Welcome to the postcard writing and music thread.
If you’re writing postcards, chime in to let us know you’re here, and if you’re here to encourage the writers and share some music, jump right in!
Tonight’s featured postcard is from Krisine!
Open thread!
prostratedragon
Pittsburgh pianists, almost chronologically.
Earl “Fatha” Hines:
“You Can Depend On Me”
“Boogie on St. Louis Blues”
“Workshop with Jaki Byard”
Kristine
Keeping it quiet for tonight’s postcard writing. I need to make some tea and grab a cookie, and then I’ll be set.
Wyatt Salamanca
On Friday, Trump suffered the ultimate indignity when he got bitch-slapped by C-SPAN.
h/t https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1593783424803897344
Proposed kiss off song to Trump for C-SPAN and other broadcasters
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsaTElBljOE
Mousebumples
We’re watching the Great British Bake off tonight, but I look forward to listening to the music choices later tonight! I can’t wait to see what sort of music collection we have here!
Also – thinking ahead – do we want to do this again next Tuesday? @MazeDancer – what’s your “last day to mail” again? Do people from Georgia or adjoining states get an extra day at all?
delphinium
Finished a batch of 20 cards for Warnock, just need to add the addresses and then mail out on Monday.
Thanks to all the commenters (Maze Dancer, H.E. Wolf, etc) for all the reminders to get this done.
WaterGirl
Kristine is in the house!
On the “what else are we doing for Raphael Warnock” front, we are just $95 away from matching one of the two $2,000 angel matches
edit: And Mousebumples is here, too! And delphinium! And I see la caterina is here, too!
Anyone else writing postcards?
Mousebumples
#PostcardsToVoters update (*from Thursday) –
There are other ways to get addresses, but (personally), I appreciate the provided messaging that #PostcardsToVoters provides.
All important work to help get more Georgia voters out to reelect Senator Warnock!
la caterina
Ooh, nice cursive, Kristine!
WaterGirl
@Wyatt Salamanca: I love that they ditched T**** to announce the Special Counsel. It would be a real shame of that bothered him.
prostratedragon
Pittsburgh II: Art Tatum
“Yesterdays”
“Tea for Two”
“Elegy”
delphinium
@Mousebumples:
Yeah, that was one of the reasons I went with them too-provided messaging with some additional info that could be included as needed.
prostratedragon
@WaterGirl: I’m so sorry I heard. Now I’m going to be up all night, worrying about it.
C Stars
@prostratedragon: Nice. Enjoying the first Earl Hines selection.
If I am not longer testing positive for Covid and can sit upright for more than a half hour without feeling winded, I am going to a GA postcarding party my friend is hosting on Monday.
prostratedragon
Pittsburgh III: Mary Lou Williams
“Night Life”
“Roll ‘Em”
“Scorpio”
la caterina
@delphinium: I’m stealing the message from Kristine’s card up top!
WaterGirl
@prostratedragon: Gee, why do I think you might not be serious about that? :-)
WaterGirl
@C Stars: So sorry you have had covid, happy that you are on the road to recovery!
Alison Rose
(Gonna give y’all some random variety)
Basia Bulat – In The Night
Big Data – The Business of Emotion
Years & Years – Gold
PaulB
If you want to get away from politics for a bit (after you’ve written your postcards, of course), I highly recommend Nathan Pyle’s “Strange Planet” comics. A Twitter thread has a representative sample, including this cat comic that I think most here will appreciate: https://twitter.com/nathanwpyle/status/1098711889054449664
prostratedragon
@C Stars: Glad you like it! Feel better soon, I know what it’s like to be exhausted by sitting up, not from covid in my case but as an occasional thing with a chronic condition.
PaulB
A song and attitude I recommend these days (not quite safe for work): “I’ve No More F***s To Give.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqbk9cDX0l0
prostratedragon
@WaterGirl: You must be one of them puh-sykicks.
WaterGirl
@prostratedragon: Yes, I’m
psychoticpsychic!WaterGirl
Steeplejack must have ditched us tonight. I was so busy listening to his songs that I didn’t say how wonderful his links were!
prostratedragon
Pittsburgh IV: Billy Strayhorn
“Tonk” (duet with Ellington
“Passion FLower”
“U.M.M.G.”
WaterGirl
If anyone wants to send me a postcard, I can add them in the comments.
