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Obama’s on fire today in Wisconsin!
Mousebumples
I’m here! Watching some videos of Obama in Milwaukee today for inspiration – not music, but Obama’s words are always so inspirational to me.
https://youtu.be/ixISLY-Q1LI
That’s a stream from a local Milwaukee TV station.
And I sprained my ankle earlier today with klutziness, so I’m currently sitting with my ankle elevated. Hopefully I get more postcards done if I’m not getting up for snacks as often. 😅
Question for those in the crowd – if we can mail with #PostcardsToVoters through Thursday or Friday (or Saturday, maybe, if it’s going to a neighboring state)… Any interest in final week, nightly postcard posts?
I’ve got plans Thursday but I’ll be writing at 7ish (Central) the other nights. And I don’t need to be here, if there’s interest from others to do more writing on Thursday.
And if you want to join #PostcardsToVoters – email [email protected]
Happy postcarding!
Mousebumples
@Mousebumples: and a few tweets with clips of Obama’s speech –
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1586486721784463360?t=CB-394pEOnWQVSbmSXFo-A&s=19
https://twitter.com/janamorsecode/status/1586499018565173248?t=7ZKgdqqgXCLyGxVaCL7O3Q&s=19
Alison Rose
“Some guy named Nate” – that gave me a LOL
A few music recs that will probably be of more interest to this crowd than most of the other stuff I listen to, heh:
Valerie June – example song: Call Me a Fool
Ben Harper (solo or with the Innocent Criminals) – example song: Bones
George Ezra – example song: All My Love
bbleh
But … but on a blog I saw an embedded Twitter thread with some REALLY SCARY commentary about some politicians’ remarks concerning a recent poll in a state that COULD decide which party controls the Senate!
It might be RIGHT! How can I ignore THAT?
WaterGirl
Pretty postcards are nice, but even simple ones make a difference.
Just do it!
WaterGirl
@Mousebumples: I watched the whole event in GA last night, and now I see there’s a whole event with WisDems today.
I’ll have a post up tomorrow with the full videos.
Funny, I was just adding a similar tweet up top when I noticed you had added it in a comment. Obama on fire!
Alison Rose
Dang, Obama’s about to throw hands.
UncleEbeneezer
The best clip from Obama’s rally!
WaterGirl
Who all is here writing postcards tonight? Chime in if you are!
WaterGirl
@UncleEbeneezer:
James E Powell
A song for everyone working hard for the win
I still believe – The Call
For people like usIn places like thisWe need all the hopeThat we can getOh, I still believe!
NotMax
An exceedingly eclectic mix o’ music to sample.
#1 — #2 — #3 — #4 — #5 — #6 — #7
WaterGirl
Oh my gosh. Obama in Georgia last night. Today in Michigan and in Wisconsin.
Is he heading to AZ and NV also? Does anybody know?
Raoul Paste
No anger translator needed in that Obama clip
UncleEbeneezer
Obama is the best public speaker has had in my life-time. And it’s not even close. Bill Clinton was great too, but Obama is next level shit! And to think I know people (white, of course) who think it’s Bernie who can really deliver a fiery speech…FOH, as they say…
WaterGirl
@James E Powell: ooh, i like that one.
WaterGirl
@Raoul Paste: No kidding. I thought Barack might spontaneously combust.
WaterGirl
@WaterGirl: I love when Barack says “we’re getting distracted! An then “squirrel” – and then his signature chuckle when he laughs at something funny he just said.
James E Powell
@James E Powell:
That definitely did not come out right
UncleEbeneezer
@WaterGirl: Thank you for boosting. On of the quadrillion things that I know pisses off to no end…they know they will NEVER have somebody as cool as Obama.
Alison Rose
@WaterGirl: OMG I love him. And this is the guy the media kept calling aloof and detached and blah blah. Man’s got charisma out the wazoo and all normal people know it.
Alison Rose
@WaterGirl: That’s probably my favorite little quirk of his. Telling a joke, letting everyone else laugh, and then when they quiet down, he chuckles a little and they start laughing again.
WaterGirl
@UncleEbeneezer: Remember when they tried to slam Barack Obama as a “celebrity”? Now all they do is find celebrities to run for major offices. Football stars, football coaches, media stars, etc.
