Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Fear or fury? The choice is ours.

Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

How stupid are these people?

Anne Laurie is a fucking hero in so many ways. ~ Betty Cracker

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Innocent people do not delay justice.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

Disappointing to see gov. newsom with his finger to the wind.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

We still have time to mess this up!

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

Republican also-rans: four mules fighting over a turnip.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

How any woman could possibly vote for this smug smarmy piece of misogynistic crap is beyond understanding.

This chaos was totally avoidable.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

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Let’s have a music thread!

And an announcement:

Think about joining one of the Balloon Juice postcard writing parties & music threads – starting this Tuesday.  Posts will go up at 7:45!!  All times Eastern.  Only if there is interest, we can do this every Tuesday night, since there always seems to be a special election somewhere!

Postcard info from Lizzy (Mousebumples) from Wisconsin

Postcards are a great way to encourage and get our Voters to the polls.

From the Postcards to Voters website FAQ:

Q – Is there any evidence to indicate mail-based campaigns make a real difference at the ballot box?

A – Yes! Political scientists have conducted dozens of experiments on the effect of direct mail and find that, on average, mailers increase turnout when they use “messages that emphasize civic duty or the importance of making one’s voice heard” (Gerber and Green 2015, pg. 58). Additional evidence also shows that making the interaction feel personalized, rather than just a blanket message from an organization, is key to increasing the effectiveness of voter outreach.

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When Dems turn out, we win!

If you’re already an approved Postcards to Voters writer or you are writing with Postcard Patriots, you’re all set to get addresses to write. If not, please go to http://postcardpatriots.com/ to request addresses.

You’ll need postcards (which may include cardstock that you’ve cut down), postcard stamps (or first-class in a pinch), pens and/or markers, and postcard snacks. Don’t forget snacks, drinks, and whatever gets you in the postcarding groove.

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  2. 2.

    trollhattan

    How about John Fogerty, who has only been fighting for rights to his own music half a century.

    Following a 50-year legal battle, the founding member of Creedence Clearwater Revival now owns the global publishing rights to the iconic rock band’s songs.

    It came after Mr Fogerty, 77, bought a majority stake in the rights to the band’s catalogue from Concord Records, which has owned the rights since 2004.

    “As of January this year, I own my own songs again,” he wrote on Twitter. “This is something I thought would never be a possibility. After 50 years, I am finally reunited with my songs.”

    Mr Fogerty owns the rights to his solo material, but his new majority interest gives him control – for the first time – over 65 Creedence Clearwater Revival copyrights, including hits like Bad Moon Rising, Have You Ever Seen The Rain, Proud Mary and Fortunate Son.

    The rocker founded the group in 1968, alongside his older brother Tom, Doug Clifford and Stu Cook, and was its lead singer, lead guitarist and principal songwriter.

    The California-born quartet notched nine top-10 singles and five top-10 albums on the Billboard charts, reportedly even besting the Beatles in album sales in the year 1969.

    They disbanded in 1972 and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

    But decades of its frontman’s life have been dominated by the protracted dispute that began after late music mogul Saul Zaentz signed a teenage Mr Fogerty and his group to his Fantasy Records label in the mid-1960s.

    Fantasy owned the group’s distribution and publishing rights. Mr Fogerty, who traded insults and lawsuits with Zaentz, also claims he lost money because the label misled him with bad investments and absorbed his earnings from royalties.

    The label was sold to Concord in 2004, which quickly reinstated – and increased – the royalties Mr Fogerty had not received in some 25 years.

    The company’s recently announced deal with the musician comes at an undisclosed sum. It will see Concord retain the CCR master recordings already in its catalogue and continue to administer Mr Fogerty’s share of the catalogue for an unspecified amount of time.

    “I’m the dad [of these songs]. I created them,” the rocker told Billboard on Thursday. “They never should have been taken away in the first place.”

    Kids, never give up.

    Was once able to visit The Factory studio in Berkeley, where “Cosmos Factory” was recorded and it still looked just like the album cover.

    Jinx!

  3. 3.

    trollhattan

    We have tickets to Bonnie Raitt in March, in the remodeled Community Center Theater. Can’t wait.

    Last time we saw her, Mavis Staples opened. Does a night out get better? It does not.

  6. 6.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Cole’s upcoming road trip (last night’s post) got me thinking about this song that makes me want to drive really fast from Omaha to the Mountains, and always has me depress the acceleratrix a little too hard. I was too young to live that 70s life, but I feel a certain nostalgia for it

    I still remember it was autumn and the moon was shiningOur 60 Cadillac was roaring through Nebraska whiningDoing 120 man the fields was bending overHeading out for the mountains knowing we was traveling furtherAll the fires were blazing and the spinning wheels were turning turningHad my girl beside me, brother, brother, she was burning burning
    Up walked a Baptist preachin’ southern funky school teacherShe had a line on something heavy but we couldn’t reach herWe told her that we needed something that would get us goingShe pulled out all she had and laid it on the counter showingAll I had to do was lay my money down and pick it upThe cops came busting in and then we lit out in a pickup truck
    Go! Get out of Denver, baby, go, goGet out of Denver, better, goGet out of Denver, better, go, goGet out of Denver cause you look just like a commieAnd you might just be a memberBetter get out of DenverBetter get out of Denver

  13. 13.

