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Columnist, podcaster, TV music event and documentary producer, Dalton Delan was named New England's best political columnist, born to run in The Berkshire Eagle

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I was delighted to discuss documentaries, the Berkshire Eagle and more a guest of Bill Sturgeon on Friday's edition of WTBR Morning Drive broadcast from the studios at Taconic HS in Pittsfield under the able direction of Jamie Choquette and his media class https://t.co/GSfVRb51YD

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Ongoing concern over voting would be helped by a proximate shift to combine Election Day with Veterans Day on November 11. That way, it would be easier for more citizens to exercise their right to vote on a federal holiday. As we just saw, voting is the beating heart of democracy

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Rufus Wainwright duets with Adam Cohen on Chelsea Hotel at a Montreal tribute to his father, Leonard Cohen, on the 10th anniversary of his passing. Wainwright and sister Martha earlier dueted on Hallelujah. I thought back to seeing Leonard in Toronto on his 2008 triumphant return

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Manchester. May 14 2025. My capture of the moment went viral. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band launch their UK tour with truth to power. On the eve of US midterms, get out the vote to help end what the Boss calls out: "a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration"

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The Boss has loved Trapped since he heard it on a Jimmy Cliff cassette in 1981. Bruce's take from the Meadowlands in 1984 is on We Are the World. In Uncasville, CT on April 12, 2024 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band deliver the first, deeply moving version of the 2024 tour.

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Jimmy Cliff is gone going on a year. I hear him echoing, the way Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band echo The Big Man, his soulful sound like a far star. On April 15, 2024 in Albany, the Boss paid tribute to Jimmy with a song that says it all and always knocks me out, Trapped

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Inspired by Robert Frank's "The Americans" on a road trip across Nevada, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band released The Promised Land in 1978. On Halloween of 2024 in Montreal, the Boss takes that dream of our continent to the crowd in glorious color. Blow that harp, baby!

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It was Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's first top 40 hit, 4 minutes and 30 seconds of rock that rolls. 50 years after recording it, the Boss raised the roof in Montreal on Halloween 2024. With elections round the corner, baby we were born to run--and, as he preached, win

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With midterms looming in America, a flipped Congress--at least one chamber--should it come to pass, isn't the beginning of the end but the end of the beginning. There is much core work to do to restore the economy and our standing in the world. Let's begin.https://t.co/p0aO3nqBev

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In 1956, JFK wrote "Profiles in Courage;" 70 years later, I discuss with Jacob Weisberg "Profiles in Cowardice"--his tale of 8 quislings who bent the knee to Trump & Co. despite the prestige and power to resist. Go forth and don't do likewise.https://t.co/Y8XlkL4BvQ via @YouTube

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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band world premiered their funkadelic version of Ray Parker, Jr.'s 1984 theme from Ghostbusters in Montreal on Halloween 2024. It really rocked the joint. Who ya gonna call...the Boss! It's that time of year again, so here it is, my fun capture

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With Halloween already visible all around, from skeletons rising from lawns to the smell of pumpkin pie in the oven, here is Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's pounding Atlantic City from Montreal two Halloweens ago--it sends shivers up my spine and brings joy to my heart.

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The differences between social democracy and democratic socialism, confusing as it sounds, are meaningful. Under capitalism, we can still have things other nations do such as universal health care and a better social safety net. Stop letting them scare you https://t.co/6K8TyCzNKB

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Far from the Louvre is a hidden gem of Paris, the Musée Marmottan Monet, largest home to Monet's works. Here's a glimpse of his late-life paintings of water lilies. Spend some time with them and the equally overlooked Musée National Picasso-Paris. They point the way to modern art

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The USA expanded by murderous Manifest Destiny and slavery. By the 20th century, we had evolved to global economic dominance versus geographic imperialism. But Trump's revanchist dreams of empire are now shared by Putin and Xi, a dangerous and toxic trio. https://t.co/Sc7LDZxxOn

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Pope Leo XIV carries an inner light. The crowd waiting expectantly at Bd. du Montparnasse on Paris' Left Bank were rewarded with a palpable joy seeing him on his first official visit to Paris. As he turned our way with his beatific smile and waved, he shined, a messenger of peace

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On Paris' Left Bank the evening before Pope Leo XIV's historic visit here. The sky is aflame with a serene and prophetic fire. Our world is in need of a message of peace, love, hope and a spirit of change. An American born for a throne far different from the king in Casa Blanca.

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Ben Vautier's record store in Nice, overflowing with found objects and art, opened in 1958. It was a locus for Fluxus and other artists. A living dreamscape, when it was dismantled in 1973 it was moved to the Musée National d'Art Moderne. Here it is at Lyon's Musée des Beaux-Arts

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In Vieux Lyon, the unique sound of a hundred-year-old paper-fed calliope can still be heard. It is a lot of work turning a crank to feed perforated pages--when they align, air is triggered, creating the melody. In an age of digital sound, it is good to see and hear this old music

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In the premiere episode of Unspin Reels I chat with longtime friend and colleague Elliott Landy to discuss his historic candid photos of Bob Dylan, and his definitional album shots of The Band in Woodstock, featuring a few of his rarest photos.https://t.co/EIZUyQkSZd via @YouTube