Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

When we show up, we win.

Everyone is in a bubble, but some bubbles model reality far better than others!

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

People are weird.

Dead end MAGA boomers crying about Talyor Swift being a Dem is my kind of music. Turn it up.

“Why isn’t this Snickers bar only a nickel?”

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Maybe you would prefer that we take Joelle’s side in ALL CAPS?

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires.

Please don’t feed the bears.

Putin dreamed of ending NATO, and now it’s Finnish-ed.

Another missed opportunity for Jamie Dimon to just shut the fuck up.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

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

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

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Medium Cool is here once a week on Sundays at 7pm Eastern to offer a thread on culture, mainly film & books, with some TV thrown in.

We wanted to call the series Culture as a Hedge Against This Soul-Sucking Political Miasma We’re Living In, but decided that was a bit too long, so we settled on Medium Cool.

We hope it’s a welcome break from the anger, hate, and idiocy we see almost daily from the other side in the political sphere.

Arguments welcomed, opinions respected, fools un-suffered.

Remember: Medium Cool is on Sundays at 7 pm.

Medium Cool – How About Music Tonight? Let’s Talk Covers

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Let’s talk Music tonight!

Favorite covers?  Terrible covers?  Covers that are better than the original?  Covers that everyone thinks are the originals?  Is there someone you would love to see do a cover of a favorite song?  Who is it and what is the song?

I don’t think covers can get any better than this!  (thanks to Omnes for first linking to this years ago)

Link if you can, but I know that’s a pain from mobile. Or it is for me, anyway!

Let’s go!

 

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Medium Cool – Love Them or Hate Them, Movies & Shows Based on Comic Book Characters

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Black Panther movie poster, with characters from Wakanda

Tonight let’s talk about movies and shows that are based on characters that originated in comic books.

Love them?  Hate them?  Should they stay true to character or is it okay if the original stories and characters are jumping off points?

Has anything big as big as Black Panther was 5 years ago?

Speaking of jumping off points, this post is wide open for anything related to comic book characters. Discussion need not be limited to the small bit of framing supplied here.  Which is always true of Medium Cool, but particularly so for this one.

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Medium Cool – Travel!

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What do you do to get the feel for the local culture when you are traveling?  When I say “traveling”, I don’t care if it’s it’s the state next door, the county next door, or traveling around the world.

Is it the food?  Museums?  Shops?  Cultural events?  Wandering through neighborhoods?  Talking to random people in the street?

If it’s the food, I hope it doesn’t look like this!

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Medium Cool – Celebration Songs!

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It seems impossible that the Democratic Convention started not quite a week ago – I had to check the dates because it feels like a lot of time has passed since the convention.  Is it just me who feels that way?

Anyway, tonight let’s share our favorite celebration songs!

No, we’re not prematurely celebrating a win in November.  But damn, we had a great convention and a great week, so let’s celebrate that with some great music!

So, celebration songs, and nominations for songs that Harris-Walz could or should use at their public events.

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Medium Cool – Concerts, Music Festivals, and Outdoor Theater

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It’s summer – tonight let’s talk about outdoor concerts, music festivals, outdoor theater, and any other outdoor cultural activities.

Have at it!

 

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Medium Cool – from Worst to First to Best (of Everything)

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Tonight we’ll conclude our 3-part series:   The Worst of Everything, the First of Everything, and now the Best of Everything.

Tonight let’s talk about the best of everything.

Best movies your have sent?

The actual top best movie you have ever seen, if you had to pick THE BEST?

What’s the best kids’ TV show you remember?

The best grown-up TV show you remember seeing as a kid?

Best book you remember reading not for school?  We might have to do this one by decades.

Best mystery series you read?

Best fireworks?

Best ballet?

Best play?

Best musical?

Best play or musical you were in?

Best book you remember reading in school?

Best teacher?

Best concert you attended?

Best concert you attended with friends?

Best holiday dinner ever?

Best food craze you remember?

Best food craze you got caught up in?

Best record you bought?

Best album you bought?

Best librarian or teacher?

The best of everything!   Have at it!

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Medium Cool – from Worst to First

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Arguments welcomed, opinions respected, fools un-suffered.  We’re here every Sunday at 7 pm.

So last week, we talked about the worst of everything.   Tonight let’s talk about the first of everything.

What’s the first movie you ever paid to see?

First movies your remember seeing?

The first movie that didn’t meet your expectation?

What’s the first kids’ TV show you remember?

The first grown-up TV show you remember?

First book you remember reading not for school?

First mystery series you read?

First fireworks?

First ballet?

First play?

First play you were in?

First book you remember reading in school?

First teacher?

First concert you attended?

First concert you attended with friends?

First family dinner?

First food craze you remember?

First food craze you got caught up in?

First record you bought?

First album you bought?

First librarian or teacher who was special?

The first of everything!   Have at it.

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