    WaterGirl

    @Dangerman: This isn’t a postcard thread, it’s just giving people a heads up about the postcard thread on Tuesday night so they can get signed up and get addresses ahead of time, if they are interested.

  15. 15.

    Dangerman

    @WaterGirl: Oh, it’s a music thread about a postcard thread. Well, that JB still works.

    I gotta go find the JB where he (actually, his backup singers) added some great lyrics to Lives in the Balance. The search begins! Well, after dessert (I have priorities, dammit).

  19. 19.

    Mike S. (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)

    I haven’ t been able to listen to anything but Dirty Loops for the last three or four weeks. Watching Youtube reaction videos to them is a nightly treat for me. They are a trio of great musicians who are sort of jazz/funk/pop fusion with a little gospel styling for added enjoyment. Here is DL in two of their originals “Rock You” and “Next to you“

  20. 20.

    prostratedragon

    My monitor went day-udd suddenly last night, so I’m on this little phone. Hope to be back at a keyboard by Tuesday.

    @trollhattan: Oooo, looking forward to Ms. Staples at Orchestra Hall in a few weeks.

  23. 23.

    Dangerman

    @danielx: Jeff Beck (RIP).

    That clip reminded me of another Central Coast set of musicians, with the incomparable Jennifer Young on the bass (Victor Wooten, one of the best around, did it for their record, but I’m in love with Jenn (sorry Victor); please don’t tell her, I find, sadly, that the nickname Dangerman scares off most dates).

    Georgia On My Mind

  25. 25.

    prostratedragon

    @WaterGirl:  Yep, just all of a sudden. But I can’t complain, as it was close to 7 years old. Got a fair price on a Samsung 32 that’s on the way.

  34. 34.

    Yutsano

    I’m eating 떡볶이 (Korean rice cakes) and 양념통닭 (spicy fried chicken) while waiting to go watch a friend perform some music here soon. I don’t have much more to say than that.​

    EDIT: still in Canada.

  35. 35.

    Mousebumples

    I’m off to bed, but I’ll try to check back in the morning in case there are any postcard questions. 😊

  37. 37.

    CaseyL

    When I was a teenager, Steppenwolf was my travel music – “Born to be Wild,” of course, but everything else on the album.  If I wasn’t actually traveling, I’d imagine doing so, listening to the music.

    As an early-20-something, I went on a package tour of Europe geared specifically to young people.  We started every morning listening to “Take the Long Way Home” by Supertramp – with the rest of the album playing throughout the bus ride.  To this day, that album evokes my European trip.

    More recently, for a few years the CDs I played during road trips tended towards metal goth (Within Temptation), Celtic metal (Ockham’s Razor), and, because I’m fond of show tunes sung by strong female vocalists, Sarah Brightman.

    I don’t have a “music to write postcards to,” though I enjoy checking out the stuff posted here!

    ETA: Didn’t link to all the music I mentioned, since IIRC too many links are a no-no on WP!

  38. 38.

    Leslie

    Thanks to a comment from H.E. Wolf in a previous thread, I ordered some postcards and stamps, so now I just need addresses and I’ll be able to get in on the postcard action. I’ll be late, though, because at 4:30 pm Pacific time I’m still at work.

    Music … have some Ellen Jewel.

     Dusty Boxcar Wall

    One of These Days

  43. 43.

    RaflW

    @CaseyL: In 1979 we went to Norway and Sweden. The former was a so-called business trip my dad arranged. So-called because it was really a lovely 36 hour jaunt on a corporate yacht and a few evenings in Sandefjord (90 mins drive outside Oslo, HQ then for a shipping co. my dad was in talks with).

    While the adults went out to dinner, the teen kids of the buisness folks hosted us for two parties. Hey, man, Americans in the small town of Sandefjord! (pop. about 34K back then).

    Anyway, the point being: Practically nonstop playing of Breakfast in America for those two evenings. For years after, any time I heard it (and my brother bought a copy post haste on our return to the US), I’d have keen memories of these nice kids, their charming but not very good attempts to make American food, and, uhhh, endless very competitive leg wrestling matches.

  44. 44.

    CaseyL

    @RaflW: It certainly brings back memories. And that warms my heart, that Breakfast in America is evocative “travel music” for you, too!

    What’s funny is, the songs are mostly sad ones –  even angry ones – but the tunes aren’t, and the tunes were what we responded to.

  49. 49.

    James E Powell

    @WaterGirl:

    Steven Van Zandt – one of my music heroes – wrote “I Am a Patriot” as a response to the Reagan era warped patriotism.

  54. 54.

    LiminalOwl

    @Yutsano: We just discovered a tiny Korean restaurant within walking distance of our new place.  I don’t know any Korean, but there was excellent bibim bap and a delicious (albeit bland) noodles-with-black-beans dish…

  55. 55.

    Mousebumples

    @Leslie: Sounds like a plan! Postcards to Voters can provide some addresses.

    You can either text JOIN to 484-275-2229 or email [email protected] to get started with postcards for that group.

    If last year’s posts were any indication, I’d expect the postcarding to run 2 or more hours. But feel free to join in whenever your schedule allows. I’m guessing WaterGirl would be willing to post up some pictures of completed postcards too. 😊

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