WaterGirl
@Alison Rose: I love cocky Obama! Not usually a trait I am drawn to, but he wears it well. Happy to see some of that coming back as he’s not being beaten down in office every day.
WaterGirl
@Alison Rose: Yep, that chuckle is charming and endearing.
WaterGirl
@Mousebumples: Are you our lone postcard writer tonight?
Baud
@WaterGirl:
The GOP has turned itself into the bizarro Obama.
prostratedragon
Until the top of the hour there’s a program on WFMT radio featuring chamber tango works. Well-curated by the Uruguayan composer who hosts it.
la caterina
I’m here doing some late ones for Susan Wild in PA. Very sad about Lily. Better get off my arse and do something positive.
Mousebumples
@WaterGirl: I might be. We’ll see. I thought a few people were planning to stop by, per the other thread earlier, but life happens. 🤷♀️ Postcards are a great thing to write when you have the time.
Mousebumples
@la caterina: I’m sure her campaign appreciates that! 🎉
WaterGirl
@Baud: Bizarro world for sure, but no one like Obama.
It’s like the Rs are blind to the things that matter.
They thought Obama was popular because he was a “celebrity”, they thought that since Hillary was running, anyone with a vagina would do. What was that old TV commercial? “Parts is parts.”
bbleh
@WaterGirl: Yabbut he’s a BAD celebrity. Educated and shows it, doesn’t know his place and flaunts it, and had the effrontery to WIN TWICE! What could be worse in one of Those People?!
Kristine
@WaterGirl: I’m here. I’ll be writing cards for Tony Vargas/NE-2 as well.
Kristine
@Mousebumples:
Like a check-in? I could do that.
I watched Obama’s lead-in speech in Georgia, and now this. He’s just amazing.
NotMax
@bbleh
Do not forget the (furtive whisper)
tan suit
.//
Cameron
@WaterGirl: And their candidates should rightly be asked the pertinent question from that other commercial, “Where’s the beef?”
Steeplejack
A song that feels appropriate for Balloon Juice today: Van Morrison, “Redwood Tree.”
And a cry for justice—what we’re ultimately fighting for. Sounds like the same background singers (but probably not): Les Dudek, “Old Judge Jones.”
frosty
OK, I did it. I watched the 56 second video. Tomorrow at noon I’ll go knock on some fucking doors.
Mousebumples
@Kristine: whatever helps people feel “better” (a very relative state, with Election Day coming up quick) – a check in, postcard brag post (look how many I’ve done!, etc.), generic GOTV posts…?
And they don’t need to be at 7pm central – that works for me, but I can check in late or after work/I wake up /etc., too.
Kristine
@Mousebumples: 7pm works for me as well. I may only manage a few cards a night, but I want to try to do more. Wish I’d started earlier.
WaterGirl
@Kristine: Come on, Tony!
WaterGirl
@Cameron: You are so right about that!
bbleh
@NotMax: Thank the Good Lord nobody else would ever disgrace the Office of the Presidency (PBUH) in that way
https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-44a973785468b1ae5cd0f4c231867e58-lq
bbleh
(How do you delete comments entirely? Asking for a friend.)
zhena gogolia
@UncleEbeneezer: omg Bernie is an annoying speaker. Obama is the best!
WaterGirl
@frosty: Thank you for watching! Dan and I thank you for knocking on fucking doors. :-)
WaterGirl
@Kristine: Just because time zones are a pain in the ass… is 7pm central, 8 pm blog time what works for you?
Steeplejack
Continuing with some old Southern rock:
Atlanta Rhythm Section, “Spooky.”
“Doraville.” “It’s funky but it’s pretty.” Can confirm. I lived in Doraville for a while.
Marshall Tucker Band, “Heard It in a Love Song.”
The Eagles, “Lyin’ Eyes.” Not Southern, but I sure heard it hundreds of times in Southern bars and dives.
Kristine
@WaterGirl: yup
Mousebumples
@Kristine: You’re here now – and ready for any potential run offs!
