The song that made my day 2023.03.31:

boygenius - "the film"

OK, I'm cheating a bit since this is a short film featuring 3 songs ("$20", "Emily I'm Sorry", and "True Blue") from the new boygenius record "the record". boygenius is a collaborative effort featuring Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, who are all great on their own, but blended together their voices are melting me into a puddle.

What song(s) made your day today?

#music

https://youtu.be/XbOQMaJ1r-0

spring clues: buttercup

Better call Saul.

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Would *love* to see Republican lawmakers try to explain to the MAGA base why they want to protect Clinton, Obama, and Biden from prosecution when Trump doesn't even need their protection since he's as pure as the new-fallen snow.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-criminal-charges-waco-rally-b2308057.html

Every four hours, every day in the US we sacrifice another person's child to the god of doing nothing to prevent gun violence. In return we get to...add more guns to a country that already has more guns than people. That sound like a fair trade to anyone?

the strong and blinding toad
that speeds through your poor
will never diss a peer
I've greened that toad, pre-spoor

#poetry

Republican politicians and pundits have it exactly backwards. The correct construction is: "If they can come for me and you, they can damn well come for Donald Trump too."

Listened to "Songs of Surrender" today. They could have just called it "U2 Unplugged" like any other band, and then everyone who listens to it will get exactly what they're expecting and probably most of them will be satisfied. But in true U2 fashion, they're hyping the shit out of it like it's the reinvention of the fucking wheel, which is no more the case than with any other rock band faced with arranging their songs for acoustic instruments. Why set everyone up for disappointment, mates?

signs of spring: a spate of daisies

signs of spring: rhododendron

signs of spring: periwinkle

signs of spring: forget-me-not

...and today it's official. Happy spring to all!

Joey Rude Boy

#foundpoetry #asemicwriting

I'll see your smoke ring and raise you a rainbow heart made by a whale.

Spring clues: camellias, camellias, camellias!

Spring clues: this week, the violets, which we haven't seen since last October, started blooming again.

Spring clues: about a month ago, the narcissus (daffodils) were suddenly everywhere around the neighborhood.