mwm

shit shows are always fun to watch until the shit shows

“Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.” ― Carl Sagan

“I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them.” — KURT VONNEGUT

single most important philosopher of my lifetime. I fail to live up to his example every day.

Good morning from William Burroughs. It's one week until Halloween.

RIP Tom Skerritt, a reliable and enduring actor who you probably remember from...everything, basically. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

therealrosiemcgee.substack.com/p/no-i-cant-...

Good Night From The Drummer, My Friends. Sleep Tight

Zelenskyy: "Freedom, independence, Ukraine -- we can't lose it. And the truth is on our side."

Joshua Redman shares "God Bless The Child" featuring Gabrielle Cavassa from the forthcoming Sonny Rollins tribute him "If Ever You Should Leave Us (we play for Rollins)" www.bluenote.com/joshua-redma...

This guy has been and still is my ‘human university’. By that I mean he’s taught, inspired and echoed my inner thoughts & theories more than any other human I’ve ever come across. Here he is talking about humanity’s “circling the drain”. His name — GEORGE CARLIN.

"Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of another..There are just some kind of men who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results." #Booksky

Remembering a genius and one of the pioneering greats of Cinema —BUSTER KEATON — born 131yrs ago today.

In the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing.

I don’t fear a deep state. I fear this shallow one.

Haven’t smoked meth, heard “Choosing Texas” or voluntarily interacted with an AI.

RIP Chuck. Thanks for the stains that never washed out.

Remembering John Coltrane today, born 100 years ago on September 23, 1926 album.ink/JColtraneHBD

Don Cherry, Paris 1967. Philippe Gras.

28 years ago.

Physics rock

"Never before in the history of capitalism has so much money been asked from so many people to help so few who screwed up so badly." Here's what I told Conan O'Brien about bank bailouts after the crash of Lehman Brothers — which happened 18 years ago this week.

9 years ago Harry Dean Stanton passed away. We lost a magnificent and timeless actor. Forever in our memory. Forever in our hearts.

“I had football taken away from me,” Colin Kaepernick tells David Remnick. “It was because of the causes I was supporting, and the change I was trying to effect.” Read or listen to their full conversation: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

There is zero reason for politicians to be talking about "trans issues" except as a result of a 100% bad faith campaign of bullying and bigotry and it is important to point that out whenever the topic is raised, or you grant bigots legitimacy they don't deserve. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/you-have-t...

I don’t want a phone that folds. I want one that crumples.

Ignore at your own peril.

Thanks Unions, I needed the day.

Willi Williams' powerful Armagideon Time came out on Studio 1 in 1979. The Clash then covered it for the B side of their London Calling single. In 1982 Willi did this 2nd version over a thunderous Channel One cut of Real Rock... youtu.be/e5ovZILKStg?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky

Today’s song is “Dust My Broom” by Elmore James, master of the electric slide guitar. Originally recorded in 1951, this version from the “Fire Sessions” of a decade later. The song is a cover of Robert Johnson’s 1936 “I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom”. youtu.be/5jcGY7NbaQw?...

we have reached peak “baffle them with bullshit”

Enjoy weekends? Thank a union. (Miss you, Dolly.)

Happy 87th birthday, actress, comedian, writer, singer and producer Lily Tomlin. 🎂 #FilmSky

you’uns and your dialect maps…

1. Rick Steves has spent $2 million of his own money to rescue a single-screen theater in Edmonds, WA. This is part of a multi-million-dollar effort he has made to invest in community properties in order to preserve local institutions and keep them serving the communities they were built for.

I didn't know Dolly remade this song as bluegrass. I saw Blackfoot open for AC/DC in '79 when Train Train was still playing on the radio. Dolly Parton - Train Train, with Alison Krauss The Tonight Show November 2, 1999

Dolly Parton visits Pee Wee's Playhouse, September 1987

Todays song is Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues by Skip James. First recorded in 1931, here performed in 1967. James voice alone can break your heart. From the generation of classic Delta Blues players (b.1902), his ethereal voice gave his work a unique, uncannily modern sound. youtu.be/DoBxzb-8oPc?...

Stevie Ray Vaughan was a force of nature #videos #srv #stevierayvaughan #blues #music

When I would visit my grandparents, the next door neighbor kids would always come knocking and ask “Can you’uns play?” I don’t ever hear that anymore. I think I’ll try to bring it back.

Jack Kirby was Born today, it’s hard to think of one person who changed a medium more. Happy birthday King.

The Cramps make me want to be in a band thecramps.bandcamp.com/album/graves...

Two of the best to grace our shores. Music is Life.

"It's given a lot of people permission to be themselves, to not dream it, be it, which is the motto of the movie, really. I would like to be remembered for that." Farewell to Tim Curry (1946-2026) #RIP