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prostratedragon
Wrote postcards for Warnock over the weekend, will write more this week.
Georgia sounds: “You Don’t Know Me,” Ray Charles
Steeplejack
Okay, last time I prepared a semi-sophisticated meal, and basically everybody said, “Let’s order Chinese!” So here we go—Soul Town, Motown and adjacent.
The Supremes, “Stop! In the Name of Love.”
The Four Tops, “Ask the Lonely.”
Martha and the Vandellas, “Dancing in the Street.”
The Temptations, “Get Ready.”
The Supremes, “Come See About Me.”
Steeplejack
The Temptations, “I Can’t Get Next to You.”
The Supremes, “Where Did Our Love Go.”
The Four Tops, “Reach Out I’ll Be There.”
Stevie Wonder, “I Was Made to Love Her.”
Martha and the Vandellas, “Jimmy Mack.”
Steeplejack
Mary Wells, “My Guy.”
Marvin Gaye, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.”
The Impressions, “It’s All Right.”
J.J. Jackson, “But It’s Alright.”
Tyrone Davis, “Can I Change My Mind.”
Steeplejack
Wilson Pickett, “In the Midnight Hour.”
The Four Tops, “Bernadette.”
Major Lance, “The Monkey Time.”
Booker T. and the MGs, “Green Onions.”
James Brown, “Super Bad.”
Steeplejack
The Dramatics, “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get.”
The O’Jays, “Back Stabbers.”
Al Wilson, “Show and Tell.”
Jerry Butler, “Only the Strong Survive.”
Young-Holt Unlimited, “Soulful Strut.”
Steeplejack
Sly and the Family Stone, “Everyday People.”
Thelma Houston, “Don’t Leave Me This Way.”
Marvin Gaye, “Trouble Man.”
Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On.”
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack:
I laughed out loud. Thanks for all the links. Motown is an excellent choice.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
Just picked up some fresh postcards from FedEx Office today to write for Warnock
Georgia on my Mind- Willie Nelson
WaterGirl
If you’re writing postcards and you send me a picture, I can post it in the comments.
H.E.Wolf
Good to see la caterina’s postcard headlining the festivities!
I’m on my 3rd batch of 5 for Sen. Warnock’s runoff, using some postage stamps featuring Bessie Coleman, a Black/Native American aviator who coincidentally was born in Atlanta… Texas.
Kristine
Here on time for a change.
A few postcards will be writ for Senator Warnock tonight.
Keeping it quiet because music can distract when I need to concentrate. I’ll be listening to the patter of cold rain on the roof, grateful that it isn’t snow. The rain/snow line is hugging the Lake Michigan shoreline and I’m only a mile or so away. Hope the luck continues, though I did move the snow shovel to the deck just in case.
MazeDancer
Got your fresh addresses right here. Genuine GA Voters fresh from the GA SoS office.
Where they have stopped listing Party Affiliation, which they did the last time I bought a list from them. But do give Gender. And delineate Race. Twice. Very GA.
Anyway, made a nice list of Black Women Active Voters. The people who matter.
GA also updates their list after an election. So, these are very fresh.
Also, new PostCard designs specifically for GA and Senator Warnock free for downloading here.
So, just click on my nym. Go to PostCardPatriots.com. Or special party offer – just email PostCardPatriots at the Google mail place. Which is where the form goes when you click send at the site.
Mousebumples
I’m here writing as well! Thanks for the great tunes – Motown is great. 🎶
Let’s go, Team Warnock!
frosty
What’s the deadline to mail postcards so they’ll get there in time to be useful?
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
The Foundations- Build Me Up Buttercup
Smokey Robinson- I Second that Emotion
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@MazeDancer:
Thanks again for the great postcard designs!
Kristine
@frosty: Postcards To Voters lets you know when you request addresses. We still have plenty of time for the GA runoff.
Scout211
The CA-47 5:00 vote dump looks better for Katie Porter today. She increased her lead today to 3,772 with 82% counted. Good news. I am watching this one closely. We need her in congress.
MazeDancer
@frosty: Common assumption is Black Friday. The 25th. Early voting starts on the 28th.
If you are mailing inside the state of GA, you could push it to the 28th.
WaterGirl
@MazeDancer: One of my favorites!
WaterGirl
@MazeDancer: So you don’t keep sending while early voting is going? The last postcards are sent before voting starts?
Interesting, I would have thought you would keep sending until the Dec 1, at least.
prostratedragon
More Georgia:
“Louise,” Leo Kottke
“Try a Little Tenderness,” Otis Redding
“Talk to Her,” India Arie (A little backup singer fun at the end)
WaterGirl
@Kristine: Yay!
MazeDancer
@WaterGirl: It was fun searching through Warnock pics online. He is photogenic.
