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@DrVenture 'Wicked Game'............back in the day when the production folks offered some very good music videos on MTV, the original video fully provides for the essence of the lyric.
@Mark Thank you for the Woody Guthrie link. I need to pass t…
We tend to mostly listen to jazz (various types) and classical. We have over 2000 hours of music on old Mac G5s, and can choose from a very wide music list of various sub-types. It's a nice setup because the older versions of itunes can be configure…
MUSIC, the universal language................
@hank I'm 50/50 for instrumentation 'the character' of the mix; as well as the lyric. Some songs weight more in one direction. Some songs for me a 'road song' for driving upon the highway, volume set …
I am a child still, old school rock-n-roll nearly always with a good dash of the blues. From the hippie and Woodstock days up to the 80's classic rock. Springsteen, Seger, Stones, Eagles, BB King, Dylan, Tina, oh man way, way too many to mention.
Me…
A general comment.
I listen 90% for the sound sensation (changes in pitch and rhythm, instrumentation, harmonics, etc.) Might explain why I offered up the Orbison song. I can sometimes go years enjoying a song without even thinking of what the s…
Probably a little soon to tell, but the FED has been wary of economic weakness for a while. The numbers have been getting shakier for jobs. Hints of debt problems too. Now liquidity.
Something else to keep an eye on. I was hoping that the FED woul…
@msf I hear you. But I tend to keep thinking about young people starting out and forming a family while facing job disruptions and high housing costs. Also, from what I can see the direction of the country safety net is headed, they will need to hav…
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/19/turkey-prices-bird-flu-supply-thanksgiving-holiday?
Wholesale Turkey Prices Are Up by a Staggering 40% This Thanksgiving
POULTRY OFFERING
U.S. turkey stocks have plummeted to a 40-year low amid bird flu outbreaks, …
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/condo-prices-are-falling-but-a-bargain-isnt-guaranteed.html
Condo prices are falling in certain locales because of oversupply. Utterly irrelevant to inflationary pressures that everyone is experiencing, as a result o…
A guy who can change anything he wants with a pen stroke, but cannot make sure military and others who need food assistance are getting food? Bullshit. he doesn't care and wants to try and blame Dems. GOP has the WH and Congress, everything that hap…
Blue Velvet was a bizarre film. Totally expected from David Lynch, known for Twin Peaks.
Roy Orbison, of course, being foundational for many later artists. Thanks for sharing.
@a2z @Observant1
And everyone else, of course
I made a thread for sharing songs
https://mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/64868/share-what-you-are-listening-to
Hi @Derf
I was being hyperbolic, not literal when I said "rot in the fields".
What I was referring to is trump putting one their largest markets in jeopardy - China. Whatever the Chinese "promise", the last time this happened their actual purchase…
The officers approached her, “and she immediately began loudly cursing and making derogatory comments to us and about the department,” according to the report.
“She repeatedly stated we were ‘F‑‑‑ing incompetent,’ and ‘this is no way to treat a f‑‑…
A gold fucking crown! How ironic. Almost like they were trolling him.
And he is certainly 100% unaware that they are playing him for the fool. A "world leaders" version of the special olympics - which explains his dancing.
As for the fellow arrested, there is likely a line a mile long of civil rights attorneys vying for the chance to be the one who is involved with the massive lawsuit, which is certain to be generated from that complete screw up. When the jury awards …
Not to worry, their failure to vaccinate themselves and their children will take a severe toll on them. As will their loss of government benefits, the spoils of which will go to the richest among us. The farmers who voted for him have relegated them…
... I spoke with a former neighbor a few weeks ago who still has a nice set of JBL speakers from that time. ...
A few years back I redid the foam bass speaker surrounds on my Cerwin Vega AT-10s. Old and brittle, but basically like new now. My JVC…
"Jesus actually lost faith and decided to take on the persona of MAGA White Trash Jesus"
I wonder how many MAGA realize that Jesus - a Jew from 2000 year ago - Middle East was absolutely not a blond-haired, blue-eyed Scandinavian looking sort of fe…
There's no secret that this FBI and DOJ are now weaponized against anyone trump feels insulted or threatened by. The prosecutions chosen, and the timing tells us everything. Then you have the pardons of folks that supported trump, regardless of type…
am excited to try out those last 2 !
have always been a latecomer to all my fav bands. most dont have music matches for holiday-themed lists, and this may be the longest.
@a2z I am 100% certain that you will love both songs. Lover of the Bayou i…
@FD1000, you will be well served if you listen to right-wing nut Tucker Carlson interview right wing nut and anti-Semite Nick Fuentes the other day. This is the same Nick Fuentes that right wing nut Donald Trump brought to Mar-a-Lago in 2022 for fin…
Gaudy? How about just plain in-your-face tacky?
But apparently aspirational for the trailer trash and "uneducated" supporters that are seemingly unable to compete with illegals who barely speak English and have no education at all. People who wil…
Look at the guy who came here from another country to take a "real" American's job, spouting "paste and copy" talking points. Unaware (or maybe not) that his own wife and any female relatives fall under the "DEI" umbrella. And pretending that people…
Good list! Very eclectic. And good gif.
Other than "overplayed favorites", I submit Enter Sandman (Metallica). But, it is heavy metal.
Also, The Dead South - In Hell I'll Be In Good Company.
Perhaps, Mudcrutch - Lover of The Bayou. A bit of a…
The red carpet is rolling out for Trump across the world — and there’s a reason.
It’s about respect and a desire to do business with America again.
You are misinterpreting events once again!
President Trump is emotionally insecure and he reacts
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But one year later, a new Yahoo/YouGov poll shows that 60% of Americans now disapprove of how Trump is handling the economy.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/article/poll-60-of-americans-disapprove-of-how-trump-is-handling-the-economy--a-new-high-…
"MAGA idiots have been trained that it's 'us vs. them'.
Fully Duped took the bait 100%.
Everything Dems EVER did or will do is supposedly bad."
This is a classic authoritarian divide-and-conquer strategy.
FD1000 is fully indoctrinated into the MAG…
Haha. Yeah, that is the downside to keeping ancient appliances running for decades, they may cost as much as a new one in a year's worth of energy consumption.
I do have an early 1990s freezer that still operates fine. Made back when people lament…
Excellent explanation of a typical vacuum tube circuit configuration. I am struck by how much that CG Loran equipment resembles 1950/1960/1970 Western Electric telephone equipment. Which is not surprising, given how much WECO produced for the milita…
My bi-weekly 401K contribution goes to a couple U.S. index funds. $2500 a month, roughly. And a lot of overall dividend re-investment. I reduced our U.S. equity investment in the first quarter, however. Some went to INTL, some went to fixed income. …
You know what really keeps "the base scared"? Stories about immigrants eating their neighbors dogs. Actually, just stories about immigrants in general.
Inflation and taxes used to frighten "the base". Now they like it!
Article states that China's nuclear ambitions far outpacing the rest of the world.
Comment section of the article is worth a read.
Actually, the United States is the global leader in the construction of cheap, safe, powerful nuclear reactors. They …
@FD1000,
Thanks for the AI piece.
Is that how Sonali Pier turned into Karine Jean-Pierre? I was wondering.
It sure was a fine example of an Emily Litella rant.
Never mind.
Wow. Crazy. Can count about a half-dozen harrowing experiences in my long life that could / should have ended it. Escaped thus far. Was not aware of the shock hazard. Did a lot of foolish stuff with electricity as a kid but never tried replacin…
