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48 years ago, 19-year old Kate Bush came out with her album The Kick Inside. An unbelievably strong and original debut. #MusicSky

Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies aged 84

“[James Talarico] was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast,” Colbert said.

The crowd is LOVING James Talarico on Stephen Colbert

Happy Presidents Day!

Rhiannon Giddens was one of the founding members of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Their album Genuine Negro Jig came out 16 years ago today. #MusicSky

Susan B. Anthony was born #OTD in 1820. She dedicated her life to women's #suffrage, and campaigned for the abolition of slavery, women's property rights, and more: susanbanthonyhouse.org/her-story/bi...#OTD#suffrageActive until she died in 1906. She never got to vote in her lifetime (well, legally that is).

While MLPS was a victory, moral and tangibly, for ICE resisters, don't call it 'a retreat.' The dystopia is just getting started Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

The Waterboys, with A Pagan Place (1984). #MusicSky

Fifteen years ago today, PJ Harvey released Let England Shake, one of her best. We saw a great concert in the Fillmore in San Francisco when she toured the US. #MusicSky

The Black Crowes came out with Shake Your Money Maker on Feb 13, 1990. At the time some critics dismissed it as a 1970s retro-act. In 2026 that doesn't matter much any more. #MusicSky

XTC's album English Settlement, reminds me of the political issues of 1982 (Cold War, Thatcher, unemployment). They were critical, but not as bitter as The Specials or Billy Bragg. #MusicSky

The Cowboy Junkies released their 4th album Black-Eyed Man on February 11, 1992. The cover of Townes Van Zandt's To Live Is To Fly is beautiful. #MusicSky

I am so glad people are catching on to this. No, a surveillance state isn't about finding your cute lost puppy. No one is building camera networks for that. Peter Thiel, Jeff Bezos and the rest of the broligarchs are shooting their shot at a corporate techno state. www.ms.now/opinion/ring...

Roberta Flack, who died last year, would have turned 89 today. We will never stop listening. #MusicSky

Where You Been? by Dynosaur Jr, Feb 9, 1993. John Mascis' guitar solos... #MusicSky

Fetterman on the 10 conditions that Democrats attached to funding DHS this week: "That’s a Christmas wish list,’ and that they’re nonstarters,” Fetterman, a member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said. Primary that guy. From the @inquirer.com : tinyurl.com/vse5zsk6

Brian Eno's debut album Here Come The Warm Jets, February 8, 1974. #MusicSky

Feb 7, 1973: Iggy Pop, with Raw Power. Punk music was born. #MusicSky

Trump's social media post, where he compares the Obamas with apes, received rebukes from politicians, but so few bother to mention consequences. Rev. Daniel G.P. Gutiérrez, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese in Pennsylvania, calls on the president to resign. From the @inquirer.com: tinyurl.com/4yj4d2he

From the @inquirer.com : Republican congressional leaders describe Democratic demands to keep ICE operations within the law as "unrealistic". I hope Democrats are wise enough to let DHS funding expire. tinyurl.com/3m5kdc6z

On this day in 1969, The Flying Burrito Brothers fused country rock with every other style of American music. The Gilded Palace Of Sin. #MusicSky

Released 10 years ago today, The Ghosts Of Highway 20, by Lucinda Williams. #MusicSky

About twelve years ago I saw Parker Millsap play in a bar here in East-Austin. His self-titled album is worth a listen. #MusicSky

George Washington Carver developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics. #BlackHistoryMonth

They weren't rookies The two federal agents who murdered Alex Pretti had a combined 20 years of experience with BP or CBP, and simmered in a toxic culture with an absurd crime rate that must be erased, not "reformed" My new column on what really killed Alex www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

Pearl Jam's album Yield was released on February 3, 1998. After all the stress that came with their meteoric rise in the alternative rock, this album cemented their status. #MusicSky

Eva Cassidy was born on Feb 2, 1963. She was an amazing vocalist who made her own interpretation of jazz and popular music. Unfortunately, she died young because of melanoma. Imagine (2002) was released posthumously. A fan's web site is here: www.evacassidyfanclub.nl/biography-ev... #MusicSky

An informative background story in the @inquirer.com : The history of Black History month. www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

POWERFUL: With snow falling in freezing weather in Chicago last night, the massive anti-ICE/Border Patrol rally wrapped up in front of City Hall as the energized crowd chanted, "I believe that we will win!"

Jefferson Airplane came out with their 2nd album Surrealistic Pillow on this day in 1967. #MusicSky

In their 1965 album Rubber Soul used their impressions of American music from their North American tour, which finished just 6 months before the album came out. #MusicSky

Don Lemon has been arrested by federal authorities in LA, presumably for covering the protests in Minneapolis last week. This is a flagrant violation of the 1st Amendment. bsky.app/profile/donl...

Marianne Faithfull passed away a year ago. She had overcome personal problems earlier in life, and had a great comeback with the album Broken English (1979). #MusicSky

SCENES! 🔴⚪ Benfica goalkeeper scores at the death to keep them in the Champions League! #UCL Mourinho with the ballboy 🤣

I will be putting in notice Friday morning with DHS to return to Dilley to check on Liam again and the many other children and families there. Liam did not look well. My staff and I are very concerned about him.

Vampire Weekend, their 2008 self-titled album. #MusicSky

On this day in 1994, the Beastie Boys dropped the single Sabotage from the album Ill Communication. I am in a nostalgic mood. #MusicSky

Trump triggers flight from US dollar reut.rs/45AEVny

Echoing the cowardly white moderates who inspired MLK to write Letter from Birmingham Jail, 60 Minnesota CEOs made no mention of ICE, Alex Pretti or Renee Good in a bloodless plea for MN's problems to disappear Craven corporations will pay a price My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

From @elpais.com : 5-year old Liam Conejo was abducted by ICE in Minneapolis when he was on his way home from school. Now he is held in a prison camp in Dilley, TX. By court ruling, unaccompanied minors cannot be held for more than 20 days. tinyurl.com/44tffybj

Lana del Rey, with her 2012 album Born To Die. #MusicSky

From the @inquirer.com : Philly takes an important step to prevent terror by unaccountable ICE agents. tinyurl.com/mu2ua7nk

Gli agenti Ice ai giornalisti Rai: “Spaccheremo il finestrino e vi trascineremo fuori dall’auto” https://www.csseo.org/1109850/ Le immagini mostrano gli agenti che intimano a Laura Cappon e Daniele Babbo di in Mezz’ora, in auto con una Ice watcher di abbassare il finestrino: "Questo è l’unico …

The Magnetic Fields, with the album Realism, #OTD in 2009. #MusicSky

Now is the time to apply pressure on House and Senate members facing the voters (including the feckless Collins) to cut off funds to lawless street thugs. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...