Rick Quinn

Writer for @PopMatters. @VUDivinity Grad. More Public than Theologian but seeking balance. Pop Culture Junkie. Aspiring Contemplative

[Rick Quinn @apophatic1]

I got to review 'Wild God', the new record by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (@nickcave ) for @PopMatters. An ode to the surprise of joy, it is an audacious, reaching record. 9/10 https://t.co/WE68OOwgW3

[Rick Quinn @apophatic1]

@hlhiii I see what you did there, sir. I salute you.

[Rick Quinn @apophatic1]

@ShaneRaynor Not if his polling numbers include his midterm endorsements, but I understand the loyalty to his person is a different thing for people. If your prognostication is right, I'm pretty sure that it won't be due to relatability. We'll see, I guess.

[Rick Quinn @apophatic1]

@ShaneRaynor Thanks for clarifying. I got confused by "This may be the photo that goes down as the moment Trump won the election." So, you're saying it's a done deal and the photo is only a sign of what is already the case? Not a contributing factor?

[Rick Quinn @apophatic1]

@MikeCosper Fun fact: putting the onus on Coates to "diffuse" a situation he did not cause is a very specific (and historic) type of framing.

[Rick Quinn @apophatic1]

@FkMySmPnsLife @threadreaderapp unroll please

[Rick Quinn @apophatic1]

WOODLAND, the new album by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings is out now on @aconyrecords. I got a chance to review this compelling testament to resilient connection for @PopMatters. https://t.co/ElFF8a869V

[PopMatters @PopMatters]

Throughout WOODLAND, #Americana songwriters Gillian Welch and David Rawlings underscore the sinews of relationships that are stretched but never torn.

➡️ https://t.co/EjmRuyhG2B

@gillianwelch's WOODLAND is a #PMPick out now via @aconyrecords. - @apophatic1

[Rick Quinn @apophatic1]

A deep dive by David Pike into my favorite Neil Young album, On the Beach. Check it out on @PopMatters. It's well worth the time.

[PopMatters @PopMatters]

Neil Young at World’s End: On the Beach at 50

➡️ https://t.co/LPTN2UugTn

Neil Young's On the Beach lodges not in the heart or brain but in the spleen. Perfect for depressed, alienated teenagers in the soft-rock days before punk.

[Rick Quinn @apophatic1]

@RebeccaSolnit @threadreaderapp unroll please.

[Rick Quinn @apophatic1]

@JR_Duren @KSPrior I merely meant that the phenomenon you highlighted wasn't seriously engaged by her. Arguing for a write in option for "future good" has to reconcile itself to possibly enabling a present threat to democracy now Dr. Prior seems to avoid addressing that. https://t.co/VoZX5K8D7H

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Liz Cheney: "This November, casting a vote for Donald Trump or writing someone in means you've made the decision that in too many instances so many elected Republicans have made, which is to abandon the Constitution, to tell yourself that this is simply a partisan choice. That's not what we're facing this time around."

[Rick Quinn @apophatic1]

@DavidDark , I think you would like this record.

[Rick Quinn @apophatic1]

I got to review 'Wild God', the new record by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (@nickcave ) for @PopMatters. An ode to the surprise of joy, it is an audacious, reaching record. 9/10 https://t.co/WE68OOwgW3

[PopMatters @PopMatters]

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' Wild God teems with creative ambitions and sacred content. An ode to the surprise of joy, it is an audacious, reaching record.

➡️ https://t.co/U8CdDV0wFZ

@nickcave's Wild God is a #PMPick [9/10] out now via @play_itagainsam. @apophatic1 @theorielco

[Rick Quinn @apophatic1]

@KSPrior @JR_Duren an equality of relative harm/potential good from either choice that just doesn't seem to stand up to the evidence. At least, as you say, not without a more expansive argument.

[Rick Quinn @apophatic1]

@KSPrior @JR_Duren Thank you. That's clarifying. Assuming the worth implies it is self-evident. I'm not sure it is. I think expanding choice is necessary. I just believe in Nov., more is required to argue that risking either main choice is worth the potential future good. It assumes

[Rick Quinn @apophatic1]

@KSPrior @JR_Duren The prioritization of the third option in light of the future good must also argue for why such a choice should be made cognizant that it may help reinstate Trump or elevate Harris & why the material consequences of either administration is worth the possible long term goal

[Rick Quinn @apophatic1]

@KSPrior @JR_Duren I also think your argument is something to consider. My concern is that it doesn't adequately address the short &long-term material consequences of the decision. The pragmatic reality is that your friends are possibly right. Such a 3rd party move may help seat 1 of the 2.

[Rick Quinn @apophatic1]

@KSPrior @JR_Duren He may not be talking about you, but the flippant response re-centers the priority on individual integrity (a key foundation of your argument) and tracks with your "three votes" joke in the article. Both fail to take seriously the points made or address their specific referents.

[Hamilton Cain @HamiltonCain]

Best craft advice evah.