Every interview with an indie musician should include at least something about what they do for money. Even if it’s just them saying they don’t want to say. It will help young people if they don’t have to feel like they failed by having to work a regular job.
there is a new band called Heat Manager coming out with an album on 3/14 and I absolutely love it. Listen to the first single "Palm Springs" here:
https://t.co/EVzITCxTMI
RIP to my PhD advisor and friend Anson Rabinbach (1945-2025). Born in the Bronx to Jewish socialist revolutionaries, he taught at Princeton for over 20 years. He passed away in Rome days after speaking about his own mentor George Mosse’s contributions to the history of fascism.
look, this is just not the time to tear each other down. we’ve all made mistakes. perhaps one of us single-handedly revived Joe Biden’s flagging campaign and set the stage for one of the most shambolic, idiotic, and incompetent administrations of all time. stuff happens
Sure, the Kamala campaign was a cash-grab train-wreck that failed to deliver on any of its promises, but at least now she's also selling all your data.
I know a lot of us are feeling wrecked and hopeless. All I can offer is that Kris Kristofferson’s
“Border Lord” is 34 minutes long and if you do it right, you can probably swing at least 7 listens, preferably when you are on the clock.
My most disturbing memory from the 2020 primary is when Bernie Sanders won Nevada, California, and every other state with large numbers of Latino voters, and the Democratic Party's response was to spit in their face and tell them that they didn't matter, only South Carolina did.
Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia had among the highest numbers of people who lost their public health insurance as a result of Biden's Medicaid unwinding. Many Dem voters appalled by the election result likely have no idea about this and probably never will.
Weird. Seems like the groups most rapidly fleeing the Democratic coalition are the exact ones where Bernie Sanders was strongest (working class, Latinos, Bros!). Maybe that guy was onto something!
It’s dark as hell and also it’s worth remembering: NYS has enormous powers as a state government.
On climate/jobs, the state can and should do most of what’s needed.
We have to make Hochul step up to the crisis. No more hiding behind the feds.
No excuses now.