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City boy, desert rat. Author: 'Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking and Street Music' (available now from Amazon, Bookshop[dot]org and your local bookseller) Solid 💙

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 29/04/2026
… and a big welcome to @caryroo.bsky.social to Team Tonearm — this is his debut piece for our humble online magazine ✨
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Made my writing debut in The Tonearm today—“an online journal of unexpected music and culture.” Frank Fairfield was raised a Mennonite in Guatemala, self-taught banjo player scoured junk shops and swap meets for 78 RPM records, reinventing himself as a pre-war folk and blues character. Link below⬇️
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
“He’s already got worst president on lock but I’m going to go ahead and pronounce him ‘worst American of all time.’ Jack White rules…now more than ever (And his #Coachella set…OMG)
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
He'll make elections fair the way the Minneapolis streets are safer now.
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Which Steve Miller Band song does this most remind you of? Big Ol’ Jet Airliner or Your Kash Ain’t Nothin’ But Trash ?
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 17/12/2025
Music industry veteran Cary Baker explores the soul of street music in 'Down On The Corner' featuring stories from Lucinda Williams and Billy Bragg. A fascinating look at the buskers who keep our cities singing. zurl.co/Fy5RJ
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Cary Baker Explores The History Of Busking In 'Down On The Corner' Book - That Eric Alper
Veteran music industry insider Cary Baker has made a triumphant return to his literary roots with the release of his definitive history of street performance. ‘Down On The Corner: Adventures in Busking & Street Music’ traces the vibrant evolution of public performance from the 1920s to the modern digital era. Drawing on decades of firsthand […]
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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Why Dems Should Force Kristi Noem Out
Keep the momentum going.
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Nama-f#cking-sté 🙏🧘‍♂️
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The time to rise has been engaged.
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Finest Worksong (Remastered)
YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Greenland: Essential for our national security. NATO: Not so much.
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🎵 Wake up, MAGA, I think I got something to say to you
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/01/2026
I am not exaggerating when I say ICE functions as a terrorist organization in the Twin Cities. The goal seems to be to harass and frighten people (the ones who are lucky enough to not be abducted, at least) and it's deeply unsettling when you learn they're in your neighborhood.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I always thought MLK’s ‘Mountaintop’ speech was his best, which was given the day before he was killed. It is especially relevant given what is happening now in MN and elsewhere. He was getting many serious threats, which he references in his line “I may not get there with you.”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Grinning like a 5-year old getting his participation trophy at the post-season T-ball pizza party.
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
If I serve no other purpose on this planet, at least I created pre-sets for NPR radio stations in loaner cars I borrow while my car is at the dealer for maintenance.
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Forget all else. THIS is what you need to worry about the most.
wapo.st
Trump is trying to change how the midterm elections are conducted
Many of these endeavors go far beyond typical political persuasion, challenging long-established democratic norms.
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Why is it that the worst person in the U.S. is the president of the U.S.?
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Congresswoman Robin Kelly @robinkelly.house.gov · 08/01/2026
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy. She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
"They killed my wife," the distraught woman says, adding, "They shot her in the head."
An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was driving an SUV in Minneapolis on Wednesday. / Screenshot/@Breaking911"They killed my wife. I don't know what to do," the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. "We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head," the woman cries.
"We have a six-year-old at school," she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. "We're new here," the distraught woman says in despair.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Thank God there is video and we don’t have only Kristi Noem’s lies about this - which she likely got from the agents’ supervisor. If there were no videos, as is the case with many criminal incidents, just imagine how big the lies get.
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Nothing to add — this says it all.
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
January 6, 2021 Never forget
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The US is now responsible for the governance of Venezuela. Toppling the regime of a smaller country is always the easy part. The hard part is what comes after. Neo-cons always expect a pro-US nirvana. It rarely works out. But I suppose the oil companies can seize some assets.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
“A dark moment.”
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
NO WAR. FULL STOP. Trump has already launched an unconstitutional war for oil. We’re organizing now. Join us TODAY for a protest sign–making party at campaign HQ as we prepare for the larger Emergency Day of Action downtown opposing war on Venezuela. 🕝 2:30–3:30 PM 📍 7016 N Clark St, Rogers Park
NO WAR! Protest sign making party at Kat Abughazaleh's campaign HQ, today Saturday January 3 from 2:30 - 3:30 pm CT at 7016 N Clark St. JOIN US TODAY! 
