Ralph Wiley
@squealermusic.bsky.social
These outbursts in no way represent my employer, or often, myself.
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Electric Sandwich radio show weekly on Thursdays from 4-5pm on WOWD 94.3Fm and always at
https://mixcloud.com/squealermusic
Mastodon: @squealermusic
Instagram: @VinylAssaultVehicle
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let's go down the list of largest cities with Republican mayors and see what our new World Cup landscape looks like
1. Dallas
2. Fort Worth
okay, so, Texas, no surprise here
3. Oklahoma City
look, they do okay with the Thunder I guess, even if they should still be the Sonics
4. Fresno
ruh roh
1. Dallas
2. Fort Worth
okay, so, Texas, no surprise here
3. Oklahoma City
look, they do okay with the Thunder I guess, even if they should still be the Sonics
4. Fresno
ruh roh
Monica Crowley claims Trump is "talking to FIFA" about potentially moving the World Cup out of "blue cities," but no decisions have been made
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
let's go down the list of largest cities with Republican mayors and see what our new World Cup landscape looks like
1. Dallas
2. Fort Worth
okay, so, Texas, no surprise here
3. Oklahoma City
look, they do okay with the Thunder I guess, even if they should still be the Sonics
4. Fresno
ruh roh
1. Dallas
2. Fort Worth
okay, so, Texas, no surprise here
3. Oklahoma City
look, they do okay with the Thunder I guess, even if they should still be the Sonics
4. Fresno
ruh roh
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I had a fascinating discussion with Melvin Gibbs about this album and his lengthy musical career @wfmu.bsky.social
STREAM ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
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STREAM ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
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🎵 @melvingibbs.bsky.social - Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2 - featured in @thewiremagazine.bsky.social's "Releases of the Year"
❤️🔥 Huge thanks to Phil Freeman for the wonderful review, and to The Wire for the many years of support!
The 2025 Rewind is available at your local record shoppe & digitally.
❤️🔥 Huge thanks to Phil Freeman for the wonderful review, and to The Wire for the many years of support!
The 2025 Rewind is available at your local record shoppe & digitally.
December 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I had a fascinating discussion with Melvin Gibbs about this album and his lengthy musical career @wfmu.bsky.social
STREAM ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
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STREAM ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
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Sam Alito's opinion on the Texas gerrymander is shocking in its disdain for the U.S. judiciary and its intellectual bankruptcy.
Wrote about it for Bad Faith Times:
badfaithtimes.com/alito-theres...
Wrote about it for Bad Faith Times:
badfaithtimes.com/alito-theres...
Alito: There's No Way To Prove These Jim Crow Electoral Maps Are Racist
The anti-democracy SCOTUS majority has gone all in on the bad-faith legal argument that racism is over.
badfaithtimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Sam Alito's opinion on the Texas gerrymander is shocking in its disdain for the U.S. judiciary and its intellectual bankruptcy.
Wrote about it for Bad Faith Times:
badfaithtimes.com/alito-theres...
Wrote about it for Bad Faith Times:
badfaithtimes.com/alito-theres...
isitbandcampfriday.com ?
I wish that Bandcamp would figure out how to adjust shipping so that if you add more than one item from the same seller you don't get gouged. Media mail should be like $6-7 for multiple LPs but I often see it much higher than that because of a negative multiplier effect.
I wish that Bandcamp would figure out how to adjust shipping so that if you add more than one item from the same seller you don't get gouged. Media mail should be like $6-7 for multiple LPs but I often see it much higher than that because of a negative multiplier effect.
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
isitbandcampfriday.com ?
I wish that Bandcamp would figure out how to adjust shipping so that if you add more than one item from the same seller you don't get gouged. Media mail should be like $6-7 for multiple LPs but I often see it much higher than that because of a negative multiplier effect.
I wish that Bandcamp would figure out how to adjust shipping so that if you add more than one item from the same seller you don't get gouged. Media mail should be like $6-7 for multiple LPs but I often see it much higher than that because of a negative multiplier effect.
Do you find yrself nodding off in the middle of the day for no particular reason? If you're not completely braindead, I recommend the latest Electric Sandwich for a REAL JOLT! bit.ly/ElecSand120425
rOCK mUSIC bLARES!!11!1! At least two combos with umlauts in their names!
#FreeChicago #FreeNewOrleans
rOCK mUSIC bLARES!!11!1! At least two combos with umlauts in their names!
#FreeChicago #FreeNewOrleans
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Do you find yrself nodding off in the middle of the day for no particular reason? If you're not completely braindead, I recommend the latest Electric Sandwich for a REAL JOLT! bit.ly/ElecSand120425
rOCK mUSIC bLARES!!11!1! At least two combos with umlauts in their names!
#FreeChicago #FreeNewOrleans
rOCK mUSIC bLARES!!11!1! At least two combos with umlauts in their names!
#FreeChicago #FreeNewOrleans
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'Metal is just as exciting, vibrant and challenging as it always has been, if not more so, provided you know where to look – and seeing that you’re already here, I’d wager you know exactly where that is.'
