Helping my parents downsize, took a look at their receiver (a Kenwood TK-140X), and yeah, late-'60s folks really did need that one nerdy audiophile friend who knew how to set up stereo systems
04:18 PM - Jul 24, 2023
Happy United Kingston Day to all who celebrate
11:00 AM - Jul 23, 2023
“GOP’s nightmare scenario”: the sweetest of all possible words
04:45 PM - Jul 21, 2023
“Texas might say I’m breaking their laws, but I don’t live in Texas.” 🔥
08:48 PM - Jul 19, 2023
I can't recall: Is 7/8 Day a thing or nah?
Pink Floyd - Money (Official Music Video) - YouTube
The official promo video for 'Money' by Pink Floyd, taken from the album 'The Dark Side Of The Moon'. 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the ...
01:51 PM - Jul 08, 2023
In other news, ABC released Steely Dan’s second LP, COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY, fifty years ago today. The chutzpah of making the great “Show Biz Kids” the leadoff single is still striking: five minutes vamping on basically one chord, with the lyrics a sneering, profane kiss-off to the band’s fans. Damn.
Show Biz Kids - Steely Dan | The Midnight Special - YouTube
Steely Dan performed on The Midnight Special August 31, 1973Follow us on Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/TheMidnightSpecialTVShow/https://www.instagram...
01:22 PM - Jul 06, 2023
Happy one-year anniversary to Fox News downplaying "the legal doctrine of starry decisiveness." (Yes, the tweet is still up and online.)
11:10 AM - Jul 04, 2023
Finally found time to take in this stunning Sally Jenkins article about the fifty-year Evert–Navratilova rivalry/friendship. It's as beautifully written, and as moving, as promised. A genuine must-read.
12:08 PM - Jul 03, 2023
In other news, fifty years ago today, Dutch quartet Golden Earring released its ninth album, MOONTAN, featuring perhaps the greatest driving song EVER. Hard for whoever's in the passenger seat to resist playing the whole drum solo on the dashboard.
Golden Earring - Radar Love (Official Music Video [HD]) - YouTube
Golden Earring - Radar Love (Official Music Video [HD Audio & Video])Taken from the DVD ''The Devil Made Us Do It''Also available on the album Moontan:Spotif...
05:57 PM - Jul 01, 2023
Three years ago today. The jackbooted fascist shock troops sure are taking their time with the whole hunting-Republicans thing.
09:15 AM - Jul 01, 2023
If we could go outside, would be a nice day out, even to walk to Washington Square Park and scream in vain at the Supreme Fucking Court
11:25 AM - Jun 30, 2023
I suspect I spent more time crafting my Goodreads review of Quentin Tarantino's book than he spent writing the book.
09:44 AM - Jun 30, 2023
We *loved* this documentary, and not only because we're the ideal target viewers. No idea why we waited until after the great Robert Gottlieb died to see it.
TURN EVERY PAGE: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb | Official Trailer (2022) - YouTube
Turn Every Page explores the remarkable fifty-year relationship between two literary legends, writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor Robert Gottlieb. Now...
09:09 PM - Jun 29, 2023
Chris Christie, with zero chance of winning the GOP nomination, is going full Bulworth on Trump and DeSantis, and I am SO down for it
11:19 PM - Jun 28, 2023
GOP states denying gender-affirming care for youths are now 0–6 in court. Not that it'll stop them from passing more such bills, since attacking LGBT Americans—even symbolically—is Republicans' #1 message for 2024.
apnews.com
Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee block portions of transgender youth care bans | AP News
Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee on Wednesday blocked portions of bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, handing down the rulings just days before the statutes were set to go into effect.
08:07 PM - Jun 28, 2023
The more we travel abroad, the more I grimace upon returning, emerging from the W 4th St subway station among chin-high piles of trash bags. Somehow every European city has figured out waste disposal—why can't NYC? Encouraging to see urban thinkers lay out practical plans & press for implementation.
05:36 PM - Jun 28, 2023
Republicans embrace neo-Nazis as part of their coalition, name "globalists" as enemy #1 , and directly attack every social issue important to American Jews . . . and surprise! Jews are sticking with supporting Democrats. It's not only Trump, too: Ron DeSantis scores 21/76 favorable/unfavorable. 👍
haaretz.com
72 Percent of Jewish Voters Prefer Biden Over Trump, Major Poll Shows - World News - Haaretz.com
Widely Considered the Most Consistent Benchmark That Gauges the Feelings of Jewish-American Voters, the Poll Continues to Demonstrate That Jewish-American Voters Widely Skew Democrat While Israel Fails to Rank as a Top Priority When Heading to the Polls
09:55 AM - Jun 27, 2023
Has any actor ever been more charming and charismatic than Albert Finney in TOM JONES? The film premiered in London sixty years ago tonight.
Tom Jones Official Trailer #1 - Albert Finney Movie (1963) HD - YouTube
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12:50 PM - Jun 26, 2023
As everyone predicted, revealed evidence of Trump's crimes has only bolstered his GOP support. It's a cult.
10:29 AM - Jun 25, 2023
A glorious Greenwich Village evening, all the more so for being almost certainly illegal in Florida.
10:22 PM - Jun 23, 2023
100% agree. Make it happen, Trump legal team. C'mon, do it. DO IT.
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06:02 PM - Jun 22, 2023
"If we nominate a lawless, selfish, failed politician like Donald Trump—who lost the House, the Senate, and the White House—we all know Joe Biden will win again." Will Hurd, your terms are acceptable.
09:08 AM - Jun 22, 2023
Since the Biden administration utterly failed to plan for the Trump Supreme Court's gleeful and long-predicted scrapping of Roe v. Wade, great to see blue states take the initiative to keep abortion legal.
10:26 PM - Jun 20, 2023
This is how it's supposed to work: The president's son broke the law, and he is receiving due process and facing the consequences. Will Democrats riot in the streets and swear legal vengeance on their enemies? Um, no. We're not in a cult.
09:36 AM - Jun 20, 2023
Liz Truss is, empirically, mistaken
12:42 PM - Jun 19, 2023
Wishing a happy Father's Day to a man confident, in an era before social media, that he'd never be blamed for dressing his eldest son like this.
04:12 PM - Jun 18, 2023
In other news, fifty years ago today, Trident Press published Nancy Friday's collection of women's sexual fantasies. The first edition had a plain JOY OF SEX-style cover design; Pocket Books paperbacks were far more provocative. Which of our mothers owned this edition?
11:21 AM - Jun 15, 2023
Three years ago today. Good times.
Trump's ramp walk: a "slippery" slope | AFP - YouTube
Scrutiny of a US president's health is always intense, and Donald Trump has generally appeared vigorous for his age. On Saturday the president walked down a ...
10:15 AM - Jun 13, 2023
William Barr, known for "his dogged defenses of Trump," went on Fox yesterday "to dismantle Trump’s claims about his federal indictment, one by one by one." But Trump has declared his attorney general an enemy, so Barr convinced no one. "The truth has no place in Trumpism." https://wapo.st/3Nn4lMy
03:41 PM - Jun 12, 2023
