Alanis Morisette @ The Hollywood Bowl. The perfect Mother’s Day present for my wife Beth.
It seems almost silly to call an act whose first personal album sold 33 million copies worldwide. But she was such a meteor, such a symbol of the zeitgeist that many have unfairly reduced her to “remember the 90s” status. But with the 25th anniversary of Jagged Little Pill...
...with the Broadway musical, and really, with the pandemic, people got to remember how much they missed Alanis. I feel she’s finally getting her due, not just as a phenomenon but as a phenomenal talent.
18,000 people on their feet singing every word to Hand in Pocket/ Head Over Feet/ You Learn.
I’ve kind of never seen anything like it.
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President Carter’s birthday yesterday reminded me that it’s never bad to salute some legends of my youth while they are blessedly still with us. I’m sure I’m forgetting many. But these four came to mind. 🙏🙏
A few more American Legends worthy of being honored.
Banning marijuana from the Olympics, but not alcohol, is just a tiny microcosm of the disproportionate drug sentencing along racial lines that have hit minority cultures for over a century.
In the early 20th century, pot was perceived by American lawmakers as a drug only used by Mexican immigrants. As such, the sentencing was always disproportionately harsher than that for “white person drugs” like pills or alcohol. No matter the physiological effects.
American drug sentencing has always been as much about “who” than “what.” It explains the wildly dissimilar sentencing guidelines for crack and powder cocaine. Powder was seen as party drug for rich white people. Crack is not seen that way. The sentencing fully reflects that.
Flyers
Astros
Auburn FB
Blues
Arsenal
LSU FB
Liverpool
Blue Jays
Ravens
Blackhawks
Favorite Music Act
Tied for 50th, 4 votes
Heart
Sinatra
Buffett
Pink Martini
Monkees
Tower of Power
NIN
Mavericks
Bee Gees
Bruno Mars
Cheap Trick
Stevie Wonder
Keith Urban
Skynyrd
Chris Cornell
Yes
Gaga
Chicago
Peter Gabriel
Weezer
Elvis Costello
Favorite Sports Team
Tied for 46th, 5 votes:
Avalanche
Michigan FB
Oregon
Redskins
Orioles
Maple Leafs
SA Spurs
USWNT soccer
NZ All Blacks rugby
Michigan St.
Mariners
NY Rangers
Bama FB
Kentucky BB