Columnus Metallicus: The Best #HeavyMetal of 2025
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Columnus Metallicus: The Best #HeavyMetal of 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
'Metal is just as exciting, vibrant and challenging as it always has been, if not more so, provided you know where to look – and seeing that you’re already here, I’d wager you know exactly where that is.'
Columnus Metallicus: The Best #HeavyMetal of 2025
buff.ly/oXmbFmr
Columnus Metallicus: The Best #HeavyMetal of 2025
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Where’s the CBS News town hall focused on the Democrats assassinated in Minnesota?
Bari Weiss has a CBS town hall set with Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk.
If you want to attend, you're asked a series of questions on an online form.
The first question is: “Do you consider yourself a conservative? If so, why?”
Via Jeremy Barr
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
If you want to attend, you're asked a series of questions on an online form.
The first question is: “Do you consider yourself a conservative? If so, why?”
Via Jeremy Barr
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
Bari Weiss to moderate CBS News town hall with Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk
Exclusive: event, scheduled to air on 13 December, will focus on ‘grief, faith, politics, and more’, according to internal files
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Where’s the CBS News town hall focused on the Democrats assassinated in Minnesota?
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Alice Gerrard and Hazel Dickens first bonded at Baltimore house parties in the early 1960s. The pair would go on to form a bluegrass collaboration that has influenced generations of musicians.
“A Singing Voice that Could Nail You to the Wall”: How Alice Gerrard and Hazel Dickens Became a Legendary Bluegrass Duo
Alice Gerrard and Hazel Dickens bonded at parties in the early 1960s. They would go on to form a groundbreaking bluegrass collaboration.
indyweek.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Alice Gerrard and Hazel Dickens first bonded at Baltimore house parties in the early 1960s. The pair would go on to form a bluegrass collaboration that has influenced generations of musicians.
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Announcing a very long-overdue definitive biography of a music and spiritual visionary…
COSMIC MUSIC: The Life, Art and Transcendence of ALICE COLTRANE by @andybeta.bsky.social
Coming 19 March 2026: geni.us/CosmicMusic
COSMIC MUSIC: The Life, Art and Transcendence of ALICE COLTRANE by @andybeta.bsky.social
Coming 19 March 2026: geni.us/CosmicMusic
December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Announcing a very long-overdue definitive biography of a music and spiritual visionary…
COSMIC MUSIC: The Life, Art and Transcendence of ALICE COLTRANE by @andybeta.bsky.social
Coming 19 March 2026: geni.us/CosmicMusic
COSMIC MUSIC: The Life, Art and Transcendence of ALICE COLTRANE by @andybeta.bsky.social
Coming 19 March 2026: geni.us/CosmicMusic
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The third point, too. Cassidy owns this shanda because he & his GOP Senate colleagues, Thom Tillis, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski, were cowards.
Again, <10 people in Washington can end almost all of this today, & yet they are getting total free passes on a daily basis:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Again, <10 people in Washington can end almost all of this today, & yet they are getting total free passes on a daily basis:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
That last point. Cassidy really has enormous leverage if he wants to use it. He would win this fight. Worst case is he winds up losing a primary and spends his 70s (he's 68 now) as a hero to millions. He'll likely never have as much influence over anything again as he has over this right now.
ACIP may end universal Hep B vaccination today.
Hep B prevention is Cassidy's passion, as he made clear during RFK Jr's confirmation hearings.
But let's not forget... his vote to confirm RFK Jr. got us into this mess!
He needs to use every lever of power he has in the Senate to fix it.
Hep B prevention is Cassidy's passion, as he made clear during RFK Jr's confirmation hearings.
But let's not forget... his vote to confirm RFK Jr. got us into this mess!
He needs to use every lever of power he has in the Senate to fix it.
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The third point, too. Cassidy owns this shanda because he & his GOP Senate colleagues, Thom Tillis, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski, were cowards.
Again, <10 people in Washington can end almost all of this today, & yet they are getting total free passes on a daily basis:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Again, <10 people in Washington can end almost all of this today, & yet they are getting total free passes on a daily basis:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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the Matador recommendations playlist for has been updated for December ’25 with new stuff from Party Dozen, Sharp Pins, Sanguisugabogg, Glyders, Wednesday Knudsen, Wiccans and much more.
matador.ffm.to/recommends
matador.ffm.to/recommends
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
the Matador recommendations playlist for has been updated for December ’25 with new stuff from Party Dozen, Sharp Pins, Sanguisugabogg, Glyders, Wednesday Knudsen, Wiccans and much more.
matador.ffm.to/recommends
matador.ffm.to/recommends
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A picture is worth a 1000 words. The birth dose of hepatitis B vaccines in the USA eliminated perinatally acquired hepatitis B infection from over 20,000 cases a year before the vaccine was introduced to <20 cases a year. The gaslighting by the current members ACIP is obscene, unethical and cruel.
