Like A Version – Jebediah cover The Chemical Brothers ‘Go’
Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique – ‘Set Me Free’
Cosmo’s Midnight – Walk With Me (feat. KUČKA)
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Like A Version – Jebediah cover The Chemical Brothers ‘Go’
Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique – ‘Set Me Free’
Cosmo’s Midnight – Walk With Me (feat. KUČKA)
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rikyrah
Good Morning Everyone.
Off to swim and run errands.
Benw
@rikyrah: morning! I’ve got to pack and get ready to head up to VT for two weeks.
Keith G
Well Sarah, Proud and Tall, have you had a chance to fall in love with the group Years and Years yet? They are a synth dance group whose front boy can belt out blue-eyed soul with the best of them.
The singer, Olly Alexander, and his boyfriend, who is in the group Clean Bandit, make quite an attractive young couple and are seemingly a bit unique in their status as an “out” dating gay couple in the world of pop music.
I’m working off my phone right now so I’m not going to bother with links. Their first album, Communion, has just been released so they are very easy to find on the internet. Give a couple of their songs a listen. Pretty good stuff.
Germy Shoemangler
Music thread?
“It’s Turtles All The Way Down”
PsiFighter37
Way too many people excited about Bernie Sanders, methinks. Say what you will about The Upshot, but they did a really good analysis that showed that he basically has similar levels of white liberal support that Obama had in 2008…and nothing else. He’s going to get stomped. I also get the distinct sense that although I’m sure he talks a fine game on issues important to minorities, he’s already had a few missteps that highlights how insular he is on the topic. A bit surprising, perhaps, because he’s originally from NYC, but VT is super-white (for lack of a better word), and I think that lack of exposure shows.
Tommy
I’ve been really hooked on dubstep. Well Pandora.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLyH94jNau0
Germy Shoemangler
@Tommy: Have you seen this on dubstep?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kod1q39ddE
Mike E
@PsiFighter37: Kos agrees with you, and tells his orange sofa rioters to support whomever they want, but Hilary is gonna win, so stop being asses about it. Heh.
Tommy
@Germy Shoemangler: That is pretty funny. Actually very funny. I don’t know what I like about the music. Generally speaking I am a Jam Band and Ambient (like Dead can Dance) kind of guy. But really enjoying the music.
Keith G
@PsiFighter37: I think the reporting on the Bernie bubble made many people not understand, or forget if they had once understood, that Senator Sanders was not running to win an election. He is running to make sure that important issues of economic equality are discussed in the campaign where he feels the emphasis might end up being on other things.
His emergence has forced Hillary and the press to consider the issues he champions. As we have seen, there are other policies that he has spent less time on and that his performance in those discussions have not been as easy. I really like the man, and my political ideology aligns more with him than with Hillary, but I was in no way consider him ready or able to be President of United States.
And I think that is a majority opinion.
RSA
Really liked Jebediah–thanks.
Hal
Cat translator not such a good thing.
http://smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=1705
Germy Shoemangler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAqyPrKgiJM
Amir Khalid
While we await the return (somewhat chastened, let’s hope) of Caligula, here’s some classic Malay pop: M. Nasir’s Andalusia, an ode to Muslim Spain.
Chris
@Keith G:
Not only do I agree with this, but I think it’s very valuable to have people like this whose function isn’t to lead the party (let alone the nation), but to keep being a voice for left-wing politics trying to keep the party leadership’s attention on these issues. (FDR’s “you have to make me do what I want to do, even though I want to do it.”) It’s why I’ve never been on the “Elizabeth Warren for president!” bandwagon – she’s one of the few people currently doing that, that’s why we like her, and she could never be that person if she had to market herself as the future leader of an entire nation where most people are not left wingers.
NotMax
Hm. Music, you say…
Perhaps a little Redbone and Starr (yes, that Starr) to start the day off gently.
Germy Shoemangler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDsPWmioSHg
Jimmy Carter: “The United States is an Oligarchy with unlimited political bribery.”
Amir Khalid
A current YouTube fascination of mine is the channel Periodic Videos, one of a number of science and maths channels produced by the University of Nottingham. The man presenter, Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff, is a pretty cool, very scientist-looking old guy with big Enstein-like hair. And the videos are fun.
Keith G
@Chris: Remember a few years back, folks here were beating up on the Occupy movement since the Occupy movement was being unkind to the status quo and thus being unkind to our beloved president.
Actually as it turned out, the noise made by the Occupy movement ended up helping the Obama campaign immensely as it set the stage for important messaging that Mitt Romney would unknowingly assist during his klutzy campaigning.
Since music starts out this thred, let me add that Barbara Streissand used to sing a song entitled Love Comes From the Most Unexpected Places. So does assistance in the struggle to elect a president.
Amir Khalid
@Keith G:
I remember that one of the earliest commenters here to support the Occupy movement was m_c, and she caught quite a bit of grief from the rest of us at first.
Jparente
This is my favorite site. I value the opinions expressed here and the knowledge shared (stop laughing! I’m serious!) I have gone through some very rough times, the last 3 years because of the farce of a Superstorm Sandy “Recovery Program” named NY Rising. Long story short: NY Rising is not a recovery program They are very instrumental in me going broke.
My question to the Juicers: Has anyone used Go Fund Me? Is it a scam?
Yup. I’m that desperate.
Thanks for any and all responses.
Trolls will be ignored.
Origuy
Ruth Keggin, traditional Manx singer
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@PsiFighter37: I don’t know what the voting regularity of that demographic is, I’m guessing it’s fairly high, probably higher than the national average for Dems and Dem leaners. But I’m sure there are also a lot of people who are gonna get emotionally invested in “Bernie” and then wallow in their disappointment in 2018. I’m not built to understand, much less join in, that kind of personality-driven movement. I originally typed “cult of personality” but I think that’s too strong to describe the Sanders/ “draft Warren” stuff.
Davis X. Machina
@Keith G:
Folks here were beating up on the Occupy movement but not because the Occupy movement was being unkind to the status quo or being to our beloved president.
Folks were beating them up for repeating foreseeable, and forseen, mistakes made by other earlier movements, for not having any real agenda or leadership, for allowing themselves to be co-opted by other pressure groups — all kinds of stuff.
Peale
@Davis X. Machina: yep. I think the occupy ire was directed at Wall Street and the treasury secretary, so the “defend Obama at all costs” brigade was muted. I think were confusing ire directed at occupy with the ire directed at Dan Choi, who was more direct in making it about Obama.
I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet
@Jparente: Several GoFundMe appeals have been posted here, some by regular commenters. It seems to work well, at least to this outsider. I dunno if one of the alternatives is better for your circumstances.
Hang in there. Let us know how it goes.
Cheers,
Scott.
Brachiator
I was in Starbucks, of all places, and this was on their playlist. The High Priestess of soul, Nina Simone, and a magnificent version of “Tell Me More…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyuA8kW_TsI
benw
Some hard rock (NSFW on a Saturday!)
Jparente
@I’mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet: Thanks Scott! I just finished my story for my Campaign. Is it considered ok to ask Juicers to take a look at it? If so, how do I share it? (I am one of those who is marginally tech savvy. )
wasabi gasp
I just woke up…and here it is already…time to dance.
Teleradio Donoso – Bailar y Llorar
FlipYrWhig
@Keith G: indeed, you might say there’s a periodic phenomenon of crowds of excited, excitable white liberals making noise and drawing praise from the blogosphere. But this time is gonna be different!
burnspbesq
Listening (on Spotify) to a new recording of the Mozart opera “Abduction from the Seraglio” featuring Diana Damrau, Rolando Villazon, and Thomas Quasthoff. Very nice. Sibuhan, be sure to check this out.
Now the pricing quandary. $20 on iTunes, $29 for the CDs, or $37 for high-res download?
FlipYrWhig
@Peale: It’s just one of the big splits on the liberal-left. There’s a wing that really likes crowds, protests, and direct action. There’s another that’s content with pragmatic, unsexy governmental procedures. They fight sometimes.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@FlipYrWhig: they have little green hats. This time the People will see we’re on their side!
White Trash Liberal
For those of who like their rap with abstract verbal wizardry.
Xboxershorts
I’m sorry, I must be old. Electronica just rubs my last good nerve the wrong way.
And if you like good blues covers, with real musicians playing real music and done real live, try this:
https://youtu.be/09UrdLX2IMQ
Brachiator
@burnspbesq: The CD and mp3 are about a buck or so cheaper on amazon. And amazon will give you the mp3 if you buy the CD (maybe you need amazon prime for this). But if most of your music is set up on iTunes, this is not a good deal.
MomSense
Listening to Sticky Fingers and dancing while doing chores. If anything can get you through cleaning the kitchen, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking will.
jeffreyw
Take Me To Church
I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet
@Jparente: It’s not my blog and I’m a nobody here, too. You could write John an e-mail in ALL CAPS and ask him – that apparently gets results. (That’s a joke. ;-)
I don’t know the “rules” about writing up and posting fundraising appeals, here or elsewhere. I don’t know if it makes sense to get input from (relative) strangers on how to make the appeal. It probably depends to a great degree on how comfortable you are in sharing personal information on the Internet. I would think that if you write up an appeal that is to-the-point, sincere without being maudlin, etc., in your own words, then that’s the best way to go. But I know it’s hard.
Here is a GFM appeal that I came across recently. See how it strikes you. If you think there’s too much information, then adjust yours accordingly. (I have not yet given to her campaign, but not because of anything she has written.)
Probably the most important factor in success is getting the campaign in front of people who know you or have similar interests.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
Cheers,
Scott.
jeffreyw
Angel of Small Death
Jparente
@I’mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet: Thanks Scott, I’m sharing it on fb and I’m going to email it to 10 of the most effective people I know. I am going to ask them all to share it. Your help is invaluable!
Redshift
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
I’m not. I think it’s one of the persistent myths on our side that our problem in midterms is caused by the purity ponies. In fact, it’s because our coalition has a large contingent of people who don’t have the leisure time and resources to pay much attention to politics, so it’s harder to get them out to vote when there isn’t saturation coverage, like there is in presidential years.
Dean supporters were bitterly disappointed when his campaign ended, and had plenty of gripes with the mainstream party over it. But the Deaniacs went on to provide a big infusion of energy and volunteer labor to Democratic organizations all over, in part because Howard Dean made a big point of telling us it was important to do that. I think Bernie can do the same, and since he seems to get that we need a movement, not just a candidate, I think he will.
One of my few actual disappointments with Obama is that, after he won, he didn’t tell his supporters to stay involved, to join their local Dem organization, and to commit to vote in every election. Sadly, it seems you’re more likely to remember you need to build a movement when you lose than when you win. A lot of Obama campaign volunteers did, of course, but I’m convinced there were a lot of first time and sporadic voters were like me after Dean — despite having worked on a presidential campaign, I had no idea that party-building to win elections was something someone like me could do.
Atticus Dogsbody
triple j!