Stevie Chick
@steviechick.bsky.social
Writer, sub-editor, pizza-maker. The Guardian, MOJO, Loose Lips Sink Ships. Books. The good shit. steviechick.com
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‘You can’t drink Fanta. You have to smoke marijuana’: Fela Kuti’s artist recalls their wild collaborations
When the Afrobeat sensation first saw Lemi Ghariokwu’s work, he said, ‘Wow!’ Then he plied him with marijuana and asked him to design his album sleeves. The artist recalls their extraordinary partners...
www.theguardian.com
Fela Kuti's records are some of my very favourite music. Just before Xmas, I jumped on a zoom with Lemi Ghariokwu, who painted a number of Fela Kuti's greatest album sleeves.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
I was today years old etc etc etc when I first heard this absolute banger
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvrW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvrW...
Rode All Night (2012 Master)
YouTube video by Paul McCartney - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I was today years old etc etc etc when I first heard this absolute banger
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvrW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvrW...
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Ethan Hawke on Robin Williams & PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN — who left us 12yrs ago today, aged 46.
“It didn’t come for free.”
“It didn’t come for free.”
February 2, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Ethan Hawke on Robin Williams & PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN — who left us 12yrs ago today, aged 46.
“It didn’t come for free.”
“It didn’t come for free.”
Breakfast soundtrack
February 2, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Breakfast soundtrack
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Happy 95th anniversary of the birth of Les Dawson to all who celebrate (and if you don’t, you should be asking yourself some serious questions)
February 2, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Happy 95th anniversary of the birth of Les Dawson to all who celebrate (and if you don’t, you should be asking yourself some serious questions)
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This is the business in Uptown that got randomly tear-gassed by ICE a few weeks ago. Guess they didn’t like it
Large banner hangs over a building at Lake Street and Lyndale Avenue on a snowy morning.
It reads "ICE OUT OF MN" "FOR GOOD" with the names of those killed by federal agents.
Minneapolis, February 2026
It reads "ICE OUT OF MN" "FOR GOOD" with the names of those killed by federal agents.
Minneapolis, February 2026
February 1, 2026 at 9:29 PM
This is the business in Uptown that got randomly tear-gassed by ICE a few weeks ago. Guess they didn’t like it
this is who runs this account
February 1, 2026 at 8:56 PM
this is who runs this account
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"can i use this clip from a movie or a song that i like" motivates about 50 percent of what i choose to talk about on my youtube page www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRIK...
Impeach the President
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:13 AM
"can i use this clip from a movie or a song that i like" motivates about 50 percent of what i choose to talk about on my youtube page www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRIK...
Breakfast soundtrack
February 1, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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I wonder if the New York Times will go after any of the prominent academics in the Epstein files for being rapists as hard as they went after Claudine Gay for being kind of sloppy with citations in her graduate thesis.
If not, why not?
If not, why not?
Here’s Duke behavioral economist Dan Ariely asking Jeffrey Epstein for “the name and email of the redhead that was here with you.” This is four years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
Doo do doo
January 31, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I wonder if the New York Times will go after any of the prominent academics in the Epstein files for being rapists as hard as they went after Claudine Gay for being kind of sloppy with citations in her graduate thesis.
If not, why not?
If not, why not?
Breakfast soundtrack
January 31, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
This is great maxread.substack.com/p/suicide-ri...
'Suicide rightism' and the penguin
Is it based or soy to kill yourself?
maxread.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:44 PM
This is great maxread.substack.com/p/suicide-ri...
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Solidarity with every single person participating in today’s general strike against ICE’s terror campaign.
You’re changing the world ✊🏽❤️
You’re changing the world ✊🏽❤️
January 30, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Solidarity with every single person participating in today’s general strike against ICE’s terror campaign.
You’re changing the world ✊🏽❤️
You’re changing the world ✊🏽❤️
Fascist MFs
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Fascist MFs
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This position seems profoundly self-evident to me.
Everything, EVERYTHING good in life stems from a place of security, not insecurity.
Everything, EVERYTHING good in life stems from a place of security, not insecurity.
"Not only don't people work less when they are guaranteed an income, they might actually put in more effort at work. And the fact that they have more money to spend leads to the creation of more jobs."
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
January 30, 2026 at 12:52 PM
This position seems profoundly self-evident to me.
Everything, EVERYTHING good in life stems from a place of security, not insecurity.
Everything, EVERYTHING good in life stems from a place of security, not insecurity.
Breakfast soundtrack
January 30, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Breakfast soundtrack
This excellent listicle from the excellent @brandonousley.bsky.social reminds me of a fact that has haunted me for years: that all four nights Curtis Mayfield played during his run at the Bitter End, from which the sublime Curtis/Live was culled, were recorded. www.discogs.com/digs/music/e...
15 Essential Live Soul Albums
Dive into the live soul albums that turned concerts into cultural moments—from James Brown at the Apollo to Earth, Wind & Fire’s arena spectacle.
www.discogs.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:18 PM
This excellent listicle from the excellent @brandonousley.bsky.social reminds me of a fact that has haunted me for years: that all four nights Curtis Mayfield played during his run at the Bitter End, from which the sublime Curtis/Live was culled, were recorded. www.discogs.com/digs/music/e...
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Trade policy as middle school cafeteria politics: You can shake kids for quarters… until they decide you don’t get a seat at their table. Then the “tough guy” is just eating alone with mystery meat.
January 29, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Trade policy as middle school cafeteria politics: You can shake kids for quarters… until they decide you don’t get a seat at their table. Then the “tough guy” is just eating alone with mystery meat.
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On almost everything – fraud, polarisation, radicalisation, misinformation – evidence suggests that over 60s are in much more urgent need of online protection and education than teenagers.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
This was a minor story on London news this morning - but suspect is a real cautionary (and alarming) tale of an older man getting radicalised online.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sidcup man convicted aover explosive attack on Ulez camera
Kevin Rees's homemade bomb caused damage to vehicles and property including a child's bedroom.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:43 AM
On almost everything – fraud, polarisation, radicalisation, misinformation – evidence suggests that over 60s are in much more urgent need of online protection and education than teenagers.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
This song, and much of the Consolidated songbook, was fairly prescient www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ9L...
Consolidated- Butyric Acid
YouTube video by Don Starnes
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:37 AM
This song, and much of the Consolidated songbook, was fairly prescient www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ9L...
Breakfast soundtrack
January 29, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
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This administration is stark raving mad, and it is controlled by men - Vance, Miller, Bovino - are all-but-publicly taking orders from neo-Nazis bent on violent removal of nonwhite Americans. The admin barely hides many of these links. And it is driving a campaign of ethnic violence in our country.
January 28, 2026 at 11:45 PM
This administration is stark raving mad, and it is controlled by men - Vance, Miller, Bovino - are all-but-publicly taking orders from neo-Nazis bent on violent removal of nonwhite Americans. The admin barely hides many of these links. And it is driving a campaign of ethnic violence in our country.
I currently have five Chrome windows, each with around two-dozen tabs open. Tell me the way that you're insane!
January 28, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I currently have five Chrome windows, each with around two-dozen tabs open. Tell me the way that you're insane!
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Matt Goodwin's lies about his background have hopelessly confused Google AI 😉
January 27, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Matt Goodwin's lies about his background have hopelessly confused Google AI 😉