Don Gookin

Husband, dad, and adopter of dogs. I make beer and I drink beer. I make music and drink music. Black Lives Matter. LGBTQ+ ally. Fluent in snark.

[Don Gookin @DonGookin]

Last night's gig.

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Beautiful weather. Patio beers.

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Tweets that start with "Texas Republicans" are the equivalent of news articles that start with "Florida Man".

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@Rushthewriter @jgregg42 Jeff, to himself: I've been banned from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok, and Pinterest... Hey! What about LinkedIn!?

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@chrisod And since I only use it for checking out new artists, it has a hard time predicting music I would like so its suggestions usually suck. Recommendations from humans are always better.

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@chrisod Right there with you. I only use streaming to check out new artists, and when I do it's usually not on Spotify. I have over 500 albums on a mini-SD card in my phone, so I can listen anywhere.

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Played my first gig in over 30 years last night. You're never too old...

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Had COVID last week. I was vaxxed and it still sucked. Hard to believe we're two years into this pandemic which could have been over by now if 40% of the population wasn't too stupid for their own good (and everyone else's).

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I wonder if any of the bands I'm seeing tonight will cover a Betty White song.

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Enter to win a TASCAM Sound Production Bundle! https://t.co/cH2l5abJWP

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Also, @JasonIsbell venue staff were not checking for vax cards at entry. Thought you might want to know.

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Just saw my first @JasonIsbell show tonight. Finished up with a blistering version of Can't You Hear Me Knocking? Awesome show.

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@JasonIsbell This is why I'm a drummer; I just get in the pocket and keep time and I don't have to worry about any of that.

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This is fucked up. https://t.co/57Yvx1z5ma

[Carissa Byrne Hessick @CBHessick]

My favorite sign of this election season.

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Thread.

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

Neoclassical economics is a hell of a drug. It has no theory of prices, no account of inflation, and its models all presume the existence of a perfectly rational "homo economicus" who is a "utility maximizer" with perfect information.

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@holocaustgolem @scalzi Of course not; you'd smoke it.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: Striking John Deere workers are furious about the company’s contract offer which would give them only a $2-3 raise over 3 years.

Deere’s CEO made $15.6 million in 2020 — a 160% raise.

“John Deere made billions and threw us peanut shells...We’re supposed to scoop them up?”

[Don Gookin @DonGookin]

Youngest kiddo is in town for a visit. The doggo approves

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Truth.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Charcuterie boards ain’t shit but bougie Lunchables