Cassette tapes

Cassette tapes were introduced in 1963. They were most popular in the 1980s and the 1990s because of portability – they could be played on a Walkman.

Are Cassettes Making a Comeback? Why Yola, Lilly Hiatt, and Others Are Feeling the Format – ⁦⁦@nodepression⁩ https://t.co/tvEp8q01MT
— Zenith Beast (@TheZenithBeast) April 5, 2022

https://twitter.com/Marcissist/status/1540761329396375553?s=20&t=cJda1LZF5X8X5YWWWwE_2A

Time to dust off your Walkman — cassette tapes might be coming back in style. https://t.co/RZwLjWx6t1
— Axios (@axios) July 19, 2022

My latest for @SPIN is all about the role that cassette tapes played in the spread of early hip-hop.

S/O to @danielkohn for editing this one. https://t.co/mt7WIcM884
— John Morrison (@John_Liberator) February 13, 2024

Covers: Big Boy Pete

Here’s another Don and Dewey song that was more successful when covered by other artists. “Big Boy Pete” was released in 1959. The Righteous Brothers and The Olympics covered it.

“Jolly Green Giant” by The Kingsmen used the music with new lyrics.

SecondHandSongs has great information on cover versions of songs.

Covers: Justine

“Justine” was written and performed by Don and Dewey in 1958. They recorded several songs that were more successful for other people and are well worth checking out. “Justine” was a perfect song for the Blasters to cover – it’s fast and loud.

Another fake right-wing video

Fox News doctored clips of Obama's visit to the White House to make it seem like Biden was lost. https://t.co/x6AySfmn0S
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) April 6, 2022

New tweets on the Trump 1/6 mob

The leader of the West Virginia chapter of the Proud Boys pleads guilty to illegally entering the US Capitol grounds on January 6 https://t.co/yEm9TUwkSF
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 6, 2022

1/2 The DC US Attys office had over 700 extra cases – above & beyond what they already had on their docket & far more cases than most offices do in a year – resulting from 1-6. Congress must give DOJ the additional resources it seeks. https://t.co/2S78KNsGmG
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) April 6, 2022

Couy Griffin participated in the Jan 6th “Stop the Steal” demonstrations. He illegally breached the Capitol’s security barriers and remained on restricted grounds even after the mob became violent. He must be removed from office. https://t.co/0CgNO4kmSt
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) April 4, 2022

Figliuzzi writes: America's intelligence community has pro-Jan. 6 bias lurking inside ⁦@MSNBCDaily⁩ ⁦@MSNBC⁩ https://t.co/flrMkRfnKC
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) April 2, 2022

An Alabama man who brought a truckload of weapons, ammunition, and Molotov cocktails near the US Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 46 months in prison. https://t.co/CxtGwIDDGj
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 1, 2022

"They are the ones paying the consequences": January 6 rioters mimic Trump's misinformation playbook but see different results https://t.co/84Itx6eGiX
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 25, 2022

A Capitol riot suspect has been granted refugee status in Belarus after he fled the United States, according to Belarusian state-owned television https://t.co/VzlHJ76cPc
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 22, 2022

"Cowboys for Trump" founder's January 6-related trial starts today https://t.co/6E6OjVG4M2
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 21, 2022

Former West Virginia state lawmaker who resigned after participating in the January 6 Capitol attack pleads guilty to felony civil disorder charge https://t.co/kagzWSIDMA
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 18, 2022

The former Rocky Mount, Va., police officer agreed to testify against his fellow officer, who traveled to the Capitol with him on Jan. 6 https://t.co/TButvhZoAR
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 18, 2022

Trumpist judge acquits January 6 defendant. Cringeworthy. Trevor McFadden is unfit for the bench.https://t.co/PbpKMpPi3z
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) April 6, 2022

Recent tweets on long covid

Biden administration launches national research plan to understand and treat long Covid https://t.co/ixx2i6jw6b
— CNBC (@CNBC) April 5, 2022

Yes I have long COVID and it pisses me off, when I’m tagged in these stories of complete devastation as if I am the one who is to bear the emotional load and responsibility— like YOU can’t be next. Long COVID is EVERYBODY’S PROBLEM. Start acting like it’s YOUR PROBLEM.
— Dr. Raven the Science Maven (@ravenscimaven) April 4, 2022

Just like COVID-19 generally, #LongCOVID may disproportionately impact communities of color. @CDCgov must collect & publish disaggregated demographic data on Long COVID so we can support our #longhaulers and target resources to those most impacted.
— Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (@RepPressley) April 3, 2022

Been working on a manuscript with our Lancet Commission on vaccinating to prevent longCovid. I feel as though longCovid is still relegated to some dark corner of the public discourse. My opinion: we should do the opposite, provide an honest assessment of long Covid disabilities
— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) April 3, 2022

Folks really don't understand how common Long COVID is… or that a symptom of it is not knowing you have it.

There are so many questions.

So, I prepared this thoroughly sourced article to explain it with relevant studies.

41.8k views; updated regularlyhttps://t.co/Ev5td1C8Lw
— Don Ford – #LongCOVIDisDestroyingLives #ZeroCOVID (@DonEford) March 28, 2022

A weird thing about #LongCovid for me is that the memory loss & executive functioning issues feel permanent (haven't changed in 2 years) but the cognitive dysfunction/brain fog fluctuates day to day.

What would the mechanism of this be? My guess is the latter is vascular?

1/
— Hannah Davis (@ahandvanish) March 27, 2022

As life returns to normal, there’s one major COVID-19 risk we’re ignoring 📝 @Jamie_Ducharme https://t.co/tV0wPltfAD
— TIME (@TIME) March 27, 2022

Whenever I talk about having #LongCovid, I get a lot of ppl asking me whether I've been vaccinated. This is very frustrating. Many longhaulers – myself included – fell ill before the vaccine was widely available. In addition, 10-14% of breakthrough infections result in Long Covid
— Ravi Veriah Jacques (@RaviHVJ) March 23, 2022

Music on cylinders from a century ago

Before records, tapes, CDs, and downloads, music was recorded and played on cylinders.

Before audio playlists, before cassette tapes and even before records, there were wax cylinders — the earliest, mass-produced way people could both listen to commercial music and record themselves.

Now, there's a way to hear those recordings. https://t.co/lN91qY4MXr
— NPR Music (@nprmusic) April 5, 2022

Invented in 1887, Wax Cylinders were used to record and reproduce audio. This is a recovered Cylinder, the technology has come a long way – wow! pic.twitter.com/eI088HQkGe
— Johnny Neff  (@JohnnyNeff) April 4, 2021

Download 10,000 of the First Recordings of Music Ever Made, Thanks to the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive https://t.co/A3qPvAVcCH pic.twitter.com/SUFGChDoWY
— Open Culture (@openculture) March 15, 2018

From 1912 to 1929, Edison Records produced two unique audio formats, the Blue Amberol cylinder and the 10-inch Edison Diamond Disc.https://t.co/A0UyhhyMBm pic.twitter.com/8lss9Xwm57
— Museum of Obsolete Media (@ObsoleteMediaUK) August 6, 2020

I lived on a block with a house of prostitution

There was a house of prostitution on my block (which only had six houses) near downtown Baltimore in the late 1980s. I asked the guy next door to it how he knew. He said he saw five guys coming and going over a five-hour period. There were frequently people hanging outside late at night. How come I didn’t know? I said I only got the pizza and Chinese food flyers. They weren’t there long. My understanding is that they didn’t pay the rent. I called it the house that was a house, not a home.