AI can write songs, plays, and novels. What does that mean for human creativity?

Through 14 James Bond movies, she was known to the world as Miss Moneypenny. A Golden Globe winner, she also wrote a weekly column for the Toronto Sun. Her life was full and her legacy remains. This is the story of Canadian Lois Maxwell. 🧵 1/10

Tophouse - Deathbed High energy acoustic music from Missoula via Nashville. youtube.com/watch?v=PQQh... #MusicIsLife #Americana

Twin Cities bookstores are responding to heightened fear around ICE activity by transforming their shops into hubs for community support, political understanding and emotional refuge, as readers turn to books, children’s resources and author fundraisers to navigate.

Yup that’s my working me.

Bent’s Fort in eastern Colorado is crumbling, in need of saving, according to nonprofit trib.al/Vatuing

I received a message from La Poste (France) last week, that I need to pay the "customs" (read tarif) up front if I send something to the US. Not complying will lead to a fine of a minimum $100,- and destruction of the parcel. Starting at items from $0... Bye bye handmade gifts to my US friends.

Happy Superb Owl Sunday! #snowyowl #birding #birdingphotography #birdphotography #owl

Happy superb owl Sunday 🏈🦉 #SuperbOwl

WHO is excited for Superb Owl weekend? 🦉 These owls from the Library's Japanese prints and drawings collection don't seem that thrilled, actually, although it's sure to be a hoot. They're enthusiastic about Bad Bunny, but they may not understand that he's a man, not a delicious small mammal.

Seventeen years ago, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss won five Grammys: Album of the Year and Contemporary Folk/Americana Album for Raising Sand; Record of the Year, “Please Read the Letter”; Pop Collaboration, “Rich Woman”; Country Collaboration, “Killing the Blues.” #MusicIsLife youtu.be/L3Xi5gvZ7Kk

If the Super Bowl isn’t your cup of tea, our tenth-annual photo collection of superb owls just might be. Take a look at these magnificent birds via The Atlantic Photo:

The live music industry is growing fast. With more and more big name artists announcing large-scale tours, entertainers are running short on roadies.

Happy birthday to Country Music Hall of Fame member/Grammy, ACM, and CMA-winning singer/songwriter Garth Brooks, who packs stadiums worldwide and has sold more than 170 million albums. #MusicIsLife youtu.be/b7P97b64Q5E?...

Angela Smyth, contemporary artist & illustrator #womensart

London-born indie musician Cornelia Murr traded city life for Red Cloud, Nebraska. She spent a year renovating a century-old house and turned it into a recording space. “Everyone was so kind and friendly compared to everywhere else I’d ever lived,” Murr said. 🔗 buff.ly/i1yPlHq

Twenty-six years ago in my music history, The Chicks topped the Billboard country singles chart with “Cowboy Take Me Away” for the first of four weeks. #MusicIsLife youtu.be/MdkIJm65ytM?...

I am incredibly honored that the Death and Life of Gentrification is reviewed in the February 9 issue of the New Yorker. My great thanks to them for their engagement with the book.

New at Flatwater: London-born indie musician Cornelia Murr had no ties to Nebraska when her mother moved to Red Cloud. She fell in love with the town, bought a house and finished her latest album there. On February 13, Murr is returning for a show at the Red Cloud Opera House. 🔗 buff.ly/i1yPlHq

Born on this day in 1948, Alice Cooper helped invent shock rock. With guillotines, fake blood, and theatrical chaos, he turned horror and vaudeville into rock spectacle and spent 50+ years redefining what a live show could be.

Feb. 4, 1983: Karen Carpenter passed away at age 32. Her voice helped define ’70s pop with The Carpenters. She struggled with Anorexia Nervosa at a time when the illness was poorly understood, and her death brought greater awareness to eating disorders. Thank you for the music, Karen.

Beautiful variant and the vinyl sounds excellent. Great folk/bluegrass/country record. 2022 repress on metallic silver vinyl. Sierra Ferrell - Long Time Coming (2021, 2022) #sierraferrell #vinyl #records #vinylrecords #vinylsky #vinylcommunity #recordcollection

When the United States passed the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, it led many to seek freedom outside the USA. From 1850 and 1860, between 15,000 to 20,000 escaped enslaved persons came to the Province of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. This is the story. 🧵 1/8

"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Jan. 31, 1970: Whole Lotta Love peaks at no. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 — Led Zeppelin’s highest-charting U.S. single. Robert Plant’s lyrics pull directly from the blues, inspired by Muddy Waters’ 1962 song You Need Love (written by Willie Dixon). Heavy rock, ancient roots. 🎸⚡

Jan. 31, 1989: Roy Orbison’s final album Mystery Girl was released, weeks after his death. Featuring collaborators including Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Bono, and George Harrison, the album produced You Got It—his first U.S. Top 10 hit since “Oh, Pretty Woman.” Orbison died December 6, 1988, aged 52.

