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Opened at gunpoint in a Lady Footlocker. Trombonist, composer, bandleader (The Great Long Meadow Fire, True East, Store Hours). Brooklyn, NY. he/him. https://linktr.ee/Danlehner
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this is just demonstrably, factually not true in any way and it’s alarming to see a big account say it

appalled that someone would actually name their daughter Crash Won Best Picture at The Oscars

pin this somewhere, don't even look at the specific context

honestly, Zohran's most valuable talent as a politician might be getting the most virulent critics of a book to not only like its best ideas but claim them as their own

discussed the pros and cons of coconut milk with Janeane Garofalo backstage at an event where I was in the house band

even if you somehow decided that “The Raven” had no subtext, it is extremely funny to think that the explicit text is about *liking* a raven

it's maddening to see right-leaning YIMBY types (in case this escapes containment, I'm a left YIMBY) go "well, despite everything, you gotta hand it to him for housing and trash stuff" when his corrupt mayorship caused many of the city's best urbanists to feel like they had to leave!

I wouldn't pit these two against each other and I obviously also loved and admired Brian Wilson but I'm a bit depressed about Wilson's death taking a little wind out of the sails of Sly Stone's passing. he too changed the rules about how popular music worked and it's hard to imagine it without him.

not that this is mutually exclusive with the abatement of MeToo, but I’ve also wondered about this and am curious to what extent it might be: 1) Cuomo’s popularity with black voters and those voters being majority women 2) the perception that Cuomo is better on public safety

I remember being in middle school in the early 00's and a teacher getting mad because some girls were singing "voulez-vous coucher avec moi" from the Moulin Rouge cover of "Lady Marmalade" and I have to imagine the original Labelle version caused the same basic reaction if not more so

lol, it feels like he really wanted to end this with “because you’re gonna be calling me mayor” or something like that but maybe realized that would bite him in the ass if he loses and he demurred, which I definitely get but it slightly hobbles the rhythm

It’s almost like writing a blank check for someone after they make clear they’ll cash it for infinity dollars is a bad idea.

“there’s not gonna be an election” no one is making you stay here and post about politics if you think it’s truly over. go ride a bike.

hiring the Inception crew to enter Chuck Schumer's mind palace and murder the Baileys

I will say that, as a person who does actually think the optics of violence are bad, the GOP is fucking terrible at it