It’s postcards and music time! There are two postcard-writing opportunities for Ohio, and one for Virginia. The VA postcard site is writing for dozens of individual candidates, and I don’t see how that can have much impact. If no one is writing for them, I think I will take them off the list Chime in …
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Cold Grey Dawn Open Thread: Yawn Wenner Ekes Out Another 15 Minutes
The founder of Rolling Stone has been removed from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame board after he said Black and women artists weren’t articulate enough to feature in his book https://t.co/YJGIDiVRiV — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 16, 2023 He seems to have been responsible for Ralph Steadman’s partnership with Hunter S. Thompson — …
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Open Thread: Jimmy Buffett Went to… Paradise
Now he lives in the islands, fishes the pilin’s And drinks his green label each day He’s writing his memoirs and losing his hearing But he don’t care what most people say Through 86 years of perpetual motion If he likes you he’ll smile then he’ll say Jimmy, some of it’s magic, some of it’s …
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Medium Cool – Memories of Jimmy Buffett and Other Musicians
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Late Night Open Thread: A Special Afternoon At the Movies
this seems good to me actually. I wouldn’t do this often but I would sometimes do this. probably a better experience than a sports bar! https://t.co/ShKc5AFjFD — post malone ergo propter malone (@PropterMalone) August 30, 2023 Seems like a good idea to me — surely there’s an audience that would pay for better video conditions …
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Saturday Morning Open Thread: RIP Jimmy Buffett (And Other Summer Pleasures)
RIP Jimmy Buffet.Loved him. 💜 pic.twitter.com/npFPVPh9db — Dr Monica 💙💙💙 🇺🇸 🌈 (@DrMonic39867490) September 2, 2023 I’ll confess, I always was and will probably always be an Autumn child… but I admit that this particular turn of the seasonal wheel always comes with a tinge, an acknowledgement that mortality is as much a part of …
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Sunday Morning Open Thread: Musical Interlude(s)
Apparently there’s a musical movement in Peru called Qpop It emulates the aesthetics and musical styles of K-pop, but it’s done by indigenous Quechua speakers In an added twist the biggest band’s lead singer is named *Lenin* Tamayo pic.twitter.com/OZpe7vrswe — Andrés Pertierra (@ASPertierra) August 24, 2023 Global global music! Yes, it’s real, per the AP …
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