nostr:npub17ccqcmngac03zdj9f06alkp0ckr83fmdhq0c5nalxa6fnr682xtq23nwac I agree. Everything has to fit into a narrative these days and if there’s room for interpretation it leaves it ripe for appropriation for whomever grabs it first.
I think we’re too close to the moment to really understand what he’s saying and singing and where the song will fit in the discussion, or if it will when all is said and done.
And his lack of craft doesn’t help.
nostr:npub17ccqcmngac03zdj9f06alkp0ckr83fmdhq0c5nalxa6fnr682xtq23nwac Also, the semiotics of his look and musical genre helped make it easy for assumptions to be made.
nostr:npub17ccqcmngac03zdj9f06alkp0ckr83fmdhq0c5nalxa6fnr682xtq23nwac I agree. Everything has to fit into a narrative these days and if there’s room for interpretation it leaves it ripe for appropriation for whomever grabs it first.
I think we’re too close to the moment to really understand what he’s saying and singing and where the song will fit in the discussion, or if it will when all is said and done.
And his lack of craft doesn’t help.
nostr:npub17ccqcmngac03zdj9f06alkp0ckr83fmdhq0c5nalxa6fnr682xtq23nwac He may be holding up a mirror, but everything its reflecting is messy even as it feels like it’s in focus. /end
nostr:npub17ccqcmngac03zdj9f06alkp0ckr83fmdhq0c5nalxa6fnr682xtq23nwac It’s a crazy, perhaps random moment that seems to beg, as indicated by your question, for some answers that even the songwriter doesn’t get. Heck, I don’t think he even knows the questions. Perhaps that’s the point, because I’m not sure we do either. I’m just not sure it’s intentional in its crafting. /1
Two, possibly three people shot in the stadium at the Chicago White Sox game tonight. Apparently the victims were just grazed.
According to some reports shots fired during the third inning but the game continued after the evacuated that section of the ballpark.
Sox cancelled a concert scheduled for after the game by announcing there were technical difficulties.
#Chicago #crime
Chicago’s Wiener Circle hot dog stand never fails with its signage. (The dogs are pretty good too.)
#Chicago #politics #WienerCircle #Trump
You have to love this story.
“That song has nothing to do with Joe Biden, you know? It’s a lot bigger than Joe Biden. That song was written about the people on that stage and a lot more too. Not just them, but definitely them,”
Oliver Anthony Clarifies Politics in Teary-Eyed Video, Addresses GOP Debate Question: ‘Rich Men’ Is ‘Written About the People on That Stage’
#politics #USPol #OliverAnthony
Your (now twice) weekly reminder that we’re still in a Civil War
nostr:npub1psxdwsp9xgp7x2s3tef88ek5ywqgjw0ejm38qdrfddk5su5vtwrstnvzw5 Concur. It’s out collective failing to try and shoehorn life back into what was instead of understanding what is and what isn’t.
Gonna be a hot one in Chicago today and tomorrow cresting the century mark. #Chicago #Weather
nostr:npub1xgyf7fqn4x997xt7g2c4uw0q3z5vdml8k958zqwu2vjus9xct6hq959wlc nostr:npub1580z3wpwwwjp0dmj4eg4wl7t8f55kf388x35q0ur0nlu0nx4ml6q6t3krg Welcome to the land where Mastodons roam!
Obstruction games.
As Xitter's Lawyer Stalled DOJ, Elon Musk Met with Jim Jordan (Twice!) and Kevin McCarthy - emptywheel https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/08/17/as-xitters-lawyer-stalled-doj-elon-musk-met-with-jim-jordan-twice-and-kevin-mccarthy/
nostr:npub1tzkxw37zgjctjh7ujxg2znjqhgqk09hey8kyfywkfuqhxx0myd6qs8phly Turns out we have a family travel committment. So no dice.
nostr:npub1ahqj3ek7s7lrt4ygsthymx0j0vqunam8vc6ejhn9qn7037prm0pq83wjwd For me, it’s ok if taking an oath is aspirational. The symbol is important.
nostr:npub1l3tn680rdlnzp9m58k4c94ul34gktsy8e6vuqrefnmae4uxq82wssccal9 I guess I find myself these days asking the question “Aspirational to what?"
Your (now twice) weekly reminder that we’re still in a Civil War
nostr:npub12txedv66n25h9c5xzgujf9ksnd2r2lpvjs0w77rj2ap3v2hcc8qqjsf56t Concur. Although it drives me a bit crazy that we’ve all adopted the reasoning that there is a First Amendment right to lie.
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