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Oh my god. nitter.app/moonpolysoft/status/94β¦
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I wasnβt gonna weigh in but this pushed me over the edge. Turn the lights off in a record store & pull ANYTHING from the folk, blues, jazz, soul, reggae, punk, hip hop sections from the last 150 years of music and thereβs a good chance youβre gonna find something better than this
a. I think progressives should listen to this. In part, bc itβs just a good tune.
b. But also bc it shows the path of realignment. Anthony sings about the soullessness of work, shit wages and the power of the elites.
All problems the left has better solutions to than the right.
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I watched the Bruce ad and this visual is the opposite of comforting to me. White-Identitarian-Christian-Nationalist-from-the-80s-that-hosts-bonehead-barbecues-on-weekends-ass looking chapel.
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Totally cool, totally normal country we live in, where everything works great. nitter.app/boingboing/status/9615β¦
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Hey - Iβm having a pretty hard time tonight (like, REALLY bad). I know Iβm not alone and I just want to say it in case it helps to hear.
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Raising my head above water to say that Iβm grieving Adam Schlesinger. I know so many people who knew him much better than I did, and Iβm grieving for them as well. Love to you all in trying times.
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You actually are being replaced, you fragile stunted sacks of piss and shit. I only wish it was happening faster.
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π¨There is now a shelter dog petting station at the Minneapolis airport (right next to the TempehReuben place) π¨
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I can't believe this is happening. I'm ashamed, sickened, & furious at anyone who voted for this, and any pol/official who allows it. WTF. nitter.app/dellcam/status/8251754β¦
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Itβs #StevenUniverseTheMovie oβclock! Congratulations to one of the loveliest people I know, @rebeccasugar. I love this show, Iβm honored to have a small role in the movie, and I carry these characters and the world she created within me, always.
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My motherβs in the hospital tonight. I wrote this song for her after she lost her father. Would appreciate your actual thoughts and prayers. piped.video/F1WRETLb4Q0
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Iβm sorry, but this is just not true. Hundreds of thousands of people marched in protest of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, in NYC, in DC, all over the world, in the streets, college campuses, direct action, etc.; and more than once. There was massive discontent.
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While Iβm tweeting through this week, I just want to say that I hope it doesnβt get lost in the covid stuff, that Rogan and certain guests of his have been spouting transphobic shit for a while now.
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Nice try, bowls.
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Folks, Kim is a great writer and as an activist, she is 100 percent against... Nazis.
I've been contributing to @nprmusic since 2011, but was just told they don't want me to contribute anymore because my "activist stance" "conflicts" with their journalistic ethics
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I donβt know this guy, I think his analysis is ridiculous, wrong. narcissistic, etc.; but also, I really want to implore people to stop saying βbutthurt.β If it wasnβt clear the last time I tweeted about this, *I think* itβs homophobic. The second I see that word, weβre done. nitter.app/grummz/status/10134674β¦
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In the past few weeks Iβve finally started receiving wild right wing DMs meant for @tedlieu, and theyβre so incredibly dumb that Iβm surprised itβs taken this long.
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If itβs a last verified tweet from me, then I guess I just want to say: Transphobes, homophobes, misogynists, white supremacists, anti-semites, racists and bigots of any kind, exploiters, oppressors, power hungry, and cruel, you are bound to lose.
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I keep thinking of all the PTSD that must be getting triggered out there today, and I just want to say that Iβm sorry & please take care.
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Guitar pedal world is disgusting. Count how many βballsβ/βballzβ names there are, too. Bros marketing for bros. HIRE WOMEN and consider that YOUR MARKET SHOULD ALSO BE WOMEN. Ya fucking troglodytes. (h/t @mattlemay)
What f*cking year is this ???
Pls sign my friends petition to EDIT/REMOVE @tcelectronic disgusting write up for their βpussy melterβ guitar effect pedal. As a female guitarist and just a female in general this makes me super disappointed ! ipetitions.com/petition/tcelβ¦
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Two old white men in possession of institutional power contemptuously laughing at citizen protestors makes my blood boil.
