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“Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick.The one that makes me scream,” she said.
“The one that makes me laugh,” she said and threw her arms around my neck.
“Show me how you do it, and I promise you. I promise that I’ll run away with you…
“I’ll run away with you.”

— The Cure, Just Like Heaven

Eddie Van Halen was the reason many famous guitarists of today picked up a guitar.

What a loss.

“Same tape I’ve had for years…”

When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What’s Still Around

Music for your weekend. “We was tryin’ to protest, then the fires broke out. Look out for the secret agents, they be planted in the crowd”

New music discovery via my friend Nic Lake. The HU is a band from Mongolia that blends heavy metal and traditional Mongolian throat singing.

Exactly the soundtrack we need for this apocalypse!

Letting this fill me with joy right now. Her lovely voice. The way she engages the audience. And, especially her very talented backup signers — a beautiful married couple who radiate love. Every bit of this is golden.

A Short History of Housing Segregation in America

This is important.

I have not really talked much about this, but I have a long term project I’ve been working on about the connection between property/land ownership and freedom in America. Many of our governmental and societal ills can be traced to the fact that, from the very start of this country until relatively recently, property ownership was a requirement for voting.

This is more than (just) about race. If you think, “Hey, I own a home, I’m good.” and you have a mortgage, then you don’t really own your home. The bank does.