Randy Haddock

guitar. vocals. yada yada yada. puerto rico to florida to brooklyn to nashville ranhaddock at gmail dot com

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Neighborhood’s looking good.

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Devastating. Thank you for all the beauty. This hurts.

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If you need another reason to stay home, here you go.

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Fellas, we’re doing quarantine mustaches, yes?

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ICE to stop most immigration enforcement inside U.S., will focus on criminals during coronavirus outbreak

“During the COVID-19 crisis, ICE will not carry out enforcement operations at or near health care facilities, such as hospitals, doctors’ offices, accredited health clinics, and emergent or urgent care facilities, except in the most extraordinary of circumstances,” the notification said. “Individuals should not avoid seeking medical care because they fear civil immigration enforcement.”

Curious how so many leftist demands suddenly start being met, out of desperation, when there's a pandemic. Almost as if what's keeping us from being a decent people and doing the right thing is our own complacency in normalcy.

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The fatality rate of COVID-19 is significantly higher than the flu. Immunity, or lack thereof, is the most alarming issue. We've had years and years to build up immunity against various flu strains. In theory, no one is immune from Coronavirus. It's highly contagious. This is why social distancing is so crucial right now. We don't have the capacity to take care of the potential number of people who can get infected. So, seriously, stay way from others as much as you can and wash your hands. Do it for yourself. Do it for your loved ones. Do it for our species. Our system has failed us. We can't fail each other.

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Still on cloud nine from last night. We met Jane Sanders! Blurry from the excitement of the moment!

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Gosh, I love Richard Wolff. He knocks it out of the park in this debate. We're going through a remarkable moment of political shifts. I welcome this saner ideological spectrum with open arms.

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bernie: hey, it'd be cool if you could get that root canal without having to give up your rent money, right?

galaxy american brain: UM ARE YOU SUGGESTING THE WORKERS SEIZE THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION AND ABOLISH THE CAPITALIST STATE AND ESTABLISH A CLASSLESS SOCIETY NO THANK YOU GOOD SIR

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um excuse me

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Today I drove all the way to a small town outside of Nashville to buy a trash bag stuffed with old Harley tees. Got to the gentleman’s house and nobody was there. Drove around to kill some time hoping he’d get back to me. He did. Said he sold it to someone else who got to his house after me. Apparently, he had to go to Lowe’s right before I got there. Don’t give your address to more than one person when you’re selling something, folks. But it’s all good. You win some, you lose some. I got to explore a cute new town and ended up scoring some decent finds. It’s all part of the dance and I live for it!

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I got a bangora hat and a flight jacket today and realized it’s the perfect “sheriff of a small mountain town” look.

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What a day! Definitely not my typical yard/estale sale Saturday. Went to a sale at Porter Wagoner’s old house. It felt like I had stepped into the most incredible time capsule. Walked around his office, perused his closet, admired his wall art, got a kick of all the tchotchkes. It was basically a museum. Nothing was updated and it was amazing. And, whoa, before going inside, I met Nashville country music legend Buck Trent! And, listen to this, I played Porter’s Martin D-41 guitar.

The prices were understandably sky high but I was able to snatch this flood-damaged poster I found in the basement for 5 bucks. Then we came across this yard sale down the road and it turns out the sweet lady there worked at Opry for years and actually knew Porter. We get to talking about country music and she casually mentions Alan Jackson used to live in the back of her house when he first moved to Nashville. I mean, WHAT.

Sometimes I can’t take this town. I love it so much.

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A flat wide collar, thin fabric and a draped casual fit on a beautiful warm day? Sign me up! This one came from an old department store in Alabama that closed in the 70s called Burger Phillips.

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The vintage slinger blues. When you get your hands on a dope piece, you’ve got to...know when to hold it, know when to fold it!

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I got a wooden hanger so old, the printed business phone number is…41.