David Cochran
@dcochran1004.bsky.social
Historian, teacher, author, ailurophile, husband, father, grandfather, lapsed pastafarian, premature antifascist, Black Lives Matter.
The assassination of President John Kennedy sixty-two years ago today inspired an outpouring of songs of grief from blues musicians.
Son House - President Kennedy
YouTube video by MrsBluesChick
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November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The assassination of President John Kennedy sixty-two years ago today inspired an outpouring of songs of grief from blues musicians.
Anti-fascist Friday.
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Anti-fascist Friday.
Don Cherry (November 18, 1936 – October 19, 1995)
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Don Cherry (November 18, 1936 – October 19, 1995)
Chinua Achebe (November 16, 1930 - March 21, 2013)
November 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Chinua Achebe (November 16, 1930 - March 21, 2013)
Reposted by David Cochran
PSA: If you find yourself explaining why the President being on a list of PDFiles is “not that bad, actually,” please reevaluate your life before speaking further. Thank you.
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
PSA: If you find yourself explaining why the President being on a list of PDFiles is “not that bad, actually,” please reevaluate your life before speaking further. Thank you.
Anti-fascist Friday.
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Anti-fascist Friday.
Reposted by David Cochran
I’d just like to reiterate that if you put on a mask, and go out without a warrant and kidnap people because they aren’t white enough, you’re a huge piece of shit…
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I’d just like to reiterate that if you put on a mask, and go out without a warrant and kidnap people because they aren’t white enough, you’re a huge piece of shit…
Mose Allison (November 11, 1927 - November 15, 2016).
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Mose Allison (November 11, 1927 - November 15, 2016).
Anti-fascist Friday.
During a July 1963 demonstration in Cambridge, Maryland, Gloria Richardson stood between demonstrators and National Guardsmen and pushed away the Guard’s bayonet.
During a July 1963 demonstration in Cambridge, Maryland, Gloria Richardson stood between demonstrators and National Guardsmen and pushed away the Guard’s bayonet.
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Anti-fascist Friday.
During a July 1963 demonstration in Cambridge, Maryland, Gloria Richardson stood between demonstrators and National Guardsmen and pushed away the Guard’s bayonet.
During a July 1963 demonstration in Cambridge, Maryland, Gloria Richardson stood between demonstrators and National Guardsmen and pushed away the Guard’s bayonet.
Happy birthday to the always wonderful Rory Block.
Rory Block - Big Road Blues - Live at Fur Peace Ranch
YouTube video by FurPeaceRanch
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November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Happy birthday to the always wonderful Rory Block.
Reposted by David Cochran
Good morning! Dick Cheney is dead and I have an obituary that I wrote all the way back in 2017 about this monster!
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/cheney
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/cheney
Cheney - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Dick Cheney, one of America’s worst war criminals, is dead. Born in 1941 in Lincoln, Nebraska, which amazingly makes University of Nebraska football only the second most grotesque American cultural ph...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Good morning! Dick Cheney is dead and I have an obituary that I wrote all the way back in 2017 about this monster!
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/cheney
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/cheney
Halloween blues
Bessie Smith - Haunted House Blues - 1924
YouTube video by warholsoup100
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October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Halloween blues
Anti-fascist Friday.
October 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Anti-fascist Friday.
My grandson Leonard is the mascot for the Instagram page of The Fioretti, the Marion University student literary magazine.
October 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My grandson Leonard is the mascot for the Instagram page of The Fioretti, the Marion University student literary magazine.
Clifford Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956)
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Clifford Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956)
Otis and Gillian wish everyone a happy National Black Cat Day.
October 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Otis and Gillian wish everyone a happy National Black Cat Day.
Anti-fascist Friday.
October 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Anti-fascist Friday.
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993)
October 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993)
Anti-fascist Friday.
October 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Anti-fascist Friday.
“Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.”
Oscar Wilde, October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900.
This is a photo my wife and I took in our small Southern Illinois hometown several years ago. As you can see, our hometown is an irony-free zone.
Oscar Wilde, October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900.
This is a photo my wife and I took in our small Southern Illinois hometown several years ago. As you can see, our hometown is an irony-free zone.
October 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.”
Oscar Wilde, October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900.
This is a photo my wife and I took in our small Southern Illinois hometown several years ago. As you can see, our hometown is an irony-free zone.
Oscar Wilde, October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900.
This is a photo my wife and I took in our small Southern Illinois hometown several years ago. As you can see, our hometown is an irony-free zone.
Miles Davis, Monterey Jazz Fedtival, 1964. Photograph by Jim Marshall.
October 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Miles Davis, Monterey Jazz Fedtival, 1964. Photograph by Jim Marshall.
Thelonious Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982). Photo by Kwame Braithwaite, 1959.
October 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thelonious Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982). Photo by Kwame Braithwaite, 1959.
Anti-fascist Friday.
Masked ICE agent sprays Reverend David Black of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago in the face. October 7, 2025. Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Masked ICE agent sprays Reverend David Black of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago in the face. October 7, 2025. Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.
October 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Anti-fascist Friday.
Masked ICE agent sprays Reverend David Black of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago in the face. October 7, 2025. Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Masked ICE agent sprays Reverend David Black of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago in the face. October 7, 2025. Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.