You try to take a night off and so, apparently, does everybody else! Overnight open thread. Have at it!
And a wee bit of the Dianic Cult or the followers of Miriam!
by Adam L Silverman| 42 Comments
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You try to take a night off and so, apparently, does everybody else! Overnight open thread. Have at it!
And a wee bit of the Dianic Cult or the followers of Miriam!
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MisterForkbeard
Two things. First, Hamilton: So apparently Mike Pence got booed thoroughly when he went to see Hamilton (and the NYT is going nuts over the ‘disrespect’ shown), and the cast read a statement about him.
I can’t load the videos with the statement for some reason and I can’t find any transcripts of the statement. Can someone summarize for me?
Second: New daughter, born on election night is doing fine. Have to say that having a little bundle of cute is really helping household morale, and keeping me grounded post-election. Keeps things in perspective: Both what I have to fight for, and a source of strength whenever I see the newest Trump catastrophe.
Honestly, it’s really helped my mood. I mean, it’s going to be awful, but I’ll be damned if I’m not already somewhat amused. Sessions as AG is such an obviously horrible choice (along with Flynn, Bannon, etc.), I’m pretty sure the Trump administration is going to be really underwater on public opinion in a few months. All these fuckers will have extensive wingnut welfare gigs, but they’re going to get run out of town on a rail in a few years. This pleases me.
Adam L Silverman
@MisterForkbeard: Congratulations, Mazel Tov, and Mumtez Jiddan!
Now that you’ve used the conjuring word, I’m sure the resident Hamilmaniac will be around with the details. Though I understand he left early from the performance.
Suzanne
@MisterForkbeard: Congratulations on the little noob. They’re so cuddly when they’re itty-bitty.
trollhattan
Don’t know whether it’s been mentioned already but this vile year has claimed another–Sharon Jones
Was lucky enough to see her in concert last spring for what was an inspiring, energetic and emotional show. Didn’t want to leave the hall because of the palpable sense this was the last time we’d be seeing one another. Wonderful person and talent, gone too soon.
Thank you, Sharon.
Screw you, 2016.
MisterForkbeard
@Adam L Silverman: Thanks! I appreciate the many congratulations.
I wrote something on comments here late last week about how the new kid’s birth was a really good spur to action for me personally, and gave me a lot of hope for the future. Kinda wish I’d kept it around – it seemed like it cheered up a few folks here that were having a hard time.
And not surprised Pence left early. There was a post on Pantsuit Nation from someone who worked crew there – I think Pence was probably experiencing a LOT of cold shoulders that night in addition to outright booing. Dude should have known better than to show up.
Adam L Silverman
@trollhattan: Are you sure the year has claimed all these folks as opposed to they’re fleeing?
Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
@MisterForkbeard: Congratulations on the new little one! I hope you and Madame Forkbeard are getting at least a little sleep.
The “disrespect” crap reminds me of the Moonies, whose leadership urged support of Nixon during Watergate “because he is our president.” Blindly and eagerly kowtowing to authority … nuh-uh. Good for the cast. Pence is even more of an idiot than I thought if he expected anything different. As for the NYT, they’re still exactly the idiots I thought they were.
trollhattan
@MisterForkbeard:
Hearty congratulations! Your little one is lucky, she’ll have no recollection of this time. Mine popped out three months after 9/11 so she likewise cooed through GWB’s many grand misadventures.
MisterForkbeard
@Suzanne: They’re amazing, until you remember that they don’t know how to burp yet and you’ve been projectile-urped with more liquid than the baby should physically be able to hold.
I mean, that’s STILL amazing, but not quite in the original sense. :)
Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
@Adam L Silverman:
I’m telling you, man, it’s the Rapture. It’s just in slow motion.
jk
@MisterForkbeard:
First, congrats on the birth of your daughter.
Here’s some more background on Pence’s B’way experience
Plus, props to Neil deGrasse Tyson
“When I meet President Trump, I may first grab his crotch — to get his attention — then discuss Science with him.” Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 18, 2016
Major Major Major Major
@MisterForkbeard: @Suzanne: May she not grow up to be pwned.
MisterForkbeard
@trollhattan: Yeah. Part of my biggest motivation here is to get Trump out BEFORE she starts really retaining memory. With any luck, her 4th birthday will be a week after the election of a sane politician.
@jk: Thanks, jk. Appreciate the copy-pasta, that was a good read,
trollhattan
@Adam L Silverman:
In her case, I doubt it. The tiny thing was a guard at Rikers and would have relished taking on a Trump. Not that plenty aren’t saying “Aw, forget it,”
Adam L Silverman
@trollhattan: Okay, just checking.
Mnemosyne
@MisterForkbeard:
When Dick Cheney gets a warmer reception than you do …
I saw it was on the #HamiltonBroadway Facebook page, but I was on the train so I didn’t watch it.
