George Grella
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Write/edit about music & stuff all over the place, amazing taste, hard core values. Prolly only person to play CBGB and write about opera for the FT. Edit Brooklyn Rail music section, kickass newsletter: killyridols.substack.com
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“There’s no real appetite to oust Schumer, though. Nor is there any interest from another Democrat to challenge him, according to interviews with more than a dozen Democratic senators.” @punchbowlnews.bsky.social
Oh Sen Dems are not in disarray - they are in array - in their collective cowardice.
Oh Sen Dems are not in disarray - they are in array - in their collective cowardice.
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“There’s no real appetite to oust Schumer, though. Nor is there any interest from another Democrat to challenge him, according to interviews with more than a dozen Democratic senators.” @punchbowlnews.bsky.social
Oh Sen Dems are not in disarray - they are in array - in their collective cowardice.
Oh Sen Dems are not in disarray - they are in array - in their collective cowardice.
On a national level, the Democratic Party is incompetent at communicating to basic voters and no one inside seems able to see that. These guys are high on their own consultant supply.
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
On a national level, the Democratic Party is incompetent at communicating to basic voters and no one inside seems able to see that. These guys are high on their own consultant supply.
Terry Riley, La Monte Young, the universes they made that surround us. My latest for @bandcamp.com daily.bandcamp.com/lists/terry-...
When Worlds Divide: Terry Riley and La Monte Young’s Parallel Universes
The overlapping journeys of these two jazz greats included sojourns with John Cale, Steve Reich, and others.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Terry Riley, La Monte Young, the universes they made that surround us. My latest for @bandcamp.com daily.bandcamp.com/lists/terry-...
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STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997)
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997)
The only people who read this will be the ones paid to review it. RFKjr isn’t even going to read it.
I don’t think any of us are fully prepared for the level of self-pity and absolution that’s going to be in Olivia Nuzzi’s (hilariously titled) “American Canto”
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The only people who read this will be the ones paid to review it. RFKjr isn’t even going to read it.
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“How can I be blamed for sexting with a source I was profiling? After all, 9/11.”
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“How can I be blamed for sexting with a source I was profiling? After all, 9/11.”
The Star-Revue has put my latest up on the web, a look at this year's Ragas Live festival: villagestar-revue.com/jazz-ancient...
Jazz: Ancient Stories, by George Grella - The Village Star-Revue
There’s something I’ve said frequently while writing about classical music for the last couple decades, which is that there’s no such thing as difficult
villagestar-revue.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The Star-Revue has put my latest up on the web, a look at this year's Ragas Live festival: villagestar-revue.com/jazz-ancient...
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THE LAWNMOWER MAN (1992)
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
THE LAWNMOWER MAN (1992)
The national Dem organizations ask us for money then they use it to fuck us over to preserve the precious traditions of the Senate
I'm going to actively say at this point that I don't think people should donate to any Dem-run PACs. What guarantee do we have that they won't give the money to cowards to stave off primary challengers?
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
I mean, it rather feels like the reverse will happen.
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The national Dem organizations ask us for money then they use it to fuck us over to preserve the precious traditions of the Senate
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You're never going to get 100% of Trump disapprovers, of course. But if you're failing to capture a double-digit chunk of them, that's a you problem. And the fact is Schumer and congressional Dems generally have approval ratings that are rock bottom worse than Trump's. That's a real problem!
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
You're never going to get 100% of Trump disapprovers, of course. But if you're failing to capture a double-digit chunk of them, that's a you problem. And the fact is Schumer and congressional Dems generally have approval ratings that are rock bottom worse than Trump's. That's a real problem!
Every time I'm reminded Durbin is whip I realize I need reminding because he does so little that I forget the Senate Dems have a whip
If you actually want a more united front, the most obvious choice is replace Schumer as leader because he has zero credibility and people rightly loathe him. But at a bare minimum if you want to at least make some gesture, replace Durbin as whip. He's retiring anyway. There would be no downside.
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Every time I'm reminded Durbin is whip I realize I need reminding because he does so little that I forget the Senate Dems have a whip
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I admit, I do not understand the technique needed to stick one's head up one's ass, that's why I could never be in the Senate
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I admit, I do not understand the technique needed to stick one's head up one's ass, that's why I could never be in the Senate
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If @whitehouse.senate.gov needs to know who he should be fighting this might help
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
If @whitehouse.senate.gov needs to know who he should be fighting this might help
100% of US Senators have so internalized that the Senate exists to preserve itself above all other considerations that they're now putting that into law. The Senate is Weyland—Yutani, we're all expendable.
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
100% of US Senators have so internalized that the Senate exists to preserve itself above all other considerations that they're now putting that into law. The Senate is Weyland—Yutani, we're all expendable.
This is what the Republicans are going to put up for a vote in December, they'll say they kept their promise, and the Democrats gave up their entire position and can do nothing, and @whitehouse.senate.gov will be offended that we don't enjoy not only losing insurance but being robbed
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This is what the Republicans are going to put up for a vote in December, they'll say they kept their promise, and the Democrats gave up their entire position and can do nothing, and @whitehouse.senate.gov will be offended that we don't enjoy not only losing insurance but being robbed
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Look guys I’ve spent the last day playing this over and over again. Don’t read the comments first and stick it through to the second verse. It is in fact one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard.
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Look guys I’ve spent the last day playing this over and over again. Don’t read the comments first and stick it through to the second verse. It is in fact one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard.
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
@whitehouse.senate.gov telling us to stop "fighting" our supposed representatives so he can do the valuable task of fighting for stuff like this. I don't care which ones are supposed to be "good" ones, if you don't stop this bullshit from happening you're simply a fraud
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
@whitehouse.senate.gov telling us to stop "fighting" our supposed representatives so he can do the valuable task of fighting for stuff like this. I don't care which ones are supposed to be "good" ones, if you don't stop this bullshit from happening you're simply a fraud
Until Democratic Senators boot Schumer and choose an actual leader, the only way you're holding Republicans "accountable" is pushing Shaheen up to a podium so she can say "shame on you."
1. We need to fight hard for a good ACA extension early in December and hold Republicans fiercely accountable if they betray everyone.
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Until Democratic Senators boot Schumer and choose an actual leader, the only way you're holding Republicans "accountable" is pushing Shaheen up to a podium so she can say "shame on you."
Funny I don’t see Kaine, Shaheen, King, or Schumer there
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Funny I don’t see Kaine, Shaheen, King, or Schumer there
Wot
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Wot
Just as soon as he sends out the $7000 checks
TRUMP: US TO LAUNCH NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITHIN 2–3 WEEKS
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Just as soon as he sends out the $7000 checks
Been rewatching Hannibal and continue to be amazed this was on broadcast TV
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Been rewatching Hannibal and continue to be amazed this was on broadcast TV