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hammersmithpalais.bsky.social
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Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot
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zavcurrent.bsky.social
I’ve probably watched this live performance on YouTube more than any other music performance. Just peak stuff.
Bowie - Stay (Musikladen 1978) (feat. C. Alomar, A Belew, & S. Mayes)
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January 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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ericvb.bsky.social
The one from that era that my mind went to today was "Hell's Been Empty"

I cant believe I had to do a deep dive on google to hunt down the original link to drop into web archive web.archive.org/web/20160323...
There are towns like mine in every corner of this country, and all over in between. Towns where conservative ideology evolves without natural predators, where the government is definitely coming any minute now to take all of our guns away and homosexuals are definitely going to create tax penalties for straights. Donald Trump has crushed his opponents in towns like those. For the most part, those responsible for conducting our national conversation like to pretend there’s something strange about all this. Like there’s no precedent for Trump’s rise and rhetoric, apart from pro wrestlers or fascist regimes. Like Trump metastasized out of nowhere, a newly discovered disease. But he didn’t. Sure, he’s got his wrestler and fascist tendencies, and they’re both deeply tempting comparisons to make, but they don’t tell the story. They mythologize a man who doesn’t need mythologizing, because he’s right there. Trump’s rhetoric is not absurd. It’s been around; there are precedents. Working-class conservatives have been drawn to entertaining and fear-based shows of strength for a while now. The best recent reference point for this is right-wing talk radio, and the man most emblematic of its effects is Michael Savage.
September 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM