“When I get old and losing my hair, many years from…”

Oh, wait…

All I Ever Wanted Is To Be A Musician And For Music To Be Easy At my age, most people have given up on their dreams. They go to college, settle down, get steady careers. Pretty soon, they’ve spent so much time on the corporate money-go-round they can’t even remem...

All I Ever Wanted Is To Be A Musician And For Music To Be Easy — theonion.com/all-i-ever-w...

Work, by Steven Brown Tuxedomoon track by Steven Brown Tuxedomoon

My dear friend Steven Brown (from Tuxedomoon and elsewhere) has new music out. A true original and always worth checking out.

stevenbrowntuxedomoon.bandcamp.com/track/work-2

Trump administration admits DOGE accessed personal Social Security data A DOGE employee signed an agreement to share Social Security data with the aim of overturning election results in certain states, according to a new court filing.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Wharf Rat fixed YouTube video by chris haskett

Here’s the languid reverie video I threw together to go with my languid reverie take on the Grateful Dead’s “Wharf Rat”

m.youtube.com/watch?v=-rst...

And while I was forgetting to promote the album, I also forgot to mention its sister EP which has a loose post-bop version of the Dead’s “Bird Song”, a faux Mahavishnu Orchestra track and a cool outtake riff off a LedZep bootleg.

You can find it here:

chrishaskett.bandcamp.com/album/just-b...

Partly Uncovered, by Chris Haskett 8 track album

Being absolutely terrible at self-promotion, I forgot to post that I have a new album of (mostly) covers out.

It’s de/re/constructed takes on the Grateful Dead, Sonny Sharrock, AWB and others.

It’s called “Partly Uncovered” and you can find it here:

chrishaskett.bandcamp.com/album/partly...

I haven’t been here in a while. Nice to be back.

A Sitting Senator Just Went Full Mask-Off White Nationalist America, he says, isn’t an idea—and isn’t for everyone.

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Rupert Murdoch Fails in Bid to Change Family Trust A Nevada commissioner ruled resoundingly against Mr. Murdoch, who was trying to give full control of his empire to his son Lachlan and lock in Fox News’s right-wing editorial slant.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...

She could be in Trump’s cabinet!

Woman caught with golden gun in luggage at Sydney airport ‘deeply regrets’ actions, court hears.

Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’ — theonion.com/heres-why-i-...

Infowars acquired by The Onion, will become a parody of itself Jones continued to broadcast Thursday morning and said he would do so until he gets a “court order” to stop.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

OK, my first Bluesky post shouldn't start any fights: covers I'd love to hear-

Paul Westerberg and Bob Mould doing five of each other's songs for charity

Living Colour doing Traffic's "Stranger to Himself"

The Stones doing anything by The Flamin' Groovies

The Arkestra doing Butthole Surfers' PSY