It turns out I get motion sick on trains. I had no idea, but it kind of sucked. I think it was partly because I was walking around a lot, but ugh. I am now safely ensconced in my Union Square hotel. I’m getting a lot of street noise, but that doesn’t usually bother me. We’ll see what it’s like after closing time.
And $12.99 a day for wi-fi? Highway robbery! Good thing I have unlimited data.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
First snowstorm of the year. I’ve got alarms going off all over the state of Minnesota.
Tissue Thin Pseudonym
@Mnemosyne:
Try riding in the upper deck as you cross the Dakotas.
Adam L Silverman
@Mnemosyne: Well watch it now. We’re waiting for the report…
Steeplejack (tablet)
@jk:
Link or at least a mention of the source?
Mnemosyne
@Adam L Silverman:
I have the link from Facebook, if it helps. It’s a very simple speech, but clearly heartfelt.
Adam L Silverman
@Mnemosyne: Thanks for the link.
Thoroughly Pizzled
What lessons would Mike Pence glean from Hamilton? That John Laurens deserved to die? That Jefferson was right about slavery?
MisterForkbeard
@Thoroughly Pizzled: To not show up to an event where literally everyone hates you? :P
jk
@Steeplejack (tablet):
My bad
‘Hamilton’ Broadway Cast Addresses Mike Pence in Audience: ‘Work on Behalf of All of Us’
https://www.yahoo.com/music/hamilton-broadway-cast-addresses-mike-pence-audience-behalf-044349680.html
Mnemosyne
@Tissue Thin Pseudonym:
I was on the upper deck the whole ride — that probably didn’t help.
Adam L Silverman
@jk: Unfortunately he’d already left. He didn’t stay long from the reporting.
Major Major Major Major
@Mnemosyne: Welcome to the land of fog and ghosts.
Mnemosyne
@Major Major Major Major:
The ghosts here are quite noisy. And there appears to be a cablecar that goes directly past my window, but I can’t see it.
Is it worth buying a transit card at Walgreens, or is it better to just use my credit card at the BART station?
Mary G
@MisterForkbeard: Congratulations on your 10-day-old Forkbeard.
Major Major Major Major
@Mnemosyne: I don’t think Walgreens has a discount. For Muni I’d just get cash? Muni and BART don’t take each others’ payments unless you get a Clipper card but those cost $3 or something up front.
ETA: Muni is $2.25 so get quarters! Cable cars (not the ones that run on Market but the real ones) are extra.
Mary G
@Thoroughly Pizzled: Politics ain’t beanbag. At least Tim Kaine isn’t going to challenge him to a duel.
James Powell
@efgoldman:
We must never forget that the NYT was a major source of groundless charges against Hillary Clinton for over 20 years. During this campaign the NYT was in full “get Hillary” mode for most of the year. The NYT is not a friend to truth or decency or good government or anything else Democrats and progressives are interested in. We should never let them forget it either.
Mnemosyne
@Major Major Major Major:
I’m hoping to take Muni to KitTea tomorrow, but I’ll be taking BART to Oakland Airport. Hopefully the front desk has change for my $20. If not, I guess I’m buying a pack of gum at Walgreens on my way.
Major Major Major Major
@Mnemosyne: Or a very expensive Muni ticket.
MisterForkbeard
@Mary G: Minibeard. So far beardless, but lots of dark hair on her head. This surprised us: Her older sister just turned two, and she’s just now getting a real set of blonde hair.
Mnemosyne
@MisterForkbeard:
Don’t believe the people who tell you it will all fall out. My niece was born (almost) 17 years ago with a full head of hair and she never lost any of it. Her first haircut was at 6 months old.
Comrade Scrutinizer
Hamilton was just Bannon trolling us. Create a distraction, focus anger and dissension on trivia while other things happen and are ignored. Standard playbook.
MisterForkbeard
@Mnemosyne: Yeah, I think this stuff will stick.
Incidentally, my parents tell me that my brother was born with a forehead beard that took 3-4 months to fall out, so apparently we’re into weird baby hair in my family.
Adam L Silverman
@Mary G: Technically that’s forkstubble.
Anne Laurie
@Thoroughly Pizzled:
Exactly what he expected to ‘learn’, when someone bought him the tickets — that New Yorkers have always been icky perverts and immigrants, who live to abuse the laws of God and mock the godly Real Citizens upon which they paricitise.
What, you thought he was there for the hippity-hop music?
low-tech cyclist
Two comments inspired by “Lord of the Dance” video:
1) Singing the “Lord of the Dance” lyrics to the very la-la-la tune of “Simple Gifts” continues to be an abomination. (I learned the song to a very different tune, one that matches the lyrics much better. No, I don’t know its name, if it has one.)
2) But the verses of “Lord of the Dance” can be sung to Warren Zevon’s “Excitable Boy”, and they work a hell of a lot better with that than with “Simple Gifts.”
Well, I danced for scribes and the Pharisees,
Excitable boy, they all said
But they would not dance and they would not follow me
Excitable boy, they all said,
Well, I’m just an excitable boy.
Now, isn’t that a lot better?