Great show and great to see you! Keep those music recs coming

In Virginia’s case, ex-CIA

Fine. But not a very fun or creative costume idea, is it now

This would’ve been avoided if adults stopped imagining some imperative to dress up for Halloween. Let the kids have fun

I am in the “blue no matter who” crowd and we should run every single coward in congress that refused to back Mamdani out of Washington.

As an honest believer in that slogan, I am appalled

“I guess”

Hi Jennifer and David… yeah it’s “Sydnor” & thank you much for the thoughtful write up!

It’s a hell of a grift the Mattys Yglesias and Ezras Klein of the world have; your Davids French, your Conors Friedersdorf. So conveniently confused about the most obvious things yet so certain about the most laughable nonsense. Always interested in seeking answers, yet so allergic to finding any.

I found out about this guy because my grandmother studied organ with him briefly and a professor who specialized in minstrelsy forced me to write a research paper on his music, perfidy, and evil. It was shocking to learn this history as a college student

I will give it a read, thanks

John Powell was a celebrated Virginia composer/pianist, UVA faculty, and effective political advocate of the states proto-Nazi anti-miscegenation laws

Richmond, VA also lost or demolished every single structure in which Poe lived or worked. And I’m sure they’d do it again in favor of parking lots, roads, dorms, and banks

White folks try to kill black folks even when Black folks have literally nothing to do with their problems.

See Scriabin Piano Sonata #5. He was despondent when he finished it because it did not convey the totality of his initial vision