Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Bark louder, little dog.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

No one could have predicted…

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

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires

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

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Not all heroes wear capes.

I was promised a recession.

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

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

People are complicated. Love is not.

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Rage, Rage…

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I’ve tried to think of what to say all day, and have…

Nothing.

So — song.

I’ve been listening around to stuff to try and be in and above the feeling, and that hasn’t worked too well either.  I tried Keith Jarrett’s The Melody Alone With You — and while my wife and I have layers of memories with that one, it hasn’t got the razor’s edge today’s news needs.  Sweetness is good — but the dying of the light is too real, and the rage…

So I just switched over, and this works better, if just for me:

Use this thread to share the music that helps you on days like this.

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  3. 3.

    Mnemosyne

    Could we get a Tonys thread, or at least an open thread? I think we all need some relief this evening.

    I don’t get to see them until 8:00 pm Pacific. Sadface.

  4. 4.

    LesBonnesFemmes

    The Smiths came to mind today. Death of a Disco Dancer as a fairly cynical angry response, and There is a Light that Never Goes Out as a kinder one.

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    Mainmata

    Since assault rifles won’t be banned and confiscated, nothing will change except many thousands more Americans will die unnecessarily. As the Koch Brothers have said: Americans dying as a result of capitalism is a sign that the system is working as designed (really they’ve said that). Maybe at some point the slaughter will be so great that things will change but I am not optimistic. There are so many stupid people in this country.

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    JPL

    Lin-Manuel in his acceptance speech said love is love, and now I’m in tears. We have to work for change, because there is much to much rage.

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    lamh36

    @observer 2m2 minutes ago
    Lin-Manuel seamlessly combined a sonnet for his wife with a tribute to #Orlando- the man really can do anything. #TonyAwards

    @MichaelaAngelaD 11s12 seconds ago
    “Love is Love is Love is Love is Love ” @Lin_Manuel #TonyAwards

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    Trentrunner

    @Germy: I don’t know the context of that scene, but that strikes me as a well-meaning but silly over-reaction. Like when Spielberg used CGI to replace the cops’ guns in E.T. with walkie-talkies in a later release of the film.

    But their heart is in the right place. :)

  18. 18.

    MomSense

    @gogol’s wife:

    Yes he is. My mom has been staying with me for a week and her hamildoctrination is now complete.

    Before we turned on the Tony Awards she said “I really hope Daveed wins”. She’s crushing hard!

    Shes 79!!

  22. 22.

    Helen

    What I said on a earlier thread.

    The best opening of the Tony Awards ever.

    Neil Patrick Harris in 2011. It’s not just for Gays anymore. Go google it.

    “Come in and be inspired. There’s no sodomy required.”

    The best.

  24. 24.

    normal liberal

    @Mnemosyne:
    After reading your enthusiasm for Hamilton, I finally bought the cast album (I keep wanting to say soundtrack-someday, I’m sure).
    You have not exaggerated. It’s gorgeous.
    Thanks for prompting my curiosity.
    And LMM at about fifty minutes in is worth the wait.

  27. 27.

    MomSense

    @Mnemosyne:

    I don’t know, Mnem. She is a persuasive woman. She’s already planning a NY trip and making a list of everyone she knows in NY. She was a musician so she’s going through the list of who might be able to hook us up.

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    Adam L Silverman

    @redshirt: Based on an actual story. Man with an African American wife during the Great Rebellion leads a localized revolt seeking independence and allegiance with the Union from the Confederate state they are living in. This happened in multiple places across the Confederacy.

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    raven

    I got news that a friend of mine killed his son last night.I don’t know the details but he shot the young man.

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    RandomMonster

    Tom — In the days and weeks following 9/11, there were various charity concerts. The one performance that really got me was Lou Reed doing Kurt Weill’s September Song, which was totally on target emotionally — “these precious days / were meant for you” — with the added coincidence of, well, September the month. Look for it on YouTube — powerful stuff.

  44. 44.

    raven

    @Betty Cracker: When I read the FB post I thought the son was in Orlando but that turned out not to be the case. The mom succumbed to brain cancer just a while back. The only one left now is the daughter who just moved from Raleigh to Portland, Or with her partner.

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    Betty Cracker

    Tom, I share your affinity for Sweet Jane. The Cowboy Junkies’ version is my favorite.

  54. 54.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @raven: Jesus f-ing Christ. I had a flat tire this morning and i was upset. Then there was Orlando. Now, things like this. It adds perspective.

    Good thoughts for the daughter and all of you who knew the family.

  60. 60.

    trollhattan

    @raven:
    Horrible. Eerie echo of Marvin Gaye. I can’t imagine how a family overcomes something like that.

  78. 78.

    PurpleGirl

    @raven: Oh no, Raven. I’ve not commented on the Florida murders but this cuts into my soul, Condolences on losing a friend and his son to gun violence.

  80. 80.

    seaboogie

    @Omnes Omnibus: Let me help you to love it once again, OO….

    The fangirls and fanbois can be a bit annoying, it’s kind of like sports that way, to me. But….

    When Chernow’s book first came out, I got it for my father who is a “patriotic” (yes, Republican) American ex-pat in Canada who loves historical biography. I put a fresh tenner in as a bookmark.

    Fast forward to a couple of months ago, and I asked Dad if he knew of the phenom of this musical. He had heard about it, but could not comprehend the popularity because he thought that the material would be too historically detailed and “dry” to work. So I sent him the cast recording. He listened to the first bit, but wasn’t always sure which character was singing, so I set him up with a genius link that had the lyrics, noted the character singing, and had detailed references in a dialogue box on the right that gave deep context, so he is eager to dive back in.

    And to this I will add that high school students of US history now have a resonant context for what they are learning, so that is really cool – and the diversity of the cast makes it seem more current. I will also add my observation that Lin-Manuel Miranda is sort of a musical/theatrical genius, and also seems to display some aspects of the hypomania that Hamilton himself exhibited.

    I’m a fan but don’t speak about it to others, and when I give it a listen, I’m all “I see what you did there” WRT to musical themes and references. I find it inspired, incredibly well-crafted, and that it honors the revolutionary spirit of the times in a way that is currently relevant.

  83. 83.

    phein55

    @raven: There’s a tribute column to Matthew at the News-Gazette, under local news. He was a “big brother” type to some of my daughter’s friends on the local indy arts scene.

  84. 84.

    hovercraft

    So far the reviews are not good for Trump.

    The Biggest Lies in Donald Trump’s ‘Security’ Speech

    This is presidential Donald Trump, which means he’s still spouting off a lie a minute, but he’s doing so in a cool and collected manner.

    9 most egregious lies and inaccuracies in the speech.
    Trump lays out dystopian future, Clinton stay the course

    How many more media outlets will be banned ?

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