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Keith Harris

@usefulnoise.bsky.social

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Creeping socialist. Premature anti-rockist. Oldest living Racket editor. Saving my labor for insane reading. Subscribe to Racket, or at least read it. https://racketmn.com/author/keith-harris

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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · Dec 20

Please forgive me, I have committed a "year in music" essay.

The Year In Music 2024: Accepting Sadness as a Gift in the Age of the Oligarchs - Racket

In 2024, my favorite music didn't always prepare me for the fight ahead, but it always reminded me what was at stake.

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h jiahong pan 潘嘉宏 ☀️ @hpan3.bsky.social · 6h

Can y’all please be on the lookout for my bike? Last seen in Elliot Park. It is a black Biria bike with red pedals and stickers of local news orgs on the bottom tube. It also has a Brooks saddle and adapters for Wolf Tooth pogies on the handlebars.

Biria bike with a sign that says “300 Campground”

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 9h

This is what every Democratic state needs to do, tell its state university leaders that they will lose all state appropriations if they sign the compact. Take the decision out of feckless college administrators’ hands.

Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 16h

Virginia State Senate Dems just brought down fire and fury regarding the “Compact,” notifying the President and Rector that UVA would lose ALL STATE APPROPRIATIONS if it signs and cedes the University to “federal political control.” Notably, their letter directly restates points made here by @siva.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 18h

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 9h

give it a spin!

Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 9h

"this person wrote a bunch of great songs and here are some people you like singing them" = A+ album concept (yes, Aaron Neville being the only Black singer here is noted)

Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 9h

Dylan seemed so old to me then... and he was about the age I am now. LOL or oof or w/e.

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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 9h

#eggplant90s Been a while, huh? This week it's another multi-artist comp—The Songs of Jimmie Rogers: A Tribute (1997), which sounds as good to me as it did back to when I only knew two or three of the songs here. Yes, even Bono. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NURv...

Dreaming with Tears In My Eyes

YouTube video by Bono - Topic

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 10h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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lilli @toomanymouths.bsky.social · 11h

i love that when someone tries to communicate a Color That Shouldn't Exist in a cosmic horror movie, invariably it's just like. purple

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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 11h

Goddess in the Doorway came out in 2001, just sayin'

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 21h

ROLLING STONE RANKS THE 250 GREATEST SONGS OF THE 21st CENTURY SO FAR 🚨

The 250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far

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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 14h

they did her so dirty

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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 16h

This week the great @kellyrogers.bsky.social went deep on the PACs (mostly Frey-aligned) out to tip the upcoming Mpls election. racketmn.com/meet-the-big...

Meet the Big-Money Donors Trying to Buy Your Vote in Minneapolis - Racket

PACs will flood this November’s election in Minneapolis with almost $2 million, most of that going to boost the chances of Mayor Jacob Frey and centrist City Council candidates. Who’s bankrolling this...

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 17h

ladies love looking into PACs and campaign finance

i talked to kelly rogers for her piece too! please read this!

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Meet the Big-Money Donors Trying to Buy Your Vote in Minneapolis - Racket

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 19h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 1d

I will follow him wherever he leads

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 1d

educators for palestine are being led in this march by a small child playing a drum

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 1d

*chris cornell voice*

Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 1d

You think you're ready for this but then you see #1.

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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 1d

There'll Always Be an England

Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 1d

lmao a list of the top 20 blues artists of all time where the top 5 are all white guys... hellorayo.co.uk/planet-rock/...

The Top 20 Greatest Blues Artists of All Time

Here at Planet Rock, our resident blues expert Bernard Doherty brings you the...

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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 1d

no apologies, I still love that song, and I was [redacted] years old when it came out

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kingfield

Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 1d

(fwiw I don't think adults should use the word "cringe" but anything for the sake of a joke)

Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 1d

I gave up on trying to keep that guy in line years ago

Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 1d

ABAC (All Bosses Are Cringe)

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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G. Whillikers, Esq. @samuelsaysitall.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone have a trustworthy list of organization to donate to support the fight against ICE raids?

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