Friday, January 17, 2020

Eminem's Call to Put An End to Senseless Gun Violence





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put out a powerful song and video #Darkness w/ a call to put "an end to senseless gun violence."





[Chorus]

I don't wanna be alone, I don't wanna be

I don't wanna be alone in the darkness

I don't wanna be alone in the darkness

I don't wanna be alone in the darkness anymore

(Hello darkness, my old friend)



[Verse 1]

Here I am, alone again

Can't get out of this hole I'm in

It's like the walls are closin' in

You can't help me, no one can

I can feel these curtains closin'

I go to open 'em

But something pulls 'em closed again

(Hello darkness, my old friend)

Feels like I'm loathing in Las Vegas

Haven't got the vaguest why I'm so lost

But I'd make you this small wager

If I bet you I'll be in tomorrow's paper

Who would the odds favor?

(Hello darkness, my old friend)

I'm so much like my father, you would think that I knew him

I keep pacin' this room, Valium and chase it with booze

One little taste, it'll do

Maybe I'll take it and snooze, then tear up the stage in a few

(Hello darkness, my old friend)

Fuck the Colt 45, I'ma need somethin' stronger

If I pop any caps, it better be off of vodka

Round after round after round, I'm gettin' loaded (Haha)

That's a lot of shots, huh? (Double entendre)

(Hello darkness, my old friend)



[Chorus]

And I don't wanna be alone in the darkness (Yeah)

I don't wanna be alone in the darkness

I don't wanna be alone in the darkness anymore

(Hello darkness, my old friend)



[Verse 2]

Now I'm starin' at the room service menu off a Benzo

I can hear the music continue to crescendo

I can see the whole fuckin' venue from my window

That's when you know you're schizo

(Hello darkness, my old friend)

'Cause I keep peekin' out the curtain from the hotel

The music is so loud

But it's almost as though I don't hear no sound

I should get ready for the show now

Wait is this the whole crowd? I thought this shit was sold out

(Hello darkness, my old friend)

But it's only the opening act, it's early, don't overreact

Then something told me relax

And just hope for the show to be packed

Don't wanna hit the stage before they fill each row to the max

'Cause that'd be totally wack

You can't murder a show nobody's at

(Hello darkness, my old friend)

But what if nobody shows? Panic mode

'Bout to snap and go motherfuckin' wacko at any second

'Bout to cancel the show just as fans below rush the entrance

Plan is a go to wreck shit, cameras in all directions

(Hello darkness, my old friend)

The press is about to go ape shit bananas on all the networks

Commando with extra clips, I got ammo for all the hecklers

I'm armed to the teeth, another Valium, fall off the bed

Hit the ground and crawl to the dresser

Alcohol on my breath as I reach for the Scope

I'm blackin' out, I'm all out of meds

With them benzodiazepines gone

Now it's just magazines sprawled out on the floor

Fuck the media, I'm goin' all out, this is war

(Hello darkness, my old friend)



[Chorus]

And I don't wanna be alone in the darkness (Yeah)

I don't wanna be alone in the darkness

I don't wanna be alone in the darkness anymore



[Verse 3]

People start to show up, time to start the show up

(Hello darkness, my old friend)

It's 10:05 PM and the curtain starts to go up

And I'm already sweatin' but I'm locked and loaded

For rapid fire spittin' for all the concert-goers

Scopes for sniper vision, surprise from out of nowhere

As I slide the clip in from inside the hotel

Leanin' out the window, going Keyser Söze

Finger on the trigger, but I'm a licensed owner

With no prior convictions, so loss, the sky's the limit

So my supplies infinite, strapped like I'm a soldier

Got 'em hopping over walls and climbing fences

Some of them John Travolta, staying alive by inches

(Hello darkness, my old friend)

Cops are knockin', oh fuck, thought I blocked the entrance

Guess show time is over

No suicide note, just a note for target distance

But if you'd like to know the reason why I did this

You'll never find a motive, truth is I have no idea

I am just as stumped, no signs of mental illness

Just tryin' to show ya the reason why we're so fucked

'Cause by the time it's over, won't make the slightest difference

(Hello darkness, my old friend)



[Chorus]

And I don't wanna be alone in the darkness

I don't wanna be alone in the darkness

I don't wanna be alone in the darkness anymore

(Hello darkness, my old friend)



[Outro]

WOMAN: Yeah, we do have some breaking news from the Associated Press right now, just gonna bring that up because we are hearing we have told you that the shooter is dead and we have just learned that police are saying that the Las Vegas shooter killed himself

MAN: That is the bartender there at Mandalay Bay and I believe we're going to hear more

WOMAN: Yeah, we just wanted to share that with you, you can see behind me here, this is what he looks like, now we did just tell you that police just earlier, Metro was telling us that he killed himself inside the hotel room



 




Thursday, January 16, 2020

AUDIO: Queens native Awkwafina voices the No. 7 subway train

Kelsey Lu - I'm Not In Love (Official Video)

Educators must be more than allies | Kelly Holstine





"Like many before, I respectfully kneeled during Nat’l Anthem because, 'No one is free until we are all free,'" she wrote, referencing former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and citing a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'Teacher of the Year' kneels during anthem at college football championship attended by Trump - - https://abcn.ws/3agOwBs 

Impeachment Polka



WATCH LIVE: Trump impeachment trial begins with senators' swearing in

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

What is at risk here is the very idea of America











“If you are neutral in situations of injustice you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”
- Desmond Tutu

Marc Cohn: Walking in Memphis (Including preamble)





Marc's song introduction is inspiring!

