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17 Sep, 4 tweets, 1 min read
While my laptop keyboard was broken and nobody was paying attention, @Political_Beats snuck off and recorded its newest Patreon episode, on Great Guest Appearances! The damage report will be a fun game this time. I'll only name the 1.) artist and 2.) guest: figure it out. Songs:
Aretha Franklin [Duane Allman]/Carly Simon [Mick Jagger]/Lemon [Brian Eno]/R.E.M. [Kate Pierson]/Brian Eno [Robert Fripp]/Michael Jackson [Eddie Van Halen]/Robert Fripp [Peter Gabriel]/Steely Dan [Elliot Randall]/Peter Gabriel [Kate Bush]/Peter Gabriel [Phil Collins]...
...Steve Miller Band [Paul McCartney]/Phil Collins [Eric Clapton]/Fine Young Cannibals [Jools Holland]/Squeeze [Elvis Costello]/Elvis Costello & The Attractions [Chet Baker]/The Fairfield Four [Elvis Costello]/Wilco [Brian Henneman]...
...Steely Dan [Wayne Shorter]/The Rolling Stones [Sonny Rollins]/Sting [Branford Marsalis]/Cracker [LP]/John Hiatt [Ry Cooder]/Led Zeppelin [Sandy Denny]/Ryan Adams [Emmylou Harris]/Fleetwood Mac [The USC Trojans Marching Band]

Probably got that last one, didn't ya. Tomorrow!

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Jeff B. tried to do his best, but he could not Profile picture
16 Sep
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I live in Illinois and frankly I don't disagree. You may have expected me to, but I don't. I have a principled loathing for so-called "nonpartisan" commissions.
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14 Sep
My God, Norm Macdonald is gone.

He was the greatest comedian of my adolescence, IMO. He shaped my fundamental comedic sensibility every bit as much as MST3K did. He brought me so much joy throughout his career. I will miss him dearly. R.I.P Norm, ya did good.
Norm Macdonald was so beloved among his fellow comedic greats that he appeared on the final network TV broadcasts of both Letterman AND Conan O’Brien. And killed on both.
Also, the one time I met him (in Vegas of all places) he was extremely laid back and not weird as I tried not to go all Chris Farley -talking-to-Paul McCartney on him. He tried to cajole me into betting with him on a Lakers game with him, but nothing doing.
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7 Sep
Vaccine hesitancy is a blight (and outright anti-vaxxers are beyond redemption), but this tweet smacks of someone either far too Extremely Online or who doesn't know ppl in this population. It's far more like "I'll take my chances" or "my friend's an RN, she hasn't got it."
From what I've gathered speaking w/everyday (i.e. not super-online) vax-skeptical ppl I encounter, much resistance is *pre-rational*, it comes from a gut feeling that "it can't happen to me" or "too risky, I don't need it" that data or a hundred media horror stories won't shake.
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I've been churning away in the responses to this (about that @DamonLinker piece I linked last night), but to summarize, Dylan, Scott Walker, and Bowie are clear answers. Candidates in the future? Spoon (Daniel/Eno), Radiohead (Yorke/Greenwood), Old '97s (they just keep doin' it).
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4 Sep
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I bet you forgot.

Don't.

There is massive horror there and just because the MSM isn't covering it (look, let's be honest: we all know why) doesn't mean that people aren't suffering immensely.
This is the point where I would recommend charities to donate to but the sad truth is that I no longer know who to trust.
I have Chicago volunteer experience w/@WCKitchen and if they're on the ground in NOLA (or anywhere, for that matter) then I trust them.
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