Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

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

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

Cole is on a roll !

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

Spilling the end game before they can coat it in frankl luntz-approved dogwhistles.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

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

Joe Lieberman disappointingly reemerged to remind us that he’s still alive.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

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

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

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

Don’t expect peaches from an apple tree.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

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Feeling kind of down and discouraged today, wondering if there was a way to break out of it.  I thought of this song – I love the harmony and it makes me happy.  h/t to Omnes for linking to this song a million years ago.

How is everybody else doing?

Old-fashioned music thread, open for business.

Update:  “Old-fashioned music thread” was intended to be a reference to the music threads we always had at night.  It was not a request to only share “old-fashioned” music.  I guess there’s a reason that this is one of my favorite quotes:

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” ~George Bernard Shaw

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  2. 2.

    HinTN

    Been listening to a lot of Charlie Watts today. This was very nice; she’s got two fine guitarists there. Thanks, WG.

  4. 4.

    OGLiberal

    Matthew Sweet on the guitar and vocals. They did three cover compilations together (all pretty darned good) and were also the Austin Powers band. Just read that Mike Nesmith offered to have the song be performed on The Monkees but the producers turned him down. Their loss, the Stone Poneys gain, I guess.

  6. 6.

    Gin & Tonic

    Not music, life. I’m not leaving New England this year.

    The 5 states with the lowest COVID hospitalization rates right now: Vt., Mass., NH, Maine, RI.
    The 5 states with the highest vaccination rates: Vt., Mass., Conn., Maine, RI
    — Michael McDermott (@mikemcdermott76) August 25, 2021

  8. 8.

    jl

    Open thread, so thought I’d note how a country with some self-respect acts. The Afghans who helped South Korean troops will arrive in the country tomorrow.

    ‘Moral responsibility’: South Korea is airlifting hundreds of Afghans out of Kabul
    BY DAVID CHOI AND YOO KYONG CHANG, STARS AND STRIPES , AUGUST 25, 2021

    ‘ [Second Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs] Choi cited the country’s “moral responsibility” to house the Afghans given the “serious situations” many of them are under. He added that the evacuees will be entering the country not as refugees, “but people who have done distinguished service to South Korea.” ‘

    https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2021-08-25/afghanistan-evacuees-south-korea-taliban-refugees-2661462.html

  9. 9.

    BGinCHI

    Two records to check out, if you like the sort of music it is.

    1. Will Johnson and Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster have a band together they call Marie/Lepanto. Johnson is most well-known for his band Centro-Matic, and solo stuff, and JPKS fronted Water Liars.

    The new Marie/Lepanto record is called “Gulf Collide” and is only on Bandcamp.

    It’s terrific. Jangly and edgy and smart.

    2. The other is JPKS’s solo record “Constant Stranger.” I’m floored at how good this is. Sort of a cross between Dylan and Tom Petty, but really neither.

    Just a damn good record.

  10. 10.

    sixthdoctor

    Was made aware via AV Club review of a band called Deafheaven, they’ve been around for a while and straddle shoegaze and death metal. Their new album, Infinite Granite, is more shoegazy and I’m loving it, but also digging their earlier albums which are much heavier on doom metal vocals.

  13. 13.

    Wag

    A little Richard Thompson fits the bill.  From his collection 1000 Years of Great Music, his album of his favorite songs from

    the last millennium  a little ditty from l o n g ago

    Sumer is a comin in

  20. 20.

    Lyrebird

    @WaterGirl: Thanks WG, and sorry you’ve had reason to feel discouraged!  My eyes leapt to that comment.  Long week.  Month of long weeks, and I Just opened BJ with the “and you Just don’t get it, you keep it copacetic, and you learn to accept it, you know you’re so pathetic” as my earworm.  Won’t link (it’s a Local H song fwiw) because who needs more downers?

    @Omnes Omnibus: and thanks for as ever bringing the great music links.

  22. 22.

    Delk

    @BGinCHI: met him at the old Thurston’s on George Street. Club wasn’t open yet and the band was having dinner. He signed my Girlfriend and Altered Beast cds.

  27. 27.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Omnes Omnibus: Ah, OK. For anyone else reading who might not get the reference, here’s a good version of the tune that Omnes’ linked tune is based on. Also a good vid for connecting to the Charlie Watts clothing links downstairs. This was jazz royalty at the time, all dressed properly (except the drummer, ironically.)

  34. 34.

    Suzanne

    @WaterGirl: He’s super-great. I have been listening to him a lot in the last week or so.

    The Bad Religion song is because Fuck Anti-Vax People.

  37. 37.

    WaterGirl

    @Suzanne: On the bicycle issue… I like the idea of leaving a note, signing it Suzie or something (no last name or address) and including a phone number.

