Dick Mac (alive!)
@dickmac999.bsky.social
The only survivor of the National Peoples Gang. Soccer fan. Viking (RBNY). Gooner (Arsenal). Art collector. Leftist. Brooklyn. Reject all theocracies. He/him.
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I lived at 34th and Broadway for a number of years and hosted guests for the Macy’s #Parade. I traveled for #Thanksgiving this year and am very sad that I missed the balloons.
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I lived at 34th and Broadway for a number of years and hosted guests for the Macy’s #Parade. I traveled for #Thanksgiving this year and am very sad that I missed the balloons.
Those bemoaning soldiers being killed in DC seem to forget that soldiers kill taxpayers. National Guard soldiers, who were only following orders, wounded nine and killed four students on the campus of Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Soldiers aren’t innocent when they are deployed.
November 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Those bemoaning soldiers being killed in DC seem to forget that soldiers kill taxpayers. National Guard soldiers, who were only following orders, wounded nine and killed four students on the campus of Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Soldiers aren’t innocent when they are deployed.
Train travel really is the best way to travel! #Amtrak #TrainTravel
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Train travel really is the best way to travel! #Amtrak #TrainTravel
The best part of train travel is that people seem to know how to behave in train stations, unlike airports where seemingly nice people become barbarians. #Amtrak #TrainTravel
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The best part of train travel is that people seem to know how to behave in train stations, unlike airports where seemingly nice people become barbarians. #Amtrak #TrainTravel
#OnThisDay in 1978, American politician, Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, was assassinated in San Francisco.
Photo by Ted Sahl, et al.
#OTD #HarveyMilk
Photo by Ted Sahl, et al.
#OTD #HarveyMilk
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
#OnThisDay in 1978, American politician, Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, was assassinated in San Francisco.
Photo by Ted Sahl, et al.
#OTD #HarveyMilk
Photo by Ted Sahl, et al.
#OTD #HarveyMilk
#OnThisDay in 1970, Apple Records released George Harrison’s first solo album, the amazing “All Things Must Pass.”
#OTD #MusicSky #GeorgeHarrison
#OTD #MusicSky #GeorgeHarrison
November 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#OnThisDay in 1970, Apple Records released George Harrison’s first solo album, the amazing “All Things Must Pass.”
#OTD #MusicSky #GeorgeHarrison
#OTD #MusicSky #GeorgeHarrison
#OnThisDay in 1939, American singer, songwriter, actress, and author, Tina Turner was born in Brownsville, Tennessee. She was the Queen of Rock & Roll. She died in 2023.
Photo by Helge Øverås.
#BOTD #MusicSky #TinaTurner
Photo by Helge Øverås.
#BOTD #MusicSky #TinaTurner
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#OnThisDay in 1939, American singer, songwriter, actress, and author, Tina Turner was born in Brownsville, Tennessee. She was the Queen of Rock & Roll. She died in 2023.
Photo by Helge Øverås.
#BOTD #MusicSky #TinaTurner
Photo by Helge Øverås.
#BOTD #MusicSky #TinaTurner
#OnThisDay in 1942, the movie “Casablanca,” directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid, premiered at the Hollywood Theater.
#OTD #Casablanca #HumphreyBogart #IngridBergman
#OTD #Casablanca #HumphreyBogart #IngridBergman
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
#OnThisDay in 1942, the movie “Casablanca,” directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid, premiered at the Hollywood Theater.
#OTD #Casablanca #HumphreyBogart #IngridBergman
#OTD #Casablanca #HumphreyBogart #IngridBergman
#OnThisDay in 1914, American professional baseball player Joe DiMaggio was born in Martinez, California. He is a hall-of-famer, was married to Marilyn Monroe, and is a much loved sports icon.
Photo by Tom Sande.
#BOTD #JoeDiMaggio
Photo by Tom Sande.
#BOTD #JoeDiMaggio
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
#OnThisDay in 1914, American professional baseball player Joe DiMaggio was born in Martinez, California. He is a hall-of-famer, was married to Marilyn Monroe, and is a much loved sports icon.
Photo by Tom Sande.
#BOTD #JoeDiMaggio
Photo by Tom Sande.
#BOTD #JoeDiMaggio
In 2003, BowieNet friends from around the world sent me snow globes for my 45th birthday in NYC. It is time for the snow globes to find new homes. Come get one or more if you like.
#BowieNet #davidbowie @davidbowiereal.bsky.social
#BowieNet #davidbowie @davidbowiereal.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
In 2003, BowieNet friends from around the world sent me snow globes for my 45th birthday in NYC. It is time for the snow globes to find new homes. Come get one or more if you like.
