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Not yet. Sen. Chuck Grassley is 91.

www.desmoinesregister.com/story/…/77432845007/

Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley is once again 3rd in line for president. Here's why:

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley has again assumed the position of Senate president pro tempore, putting him third in the presidential line of succession.

The Des Moines Register

jaz Nov 4

These United States: Ken Burns on America's continuing revolution

https://midwest.social/post/38291970

These United States: Ken Burns on America's continuing revolution - midwest.social

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has long been a chronicler of the American experience. He talks with John Dickerson about his latest film for PBS, “The American Revolution”; the importance of studying history; and why the end of the Revolutionary War did not mean the end of our nation’s revolution. - The American Revolution | A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein & David Schmidt | Official Trailer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lruEtNTN9oY] - The Triumphs and Tragedies of the American Revolution, with Ken Burns | The David Frum Show [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZC6CnGX8qU] > …David Frum speaks with filmmaker Ken Burns about his new documentary series on the American Revolution. Together, they explore the Revolution’s competing legacies—liberty and exclusion, heroism and hypocrisy—and how its unresolved contradictions still shape the nation’s identity. Burns reflects on the moral complexity of figures like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, the forgotten role of Loyalists and Indigenous nations, and the Revolution’s echoes in contemporary America.

jaz Nov 4

Insecure Men - Cleaning Bricks (Official Video) [Fresh]

https://midwest.social/post/38290804

Insecure Men - Cleaning Bricks (Official Video) [Fresh] - midwest.social

Lemmy

jaz Nov 4

GURP - Eaten All the Words [Gypsy Punk]

https://midwest.social/post/38258617

GURP - Eaten All the Words [Gypsy Punk] - midwest.social

Lemmy

jaz Nov 4

Chicano Mosh - Los Viejos (Music Video)

https://midwest.social/post/38257654

Chicano Mosh - Los Viejos (Music Video) - midwest.social

Los Viejos Freak out They talk about you like a freak now The way you dress among some other things Amor, ya vámonos de aquí Ya no oigan a los viejos Que no saben lo que dicen Y siempre se contradicen Ya no saben que decir Freak out They look ay you like you’re a freak now The way you dress among some other things Amor, ya vámonos de aquí Ya no oigan a los viejos Que no saben lo que dicen Y siempre se contradicen Ya no saben que decir

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jaz Nov 4

Several come up searching “ambient music composition” in YouTube. Not sure if you’re looking for practical tips or interviews with successful composers.

Ambient Composing Secrets: Scoring Under Dialogue For Film & TV

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZfNc_oCwOc

Ambient Composing Secrets: Scoring Under Dialogue For Film & TV

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jaz Nov 3

Appropriate cover for an ambient, hazy, and mostly chilled out release.

jaz Nov 2

A tale of two cities - Detroit and NYC electing mayors in different moods | Mitch Albom (Detroit Free Press)

https://midwest.social/post/38139814

A tale of two cities - Detroit and NYC electing mayors in different moods | Mitch Albom (Detroit Free Press) - midwest.social

https://archive.is/fCeNk [https://archive.is/fCeNk] > I am writing this on a plane between New York City and Detroit, which is fitting, because I have lived in both places. Each of them will elect a new mayor this week, and traditionally if Americans assumed which one would be facing major ugly issues at election time, from crushing economics to homelessness to nasty accusations between the candidates, they might assume Detroit. > > Not anymore. > > … > > During that same time, Detroit has had just one mayor, Mike Duggan, who led the city out of bankruptcy, heavily eliminated the blight issues, brought down crime, brought up investment, and recently boasted an 84% approval rating. > > … > > In New York, Mamdani has divided the voters — and in many ways, the nation — as to his intentions, his qualifications and his honesty. > > His proponents see him as a fresh face unbeholden to the political machine, an advocate for the poor and the marginalized, a Muslim man who knows what it means to battle hate, and a young guy who gets that the cost of renting an apartment in New York is insane, like pretty much everything else there. > > His critics see him as a slick product of the social media age, an anti-rich, antisemitic activist with unworkable ideas borne from the Democratic Socialist party to which he proudly claims membership. They paint him as a hypocritical poser, claiming to be marginalized when his father is an Ivy League professor and his mother an Oscar-nominated film director.

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jaz Nov 1

Find an old Kurzweil K2000S or K2500S. Very powerful workstation for its time. Lay down tracks immediately with presets or dive deep into sampling with wildly creative modulation and effects with high degree of mapping and control.

jaz Nov 1

The Replacements - Swingin Party (Ed Stasium Mix)

https://midwest.social/post/38116801

The Replacements - Swingin Party (Ed Stasium Mix) - midwest.social

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