There are folks on Twitter who call him and Ossoff “Senator Bae and Senator Boo”. Though I don’t know who’s which.
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Thanks for writing PostCards!!
WaterGirl
@Kristine: Betty Cracker put this up a few days ago and I watch it at least once a day because it’s beautiful and calming.
WaterGirl
@MazeDancer:
I love that! They are such a wonderful team, working together for GA. Having Walker would be like peeing in the cheerios. Only worse, x1000
middlelee
Mailed 20 today and have 10 more to write tonight which I’m starting right now. ;-)
Steeplejack
Outtakes:
The Four Tops, “If I Were a Carpenter.”
O.C. Smith, “The Son of Hickory Holler’s Tramp.”
Sandra King, “Leave It Up to the Boys.”
Tyrone Davis, “Turn Back the Hands of Time.”
MazeDancer
@WaterGirl: Mail is completely undependable. Especially around the holidays.
You gotta leave a long lead time. Unless you want to risk it.
I’ve only ever gotten one Postcard coming to me as a voter. It arrived a week after the election.
It was also a terrible message. Didn’t understand the point of PostCards. But I appreciated someone making the effort.
WaterGirl
@middlelee: That’s excellent!
UncleEbeneezer
At work so I won’t be writing postcards until Sunday. But have fun and to paraphrase Airplane: we’re all counting on you!
Kristine
@WaterGirl: I like rains that are gentle enough to not flood my backyard.
I’m sitting near one corner of the living room and I can hear the rain rattling down the downspout.
WaterGirl
Finally, I have found the best reason for twitter;
WaterGirl
I will stop myself here because I think I have to use these in the fundraising post tomorrow. That’s when we start fundraising for the boots-on-the-ground (Worker Power) that we supported for AZ – they are now in GA!
WaterGirl
Brothers from another mother.
Or, as Dan Fogelberg wrote about himself and Tim Weisberg:
Twin Sons of Different Mothers
dkinPa
@MazeDancer: Such beautiful designs!
Enjoying the Motown selections this evening.
H.E.Wolf
This is *brilliant*!
WaterGirl
@MazeDancer: Senator Bae is Warnock.
prostratedragon
“Painted Sky (Don’t Give Up On Us),” Lizz Wright
“I Hope You Dance,” Gladys Knight
H.E.Wolf
Aretha Franklin: “Spirit in the Dark”. Seems to start slow, builds momentum, becomes an unstoppable force – much like GOTV!
youtube.com/watch?v=hXQBRHhfwo4
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
They did a nice cover of the Hollies’ “Tell Me to My Face.”
The original.
prostratedragon
“Bethlehemu,” Morehouse College Glee Club. Sen. Warnock’s alma mater. A Christmas song, but being Nigerian (Ogu) it won’t really register. But it does represent!
“Morris Brown,” Outkast. Morris Brown College is an affiliate of Morehouse. The Marching Wolverines of Morris Brown were featured in the movie Drumline.
“A Choice to Change the World,” Spelman College Glee Club. Spelman is another affiliate of Morehouse.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: Big Dan Fogelberg fan here. I did not know their version was a cover.
MazeDancer
@WaterGirl:
Not sure “Re-elect Senator Bae because Senator My Boo can’t work without him” is really the message to use in a PostCard.
But I am open to discussion.
WaterGirl
A postcard from H.E. Wolf
WaterGirl
@MazeDancer: I’m not saying Jon Ossoff can’t work without Rev. Warnock. I’m just not sure there’s any other state where the two senators are both outstanding and work together like this.
Synergy!
MazeDancer
Have MSNBC on in the background. They just did a quick cut to a packed ballroom at Mar-a-Lago. With about six dozen American Flags.
And nothing but white people.
Ksmiami
10 postcards down 15 to go…
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
It was written (and recorded) by Keith, the guy who did “98.6.”
I loved that Twin Sons album, but I was also a huge fan of the Hollies. Very underrated.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: Bus Stop!
MazeDancer
@H.E.Wolf: Love the stamps on your PostCard. Nice touch.
MazeDancer
@WaterGirl: I was joking about the Boo and Bae thing. Not that they don’t make a great team. They do.
Saw Ossoff on with Joy Reid tonight. He was eloquent and moving about Senator Warnock.
Can you imagine trying to work with Herschel Walker to try to get anything done for your state?
There is some incentive to write more PostCards.
Kattails
@MazeDancer: Oops, I just downloaded designs from Postcards to Voters. However I used some generic designs, so let’s see how the Postcard Patriots “supergirl” design prints, and can I get the two sides in the right orientation? …nope try again.
I just crawled in from stacking about 1 1/2 cords of hardwood in advance of our first “wintry mix” tonight. Only got it delivered a couple of days ago, so had to push & be out there with flashlight and clamp lamp. We’ll see how long I last.
