New Republic article on Spotify and musician royalties

Everyone streams music. Musicians make pennies. Is Spotify to blame?

From 2021:https://t.co/hCwUmfkIOZ
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) January 31, 2022

Spotify has never put artists first. Remember when Taylor Swift had to take a stand to get royalties up for hard working music artists? https://t.co/C31EWjG9eL #DeleteSpotify #ByeByeSpotify
— NewscastNow (@NewscastNow) January 27, 2022

1/ There's an important thread of continuity over time about the exploitation of bands by record labels that deserves a closer look, re the current Spotify debate. https://t.co/jLfPLpjKj8
— steve albini (@electricalWSOP) January 31, 2022

As welcome as the recent protests against Spotify are, @alexrossmusic writes, they do not address the fundamental injustice of the streaming economy.https://t.co/kZAESTnoCT
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) February 2, 2022

Thoroughly enjoyed speaking with Tony Visconti ahead of his Best of Bowie tour https://t.co/6hFuFr5ZBx
— Roisin O'Connor (@Roisin_OConnor) March 2, 2022

NEW from me in the pages of @thenation, where I summarize the century of selling music, recount a few personal anecdotes, and weigh in on the current situation. https://t.co/gRgRWnWyz7
— Ethan Iverson (@ethan_iverson) April 10, 2023

Gerrymandering in Pennsylvania

Looks very likely the PA Supreme Court will overrule this. Mystery is what map they'll replace it with. https://t.co/AeH6fFmyzh
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) February 7, 2022

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court took control of a high-stakes redistricting lawsuit and will now decide how the state’s congressional districts will be drawn for the next decade.https://t.co/TNYYtwTRry
— The Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) February 2, 2022

And there it is: PA's Dem-majority Supreme Court to take over congressional redistricting from pro-Trump lower court judge. https://t.co/1DH2GtkJaT
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) February 2, 2022

Breaking: the PA Supreme Court issues a stay to consider Dems' request to intervene as an ardently pro-Trump judge was set to select a congressional map. https://t.co/G37tkTYHO4
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) January 31, 2022

Thank God for Dem governors. https://t.co/3A1aeUbvKN
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) January 28, 2022

Again, for those in back (and at the WH), you can’t out-organize gerrymandering. In 2012 in PA, Democrats got 51% of the congressional vote but won just 5 of 18 seats. The map was so gerrymandered that even if Ds won 56% of the vote, they would have won only 6 of 18 seats. https://t.co/IPZHqXT51U
— Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) July 23, 2021

Pennsylvania Republicans have introduced 14 BILLS to make it harder to vote, including ending no-excuse absentee voting, which all but 2 Republicans voted for, throwing out mail ballots for minor errors & gerrymandering the courts so they can’t strike these laws down pic.twitter.com/XmloNjCHRG
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 4, 2021

New: After fighting the election results, state Republicans in Pennsylvania are trying to increase their control of the courts by creating new regional judicial districts rather than statewide elections, raising concerns of a new kind of gerrymandering.https://t.co/XnLTs5H3iK
— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) February 15, 2021

Gerrymandering in New York

I don’t approve of gerrymandering anywhere but aggressive Republican gerrymandering elsewhere means Democrats must fight back.

A reason Dems' new NY lines are likely to be upheld: the same rationale of "too close to the election to change the rules" SCOTUS applied in the Alabama stay could be applied by NY courts, b/c petitioning will already be underway. https://t.co/bXm0kvQk4p
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) February 10, 2022

1200 words from me on the proposed Democratic gerrymander in New York—including whether it can pass and survive a court challenge: https://t.co/o1p5CXkbtB
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) January 31, 2022

This would single-handedly add 3 Dems and subtract 4 Reps from the House. https://t.co/fyCHB0JwrS
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) January 30, 2022

New York lawmakers draw redistricting map that boosts Democrats https://t.co/awHPIznStU
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 31, 2022

BREAKING: here is NY Dems' full congressional proposal, courtesy of @zach_solomon1. This is a 22D-4R gerrymander – and a pretty effective one. https://t.co/QleEKPMJy8 pic.twitter.com/yd7Iqx6DPh
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) January 30, 2022

Unlike Dems' Illinois gerrymander, which was thrown together pretty sloppily at the last minute, I can only find a few isolated places where this NY gerrymander "strands" Dem votes in GOP districts – and even then, we're talking fractions of points.

It's a brutal map for Rs.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) January 30, 2022

Covers: Key to the Highway

“Key to the Highway” is a blues song that has been recorded many times beginning in 1940. Of the versions I know, my favorite is the Little Walter one.

‘Key To The Highway’: Unlocking Bill Broonzy’s Classic Blues Song

Covers: Thank You for Being a Friend

“Thank You for Being a Friend” was a 1978 single by Andrew Gold. The song is best known as the theme for The Golden Girls TV show.

Urine therapy is the latest terrible anti-vaxxer idea

Urine therapy – where advocates encourage people to drink their own urine to tap into its redemptive properties – is among the latest, and a recent video calling the therapy the next "COVID antidote" was viewed over 366,000 times. https://t.co/o8TzBwaozt
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) January 31, 2022

Me in 1990: I bet by the time I’m really old, like 2022 or something, we’ll have flying cars and space colonies and a cure for cancer, because we’re so devoted to scientific progress as a nation

Actual 2022: pic.twitter.com/XOdLrHBfrw
— RadicalLeftLunaticHat (@Popehat) January 29, 2022

There’s a private Facebook group called “Urine Therapy” with 10.4K members.

I thought it had to be a joke, but these people are 100% serious.

Claiming that urine cures virtually everything, including COVID and cancer.

Facebook’s private groups are so fucking dangerous. pic.twitter.com/cllFtpEfyP
— Kristofer Goldsmith (@KrisGoldsmith85) January 30, 2022

BREAKING: due to the recent outbreak of COVID in red states, there's a shortage of supermarket urine on store shelves.#ThanksJoeBiden pic.twitter.com/hHd0llKMBt
— Paul Lee Teeks (@PaulLeeTeeks) January 16, 2022

An Alabama anti-vaxxer who recently suggested urine as a COVID cure now says that he doesn’t need a driver’s license to operate his car because it’s his “wagon."https://t.co/ZLFdwZwuBo pic.twitter.com/E3xmKDH9iw
— AL.com (@aldotcom) January 29, 2022

The media keeps giving Republicans a free pass

From the Washington Post Editorial Board | Giving up on expanding the child tax credit would be a disaster for poor people @postopinions https://t.co/5CkMW10USw
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) January 30, 2022

Republicans are part of the government, too. If only a few of them supported the credit, it would pass.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) January 30, 2022

Covers: Younger Girl/Prison Wall Blues

Here’s another 1960s rock song taken from an earlier blues record. “Younger Girl” was written by John Sebastian of the Lovin’ Spoonful. Versions by The Critters and The Hondells were both popular in 1966 but I only remember The Critters’ record.

The song is based on “Prison Wall Blues” (1930 by Cannon’s Jug Stompers.

Covers: Grizzly Bear/When I Woke Up This Morning She Was Gone

“Grizzly Bear” was the first successful; single by the Youngbloods and reached #52 in 1966. It’s on their self-titled album. The Grizzly Bear was a dance from the 1910s. It is a remake of a 1928 blues song by Jim Jackson called “When I Woke Up This Morning She Was Gone” who didn’t get credit on the Youngbloods’ version.

Covers: Hooray Hooray

Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder have included “Hooray Hooray” on their upcoming album of songs by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee. The Sonny Terry record is from 1953.

There was a prior Sonny Terry record from 1952 called “Women Is Killin’ Me” which is the same song.