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Bob Van Deusen
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Just an old-fashioned guy chillin' on his patio.
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Happy Friday. Today’s jam is an entire album, and it’s worth your time. Alex Chilton and a group of amazing session musicians came together for an unrehearsed benefit concert. Mark Deming provides an excellent review with the full backstory.
January 30, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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You go, @ruthmarcus.bsky.social
"To ask about this, again and again, is not slander, it is an obligation... Because to let this episode slide...would be to accept that no accountability is ever imposed on anyone in Trump’s orbit. Where’s the fifty thousand?"
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand
Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.
www.newyorker.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Good morning. Today’s jam is an uptempo mix featuring Blondie, Army/Navy, Superchunk, Camera Obscura, and The Regrettes. Have a good weekend.
open.spotify.com/playlist/373...
#TheFridayJam #FridayPlaylist #MusicSkye #Blondie #ArmyNavy #Superchunk #CameraObscura #TheRegrettes
Friday Jam V4 - 01/23/26
open.spotify.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Vance: If we're trying to find a sex offender, tell us where the guy lives.
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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Happy Friday. Volume 3 of the Friday Jam features the Stones sounding like the Dead as well as The Kinks, The Feelies, The Hold Steady, and The Doors.

open.spotify.com/playlist/0yI...

#TheFridayJam #FridayPlaylist #MusicSkye
#TheRollingStones #TheKinks #TheFeelies #TheHoldSteady #TheDoors
The Friday Jam V3 - 01/16/26
open.spotify.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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Really happy to share that I have written a Toppermost!
www.toppermost.co.uk/mazzy-star/
Mazzy Star - Toppermost
Mazzy Star formed in 1988 in Santa Monica, California. The band's creative principals were guitarist and instrumentalist David Roback and singer and lyricist Hope Sandoval.
www.toppermost.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds. This is a great album. I have this import version with 8 extra tracks, including a cover of the Stones’ "Jivin' Sister Fanny". If you ever see it in a used bin, you should grab it.

www.discogs.com/release/6194...

open.spotify.com/album/0C5dXQ...
Izzy Stradlin And The Ju Ju Hounds
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January 13, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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It's been a brutal week, America. Not much else to say. Here is the Friday Jam.

#TheFridayJam #FridayPlaylist #Americana #SonVolt #DavidBowie #CSNY #SteveEarle #NowPlaying
open.spotify.com/playlist/5P7...
Spotify – Web Player
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January 9, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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For fun, I am going to drop a short playlist every Friday for the year. This is volume 1.
open.spotify.com/playlist/3GT...
#TheFridayJam #TheClash #TedLeo #BruceSpringsteen #NowPlaying
The Friday Jam V1 - 01/02/26
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January 2, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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On Jack Smith deposition, now released:

100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning.

Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print.

What Smith says is far more incriminating.
Excerpt from Jack Smith deposition: For nearly three decades I have been a career prosecutor. I have served during both Republican and Democratic administrations and I've been guided by those principles in every role I've held. I continued to honor those principles when I was appointed to serve as special counsel in November of 2022. The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions, as alleged in the indictments returned by grand juries in two different districts. Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power. Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed that President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January of 2021, storing them at his social club, including in a ballroom and a bathroom. He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents. I remain grateful for the counsel, judgment, and advice of my team as I executed my responsibilities. I am both saddened and angered that President Trump has sought revenge against career prosecutors, FBI agents, and support staff simply for doing their jobs and for having worked on those cases.
December 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Good Morning Boise.

Pete Droge : Hampton Inn Room 306

open.spotify.com/track/4LfxEH...

music.apple.com/us/search?te...

#NowPlaying #RoomWithaCrappyView #PeteDroge
A picture of the Hampton Inn in downtown Boise
December 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM