The Blues Brothers is an entertaining fairytale of life in the struggling parts of the city. That's not to say there's no joy and no music there; only to say it certainly doesn't dominate. Hard times are hard times even if some good musicians arise from them.
As to the international law claims about abortion, there's no court with jurisdiction and, therefore, the points are interesting but unenforceable.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that nobody involved with the abortion letter anticipates an externally imposed legal resolution to the issue.
I lived on the north side for a couple years, on a slender income with a substantial liquor and music budget, much of which went to the good folks at the Wild Hare & Singing Armadillo Frog Sanctuary.
I grew up mostly in Indiana and went to college in St. Paul, so I wasn't a stranger to winter, but the wind was a new twist. We lived about two blocks off the lake on a street that gave the wind a straight shot, so walking from the El stop to the apartment was a chore.
The difficulty with social programming is that there are potent, immediate disincentives for doing it locally. Utah still gets people sent down here from Wyoming and Idaho because, as ephemeral as our social safety net is (particularly for the seriously and persistently mentally ill), it's better then theirs. We could fix all of this, but it has to be on the national level. "State's rights" is just another way of saying, "I don't care about those people."
Welcome back, Weldon. It's warms my heart to know that you dare to subject yourself to the bad news and the bigger picture, and it helps free me up to subject myself to other things.
I've heard the Rosie and the Riveters and like it. I'll check the others out. One of these days I'm going to go through and make a Spotify playlist of all your suggestions in the order you made them.
Thanks for the kind words, brother. Maybe the greatest virtue of having rapporteurs on the ground here would be quantifying all the horror in one place. I don't know how well it would get covered by mass media, though.
The notion of going through all the music occurred to me too, but I'm too faint-hearted for it. That's a lot of albums, even allowing for the occasional duplicate. It's been an adventure. If you ever do have the time, I'd love to see it.
Adding in the edit: Rosie & The Riveters was new to me, and really struck a chord.
The Blues Brothers is an entertaining fairytale of life in the struggling parts of the city. That's not to say there's no joy and no music there; only to say it certainly doesn't dominate. Hard times are hard times even if some good musicians arise from them.
As to the international law claims about abortion, there's no court with jurisdiction and, therefore, the points are interesting but unenforceable.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that nobody involved with the abortion letter anticipates an externally imposed legal resolution to the issue.
I lived on the north side for a couple years, on a slender income with a substantial liquor and music budget, much of which went to the good folks at the Wild Hare & Singing Armadillo Frog Sanctuary.
Well then you know. Get tired of the weather?
I grew up mostly in Indiana and went to college in St. Paul, so I wasn't a stranger to winter, but the wind was a new twist. We lived about two blocks off the lake on a street that gave the wind a straight shot, so walking from the El stop to the apartment was a chore.
The difficulty with social programming is that there are potent, immediate disincentives for doing it locally. Utah still gets people sent down here from Wyoming and Idaho because, as ephemeral as our social safety net is (particularly for the seriously and persistently mentally ill), it's better then theirs. We could fix all of this, but it has to be on the national level. "State's rights" is just another way of saying, "I don't care about those people."
Welcome back, Weldon. It's warms my heart to know that you dare to subject yourself to the bad news and the bigger picture, and it helps free me up to subject myself to other things.
I've heard the Rosie and the Riveters and like it. I'll check the others out. One of these days I'm going to go through and make a Spotify playlist of all your suggestions in the order you made them.
Thanks for the kind words, brother. Maybe the greatest virtue of having rapporteurs on the ground here would be quantifying all the horror in one place. I don't know how well it would get covered by mass media, though.
The notion of going through all the music occurred to me too, but I'm too faint-hearted for it. That's a lot of albums, even allowing for the occasional duplicate. It's been an adventure. If you ever do have the time, I'd love to see it.
Adding in the edit: Rosie & The Riveters was new to me, and really struck a chord.