Do you seriously think that Bruce Springsteen hoping for decency, civility, and a common set of values is really a tacit endorsement of white supremacy?
Seriously?
No, seriously?
I might need a break from Twitter.
Nattering nabobs of negativity are making me lose my mind.
Everyone is talking about “the church.” I’m as Jewy as they come and I don’t remember a church in the commercial. I don’t speak for anyone but myself, but it did not trigger me as being pro-Christian or anti-religious pluralism.
Furthermore, in no way am I diminishing anyone’s right to feel what they feel. I’m simply arguing that diminishment or marginalization was no one’s intent.
You may disagree with me. But I’m not going to apologize for not being more outraged by a fucking Jeep commercial.
Tonight’s Friday Music Thread: Tunes that in a more just world would be better known than what’s played on oldies’ radio. No order. Just #SongsIWishMorePeopleKnew. Feel free to share your own. 1st up, Bob Mould, from Husker Du, with See a Little Light.
Here’s one I post a lot because I can’t believe it’s not a classic. The Monkees, written by Ben Gibbard. It’s Me & Magdalena. #SongsIWishMorePeopleKnew
Big in UK, nothing here. A new wave classic. The Only Ones-Another Girl, Another Planet. #SongsIWishMorePeopleKnew
37 hours to go. Lots of folks (me) on edge. So this thread will be dedicated to #Beatlesque songs— not necessarily carbon copies, but any tunes that evoke a fab feeling till Orange Hitler leaves office. 1st up, Cheap Trick- Voices.
Dumbstruck to learn about the sudden loss of my friend @DWRRichardson. He wasn’t a household name, but he was a legend and legendary mentor to so many writers in the sitcom world. A devastating loss.
David was a big success. But more than anyone I knew, he remained a regular guy who never bought into any Hollywood bullshit. In fact, when we met for lunch it had to be at Barone's Pizza, because he liked to meet north of Oxnard. Where no one in show biz ever ate. RIP fellow Val
He was also the only dear friend I ever had to block on Twitter! Because he was always making fun of my posts. He definitely kept me from taking myself too seriously. Or at least he tried. He loved the Allman Brothers. Listening to Gregg's version of These Days now in his honor.
A quick story about what a TV sitcom nerd I was in the 70s. It especially helps if you were a fan of Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and especially, Blansky’s Beauties.
My buddy raises an even more troubling point. Nancy visited Howard in the late 50s. She’s the same age in Blanksy’s Beauties, which is set in... 1977. Additionally, how are Joey and Carmine able to talk in the phone each episode if they live 2 decades apart? It’s like Frequency!
I’m told Arnold also appears in ‘77. Time travel wasn’t unheard of in Happy Days universe. Mork landed in the 50s but settled in late 70s Colorado. But he was an alien who time traveled. Nancy Blansky ran a burlesque show. Not sure if that endows her w/ time travel powers as well