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  • Seen On Bluesky

    “At this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when every day is a matter of survival, I don’t think you can help but be involved.” American singer.Songwriter.Pianist.Composer.Civil rights activist.

  • One More Reason to Be Really Irritated by David Brooks

    A quote from his new book, On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) In the Future Tense (quote courtesy New York Times): In America, it is acceptable to cut off any driver in a vehicle that costs a third more than yours. That’s called democracy. If that’s democracy, then Michigan has democracy…

  • Reasons I Feel Old

    Where to begin? The Pixies are back together for a reunion tour, are not apparently tearing each other limb from limb, and are like a breath of fresh air. Morrissey has relased a new album (with a sadly ironic cover photograph of himself holding a Tommy gun), You Are the Quarry, of which the Guardian…

  • Alas

    Ref Grunt has closed its doors. Long live Refgrunt.com, although its posts appear to be dismayingly intermittent.