I haven't posted in ages. Somehow the image of a bird singing seems more inspiring than the universal symbol for NO. But I digress. Tomorrow night and Friday, I will be at The Bitter End celebrating Evening Train's 25th with Will Lee & Shawn Pelton + more! https://t.co/sR8JAlqIri

7/ Found another one: there’s $100 million in the bill for OMB to find “budget and accounting efficiencies in the executive branch”. What? What does that mean? There's no explanation. It's just a slush fund for MAGA chieftain Russ Vought. $100 MILLION. That's not small money!!!

6/ Here's another one. Trump snuck $40 million in this bill for a "statue garden". Likely will be filled with MAGA "heroes", reportedly maybe somewhere in South Dakota. Plenty of money for Trump statue gardens, but not enough money to keep feeding hungry kids.

5/ The bill cuts the help middle income Americans get to buy health care on the Affordable Care Act exchange. A 60 year old couple making $85,000 (not a king's ransom) would see a $26,000 increase in health care premiums. Yes, that's right - $26,000.

4/ A new tax break for coal companies! So the tax incentives for wind and solar are GONE, and the coal industry is getting NEW tax incentives. It's official policy now to to not just deny global warming exists - but to actively make it WORSE.

3/ The bill BANS state regulation of AI - a stone cold giveaway to the tech companies who want to addict our kids, pollute our politics, and kill our jobs with zero guardrails. Rumor is there's a new language coming, but it's still an effective ban. Just an outrage.

2/ It was bad enough they cut all the tax incentives for wind and solar energy - they added a NEW TAX on these projects to make sure America never builds any new renewables. Remember, Trump promised the oil industry provisions like this in exchange for a $1B campaign donation.

Ok, so Republicans just introduced a 900 page bill none of them have read. But my team is going through it line by line and on this 🧵you can see the hidden provisions we found. Will update all day. 1/ NEW Medicaid cuts, so now 17 million - instead of 16M - lose health care.

Happy Jukebox Sunday to all! I play with a lot of talented people, but @robmathesmusic possesses all those talents rolled into one package.🤯 He’s so great to work with.🤩 Please enjoy “Evening Train”! 🎧 https://t.co/f481qMbyNp 🎧 #thisboyslife #robmathes #eveningtrain

Twelve Hours https://t.co/ga0KL8G6Ns via @YouTube As I prep music for the Holiday Concert (December 20th, 21st and 22nd at SUNY/Purchase-www.artscenter.org), I came across this clip from the Bitter End 20 years ago!!! Listen to BILLY MASTERS!! Amazing. Come see him in 10 days!

Big news! A handful of front and second-row seats for The #RobMathes Holiday Concerts Dec 20, 21, and 22 have opened up! These are going to go fast, so if you don't have your tickets yet, now's the time to buy! @robmathesmusic Tickets: https://t.co/xP4SWbCNW4 #holiday #concert

For years I wrote modern hymns and songs for various churches. I am bringing new music and some of the best of that old music to the beautiful Christ Church sanctuary the last Sunday of the month in a service called Joyful Noise. The next one is SUNDAY! 11/24/24 at 5pm. Join us!

Tomorrow 9/29-5pm Christ Church in Greenwich CT, this ne'er do well left of center man will be playing some Gospel and Blues and leading some craggy, vibey Worship Songs. A short hour long service followed by a set of four/five songs from the Vault if you want to stick around!!

Steve Jobs email he sent himself 13 months before he died. Whenever I re-read this, I regret waiting so long to have read it again.

I used to think I was rational. Then I read Daniel Kahneman's Nobel Prize-winning work on human decision-making. He routinely asks 8 questions to expose cognitive traps you fall into daily. Test yourself with these questions (it's the ultimate BS detector for your brain):

Magicians who, in most cases if not all, were not sufficiently paid for their contribution to American Music. A bunch of geniuses in that photo! We owe them MUCH!

A Great Day in Harlem Ever wondered who is where in the picture? 📷 by Art Kane (August 12, 1958)

Tammy and I went last night and those three are treasures. Steve Nieve, Pete Thomas and Elvis himself. Great versions of Mystery Dance and Red Shoes and Pete's insane drum groove on an endlessly funky dub version of Watching The Detectives! Bravo!

Gustav Mahler was born on this day in 1860! Mahler was one of Leonard Bernstein's most beloved composers, and his passion for Mahler contributed to the composer’s resurgent popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly in Europe.

I have been receiving calls all day to opine on last nights debate. Here is my take: Two seniors FAR past their PRIME lacking the overview, discipline, sophistication, and humility to step down for the good of the country and the world. One is lost and roaming around the