Image Description: Rapid response post sharing event details, with Kat making protest signs pictured.
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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Here’s the thing. Almost all of the shit that has taken place to date could at least theoretically be undone. Wouldn’t be easy, but there was a way back. Invading another country and abducting their leader? Can’t be undone. The damage is permanent and irreversible.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Bernie’s pissed at the guy who feels he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
A warm, unifying, uptempo, seasonal feel-good message to all Americans from our benevolent commander-in-chief as the page turns on a brand new year. Gives one faith that this is going to be a fabulous year—and that the big guy's got your back and mine—putting a contagious spring right into your step
thedailybeast.com
Trump Ends 2025 With Wild Hate-Posting Spree: ‘Rot in Hell’
The president spent the holiday reminding his foes how much he despises them.
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Countdown to the inevitable joyous, unifying, uplifting presidential holiday tweet: "MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone, including the Radical Left Lunatics who..."
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Two days til the joyous, unifying, uplifting presidential tweet: "MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone, including the Radical Left Lunatics who..."
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Michael Cohen joins Dean to talk MAGA infighting, Epstein files, Bari Weiss and more
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Michael Cohen joins Dean to talk MAGA infighting, Epstein files, Bari Weiss and more
A recording from Michael Cohen and Dean Obeidallah's live video
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Bradley Morgan @bradleymorgan.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking & Street Music (@caryroo.bsky.social, Jawbone Press, 2025) Profiling both obscure and well-known street musicians chronicling the history and future of this truly populist musical tradition. newbooksnetwork.com/down-on-the-...
Cover for Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking & Street Music (@caryroo.bsky.social, Jawbone Press, 2025)
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
This is beyond the beyond...downright surreal, even for this White House occupancy...
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White House adds plaques below Biden and Obama portraits, calling them ‘the worst President in American history’ and ‘divisive’
Newest additions appear to be part of the administration’s ongoing ‘troll’ campaign against former presidents and Trump’s opponents
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
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"One Post Away From War"
Calling it enforcement doesn’t change reality: a blockade is war, Congress was bypassed, law was ignored, and American families are left to pay the price.
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Peter Blackstock @peterblackstocksd.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Every single elected official in America should tell us where they stand on this. EVERY SINGLE ONE.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
For generations to come, Donald Trump will be remembered as being the WORST president in U.S. history. Not even close.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive: 2015: 332 2016: 383 2017: 347 2018: 335 2019: 414 2020: 611 2021: 689 2022: 644 2023: 659 2024: 503 So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days. We do not have to keep living like this.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Murdoch, McConnell, Cruz, Graham, Gingrich, Abbott, Rubio, McCarthy, DeSantis, Sessions, Gaetz, Ryan, Cornyn, Cheney, Priebus, Palin, M. Johnson: YOU helped create this monster 👹
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
This is both disgusting and expected. The Scumbag-in-Chief
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
This x 1,000!!!
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Still in a state of shock trying to process the tragic loss of one of the most gifted men in the entertainment industry & his wife when the Embarrassment-in-Chief disgraces common human decency with this repulsive, deranged statement. #NoWords 🤮
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
McConnell, Cruz, Graham, Gingrich, Abbott, Rubio, McCarthy, DeSantis, Sessions, Cornyn, Cheney, Priebus, Palin, M. Johnson: You helped create this monster 👹
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
consequence.net
Even By Trump's Standards, His Reaction to Rob Reiner's Death Is Gross
Donald Trump is using all the energy he saves by sleeping through cabinet meetings to mock the murder of director Rob Reiner.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
'We Can't Change These Hateful People, America. We Have to Outnumber Them.' johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/we-cant-ch...
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
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Opinion | Trump’s closure of Voice of America is coming back to bite him
As the president threatens Venezuela, Russia and China are filling the information vacuum.
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caryroo.bsky.social @caryroo.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Never forget: AOL purchased Warner Bros. once upon a time. Who could forget AOL-Time-Warner?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
So he’s saying when he was a podcaster he was being paid to lie and invent conspiracies for his listeners but now he has to tell the truth.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released. “And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
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