Cap’n Bill

Captain of the Good Ship Microaggression Lover of music well played Traveler

[Cap’n Bill @billsamson]

Ways to fix our country:

1) Make all elections publicly funded with no private or 3rd party spending.

2) See #1

Remove all special interest funding in politics and rational decisions get made

[Cap’n Bill @billsamson]

@TheJohnnyTV We call that high cheese! Bring it Johnny!

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@consequence Reckoning?

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@dougherty_jesse @ThomasBoswellWP @NOTUSreports Life affirming

[Cap’n Bill @billsamson]

@paranoiacs No more ridin
The brakes

[Cap’n Bill @billsamson]

In Austin,TX we had Diamond Smugglers that covered Neil Diamond songs with Elvis fronting that made a habit of covering songs like Nirvana’s Rape Me. This is a killer way to start my Friday

[Mike Bones @mrmikebones]

Formed in 1989, Dread Zeppelin was an American rock band that famously performed Led Zeppelin songs reimagined in a reggae style, fronted by a Las Vegas-era Elvis Presley impersonator named Tortelvis.

[Cap’n Bill @billsamson]

@Mimiiben1 5

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@PatThomas1964 Cheers to the Ps! We started a NFP to support live music in the WNC mountains for a similar purpose. Cheers

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@barrysvrluga @JerryBrewer @TheAthletic @NickiJhabvala Thank you!!

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How did it take 100+ years to come up with the perfect counter to GB?

[Dave @davebftv]

Greatest video in Bears history?

[Cap’n Bill @billsamson]

@paranoiacs quick question; If “Let it Be is the best rock record ever made about standing on the verge of attainment” how much lower on that list is The Bends?

[Cap’n Bill @billsamson]

Diamond Smugglers was the funnest band in Austin in 95 before the onslaught of the Neil Generation

[Pearl Jam @PearlJam]

Eddie invites Milwaukee musicians and Neil Diamond tribute act "Lightning and Thunder" on stage to sing "Forever in Blue Jeans" at Summerfest '95.

Catch the story of Mike and Claire Sardina in "Song Sung Blue" starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, in theaters now.

🎥: Greg Kohs, Song Sung Blue, 2008

[Cap’n Bill @billsamson]

Tweet of the year coming in just under the wire.

[The Onion @TheOnion]

Trump Announces New Visa Tier For Immigrants Who Will Be Friends With Barron https://t.co/IU12OsrdT8

[Cap’n Bill @billsamson]

Let’s not forget The Blues Brothers founding member

[Stephen Thomas Erlewine @sterlewine]

Farewell to the great Steve Cropper, the guitarist for the M.G.'s who were the house band for Stax Records at its 1960s peak. https://t.co/R2h9hSDqAl

[Cap’n Bill @billsamson]

You always know how to gut me.

Cheers

[The Paranoid Style @paranoiacs]

Thanks so much to GQ for publishing my liner notes for the new Replacements 'Let It Be' boxset, out on Friday. Extra special thanks to Jessica Hopper, Patterson Hood and Brian Paulson for their extraordinary insights. What a pure joy this project has been.
https://t.co/tYkatjcnSl

[Cap’n Bill @billsamson]

Smoking set

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

From the Basement, the long-running performance series from Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, is back after a two-year hiatus with a ripping set from Geese → https://t.co/0P22lvFlNs

[Cap’n Bill @billsamson]

Great film. Where I first fell for Scar

[Criterion Collection @Criterion]

THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (2001) •  Entering the Criterion Collection in February 2026! https://t.co/8GZsMAXCTA

The Coen brothers peer into the existential abyss of the atomic age in this coolly riveting, drolly profound noir thriller.

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@scorebook_bob Outkicked your coverage, eh Bobby?

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@RushmoreLists Larry Sanders
I Love Lucy
Seinfeld
Sopranos

[Cap’n Bill @billsamson]

@JVMonte2 The Ballad of the Costa Concordia by Car Seat Headrest

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@mercuryrevvd Top notch Osmosis Jones reference