The media must stop tweeting Trump’s rants

At least a few people oppose tweeting his crap.

Many people in the media are guilty of tweeting his statements, too.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 14, 2021

Good for you for not repeating them. People who tweet Trump’s statements help him evade his Twitter ban.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 14, 2021

It’s not just her. The media helps Trump evade his Twitter ban when they tweet his statements. https://t.co/id3xhjNHQn
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 13, 2021

This is a good approach. I wish media companies and people on Twitter would stop tweeting Trump’s statements. They are helping Trump evade his Twitter ban. https://t.co/z89X17NIVi
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 12, 2021

The media should stop helping Trump evade his Twitter ban!
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 11, 2021

Stop helping Trump evade his Twitter ban. Why spread his vile rants?
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 11, 2021

Delaney & Bonnie with Eric Clapton in 1969

Eric Clapton toured with Delaney & Bonnie in 1969. The first release was the great studio-recorded single “Comin’ Home”. The B-side was “(Groupie) Superstar”, a wretched song that went on to be a hit for the Carpenters. This was followed by a live album Delaney & Bonnie and Friends On Tour with Eric Clapton which was release in 1970. An expanded four disc version was released in 2010.

George Harrison and Dave Mason were also in the band on the tour. Harrison is not on the records. Delaney & Bonnie were an enormous influence on Harrison, Clapton and Mason on albums such as Eric Clapton, Layla and All Things Must Pass.

Biden judges update 7/12/21

The Biden-Harris administration is breaking new ground.https://t.co/n60G517I24
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) July 11, 2021

More on the blue-red vaccine split

Republican hesitancy to get the vaccine results in more virus and death in their states.

That separation on the right-hand graph? Just after the two county categories separated on vaccine uptake.https://t.co/9g2MqEpHYJ pic.twitter.com/jsg6fOjrcw
— Philip Bump (@pbump) September 8, 2022

Political scientists: this is not stunning. https://t.co/4XcgicMgrW
— Jeffrey Lazarus (@jlazarus001) July 7, 2021

Analysis: A third of White conservatives refuse to get the vaccine — a refusal shown both in polling and the real world https://t.co/dLrEqhq3hP
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 7, 2021

Republicans are far more likely to say they won't get vaccinated. Red states almost universally have lower rates of vaccination. No factor besides politics correlates as strongly to vaccination rates.

So, um, maybe politics is playing a role here?https://t.co/dU7FrnJwyN pic.twitter.com/elH0tgXzjM
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 7, 2021

https://twitter.com/chriscillizza/status/1412130796455055360?s=11

Biden earns high marks for handling the coronavirus pandemic, but many Republicans resist vaccines, according to Post-ABC poll https://t.co/bkCzPvZ0T8
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 4, 2021

Of the 19 states (including DC) that have already hit 70% of adults with at least one vaccine dose, Joe Biden carried every single one in 2020.

And of the 17 states that have yet to surpass even 60%, Trump won them all with one exception: Georgia. @NBCNews
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 4, 2021

Many Republican states receive more federal funding than they pay

Republicans love to rail against “socialism.” But of the states that receive more federal funding than they contribute, 70% are Republican. Of the states that contribute more than they receive, 80% are Democratic. Republicans are fine with state socialism — when it benefits them! pic.twitter.com/fwbrMdVywf
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) July 7, 2021

GOP role as the freeloader party is crystal clear. First it was states w/GOP govts being net takers from the federal treasury. 1% & corporations propped up w/unfair tax breaks. Now, its letting Dems do the work of controlling COVID, getting vaccines, etc & GOPers reap benefits.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) July 7, 2021

Criterion has released Bringing Up Baby

Bringing Up Baby is an excellent comedy from 1938 starring Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant. It was directed by Howard Hawks.

