Al Jazeera English Los Angeles correspondent by way of the LA Times, NPR, ABC News. UC Santa Barbara, Northwestern, Hard Knocks. I like my films & pinots noir.
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Trump ally Loomer was paid thousands for political tweets, people familiar say washingtonpost.com/business/…
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No white flag at the White House:
Trump names Stephen Miller chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles latimes.com/politics/story/2…
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I suspect this has to do with their bookings of fascinating and impactful guests. Remind me, who’s in charge of that, @JesseRodriguez ? 😝
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Another icon explains, from a perspective only he can, how The Beatles were different and better and made more impact than any other band. Ever. Thank you, Bob Dylan
"We were driving through Colorado [and] we had the radio on and eight of the Top Ten songs were Beatles songs. In Colorado! 'I Want to Hold Your Hand,' all those early ones.
"They were doing things nobody was doing. Their chords were outrageous, just outrageous, and their harmonies made it all valid . . . but I kept it to myself that I really dug them. Everybody else thought they were for the teenyboppers, that they were gonna pass right away. But it was obvious to me that they had staying power. I knew they were pointing the direction where music had to go.
"In my head, the Beatles were it. It seemed to me a definite line was being drawn. This was something that never happened before . . .
"They were fantastic singers. To this day, it's hard to find a singer better than Lennon was, or than McCartney was and still is. I'm in awe of McCartney. He's about the only one that I'm in awe of. He can do it all. And he's never let up. He's got the gift for melody, he's got the gift for rhythm, he can play any instrument. He can scream and shout as good as anyone, and he can sing a ballad as good as anyone. And his melodies are effortless, that's what you have to be in awe of . . . he's just so damn effortless. I just wish he'd quit [laughs]. Everything that comes out of his mouth is just framed in melody.
"As for Lennon . . . John has taken poetics pretty far in popular music. A lot of his work is overlooked, but if you examine it, you’ll find key expressions that have never been said before to push across his point of view. Things that are symbolic of some inner reality and probably will never be said again.
"America should put statues up to the Beatles. They helped give this country’s pride back to it. I think they're the best."
--#BobDylan
#Dylan #Songwriter #Author #Icon #Influence #Pulitzer #NobelPrize #Oscars #HallOfFame #Beatles #TheBeatles #Impact #Singers #GOATs
Sources: Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock 'n' Roll; Rolling Stone magazine, 2007; Playboy, 1978; Down The Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan, Howard Sounes
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Midterm Winners: The polls, Ukraine, election security, the @PodSaveAmerica guys, the Kennedy Center, antiwar folks
Midterm Losers: Gerrymandering, Elon Musk, Russia, federal election intervention, election deniers, Pete Hegseth, Netanyahu, would-be DC monuments, red hat sellers
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John Hendren retweeted
California is dead serious about the security of tomorrow's midterm elections.
If Trump tries to meddle with California's ballots, you can be sure as hell that we'll prosecute those who help him.
Californians deserve a free and fair election, and that is exactly what we'll deliver.
Why are these midterms different? For many reasons (We had some fun with this one)
Our story on @AJEnglish with producer @EngelMariam and photographer @aidowilson
Why water - not the economy - is the top issue in the Arizona midterm elections
Our story on @AJEnglish with producer @EngelMariam and photographer @aidowilson
Why Arizona had to build a fortress in which to count votes.
Our story on @AJEnglish with @EngelMariam and @aidowilson
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Why Arizona Matters in these midterms? Because it always does
Our story on @AJEnglish
@aidowilson @EngelMariam
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This post, from a @PodSaveAmerica host and former @BarackObama aide, politely typifies the often far harsher comments on @HaleyforMI 's feed
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Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens endorses Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers
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Democrats cannibalizing Democrats on the eve of the Midterms in one of the closest and most important races for control of the Senate: It's the latest example of the party imploding at a crucial point. Not likely to make @HaleyforMI a popular character in her party
Breaking news: Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Michigan) made a surprise appearance with Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers in Detroit, following days of tension with the Democratic nominee, Abdul El-Sayed, who defeated her in the primary. wapo.st/47OiFav
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Heidi Klum, knocking it out of the park in her gruesome 6-foot—tall Halloween outfit (the pic shamelessly purloined from Vanity Fair)
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I often have a hard time explaining to younger people that The Beatles really were a unique, one of a kind band, unlike any other. Of course, Mick Jagger doesn’t much better job explaining it.
"Keith liked the Beatles because he was quite interested in their chord sequences. He also liked their harmonies, which were always a slight problem to the Rolling Stones. Keith always tried to get the harmonies off the ground but they always seemed messy. It didn't work . . .
"I admired the Beatles because they were trailblazers. They showed the way. I think everyone got turned on to the idea of writing songs by the Beatles.
"They were so big that it’s hard for people not alive at the time to realise just how big they were. There isn’t a real comparison with anyone now. They were so big that to be competitive with them was impossible.
"Nobody will ever be as big as the Beatles. It will be ages before anything like their success happens again."
--#MickJagger
#Mick #Stones #RollingStones @MickJagger #RockAndRoll #HallOfFame #Knight #Influence #Beatles #TheBeatles #Songwriting #Trailblazers
Sources: According To The Rolling Stones, Rosenstein; Larry King Live, 2010; Rolling Stone, 1995
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I’m just taking a moment to brag about our photographer, Adrian Wilson, who framed this beautiful shot (other than the gargoyle in the middle) of a gorgeous Arizona scene found by our equally talented producer, Mariam Engel
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Judge denies feds’ request to block 20,000 California ballots in blistering opinion latimes.com/politics/story/2…
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It’s been a minute, folks. Greetings from @united #374, LAX-Phoenix for two weeks of election coverage. Watch this space!
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