THE ODYSSEY's instantly, predictably enormous success is Exhibit #32176 that the right wing's grievance-farming operation is not some great American cultural shift. Most people don't give a shit about their petty crusades.

At parties my mom went to and kids were invited in the mid-seventies, there was always at least one young couple, dressed fashionably who could do The Hustle and didn’t mind showing it off when the song was played. #AT40

Good Kentucky Whiskey on the counter! @mizzoh.bsky.social Probably not a good idea for me at the moment. #AT40

“Magic” is one of those songs I will never, ever get tired of hearing. #AT40

In the Black community “The Rockford Files” was appreciated because they had Black characters with substance and depth, dismissing many of the TV police procedure stereotypes of the day. And Isaac Hayes, of course. #AT40

“Bullshit”!!! Casey went there, huh! #AT40

I live in MD and went outside. I feel like I'm in SoCal during fire season again. It used to be in SoCal, fire season was late Sept until mid-late Oct. Now it's basically anytime.

@mizzoh.bsky.social Must be the medication, but “Rainy Days and Mondays” has me in a puddle. 😭

Though stylistically different hit versions of ”How Can You Mend A Broken Heart,” the song is beautifully rendered by both Al Green and the Bee Gees. #AT40

The Ink Spots. Fred Sanford would be happy. #AT40

SiriusXM's Lisa Evans and her longtime on-air (in Winnipeg) and real life partner Ryder are getting married today. Sending congrats from the #AT40 gang.

@justinhelmer.bsky.social Listening to Frets this morning (with coffee) is good for the soul. Thank you.

There's a perverse symbolism in the legacy of White racism sheltering under the bowers of all African Americans have done for this country while patiently waiting for the chance to go back to insisting we are a drain upon their society and that they never needed us at all.

Some videos speak for themselves

This soul music back-to-back-to-back-to-back is giving me life! “Diamond in the back sun roof top, digging the scene with the gangsta lean!” #AT40

I am so in love with Mike Sammes’ bass vocals on these ONJ songs that it is almost all I ever hear next to her wonderful voice. #AT40

Gladys from the sublime “Claudine” soundtrack. #AT40

“Automatic, systematic Full of color, self-contained Tune that channel to your vibes!”#AT40

“All I Need (Is The Air That I Breathe) is one of the most extraordinary love songs of the decade. Hands down. #AT40

“He's got this dream about buying some land He's gonna give up the booze and the one-night stands And then he'll settle down in some quiet little town And forget about everything” Sadly, Gerry couldn’t give up the booze, dying of liver failure in 2011. #AT40

Whether it’s the Pointer Sisters, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band or Patti Smith, covers or remakes of Bruce Springsteen songs just rock. #AT40

I need more flugelhorn, Mr. Mangione. I’ve got the feeling for the flavor of more flugelhorn! #AT40

Like the willow, I turn my back on inclement weather. #AT40

“Thank God It’s Friday” is another Clifton Davis penned song. #AT40

What if it is not a civil war but just the natural evolution of a party at a moment of generational transition?

I know people don't like hearing this, but what's happening tonight at the White House is about as American as Apple Pie and White Supremacy. Trump is the inevitable end result of our nation's obsession and refusal to confront capitalism, racism, & cruelty. Tonight is a celebration of all of it.

Who saw all six episodes of the “Starland Vocal Band Show” with a young David Letterman (or forced to because their mom watched)? #AT40

Phil Lynott left us 40 years ago this year. #AT40

The world now has its first trillionaire, but 39% of families in Florida are using "Buy Now, Pay Later" apps to buy groceries. This is Donald Trump’s America. A playground for the mega rich built entirely on the credit card debt of hungry children. What are we even doing?

We need a new chapter of “Eyes on the Prize that picks up where the original left off in 1980 and bring it up to present day.

@dirkwilbury.bsky.social A little something for you, Dirk. Thinking of you. #AT40

There are parents at kitchen tables right now choosing between a full tank and a full fridge. And yet the President of the United States is busy shouting into the void on Truth Social about “radical left deep state lunatics.” The indifference to what people are actually living through is staggering.

BREAKING NEWS: Leather Tuscadero announced that she will not be performing at Freedom 250. #AT40

Getting the distinct sense from this countdown that God and spirituality loom large, thanks to Jesus Christ Superstar. #AT40

Goosebumps. Aretha transforming (yes, that’s right) “Bridge Over Troubled Water” makes for a miracle of a song. So beautiful it breaks my heart in the happiest of ways. Can’t explain effectively here but so powerful that it “will lay me down.” #AT40

“I’ve listened to “Ode to Billy Joe” so many times hoping to find some clue what they threw off the Tallahatchie Bridge. Still a mystery. #AT40

In 1971, I was in my elegant but casual phase. #AT40

“Timothy” What the actual f—! #AT40

The Beau Brummelstones have announced they will not be performing at Freedom 250. #AT40

“Father, father, we don’t need to escalate.” How prophetic. #AT40

Maybe I’m hallucinating, but I feel we’ve heard this Al Jarvis story before. #AT40

Texas Senate race is going to come down to one basic question: Are a majority of Texas voters as stupid as Texas Republicans think they are

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They think Americans are idiots and they gleefully base their propaganda entirely on lying.

I lost my Dad recently & I appreciate your posts. Grief is something that our society has been conditioned to rush through and put aside. I was talking to a friend not long ago about how much I miss my Dad. She said "I thought you were feeling better." I don't know where she got that idea.

At the age of 4 in the spring of 1972, my babysitter’s boyfriend would come over and they’d drink and sing along to songs on the radio. One day I told my mom “Aunt Dottie makes Tom Collins drinks with her friend and they sing “Oh Girl.” My mom promptly sent me to pre-K in the fall. #AT40 🤣

Shout out to Corona in Queens, NY. Home of the Lemon Ice King and the Queens Museum that opened in 1972. #AT40

“Walking in the Rain,” is a classic jam. An absolute classic. #AT40

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