Richard Marcus
@rbmarcus.bsky.social
Writes about music and books - and sometimes works on a novel - for Blogcritics, Qantara.de and Rainbow Rodeo. Lives in Kingston Ontario Canada with my feral accomplices Frida and Alys.
Holiday tune
youtu.be/pXWpuLO5pcE?...
youtu.be/pXWpuLO5pcE?...
Erin McKeown, Visions I have had while high, The Hideout, 12/15/2013
YouTube video by Andrea
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December 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Holiday tune
youtu.be/pXWpuLO5pcE?...
youtu.be/pXWpuLO5pcE?...
On the 25th anniversary of Kirsty's being killed here's the song she's probably most infamous for
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jb...
The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York (Official Video) [HD Upgrade]
YouTube video by ThePoguesOfficial
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December 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
On the 25th anniversary of Kirsty's being killed here's the song she's probably most infamous for
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jb...
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Metrolinx wins bid to build new Alberta pipeline
Metrolinx wins bid to build new Alberta pipeline
EDMONTON – After Ottawa agreed to fast track the construction of a brand-new pipeline from Alberta’s oil sands to the Pacific coast, the Alberta legislature announced that the Ontario-based transporta...
www.thebeaverton.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Metrolinx wins bid to build new Alberta pipeline
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Get your queer country zines, hats, t-shirts and...boot conditioner???
That's right -- it's the Rainbow Rodeo gift guide -- get something awesome for your favorite people!
rainbowrodeomag.com/...
#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #lgbtq
That's right -- it's the Rainbow Rodeo gift guide -- get something awesome for your favorite people!
rainbowrodeomag.com/...
#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #lgbtq
December 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Get your queer country zines, hats, t-shirts and...boot conditioner???
That's right -- it's the Rainbow Rodeo gift guide -- get something awesome for your favorite people!
rainbowrodeomag.com/...
#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #lgbtq
That's right -- it's the Rainbow Rodeo gift guide -- get something awesome for your favorite people!
rainbowrodeomag.com/...
#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #lgbtq
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Been 45 years to the day www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-1O...
The Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko
YouTube video by TheBeatlesVEVO
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December 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Been 45 years to the day www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-1O...
If it all sounds familliar lt's because it is.Just replace Somalis with Jews...
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
If it all sounds familliar lt's because it is.Just replace Somalis with Jews...
December 1st World AIDS Day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo2W...
Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson "Halloween parade" Live in Paris 2009.09.04
YouTube video by Nafoute
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December 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
December 1st World AIDS Day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo2W...
Yes buy this book - its lovely
🦊 Why not buy my book, Reynard the Fox, for Christmas – the perfect stocking filler! Marina Warner described it as "marvellously spirited and adroit storytelling.Reynar" To buy a signed and gift-wrapped book, order directly from me! DM to purchase or go to my Etsy shop here: etsy.com/uk/listing/1...
November 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Yes buy this book - its lovely
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Happy weekend everybody! If you would like to make it that little bit more joyful, do yourselves a favour and watch this video at least once: youtu.be/-tfH1nty62U
Ugly Nasty Commie Bitch (Official Video)
YouTube video by Carsie Blanton
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November 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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A month before Joe Strummer's death - a benefit for striking firefighters in London - joined by Mike Jones. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu-0...
JOE STRUMMER & MICK JONES LIVE 2002
YouTube video by publicpistols
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November 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A month before Joe Strummer's death - a benefit for striking firefighters in London - joined by Mike Jones. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu-0...
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"Ottawa U.S. Embassy spokesperson Ariel Pollock" has now been required to issue a comment on our foolishness.
'Made-up quote' in Canadian satire site The Beaverton fools Time Magazine | CBC News
In a recent article about the United States' strained relationships with other countries, Time Magazine included a made-up quote from Canadian satire site The Beaverton — seemingly as fact.
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Ottawa U.S. Embassy spokesperson Ariel Pollock" has now been required to issue a comment on our foolishness.
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Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C.
Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C.
Prime Minister Mark Carney disagrees with the concept of a premier of one province unilaterally taking over a different province but his hands are tied by his unwillingness to do anything about it.
www.thebeaverton.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C.
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Huge Black Friday lineup turns out to just be for Food Bank
Huge Black Friday lineup turns out to just be for Food Bank
HAMILTON, ON - Local residents this morning report driving past an excitingly long lineup and assuming it was for a blowout Black Friday sale, before realizing that it was just a regular queue for a b...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Huge Black Friday lineup turns out to just be for Food Bank
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Thank you, Beth! 💙
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@michaelindivisible.bsky.social
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@pullitsurprise.bsky.social
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Worth a try, I guess.
@itistherealjas.bsky.social
@arabellaspireship.bsky.social
@femsocphd.bsky.social
@susanovans.bsky.social
@martykearns1.bsky.social
@michaelindivisible.bsky.social
@nomoretyranny.bsky.social
@pullitsurprise.bsky.social
@bluestormcomin1.bsky.social
Worth a try, I guess.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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In honour of Jimmy Cliff who passed today and the late Joe Strummer a duet they recorded and composed along with Dave Stewart of Eurythmics fame - www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyrV...
joe strummer and jimmy cliff - over the border
YouTube video by Kevin Richards
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November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In honour of Jimmy Cliff who passed today and the late Joe Strummer a duet they recorded and composed along with Dave Stewart of Eurythmics fame - www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyrV...
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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This, for several I know (my generation) is crazy-making. yes. The degree to which the current deranged, deadly asshole RFK destroys the memory of his father, the earlier RFK.
funniest thing for me abt rfk, funny and sad, is that whenever i'm driving and see signs for the RFK bridge my instinctive reaction is 'ahhh nahh fuck that dude'
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This, for several I know (my generation) is crazy-making. yes. The degree to which the current deranged, deadly asshole RFK destroys the memory of his father, the earlier RFK.
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Link to my latest at Rainbow Rodeo
rainbowrodeomag.com/safe-space/
rainbowrodeomag.com/safe-space/
Safe Space
In time for (American) Thanksgiving, Richard Marcus examines how queer people -- especially country fans -- need to fight for every square inch of safe space.
rainbowrodeomag.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Link to my latest at Rainbow Rodeo
rainbowrodeomag.com/safe-space/
rainbowrodeomag.com/safe-space/
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
Happy Transgender Day of Remembrance Danielle Smith and the entire Alberta government - you assholes
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Happy Transgender Day of Remembrance Danielle Smith and the entire Alberta government - you assholes