Popular Music in the Sixties and Seventies: a Brief Critical Theory
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Wed, 01/01/2025 - 1:08amHappy new year 2025, everyone.
The Evening Blues - 12-31-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 12/31/2024 - 3:00pm
The skinny
Submitted by earthling1 on Tue, 12/31/2024 - 10:02am
Good morning everyone.
The new year is upon us. I've made a resolution to lose some weight.
It's been creeping up on me for a few years now, since I retired in 2004. I really need to get back out on the road.
So, E2 and I have decided to commit to one last adventure, driving the Alcan Hiway in our little Toyota mini-motorhome.
The Evening Blues - 12-30-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 12/30/2024 - 3:00pm
12/30 Open Thread - Bo Diddley's Birthday
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 12/30/2024 - 5:00am
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 12/29/2024 - 6:18am
Peace Remains Elusive
I've been wondering this week if human nature is so tribal that we will never have peace. TPTB are doing everything possible to prevent the Donald from cutting a peace deal with Russia over Ukraine. Syria is spinning out of control and may spell a conflict between Türkiye and Israel. Speaking of Israel, the Houthis and Hamas have been hitting the IDF and Israeli infrastructure, including a weapons manufacturing facility. The Houthis also chased a US carrier out of the Red Sea, sank a Israeli ship in the Arabian Sea, and shot down a US fighter jet (as did Russia) this week. A Russian cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean by some sort of underwater drone or mine. So in the season of peace, there's plenty of conflict to go around.
Saturday Open Thread - 12/28/24: Odds and Ends
Submitted by on the cusp on Sat, 12/28/2024 - 7:00am
Good morning, good people!
Sick of Xmas tunes? Well, you will soon be sick of tunes ringing in the New Year!
I think I will just post a tune that is not associated with a season, just associated with good times!
Friday Night Photos Birdland Edition
Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 12/27/2024 - 5:00pmWelcome to Friday Night Photos everyone. Your once a week break from the daily madness of the crazy world we live in. Post any photos, memes, music, or whatever else you find of interest that helps you escape the madness.
It took awhile but the out of towners finally showed up for the winter. Usually the migratory birds start to show up in October and November. This year most didn't show up until the last two weeks. On Monday I put a long lens on the camera and met up with the usual suspects (bird photographers) at Santee Lakes to do a little bird photography.
Male Phainopepla
The Evening Blues - 12-27-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 12/27/2024 - 3:00pm
Open Thread - 12-27-24 - Billionaire Planet
Submitted by JtC on Fri, 12/27/2024 - 8:07amIt's inarguable that the world is in flux. What is arguable is what it will look like when it's all said and done. Will the 195 recognized countries remain the same as they are now, in the same continental configuration, or will the land mass be reformed into new man-made models? Like the breakdown in the dystopian novel, 1984.
There's a lot of different ideas floating about with a lot of different competing allegiances at play. Will it be a one world order with a centralized power structure or a federation of state entities?
One thing is certain, IMHO, that whatever may become of this world wide upheaval, it will most probably be a New World Order.
There is a certain component of the nascent order that's becoming obvious to me, and perhaps to you as well, and that is the role of billionaires in this theoretical world realignment. The new administration that is about to take power here in the US is loaded with billionaires and near billionaires. As is the world, writ large.
