Rich Nichols

Thank you, Darcy- This is a gigantic gift you keep on giving here. May you somehow be repaid many times over, clearly and legibly and with properly aligned chord symbols.

Nobody forgot they were joking faster than they did.

Not sure if anyone wants to hear this but today is 8 years #sober

This sums up 2025

Colbert should just run for President. I mean, it worked for Trump when his show was cancelled.

Vol 1 and 2 (BN), The Sound Of Sonny, Way Out West, The Bridge, On Impulse, SR and the Contemporary Leaders, Newk's Time... But then also later stuff like Next Album, G-Man, the various Road Shows volumes. Everyone loves him up to the mid 60s but his later work deserves more attention.

And when you see it happen to someone you know you'll say 'oh, not U2'.

Nano-nonfiction?

Stood next to Bill Cosby in an elevator in 1989. Don't yell at me, his transgressions weren't public knowledge at the time.

this aged poorly

What the fuck, @booker.senate.gov

@booker.senate.gov has a well earned spot on my classroom wall.

Why are SCOTUS opinions and Dr. Seuss books in the same font? (Century Schoolbook, for those who care.) Seems like they should make SCOTUS use something outdated and silly like Comic Sans or Finale Jazz Text.

Nixon

Wile E. Coyote can apparently order whatever he wants from Acme. Who's funding this? Gov. or academia research grants? He could just order Acme food if he's hungry, so what's the purpose of all the murderous scheming? Also, we only see the roadrunners who survive his attacks; many more must perish.

John Toll Crane would have been awesome. Cruel but awesome.

Look at all the replies. I don't know why I was expecting no reply at all.

This conversation is ova

The crown prince of Saudi Arabia is trying to get home to Chicago in time for Thanksgiving with his family. He's thrust into an unlikely friendship with a garrulous shower curtain ring salesman named Hans Zimmer.

happy new year

Printed instructions for microwaving a potato with encircled bullet point, “Potato may whistle in microwave.”

for the potato fears not death

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In space, no one can hear you scream.

Good enough! (Thought Gil Evans wrote it, but why nitpick?)

This inspired a thought experiment of grafting Christmas song lyrics onto Wayne Shorter tunes. Going quite badly so far.

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This Joe Henderson/Zakir Hussain duo concert is one of my top ten 'how the hell was I not there' experiences. (I was in Los Angeles at the time, studying or something; no excuse.) RIP, both of them.

MAGA movement | Meaning, Beliefs, Origins, Donald Trump, & Facts | Britannica MAGA movement, nativist political movement that emerged in the United States during the 2016 presidential campaign of its putative leader, Donald Trump. Its name is derived from Trump’s 2016 campaign ...

"It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into."

-- Jonathan Swift, born #OTD 1667

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What's your go-to recording of Mahler 5? (This Chicago/abbado was the last one I checked out but I've never settled on a favorite)

YouTube video by Vince Cho John Coltrane Quartet My Favorite Things Live in Comblain-La-Tour 1965

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It’s awesome how we can open this app without a sense of dread.