Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

This chaos was totally avoidable.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

You cannot shame the shameless.

This really is a full service blog.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

Sometimes the world just tells you your cat is here.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

Come on, man.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

In my day, never was longer.

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  8. 8.

    Steeplejack

    @Cole:

    From your photos, it looks like you have duct tape over all your cameras.

    ETA: At least you didn’t say “duck tape,” so there’s that.

  9. 9.

    TooManyJens

    I use the camera sometimes to Skype and such, so I just keep a Post-it over it the rest of the time.

    Though I’m told that the Macbook camera is now wired in such a way that it’s impossible for the camera to be on without the light also coming on. I don’t know if that’s true, but it would be nice.

  10. 10.

    Omnes Omnibus

    Totally unrelated, but am I the only one with duct tape over my macbook camera because I am terrified of turning the camera on accidentally or of hackers accessing my laptop?

    No, I know of others. I just try to dress well and make sure I have a recent shave if I use my laptop. One wants to look one’s best.

  14. 14.

    mai naem

    I read somewhere that Siouxsie now lives in the South of France and still gets recognized occasionally by her fans. I personally am just amazed that somebody would recognize somebody who’s not really been in the public eye for over fifteen years and that when they were in the public eye, they had a ton of wild make up and clothes.

  16. 16.

    Nutella

    Probably you’re the only one with duct tape. I’ve got a post-it covering mine.

  20. 20.

    joel hanes

    @Steeplejack:

    Except it’s no good on ducts, can’t stand heat,
    and is originally and properly called “Duck Tape”
    for its water-resistance ?

  22. 22.

    Jack Canuck

    @lojasmo:

    David Byrne’s book ‘How Music Works’ is excellent, well worth picking up if you haven’t already.

  32. 32.

    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    I don’t know how well this link will work from my iPhone, but I’ve fallen back in love with the Waterboys’ “The Whole of the Moon”:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TON3PORRDQ

    Visit with my widowed mom is going well so far, but tomorrow I have to discuss memorial details with her. Blech.

  33. 33.

    Steeplejack

    @joel hanes:

    “Duck tape” was originally an older, cloth-based product. Jack Kahl brought back the (newly trademarked) term as a marketing gimmick in the ’70s.

  40. 40.

    Seanly

    Throwing Muses – Kristin Hersh has been a major influence to a whole lot of major modern music. Her half-sister Tanya Donnelly was in the band for the first few albums.

    Pixies

    Jane’s Addiction

  43. 43.

    Jack Canuck

    @Mnemosyne (iPhone):

    “The Whole of the Moon” is one of my favourite albums. There’s such a sense of … I don’t know, celebration? in the music. I’ve loved that one since my brother gave it to me for Christmas in 1985, and it’s been getting quite a bit of play just recently. Along with their “A Rock in the Weary Land” when I’m in a grimmer mood. Mike Scott was definitely not in a happy place when he made that album: check out the video for Let It Happen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57TOnlvqK18).

    Sorry to hear about the family situation; hope it goes as well as that kind of thing ever can.

  44. 44.

    Karmus

    Totally unrelated, but am I the only one with duct tape over my macbook camera because I am terrified of turning the camera on accidentally or of hackers accessing my laptop?

    Prolly. I keep Silly Putty over mine.

    All right, it’s all lies. I don’t own a macbook, and I haven’t had any Silly Putty in years.

    … I need to buy some more Silly Putty. Guess I can live without a macbook.

  47. 47.

    slag

    Totally unrelated, but am I the only one with duct tape over my macbook camera because I am terrified of turning the camera on accidentally or of hackers accessing my laptop?

    I couldn’t bring myself to put duct tape on my macbook. So, I’ve got a thick vinyl sticker.

  50. 50.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @The prophet Nostradumbass: That whole bunch out of Boston was weird and talented.

    @MikeJ: She was involved (in a weird way) with Evan Dando from the Lemonheads for quite a while. Dando had problems; Hatfield had sexual hang-ups. It made for good music. She may well have done harmony on the original.

