Alejandro Ramirez
@alejandroramirez.bsky.social
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Managing editor of
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Email: aramirez[at]nashvillescene.com Signal: Alejandro_R.01
Fourth of July music
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Yglesias argument is obviously dumb and in bad faith but I always liked my history teacher's argument it was a gumbo: you can recognize the components but they've all added and absorbed flavor.
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1 day ago
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Seeing Justin Long and John Hodgman reunite for Ozempic commercials feels like one of the darker corners of reboot culture.
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Michael Pina
3 days ago
i wrote about the truly astonishing jaylen brown trade:
www.theringer.com/2026/07/01/n...
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What the Hell Is This Jaylen Brown Trade?
Boston has some explaining to do. The Celtics-76ers blockbuster just doesn’t add up.
https://www.theringer.com/2026/07/01/nba/jaylen-brown-trade-celtics-76ers-paul-george
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Vonda McDaniel spent more than 30 years championing the labor movement in the South.
www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...
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Labor Leader Vonda McDaniel Has Died
Longtime union activist was president of the Central Labor Council and involved in myriad causes
https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/vonda-mcdaniel-clc-obituary/article_63ec48c1-f91b-448b-8054-ca6790581d79.html
2 days ago
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Radley Balko
9 days ago
New from me: Bari Weiss's Free Press has been amplifying the lie that "Biden's open borders policy" pushed thousands of kids into sex slavery -- and that Trump is now rushing to rescue them. What Trump is actually doing: separating kids from their families, jailing them, and deporting them.
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How The Free Press spun Trump's cruelty toward migrants as a heroic campaign to "save" kids
As Bari Weiss guts CBS News -- and sets her sights on CNN -- the publication she founded continues to sanitize this administration's worst abuses
https://open.substack.com/pub/radleybalko/p/how-the-free-press-spun-trumps-cruelty?r=cgi7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Anita Wadhwani
10 days ago
Just in: Nashville judge issues a temporary restraining order barring Tennessee health officials from reporting children to a state immigration enforcement division as a condition of keeping healthcare through a public program for chronically ill kids
tennesseelookout.com/2026/06/24/d...
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D. Patrick Rodgers
11 days ago
I drove out to my native Sumner County to interview Steve-O about his burgeoning animal sanctuary, The Radical Ranch.
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I saw Tay Keith perform a set after a show featuring lots of Tennessee rappers and singers shortly after my move to Nashville in 2019. Was crazy he was already such a big name.
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Tay Keith Has Died
Memphis hitmaker Brytavious Lakeith Chambers, better known as Tay Keith died Friday night. Metro Nashville Police confirmed his death to various outlets after performing a welfare check on his apartme...
https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/nashvillecream/tay-keith-has-died/article_2b73f7b0-127c-4566-a3ea-8dec6883f2e1.html
16 days ago
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Began reading "The Left Hand of Darkness" while listening to the "Lilith's Brood" series and it's like I accidentally built a mini-course on sci-fi and sex and gender politics.
18 days ago
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Big in-depth read from
@yellowbrickurban.com
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23 days ago
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Nashville Scene
24 days ago
Fisk University alumni and North Nashville community members gathered outside the historically Black college’s campus Wednesday to speak out against the school’s plan for a data center.
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Fisk University Alumni Protest Data Center Plan
Rep. Justin Jones is joined by health experts and community leaders in speaking out against the university’s proposed innovation center
https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/fisk-university-alumni-protest-data-center/article_c52600f9-aba6-45a4-9bc2-8d207779963c.html
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Longtime activist Karl Meyer, 88, is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow to face a trespassing charge over his one-man protest against the War in Iran. I wrote about Karl's action back in March.
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Lifelong Activist Stages One-Man Protest Against War in Iran
On Monday morning, an 88-year-old anti-war activist set up a chair and three signs outside the entrance of the Fred D. Thompson Courthouse and Federal Building to protest the joint U.S.-Israel bombing...
https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/karl-meyer-iran-protest/article_b3c6b54c-7503-4d40-8c86-dbe46116b9bf.html
24 days ago
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Wrote this years ago and while it's always painful to reread old stuff I think the broader 'Roo point holds up.
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Bonnaroo, Like Other Festivals, Still Sleeps on Música Urbana
Música urbana acts like Bad Bunny and J Balvin — who, respectively, are standard-bearers for Latin trap and reggaetón within that broader genre distinction — continue to take over streaming
https://share.google/S15Qlj4Y99SnYvqe3
24 days ago
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Ladies and gentlemen The Weeknd (visiting Atlus studios for some reason)
25 days ago
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this game was such silly fun. no clue why they're bringing it back but glad to see i'm not the only one who enjoyed it. (it was kinda just me and my best childhood friend who even knew this game lol)
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26 days ago
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Squinting at BlueSky, trying to figure out if a post is beyond my ken, utter nonsense, or just missing a word or two.
29 days ago
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“It was my belief back in 2016 that the way to save democracy was to destroy it ... I was wrong about that. And I realized that it’s much easier to tear something down than it is to build it back up.” Check out my interview with Rich Logis below.
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29 days ago
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about 1 month ago
Leaving MAGA’s Billboard Campaign Targets Nashville
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Leaving MAGA’s Billboard Campaign Targets Nashville
Founder Rich Logis is giving Trump doubters a place to turn
https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/citylimits/leaving-maga-billboard-nashville/article_e23e9459-5a85-4939-b789-a96040022721.html
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Enjoying a lazy Sunday lounging outside with the dog and playing Mina the Hollower
about 1 month ago
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please be funny
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The 2026 'You Are So Nashville If ...' Submissions Are Now Open
You have until June 22 to enter into the 38th annual YASNI competition
https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture/yasni-2026-submissions/article_7996496d-143b-486c-97dc-3f45580ad43e.html
about 1 month ago
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Julianne Akers🦦
about 1 month ago
The Scene staff does a great job of breaking down Tennessee's historic congressional redistricting. We dive into the special session's key moments, ongoing lawsuits, the civil rights history that underscores the new map and help you locate your new district and find out who's running for office.
