Michael Cusac
@mlcusac.bsky.social
i'm a people-person and a hermit
I'm glad she gets it now. Now is the 3rd best time to pry the Democrat Party out of the clutches of corrupt neolibs, and we've maybe got one shot at doing it with elections. (The 2nd and 1st best times were the two terms of the Obama admin. It was part the change I hoped I was voting for in 2008.)
January 22, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I'm glad she gets it now. Now is the 3rd best time to pry the Democrat Party out of the clutches of corrupt neolibs, and we've maybe got one shot at doing it with elections. (The 2nd and 1st best times were the two terms of the Obama admin. It was part the change I hoped I was voting for in 2008.)
Come on man, if the answer to all these questions weren't "apparently so" then this thread wouldn't exist.
Lots of folks replying that Dems are Ok w this. Really? These tactics? Abandonment of rule of law? Yes some are supportive of some deportations but the constant violation of civil rights and unaccountable police force? Come on man.
January 22, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Come on man, if the answer to all these questions weren't "apparently so" then this thread wouldn't exist.
"It's the economy, stupid" forever, because politics as usual is never crazy.
January 21, 2026 at 5:40 PM
"It's the economy, stupid" forever, because politics as usual is never crazy.
Drums – Idris Muhammad
Guitar – Melvin Sparks
Organ, Written by – Charles Earland
Trumpet – Virgil Jones
Tenor Saxophone – Rusty Bryant
Guitar – Melvin Sparks
Organ, Written by – Charles Earland
Trumpet – Virgil Jones
Tenor Saxophone – Rusty Bryant
RUSTY BRYANT - Soul Liberation
YouTube video by ModerneLeben
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January 19, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Drums – Idris Muhammad
Guitar – Melvin Sparks
Organ, Written by – Charles Earland
Trumpet – Virgil Jones
Tenor Saxophone – Rusty Bryant
Guitar – Melvin Sparks
Organ, Written by – Charles Earland
Trumpet – Virgil Jones
Tenor Saxophone – Rusty Bryant
Things Ain't Right
Things Ain't Right
YouTube video by Esther Marrow - Topic
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January 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Things Ain't Right
The latest polling in the House shows Trumpism has an approval rating north of 70% among Democrats.
The House voted 341 to 79 to fund Trump's war-mongering foreign policy agenda.
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
January 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
The latest polling in the House shows Trumpism has an approval rating north of 70% among Democrats.
Unless you buy into all the retconning, Lara Croft is less than a month shy of her fifty-eighth birthday.
January 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Unless you buy into all the retconning, Lara Croft is less than a month shy of her fifty-eighth birthday.
I'd pretty much given up on understanding skiffle when Billy Bragg published his excellent book on the subject, Roots, Radicals & Rockers. I'd call it essential reading for anyone interested in any kind of 20th century pop.
70 years ago Lonnie Donegan hit the UK charts with Rock Island Line, kicking off the skiffle craze that inspired the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, Cream, Led Zepellin, Pink Floyd etc
I'll be discussing skiffle with Mark Radcliffe on BBC Radio 2 Weds 14th Jan at 9pm.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
I'll be discussing skiffle with Mark Radcliffe on BBC Radio 2 Weds 14th Jan at 9pm.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 2 - The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe, Skiffle Fever! With Billy Bragg
Mark revisits the 'skiffle boom' that inspired countless musicians to discover folk music.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I'd pretty much given up on understanding skiffle when Billy Bragg published his excellent book on the subject, Roots, Radicals & Rockers. I'd call it essential reading for anyone interested in any kind of 20th century pop.
In 2028, thank goodness, we'll have the opportunity to vote for a POTUS who will protect our precious oligarchy.
Governor Gavin Newsom speaks out against a proposed initiative to tax California billionaires: “This will be defeated — there’s no question in my mind... I’ll do what I have to do to protect the state."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
January 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
In 2028, thank goodness, we'll have the opportunity to vote for a POTUS who will protect our precious oligarchy.
@shecky.bsky.social, did you ever play the TellTale/Skunkape Sam & Max games? They strike me as made for you.
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Remastered - Official Release Date Trailer
YouTube video by IGN
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January 12, 2026 at 7:54 PM
@shecky.bsky.social, did you ever play the TellTale/Skunkape Sam & Max games? They strike me as made for you.
@support.bsky.team, can we get a "block everyone who liked this post" function?
(Asking because of a retired U.S. diplomat.)
(Asking because of a retired U.S. diplomat.)
January 12, 2026 at 4:51 PM
@support.bsky.team, can we get a "block everyone who liked this post" function?
(Asking because of a retired U.S. diplomat.)
(Asking because of a retired U.S. diplomat.)
This is one of my all-time favorite recordings.
As a boy, Idris Muhammad lived next to a laundry and worked hard to get his hats to sound like the steam press -- in sections of this, you can really hear how it paid off.
Tim has been posting a lot of wonderful stuff under the 1001CoverSongs tag
As a boy, Idris Muhammad lived next to a laundry and worked hard to get his hats to sound like the steam press -- in sections of this, you can really hear how it paid off.
Tim has been posting a lot of wonderful stuff under the 1001CoverSongs tag
Inventor Laurens Hammond (January 11, 1895 - July 1, 1973) gave us an electric clock, a bridge table, & the Hammond organ. Let's honor his legacy with Emmanuel Riggins' groove on Grant Green's version of James Brown's "Ain't it Funky Now."
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 108:
youtu.be/hL8NuQZWXnI?...
#1001CoverSongs
Song # 108:
youtu.be/hL8NuQZWXnI?...
