Memory Drawings

@FuckingMusicMac Ava Adore youtube.com/watch?v=9uWwvQ…

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Song of the week: "Shore Lined Poison" by Skinny Puppy from the band's 1990 masterpiece "Too Dark Park." I have always loved the unparalleled descent into chaos of the final 90 seconds of this track. youtube.com/watch?v=k-Bjje… @skinnypuppy_

Song of the week: "A Brighter Tomorrow" by Mandy Indiana from the new record: Urgh. It's a bleak but cathartic track for those who are enraged by the state-sponsored terror my blind, self-serving government keeps unleashing on imaginary enemies. youtube.com/watch?v=08-b_z…

Song of the week: "Freedom Fighter" by Bowery Electric seems appropriate after the US military's insane, unprovoked attack on Iran a few days ago. "Another day, another world war / Find out walking through the grocery store." (No more war! No more war!) youtube.com/watch?v=eqLoe3…

The United States is a dictatorship of capital where both parties serve the rich and the entire society is built on exploiting workers at home and waging endless wars abroad all to enrich the billionaire class. This is the regime that needs to change for the world to know peace.

@jaysonwold @PaulCharchian I teach ESL at a local library that just put it on the shelves. If it's there this week, I'm going to check it out.

@PaulCharchian @memory_drawings If you are looking for a new one, I just started reading this. So far, so good.

Just finished The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles at the recommendation of ⁦@memory_drawings⁩. Strong character development, thoughtful moments, and a snappy plot.

@uphillinvisible I grew up in Bloomington, MN and as a kid there was nothing better than getting a "snow day" once the radio announced that your school was closed for the day. NJ is totally ill-equipped to deal with a storm of this magnitude, so we're going to get a second snow day tomorrow!

Snow isn’t a thing in this part of the UK. But this song is.

Song of the week: "Last Snowstorm of the Year" by Low. As NJ gets buried in yet another blizzard, this was the first song on my lips this morning. youtube.com/watch?v=tvUOkt… @lowtheband

@momlisa1965 @PaulCharchian And Paul has an appreciation for great music and film, too.

@PaulCharchian @memory_drawings You read books AND play board games. Your wife is one lucky lady

Song of the week: "Calm Down" by Psapp from the 2004 record Tiger, My Friend. I really miss the lovely voice of Galia Durant and lyrics like these: "Hope / Is the time before action occurs / Hope feels so unfounded." youtube.com/watch?v=ZBS5Jt…

@nickcap20 @PaulCharchian Agreed. I thought it was cool that the last story in the collection Table for Two picked up where Rules of Civility left off (at least for one key character). And the short story "I Will Survive" is astoundingly good.

@PaulCharchian @memory_drawings I have read everything he has written. Amazing author. A Gentleman in Moscow should be required reading in every high school.

Song of the week: "Until Your Temples Are Pounding" by Macha from See It Another Way. One listener commented: "One of the best examples of fusion by... any rock band, ever. Absorbed the influences of Indonesia but didn't ape them in any way." youtube.com/watch?v=JIhcXZ…

Song of the week: "Mud" by Nicolás Jaar from the 2020 record: Cenizas. According to one listener, this track is playing in the background of episode 1 of the Netflix series The Octopus Murders. youtube.com/watch?v=CsY-dT…

Song of the week: "Violet Drive" by Kerala Dust from the band's second record of the same name. How's that for a groove? youtube.com/watch?v=0ALS_2…

STATEMENT: Another murder by federal agents in Minneapolis — Expand the General Strike! The day after a historic general strike by the people of Minnesota, federal agents involved in Trump’s mass deportation campaign have committed yet another shocking act of deadly violence. Video footage from this morning shows federal agents in south Minneapolis wrestling a man to the ground, pinning him on the sidewalk, and shooting him multiple times while he was restrained and fully surrounded by officers who were striking him. Authorities confirmed shortly after that the victim had been killed. The only appropriate answer to this murderous violence is to expand the general strike. The entire country was electrified at the moving images of massive unity and resistance from the Twin Cities yesterday. Federal agents have answered this mobilization with yet another murder. Now, the struggle must widen and grow stronger than ever. Trump has unleashed a wave of terror nationwide. ICE and Border Patrol are the frontline enforcers of his racist campaign to expel huge numbers of people from the country that this white supremacist administration considers “incompatible with western civilization”. In the pursuit of this horrifying mission, federal cops have been given a license to kill with impunity. Trump plans to continue his ICE invasions city by city, sending in thousands of agents to rip families apart and murder anyone who stands in their way. Just yesterday, the people of the Twin Cities showed the way. The people need to use our power to shut down business as usual and make it impossible for this reign of terror to continue.

Song of the week: "Endless" by Holy Fuck. This is an astounding piece of music that I listened to over and over last weekend, marveling at it each time. I'm really looking forward to their April 16th show in DC. youtube.com/watch?v=7zJTgR… @holyfuck

@softtail65 Hammock: Everything and Nothing (and it's gorgeous). youtube.com/watch?v=7VjdYy… @hammockmusic

Name a song with the word "Everything" in the title or lyrics...🎶

"No work, no school, no shopping." Minnesota faith, union and community leaders are planning an economic blackout on Jan. 23. cbsloc.al/49FMmLp

@BTnewsroom The rest of the nation must follow Minnesota's example.

Is Minnesota headed for a general strike? Community groups, faith leaders, and labor unions have called for a "Day of Truth and Freedom" on Jan. 23, urging Minnesotans to refuse to go to work, school or shop in response to the Trump administration's ICE surge in the state.

Song of the week: "1 AM" from Stafrænn Hákon's new EP Asleep. I love the surprising, rock-heavy direction of this track. youtube.com/watch?v=ibp3Eg…