Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

American History and Black History Cannot Be Separated

Second rate reporter says what?

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

Innocent people don’t delay justice.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

We still have time to mess this up!

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

The GOP is a fucking disgrace.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

The republican caucus is already covering themselves with something, and it’s not glory.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

He really is that stupid.

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Okay. Here’s some live acoustic stuff I think is really good. Thank God for Youtube. And for this music. Music just gets better and better as far as I’m concerned. I’ve cobbled together a bunch of songs/performances I like and that I think will keep y’all entertained. At least they’ve been keeping me entertained. That and the Hoptoberfest.

We’ll start off with some Avett Brothers and G Love…

More tunes after the leap.

And here’s Jessica Lea Mayfield and Seth Avett:

Some Langhorne Slim:

Next up, A.A. Bondy:

Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard from their joint-venture project on Kerouac:

The National (you can understand the lyrics better live anyways):

Ben Harper’s great anthem (dude on the drums is so happy – can’t imagine why…):

And we’ll finish things off with some more Avetts because, well, they’re just the damn best music out there right now:

Here’s a song of mine I recorded A While Back – couldn’t get the video to stick (the green looks really good in HD though). Song’s called Lullaby:

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  5. 5.

    Yutsano

    @Spaghetti Lee: I don’t know what’s worse: that swill or the fact that the columnist got paid four or five figures to write absolute drivel. If you can’t even keep a central thesis, STOP WRITING.

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    Menzies

    Took a listen to “10,000 Words” last night. I’m afraid even though it’s a good song I’m still more of a Fleet Foxes fan – but that by no means decreases the values of these other ones. Acoustic guitar is one of my favorite instruments, music made with it is near and dear to my heart.

    Thanks for the videos, will watch/listen to more of them through the day.

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    Bob

    You know E.D., it takes more guts, IMO, to put your musical tastes on the line than some political position. I admire your courage and taste.

  12. 12.

    Menzies

    @Bob:

    Completely agreed, I think sometimes I get more glares/weird looks/sidelong glances over my music than over my politics.

    Also, while we’re talking music, I feel obligated to link this. Apparently Lin-Manuel Miranda (writer and star of the Tony Award-winning In the Heights) is working on a hip-hop album about the life of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton – “someone who embodies the concept of hip-hop” to him – and he performed one of the songs at the White House. It’s quite the impressive piece of performance.

    (Not sure if it’s been posted already. If it has, apologies.)

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    E.D. Kain

    Well thanks for listening…I’m not too worried about sharing my musical tastes, though. I mean, nobody has to like what I like for me to like it, you know?

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    asiangrrlMN

    Love the National. Avetts, not so much. Your song is a’right, ED. And, I agree that it takes more courage to post your musical favorites than it does to argue about politics.

    @gbear: Yep. It’s moving and powerful and just…great.

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