Ain't It Funky Now
YouTube video by Grant Green - Topic
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
This is one of my all-time favorite recordings.
As a boy, Idris Muhammad lived next to a laundry and worked hard to get his hats to sound like the steam press -- in sections of this, you can really hear how it paid off.
Tim has been posting a lot of wonderful stuff under the 1001CoverSongs tag
As a boy, Idris Muhammad lived next to a laundry and worked hard to get his hats to sound like the steam press -- in sections of this, you can really hear how it paid off.
Tim has been posting a lot of wonderful stuff under the 1001CoverSongs tag
My dear old friend Micah released a beautiful single a few days ago.
micahmckee.bandcamp.com/track/whispe...
micahmckee.bandcamp.com/track/whispe...
Lonesome Wilde ft. Zack Feinberg--Whispers of Endymion Lyric Video
YouTube video by Lonesome Wilde
www.youtube.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:21 PM
My dear old friend Micah released a beautiful single a few days ago.
micahmckee.bandcamp.com/track/whispe...
micahmckee.bandcamp.com/track/whispe...
Over the X years since you realized U.S. democracy was in Big Trouble, what are the notable attempts made by your favorite politicians to strengthen democracy in a meaningful way?
Asking for a friend who's stuck with only "Feingold" as an answer.
Asking for a friend who's stuck with only "Feingold" as an answer.
January 11, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Over the X years since you realized U.S. democracy was in Big Trouble, what are the notable attempts made by your favorite politicians to strengthen democracy in a meaningful way?
Asking for a friend who's stuck with only "Feingold" as an answer.
Asking for a friend who's stuck with only "Feingold" as an answer.
Eternal September had started over 14 years prior, so it had become pretty well known to everyone on the internet that that the bigger the internet got, the worse it got for everyone on the internet. And yet Jobs persisted.
January 10, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Eternal September had started over 14 years prior, so it had become pretty well known to everyone on the internet that that the bigger the internet got, the worse it got for everyone on the internet. And yet Jobs persisted.
Last of #TwelveDrummersDrumming, Idris Muhammad working a Zigaboo Modeliste groove
Hey Pocky a-Way
YouTube video by Idris Muhammad - Topic
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January 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Last of #TwelveDrummersDrumming, Idris Muhammad working a Zigaboo Modeliste groove
A blistering Elvin Jones drum solo had been filmed for the 1971 movie Zachariah. Earl Palmer was working on the soundtrack with arranger Jimmie Haskell when something happened, as told by Palmer to his biographer:
January 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM
A blistering Elvin Jones drum solo had been filmed for the 1971 movie Zachariah. Earl Palmer was working on the soundtrack with arranger Jimmie Haskell when something happened, as told by Palmer to his biographer:
"They claw at their cognitive dissonance like Roderick Usher trying to support the beams of his crumbling house."
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 PM
"They claw at their cognitive dissonance like Roderick Usher trying to support the beams of his crumbling house."
9th of #TwelveDrummersDrumming, Terence Higgins
Ani DiFranco - Binary (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Righteous Babe Records
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January 2, 2026 at 2:08 PM
9th of #TwelveDrummersDrumming, Terence Higgins
Another great we lost last year, Louis Moholo is 8th of #TwelveDrummersDrumming.
Telephone Girl
YouTube video by Assagai - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Another great we lost last year, Louis Moholo is 8th of #TwelveDrummersDrumming.
We lost Sonny Curtis a few months ago. As kids in west Texas he and his buddy Buddy would slip out to the car at midnight to catch a show from Shreveport on the radio.
Here he performs IFTL with Nanci:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uVe...
And here's Joan with a great cover of his teevee hit:
Here he performs IFTL with Nanci:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uVe...
And here's Joan with a great cover of his teevee hit:
Joan Jett - Love Is All Around (Live Letterman)
YouTube video by marcelterra
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:44 PM
We lost Sonny Curtis a few months ago. As kids in west Texas he and his buddy Buddy would slip out to the car at midnight to catch a show from Shreveport on the radio.
Here he performs IFTL with Nanci:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uVe...
And here's Joan with a great cover of his teevee hit:
Here he performs IFTL with Nanci:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uVe...
And here's Joan with a great cover of his teevee hit:
I got a lot of fascinating new-to-me insights from listening to this, and I've been a big not-fan of the ongoing moral panic for about 44 years. Well done, Sarah Marshall.
content advisory: includes not only Patrick Swayze but many things much worse than Patrick Swayze
content advisory: includes not only Patrick Swayze but many things much worse than Patrick Swayze
The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
In the 1980s and 90s, Satan and his followers were accused of brainwashing children, sacrificing babies, and infiltrating North American society on a massive scale — yet these thousands of alleged Sat...
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December 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I got a lot of fascinating new-to-me insights from listening to this, and I've been a big not-fan of the ongoing moral panic for about 44 years. Well done, Sarah Marshall.
content advisory: includes not only Patrick Swayze but many things much worse than Patrick Swayze
content advisory: includes not only Patrick Swayze but many things much worse than Patrick Swayze
On the 7th day of Xmas, it is traditional to pitch a wang dang doodle all night long.
7th of #TwelveDrummersDrumming: Herlin Riley
7th of #TwelveDrummersDrumming: Herlin Riley
Wang Dang Doodle
YouTube video by Herlin Riley - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
On the 7th day of Xmas, it is traditional to pitch a wang dang doodle all night long.
7th of #TwelveDrummersDrumming: Herlin Riley
7th of #TwelveDrummersDrumming: Herlin Riley