Cloud Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown

They do not do; they are. Ursula K LeQuin

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bassist Jymie Merritt, drummer Max Roach & trumpeter Freddie Hubbard in 1966

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Mayor Mamdani stands by criticizing AIPAC

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Eric Burdon & The Animals - When I Was Young (1967) ♫♥

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On this day in music history: July 6, 1957 - John Lennon meets Paul McCartney for the first time at the Woolton Village Fete in Liverpool. They are introduced to each other by mutual friend Ivan Vaughn. The then sixteen year old Lennon is there with his skiffle band The Quarrymen, who are performing on a flatbed truck in the church garden. McCartney (fifteen years old at the time) attends the fete at the invitation of Vaughn. Following the bands performance, Lennon and McCartney meet. During this meeting, McCartney sings and plays the Eddie Cochran song “Twenty Flight Rock” (along with several other songs). He also shows Lennon how to properly tune a guitar. Impressed with McCartney’s musical skill, Lennon asks him to join The Quarrymen a short time later and he accepts. The first meeting between two teenagers marks the beginning of one of the greatest songwriting partnerships, and the genesis of one of the greatest rock & roll bands in history.

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The Pastrycook, 1928. August Sander. Gelatin silver

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👏👏👏

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High Tide and RAIN. 5:40 to 5:50 am. 67º F. July 6, 2026. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT. (@dkct25)

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Mel Brooks, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Gene Wilder, and Teri Garr on the set of Young Frankenstein (1974).

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Happy 100th, Mel Brooks.

With Anne Bancroft in 1983.

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Some Democrats think the party has gone too far left and needs to readjust towards the “center.” Rubbish. Where’s the center between democracy and oligarchy, and why would Democrats want to be there?

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The Band’s debut album was released on 1 July 1968.

While much of the music was composed by Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, and Richard Manuel in the pink house they shared in West Saugerties, NY (where they recorded the Basement Tapes with Bob Dylan), the recording of Music from Big Pink took place in New York City and Los Angeles.

Dylan had initially wanted to participate in the recording sessions, but decided that the Band needed to establish their own identity. He provided 3 songs on the album, “I Shall Be Released,” “Tears of Rage” (co-written with Richard Manuel), and “This Wheel’s on Fire” (co-written with Rick Danko).

Dylan also provided the artwork for the album cover (much has been made of the fact that Dylan’s painting includes 6 musicians, while The Band has only 5 members).

While the album received mostly positive reviews, it sold only modestly at the time in the US (it was a bigger hit in Canada and the UK).

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From your humble interlocutor: Fast Eddy had just come back from a run to Vancouver to pick up a kilo of weed. He made a stop or two at record stores and he brought this treasure back. Me and Fang showed up shortly after he arrived to score a lid and were invited to have a listen. It was a good day.

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Saw my first fireflies this year last week!