Steeplejack
Well, since I have done my Motown duty tonight, I will indulge my Hollies mania. Here’s an alternate take of one of their lesser songs, “Yes, I Will,” that has a great guitar solo at 1:40. Velvet-smooth vocals, as usual.
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
Yes! And a lot of other good songs that have unjustifiably faded from memory.
dkinPa
@H.E.Wolf: Love your postcard! The person who gets that is going to hang onto it — that’s not going into the trash. And will go out and vote!
WaterGirl
Another great postcard from Kristine:
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: I love the Hollies. Maybe you can start now on your Hollies music submissions for the next postcard writing party.
From Motown to the Hollies.
WaterGirl
So… anyone up for another postcard / music thread?
We could do a couple more if people are interested. If postcards need to be mailed by 11/25, we could do one this Saturday and another a week from tonight, next Tuesday.
But only if you guys want them.
Chime in and let me know.
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
Three Hollies songs:
“I Can’t Let Go.” Covered by Linda Ronstadt.
“I’m Alive.” Another good guitar solo.
And, for you, “Bus Stop.”
Kattails
@MazeDancer: OK, got the orientation sorted, and requested 20 addresses. At least I believe I requested stuff. What’s the time frame for these to come through? I can always write out the message and then do the addresses later.
H.E.Wolf
@MazeDancer:
@dkinPa:
Thank you to both of you!
I enjoy finding quirky (and relevant) stamps, even though it sometimes means adding some extra postage to get to the right value for mailing.
In that postcard image there are 6 women, not 5, in the photo. #6 is visible only as a single shoe (maybe a saddle oxford) behind the other women, but still part of the team. A metaphor for what we’re all doing as postcard writers. :)
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: Bus Stop! so happy to listen to that!
Mousebumples
@WaterGirl: I’m on board. I think I’m free both of those days/nights.
Thanksgiving weekend is a wildcard for me, and I’m not sure on the #PostcardsToVoters last day to mail either. We might have an idea by next week. Usually you get 3 days from request – when it gets shorter than that, that’s a hint, lol.
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
I may have to rethink my strategy. Public reception feels a little lukewarm, but I remind myself of all the lurkers who read but never comment.
dkinPa
@WaterGirl: Definitely interested! Love seeing how other people do postcards.
H.E.Wolf
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Thanks for the classic Georgia tune, and for writing!
MazeDancer
@Kattails: Sent your addresses.
Use the “messed” up one anyway. There is no wrong orientation. Just means they flip it over vertically instead of horizontally.
November 25th is the mail by date. Black Friday.
Kristine
@WaterGirl: I’m game.
BlueGuitarist
Thanks all for doing this!
Can’t get to writing til Friday, but getting some addresses, and then printing those awesome Senator Reverend Warnock cards like @21.
scrolling thru quickly; started with Steely Dan still in my ear from Mistermix’s post earlier, and then MazeDancer mentioned Black Friday – title of another Dan tune –
but saw some great song suggestions.
love all y’all
WaterGirl
Another great postcard, this time from Kattails:
WaterGirl
Okay, let’s plan on another postcard writing party / music thread on Saturday, 8 pm Eastern.
Kattails
@MazeDancer: I will use the “dud”, I’m cheap. Got the addresses, thanks. will try to do more but this is a start.
I’m using the Avery “textured white” postcard blanks from the national office retailer, and am not overly impressed. Just a heads-up to anyone. The weight is too flimsy and the texture is a bit much, I’m not getting a really good image & this is a high-end printer. (Picky picky picky. )
Gonna put Hillary Hahn doing the Mendelssohn violin concerto on Youtube and mellow out before bed.
BlueGuitarist
@Steeplejack:
Hot! Hot! Hot!
not trying to suggest a song by The Cure or Buster Poindexter but to convey a not at all lukewarm reaction to your excellent suggestions!
And from Augusta, Georgia: the awesome Sharon Jones performing This Land Is Your Land with the Dap-Kings:
youtube.com/watch?v=1ifbleDsSsI
H.E.Wolf
@WaterGirl: Gorgeous calligraphy by Kattails!
ETA: quick before you put the stamp on: Warnock is misspelled.
ETA2: I make so many errors on my own cards that I should probably buy stock in the WhiteOut company.
Kattails
@H.E.Wolf: Of COURSE that’s the one I scanned! Just checked, the others are OK. Good catch.
Steeplejack
@BlueGuitarist:
Thanks for the heartening feedback. I was more nonplussed by how my jazz set tanked the other night. Motown and adjacent are safe, but I tried to throw in some songs that don’t get played a lot
I like Sharon Jones.
Johannes
@H.E.Wolf: I so married above myself.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: Maybe folks were busy clicking your links and just didn’t say so. :-)