Friday, December 13, 2019

Molly Pease and Jimena Sarno's installation "Score for the Near Future" at 18th Street Arts Center



used song to open up hidden aspects of of 's installation "Score for the Near Future" at 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica last night. Such a moving performance.





👁Saturday, December 14, 2019 is the last day to see the sound and sculpture installation.  Jimena Sarno will be present from 1-4pm at the Main Gallery with hot cider!

18th Street Campus
1639 18th Street
Santa Monica, CA
90404

Season's Greetings


Love this card from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Reminds me again of the many holiday seasons that I have spent in Japan.
Especially the year that I spent chasing Hiroshige in Tokyo.  

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

One by Automatic Baby (U2's Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr + REM's Michael Stipe and Mike Mills)

Greta Thunberg Is TIME’s 2019 Person of the Year









Monday, December 09, 2019

Trump was the central player in this corrupt scheme





Sunday, December 08, 2019

Glory to Hong Kong

Friday, December 06, 2019

Choir! Choir! Choir! of 500+ Sings David Bowie's Space Oddity at the AGO

There Is No Planet B

Thursday, December 05, 2019

The Arts Can Bring Us Together





Powerful New Biden Ad






Wednesday, December 04, 2019

Professor Karlan Brings the Heat







Monday, December 02, 2019

Clear and Present Danger



Trump has sought foreign intervention in US elections—twice.

Even in the midst of this impeachment inquiry, Trump declared: not only should Ukraine investigate the Bidens, but China should, too.

He poses a real and present danger to the integrity of the next election.

Saturday, November 23, 2019

Students from Harvard and Yale Unite in Climate Action




Thursday, November 21, 2019

U2's New Song With A.R Rahman - Ahimsa (Lyric Video)

Rep Adam Schiff's powerful closing statement sums up the entire Impeachment Hearing



What Trump did wasn’t minor or just stupid.

Dr. Fiona Hill Brings the Truth



Fiona Hill - "The unfortunate truth is that Russia was the foreign power that systematically attacked our democratic institutions in 2016. This is the public conclusion of our intelligence agencies, confirmed in bipartisan Congressional reports. It is beyond dispute."

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Must Watch! Rep. Schiff's Closing Remarks After Sondland's Testimony

Transgender Day of Remembrance



Sondland Bombshell!









Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Yes Indeed! Prime Time closing statement by Rep Adam Schiff




Because this is America! And here, right matters.

quid pro quo, bribe, bribery, extortion, ambiguity



Sunday, November 17, 2019

UCLA Alumni Association Spreads the Love

Friday, November 15, 2019

Thank you Amb. Yovanovitch for your service for the last 33 years, and for your bravery today.

Witness Intimidation is a Crime











Thursday, November 14, 2019

More Mood - Choir! Choir! Choir!'s tribute to Ric Ocasek - The Cars "Drive"

Choir! Choir! Choir! Epic! Nights: David Byrne + NYC sing HEROES

Nndi Rocks!

Artist Dread Scott 'Freedom or death!': bringing America's largest slave revolt back to life





Performance artist Dread Scott recreates the largely untold story of the 1811 slave rebellion in southern Louisiana. Winding through old plantation country, petrochemical plants and the city of New Orleans, the Guardian followed re-enactors along the route



Exculpatory

Tucson Train (Live) Little Steven · The Disciples Of Soul

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Happy Impeachment Day! - Watch Live

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

New Podcast on Powerful Women Artists from the Getty Museum



Vital New Podcast on Powerful Women Artists from the Getty Museum

Alice Neel
Viva la Mujer

Lee Krasner
Deal with It

Betye Saar
Your Particular Jellybean

Helen Frankenthaler
Let ’er Rip

Yoko Ono
A Kind of Meeting Point

Eva Hesse
Oh, More Absurdity

From the Getty:
Radical Women
What was it like to be a woman making art during the feminist and civil rights movements? In this season of Recording Artists, host Helen Molesworth delves into the lives and careers of six women artists spanning several generations. Hear them describe, in their own words, their work, relationships, and feelings about the ongoing march of feminism. Contemporary artists and art historians join the conversation, offering their own perspectives on the recordings and exploring what it meant—and still means—to be a woman and an artist. This podcast is based on interviews from the 1960s and ’70s by Cindy Nemser and Barbara Rose, drawn from the archives of the Getty Research Institute.

Sunday, November 10, 2019

The NRA is weaker than they’ve ever been,’ says Shannon Watts

Saturday, November 09, 2019

30 Years Ago Today - The Berlin Wall Came Down






Checkpoint Charlie
Checkpoint Charlie
Walls so wide, can't get around it
Walls so high, can't climb over
Gotta come down
Checkpoint Charlie
Brothers and sisters on the other side
Livin' in the shadow of a wall so high
Make me wanna cry
I know that someday we'll be together
If we really want it
Nothin' that hurts gonna last forever
Why do we let it happen
Or is it that we don't mind
Somebody bein' punished for their fathers' crimes

Checkpoint Charlie lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management

Wednesday, November 06, 2019

Blue Wave