if you are a man considering weighing in on the latest graham platner story i urge you to take a beat. women who are your peers are watching.

Was so sad to hear about the death of Marjane Satrapi today. I dug up my notes on interviewing her once in Paris. substack.com/profile/9027...

I need someone to make a murder board linking the Albanian protests over the sale of a protected island to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to former NYC Mayor Eric Adams's honorary Albanian citizenship.

i was in DC for three days total, most of which I spent taking the metro from my hotel in NOMA to Nationals Park for springsteen queue check-ins. There was national guard everywhere, mostly standing around, drinking drinks. special security on the metro. a gaggle of cops in the CVS. such fucking bs

so i asked my PCP to send me the documentation they sent to my insurance company & woke up to a message that they are "pulling the documentation together" and I'm not very optimistic they're doing a great job. i filed my assignment for the week so i have a few hours to get mad about all of this

"“I am in my 22nd year of publicly pronouncing that David Brooks sucks,” author and Chicago Times book reviewer John Warner wrote on Substack not long ago." I feel like many of us can claim that badge of honor

Inside Assata Shakur's Celebration of Life In Harlem | Essence www.essence.com/lifestyle/as...

I wrote about "American Skin" back in february after the release of "Streets of Minneapolis," when people were complaining that Bruce Springsteen should be writing about the police shooting black people: www.salon.com/2026/02/10/b...

If you were in Pasadena overnight and heard/saw the unannounced military exercise, message me on Signal at marisakabas.04

"The deaths are the first linked to a new wave of anti-migrant protests by fringe groups that accuse undocumented foreign nationals of crime and taking scarce jobs and resources away from locals."

#NashvilleTN - Save the date JUNE 6 Local Indie Radio station WXNA is celebrating 10 years! They're having a party at @eastsidebowl.bsky.social Tickets here: www.eventim.us/event/ticket... Nathan Webber & I are displaying our OUT OF PRINT goodies & spinning records. All vintage, some for sale

Remembering Small Faces/Faces bassist Ronnie Lane who sadly passed away on this day in 1997, aged just 51. Raise a glass to ‘Plonk’ and enjoy MOJO’s rundown of the best albums from Ronnie Lane, Faces, Slim Chance, plus Ronnie’s old Faces muckers Rod Stewart, Ian McLagan and Ronnie Wood...

How many people died on the highway this weekend

This is how you do it.

New Trump nickname just dropped

New Ken Paxton report just dropped.

Had to have the plumber in this week & the guy working for him said “I like your yard sign” (I have one for Dr Ed-Sayed) & we talked about how we really hoped he could win. I’m glad I took the yard sign.

Defiance sounds beautiful.

A lot of fun novelty t shirts are made of cheapo rough cotton, but these are SOFT. Highly recommend.

As ICE ramps up their bullshit for the summer, a reminder that me and a whole bunch of other folks will get whistles out to you, for free, in quantities of 100 to thousands, to distribute in your communities. Just send a request here linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

@reallowvibe.bsky.social the reason i am transcribing things about jell o'biafra is that i'm writing about the NO WTO band and I think you were with us that night

transcription software changing a name to Jell O'Biafra

my single-mother-owned local, non-chain, gym here in Detroit is being boycotted & trashed on social media because the landlord of the BUILDING she is in is in the epstein files. this gym is the anti-crossfit. it is about inclusion. it is a place i went bc I thought i would feel safe. this sucks.

Always loved Minnie. Born Lizzie Douglas in Algiers, LA Killer futuristic Blues guitarist. There’s no film of her playing, only a brilliant piece Langston Hughes wrote about seeing her. Some of her later sides were really rocking. Was honored to play her birthday tribute in Memphis w/Zeke Johnson

never ever miss a concert because you think you "should" or "have to" work late.

I became a paid subscriber to Scratch because it is not just helping me think through options but also making it very clear that most of what's going on is not my fault, it is very bad, & it is impacting most people. It's the kind of real talk a good friend would give you.