    I think if I didn’t, it would nag at me and would bother me, and I do think we can model behavior for our kids.

    Non confrontational note, you can explain to the kids that you never want to make assumptions, so you want to ask… there can be a perfectly innocent explanation sometimes, even for things that look pretty bad on the face of it, etc.

    Let us know what you decide to do.

  40. 40.

    Lyrebird

    @Ajabu: Thanks so much!  I really enjoyed reading your artist spotlight!

     

     

    @Omnes Omnibus: Have you ever listened to Erin McKeown?  This recording isn’t the best, not sure what mic they were using, but it’s fun to see her having fun with her guitar.

  42. 42.

    Suzanne

    @WaterGirl: Mr. Suzanne and neighbor (from whose house bike was stolen) went over this evening and knocked on the door to get it back. No answer.

  44. 44.

    LeftCoastYankee

    @piratedan: ​
     

    Ah yes, Treat Her Right…. My last year in college I stayed up in the Massachusetts woods for the summer, and that album was a big part of the soundtrack.

    Soon after I moved to the big city of Boston and had friends turning me on to Morphine, and I’m thinking, “that guy sounds kind of familiar….”

    Mark Sandman is much longer gone than Watts but very much missed.

  50. 50.

    NutmegAgain

    @piratedan:  Whoo boy, yeah, Treat Her Right. They used to open for a favorite of mine, The Lyres. (And then there was Morphine, who had a song.) Sandman used to hang around the bar hitting on staff (unwelcome). Then, he died.

    Awful too bad about Charlie Watts, but it does seem like he had a good run.

  56. 56.

    WaterGirl

    @dnfree: Oops, that wasn’t supposed to “old fashioned music” – that was supposed to be a reference to the old music threads we used to have!

    Did everyone take it the first way?

  58. 58.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @WaterGirl: Did everyone take it the first way?

    Pretty much.  I hesitated about the Hanni El-Khatib link because it’s only about 10 years old.

  65. 65.

    JML

    I’ve been listening to the Corrs again lately. “Would You Be Happier” was a fine addition to my “Get Through These Damn Times” playlist.

  68. 68.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @WaterGirl: She started out as an Ikette with Ike and Tina Turner.  Then she moved to London where she was quite successful.  She is still recording.

  70. 70.

    WaterGirl

    @Omnes Omnibus: I had no idea.

    Your comment reminded me of the Saturday Night Live episode where they had “The Pips” perform without Gladys Knight.  Just the empty microphone where he would normally stand, no one singing the Gladys Knight parts, just the Pips doing their thing as the background singers.

    I would watch that again in a heartbeat.

  71. 71.

    tomtofa

    @Omnes Omnibus: Yep. With reason, I think, as far as pop is concerned. Endless hooks, melodies, rhythms.

    And 59 was a typo – they’ve only been around for 50 years.

  72. 72.

    cain

    Was listening to Whitney Houston’s hit “I got nothing” – what an amazing display of vocal prowess. While there are certainly folks of her talent (Jennifer Hudson) – we will see never someone of her ilk. Her life was a tragedy and shows that you can have all the talent and you can still be so so unhappy.

    ETA and restrained myself to talk about my fav band that you all know ;)

  73. 73.

    piratedan

    @Omnes Omnibus: what their management did to them was indeed criminal. Unsure if you could find two better albums than Straight Up or No Dice and are part of the triumvirate of Power Pop legends… (see Big Star and Raspberries for the other two) .

  77. 77.

    Mary G

    @Omnes Omnibus: I have to chime in – you are my music guru. I’ve heard so much great stuff from your links over the years that I’d probably never come across IRL. I always end up through the mirror at YouTube two hours later and never get back to thank you. Also, too, glad to see you back.

  83. 83.

    dnfree

    @WaterGirl: I was pregnant in 1980 (with the daughter I posted above) and I heard that song on the radio driving to work nearly every day. It always made me smile.

  84. 84.

    Another Scott

    Something a little different from a band I saw long ago in Dayton. They didn’t have a drummer, but had a little drum machine.

    I’m pleasantly surprised that I found this on YouTube! I had their cassette and wore it out.

    Dancing Giant Birdcage Monster (4:10)

    “Inspired by a road trip to see the Residents.”

    Work Sucks (4:55)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  92. 92.

    burnspbesq

    If you’re in the mood to see some hellacious guitar playing, Molly Tuttle’s 8/31 Red Rocks show will be live-streamed on mandolin.com

  100. 100.

    Citizen Scientist

    @Suzanne: both great artists!  I had heard and known about JR for several years, but really didn’t get into his stuff until I saw him open for Jason Isbell a couple of years ago at our local small theater.

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