Michaelangelo Matos

Yes, That Mancini’s: How a Legendary St. Paul Steakhouse Raised $35K for the Resistance - Racket ‘The Gathering for Good’ brought the West 7th neighborhood together.

Long read for your long Friday lunch.

worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.

Receipts:

KENNEDY: You said, 'Republicans think can troll their way to ethnic cleansing.' Did I read that correctly?

BIER: DHS tweeted for 100m deportations. That would be ethnic cleansing!

K: You don't think it's hyperbolic?

B: I think advocating 100m deportations is ethnic cleansing. Yes. Your time is up

That squares with my memories exactly.

Did you, like me, think that a “pivot to video” would mean you’d run into fewer people who needed to comment without reading the article?

We’re the fools.

you'd read the Sunday comics section, at some point realize they had 'em every day in the A&E section, notice they wrote about movies and TV shows in there too, and next thing you knew you were a fourth grader reading books with names like The Great TV Sitcom Book and Guide for the Film Fanatic

people not understanding criticism is another result of the death of newspapers (and, before that, the death of arts coverage in newspapers)

Yes, That Mancini’s: How a Legendary St. Paul Steakhouse Raised $35K for the Resistance - Racket ‘The Gathering for Good’ brought the West 7th neighborhood together.

“[Mancini] said, ‘I’m not ICE. We’re not ICE. And our neighbors are being harmed. I’m very concerned about what’s going on in our community, and we want to do something to help. What can we do?’" racketmn.com/yes-that-man...

Joan Crawford leads the Charleston extravaganza in a scene from Sally, Irene and Mary (1925). Remember: decaf after dinner.

Anyway, a hearty fuck you to Dems who keep playing the "our friends across the aisle" game and who keep voting for Republican priorities and nominees. The GOP considers themselves to be in a civil war, the goal of which is to eliminate all opposition to their agenda. Fucking acknowledge it.

If you are watching Trump's presser right now, you are seeing beyond reasonable doubt a person not mentally suited for any position of responsibility. Even running a small store.

GOP members of the House and Senate: You are seeing this too.

You average normie Democrat in 2026 loves AOC, wants to abolish ICE, and thinks Israel shouldn’t get another penny from us.

It’s laughable how out of touch centrist consultants and politicians are.

Seconded!

This is almost word for word what marjorie taylor greene said for four years and twice in the past five months she was on The View being celebrated for her courage and candor

You know what was great about working on this? Every single @racketmn.com editor had great suggestions. Four people were working to make this piece better.

Liza Minnelli celebrating her Best Actress Academy Award win for CABARET with her father Vincente Minnelli at the 1973 #Oscars

Fascinating thread—Toots and The Maytals were musical guest in the 21st century! (I urge you not to check who the host was that night)

One thing I loved about the Questlove doc is that it leaned so heavily on that 70s old-timey stuff.

Also, to be clear, I urge everyone to seek out that Eubie/Gregory Hines SNL performance from 1979. Utterly charming and both are incredible.

And he was the pianist, but rules are rules. Fun list!

LOW DOWN BLUES : Noble Sissle and His Sizzling Syncopators : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Performer: Noble Sissle and His Sizzling SyncopatorsWriter: Sissle and BlakeBLUES CHARACTER SONG.Digitized at 78 revolutions per minute. Four stylii were used...

1921: archive.org/details/78_l...

Just in case--one of the most satisfying pieces I've ever worked on. A sterling example of mutual aid in action.

I think this deserves at least as much sustained attention from US media as Claudine Gay's dissertation

Yes, That Mancini’s: How a Legendary St. Paul Steakhouse Raised $35K for the Resistance - Racket ‘The Gathering for Good’ brought the West 7th neighborhood together.

A story of West 7th excellence.

Interview: Minneapolis musical innovators Sukpatch return with archival album 'Thin Skin Diver' Sukpatch’s Stephen Hermann and Chris Heidman discuss Thin Skin Diver, a brimming new compilation of Sukpatch’s work, and share stories of Mike D watching them perform at 7th St Entry and more exploits...

My big week of freelancing concludes with this super fun interview with Sukpatch, whose new collection is a lot of fun. Thanks to The Current for asking! www.thecurrent.org/feature/2026...

Tabu Ley Rochereau - Kaful Mayay (audio) YouTube video by Syllart Records

#davidsmonthofmusic
#musicchallenge

An artist who has passed away

Tabu Ley Rochereau - "Kaful Mayay" www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1sn...

The Concert for George is that rare case where a large all-star band wasn’t actually detrimental to the material, but was probably necessary to do it justice.

It's tremendous. I was shocked at how powerful it is.

Paul McCartney - All Things Must Pass (Live) YouTube video by GeorgeHarrisonVEVO

So much going on here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6ia...