Joel Johnson
@leojnosnhoj.bsky.social
Artist, music freak, anti-fascist, skilled putterer
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Joel Johnson
@leojnosnhoj.bsky.social
· Jun 25
The Rolling Stones and Steve Riley - Zydeco Sont Pas Salés [Official Audio]
YouTube video by Valcour Records
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Happy Birthday to The King of Zydeco - Clifton Chenier!!! He would have been 100 years old today and here are The Stones covering his great hit, Zydeco Sont Pas Sales
youtu.be/SmVHAvPPcAg?...
#cliftonchenier #thekingofzydeco #rollingstones
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#cliftonchenier #thekingofzydeco #rollingstones
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When they still allowed me in the classroom, something I talked about with my music students is that it is not now and has never been the fault of individual artists that some people don't go to the opera or symphony or theatre.
This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
December 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
When they still allowed me in the classroom, something I talked about with my music students is that it is not now and has never been the fault of individual artists that some people don't go to the opera or symphony or theatre.
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
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“Efrem Minimalist Jr”. is perfect
When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.
December 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
“Efrem Minimalist Jr”. is perfect
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Trump’s tariffs made it impossible for Wisconsin farmers to sell their crops, now he’s offering them scraps instead of getting rid of the tariffs.
That doesn’t add up, our farmers deserve better and when I’m governor they’ll get it!
#MissyForWI #Tariffs
That doesn’t add up, our farmers deserve better and when I’m governor they’ll get it!
#MissyForWI #Tariffs
December 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Trump’s tariffs made it impossible for Wisconsin farmers to sell their crops, now he’s offering them scraps instead of getting rid of the tariffs.
That doesn’t add up, our farmers deserve better and when I’m governor they’ll get it!
#MissyForWI #Tariffs
That doesn’t add up, our farmers deserve better and when I’m governor they’ll get it!
#MissyForWI #Tariffs
Tonights bad "cold supermoon" on the rise...with sound effects
December 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Tonights bad "cold supermoon" on the rise...with sound effects
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“Effective immediately, 100 will now be 5,100 and—I’m reading off the official statistics from my people—500 will be 25,500,” said Trump
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“Effective immediately, 100 will now be 5,100 and—I’m reading off the official statistics from my people—500 will be 25,500,” said Trump
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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The Aurora put on quite a show here in southwest Wisconsin last night.
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The Aurora put on quite a show here in southwest Wisconsin last night.
Congratulations and it deserves to win!!!
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Congratulations and it deserves to win!!!
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“A legitimate PhD-level expert in anything,” they said.
“Show me a diagram of the US presidents since FDR, with their names and years in office under their photos,” I said.
“Show me a diagram of the US presidents since FDR, with their names and years in office under their photos,” I said.
August 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“A legitimate PhD-level expert in anything,” they said.
“Show me a diagram of the US presidents since FDR, with their names and years in office under their photos,” I said.
“Show me a diagram of the US presidents since FDR, with their names and years in office under their photos,” I said.
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Important content.
October 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Important content.
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I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
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Happy Blessed International Creole Heritage Month and much love to all of us Creoles globally from Louisiana to Haiti to St. Lucia to Martinique and everywhere else in between!
Purchase our cultural book by visiting Creoleculture.com
#CreoleHeritageMonth #CreoleCulture #LouisianaCreoles
Purchase our cultural book by visiting Creoleculture.com
#CreoleHeritageMonth #CreoleCulture #LouisianaCreoles
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October 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Happy Blessed International Creole Heritage Month and much love to all of us Creoles globally from Louisiana to Haiti to St. Lucia to Martinique and everywhere else in between!
Purchase our cultural book by visiting Creoleculture.com
#CreoleHeritageMonth #CreoleCulture #LouisianaCreoles
Purchase our cultural book by visiting Creoleculture.com
#CreoleHeritageMonth #CreoleCulture #LouisianaCreoles
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The biggest animal that's ever existed on Earth is alive and here with us now. Marvel at it.
A 79-foot pygmy blue whale surfaced near Busselton Jetty, Australia, a breathtaking encounter with one of the ocean’s rarest giants.
[📹 Megan Wood]
[📹 Megan Wood]
October 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The biggest animal that's ever existed on Earth is alive and here with us now. Marvel at it.
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Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii) in Fog, Santa Lucia Preserve, Carmel Valley, California
Photo: William Guion
Photo: William Guion
October 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii) in Fog, Santa Lucia Preserve, Carmel Valley, California
Photo: William Guion
Photo: William Guion
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Profile pic changed until either the Brewers are knocked out of the playoffs, or win the World Series!
I want this on my profile all month!
Feel free to share!
I want this on my profile all month!
Feel free to share!
October 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Profile pic changed until either the Brewers are knocked out of the playoffs, or win the World Series!
I want this on my profile all month!
Feel free to share!
I want this on my profile all month!
Feel free to share!
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Re church bells and their place in a community, as you recently mentioned on here, have you seen this heartening Guardian piece today on the ongoing rescuing of the sound of ancient church bells in Spain & how due to it being done online youngsters are joining in. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
Hits from the bong: music obsessives rescue the sound of Spain’s ancient bells
For centuries bells were the fastest means of communication, calling people to meetings, warning about wildfires, and were even believed to offer protection from storms – now they are being given a ne...
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Re church bells and their place in a community, as you recently mentioned on here, have you seen this heartening Guardian piece today on the ongoing rescuing of the sound of ancient church bells in Spain & how due to it being done online youngsters are joining in. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
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Yuuuuup. Also, I don't give a shit if some of the worst people in the world think I am being performative or am virtue signaling. Fuck 'em. They don't get to tell me how to be.
Anyway, trans rights are human rights, y'all. It's not complicated.
Anyway, trans rights are human rights, y'all. It's not complicated.
To my fellow cishet dudes: when we are quiet about supporting the trans community, the only voices anyone hears are the Charlie Kirks of the world. Don't let accusations of being "performative" or "virtue signaling" shut you up - that's their whole point. Our voices are needed now more than ever.
September 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Yuuuuup. Also, I don't give a shit if some of the worst people in the world think I am being performative or am virtue signaling. Fuck 'em. They don't get to tell me how to be.
Anyway, trans rights are human rights, y'all. It's not complicated.
Anyway, trans rights are human rights, y'all. It's not complicated.
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There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
September 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
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RE Lisa Cook. It’s just so hard to tell why Trump is targeting these people. I guess we will never know what they had in common. A mystery for all time.
Really hard to tell what these targets of Trumps attacks and smears have in common
Trump says Fed Governor Lisa Cook 'must resign' www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Trump says Fed Governor Lisa Cook 'must resign' www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
August 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
RE Lisa Cook. It’s just so hard to tell why Trump is targeting these people. I guess we will never know what they had in common. A mystery for all time.
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This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
August 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.