#BowieNet #davidbowie @davidbowiereal.bsky.social
#BowieNet #davidbowie @davidbowiereal.bsky.social
Things that @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social opposes: fire trucks, airports, police, paved roads, public schools, CDC, sewage systems, libraries, SNAP, Medicaid, and public hospitals. The list goes on. He’s a fucking idiot. #HakeemJeffries #neoliberal #VichyDemocrats
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Things that @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social opposes: fire trucks, airports, police, paved roads, public schools, CDC, sewage systems, libraries, SNAP, Medicaid, and public hospitals. The list goes on. He’s a fucking idiot. #HakeemJeffries #neoliberal #VichyDemocrats
#OnThisDay in 1950, American musician, singer and songwriter Tina Weymouth, a founding member and bassist of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, was born in Coronado, California.
#BOTD #MusicSky #TomTomClub #TalkingHeads #TinaWeymouth
#BOTD #MusicSky #TomTomClub #TalkingHeads #TinaWeymouth
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
#OnThisDay in 1950, American musician, singer and songwriter Tina Weymouth, a founding member and bassist of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, was born in Coronado, California.
#BOTD #MusicSky #TomTomClub #TalkingHeads #TinaWeymouth
#BOTD #MusicSky #TomTomClub #TalkingHeads #TinaWeymouth
Now the Saudis won't have to hijack passenger jets when they next attack the United States, they can use fighter jets.
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Now the Saudis won't have to hijack passenger jets when they next attack the United States, they can use fighter jets.
#OnThisDay in 1936, American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Don Cherry was born in Oklahoma City. He is the father of Eagle-Eye Cherry and step-father of Nenah Cherry. He died in Malaga, Spain, in 1995, age 58.
Photo by Brian McMillen
#BOTD #MusicSky #DonCherry
Photo by Brian McMillen
#BOTD #MusicSky #DonCherry
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
#OnThisDay in 1936, American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Don Cherry was born in Oklahoma City. He is the father of Eagle-Eye Cherry and step-father of Nenah Cherry. He died in Malaga, Spain, in 1995, age 58.
Photo by Brian McMillen
#BOTD #MusicSky #DonCherry
Photo by Brian McMillen
#BOTD #MusicSky #DonCherry
#OnThisDay in 1948, Cuban-American performance artist, sculptor, painter, and video artist Ana Mendieta was born in Havana, Cuba. She died under suspicious circumstances in 1985.
#BOTD #ArtSky #AnaMendieta
#BOTD #ArtSky #AnaMendieta
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
#OnThisDay in 1948, Cuban-American performance artist, sculptor, painter, and video artist Ana Mendieta was born in Havana, Cuba. She died under suspicious circumstances in 1985.
#BOTD #ArtSky #AnaMendieta
#BOTD #ArtSky #AnaMendieta
Nine paintings by Alim Smith. Admire the cubism in there. Get him in your collection now before you can’t! This guy’s got it going on.
#art #ArtSky #ContemporaryArt #AlimSmith
alimsmith.com
#art #ArtSky #ContemporaryArt #AlimSmith
alimsmith.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Nine paintings by Alim Smith. Admire the cubism in there. Get him in your collection now before you can’t! This guy’s got it going on.
#art #ArtSky #ContemporaryArt #AlimSmith
alimsmith.com
#art #ArtSky #ContemporaryArt #AlimSmith
alimsmith.com
@tinafriml.bsky.social at @caveatnyc.bsky.social doing the Three-Day Champion podcast. Tina Friml is happening. Pay attention.
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
@tinafriml.bsky.social at @caveatnyc.bsky.social doing the Three-Day Champion podcast. Tina Friml is happening. Pay attention.
#OnThisDay in 1969, Mercury Records released the album “David Bowie” in the UK on their Philips label. It was released in the US in 1970 by Mercury as “Man of Words, Man of Music,” and then globally as “Space Oddity,” in 1972 by RCA Records.
#OTD #MusicSky #DavidBowie
#OTD #MusicSky #DavidBowie
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
#OnThisDay in 1969, Mercury Records released the album “David Bowie” in the UK on their Philips label. It was released in the US in 1970 by Mercury as “Man of Words, Man of Music,” and then globally as “Space Oddity,” in 1972 by RCA Records.
#OTD #MusicSky #DavidBowie
#OTD #MusicSky #DavidBowie
In the United States, when proof of the president’s crimes against children is further proven, it’s just another Thursday. In a civilized country, his removal from office and the drawing-up of criminal charges would be underway. Not here!
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
In the United States, when proof of the president’s crimes against children is further proven, it’s just another Thursday. In a civilized country, his removal from office and the drawing-up of criminal charges would be underway. Not here!