Hey Sebadoh fans, Eric Gaffney was just diagnosed with colon cancer and needs some help. (And if you're 45+, go schedule your colonoscopy *now*. I myself just dodged a bullet, you could too.)

Social media skewered Mike Rogers' AI, roided-out image by depicting the GOP Senate candidate in a leopard-print loincloth, a tiny Israeli-flag bikini, and other AI parodies. www.metrotimes.com/news/ai-doct...

The point of this tour isn’t the anti Trump rhetoric. He did this every night & somehow most other people writing about it didn’t seem to know that, or try to understand what Springsteen was actually doing. This essay unpacks all of that, from the perspective of someone who’s studied him for years.

In which I compare the ending of the "Hope and Dreams" tour to losing Stephen Colbert's "Late Show." But Bruce and Stephen are still with us, ready to make good trouble. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

From Persia's mother: "I'm not shedding tears because I'm angry. Houston, I am angry. She was my daughter. She was a sister, a friend, a beloved member of her community, and a human being whose life mattered. It mattered a lot."

everyone who follows me whose profile says "DM = block!" 1) i'm sure you're fake 2) it makes me want to DM you bc *you* followed ME

Pontiac, we need your input! SMART is hosting an open house next Tuesday, June 9th at the Crofoot from 4pm to 7pm to share proposals for the eventual relocation of the Phoenix Center bus stop. (Note: The current stop is NOT closing during this planning process.) www.smartbus.org/About/News/p...

at Greg Dulli's R Bar!!!

i just did this and i feel better that mine is still working.

this story is insane. despite a presentation of data showing that the program increased healthy births/babies we still had a republican up there saying BUT SOMEONE COULD TAKE THE MONEY AND THEN HAVE AN ABORTION SO WE NEED TO END THE PROGRAM OR MAKE IT SO DIFFICULT TO USE NO ONE DOES

this performance by Patti Smith of "Spell (footnote to Howl)" at Allen Ginsberg's memorial at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine remains the definitive performance imho. Happy 100th Allen! youtu.be/BbUAO5SwbF0?...

Patti Smith and Philip Glass performing On the Cremation of Chogyam Trungpa Vidyadhara (1987) in memoriam of Allen. That moment when she starts crying and then spits is so fucking punk rock. Makes me cry every time. "And so we said good-bye to Allen Ginsberg..."

One of my friends says that the halls of big tech are full of men whose main skill is passing for a competent grownup in meetings.

anyway despite avowing last weekend that i was not going to any more concerts this month unless i already held tickets for them i ended up seeing marisa anderson tonight in Detroit, small space, attentive crowd, no phones, just listening, doors open front & back, breeze blowing thru the room. lucky.

tonight i was thinking abt the time i went to see the replacements at forest hills. we took the LIRR there so i could get a good spot. ended up on the rail in front of dave minehan. had my small tote at my feet. decent setup. a pal's friend arrived with a huge book, like "the power broker" size 1/

a few months ago I happened to see this absolutely fucking incredible 60 Minutes piece where scott pelley hiked for days to get inside the earth’s largest known cave in vietnam and I was so gobsmacked I made my kids watch it; you should also watch it because it rules m.youtube.com/watch?v=BtfW...

the one on the right with Landau pointing at him <3

I think he skipped legs day

L - GOP Rep and MI senate candidate Mike Rogers actual photo from the campaign trail. R - Photo put out by staffer.

Today, public health and HIV activists were arrested while interrupting Secretary of State Marco Rubio's speech at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. Our message rang out loud and clear: "Rubio's cuts kill people with AIDS. PEPFAR saves lives."

Hey gang, here's my essay about Charley Pride's "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'" at the National Recording Registry. Always a pleasure to be part of this essential work from the Library of Congress. Link to essay in 1st comment, and be sure to check out the other songs/essays at the LOC's website.

I wrote about Boards of Canada in light of the trip-hop revival for @rollingstone.com. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

i own one of these & can attest that not only is it an outstanding design but it is soft and comfortable and not too tight around your neck