Let's explore a bit about modern Western music. What is it that we hear? A good measure of the types of music is the sales of the music, which correlates well with what we hear say on the radio. This is Statista split of US music sold by genre, in year 2018
Out of that chart, a massive 83% are genres of music that were born in the USA, or are evolutions of music, that was born in the USA. So 5 out of any 6 songs you might hear (in the Western world) is music of a STYLE that was invented in America. The next highest group is Latin
Look at the numbers, Latin style music is only 9.4%. The modern style of Stage and Screen music is American too, but its ORIGINS are from Europe, that legacy of live theater. It has 2.7%. Classical music 1%. And all rest of world combined, is just 1.5% of music sold in USA..
Let's examine the 5 main elements of American music. Where did they come from?
R&B is a relatively new word for what was previously known as Soul music from 1950s, which evolved from Jazz from 1920s, which came from Ragtime 1900s, which was the Blues from 1860s.. :-)
Hip-hop & Rap. Was born in 1970s, as evolution of Funk. Funk was a variety of Soul from 1960s. As we just saw, Soul evolved from Jazz which was born in 1920s, evolved from Ragtime of 1900s, evolved from Blues of 1860s.
Rock music in all its forms today from Heavy Metal to Soft Rock, and anything in between, is descendant from Rock n Roll music of 1950s. Where did that come from? Rock n Roll evolved from Swing of 1930s, which evolved from Boogie Woogie of 1870s.
Pop Music of today, is very different from pop music of the 1950s and earlier. Popular music existed even back then. But that STYLE of pop music died, with a British guitar music invention, of Beat music (like the Beatles). This essentially replaced past pop with modern pop music
So whether it is Simon and Garfunkel or the Carpenters, or Abba or the Spice Girls, nearly all modern pop music, is an evolution of 'Beat Music'. What was British Beat Music? a British variation of.. Rock n Roll. Yes. We come back to America. so roots are in Swing & Boogie Woogie
And the last major American music style is Country Music. That evolved in 1920s as somewhat of a blend, of Blues, of Church music spirituals, and of American folk music (primarily cowboy songs)
Note here that 2 of the 3 roots of Country music are Blues and Spiritual Music
That takes me to my point
Rap & Hiphop came via the Blues. Blues was born of Spirituals
R&B came via Blues. Spirituals
Rock music came via Boogie Woogie. That evolved from... Spirituals
Pop is rooted in Boogie Woogie, ie Spirituals
Country music partly also from Spirituals
American Spiritual Music was sung by slaves in black churches from the 1500s. They were called "Negro Spirituals" even in last century. They were also called Work Songs & Slave Songs. The oldest Spirituals trace to year 1530.
The modern word for Spiritual Music is.. Gospel Music
It is fair to say, 83% of modern Western popular music, from Hip Hop to Rock to Country music, has roots in Spiritual Music. American black church music. What is called Gospel Music today
That may explain the enduring power of Spiritual songs like.. Amazing Grace
Let me end my little musical history interlude, with one link. This is from early TV, of Gospel Music great Georgia Louis, singing Walk With Me Lord, from before Grammys given for Gospel music
Our project this weekend looks at fixing some history that is astonishingly missing. The first ever TV show about gospel music, TV Gospel Time (aired 1962-1965) where Georgia Louis was one hosts - did not have a Wikipedia page?
Beyonce
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Three Degrees
Whodini
Chuck Berry
The Beatles
ABBA
Willie Nelson
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Mahalia Jackson
Aretha Franklin
(Video of Georgia Louis)
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On Monday Judge Chutkan in DC (Jack Smith 2) case will hold a hearing about putting a gag order on Herr Hezbollah, the nation's Terrorist-In-Chief. Trump was under protective order. He breached it many times. So this is now his 'final warning'
Let's do a Thread
GAG ORDER THREAD/2
Don't look at me like that! This is JUSTICE. It is EXACTLY the same legal standard that would apply to you and me. Nothing more, nothing less. Trump is a FIRST TIME OFFENDER; has NEVER been convicted of any crime (yet). He was put on a 'protective order' FIRST
GAG ORDER THREAD/3
Then Trump repeatedly broke that protective order. We WITNESSED IT LIVE on TV and on social media, REPEATEDLY
But the Judge CANNOT do anything about it. Until she is FORMALLY told by the prosecution. She CANNOT do anything yet. It would be same for you and me
We certainly feel it was taking too long. In reality this is about par for the course, in some ways FASTER than normal, for such a large criminal conspiracy. Timing is similar to Watergate
FIRST of PLANNERS of Jan 6 go to trial, in Georgia in two weeks !!!
