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Coprolalia BONUS:

• From 2022's Few Good Things - One Way or Every N**** With A Budget

• 2024 - Saba and No ID, featuring Madison McFerrin, Ogi, and Jordan Ward - head.rap

It takes a nation of millions to make a hip hop recording.

Workers of The World...Relax!
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4'33" BONUS:

• From There's A Riot Goin' On - There's A Riot Goin' On

• From There's A Riot Goin' On - Thank You For Talking To Me Africa

A lot of people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch of unconnected incidents and things. They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything.
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Slice-And-Dice BONUS:

• From Romantique 96 - Good

• From Readymade Recordings - No. 5

• From Sister Freedom Tapes - Airplane '96

• From Bossa Nova 2001 - 我が名はグルーヴィー (Groovy Is My Name)

My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right? -- Charles Schulz
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Happy Jubilee Day!

What We Want Now
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Brothers Wayne and Dennis and loads of special guests on the last battle cry from the MC5. This is a recording made by your grandfathers that rocks harder than any 20-year-old TV talent contest product!

Go on, tell me I'm wrong.

My only beef is that Bob Ezrin (and Don Was) really should've dialed back the production, going for more grit like Love It To Death and less bombast like Berlin.

Laissez les bons temps rouler!
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More insanity that is 21^st^ Century American Life…

[Texas resident Lauren] Miller […] testified Wednesday before a U.S. Senate panel about the struggles she faced after learning in 2022 one of the twins’ brains wasn’t developing correctly and was about half fluid.

The fear was complicated by Texas’ strict restrictions on abortion, which forced Miller to seek out treatment options without her doctors’ assistance.

Miller testified that, thankfully, she had a longtime friend she could trust who was an OB-GYN [in Colorado], who understood the landscape of abortion laws and knew doctors who could help address her diagnosis.

Miller said the best option for her and her family was to have a single fetal reduction, but that was technically an abortion and she couldn’t get it in Texas. […] “We didn’t tell anybody what had happened,” Miller said Wednesday. “We didn’t tell anybody what we had done because we were so scared.”

Between bump stocks, mass shootings and anti-choice proponents, the American Right apparently prefers abortions after birth. Some of our State Representatives think Mrs Miller's plight is wrong as “God doesn’t make mistakes.”

A lot of people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch of unconnected incidents and things. They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything.
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From the incredibly cynical 2024 "tribute" to Mr Fun, Lou Reed, The Power Of The Heart.

I-Can-No-Longer-Sleep-With-Lou BONUS:

• The Wolfmen - I'm Not A Young Man Anymore

I got five nickels in my pocket, indeed.

Overdey!
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Some days, those who would ~~command~~ ~~govern~~ represent us just make it too easy for, among other things, finding "post fodder."

In the shadow of Michael William Nash's demonstration of his 2^nd^ Amendment rights on Saturday, according to The News…

Twelve Michigan House Republicans have sponsored a bill this month to the name the AR-15 "the official rifle of this state," drawing criticism from opponents who labeled the proposal unserious and inappropriate.

For those who don't know, the AR-15 is a semi-automatic rifle. Bear that in mind when reading the following.

State Rep. Brian BeGole, R-Antrim Township, a former Shiawassee County sheriff, was the primary backer of the AR-15 measure and said in a statement issued Tuesday that thousands of people in Michigan own an AR-15. […] “This distinction recognizes these law-abiding gun owners who are often vilified just for having a firearm as a hobbyist or to keep their homes and families safe," BeGole said.

That's some hobby. Keep their homes and families safe. Safe from the government BeGole has represented most of his life, according to the oft-debated 2^nd^ Amendment.

However, Ryan Bates, director of End Gun Violence Michigan, said BeGole's bill was about "worshiping the rifle that is the preferred weapon of mass shooters." […] Bates noted that on Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on bump stocks, a rapid-fire gun accessory that was used in a mass shooting at a music festival Las Vegas in 2017.

"That shooter used 23 AR-style rifles modified with bump stocks to kill 58 people and injure nearly 500 in mere minutes," Bates said. "We now live in a world where any deranged person can turn an AR-style rifle into a machine gun capable of firing 400-800 rounds per minute, a level of firepower that quite simply overwhelms law enforcement."

We all know that rabbit and pheasant can get pretty mean. And who doesn't like their venison pre-ground? To quote my favorite philosopher and thinker, myself…

It’s forever High Noon in this nation of cowboys.

Ah, almost forgot! Use it everyday!

Alt link for your convenience via archive.is

If you can't see the crazy person on the bus, it's you.
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If you can't see the crazy person on the bus, it's you.
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Reader JimboDHimbo@lemmy.ca remarked (facetiously, I hope) in a past post that…

I’ve been listening to Sting since I was literally a fetus (mom would put her headphones on her belly)[…]

…which got me thinking about the music we've heard since childhood that made its mark on our psyches, like the Ludovico Technique's imprinting of Ludwig Van…but in a positive way.

Hence today's post…kind of. This track nor the album it comes from weren't part of my early childhood but from that time we music fans start branching out from whatever our adolescent peers are listening to and investigating yet-unexplored musical avenues. That's when I discovered today's album, The Quintet: Jazz at Massey Hall, featuring the legendary line-up of jazz giants: Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, and Max Roach.

Today it's considered Jazz 101, possibly Jazz 102 depending on your "school curriculum"; post-Bebop but just antecedent Cool. Nevertheless, this album did its imprinting all right. As Charlie Parker(?) says at the beginning of the track, "We sincerely hope you do enjoy Salt Peanuts."

Compare-And-Contrast BONUS:

• Diz and His Orchestra - Salt Peanuts (ca. 1946)

Remember…Parma spelled backwards is AMRAP!
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Are you up for the down stroke, CC?

Free-You-Mind BONUS:

• Parliament - Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)

Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!
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Mach-Schau! BONUS:

• Paradoxically, a truer rendition than the original(!) - I'd Much Rather Be With The Boys

• Piccadillys Are Go! - Complete Control

Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts. -- Gautama Buddha
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