Nathan Lee Shafer
@nathanleeshafer.bsky.social
NOW conductor of The Westwood Plaza Strings, East Lansing. One of the rotating hosts of The Leisure Experiment on WCBN
FORMERLY EZ Livin' Radio Show on CJAM & WCBN, Keys for Hard Place, Bart Davenport, The Espeleta-Shafer Project. LA, SF, Detroit, Ypsi
FORMERLY EZ Livin' Radio Show on CJAM & WCBN, Keys for Hard Place, Bart Davenport, The Espeleta-Shafer Project. LA, SF, Detroit, Ypsi
RIP Steve Cropper. Big influence when I was first picking up the guitar.
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
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December 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
RIP Steve Cropper. Big influence when I was first picking up the guitar.
BE BEST
First Lady Melania Trump announced the launch of "Muse Films," a production company that will debut with the upcoming documentary titled "Melania."
Melania Trump launches production company ahead of documentary
First Lady Melania Trump announced the launch of "Muse Films," a production company that will debut with the upcoming documentary titled "Melania."
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November 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
BE BEST
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New York Democrats can do better than Zohran Mamdani.
by Eric Adams, Bill de Blasio, Andrew Cuomo, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, David Paterson, Eliot Spitzer, and Anthony Weiner
by Eric Adams, Bill de Blasio, Andrew Cuomo, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, David Paterson, Eliot Spitzer, and Anthony Weiner
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
New York Democrats can do better than Zohran Mamdani.
by Eric Adams, Bill de Blasio, Andrew Cuomo, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, David Paterson, Eliot Spitzer, and Anthony Weiner
by Eric Adams, Bill de Blasio, Andrew Cuomo, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, David Paterson, Eliot Spitzer, and Anthony Weiner
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Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
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Jake Lang, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who openly calls himself a racist, came to Dearborn with a small crew of followers and a camera. His goal wasn’t dialogue or protest. It was provocation, panic, and propaganda.
How racist provocateur Jake Lang tried to manufacture chaos in Dearborn - Detroit Metro Times
Right-wing provocateur and avowed racist Jake Lang arrived in Dearborn on Tuesday with a bulletproof vest, a Quran he threatened to burn, and a bag of bacon he shoved into people’s faces.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Jake Lang, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who openly calls himself a racist, came to Dearborn with a small crew of followers and a camera. His goal wasn’t dialogue or protest. It was provocation, panic, and propaganda.
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Todd Blanche always looks like he just shit his pants and is deliberating next steps
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Todd Blanche always looks like he just shit his pants and is deliberating next steps
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it's been shameful living in a country that does not have a Quality Ballroom
October 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
it's been shameful living in a country that does not have a Quality Ballroom
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I’m good.
BREAKING — Notices for the Disney+ price increase went out at noon ET today, confirming my scoop from last night. Details: www.vulture.com/article/disn...
September 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I’m good.
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he was a champion of free speech and if you disagree youre under arrest
September 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
he was a champion of free speech and if you disagree youre under arrest
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No one gave a shit if a gay man was lonely navigating a homophobic society. No one gave a shit if a woman was lonely in an abusive marriage. No one ever gave a shit if the Black kid in a white school was lonely.
But we all need to care about straight white men being lonely.
Miss me with this bs.
But we all need to care about straight white men being lonely.
Miss me with this bs.
August 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
No one gave a shit if a gay man was lonely navigating a homophobic society. No one gave a shit if a woman was lonely in an abusive marriage. No one ever gave a shit if the Black kid in a white school was lonely.
But we all need to care about straight white men being lonely.
Miss me with this bs.
But we all need to care about straight white men being lonely.
Miss me with this bs.
Little did 1st grade me, seeing the cover of Speak of the Devil, know that he was just a lovable hook slinging Beatlemaniac. Yet another occurrence of the sound in my head being way more extreme than the actual article and the actual article being so much greater than I could ever imagine. RIP Ozzy
July 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Little did 1st grade me, seeing the cover of Speak of the Devil, know that he was just a lovable hook slinging Beatlemaniac. Yet another occurrence of the sound in my head being way more extreme than the actual article and the actual article being so much greater than I could ever imagine. RIP Ozzy
This is Laura Loomer's flip way of advocating for a purge of Latinos, all of them and it is very fucked up. She is a de facto Trump advisor/internet troll/proud white nationalist in case you don't know who she is. I'm not on X, anyone know if people are pushing back there and how she's reacting?
The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
July 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This is Laura Loomer's flip way of advocating for a purge of Latinos, all of them and it is very fucked up. She is a de facto Trump advisor/internet troll/proud white nationalist in case you don't know who she is. I'm not on X, anyone know if people are pushing back there and how she's reacting?
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Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
June 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
The security says he was forced out of the room and cuffed for "lunging" at Noem. Notice how little she reacts to him "lunging" at her. Right around the 14 second mark.
AP footage of Senator Alex Padilla being physically removed from Kristi Noem's press conference about the LA @schiff.senate.gov @congresstran.bsky.social
Thank you, Senator @padilla.senate.gov
Thank you, Senator @padilla.senate.gov
June 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The security says he was forced out of the room and cuffed for "lunging" at Noem. Notice how little she reacts to him "lunging" at her. Right around the 14 second mark.
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real bummer finding out that literally everything was on the honor system this whole time
June 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
real bummer finding out that literally everything was on the honor system this whole time
Clem Burke is rock ‘n’ roll RIP
April 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Clem Burke is rock ‘n’ roll RIP
Is hitting a cymbal from the bottom up a normal drummer move or does only Gilson Lavis from Squeeze do that?
March 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Is hitting a cymbal from the bottom up a normal drummer move or does only Gilson Lavis from Squeeze do that?
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I don't want to say the Schumer optics are bad but Gavin Newsom just invited him on his podcast.
a man in a suit and tie is standing with his hands in his pockets .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing with his hands in his pockets .
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March 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I don't want to say the Schumer optics are bad but Gavin Newsom just invited him on his podcast.
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"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary.
It can't get a distributor in the US.
Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.
It can't get a distributor in the US.
Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.
March 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary.
It can't get a distributor in the US.
Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.
It can't get a distributor in the US.
Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.
I love underground art and I love mainstream art. Back in the ‘90s it seemed like those two were factions. Now it feels like all art versus the fascists.
March 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I love underground art and I love mainstream art. Back in the ‘90s it seemed like those two were factions. Now it feels like all art versus the fascists.
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This show’s been pretty fucking great. Conan for lifetime host
March 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This show’s been pretty fucking great. Conan for lifetime host
wait.. so it’s ok if we all call him Marty?!
March 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
wait.. so it’s ok if we all call him Marty?!