Luke Hill
@MassCommons
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Tweeting about: books, food, history, music, politics, religion, sports…and anything else that comes to mind. Also at: @masscommons.bsky.social
Joined January 2013
Morning Song - The Freedom Rider by Art Blakey "...fierce, undaunted, polyrhythmic..." #jazz
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Today this little blog celebrates the great Art Blakey, born this day 106 years ago. From the 1950s to the 1980s his longtime band, The Jazz Messengers, produced more great jazz musicians than any …
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@tomricks1 Waging A Good War: Raiding Behind Enemy Lines on the #Freedom Rides @tomricks1 "They traveled light & penetrated deep into enemy territory, unprotected, to take their segregationist enemies by surprise both in their tactics & in their strategy." 8/ https://t.co/8FmXzM5YQp
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(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) The Montgomery Bus Boycott involved most Black reside…
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Morning Song - Delirious by @prince "Baby, lay me down, The room, the room, the room is spinning around..." #FunkyFriday
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There is a lot of competition to get on the short list for “horniest song ever”, but Prince’s 1983 single, “Delirious”, has to be there, right? Even before he starts s…
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@tomricks1 Waging A Good War: The #Nashville Sit-Ins @tomricks1 "These were the #civilrights equivalent of #paratroopers—an elite force of volunteers, well trained & highly motivated, stealthily dropping in on unsuspecting targets." 7/ https://t.co/1g4yZDRHuW
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(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) The lunch counter sit-ins began in Greensboro, NC on …
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Morning Song - T Model #Blues by Lightnin' Hopkins “You know my generator quit generating/my gasoline won’t even percolate…” https://t.co/F11WmEaqpv
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Lightnin’ Hopkins sounds so tore up on “T-Model Blues” I’m starting to think it might be something other than his old Ford that’s lost its get up and go. “You kn…
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@tomricks1 Waging A Good War: Developing a #Nonviolent Cadre @tomricks1 "Every military leader knows that intense training is essential...playing a large role in whether an organization fails or succeeds. The more rigorous & realistic the training, the better." 6/ https://t.co/JTO1M1zUhx
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(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) “The civil rights movement was often creative, …
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@tomricks1 Waging A Good War: Change Is Not Linear @tomricks1 ‘People said, “Great victory in #Montgomery, what does that mean for us? What can we do?” 'It took some time to answer those questions.' #CTVivian 5/ https://t.co/RV73n98n52
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(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) Ricks does not belabor this point, but it’s an …
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Morning Song - The Fate of #Ophelia by @TaylorSwift13 "You dug me out of my grave and Saved my heart from...." https://t.co/YLeDyGgE4e
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The only thing this little blog has to offer to the reams* of commentary already devoted to “The Fate Of Ophelia” is a simple question: What’s the over/under on when Taylor Swift …
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“When Catholic Church leaders, clergy and lay alike, publicly praise Charlie Kirk, many Black Catholics hear them sanctifying a figure who championed rhetoric that served to maintain white supremacy. “
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For many Black Catholics familiar with Charlie Kirk's full record, endorsements of his message by Catholic leaders can be devastating.
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Waging A Good War: Change Is Not Linear @tomricks1 "People said, 'Great victory in #Montgomery, what does that mean for us? What can we do?' It took some time to answer those questions.” https://t.co/RV73n98n52
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(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) Ricks does not belabor this point, but it’s an …
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Morning Song - Will the Wolf Survive? by @LosLobosBand “It’s the truth that they all look for, Something they must keep alive….” h/t: @paranoiacs
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Outsourcing to the magnificently multi-talented Elizabeth Nelson for commentary on “Will The Wolf Survive?”, title cut to Los Lobos’ 1984 major label debut album: “It’…
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@tomricks1 Waging A Good War: The Siege of #Montgomery @tomricks1 "...(m)ore than anything else, they were well-organized." 4/ https://t.co/ssMAWFJnn7
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(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) It’s best known as a bus boycott. Its practitio…
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Morning Song - Opus 38, No. 4 #Andante in A Major by Felix #Mendelssohn "...like a hymn of thanksgiving." #SongsWithoutWords
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(One in an occasional Monday series of Felix Mendelssohn’s Lieder Ohne Worte (Songs Without Words).) With Mendelssohn’s Opus 38, No. 4, you can hear why he and his sister named this new music…
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"All behavior makes sense with enough information." The Art of Spending #Money
@MorganHousel on @MoneyUnpluggedP with @ChrisHillALX
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Listen to Money Unplugged with Chris Hill. The new podcast from long-time host and executive producer of Motley Fool Money podcast and radio show.
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Morning Song - Done Made My Vow to the Lord by The @MorganStateU Choir "...I will go, I shall go, to see what the end will be." #gospel
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The repetition of a single sound (“Om”), word (“Krishna”, “Jesus”), or sentence (“Namu myoho renge kyo”, “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living …
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Morning Song - Topsy Turvy Part 2 by Cozy Cole "At the late 1950s intersection of soul #jazz, show bands, the #mambo craze, and magnificent #drum solos...." Enjoy. https://t.co/tyL1algAsp
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At the late 1950s intersection of soul jazz, show bands, the mambo craze, and magnificent drum solos (starting at 0:57 and lasting for a good 40% of the song), there’s Cozy Cole’s ̶…
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@tomricks1 Waging A Good War: King's First Speech @tomricks1 "It was an amazing presentation. King…had laid out the way forward...planting the flag of nonviolent action. And he...foresaw ultimate victory. He did it all in just 16 minutes." https://t.co/xaBF03EnQB
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(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was 26 years old…
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Morning Song - Powers Collide by Them Vibes "...trippy, surrealistic, psychedelic #funk..." #FunkyFriday
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In answer to Waylon Jennings’ song/question, “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way”, no. No, I’m pretty sure Hank Williams didn’t do it the way East Nashville band Them …
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Waging A Good War: How Bad It Was @tomricks1 “In the first 6 weeks of 1946, police in Birmingham, Alabama, killed several Black vets, perhaps 5 in total (though the number is not certain due to careless official record-keeping).” 2/ https://t.co/iELmDwinq8
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(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) To set the stage for the Movement’s emergence, …
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Morning Song - Once in a Lifetime by @angeliquekidjo "And you may say to yourself, "My God, what have I done?" #FirstRuleOfCoverSongs
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I think Angelique Kidjo understands what Talking Heads (and specifically, lyricist/lead singer David Byrne) were trying to say in their existentially weird 1981 single, “Once In A Lifetime…
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