The booklet essay I wrote for @Criterion 's release of BRINGING UP BABY – entitled “Bringing Up Baby: Bones, Balls, and Butterflies” – (lol) – is now online. This was a really fun one, and I'm proud to be part of the release! https://t.co/adsW7j4S4r
— Sheila O'Malley (@sheilakathleen) July 8, 2021

Screwball sparks fly when Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn let loose in one of the fastest and funniest films ever made! ❤️ 🐆 💿 Preorder our new Blu-ray and DVD editions of Howard Hawks's BRINGING UP BABY (1938) for 50% off at @BNBuzz! https://t.co/HXrLhuYB0k pic.twitter.com/TL011dCcDf
— Criterion Collection (@Criterion) July 3, 2021

Are you picking up the new @Criterion edition of 'Bringing Up Baby' and want to figure out how to get your kids to appreciate the screwball classic? Here's a movie marathon including cartoons and comedy shorts that will lead them to Howard Hawks’ film: https://t.co/BlGjve5hft pic.twitter.com/AyC4ecbm8x
— Film School Rejects (@rejectnation) July 7, 2021

'Bringing Up Baby' is out on @Criterion Blu-ray today! For its 80th anniversary a few years ago, @emilykub_ took a look at the literary work at play behind its most famous lines. Read the essay on the riddled dialogue and innuendo comedy of the film here: https://t.co/HZRSvmerEj pic.twitter.com/sj7sbWQhxr
— Film School Rejects (@rejectnation) July 6, 2021

I remember the ad campaign for Putney Swope

Robert Downey, Sr. who made Putney Swope passed away yesterday. I remember the ad campaign for the film – examples are in the tweet below. Some papers censored the middle finger. I lived in Philadelphia then and I know I saw examples with the finger and without.

I even brought them into my high school English class and the teacher didn’t know what the middle finger meant! I think she even hung the ads up in the classroom.

Vinegar Syndrome has released the film on Blu-ray.

“Putney Swope” had one of the greatest ad campaigns ever. But some newspapers were afraid of the woman standing in as the middle finger. https://t.co/oJeTcxyvuH pic.twitter.com/uqEtKQ3OIt
— Larry Karaszewski (@Karaszewski) July 7, 2021

If you've never seen #PutneySwope then you are in for a treat, since it hits many moving targets including advertising, black nationalism, capitalism and liberalism with a brutal wit. #RIPRobertDowneySr https://t.co/fQmcFI05aA
— Nelson George (@nelsongeorge) July 7, 2021

One of the fake commercials in the film:

Coronavirus outbreaks – 7/7/21 update

This could be avoided if people were vaccinated

Nearly 150 COVID-19 cases tied to Texas church summer camp. More than 400 people participated in the camp for 6th to 12th graders.

It's not clear if the campers who are eligible for the vaccine were vaccinated prior to the camp trip. https://t.co/HoGZednatE
— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) July 7, 2021

NEW: The Delta variant of COVID-19 has been confirmed in at least three test samples tied to COVID-19 outbreak at a Texas church summer camp where 125+ people became infected with the virus, according to the Galveston County Health District (GCHD).
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) July 6, 2021

More than 80 Washington DC Metropolitan Police officers tested positive for COVID-19 in the days after the US Capitol Insurrection

US House Committee makes note of that sacrifice in bill to provide federal funds to DC in 2022 pic.twitter.com/CwnG0xKrMP
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) June 29, 2021

More than 80 cases have been reported so far in an infection surge linked to an international flight crew transported to a quarantine hotel from the airport.https://t.co/mIipLyZ9mj
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) June 26, 2021

Nearly 900 Secret Service members were infected with the coronavirus. A watchdog blames Trump. https://t.co/uOAHQVkoTT
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 23, 2021

Y’all already know what I’m going to say. #Repeat https://t.co/4BEY9oYhvc
— Ebony Jade Hilton, MD (@EbonyJHilton_MD) July 8, 2021

The theremin

The best known usage of the theremin is in “Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys. It’s also used in the score for the film Ed Wood.

By the way, Dust to Digital issues great music.

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Jon Spencer Theremin Demo
1997 / What’s Up Matador
⚡️sound on⚡️ pic.twitter.com/9jiYsQvQY9
— psychotronica (@psychotronica_) March 1, 2023

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Covers: The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)

“The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)” (1970) was the last song Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green recorded with the band. It hit #10 on the UK charts but was not successful in the US. It was on the remastered version of the album Then Play On. I thought of it because it was covered in the tribute to Peter Green organized by Mick Fleetwood which I just got in a Blu-ray/2 CD set. The original inspired a lot of hard rock covers.