The latest ridiculous right-wing target – M&Ms

First they went after Dr. Seuss and Mr. Potato Head. What’s next?

M&M characters redesigned for a "more dynamic, progressive world," Mars announces https://t.co/jEIgTkgaCS
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 20, 2022

orange will acknowledge his anxiety pic.twitter.com/hNmcRbrwtX
— Nathan Allebach (@nathanallebach) January 20, 2022

The thing about the M&M story is that every single part of it is funny. The original news is funny, the backlash is funny, the people smugly making fun of the backlash are funny, the fact that we are about to enter day 3 of the discourse is funny. It's all just so deeply stupid!
— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) January 22, 2022

So, the “fuck your feelings” folks are now freaking out over the footwear change of a chocolate candy character? 😂😂😂
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) January 21, 2022

Why do you need to have a drink with an m&m? What the fuck is this dude talking about anymore??? https://t.co/oIGXMhmx3j
— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) January 22, 2022

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— Acyn (@Acyn) January 23, 2022

BREAKING- Skittles have issued a preemptive restraining order against Tucker Carlson.
— KD 📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 (@kdnerak33) January 22, 2022

Trust – Elvis Costello

Trust was released on this date 41 years ago (1/23/81). I don’t know all of Elvis Costello’s albums but this is one of the best I am familiar with. The anger of his youth has been tempered by a more mature sound and a bigger variety of songs. “Clubland” may be my favorite Costello song.

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Covers: When You’re Young and in Love

While we’re on the topic of Wanda Young of the Marvelettes, here’s a song that was one of their rare covers. She was the lead singer on their version of Van McCoy’s “When You’re Young and in Love” in 1967. The original version was by Ruby & the Romantics in 1964.

Wanda Young of the Marvelettes

A belated post about the death of Wanda Young of the Marvelettes. I personally preferred their rougher sound to the slicker sound of the Supremes. She was a great singer on some outstanding records.

Wanda Young, one of the lead singers of the Marvelettes, the girl group whose 1961 song “Please Mr. Postman,” recorded when they were teenagers, was Motown’s first No. 1 hit, has died at 78. https://t.co/6WC1dq0QBB
— NYT Obituaries (@NYTObits) January 20, 2022

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Jules and Jim – 60th Anniversary

This is a great film. It’s available from the Criterion Collection on Blu-ray and DVD.

“Sixties audiences didn’t merely see his movie. They wanted to live it.”

John Powers — https://t.co/4SpxnG34Q4 @criterionchannl — https://t.co/53oOcGses3 https://t.co/T5GE72g4hx
— The Daily (@CriterionDaily) January 23, 2022

A. Hoen & Company Lithograph building in Baltimore

This building has been renovated. Here are new and old stories on the process. There are lots of old industrial buildings in Baltimore.

A renovation of the Hoen Lithograph building in East Baltimore isn't that much farther away https://t.co/FvKYL3Sngr pic.twitter.com/w3YckDqI8e
— Baltimore Business (@BaltBizOnline) October 4, 2016

To rebuild East Baltimore’s Hoen plant, workers had to remove the trees – Baltimore Sun https://t.co/haCl7BbkRc
— Baltimore world (@Baltimoreworld) October 5, 2019

Jacques Kelly: At former A. Hoen & Co. lithography plant, ‘audacious’ hope for East Baltimore

Where the first down line on TV football broadcasts originated

I watched a lot of football yesterday. Have you ever wondered where the first down line and other imaginary lines on the field came from?

The story behind football’s innovative yellow first down line

Covers: Whipped Cream

“Whipped Cream” by Allen Toussaint is best known in the version by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass from 1965. (Actually, it may be the album cover that is well known). That version was used in the TV show The Dating Game. The Alpert version is very similar to the original one by the Stokes from 1964.

Second Hand Songs, a great website, lists all of the versions.

Covers: Downtown

I thought of “Downtown” because Anya Taylor-Joy performs it in the film Last Night in Soho which I just watched. If you’ve never heard it, try the unreal cover by Mrs. Miller. Yes, people listened to this stuff in the 1960s. I can’t explain it to you.

The hit version was recorded by Petula Clark in 1964.

Gerrymandering in Kentucky

Yesterday, Kentucky's GOP legislature overrode Gov. Andy Beshear's (D) veto (it only took a simple majority) to approve this congressional map locking in the 5R-1D status quo.

KY is the 27th state to approve new lines (17 to go). pic.twitter.com/9sbIgOlF1E
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) January 21, 2022

Kentucky’s Republican leadership chose partisan gerrymandering over the people of Kentucky.@GovAndyBeshear responded with a veto.

Good. pic.twitter.com/6qgNTJQT26
— Charles Booker (@Booker4KY) January 20, 2022

🗺REDISTRICTING ALERT: Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D) VETOES congressional redistricting map, saying that the map was "drafted without public input and reflects unconstitutional political gerrymandering." pic.twitter.com/diJcKyVMdG
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) January 19, 2022

Claiming 'unconstitutional gerrymandering,' Beshear vetoes two Kentucky redistricting plans https://t.co/uRCOsVr4YI via @courierjournal #kyga22
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) January 20, 2022

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed a GOP gerrymander of state legislative & congressional maps. But Republicans hold veto-proof supermajorities, so they should be able to put them in place anyway. https://t.co/X3gCujyoKa
— Travis Waldron (@Travis_Waldron) January 20, 2022

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Democratic governor vetoed Republican-crafted maps for congressional and state House districts Wednesday, saying the boundaries reflect “unconstitutional political gerrymandering.” https://t.co/rKoF88SNhk
— Gene Bryant (@GeneBryant2) January 21, 2022