Sure Lurkalot
@Alison Rose: Ooh, Ben Harper:
https://youtu.be/aEnfy9qfdaU
i can change the world
with my own two hands
make a better place
with my own two hands
make a kinder place
with my own two hands
with my own
with my own two hands
i can make peace on earth
with my own two hands
i can clean up the earth
with my own two hands
i can reach out to you
with my own two hands
with my own
with my own two hands
i’m gonna make it a brighter place
i’m gonna make it a safer place
i’m gonna help the human race
with my own
with my own two hands
i can hold you
with my own two hands
i can comfort you
with my own two hands
but you got to use
use your own two hands
use your own
use your own two hands
with our own
with our own two hands
with my own
with my own two hands
eclare
@UncleEbeneezer: That is awesome!
Steeplejack
Slight shift: the Doobie Brothers, “South City Midnight Lady.”
“What a Food Believes.”
Michael McDonald phase shift: James Ingram, “Yah Mo Be There.”
Joseph Patrick Lurker
@UncleEbeneezer:
Sorry, but you’re dead wrong. In his prime, Bill Clinton was clearly a better orator than Obama.
bbleh
@Joseph Patrick Lurker: Democrats in disarray!
Steeplejack
Blue tsunami!
eclare
@bbleh: Also can drain a three and flaunts it.
If you google Obama drains a three you’ll get the clip. That’s what I do!
NotMax
@Steeplejack
Mason Proffit, Hope.
(Okay, they hail from Indiana, so Southern adjacent.)
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: I like this set!
WaterGirl
@Joseph Patrick Lurker: Food fight!
Alison Rose
@Sure Lurkalot: I love him. I think my favorite song of his is Oppression:
(hang on, gotta fix the spacing
Oppression
you pray on us when we sleep
oppression
you chase after the tired the poor the weak
oppression
you know you mean only harm
oppression
you reach out with your long arm
but oppression
I won’t let you near me
oppression
you shall learn to fear me
oppression
you seek population control
oppression
to divide and to conquer is your goal
oppression
I swear that hatred is your home
oppression
you just won’t leave bad enough alone
but oppression
I won’t let you near me
oppression
you shall learn to fear me
oppression
I don’t see how you sleep
oppression
for your bleeding conscience I weep
oppression
you may have the dollar on your side
but oppression
from the gospel truth you cannot hide
and
oppression
I won’t let you near me
oppression
you shall learn to fear me
oppression
I won’t let you near me
oppression
you shall fear me
eclare
@Steeplejack: All great songs.
Mike in NC
Wife watched Obama in Wisconsin and said she’d forgotten what a powerful and elegant speaker he was. As opposed to the sniveling whiner of Mar-A-Lardass.
prostratedragon
Anthony Parmther, bassoon times 6: “Libertango”
Wyatt Salamanca
Gimme Some Truth – John Lennon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbtjc73rLjY
What Is Truth? – Johnny Cash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3k_exJLYJQ
What Is Life? – George Harrison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XFfUt7HQWM
Both Sides Now – Judy Collins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L1UngfqojI
Dedicated to the lame stream media which is not doing its fucking job!
Mississippi Goddam – Nina Simone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ25-U3jNWM
Mousebumples
🔟 done! Popcorn break. And then I’ll grab another 5-10. Thoughts on if I should change up which campaign I’m writing for are welcome. 😊
Joy in FL
@Mousebumples: Other nights this coming week could be good for me. I think Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday are open.
I would be glad of company to write postcards with.
WaterGirl
@Mousebumples: Go you!
Steeplejack
Reggae diversion: Third World, “Try Jah Love.”
Mikey Spice, “Alli Alli Ho.”
Third World, “Now That We’ve Found Love” (Hardcastle remix).
prostratedragon
@Wyatt Salamanca: You just reminded me that I’d meant to put up Nina Simone singing “Suzanne” for Leonard Cohen’s birthday, but didn’t get to it. Was looking for the original recorded version with the lovely piano accompaniment, and found this:
ETA: It drops at the end, but don’t worry about that.
Kristine
@Mousebumples: I think NE-2 would be a helluva get.
schrodingers_cat
How about this for inspiration from Lagaan (I think it was India entry for the Oscars in mid 90s and a huge hit)
Music composed by A. R. Rahman
Chale Chalo (Let’s go)
Repeat after me friends
We will win
And they will lose
Mousebumples
@Kristine: works for me! I’ll keep writing those then. I went to college in Iowa, so I’d love to see another mostly rural Midwestern state send more Dems to Congress. 🤞
WaterGirl
I’m really enjoying the music. Anyone else feeling the same?
