I’m sorry but has there EVER been a better drum and bass line on a record in the history of mankind, than Sly and Robbie’s on Grace Jones’ Private Life?? I don’t think so! RIP Sly.

This is why I love #LiveTV 🤣🤣 - you just never know what you’ll get sometimes! A #coyote casually crosses the street in the back of my live shot while I’m reporting on a #mountainlion captured & released… What a wild day!

People not in the Epstein files: - drag queens - transgender athletes - librarians - Black journalists - “radical leftist scum” - hungry family needing SNAP benefits - workers on strike - the cast of Sesame Street

Billy Bass Nelson, Parliament-Funkadelic Bassist, Dead at 75 The musician, who co-founded the Parliaments with George Clinton, coined the name 'Funkadelic.’ Access the free article here: rollingstone.com/music/music-ne…

Chuck Negron, Three Dog Night Co-Founder Who Sang 'Joy to the World' and Other Smashes, Dies at 83 variety.com/2026/music/obi…

I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.

I’m affected by layoffs at The Washington Post today. There aren’t enough words to describe the immense privilege and profound responsibility I’ve felt since hired at 25 as an editor. As a Black woman covering politics (a dwindling cohort), today that feeling is magnified.

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

My colleague Marty Weil is one of The Post’s last living ties to Watergate. He’s covered stories that range from local crime to the Sept. 11 attacks to whimsical weather musings. After 60 years, he was laid off yesterday by email. nytimes.com/2026/02/05/bus…

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Lamonte McLemore, founding member of Fifth Dimension. Lamonte and the group brought unforgettable joy, harmony, and soul to The Ed Sullivan Show stage, helping define a golden era of music and television. Rest in peace, Lamonte. 🎶💙

I literally just wrote 4,000 words on the murder at the Washington Post, and even I don’t have words for this.*** ***At least words that wouldn’t violate every self-respecting social media policy, including that of my employer.

With the fate of The Catalyst, one of Santa Cruz's, Ca. live music venues, in the balance, this post looks back to the pre-internet days when Catalyst Santa Cruz would mail out its announcements. This from Nov. 1991. #ThrowbackThursday Bad Manners Official Los Lobos

Very bummed to hear about the phasing out of mass paperbacks. Great convenient size and no ads. I happen to be reading one now. Louis L'Amour

I’ve only got two, maybe three good Motown puns left in me. Four Tops.

Jeff Bezos fired more than 300 people and didn’t even arrange for them to get safely home. Staffers were abandoned in foreign countries and war zones and are having to crowd source to get home. One of the richest men in the world left them behind.

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80-year-old British artist Labi Siffre has announced he'll be releasing his first new album in 28 years. The album is titled 'Unfinished Business' and is set to release later this year. Siffre released a new song "Far Away" along with a new video. He also made a rare live

Statue of Jimmy Cliff to be put up in Jamaica The much-loved singer, whose real name was James Chambers, passed away on 24 November 2025 at the age of 81 voice-online.co.uk/news/world-new…