patrick battleship

"I love how the band sits in the groove between jangling guitar pop and modern americana; they don’t really push the sound either way, which inevitably allows the group to work on their own foundation."

"artists of this ilk...." he'll shit a twinkee when he finds out one of us is a librarian

YouTube video by Sly and the Family Stone - Topic Time For Livin'

time for livin’

or.. Brown

The Left Has to Speak to Average American Values — or Perish Joan C. Williams argues that progressives and leftists aren’t doomed to keep losing working-class voters — if they can stop dismissing the cultural principles that grant average Americans’ lives digni...

As someone who works in public service and interacts with a wide range of people of varying backgrounds and viewpoints day in / day out, this resonates...

N.Y.U. Langone Cancels Doctor’s Speech, Citing Anti-Government Tone (Gift Article) Dr. Joanne Liu, an N.Y.U. graduate, said the cancellation of her presentation on humanitarian crises was a sign of the climate of fear at U.S. universities.

higher ed is dead

Elon Musk’s Stanford ties raise questions about legal status Elon Musk allegedly attended Stanford to secure legal status before starting his first company, but University records reveal Musk never enrolled.

hypocrites without borders

Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.

we’re just torturing people at Logan now. cool.

Audio by @bandcampsnoop Creative Writing - True 90s 2/12/25. The Massachusetts/Vermont based band Creative Writing, recently released their debut cassette "True 90s" and yes, it does show an affinity for the slack pop of…

a nice person on tumblr blurbed the True 90s tape back in February...just catching it now

YouTube video by Teenage Fanclub - Topic The Cabbage

i've been thinking about this record a lot lately...an album that seems to represent and be about missed opportunities and not letting it get you down. i can still recall cracking the cellophane off the cassette and playing it LOUD right around the day of release. the slide on this just slays

Why Democrats Won’t Throw a Real Punch Faced with existential threats from the right, the Democratic leadership remains timid; faced with demands for justice from the left, it goes on the attack.

accurate

Trump Condemned by Rights Groups for Calling Schumer a ‘Palestinian’ (Gift Article) President Trump said Chuck Schumer was not “Jewish anymore” in comments that have been widely criticized as offensive.

this is going on the greatest hits album for sure

and then there's this...

“This Is All Retaliatory”: Judge Blocks Mahmoud Khalil’s Deportation as Trump Vows More Arrests A federal judge has blocked the deportation of recent Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal resident of the U.S. who was arrested by immigration authorities for helping organi...

the role of @columbiauniversity.bsky.social in this is an absolute abomination

Columbia Bent Over Backward to Appease Right-Wing, Pro-Israel Attacks — And Trump Still Cut Federal Funding Columbia bent over backward to appease right-wing, pro-Israel attacks on Gaza protesters — and Trump still cut the school’s federal funding.

profiles in administrative and intellectual cowardice...the only ones burning down american universities are the administrators of the schools themselves. anything this intellectually feeble deserves to burn.

Democrats Must Defend Mahmoud Khalil Individual Democrats have made strong statements against the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. The bulk of the party and its leadership has offered silence or mealymouthed equivocation.

Trump is testing the waters by detaining/deporting Mahmoud Khalil. So far the Dems are failing to clear even this lowest of bars in defense of absolutely basic yet fundamental rights. It's wrong to disappear people. PERIOD.

Musicians release silent album to protest UK's AI copyright changes More than 1,000 musicians including Kate Bush and Cat Stevens on Tuesday released a silent album to protest proposed changes to Britain's copyright laws which could allow tech firms to train artificial intelligence models using their work.

This is a Labour government??

guess i’m a sci fi writer myself

archive.org/details/Mudh...

mudhoney

i guess while i was sleeping the IA's live music collections have exploded way beyond the jam stuff that populated it 20 yrs ago. lately been digging into shows by Dream Syndicate, Meat Pups, CVB, etc. and just discovered this huge tranche of Mudhoney shows back to the late 80s. happy mudride...

a good movie plot would be if trump and musk just started firing astronauts while they're up in space. that would just about sum it all up.

additional kind words from @ravensingstheblues.bsky.social regarding CW’s debut EP available now via bandcamp as a cassette and/or digital download… a full lp of unreleased muzak coming later on this summer!

YouTube video by Slade Official Slade - Darling Be Home Soon (Slade Alive!) [Official Audio]

file under things i didn’t know i needed… Slade covering John Sebastian

the florida keys..

True 90s” laps at Zowee-era Pavement, loose and limber with just a touch of country via some pedal steel from Andy Goulet. Strummed and soaked in a bit of late Autumn sun, the song is emblematic of the warmth on the way from the band’s upcoming debut. bit.ly/3C9CkFB