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Gen X is with millennials on this one. nitter.app/imamandanelson/status/β¦
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<please be true please be true please be true>
ALT palates of CDs
ALT stacks of boxes of CDs
ALT me with boxes of CDs
ALT way too many boxes of CDs
CDs are back, baby, and that's because they've always been awesome. why CD sales went up last year, why some of us cherish these shiny little discs, and why fans are falling back in love with the world's most-mocked music format.
rollingstone.com/music/musicβ¦
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The presidentβs brain is a shithole, his mouth is a shithole, his administration is a shithole.
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Everything's fine.
Corpse flowers are blooming simultaneously across the countryβand botanists donβt know why
on.wsj.com/2aj9nKD
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.@RichardBSpencer Everyone saw you cry on tv.
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Love to discover that apparently 16 years ago, someone who uploaded and registered the publishing info for what is inarguably the only song Iβve ever written thatβs ever gotten me potentially significant airplay, somehow put the title down in their system as βTed and Mia.β
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Nothing is worse than PeeWee, a Yankee, figuring out that I, Francis, of Southern man-gentry stole his bike.
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Janet Jackson or gtfo.
Want to see me perform at #SBLII #PepsiHalftimeLive FROM THE SIDELINES? RT for a chance to win sideline passes from @Pepsi for you and a guest! pep.si/JT #Sweepstakes
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Why did Man need to catch it? Could not Man have left it alone?
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I have something to say about this.
"she told nobody contemporaneously" -- you could fill all the books in the world with the things women have experienced and never spoken word one of to anyone nytimes.com/2018/09/16/opiniβ¦
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Hey folks. If youβre going out to see shows, please read this; and despite yesterdayβs truly disheartening reports of celebration at mask mandates lifting, keep doing it right, and continue to take care of yourselves and others.
New post on Dada Drummer Almanach, for all us canaries in the coalmine dadadrummer.substack.com/p/mβ¦
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Bottom feeding scavengers of late capitalism sucking the last marrow from our bones and/or running a scam on me, you, or everyone, because obviously, I didnβt approve this, and apparently neither did anyone else youβll see on the site.
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I have nothing smart to say right now. But Iβm thinking about my Asian friends, especially, and I am sick of this white supremacist place.
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Ted & Leo were rescued from a terrible situation and had a long recovery. This was their first time playing in the pasture! #FlashbackFriday
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This repeal would, of course, do the exact opposite. #NetNeutrality preserves a βlight touch.β ISPs are heavy-handed in their desire to choke the internet and users for profit. #SaveNetNeutrality
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I went out in the rain last night to change an outdoor lightbulb, and it was cold, but folks, Iβm here to tell you - you could smell it - itβs spring.
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Hey. Itβs me. The guy who doesnβt tweet much anymore. I just stopped by to say that when Iβm reading a thread that starts off interesting, the second I see the word βbutthurt,β Iβm out.
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This is not an easy read, but I thank @mtedder & @stereogum for it. I will probably try to sleep for the rest of the day now.
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Folks, I did it. I talked about ska. And p much the entire rest of my life, too. Really appreciate these fellas talking to me, and my only regret is somehow not mentioning MADNESS in all this. Could (and would) do a follow-up on them alone!
This week we talk to @tedleo (link in bio). He gives us the full--and compelling--backstory for his 2003 song "Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?"
He also tells us about his love for 2 Tone, mods, 80s NY ska, and Fishbone.
And some great stories--like one of worst shows ever
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Do I have this correct? Itβs 1:15 AM and our Senate is voting on whether Pat Toomey should get to ram in an endowment tax exemption for ostensibly any college refusing all federal funds, but that amounts to one college in his state w/DeVos ties and a record of discrimination?
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I canβt even go near my emotions re. @ewarren opening her speech tonight talking in detail about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
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A not insignificant part of all of this is the long-ingrained but ridiculous idea that a nation can/should be run like a business.
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When you told your boss you had a summer cold but get busted at the #RNC2016.
