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How is it possible indeed.

"How is it possible we've given this evil man so much power?" Jack White calls for US President Donald Trump to be arrested, impeached and jailed | Louder

"Referencing Trump's posting of a racist meme depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, White posted on Instagram:

"This post would basically get anyone, at any job fired immediately... except for arguably the most important position in the world. That's right, trump is a racist, a rapist, a felon, a grifter (currently ordering the US govt. to pay him 10 billion dollars simply because no one will stop him.) and a full on dementia sufferer, and yet he has the power to send in gestapo ICE soldiers to kill our citizens, and so much more dangerously, has the nuclear codes and the ability to end humanity at any moment based on an egotistical whim...""

- Jack White

 

[UNPOPULAR OPINION]If you have a farewell tour and it's such a big success that you schedule another farewell tour afterwards, everybody who had a ticket for the first tour should get in for free.[/UNPOPULAR OPINION]

I keep getting burned by this.

 

News Item: Tina Turner, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome's one-time Auntie Entity, set to create new persona: Auntie Penultimate

 

I guess you should just be happy that he’s still alive and kickin it. Surely he himself isn’t going to be improving his performance. The band might though?

 

I said the same in 2019, limiting it to artists I really wanted to see. My big reason being cost. Especially with all those fees. Last show I saw pre-Covid was Beck.

Then, while stuck at home during the pandemic one of the things I told myself was to start going to more concerts again. I went to three, four shows in the span of six months. Saw Khruangbin, Bonobo, Marc Rebillet among others.

I make it a point to keep an eye out for anyone I like and to go. It's too much fun. I'd love to see PJ Harvey again, I'm going to as many Khruangbin shows as much as possible because they've always been fun, I'm debating seeing Thievery Corporation again next month (On a weekday and I work now), I got see David Byrne and loved that.

Annoying thing is I've checked out of music as of late but I'm hoping once things are fully settled at the job I can start listening to online music again. It also doesn't help that the BBC made it impossible to listen to Radio 6 outside of the UK.

 

Tame Impala announces summer North America tour with Djo & Dominic Fike

Tame Impala – 2026 Tour Dates

4/4 – Super Bock Arena – Pavilhão Rosa Mota – Porto, Portugal – SOLD OUT
4/5 – MEO Arena – Lisbon, Portugal – SOLD OUT
4/7 – Movistar Arena – Madrid, Spain – SOLD OUT
4/8 – Palau Sant Jordi – Barcelona, Spain – SOLD OUT
4/10 – LDLC Arena – Lyon, France – SOLD OUT
4/12 – Inalpi Arena – Turin, Italy – SOLD OUT
4/13 – Unipol Arena – Bologna, Italy – SOLD OUT
4/14 – Hallenstadion – Zurich, Switzerland – SOLD OUT
4/16 – Olympiahalle – Munich, Germany – SOLD OUT
4/18 – PreZero Arena – Gliwice, Poland – SOLD OUT
4/20 – O2 Arena – Prague, Czechia – SOLD OUT
4/23 – Barclays Arena – Hamburg, Germany – SOLD OUT
4/25 – Royal Arena – Copenhagen, Denmark – SOLD OUT
4/26 – Avicii Arena – Stockholm, Sweden – SOLD OUT
4/27 – Unity Arena – Oslo, Norway – SOLD OUT
4/29 – Uber Arena – Berlin, Germany – SOLD OUT
4/30 – Festhalle – Frankfurt, Germany – SOLD OUT
5/1 – PSD Bank Dome – Dusseldorf, Germany – SOLD OUT
5/3 – Accor Arena – Paris, France – SOLD OUT
5/4 – Ziggo Dome – Amsterdam, Netherlands – SOLD OUT
5/5 – AFAS Dome – Antwerp, Belgium – SOLD OUT
5/7 – The O2 – London, United Kingdom – SOLD OUT
5/8 – Co-op Live Arena – Manchester, United Kingdom – SOLD OUT
5/9 – Utilita Arena Birmingham – Birmingham, United Kingdom – SOLD OUT
5/11 – OVO Hydro – Glasgow, United Kingdom – SOLD OUT
5/13 – 3Arena – Dublin, Ireland – SOLD OUT
7/7 – Kaseya Center – Miami, FL*
7/9 – Benchmark International Arena – Tampa, FL*
7/12 – State Farm Arena – Atlanta, GA*
7/15 – Xfinity Mobile Arena – Philadelphia, PA*
7/18 – CFG Bank Arena – Baltimore, MD*
7/19 – CFG Bank Arena – Baltimore, MD*
7/22 – Bell Centre – Montreal, QC*
7/25 – Scotiabank Arena – Toronto, ON*
7/26 – Scotiabank Arena – Toronto, ON*
7/28 – TD Garden – Boston, MA*
7/29 – TD Garden – Boston, MA*
8/1 – Spectrum Center – Charlotte, NC*
8/4 – Bridgestone Arena – Nashville, TN*
8/25 – Nationwide Arena – Columbus, OH+
8/28 – Target Center – Minneapolis, MN+
9/1 – Climate Pledge Arena – Seattle, WA+
9/5 – Rogers Arena – Vancouver, BC+
9/8 – Moda Center – Portland, OR+
9/11 – Ball Arena – Denver, CO+
9/14 – Mortgage Matchup Center– Phoenix, AZ+
9/17 – American Airlines Center – Dallas, TX+
9/19 – Toyota Center – Houston, TX+

