Free-Range Knucklehead @WHarkins

Is #LAPD in cahoots w/MAGA? Police SUVs low on the 101 fwy in the worst defensive position possible, pelted with debris and their OWN teargas? And the cops are NOT LEAVING. This draws out a bad sitch. Do better LAPD. This plays right into MAGA’s hands. #ktla #kcal #npr #kcrw

@SteveLovesAmmo He’s not afraid to pass the ball… how old-school is that?!?

@vurnt22 Let’s go back to Gil Scott-Heron and start fresh!

I am getting stronger with age! I can lift $100 worth of groceries with one hand!

The single greatest thread in the History of Twitter:

I liked Joey Ramone. He was a really funny guy. One day he said he wanted to do a cover version of celluloid heros. I saw him a few weeks later and asked him how did you get on with celluloid heros. He said they gave up on it too many fuking chords

@StephenKing I was told there would be cake.

@davidclowery My wife is a tenured professor of theater arts. The amount of straight-up salesmanship her job requires - with students and admins - is staggering.

@davidclowery @universityofga @TerryCollege It looks like the dog is musically farting… and if it is, then that should be a picture of MY dog.

It’s a German Shepherd in a fat suit.

Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE

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Fantastic photo bomb from Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

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@brianstelter And which paywall will kill off website traffic, audiences and therefore sales revenue will dwindle and those same journalists will still be let go.

Kris Kristofferson died yesterday at 88. A surprising number of folks don't know that as a young man, he was an Army officer, a helicopter pilot, and a graduate of Ranger School. He understood patriotism and service, which is why it pissed him off when fake patriots co-opted the flag to push their rightwing bullshit. The actor Ethan Hawke once wrote a profile on him, which included witnessing this incident firsthand: STANDING BACKSTAGE AT THE BEACON Theatre in New York, leaning against a crumbling brick wall in the dark, I could barely see Kris Kristofferson standing to my left. Willie Nelson was in the shadows to my right. Ray Charles was standing beside Willie, idly shifting his weight back and forth. A bit farther along the wall were Elvis Costello, Wyclef Jean, Norah Jones, Shelby Lynne, Paul Simon and respective managers, friends and family. Everybody was nervous and tight. We were there for Willie Nelson’s 70th birthday concert in 2003. Up from the basement came one of country music’s brightest stars (who shall remain nameless). At that moment in time, the Star had a monster radio hit about bombing America’s enemies back into the Stone Age. “Happy birthday,” the Star said to Willie, breezing by us. As he passed Kristofferson in one long, confident stride, out of the corner of his mouth came “None of that lefty shit out there tonight, Kris.” “What the luck did you just say to me?” Kris growled, stepping forward. “Oh, no,” groaned Willie under his breath. “Don’t get Kris all riled up.” “You heard me,” the Star said, walking away in the darkness. “Don’t turn your back to me boy,” Kristofferson shouted, not giving a shit that basically the entire music industry seemed to be flanking him. The Star turned around: “I don’t want any problems, Kris – I just want you to tone it down.” “You ever worn your country’s uniform?” Kris asked rhetorically. “What?” “Don’t ‘What?’ me, boy! You heard the question. You just don’t like the answer.” He paused just long enough to get a full chest of air. “I asked, ‘Have you ever served your country?’ The answer is, no, you have not. Have you ever killed another man? Huh? Have you ever taken another man’s life and then cashed the check your country gave you for doing it? No, you have not. So shut the fuck up!” I could feel his body pulsing with anger next to me. “You don’t know what the hell you are talking about!” “Whatever,” the young Star muttered. Ray Charles stood motionless. Willie Nelson looked at me and shrugged mischievously like a kid in the back of the classroom. Kristofferson took a deep inhale and leaned against the wall, still vibrating with adrenaline. He looked over at Willie as if to say, “Don’t say a word.” Then his eyes found me. “You know what Waylon Jennings said about guys like him?” he whispered. I shook my head. “They’re doin’ to country music what pantyhose did to finger-fuckin’.” /end text/ Full essay here: rollingstone.com/music/music-fe…

Mmmm… tasty schnauzer.

Not a band to be outdone, Spinal Tap is demanding that the Trump campaign refrain from playing “Sex Farm” at their rallies.

@paulmagers Didn’t you know? The official tree of 2024 is the Face Palm. I’ll show myself out.

@davidclowery I appreciate its intent but, sheesh, it’s a dirge.

@richardblade The new stuff from the English Beat is really good, too!

@vurnt22 "A" Lucille, apparently not "the" Lucille.

@roberthilburn I had to double-check last night. Thought he was retired. Like Scully, silence is an important part of his repertoire.