December 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A picture is worth a 1000 words. The birth dose of hepatitis B vaccines in the USA eliminated perinatally acquired hepatitis B infection from over 20,000 cases a year before the vaccine was introduced to <20 cases a year. The gaslighting by the current members ACIP is obscene, unethical and cruel.
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From the "Big Bang" to the present day, Americana thrives in VA.
The Heartbeat of American Roots Music Is Alive in Southwest Virginia
A century after the Bristol Sessions, the region is still producing vital Americana.
daily.bandcamp.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
From the "Big Bang" to the present day, Americana thrives in VA.
I actually read George Will for the first time in a million years because of this. Of course, he resorted to BS by the end of the column, but he was absolutely right at the beginning
When Elie Mystal and George Will have taken the same stand, you know you are in deep trouble. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
December 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I actually read George Will for the first time in a million years because of this. Of course, he resorted to BS by the end of the column, but he was absolutely right at the beginning
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More than 80 percent of the immigrants arrested in D.C. during the surge in federal law enforcement had no prior criminal record, federal data shows, even though that crackdown was portrayed as targeting violent crime.
Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records
A Post analysis of federal data shows that the arrests of immigrants with no prior criminal record shot up sixfold during the Trump administration’s crackdown.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
More than 80 percent of the immigrants arrested in D.C. during the surge in federal law enforcement had no prior criminal record, federal data shows, even though that crackdown was portrayed as targeting violent crime.
WOWD is in the midst of its fundraiser and we can use your support! I'll be shilling during the Electric Sandwich show today from 4-5pm EDT on 94.3FM in the DC area, but you can go to takomaradio.org at any point and listen and pledge your support. GIVE EARLY AND OFTEN!
Takoma Radio WOWD-LP FM
Community radio low power FM station in Takoma Park, MD and DC.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
WOWD is in the midst of its fundraiser and we can use your support! I'll be shilling during the Electric Sandwich show today from 4-5pm EDT on 94.3FM in the DC area, but you can go to takomaradio.org at any point and listen and pledge your support. GIVE EARLY AND OFTEN!
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That’s net £5 or 6k for over 9 million streams, if on a label. You read that right!
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
That’s net £5 or 6k for over 9 million streams, if on a label. You read that right!
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Steve Cropper, legendary guitarist for Booker T & the MGs, dies aged 84
Steve Cropper, legendary guitarist for Booker T & the MGs, dies aged 84
Prolific musician was known for work on songs like Green Onions and Otis Redding’s (Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay
Steve Cropper, the legendary guitarist whose work as an instrumentalist, producer and songwriter at Stax Records left an indelible impression on Memphis soul music, has died at the age of 84.
Hs son Cameron confirmed his death to Variety. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Steve Cropper, legendary guitarist for Booker T & the MGs, dies aged 84
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Wondering why Trump is murdering alleged (no proof) drug traffickers on the open seas while pardoning a mega-crook head of state who was helping to smuggle tons of drugs into the US?
Krugman has a compelling theory. It involves the slimy crypto crowd.
Krugman has a compelling theory. It involves the slimy crypto crowd.
Is Donald Trump Pro-Crypto Or Pro-Crime? (Is There Really A Difference?)
On one side, the Trump administration is sinking small boats that it claims, without evidence, are smuggling drugs — and according to the Washington Post, Pete Hegseth, the self-styled Secretary of War, has personally ordered at least one follow-up strike to kill the survivors. A working group of fo...
www.nationalmemo.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Wondering why Trump is murdering alleged (no proof) drug traffickers on the open seas while pardoning a mega-crook head of state who was helping to smuggle tons of drugs into the US?
Krugman has a compelling theory. It involves the slimy crypto crowd.
Krugman has a compelling theory. It involves the slimy crypto crowd.
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RIP Steve Cropper - such sad news. Here's a playlist of some classic Stax tunes that he co-wrote and performed on, featuring Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Eddie Floyd, Wendy Rene, Don Covay...
▶️🎸 open.spotify.com/playlist/7qH...
▶️🎸 open.spotify.com/playlist/7qH...
RIP Steve Cropper
open.spotify.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
RIP Steve Cropper - such sad news. Here's a playlist of some classic Stax tunes that he co-wrote and performed on, featuring Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Eddie Floyd, Wendy Rene, Don Covay...
▶️🎸 open.spotify.com/playlist/7qH...
▶️🎸 open.spotify.com/playlist/7qH...
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The Nodfather.
December 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The Nodfather.
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Senate Intel Vice Chair Mark Warner on the Signalgate report: "Hegseth endangered the lives of American pilots based aboard the USS Harry S. Truman as they prepared to launch a mission against terrorist targets."
He is calling for Hegseth to resign.
He is calling for Hegseth to resign.
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Senate Intel Vice Chair Mark Warner on the Signalgate report: "Hegseth endangered the lives of American pilots based aboard the USS Harry S. Truman as they prepared to launch a mission against terrorist targets."
He is calling for Hegseth to resign.
He is calling for Hegseth to resign.
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...