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It's just a joke about historical scammers. Also, I have a Holy supplement to sell you
Not every band from that 1990’s stretch was trying to knock the walls down.
Cake came out of Sacramento sounding like nobody else on the radio.
They featured a trumpet out front that gave it that mariachi-band sting sitting on top of a funk band, a blues band, and a deadpan vocal.
They never did pick a lane.
John McCrea was never Vedder, Staley, or Hoon.
He didn’t have to be.
They could go from “The Distance” to “Sheep Go to Heaven” to a Gloria Gaynor cover that turned “I Will Survive” into something darker and meaner than the original.
Gaynor hated it.
That tells you they were onto something.
Fun. Funny. Unpredictable.
Same years as the flannel.
Completely different room.
They’re on tour this fall and I got my tix.
Should be fun.
“It’s only right that we leave you with a little bit of false hope before ending the concert.”
“I Will Survive”
Cake
Conan sold the “we accidentally double-booked them” apology just long enough for people to almost believe it.
Then Jon Dore and Rory Scovel started performing their entire sets at the exact same time.
The timing is insane. One goes loud while the other drops volume. Random punchlines keep cutting clean through the chaos. Halfway through they escalate with a guitar and an audience member at the perfect moment.
Four minutes of pure controlled madness that still feels fresh over a decade later.
This is still one of the smartest late night bits ever done.
Never seen chaos this fun
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is answering a question about the racist remarks certain people are spewing about him & Muslims. He answers the questions so eloquently even though you know that he’s probably sick of answering them by now. He speaks a lot like Barack Obama from the heart.
After premiering their duet of this Oscar-winning song at NYC's @BeaconTheatre in 2011, Eddie Vedder and Glen Hansard would go on to sing it together regularly: Ohana, EV solo shows, Earthlings, and PJ gigs. RIP #tfh
"Falling Slowly," June 24, 2017: https://t.co/dPaBsIkukt
I wish they still grew pot that was low THC and just gave you a great body high and made you laugh at everything instead of pot that gives you Joe Biden level dementia and existential dread. What do they put in that shit dude.
I have been called an alarmist and worse by well meaning people who want to think it will just all be ok. But it doesn't always end up ok and we can't pretend it will.
Trump is targeting Black voters and women to rig this election. We need to stand up, call it out and act.
How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:
1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics
Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
'Andor' creator Tony Gilroy's Peabody Awards Acceptance Speech:
“We spent six years contemplating a fascist takeover of a galaxy far, far away. Six years thinking about what happens to ordinary beings when an authoritarian, insane, unchecked regime comes into the deal, and the show is really kind of what we learned"
“If you’re not willing to fight for the things that you love, your family, community, your culture, your planet, your truth, freedom, there’s an asshole ready to come in and take it away. We learned that bravery and sacrifice and resistance comes in all shapes and sizes, and we learned that courage is contagious"
“There’s so much is happening, it’s a fire hose of crap that you just can’t get through. And here we are. There isn’t a new cycle that goes by right now that doesn’t contain a variety of outrages that in any other time in our history in America wouldn’t be grounds for treason"
“Please do not stop. Please do not turn out the lights until we can kill this nightmare… and fuck the Empire!”
(via @Variety)
This goes along with the post we retweeted yesterday.We've discussed this forever. When you make special legal tools for special threats you open up the door to using those new tools against anyone. Just change the definition of what they're doing to your special threat category.