic womb has birthed us both"

Terrible news about one of the era's greatest indie labels. Go get 'em, folks

In 2022, Live Nation paid ceo Michael Rapino $139 million for the year

Excellent.

Mailing out a round of these tomorrow, get in touch if you're interested!

Lilith Fair rewrote the rules of rock

I didn't attend any year of Lilith Fair bc I thought at the time that it wasn't for me. The new documentary has made me rethink that position: www.salon.com/2025/09/23/l...

I, for one, would listen to the heck out of a @pappademas.bsky.social podcast

Trump: don’t take acepitoemponoene

RFK Jr: *moth crawls out of mouth*

A nude man is in the background, only referred to as “the colonel”

Person watching on tv: well if they say so

Watching the Lilith Fair doc (which is wonderful) + marveling at the juxtaposition between the amazing positive musical footage + the sexist, insulting actions from culture at large. I was so in love with the music then I didn't notice the negativity; I'm glad we are having these conversations now.

Agent Cooper outlining the plight of the Tibetan people. Twin Peaks S01E03 - Zen or the Skill to Catch a Killer.

Twin Peaks: Agent Cooper outlining the plight of the Tibetan people.

Extremely proud to present MYOPIC SAINTS VOLUME 2, 4 more posters celebrating the favorite authors of your favorite used bookstore.

Dig yourself outta the shit!

Getting Yelled at By Dumbasses The defining experience of fascism.

"America’s entire power structure has been taken over by the very same sort of dumbasses who have been yelling at all of us on the internet for years." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/getting-ye...

What happened to Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez An immigration agent killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago. The initial narrative was quickly disproven by witnesses.

ICE shot a man dead outside Chicago and then lied that he drove his car at agents. chicagoreader.com/news/ice-sho...

What do you get when you boil a clown? Laughing stock

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

Ta-Nehisi Coates remains clear-eyed as ever on the subject of Ezra Klein and a punditry eager to wash whiteness.

“…the hard question must be asked: If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?”

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

It needs to be said that by rebranding Charlie Kirk's views as moderate by both right wingers and liberal cowards resets the extremist views he held as normal and pushes the Overton window to the far right