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ToddS @simco1974.bsky.social · 5d

If Leavitt has to go to the emergency room, who's paying for it?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."

ToddS @simco1974.bsky.social · 6d

I played some songs on the radio last night. The show is now streamable at the link below. Maybe I played a song you might not know and maybe you'll like it.

www.mixcloud.com/3hive/radio-...

1. Sonic Youth - Becuz
2. Vorsicht Kinder - Alcohole
3. The Cords - Bo’s New Haircut
4. Go Sailor - Long Distance
5. Cluttered Grotto - Monsters
6. Dry Cleaning - Hit My Head All Day
7. lifecheeriospam - Birds Can Sing
8. Tortoise - Layered Presence
9. Nation of Language - In Your Head
10. LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
11. Invisible Ghost Luigi - Horror Drives Formulas
12. Money - Freebaser
13. Failure - Princess
14. Smile - Masterlocks
15. Satisfaction - I Make The Dead (Demo Version)
16. Added Dimensions - Self Improve
17. Graphic Violets - How it’s meant to be
18. Flesh Narc - Meteor Man
19. Model Citizens - Shift The Blame
20. Swans - Guardian Spirit

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ToddS @simco1974.bsky.social · 8d

Don't they know who he is?

ToddS @simco1974.bsky.social · 8d

I just wrote a little ditty for #3hive about the generational new album by The Cords. Out now on @slumberlandrecords.com and @skepwax.bsky.social

www.3hive.com/2025/09/30/t...

The Cords

Scottish two-piece sister band The Cords have taken over my world with their debut self-titled album, and I’m here to convince you to let them take over your world too. Proudly wearing their hearts…

www.3hive.com

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ToddS @simco1974.bsky.social · 14d

I played some songs last night on #radio3hive, including all three fabulous new #tonymolina singles. Link below if you feel so inclined. Thanks for your time.

www.mixcloud.com/3hive/radio-...

1. Smoosh - Rad
2. Tony Molina - FC ‘23
3. Tony Molina - Faded Holiday
4. Tony Molina - Violets of Dawn
5. RUHR & Blocco Schengen - Stahlwerk
6. Die Steifen - Bauerndiko
7. Team Trust - Got All Day
8. Bernardo - Tempo Smart
9. Myka 9 & Blu - B-Boys (feat. Ellay Khule)
10. Jeremy Steig - Howlin’ For Judy
11. The Fods - Volumes of Silence
12. Jinzo - Take An Inch
13. Friction - Automatic Fru.
14. Hélène Barbier - Lapin
15. MORENAS - Puertas
16. Cagette - Nausea
17. Optic Sink - Don’t Look Down
18. norse - distacco
19. SETTIMANA MISTICA - FUNGO

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ToddS @simco1974.bsky.social · 20d

I played some music last night on #radio3hive. You can stream my show at the link below. Maybe you'll like a song.

www.mixcloud.com/3hive/radio-...

1. The Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso
2. Garden Horse - A Little Ocean
3. Link Wray And The Raymen - Batman Theme
4. (+39) 375-649-94-64 My Telephone Number - Where Do We Go
5. Cher Khan - Virtuous Reality
6. Faith No More - Star A.D.
7. Gingerbee - Petal Dance
8. Alice In Chains - Head Creeps
9. Antibalas - La Ceiba
10. K-Rec and 4-IZE - The True Man Show (feat. John Robinson)
11. Stereolab - Fed Up With Your Job
12. Citric Dummies - I Am Your Napkin
13. Shy Boys - Upperclassmen
14. The Cars - Hello Again
15. Glass Dolls - Notion
16. King Missile - Detachable Penis
17. Problem Green - Basic!
18. Pocket Full of Crumbs - Heaven Take Me
19. Tullycraft - The Ledge
20. King Most - Dorothy Dilla Phife

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ToddS @simco1974.bsky.social · 27d

I played some hits last night on #radio3hive. You can listen to those hits 24/7 at the link below. No, I did not play Hard-Ons last night either. #escapethealgorithm

www.mixcloud.com/3hive/radio-...

1. Hater - Circles
2. Pile - Deep Clay
3. TWINS - Cuts
4. Beurre - Superposition
5. dona casque - lonelie
6. DOMi & JD BECK - MOON (feat. Herbie Hancock)
7. Blood Cannery - Hematic Ammos
8. MRKBH & The Covenant - Under The Bus
9. Cypress Hill - Real Estate
10. billy woods - Flatlands
11. Infant Sanchos - Hände
12. Fantasmage - Da Igual
13. Alibi - Irgendwas Ist Immer
14. Petrified Entity - Black Tourmaline
15. Preservation & Gabe ‘Nandez - Mondo Cane (feat. Armand Hammer & Benjamin Booker)
16. JACKY COUGAR & THE VAMPYRES FROM AFRICA - Altamont Blues
17. Swimming Pools And Movie Stars - Never Let Go
18. Pillow Fight - Jean Said
19. Electric Prawns 2 - Liar Liar
20. THE DRAGS - Teenage Invasion
21. texas two - Teenage Cruel Crush
22. SERRATE - some things never change

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ToddS @simco1974.bsky.social · 28d

Dig on the fabulous, jangle-pop goodness of Tulpa's brand new single "Let's Make A Tulpa!" Their debut LP drops in November via @skepwax.bsky.social

tulparockband.bandcamp.com/track/lets-m...