Alison Rose
(More randomness)
UNKLE – Eye For An Eye
Vicky Farewell – Get Me
Massive Attack – Inertia Creeps
Kristine
@la caterina: Thank you. It evolved over the decades, and looks nothing like the Noble & Noble method I learned in grade school.
C Stars
@prostratedragon:
@WaterGirl:
Thank you, thank you. I was fishing for a little pity. Mr. Stars has had it as bad as myself and the kids haven’t had it at all and don’t get what all the fuss is about.
Rachel Bakes
Finished and mailed my 100 postcards this morning. Don’t write longhand much anymore; my hand hurts! But so worth it for 51 seats
Mousebumples
@Rachel Bakes: wow, 100 postcards! 🤩 Nice work!
And I know the feeling! I type so much more than I write nowadays that my hand cramps up, and I need a break. Refreshing the thread is a great mini-break!
prostratedragon
Born three days apart: Pittsburgh V …
Earl Wild
“Fascinating Rhythm”
“Liza”
“I Got Rhythm”
prostratedragon
@prostratedragon:
… and Pittsburgh VI:
Errol Garner
“Watch What Happens”
“Misty”
“Sunny”
eachother
Mailed my postcards this afternoon.
Can do Georgia.
delphinium
Something we all need to do:
Keep Hope Alive -The Crystal Method
delphinium
@Rachel Bakes:
Wow that is amazing!
rekoob
@la caterina: Me, too! I got some addresses from Postcard Patriots (thanks MazeDancer!) and am using that language.
Now that we’re getting down to the nitty gritty, this seems appropriate:
Shirley Ellis
BenCisco 🇺🇸🎖️🖥️♦️
Chilling and celebrating 60 years on this rock!!
Bob James – Angela
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
I am still somewhat under the weather, and I had to attend a Friendsgiving dinner earlier today, so I am wiped out. Have been dozing and just got up a while ago.
WaterGirl
Mousebumples postcard hot off the presses!
prostratedragon
Pittsburgh VIII:
Geri Allen
“Masqualero”
“Mama’s Babies”
“I’m All Smiles”
rekoob
Thinking about nits makes me think about picking, which leads to some pizzicato moments in the late 19th/early 20th century:
Strauss
Tchaikovsky
Ravel
BenCisco 🇺🇸🎖️🖥️♦️
Joshua Redman Quartet – Headin’ Home (w/Brad Mehldau)
BenCisco 🇺🇸🎖️🖥️♦️
Joshua Redman Quartet – Headin’Home (w/Brad Mehldau)
raven
CNN —
Former US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account has been reinstated on the platform.
The account, which Twitter banned following the January 6 attack on the Capitol, was restored after Twitter CEO Elon Musk posted a poll on Twitter on Friday night asking the platform’s users if Trump should be reinstated.
“The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated,” Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk tweeted Saturday night. “Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” Latin for “the voice of the people is the voice of God.”
prostratedragon
And Pittsburgh VII:
Ahmad Jamal
“Wave”
“Ahmad’s Blues”
“Poinciana”
prostratedragon
@raven: So now the nation can breathe easily, its intolerable suspense assuaged. As for its nausea, …
prostratedragon
@rekoob: Guessed the Tchaikovsky in one! Love it.
Jackie
@raven: Now we’ll see if TFG changes his mind and rejoins. As of earlier today, he “wasn’t interested.”
Of course, deciding to hop on board the Titanic just as it slips beneath the surface might be a reason not to!
WaterGirl
@raven: Ugh.
Martin
Our stack of postcards are done and headed out express mail to be locally mailed from Georgia.
WaterGirl
@raven: Musk apparently thinks T**** can save Musk from himself.
Steeplejack
@prostratedragon:
I was just about to get on you for skipping VII!
Tim C,
Yup. Just deleted my Twitter account. Done. I don’t care that much about it, even with some useful people to follow.
Supporting Trump is my line in the sand on a lot of things these days.
In the words of my favorite navy vet, “Get fucked traitor”
WaterGirl
@Martin: Most excellent! Very smart, too.
Baud
@raven:
Maggie must be happy.
Mike in NC
Posted below: Would be delicious if Melania dumped The Donald for Elon Musk, an actual billionaire for the time being.
prostratedragon
@Steeplejack: Heh-heh. But “Poinciana” needed to be last. So generous of Mr. Jamal to have performed this for about 60 years.
prostratedragon
@PaulB: That’s hilarious. Reminder that running out of fucks is not a new thing in human history.
Old School
Why would Trump leave Truth Social for a poorly run site?
Steeplejack
@prostratedragon:
I live in constant unease about reading Ahmad Jamal’s obituary. He is 92, after all, but he is my favorite jazz pianist, and I will hate to see him gone.
He’s a good choice to end your Pittsburgh tribute. All good songs from great artists.
Hilfy
Beautiful sample postcards, but you all need to PRINT everything. Our younger, and even middle-aged people can’t always read any cursive. Today a fellow in his late forties told me that his 70 yr.old mother and I were the only people he knew who still used cursive writing! My sister’s grandchildren can’t read my writing in cursive. My 40 yr. old friend struggled to read mine til I switched to print.
Sad to see this, as cursive can be beautiful, print never is. This is modern life.
prostratedragon
@Steeplejack: That too. I’ve learned of too many artists from their obituaries.
Kristine
Postcard scripts written. Tomorrow I address and stamp.
Now to write my own stuff or beta read someone else’s. I probably should do a little of both.
Mousebumples
11 postcards done – just need to add addresses & stamps! 🎉
Steeplejack
@Hilfy:
I was wondering about that.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@raven:
I guess Musk thinks it’s just fine that a man who used social media to incite a riot at the Capitol should be allowed on his platform. What a fucking piece of shit. I hope Twitter dies at this point
“The people have spoken”. What a joke. Can’t these Twitter polls be manipulated?
WaterGirl
@Kristine: Yay, Kristine!
Thanks to everyone who is writing postcards, sharing music, or donating!
FYI, we only need $854 in order to reach $31,000 in the thermometer, which will turn into $35,000 on Monday when our two $2k Balloon Juice angels add their donations.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
Just finishing up 25 postcards with some help from family and friends. Mailed another 25 yesterday. Let’s do this!
Mousebumples
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): woo! It’s like angel matches – but for postcarding!
WaterGirl
I am signing off for the night. Within the margin of effort, indeed!
James E Powell
Don’t Give Up On Me, Solomon Burke
A Change is Gonna Come, Al Green
Higher Ground, Stevie Wonder
H.E.Wolf
Coming in late from a meeting to say what a blast these postcarding threads are. I can be here Tuesday, Nov. 22, if we do another one… the election is Dec. 6, so there’s still time to reach GA voters if we write that evening.
Grateful thanks to PostcardsToVoters and PostCardPatriots, who are giving us a way to help GOTV – for this election, and for many more in future.
Thank you to the playlist folks, too!
Mousebumples
@H.E.Wolf: I’m good with Tuesday as well! We can potentially take over an open thread if WaterGirl isn’t able to put up a thread that night, too!
Not sure if anyone (*myself included) will be free for postcarding over Thanksgiving weekend. But maybe the Monday or Tuesday night afterwards, depending on mailing deadlines?? 🤞
hilts
We’re Not Gonna Take It The Who
hilts
Venus Television
MisterForkbeard
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Easily. and the rightwing idiots that follow Musk would also unbalance the poll by skewing the audience.
Timill
Menuhin/Grappelli: Pick Yourself Up
Pennsylvanian
Listened to NPR on the way to the grocery store today (mostly pantry items+wine and sanitary products; $188 I’d be interested in latest grocery bills from others.)
Back to important: Interview with climate caucus head from Utah. Total fucking tool:
Extremists on both sides BS
Was at climate conference; all of this press about poor countries being compensated? Didn’t hear a word about that.
Was approached by Singapore: if they put a solar panel on every house and sq ft of ground it couldn’t power them, so both sides, yaddayadda. Fails to mention that Singapore is an island nation of roughly 300 square miles? Sq ft of US is considerably larger, and I didn’t even get an A in geography.
Gravenstone
Just heard this group for the first time earlier this week. They’re becoming a bit of an obsession.
Inshow-Ha Lemon
WaterGirl
@Mousebumples: @H.E.Wolf:
I think we should stick with Tuesday night at 8 pm since we have done all Tuesdays and Saturdays so far. I have scheduled Postcard Writing Party & Music Thread #6 for Tuesday at 8 pm.