Hey everyone! It’s another day ending in Y. Somehow I managed to leave the last cafe and lounge in draft mode for a couple days. Oops. I will try not to repeat that again.
Sarah Cooper is graced TikTok and Twitter with her latest impersonation, this time of Don Jr.:
How to Don jr pic.twitter.com/NSYhO0DNYS
— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) October 19, 2020
John Oliver is back explaining WHO and its importance:
Seth Meyers has fun covering Trump’s continued meltdown:
Now if Trump is serious about leaving the country, we’re here for it. I hear that Siberia is very lovely in January.
While I’m at it, I’ve become a fan of Brent Terhune this year. I’m wishing I knew about his comedy before this year, but better late than never. Someone else I followed on Twitter quote tweeted a video of Brent’s and added some comments about being outraged by whatever it was Brent was up to that day. Folks really ought to read the bio before they get outraged. He’s a comedian. Satire is his thing. And he does it well. His impersonation of a MAGAt is hilarious, especially for those of us who’ve spent significant parts of our lives in the South or were otherwise raised Southern. Here’s his latest:
Pat Robertson says TRUMPS’ gonna win 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/ai5f7nQdP8
— Brent Terhune on Bluesky (@BrentTerhune) October 20, 2020
Alright y’all. Going to end on that note. Bar’s open. Drink responsibly. The jukebox really works now. Give it a whirl.
Cheers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgTTF4oy_EA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhRnJ5DO5g0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJNNX5xmgH4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fZnOIVq-lw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIaS_vYIQ_A&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ymkBEhdHBE
Hopefully those of y’all who could do early voting have done so by now. In my household, we took the calculated risk that voting in person early would be on the low risk side as far as the ‘rona is concerned. One of the adult kids drove into town and spent the day with us. But yeah, all four voting age members of the household voted in unison. Sort of a family tradition. It won’t last forever, but glad we have that going on while we can.
Thought I’d drop a bit of edutainment on you. I may go ahead and lead with this on the next cafe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_WJ4PpxWaE
Does remind me that back when the predecessor of Progress Pond was formed over 15 years ago, there was this cadre of jazz buffs who would post diaries fairly regularly. They’re all long gone, I suppose. Maybe some are still lurking. I dunno. This Hazel Scott documentary is a nod to that crew, and more importantly a nod to those who stood up against fascist impulses whenever they have emerged in the US. By the way, a couple other vids I slipped in on this cafe/lounge are nods to the old jazz crew. James Blood Ulmer was for a time part of Ornette Coleman’s band in the early 1970s. Sonny Sharrock was revered in free/avant jazz circles. For fans of Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, Sharrock scored the theme for the show that essentially led to Adult Swim, Space Ghost Coast to Coast. At one point in my life I was an amateur radio DJ who hosted a jazz show. That went on for a few years – thanks to college radio (yeah, that was a thing once). Mostly I specialized in free jazz from the 1950s-early 1980s, as well as some fusion in its various forms from the late 1960s-early 1980s (when it devolved into new age and smooth jazz). Filled in the blanks with some very old-school classics like Billie Holiday and Jellyroll Morton to some of the more orchestral work that Miles Davis and Gil Evans collaborated on. Throw in some bebop, hardbop, and some cool/west coast jazz, and I could mix it up for a couple hours. Good times.