Today in Rock History
October 8, 1990
Eddie Vedder travelled from San Diego to Seattle to meet Pearl Jam for the first time, kicking off a week-long session that produced most of their debut album Ten. He’d been chosen after adding vocals to a three-song instrumental demo.
Here's where we are:
Republicans have shut down the government.
Why?
They won't negotiate. They want to pass a bill that will allow the Trump administration to throw 15 million Americans off their health care & double premiums for 20 million Americans.
We won't let them.
Shame on Congress for not banning assault weapons after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in our community to save other children from mass murderers. More & more children will continue to be hunted by school shooters with AR15s until these weapons of war are banned.
This performance of Fiya Wata came up on my youtube recommends — a song that smells like incense and tastes like warm beer in a jar — I would listen to it endlessly in high school (and I still think it's great 🤷♂️)
TSUNAMI WARNING now issued for parts of Northern California (Del Norte & Humboldt Coasts) following the M8.8 megaquake off Kamchatka.
🌊 Estimated wave arrival: 11:50 PM PDT in Crescent City
Significant inundation is possible.
Move inland now. This is a confirmed threat.
Excessive screen time in preteens is linked to the development of bipolar or mania two years later, a UCSF study finds. Parents can help by setting a good example: It’s “the biggest predictor of adolescent screen use,” Dr. @jasonmnagata says. https://t.co/ADUkStfDOs
Creativity and spontaneity in children engages the rewards centers in their brains, a study in @SciReports finds. The first-of-its-kind study measured kids' brain activity as they played the piano. https://t.co/YBdZuAO9Vd
The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government. https://t.co/5k5t9RYYC2
“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber https://t.co/6cQQpcJVTd