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@brendancalling.bsky.social
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OG blogger, bass player, runner, country boy punk rock-n-roller metal head, writer, ordained minister. Lucy Parsons was right. thenogoodcrowd.bandcamp.com FWIW: I hate social media.

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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 1h
That's a good way to go to Hell, torment nuns. Classy.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 1h
Why would anyone be angry at Democrats? Hastert was a Republican who stuck his dick in children. Why would anyone be mad at anyone other than the GOP which protected their pedophile? I mean, unless you feel sorry for pedophiles who get exposed, but that's more you than Democrats.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 1h
This might be the best thing I've ever seen. I love the red dress lady with the plastic face trying to make human expressions. The whole tableau reeks of insincerity. The brunette has disturbing sexual proclivities, and don't even think about what goes on between blue dress and the beards.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 1h
Barbaric: but the Trump administration, once convicted, should be subject to the same.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 4h
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 1h
May I assume this was directed at Maher?
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 1h
It is good to see @anandwrites.bsky.social take down that fuckwad @realbillmaher.bsky.social, who is an arrogant, small-minded, smakc-talking POS with the world's worst case of Dunning Kruger.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 1h
@nbcnews.com won't say it. @msnowcomms.bsky.social @msnowreports.bsky.social won't say it. And neither will @cnn.com or @abcnewsdesk.bsky.social or @cbsnews.com and that's because they like to gargle Trump's balls. Gurgle gurgle, wipe off your chin @jaketapper.bsky.social
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 23h
Instead, he'll be more like a carved wooden stamp.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I hope this is real.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 05/10/2026
Spirit Halloween finally found something scarier than the prices.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm going to throw a big party when Alito dies, and I'm going to collect donations for the gas I'll need to travel to whatever Godforsaken plot of land holds his corpse, so I can take a shit on it.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Serial child molester Dennis Hastert--the model for today's GOP--has finally died and is burning in Hell.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So you make him and the gop kill it. Pass good stuff that people want and make it explicit that the only thing standing between us and paradise is the gop
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Shame? How about the Catherine Wheel?
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
LOL at this poor “haunted” racist who’s regretful now that he got what he wanted. I live for stories like this. This motherfucker has to live with what he did forever, and he deserves it.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A lot of app developers confuse convenience for necessity and inertia for customer loyalty.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
And, @adobe.com wants you to pay subscription for this shit!
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@demsabroad.bsky.social my kid is trans and after reading this I fucking hate you and maybe you should delete yourselves.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We're one month out from Election Day. Listen to Willie. Vote for change this year.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Please stop using AI and dishonoring the memory of Charles Schulz.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So what’s it all about…
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Imagine being that stupid pig, and thinking people would turn on the slasher. Dumbfuck.
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They are acting like the Cornell 7 happened in a vacuum when we just went through the Hockey Canada 5 and the players have all been rehired, and play for both American and Canadian teams. There are no consequences for these kinds of men and the faux outrage is exhausting.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WARNING: The Ellison family is about to own CBS News AND CNN. A judge just cleared the deal. Closing: days away. When one family controls what tens of millions watch, democracy loses a watchdog. Independent media isn't a luxury. It's your last line of defense.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't watch @msnownews.bsky.social ,and now I never will. Go fuck yourselves, @msnowcomms.bsky.social. Go suck Trump's dick, and then wipe his cum all over your face. Don't forget to wipe your chin! And gimme my money back, I didn't say you could use my taxes for your privately-owned TV show.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A song for Tennessee's executioners. A song for the Cornell 7. A song for Donald Trump, his cabinet, and his goon squad. www.youtube.com/watch?v=czLc...
