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Saturday Evening Open Thread: Taylor-ing the Experience
CIA Director: Okay, so it’s agreed, we force Taylor & Travis to date, fix a series of NFL games, & then have them come out for Biden at the Super Bowl. CIA Agent: If we have this much power, why not just throw Trump in jail? CIA Director: BECAUSE WE LIKE TO HAVE FUN, OK …
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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Paddling As Fast As We Can
Blogfather bait: The Grateful Dead make Billboard chart history despite disbanding in 1995 https://t.co/xWRGFeidhF — The Associated Press (@AP) February 6, 2024 Per the Associated Press: A day after Taylor Swift made music history at the Grammy Awards, a band formed long before she was born made their own history: The Grateful Dead have broken …
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Monday Morning Open Thread: Readership Capture
Tracy Chapman, who has not performed in public in years, performs "Fast Car" with Luke Combs at the #Grammys: pic.twitter.com/VJg3knUYuV — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 5, 2024 BLISS! It’s Monday, it’s February, and I assume I’m not alone in filtering my Grammy news through social media… The multitudes Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” contains, …
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Tuesday Evening Open Thread: The Not-So-Swifties
(Clay Jones via GoComics.com) Republicans haven’t misread American society this badly since Terri Schaivo https://t.co/sfBsq3q6wg — Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) January 30, 2024 The word has gone out, and every good little Trump-humper hastens to obey. Per Rolling Stone, “Trump Allies Pledge ‘Holy War’ Against Taylor Swift”: Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift hasn’t even endorsed President Joe Biden …
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Readership Capture Open Thread — Music Edition
Bonnie and her band are heading back out on the road this spring on the ‘Just Like That…’ 2024 tour with 27 concerts in the U.S.!! Tickets available at https://t.co/niSiVpRAM7 Photo by Josh Reynolds for @BostonGlobe — BRHQ pic.twitter.com/cyjUymCJ8Y — Bonnie Raitt (@TheBonnieRaitt) January 24, 2024 I bought my first music t-shirt at a Bonnie …
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Long Belated Tribute: Nothing Compares 2 Sinéad O’Connor
Sinéad O’Connor’s cause of death has been revealed #THRNews pic.twitter.com/3cpbybu2lE — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) January 9, 2024 Per Rolling Stone: Sinéad O’Connor died from natural causes, a coroner in London has determined. A statement said that the coroner has “ceased their involvement” in O’Connor’s death and no other comments would be made. O’Connor died …
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