Let's Make A Tulpa!, by Tulpa

from the album Monster Of The Week

tulparockband.bandcamp.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28d

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

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ToddS @simco1974.bsky.social · 29d

Check out the rad new single "Battle of Blythe Road" from the Telephone Numbers new LP coming in October via @slumberlandrecords.com

thetelephonenumbers.bandcamp.com/track/battle...

Battle of Blythe Road, by The Telephone Numbers

from the album Scarecrow II

thetelephonenumbers.bandcamp.com

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ToddS @simco1974.bsky.social · 29d

the new Julia, Julia album 'Sugaring A Strawberry' that dropped today via @suicidesqueeze.bsky.social is pretty fantastic. You should listen to it.

hearjuliajulia.bandcamp.com/album/sugari...

Sugaring A Strawberry, by Julia, Julia

10 track album

hearjuliajulia.bandcamp.com

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Perennial @perennialtheband.bsky.social · Sep 5

Bandcamp Friday Surprise!!

‘The Perennial Sound Live At WFMU!’

Our new Bandcamp-exclusive live EP featuring five modern classics performed at WFMU is now available!

perennialtheband.bandcamp.com/album/the-pe...

The Perennial Sound Live At WFMU, by Perennial

5 track album

perennialtheband.bandcamp.com

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ToddS @simco1974.bsky.social · Sep 5

All you lefties and your GD facts!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 5

CNN: When the jobs report comes out, are you going to believe the numbers?

REP. RANDY FINE: Um, I'm going to look at the numbers. Look, the people who put these numbers together are human & fallible and make mistakes

C: It wasn't that they make mistakes

F: Numbers always tend to benefit the left

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ToddS @simco1974.bsky.social · Sep 4

I do have a sweet drop from Kip and Peggy in there though.

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ToddS @simco1974.bsky.social · Sep 4

Not this week. I play them often though.

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ToddS @simco1974.bsky.social · Sep 4

I played some music last night on the radio. All hand-picked. No algorithm. You can listen to it at the link below. Maybe you'll like a song.
@deadbrokerekerds.bsky.social @krecs.bsky.social @thepainsofbeing.bsky.social @slumberlandrecords.com

www.mixcloud.com/3hive/radio-...

1. Living Colour - What's Your Favorite Color? (Theme Song)
2. Carnivorous Flower - All the Time
3. Green Day - Only of You
4. The Sourdrops - Elliott's Song (Buttercup Boy)
5. Nadeem Khan - Tu Tak Tu Tak Tutiyan (Elado's 4 A.M. Mix)
6. Kotoa - Higher Being
7. The Souljazz Orchestra - People, People
8. Oruã - México Suite
9. Shooting Losers - Hangin' Out
10. MARAUDEUR - Le Couloir Du Soir
11. Josie - Cupid Strikes A Blow
12. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Twins
13. Jacuzzi Boys - Vizcaya
14. Art Star - Dog Star
15. game boy advance - kamin
16. Misere - Dracula
17. Lambrini Girls - Nothing Tastes As Good As It Feels
18. Dru The Drifter - Rich Man At The Gates of Heaven
19. John Andrews & The Yawns - Walking Under My Love's Ladders
20. Donnie Fritts - Sumpin' Funky Going On
21. Teenage Tome Petties - Hotmail
22. Nape Neck - The Shallowest End
23. Fluffer - Wound Up
24. Gee Tee - The sound at home

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ToddS @simco1974.bsky.social · Aug 26

The collective IQ around that table is popsicle

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 26

Trump: "Linda, how about it? We want nothing less than $500 million from Harvard. Don't negotiate, Linda. They've been very bad."

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ToddS @simco1974.bsky.social · Aug 21

I played some music on the radio last night. It's possible I played a song you might like. #radio3hive #escapethealgorithm

www.mixcloud.com/3hive/radio-...

1. Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer
2. Half Man Half Biscuit - National Shite Day
3. Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - Elvis is Everywhere
4. The Wedding Present - Thanks
5. The Caution Children - full world
6. Alix Fernz - Couteau à la gorge
7. Petrified Entity - Alive
8. First Base - Get A Taste of Your Love Again
9. Faraquet - Study In Complacency
10. Googon - Elmer Fudd's Stutter
11. Ghostface Killah - Metaphysics
12. Zackey Force Funk - Round and Round (feat. Daniel David)
13. Public Enemy - Sexegenarian Vape
14. Glitter On The Mattress - Sitting In The Water
15. cool sorcery - the reaper
16. A Zu La - Cindy
17. Shepparton Airplane - Forecast
18. Hotel Artesia - Spellbound
19. Bachelor Pad - What a Time To Be Alive
20. Tad - Paregoric
21. Smoke Below - Fee Fee
22. Helmet - Symptom of the Universe

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local blogger @fergoe.blacksky.app · Aug 21

There have been way too many white women with hairstyles that look like they brought in a picture of a llama talking about slavery and I'm getting tired of it

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 21

White House official Lindsey Halligan: "While slavery is obviously a horrible aspect of our nation's history, you can't really talk about slavery honestly unless you also talk about hope and progress ... we need to stop focusing so much on the lack of progress."