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Satan Is Real
YouTube video by iVenge
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Like I said, these people are going to burn in Hell, a place of everlasting punishment.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you know your Russian History--and I know some--you know this is a country that has rarely been free. A country that is run by thieves and gangsters, whose lack of morals has infected the vast majority of the populace--as Trump and the GOP are doing here in America.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Holodomor 2.0. If Democrats win, we need to turn this around for Ukraine. Russia needs to be punished, and then de-Putinized.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That's the thing: if the evidence was so clear, so convincing, the kind if thing that could change history, so incontrovertible, you wouldn't be putting it behind a paywall. You'd be making sure everyone saw it, everywhere.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of the reasons why, in general, I'm anti-death penalty. This kind of cruelty and torture is morally wrong, and those who participated will go through the same, eternally, in Hell for their sin. NB: My objection does not apply to the current US Administration, its Cabinet, and its goon squad.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I took that test and they told me I didn't have ADHD, which is... interesting.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s SO Vaudeville. I think that was a stylistic choice in the late 60s. “Brand new pair of roller skates” had a similar sound.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Or not know they’re settling. Like modern country fans. Now that’s a genre that will eat it up: pop country.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I still love it. Every once in awhile I put it on, scratches and all, and I’m 5 again. I like to think that Gimme Dat Ding explains why I am the way I am. It sounds like insane circus music, or the band in an old-timey cartoon saloon.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I met one of the guys who played on the “I’m loving it” tagline for McDonalds. He made good money on that, for a long time.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It already is.
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Someone who could interpret things like “normal human interactions,” “talking like a human not a living LLC,” “basic emotions,” and “thinking of others.” That would be great. But until then, this dude can fuck off into the fucking sun, and take his shitty AI hype with him. 14/end
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And here’s this 30-yr old fuck-knuckle, too young and well-off to know shit about fuck to hasten it in. IDK *where* the tech world finds these nerds and their stunted malformed ideas but maybe pair each of ‘em w/ a well-adjusted person—like some kids need in middle school. 13/several
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Musicians, after all, can be pesky. Spotify et al have made making a living a lot harder by not paying proper royalties (IDK the status of lawsuits/legislation), but Saraev would have us removed from the equation entirely. “Music can’t be a real JOB or SKILL if AI can do it bloop beep” 12/several
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That’s because you can’t polish a turd. AI can’t mimic soul, emotional pain, personal joy or loss any more than I can breathe underwater like a fish. At best it will be 21st century Muzak—except it will take work away from musicians. 11/several
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AI can’t tell a story that has any emotion because AI doesn’t have emotion. A friend of mine once sent me some lyrics ChatGPT had generated for a John Prine style country song. It was so godawful, it hurt to read it. “But you can use it as the basis for your own song!” No, no you can’t. 10/several
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don’t see a place in AI for a Neil Young, a DEVO, an Ice-T, a Ralph Stanley, a Phish or Dead. Or a place for Parquet Courts, TV On the Radio, Willi Carlisle. How could there be, there’s no heart or soul in AI music. At best it can be only tones and pitches that sound pleasant together. 9/several
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don’t expect everyone to be as obsessive about music as I can be—it’s part of being a musician. But I’d like to think that most of us are moved by what moves me about music, and that is the HUMAN expression. The person or band behind the song. 8/several
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There is a book that I’ve yet to read by Joh Fahey: “How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life.” Maybe I don’t have to read it, because yes that is true. I’m not exaggerating about any of this. And someone like Saraev—who sees music as just another commodity—is a creature I don’t understand. 7/several
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I got in TROUBLE, several times, over music. Either sneaking out to shows, or getting grounded and then sneaking out to band practice. I’ve had chronic tinitus for so long I can’t remember bc of music. Gfs left me bc of music. I left GFs over music. I’ve moved—frequently!—for music! 6/several
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I was taking piano lessons by 5th grade, and got to a point where I could sight read. But when I was introduced to AC/DC all bets were off—I wish my folks had made me keep doing piano or made me do school band, bc I can’t sight read well—and I was in punk bands by the time I was 15. 5/several
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Brendancalling @brendancalling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I have very specific memories of playing that tune over and over, dancing around my kiddie record player in my parents apartment in NY. For context, we left NY in 1974 or 75. 4/several
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