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I haven't seen 'I Love Boosters' yet but here's the ode to The Coup's discography I wrote when 'Sorry to Bother You' was released. “Fat Cats, Bigga Fish” remains some of the best musical storytelling recorded.
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alej...
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Boots Riley’s Music Is As Good As His New Movie
The director of Sorry to Bother You has been making scathing anti-capitalist music for decades.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alejandroramirez/sorry-to-bother-you-boots-riley-the-coup-rap-hip-hop
about 1 month ago
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thought the city elected a true poster, not sure what this is
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about 2 months ago
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Star is a big fan of the dogs in Monster Hunter Rise
about 2 months ago
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it is very funny the full-throated pivot to free market boosterism is getting buried in this particular market since youtube's algorithm tends to favor right-wing content
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about 2 months ago
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The Charizard/Gamestop news is reminding me about one of the first essays I ever got published: reminiscing about the youthful Pokemon card hustle and an embarrassing school yard trade-back situation.
www.defunctmag.com/Essays/Place...
about 2 months ago
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"Numb/Encore" by Jay-Z and Linkin Park
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about 2 months ago
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We've got a great team at the Capitol today and you can see some of their footage and interviews with lawmakers over at our IG:
www.instagram.com/nashvillesce...
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about 2 months ago
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2 months ago
Photos from
@tennesseelookout.com
photojournalist John Partipilo was on the scene in South Nashville for ICE raids of an apartment complex, nearly one year after raids first shook the city.
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Inscryption is full of surprises, what a game.
2 months ago
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I rode in a Waymo (and my mom yelled at me via text) for journalism
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2 months ago
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i grew up on the stupidest memes possible but may not survive this "-maxxing" stuff
2 months ago
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Cheryl "The Pearl" Cook, the last living member of groundbreaking female rap trio The Sequence, speaking at the National Museum of African American Music today. Items from the group are being added to the museum's collection, in addition to a tribute to recently deceased Gwendolyn "Blondy" Chisolm.
2 months ago
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This doesn't look anything like the anime
2 months ago
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No clue how you make a movie out of that game but A24 is willing to let filmmakers get dark and weird, so fingers crossed
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2 months ago
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I spoke to The Sequence members Blondy and The Pearl weeks before an event at the National Museum of African American Music honoring their legacy as a breakthrough all-female hip-hop act. Sadly, Gwendolyn "Blondy" Chisolm died days after the interview.
www.nashvillescene.com/music/featur...
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Pioneering Rap Trio The Sequence to be Recognized at NMAAM
We speak with Cheryl ‘The Pearl’ Cook and Gwendolyn ‘Blondy’ Chisolm of the foundational all-woman hip-hop trio — in Chisolm’s last interview before her death.
https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/features/the-sequence-rap-history-blondy-chisolm-national-museum-african-american-music/article_0ece8441-8576-45a6-b0a5-d0f6346c9066.html
2 months ago
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i would've stuck with fencing if the school had a VFX budget (and if my family had a "keep taking fencing classes" budget)
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2 months ago
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Democrat strategists and pundits who whine about purity tests have never waded into the discourse about whether or not Expedition 33 is an indie game
2 months ago
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Still not used to seeing Don Lemon running up to people Billy Eichner-style
3 months ago
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Nashville Scene
3 months ago
Faith leaders and immigration advocates say a man detained by ICE was denied visitation and legal counsel while hospitalized in Murfreesboro.
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Activists Protest ICE’s In-Hospital Detention of Murfreesboro Man
Activists who attempted to contact the man say the staff at Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford turned them away. At the press conference, speakers also raised doubts that the man had received any legal...
https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/murfreesboro-ice-ascension-saint-thomas/article_e13c4028-c8c1-4f9f-bc02-a1052f63c88d.html
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Makes me think of this AP story
apnews.com/article/catholic-church-shift-orthodoxy-tradition-7638fa2013a593f8cb07483ffc8ed487
share.google/mdXWPjszxAuw...
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3 months ago
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i know a lot of people use social media as a news-discovery tool and there's value in that. but i do think the fact you're more likely to see the reactions to headlines (despair, rage, confusion, sarcasm) before even a snippet of copy means you're plunged into the deep-end of discourse each time.
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3 months ago
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Gonna start introducing my cat and dog the way Gandalf just announced his horse is the "lord of all horses"
3 months ago
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Julianne Akers🦦
3 months ago
Amid going slightly insane covering Tennessee's legislative session, I got a chance to touch grass (or in this case, touch creek) and tell the story of the small but mighty Nashville crayfish.
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After I read NY Mag's profile of Altman calling him the next Oppenheimer I had to Google "what does Sam Altman actually do?" because that feature-length article did not spell out any skill-based credentials.
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3 months ago
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palate cleanser
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3 months ago
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Marisa Kabas
3 months ago
TRUMP on Truth Social just now: "I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks."
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probably one of the bleaker mornings on this site, and there have been some grim ones.
3 months ago
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I know the Y is a Christian organization but still surprised how much more religious the Nashville location I go to is compared to my old YMCA in Boston. Parking is better though, so 🙏 I guess.
3 months ago
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