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Iβve been holding my phone in my hands for 20 min thinking about WHICH of the 45 things I want to say about this should take precedence, & itβs immobilizing. So Iβm just going to file it away & remind myself to work harder to help where I can & get these ppl out of office.
Sessions says this is not like Nazi Germany "because in Nazi Germany, they were keeping the Jews from leaving the country!"
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OmFg. We KNOW.
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Finally got Hard Times'd!
Ted Leo Drops Pharmacists as Result of New Healthcare Bill thehardtimes.net/news/ted-leβ¦
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I'm sorry, but I just have to shout into the void how unhinged and insane EVERY ASPECT OF THIS is. Thank you for hearing me out.
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Welp, Might I suggest a good old 80s style rolling punk percussion protest in front of all Trump properties? theguardian.com/us-news/2016β¦
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Thanks for all the help, everyone. The point was if it would help YOU, but you did help me. Doing better so far today.
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I wonder if device manufacturers gave us back music library functionality like old iTunes (drag and drop songs, albums, playlists; manual sync w lap/desktop; etc.) people might feel a little less compelled to use Spotify/other streaming.
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As we all contain multitudes, I will admit to you that even amid all this shit, I am greatly looking forward to delivering a new album.
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HEY NICK LOWE, whether Portland, Me. is big enough for the both of us or not, I know how to choose my battles, so I acquiesce and will be playing at least one of your songs tonight up the street at @onelongfellow, ok?
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Muslim ban, mass deportations, roll back ACA, defund Planned Parenthood, white nationalism, homophobia, misogyny, tax breaks for the rich,
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For the record, while playing with Bob Mould, he has yelled at me twice. Once to turn my amp UP, and in the below instance, to play the drums WORSE.
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Hi. I'm Ted Leo. Do you, like many others, try to live by a credo of non-violence? That is good & righteous & you should keep doing that...
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Folks... Iβm gonna do some music.
We are hosting four livestreams with @tedleo starting October 29th! Tickets available at noonchorus.com/ted-leo
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The weirdest thing about 2017 is that "RT if you agree" is a thing people do seriously again.
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Iβ¦ donβt even know what to say about thisβ¦ other than thank you. Thank you for being there, thank you for being there WITH me. π
This album rules. I wrote about the many reasons why: stereogum.com/2211289/ted-leβ¦
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I didnβt fight (on the right side of) the (ongoing) keep-your-politics-out-of-my-music wars to be told βprogressives would do well to listen to thisβ (about THIS)
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Hello - I have friends who have been harassed by Jian Ghomeshi. The @nybooks printing his essay is enraging, and this interview with the editor is enraging. Iβm fucking furious. slate.com/news-and-politics/β¦
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Did not know Bukowski was in an NYHC straight edge band in β89, but it makes sense. nitter.app/jamespmorrison/status/β¦
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Look, Iβve been trying to stay out of this, but Iβve been repping the northeast maritime traditions for decades.
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I'm sorry to do self-promo today, so it will be slim, but if you need a break here's a new video for "Can't Go back."
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Yooooooooo. First full band TL/Rx shows since 2019 coming this September. Itβs just a few, but weβre doing what we can. All except DC with our friends the Tami Hart band! Tickets on sale on FRIDAY, June 9.
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HOW are the Capitol Police letting her SLEEP in his body cavity, which she dragged into the basement of Rayburn, tonight??
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Yo - congrats, @aimeemann! YOI HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR TWITTER BIO!
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I'm about a 1/2 hour into #Arrival and so far I mostly just want to have heard her actual lecture on the origins of the Portuguese language.
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At this point, anyone who will only talk about βmental illness,β video games, and not βpoliticizing a tragedyβ is dog whistling to the next white nationalist/incel/anti-immigrant mass shooter. They have a vast apparatus of enablers.
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In fairness to Matt, all you have to do to repeal a law is look into a mirror while youβre holding a printed copy of the full text up to it and say, βI repeal you, I repeal you, I repeal you!β
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