  51. 51.

    Jack Canuck

    @Alison:
    Okay, you people need to stop posting links to my favourite bands, or I’m never gonna get any work done here! Did you ever see the Chameleons live, either first time around or in their reprise in the early 2000s? Caught them twice on that go around, and they were awesome live.

  55. 55.

    Jack Canuck

    @Alison: There’s a good double live album from the later period, well worth getting (and maybe a DVD too?). And Mark Burgess’s autobiography is good reading for fans of the band (though I imagine Dave Fielding would have a very different take on events!).

  62. 62.

    dance around in your bones

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    It’s so interesting to contrast her early lovely young voice with her later gravelly ciggie/smack voice. I think I like the latter better.

    I just love the fury in her voice in Why’d Ya Do It.

  69. 69.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @handy: If we are going to talk about alt-rock from Boston, we need to name check the Modern Lovers. Richman, of course. Jerry Harrison to the Talking Heads. David Robinson to the Cars. And this.

  73. 73.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    Duct tape must be the redneck solution. ;p I use a piece of black electrical tape.

    It looks more fashionable.

  105. 105.

    piratedan

    @JGabriel: never understood why mussels was more popular than Another Nail in my heart myself, but I still believe that Argybargy is an incredibly underrated album.

  109. 109.

    suzanne

    Okay, everyone else is posting three links….why do I get sent to moderation purgatory?

    You all really wanted to hear those Calexico, Massive Attack, and Portishead songs I posted, too.

  113. 113.

    JGabriel

    @piratedan:

    never understood why mussels was more popular than Another Nail in my heart …

    At the time, it wasn’t. They were both considered equally great, at least at my station.

    .

  114. 114.

    piratedan

    @Omnes Omnibus: it’s still my fave Squeeze song although I do have a great deal of fondness for Messed Around and Labelled With Love are strong contenders for the title.

  126. 126.

    dance around in your bones

    I suppose this could be considered ‘alternate’ – funk, that is.

    Bring The Funk

    y’all guess who :)

    eta: I love these music threads.

  131. 131.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @dance around in your bones: The last time I saw Clinton was in Columbus, Ohio, about 12 years ago. The best thing about the concert was the way the cops handled drug use. I saw a cop walk by a dude hitting a joint, and the cop’s response to say “Come on, have some respect. If you see me walking by, have the decency to hold the thing out of my sight.”

  132. 132.

    piratedan

    @The prophet Nostradumbass: great description, she has a good look and they have a nice sound though, perfect for the blend of Nashville and American Idol…. hard for me to get back in the game these days musically, still suffering from the delusion that all female and male country vocalists sound the same and have never been able to fully embrace Rap yet.

    but here’s another old gem from the dustbin…..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nawiQi1kNoI

  139. 139.

    dance around in your bones

    @Omnes Omnibus: So I guess he pretended he had no sense of smell.

    Every concert I ever went to, you could get high on the smell alone, not to mention the friendly people in the seats and rows next to you passing along the hand-rolled.

    @Steeplejack: Thanks, very nice – listening now. Sweet dreams!

  142. 142.

    dance around in your bones

    @Steeplejack: Here I am re-reading and re-listening to this thread and somehow I missed these songs you offered to me. Thank you, once again – though I know you’re prolly asleep now like I ought to be.

    What the hell, tomorrow’s Sunday, I don’t have to get up early.

    eta: I listened to St. Dominic’s Preview obsessively back in the day.

  143. 143.

    seaboogie

    @joel hanes: Nope – originally called “duck” tape because the strengthening fibers are made of cotton “duck”, a fabric.

  145. 145.

    SGEW

    [A]m I the only one with duct tape over my macbook camera . . . ?

    You are not the only one: I too literally have a strip of duct tape over my macbook camera. (I use electrical tape on my iPhone.)

    But people think I’m a bit strange.

  146. 146.

    Ad Infinitus

    I use a couple Post-It chips, they don’t leave as much stickum on the lens when you peel them off.

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