James E Powell
@Joseph Patrick Lurker:
For me, Clinton spoke well, but I never felt he was a great orator. Can you say what his greatest speech was?
WaterGirl
@Mike in NC: I haven’t seen him in Wisconsin yet, but I was feeling it last night when Barack was speaking in Georgia.
Kristine
@WaterGirl: No music here. I concentrate better when it’s quiet, at least until I’m on a roll.
WaterGirl
@Sure Lurkalot: That was really good!
Wyatt Salamanca
@prostratedragon:
Thanks, I wish Nina Simone and Leonard Cohen were both still here.
Steeplejack
Shakespear’s Sister, “Could You Be Loved.”
Madonna, “Into the Groove.”
“Dress You Up.”
NotMax
@Steeplejack
Isto, On the Sunny Side of the Street.
The Ravens, Mahzel.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: I’m on this set now. Liking the Doobie Brothers song. I’m not sure I remember “South City Midnight Lady.”
BenCisco 🇺🇸🎖️🖥️♦️
@Steeplejack: Here’s a few songs for the night… courtesy of David Sanborn
“Brother Ray.”
“Maputo.” (with Bob James)
“Ordinary People.”
“Ain’t No Sunshine.” (with Sting)
WaterGirl
@Kristine: I hope we’re good company :-) even if you’re not listening to the music at the links.
Mousebumples
@WaterGirl: checking out the conversation is nice between postcards, for me. 😊
bbleh
@eclare: Yabbut Paul Ryan ran a sub-three marathon! And Ted Cruz has hops like you wouldn’t believe!
BenCisco 🇺🇸🎖️🖥️♦️
@Steeplejack: OMG you pulled up some Third World!! LOVE THEM!!
(and also Steel Pulse)
Steeplejack
Lisa Stansfield, “All Around the World.”
Pauline Croze, “Tita.”
Marcela, “Os Grilos.”
BiD featuring Seu Jorge, “E Depois.”
Kristine
@WaterGirl: It’s good to know I’m not alone in all this. Local friends are writing postcards and knocking on doors for various candidates. And then online there’s BJ. It all helps.
zhena gogolia
@NotMax: Hey, Isto! He’s my friend.
Here’s one from yesterday, I’m Only Sleeping
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJCDP2Qr2So
Jackie
@Steeplejack: For the longest time I thought it was “Purdy Little Love Song” 😂 I still have to correct myself when I hear it! I love Marshall Tucker! And the Eagles.
prostratedragon
“Fear, Hate, Envy, Jealousy,” the Neville Brothers live at Tipitina’s
@Wyatt Salamanca: Amen!
H.E.Wolf
Amen!
CarolPW
Steve Earle Missississi, it’s time
Goes with Mississippi goddam
Kelly
Lyle Lovett covers Blaze Foley’s “Election Day”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCC7VBxw_d8&ab_channel=KUTXAustin
SpaceUnit
Sorry to be late to the party. What would Halloween be without a little Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo?
Cinderella Undercover
prostratedragon
@schrodingers_cat: Wow!
Kristine
@SpaceUnit: My fave song by them is “Just Another Day.” Some of the lyrics are dystopian, but is couplet:
…is lovely.
Eunicecycle
@Jackie: my husband thought the same thing! 😂
Wyatt Salamanca
You Ain’t Going Nowhere- The Byrds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q21BF38W3Gs
Oh Atlanta – Little Feat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTz8g8yh8GY
Virginia Plain – Roxy Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BonWfTW7jKc
NotMax
Taco, Sing, Baby, Sing.
SpaceUnit
@Kristine:
I love that song too.
frosty
@Steeplejack: I had a compilation album of Southern Rock and “Doraville” was on it. I still end up humming it now and then.
“New York’s fine, but it ain’t Doraville”
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: I had never heard of these guys. I liked this one a lot:
Reggae diversion: Third World, “Try Jah Love.”
prostratedragon
“Reality is all she has to see,” eh? Early Sly and the Family Stone, “I Ain’t Got Nobody”
BenCisco 🇺🇸🎖️🖥️♦️
@WaterGirl: They’re well worth a YouTube rabbit hole. Awesome stuff.
Scout211
This thread, with all the music and all the postcard writing, is Lifting me Higher
SpaceUnit
Wolf Alice. I’ve posted this song before but this is the Halloween version.
