Charles Hughes
@charleshughes2.bsky.social
Writer. Teacher. Musician. Country Soul. Why Bushwick Bill Matters. Pro wrestling coming soon. No Fences Review. Wisconsin and Southern. Disabled and disorderly. He/him.
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This conversation is a beautiful tribute to Todd:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_kk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_kk...
Todd Snider’s Friends Remember the Songwriter | Rolling Stone Nashville Now
YouTube video by Rolling Stone
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November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This conversation is a beautiful tribute to Todd:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_kk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_kk...
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
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Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
New at No Fences Review: @cantkill.bsky.social and I, along with special guest @jonbern.bsky.social, pay tribute to the great Todd Snider with a few recommendations. We're gonna miss him. Plus reading recommendations. Please share and subscribe!
Turn It Up - Todd Snider Edition
We pay tribute to the great singer-songwriter
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November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New at No Fences Review: @cantkill.bsky.social and I, along with special guest @jonbern.bsky.social, pay tribute to the great Todd Snider with a few recommendations. We're gonna miss him. Plus reading recommendations. Please share and subscribe!
Years ago, I was at a party in Madison, Wisconsin where the DJ put on this track and it sounded like the greatest record ever made. Still does, sometimes.
Roots Radical
YouTube video by Jimmy Cliff - Topic
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November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Years ago, I was at a party in Madison, Wisconsin where the DJ put on this track and it sounded like the greatest record ever made. Still does, sometimes.
Not only is this a great deep-dive into a film that's become one of my favorites, but it contains a lovely tribute to Shelley Duvall as a bonus.
Sissy Spacek answers every question we have about starring in Robert Altman’s ‘3 Women.’ The Oscar winner broke a bone on set and may or may not have thrown up after chugging a beer, but she also shared a special bond with Shelley Duvall.
Sissy Spacek Answers Every Question We Have About 3 Women
Sissy Spacek answers every question we have about starring in Robert Altman’s ‘3 Women.’ The Oscar winner broke a bone on set and may or may not have thrown up after chugging a beer, but she also shared a special bond with Shelley Duvall.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Not only is this a great deep-dive into a film that's become one of my favorites, but it contains a lovely tribute to Shelley Duvall as a bonus.
This is gonna be great - congrats to Jeff Gage, and can't wait to read it.
I'm writing a book!
I'm thrilled to announce that my first book, "Slaves to the Grave: The Wicked Rise and Deadly Fall of Rigor Mortis, Pantera, and Southern Metal," will be published by Da Capo Press in the fall of 2027. I couldn't be more excited.
Now for the easy part—writing the damn thing!
I'm thrilled to announce that my first book, "Slaves to the Grave: The Wicked Rise and Deadly Fall of Rigor Mortis, Pantera, and Southern Metal," will be published by Da Capo Press in the fall of 2027. I couldn't be more excited.
Now for the easy part—writing the damn thing!
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is gonna be great - congrats to Jeff Gage, and can't wait to read it.
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64 Quartets, 9: Wire: BASIC DESIGN to BEHIND THE CURTAIN. A hopefully entertaining minor entry---it's the one with the Beatles. 64quartets.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/9...
9. Wire. Harvest Lexicon: BASIC—BEHIND
BASIC DESIGN. Artistic educational method (UK), ca. 1940s-1970s (aka Basic Form, Basic Course, Basic Grammar). Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, and Bruce Gilbert, at their respective art colleges, lived…
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November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
64 Quartets, 9: Wire: BASIC DESIGN to BEHIND THE CURTAIN. A hopefully entertaining minor entry---it's the one with the Beatles. 64quartets.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/9...
New at No Fences Review: @cantkill.bsky.social with Part 2 of his Best Country Albums of 1975. 90 more albums (!) from across the stylistic spectrum, all considered with the care and insight that makes David one of the best in the business. Essential stuff. Please share and subscribe!
The Best Country Albums of 1975, Part 2
David spotlights 90 more noteworthy country albums from a half century ago
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November 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
New at No Fences Review: @cantkill.bsky.social with Part 2 of his Best Country Albums of 1975. 90 more albums (!) from across the stylistic spectrum, all considered with the care and insight that makes David one of the best in the business. Essential stuff. Please share and subscribe!
WHAT.
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
WHAT.
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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
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lithub.com/remembering-.... read this achingly beautiful piece by @thrasherxy.bsky.social I keep thinking, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social was irreplaceable but she nurtured a whole-ass huge forest (or series of forests). No one can replace her, except for all of us doing the work she nurtured in us.
Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend
Though we were in frequent conversation for a decade, I only got to meet my friend Alice Wong in person just once. And when I did, I was a bundle of nerves—and that was before she cussed me out wi…
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November 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
lithub.com/remembering-.... read this achingly beautiful piece by @thrasherxy.bsky.social I keep thinking, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social was irreplaceable but she nurtured a whole-ass huge forest (or series of forests). No one can replace her, except for all of us doing the work she nurtured in us.
Beautiful stuff from someone who knows.
Wrote about Todd Snider, East Nashville and how the more things change, the more they change.
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Something good comes along, then it’s gone: Farewell, Todd Snider.
When I moved to East Nashville in 2012, legend had it that if you wanted to find Todd Snider, all you had to do was go to Drifter’s BBQ in Five Points, and he’d be there at the bar. Nashville always h...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Beautiful stuff from someone who knows.
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Really great thread here celebrating the brilliance of Neil Innes, with a lot of clips from his underseen series _Rutland Weekend Television_.
From @ericidle.bsky.social & Neil Innes' brilliant & criminally overlooked/unavailable RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION, here's a truncated glimpse of George Harrison's Christmas 1975 guest appearance runner, where he didn't want to perform a song - He really just wanted to play a pirate...
November 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Really great thread here celebrating the brilliance of Neil Innes, with a lot of clips from his underseen series _Rutland Weekend Television_.
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I went to an NBA YOUNGBOY show to see what the fuss is about and I was reminded that Black joy comes in many forms.
It was one of the best rap concerts I’ve ever been to. For real.
andscape.com/features/nba...
It was one of the best rap concerts I’ve ever been to. For real.
andscape.com/features/nba...
What people get wrong about NBA Youngboy - Andscape
Despite fears about potential violence, NBA Youngboy's fans find community and connection at his shows
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November 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I went to an NBA YOUNGBOY show to see what the fuss is about and I was reminded that Black joy comes in many forms.
It was one of the best rap concerts I’ve ever been to. For real.
andscape.com/features/nba...
It was one of the best rap concerts I’ve ever been to. For real.
andscape.com/features/nba...
This is the first song I went to after I heard the news, as well.
Gut-punched by news of Todd Snider's death. I can't do justice to the vernacular power of his voice, his writing, and maybe above all his persona.
So now I shall listen to "Looking for a Job" four or five times, one of the greatest, funniest songs ever about worker power.
So now I shall listen to "Looking for a Job" four or five times, one of the greatest, funniest songs ever about worker power.
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is the first song I went to after I heard the news, as well.
Absolutely getting. What a tremendous artist.
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Absolutely getting. What a tremendous artist.
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This is one of the most recent things Alice did. It was, as ever, a clear, trenchant, messy, and powerful exploration of not just her own experiences but also society's expectations around disability.
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is one of the most recent things Alice did. It was, as ever, a clear, trenchant, messy, and powerful exploration of not just her own experiences but also society's expectations around disability.
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One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
The mighty Alice Wong has left us. A writer, editor, teacher, organizer, mentor, activist, creator, curator, podcaster, and oracle, her commitment to justice for disabled people and to centering disability in justice for all people is a call and challenge those who remain here. Praise and gratitude.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The mighty Alice Wong has left us. A writer, editor, teacher, organizer, mentor, activist, creator, curator, podcaster, and oracle, her commitment to justice for disabled people and to centering disability in justice for all people is a call and challenge those who remain here. Praise and gratitude.
This is a great book - don’t miss it!
First review of Living in a DAISY Age is in! Amazing. I also did not anticipate all of the feelings I'd have after seeing the first response.
(Also, can't lie--I breathed a sigh of relief. haha)
From Publisher's Weekly.
Scan the QR code or follow the links below to preorder the book! Out 1/27/26
(Also, can't lie--I breathed a sigh of relief. haha)
From Publisher's Weekly.
Scan the QR code or follow the links below to preorder the book! Out 1/27/26
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is a great book - don’t miss it!
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“Eugenic policies & laws return time & time again like poison ivy.”
America’s legacy of eugenics is alive & well in Trump’s White House, @seemiaroll.bsky.social writes in an op-ed. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ableist rhetoric & dangerous policy proposals lead the U.S. down a deadly, yet familiar path.
America’s legacy of eugenics is alive & well in Trump’s White House, @seemiaroll.bsky.social writes in an op-ed. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ableist rhetoric & dangerous policy proposals lead the U.S. down a deadly, yet familiar path.
America’s legacy of eugenics is alive and well under Trump
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ableist rhetoric and dangerous policy proposals lead the U.S. down a deadly, yet familiar path
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November 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“Eugenic policies & laws return time & time again like poison ivy.”
America’s legacy of eugenics is alive & well in Trump’s White House, @seemiaroll.bsky.social writes in an op-ed. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ableist rhetoric & dangerous policy proposals lead the U.S. down a deadly, yet familiar path.
America’s legacy of eugenics is alive & well in Trump’s White House, @seemiaroll.bsky.social writes in an op-ed. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ableist rhetoric & dangerous policy proposals lead the U.S. down a deadly, yet familiar path.