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” ― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own #WomensArt Portrait by her sister Vanessa Bell

On this day in 1965, Queen Elizabeth II approved the new Maple Leaf flag through a Royal Proclamation. It flew for the first time at Parliament Hill two weeks later on Feb. 15, 1965. Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇 buff.ly/fIikokc

Oh Holly. Acoustic roots music, live & local from historic Holly Hotel . #musicislife #Michigan youtube.com/watch?v=SFke...

Jan. 26, 1970: Simon & Garfunkel release Bridge Over Troubled Water — their final studio album. Both the single & LP hit no. 1, swept the Grammys (Album, Record & Song of the Year), sold over 25 million copies, and left behind one of the most covered songs in pop history.

Publishing for Planners: A New Era for Island Press www.planetizen.com/features/136...

Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams tapped into America's current period of struggle on her latest album, a collection of protest songs called "World's Gone Wrong."

RECOMMENDED READING: A novel centered on a young Army nurse who served in Vietnam and the latest in a “romantasy” series topped the list of popular fiction titles checked out at public libraries of Nebraska’s capital city. From Cindy Gonzalez:

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

Government-issued maps offer a promise for safely exploring our public lands, but they no longer reflect the reality of what’s actually on the ground. buff.ly/pAN1smM

Happy Burns Night Day! #Rabbie "Ae fond kiss, and then we sever; Ae fareweel, alas, forever! Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee, Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee!"

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Jan. 23, 1959: The Winter Dance Party tour kicks off in Milwaukee, WI. Before it ended, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & The Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash—one of rock’s darkest moments. As Don McLean sang: “A long, long time ago, I can still remember how that music used to make me smile.”

This playlist is the shortest distance between you and discovering your next favorite song, album, and artist. It's available on all formats. New songs just added. savingcountrymusic.com/new-adds-to-...

Today is National Thesaurus Day. Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.

Today (12th January) marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Dame Agatha Christie; mystery writer, playwright, plotting genius, creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple AND THE BESTSELLING NOVELIST OF ALL TIME. If you've never read her, the time is now. #ReadChristie2026

Jan. 12, 2023: Lisa Marie Presley died at 54. Born in Memphis in 1968, she was the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, later becoming the sole heir to Graceland. Her final public appearance was at the Golden Globes, watching Austin Butler win for portraying her father in Elvis.

#BlueZicos #MusicChallenge Tuesday: Cover by a man that was originally by a woman “Stand By Your Man”, Lyle Lovett Originally recorded by Tammy Wynett m.youtube.com/watch?v=ixpm...

This week's Americana Pulse on WDVX kicks off with new tunes from Mon Rovia, and a full set of Immigrant Americana. We'll also say goodbye to Bob Weir, share some new music, & hear everyone from Meels to Mavis. Tune in Wednesday night from 7:00-10:30 on WDVX.

Bound for the wheat harvest. Southwestern Oklahoma #undefined #photography #dorothealange https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017770104/

Jan. 11, 1964: Billboard debuted its first Hot Country Albums chart, with Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash at no. 1 — a key moment in country music chart history. The inaugural chart also featured future legends like Buck Owens and George Jones.

On this day in 1983, Fraggle Rock debuted on CBC. Filmed in Toronto using primarily a Canadian crew and actors, it aired 96 episodes in five seasons. It won an Emmy and three CableACE Awards. Learn more in my Deep Dive👇 buff.ly/tYjmQxs

ICE PROTESTS: Protesters gathered around the federal building in downtown Lincoln to protest for “justice” after the shooting death of a Minnesota woman at the hands of immigration agents. From Juan Salinas II: buff.ly/kFX0LJL

Breaking News: The Washington National Opera is leaving the Kennedy Center after President Trump’s intervention upset artists and donors. The opera has performed there since 1971.

Happy birthday to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist and producer Jimmy Page, member of the Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Honeydrippers, solo. As a session guitarist in the 60s, Page played on “Here Comes the Night” by Them and The Who’s “Can’t Explain.” #MusicIsLife youtu.be/ODidAgdL40Y?...