Giant Peach
Wyatt Salamanca
The Magnificent Seven – The Clash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj1Nf850Lys
Uptight – Stevie Wonder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pBym6iHlBk
No Woman No Cry – Bob Marley & The Wailers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JZetjkhdYQ
schrodingers_cat
@prostratedragon: It is one of Rahman’s best scores.
Another one from Rahman, more wistful. From Swades (My country) (midaughts)
Yeh jo des hai tera
This country of yours
Is calling you
(Always gets me in the feels)
This is a bond that can never break
Composed and sung by A. R. Rahman.
This one is for zhena_g, she loves Shahrukh Khan.
WaterGirl
@Jackie:
Wait, it’s not???
WaterGirl
Postcards from tonight!
NotMax
Josephine Baker, Je Pars.
SpaceUnit
More Halloween caliber Wolf Alice . . .
You’re A Germ
WaterGirl
@WaterGirl: I care about all these people and all these races now, dammit! Or may that’s a bonus?
It’s no longer “we have to keep this seat blue.”
Kristine
@WaterGirl: I just sent one of mine, and will snag more formatting ideas from Mousebumples.
WaterGirl
@Kristine: I don’t have it yet. ??
WaterGirl
Okay, it sounds like we’re going to try this again on Tuesday at 8 pm blog time!
Kristine
@WaterGirl: Oops. Just sent it.
WaterGirl
This just arrived in my inbox from Penzey’s. It was titled Recipes & Sadness today, and my first thought was how do they know about Lily? Of course, they are talking about Paul Pelosi.
In any case, here’s their pep talk.
WaterGirl
Postcards from Kristine:
WaterGirl
@WaterGirl: Nice! Kathleen, were you and Mousebumples both writing for Tony Vargas?
We raised $4,894.43 for him in our Purple Races thermometer!
prostratedragon
Saturday cruise, in LA and elsewhere, introduced by Charles Miller of War:
“Low Rider,” War, live in studio
“Saturday in Twin Peaks,” the Chromatics, live at the Bang-Bang Club of Twin Peaks
“Summer Night,” Miles Davis, with Wilshire Avenue video
Jackie
@Eunicecycle: Oh, that makes me feel less stupid!😂
prostratedragon
@schrodingers_cat: There is money, and then there is home. Lovely.
WaterGirl
I’m closing the laptop for the evening. Big thanks to the postcard writers and for all the music!
eclare
@WaterGirl: Very cute! Everyone has such good penmanship.
WaterGirl
@eclare: I know! I used to have good penmanship, but it got lost somehow / somewhere.
Steeplejack
@Jackie:
LOL! When that song was big I was a newspaper reporter in Alabama, and in our after-work bar debriefings I used to torment a coworker by claiming that it was “Purty Little Love Song.” Never caught on that I was joking.
Steeplejack
Just now starting to read this thread. Didn’t want to break the flow of my YouTube music diving earlier. Looking forward to what others have posted.
Jackie
@Jackie: Another song I misheard the words to:
Toby Keith and Willie Nelson:
https://youtu.be/jRqNjN7C8_c
I thought they were singing *Whiskey for my men BEFORE my horses*
I thought how wrong is that?! Cowboys are always supposed to take care of their horses FIRST!
Jackie
@Steeplejack: Obviously I would have believed you!😂
Mousebumples
@WaterGirl: Yup, sounds like it!
I looked up the 2020 results (I think Biden got an EV from this district, if memory serves?), and the current Rep won 50-48… So not out of sight! Though who knows what redistricting did.
Looking forward to Tuesday! I’ve got a big work meeting that day (quarterly P&T) so I might have a beer while I postcard. 😊
sab
My own Lily was a ten year old dog I acquired through my step-daughters fucked up connections. Somebody had a dog they coulsdn’t keep, so we took her in. An absolutely lovely dog. We loved her. Our cats loved her. Our dog loved her. But then she got cancer. Something inher esopagus or digestive track. Our vet never could pinpoint where the problem was, and God knows we didn’ t spare any expense on testing.
We tortured her for many weeks feeding her foods she couldn’t digest while she wated away. Vets and we were at a loss.
Sometimes it is a huge mercy to know that this is the time.