Keith Harris
@usefulnoise.bsky.social
Creeping socialist. Premature anti-rockist. Oldest living Racket editor. Saving my labor for insane reading. Subscribe to Racket, or at least read it. https://racketmn.com/author/keith-harris
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Keith Harris
@usefulnoise.bsky.social
· Dec 20
The Year In Music 2024: Accepting Sadness as a Gift in the Age of the Oligarchs - Racket
In 2024, my favorite music didn't always prepare me for the fight ahead, but it always reminded me what was at stake.
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Please forgive me, I have committed a "year in music" essay.
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they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well
the only gift you give the pope tbh
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
the only gift you give the pope tbh
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“I wish American visitors would stop giving me jerseys,” I said. “How about a little change of pace,” I said.
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“I wish American visitors would stop giving me jerseys,” I said. “How about a little change of pace,” I said.
all right, it's a good ol' fashioned fightin'-about-music Friday!
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
all right, it's a good ol' fashioned fightin'-about-music Friday!
sorry I stand by this
Jesse Welles is the Andy Borowitz of folk rock
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
sorry I stand by this
I think I'm officially burned out on Deluxe Editions.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I think I'm officially burned out on Deluxe Editions.
Taylor Swift getting good reviews has traumatized an entire generation of culture writers lol
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Taylor Swift getting good reviews has traumatized an entire generation of culture writers lol
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so do I have it right that Waymo is basically using the Air Bud justification to put their cars onto Minneapolis streets
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
so do I have it right that Waymo is basically using the Air Bud justification to put their cars onto Minneapolis streets
lovely personal essay here from @lilywrites.bsky.social
It’s cliché to call the Boundary Waters a refuge, but it certainly was mine when I was a kid.
An Elegy for My Boundary Waters - Racket
It’s cliché to call the Boundary Waters a refuge, but it certainly was mine when I was a kid.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
lovely personal essay here from @lilywrites.bsky.social
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Tonight, the Department of Homeland Security announced that on Tuesday they detained 14 of our neighbors on immigration charges. What they initially reported as a targeted criminal enforcement action was in fact an identity-based raid on people who had done nothing but show up for work that day.
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Tonight, the Department of Homeland Security announced that on Tuesday they detained 14 of our neighbors on immigration charges. What they initially reported as a targeted criminal enforcement action was in fact an identity-based raid on people who had done nothing but show up for work that day.
I never Metacritic I didn't like.
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I never Metacritic I didn't like.
I have not seen the movie but this is entirely TOO MUCH PLOT
Wicked: For Good - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I have not seen the movie but this is entirely TOO MUCH PLOT
Driverless cars are one thing, but I hope we can all agree that we shouldn't be letting coats drive!
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Driverless cars are one thing, but I hope we can all agree that we shouldn't be letting coats drive!
In a better world, Minneapolis is now celebrating two-term mayor Ray Dehn's retirement.
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
In a better world, Minneapolis is now celebrating two-term mayor Ray Dehn's retirement.
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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For decades, scholars have argued education’s hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they just….tweeted it out
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor
Is Trump dismantling the Education Department? Not yet. But changes are coming.
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor and parceling out other core job duties to other agencies. It's the most sweeping effort so f...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
For decades, scholars have argued education’s hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they just….tweeted it out
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November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
TIL the Times once recommended you serve vegetarians 1 giant beet for Thanksgiving.
Seriously, look at this: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016...
Really Big Beets Recipe
Here is a show-stopping main course to please vegans and vegetarians — and one that even meat-eaters will want to eat Diana Jarvis, a Manhattan resident who submitted this recipe to the Well blog's V...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
TIL the Times once recommended you serve vegetarians 1 giant beet for Thanksgiving.
Here it is again: My annual labor of... what's the midpoint between love and duty? A lil snapshot of MN music in 2025 as chosen by 95 voters.
Picked to Click 2025: The Year The Picks Already Clicked - Racket
We asked nearly 100 local tastemakers to name the best up-and-coming musicians in Minnesota.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Here it is again: My annual labor of... what's the midpoint between love and duty? A lil snapshot of MN music in 2025 as chosen by 95 voters.
kids today will never know what it was like to grow up expecting every president who got elected in a year that ended in a zero to die in office
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
kids today will never know what it was like to grow up expecting every president who got elected in a year that ended in a zero to die in office
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profiled a few bands i really like for picked to click this year. first up is panel, who put out a grief record full of bops and hate talking about feelings as much as i do:
Picked to Click 2025 No. 3 [TIE]: Panel - Racket
Panel hates feelings but they've got a lot of 'em to rock through.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
profiled a few bands i really like for picked to click this year. first up is panel, who put out a grief record full of bops and hate talking about feelings as much as i do:
for a second, this really did seem like news
November 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
for a second, this really did seem like news
Chester A. Arthur dancing gif please
I regret to inform you that Death by Lightning is, predictably, very much my shit.
November 19, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Chester A. Arthur dancing gif please