Well, dang. Will have to tune in Lone Star Dead tonight while doing some organizing in the music room....
thanks and godspeed, Phil
https://youtu.be/lUQprzzIv6U

John Yarrington's sense of humor served his ability to draw a great sound out of a bunch unruly choristers well, but really shone when he was among other conductors. Glad I got to in on a few of those moments.
Thanks and godspeed.

The Nation goes full single-issue-voter to justify withholding endorsement (and make Bibi smile), reminding me why I stopped paying attention to The Nation.

Doesn't care who gets hurt as long someone gets riled up.
Ted Cruz is a cancer.
(from The Hill)
"An Oregon school district on Thursday asked Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) campaign to take down two ads targeting transgender athletes because they include a photograph of two minor girls who are not transgender and whose parents did not give the Cruz campaign permission to use the photo."

@InUnfunky @Bix @tgraph52 @CanisPundit @Charles_Hawtrey @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @Mfieck The return of The Indian of the Group! (For one song, but, hey, no big needle involved...)

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@stratkitten 😅 Well, it was a Vintera '50s off the wall, the neck of which does fit the hand nicely for a good base (or stage, Mr. Townshend) clearing swing...

I have some lovely adult students, and then...
~50 yt male, button down & loosened tie, novice with a $1k+ guitar on his lap. Opens his time with: "Every election, some people think it's the most important ever. Life will be pretty much the same regardless."
There was a Tele at hand, but I didn't give him the Keith Richards El Kabong.
Just a quiet, "Not for everyone. Now, Fmaj7/C."
What did he want to play today? "Like a Rolling Stone." Oy.

@LlamaMountainStudioArts Thanks for the clarification.
Rather than retreating to arguments/speculation about families of origin (to which I suspect more than a few of us could provide a fair refutation), I'll withdraw it, and try restrict future shared criticism of the three to the realm of billionaire assholery.

@jennyrhill Welcome in! It's a nice place - sure you'll find some kindred spirits among the 'nauts.

"Republicans’ Closing Message: We Lie to You
Fear wasn’t enough, so they are campaigning on falsehoods."
https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/republican-closing-message-2024-we-lie-to-you

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@hallmarc The cyclical aspect is not the relative paths to power, it's the behavior once there. There's nothing original in Trumpty's playbook, and his sources are worth noting.

In re: history, cycles, McDonalds and such --

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@northernbassist That's going to be one beautiful little guitar, there.

Locus of this morning's recording activity, and daily prayers for the Adidas-shod foot of the mighty Cosmic Muffin to boot all leaf blowers right on off into the Sun.

@tgraph52 I was on a short retreat that September, and a feeling of dread really started to creep in over the election. Everything just felt out of kilter (the song "History" came out of that weekend) in a way I hadn't experienced before...

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