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Larry Kooper

@larrykooper.bsky.social

Retired software developer. Great Books reader. I post about music, literature, film, a little politics.

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The neighborhood has been consulted extensively. Enough delay, delay, delay tactics

27.02.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LiveJournal: Discover global communities of bloggers who share your unique passions and interests. Your life is the best story! Just start your blog today!

But, believe it or not, livejournal.com is still there, and people are updating blogs on it!

16.02.2026 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All Typepad sites have vanished from the internet. I imagine they're available in the Wayback Machine.

11.02.2026 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reading de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. It was the genius of the nation’s founders to make the presidential electors all meet in different places. That shields them from β€œpassion and intrigue.”

08.02.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s what tinpot dictators like Trump do. Like Trujillo.

06.02.2026 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Blocks of ice and snow, Second Avenue, NYC

03.02.2026 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump is planning to steal the midterms and probably the 2028 election as well. Who will stop him? It’s like watching a train wreck in slow motion.

03.02.2026 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Amy Rigby Remembers Personal, Musical Wilderness in "Girl to Country" β€” My Spilt Milk In her second memoir, singer/songwriter Amy Rigby remembers her Nashville years, trying to be a rock 'n' roll mom and Nashville songwriter. Things don't go as planned.

Alex Rawls (@alexrawls.bsky.social) wrote a smart and sensitive review of Amy Rigby's (@amyrigby.bsky.social) new book Girl to Country. www.myspiltmilk.com/articles/amy...
"Nashville needed her, but need and want are very different things."

01.02.2026 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Depressingly true

30.01.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Testing simultaneous posting to different services

28.01.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, keep at it!

25.01.2026 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

2/2 more thoughts - Is it fear of loss of access to artists? Or is it fear of rabid fans?

25.01.2026 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would a music critic today dare to begin a review "What is this shit?" Especially of a respected artist on par with Dylan. Has criticism gotten more timid?

25.01.2026 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@djpunctum.bsky.social Happy birthday! The snow is dumping down on NYC right now.

25.01.2026 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am going to be posting here more often. It's a nicer atmosphere than X, and the Bluesky API is still free. I've written some software using it.

23.01.2026 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My unpopular opinion: Chase Infiniti did not deserve an Oscar nomination

22.01.2026 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love every time Lucinda Williams sings a place name.

22.01.2026 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Brian Wilson, he made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn't make his records if you had a HUNDRED tracks today." "That ear – I mean, Jesus, he’s got to will that to the Smithsonian." β€” Bob Dylan

RIP Brian Wilson

11.06.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 846    πŸ” 226    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 9

I love VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (2023) by Brix Smith

31.05.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If Cuomo wins we'll just hound him till he resigns again πŸ˜€

27.05.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I saw the movie PAVEMENTS last night. It was really great. Now I'm sad I missed the jukebox musical 'Slanted! Enchanted!' in its three-night run. There were long excerpts of it in the movie.

06.05.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Authoritarian Playbook: DOGE, Surveillance, and the Collapse of Democracy Inside Trump and Musk’s plan to centralize power through data

Trump and Musk’s plan for a surveillance state open.substack.com/pub/olgalaut...

03.05.2025 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Favorite #Severance fact: Sarah Bock (Miss Huang) has to go to school on set

09.02.2025 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lots of the people I follow on Twitter are over here. More than half. Feels like some tipping point is here or almost here.

08.02.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy birthday, Lena!

16.01.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Her voice (Genevieve Beaudoin) swoops like Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell.

08.12.2024 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Removed

07.12.2024 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Genevieve Beaudoin is her name and she is talented. I wish them success.

07.12.2024 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am at Baby’s All Right watching a duo called Dead Gowns. Their singer just announced they’re from Maine.

07.12.2024 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wasn't aware of Szmierek but he's great! Very Bedsit Disco Monarch

04.12.2024 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0