So January 6th, 2021 was two years and 9 months ago. Over 1,000 of the violent mob have been caught, over half prosecuted, and prison sentences for those running up to more than a decade in prison. That is justice
The ORGANIZERS of the Jan 6th plot are Trump, the Seditious Six..
The ORGANIZERS of Jan 6 are
Trump
Seditious Six (Giuliani, Flynn etc)
Evil Eleven of Congress (Gosar, Gym, Gaetz etc)
and a handful others (Roger Stone, Bannon etc)
They are ALL CAUGHT
Jack Smith STARTED to prosecute the organizers. Look who he has as WITNESSES to this crime
Trump calls Hezbollah "very smart" for their terrorist attack? Same Senile Man called Putin smart for invading Ukraine. And called murdering dictators MBS and Kim Jong Un smart
Meanwhile Trump has called HIS OWN CABINET and HIS OWN GENERALS idiots & stupid
General Mattis: Trump's not mature, a 5th grader
General McMaster: he's a dope, kindergartner idiot
Colonel Esper: irresponsible
General Milley: crazy
General Hytin: an idiot
General Kelly: Trump's crazy, an unhinged idiot
Next...
Then let's ask Trump White House staff, people Trump selected:
VP Pence: Trump is reckless
CoS 1 Priebus: he's an idiot
CoS 2 (Kelly, in above)
CoS 3 Mulvaney: terrible human being, a clown show
CoS 4 Meadows: Trump is worthless
SoS Tillerson: he's a fucking moron
Trump was massively embarrassed in New York, and that trial still continues. But this incident (Trump sitting in NY court for 3 days and then bailed) exposes insight into how incredibly stupid, and self-destructive Trump is
Let's do a Thread
New York New York Thread /2
So what happened? Trump sat in the civil trial - he is NOT required to be there (he must attend all criminal trials which start in March 2024). He feuded with the judge, got hit with a gag order, then stormed out of New York. Let's see how dumb it was
New York New York Thread /3
Donald the Duck McTrump's whole brand is based on the carefully constructed fake illusion, that he is somehow a 'billionaire'. WE know he is not. That Trump is a fake, a con-artist, living on other people's money. But his SUPPORTERS believe that lie
What happens next? The House cannot conduct any other business until it has selected a new House Speaker. The GOP is in civil war. It may be chaos for a while. Most likely they find a suitable Republican Speaker
DEMs do not have votes for DEM Speaker
BUT DEMs could make a deal
If a slice of Republicans (as few as 6) ally with DEMs, then that alliance could select (a Republican) speaker
Realistically the most logical such choice is an EX House Republican, like Liz Cheney
Because of GOP civil war, DEMs have leverage now
This is the deal I suggest:
DEMs make deal for ANY Republican who they can trust (like Liz Cheney, Kinzinger) where promise is 2 House Votes every week. One vote on legislation provided by GOP, the other vote legislation provided by DEMs. Both will get a floor vote each week
With Friday's bombshell news in court filing by Jack Smith of 3 more prosecution witnesses - now just about as big as they come - let's do a Thread about the flippers in Trump's life, the rats who all testify under oath, in criminal courts, against Trump
Flipper Thread/2
Trump committed an act of insurgency against America. That word is rarely used. The legal EFFECT is the same as 'treason'. Trump committed a crime which is essentially as bad as treason
So who does Jack Smith have as a witness? Trump's OWN Attorney General Barr
Flipper Thread/3
Bill Barr was not just the nation's top lawyer, as Attorney General, when this plot was first hatched - Barr learned of the idea - and TOLD TRUMP IT IS ILLEGAL. That is what Barr will testify under oath. That Trump KNEW this plot is illegal