 

Woke is killing country music!



https://bsky.app/profile/thedailyshow.com/post/3meooen27h22v

 

Fvck yeah, Neil Young!



Big Crime

No more great again
No more great again
Got big crime in DC at the White House
Don't need no fascist rules
Don't want no fascist schools
Don't want soldiers walking on our streets
Got big crime in DC at the White House
There's big crime in DC at the White House
Got to get the fascists out
Got to clean the White House out
Don't want no soldiers on our streets
Got big crime in DC at the White House
Got big crime in DC at the White House
No more great again
No more great again
Got big crime in DC at the White House
No more money to the fascists
The billionaire fascists
Time to blackout the system
(No) no more great again
No more great again
Time to blackout the system
Got big crime in DC at the White House
Got big crime in DC at the White House
No more great again
No more great again
Got big crime in DC at the White House
No more great again
No more great again
Got big crime in DC at the White House
Got big crime in DC at the White House
No more great again
No more great again

 

Amazing to think about how long he's been writing protest songs...

 

Saw Tame Impala in 2015 at Sasquatch Music Festival at the Gorge. Was a daytime set. Saw them again at a Bonnaroo (maybe 2016? late night).

Kevin Parker is incredible.

 

Hopefully there's an August trip to Columbus in the cards for you.

 

This is a great deal for Mr. Rock

 

So I've been driving a bit the past week and I found a local community college station "left of the dial". Plays eclectic mix of tunes and I've already found a number to add to the playlist. Brings me back to my college days listening to WFDU, WFMU, WNYU. This one was really good:

 

I was reading today that Cher has had a number 1 on the various Billboard charts in 7 consecutive decades, starting in the 1960s and continuing into the 2020s. That is damn impressive.

 

As far as I know Cher only appeared in a few films. I enjoyed every one of them that I saw!

 

Less is more seems to be her motto - she was never the type to do a lot of records or a lot of films. She's always been my favorite (not breaking any stereotypes there!) - as a kid I remember watching the Sonny & Cher show when it was on TV.

One game I like to play when bored watching TV is Six Degrees of Separation. It turns out I have at most only 4 degrees of separation with Cher:

1. I know Jacqueline Beer, a former Miss France who was married to Thor Heyerdahl (true story, on Easter Island when we were all there together I was once asked if I was their son). Jacqueline was on 77 Sunset Strip with
2. Efrem Zimbalist Jr, who was on Remington Steele with
3. Pierce Brosnan, who was in Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again with
4. Cher

 

I just remember her in Suspect, Moonstruct and Tea With Mussolini. Enjoyed them.

Ps...no one ever wanted to claim I was their son...or even related!

 

I really liked Tea With Mussolini. I've long tried to find Cher's version of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" from that movie with no success.

Mask, Mermaids, and Silkwood with Meryl Streep are others that come to mind in addition to Mamma Mia 2 (where she played Meryl Streep's mother).

 

Super group comprised of three indie rock musicians---> Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus in case you want to deep dive. Phoebe is the most popular of the three, Julien the best at guitar, and Lucy probably the best songwriter FWIW.

 

0 degrees of separation

 

On the one hand, I'm really happy to see one of the neighborhood olds showing the ability to keep an open mind and try something new. Bravo! On the other, the "underground" band he just found is a supergroup with three Grammys.

@Cascarino's Pizzeria, I think you'd like Manchester Orchestra. They're in the same vein as boygenius. Sad and atmospheric plus they feel like they were influenced heavily by The Sound or The Chameleons

 

I need to try that. I was in a play in college with Michael Boatman, who went on to major supporting roles on China Beach, Spin City, Arli$$ and The Good Fight.

 

Like most of us I imagine, I have a huge amount of respect for this guy. Might be time for my first Springsteen show...