John Magee

Finding lots to love amid the state of things.

[John Magee @jj_magee]

@kittythefool Green River was amazing. Glenfern is maybe the most meaningful song of my last few years. I was the guy not holding back tears. I have a lot more to say but am not much of a social media guy any more and this is my only account. Glad to have you back!

[John Magee @jj_magee]

I've been saying it: I'm worried that Taylor Swift will never make money from her music. She has to live in Rhode Island instead of LA or Nashville because she can't even make copies of her albums without someone else getting paid.
https://t.co/VVQFya5sAJ

[John Magee @jj_magee]

"Firm but friendly". The white man's act of love.

[Eric Metaxas @ericmetaxas]

Today on my run up through Central Park in Harlem I saw four teenagers smoking weed. As I passed them I shouted in a firm but friendly voice: "Smells like failure!" and kept going. I said it as an act of love, honestly. I hope that at some point one of them might think about it.

[John Magee @jj_magee]

Always good to hit the outlets to find out what you shouldn't be caught dead in.

[John Magee @jj_magee]

Tom Petty said "don't bore us, get to the chorus". I don't think this is an outrage, it's just changing times and tastes.

[Rob’s Cheaper, Ad-Supported Version @r0bwatson]

Oh my God. https://t.co/IF6Kfpz7qI

[John Magee @jj_magee]

Seeing one of the Gorillaz "wearing" a Royal Trux shirt at Coachella & posting about it.

[John Magee @jj_magee]

The best thing about this A+++ tune is the epigrammatic, theoretically unsingable philosophy of the chorus lyric: "What a fool believes, he sees no wise man has the power to reason away".

[Today in Yacht Rock @in_yacht]

“What a Fool Believes” by The Doobie Brothers reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on this day in 1979. Written by Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins, it won Grammys for Song of the Year and Record of the Year in 1980. It is the ultimate yacht rock song.

[John Magee @jj_magee]

Once again, there's a reason they call it "the dismal science"

[John Magee @jj_magee]

Were people as afraid of Wikipedia as ChatGPT? Because what ChatGPT does is summarize Wikipedia articles as poorly as a 5th grader.

(Still, it's absolutely amazing. And yet.)

[John Magee @jj_magee]

Perfectly put. If you are worried your daughter is going to lose playing time on the 5th best team in division 3B of tier 4 of youth sports because someone was born with boy parts, you need to have a look at the bigger picture.

[Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod]

Ice shot the serif

[John Magee @jj_magee]

Textbook Mitt right here. Centrist's wet dream.

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

Mitt Romney: “Trump’s character and conduct make him unfit for office. Even so, I believe the New York prosecutor has stretched to reach felony criminal charges in order to fit a political agenda.”

[John Magee @jj_magee]

Remember, "tough on crime" means "tough on Black people"

[John Magee @jj_magee]

NYC AD CEO, 7AM [stuffy line-of-coke nose]: "We could do a ad wit' how dey got a funny accent an' sound like dipshits"

[John Magee @jj_magee]

Thinking about discovering Bob Dylan as a kid . . . heard some records and tapes around, the songs on the radio, and then "Don't Think Twice It's Alright" - and that was that.

[John Magee @jj_magee]

@Don_K_Williams Great list, thank you! In a video, would you rather see a lot of one-off shot stops vs. long and short kicks where you can see mechanics? Also, how can you show command of the D in video?

[John Magee @jj_magee]

It's not a stretch to hear this version - minus the vocals - as the template for Rage Against The Machine

https://t.co/vSbazipegh

[John Magee @jj_magee]

@paranoiacs @jay_jaffe There are a lot of "only the first 2 Big Stars" people these days, and I'm convinced it's because 3rd was stripped of the mystery.

[John Magee @jj_magee]

When did thank you very much become thank you so much?

[Jeet Heer @HeerJeet]

It's unfair to expect bankers to realize that interest rates sometimes go up.