Sean Padilla (He/They) Will Write a Good Song About Anything

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I make music under the name “The Cocker Spaniels” when I’m not working two full-time jobs. I’m a 45-year-old silly goose. I love my children; I like Prince & Guided by Voices; & I hate all forms of bigotry. I’m Black. I’m not a Senator. seanpadilla.com

There's no downside to stopping using outdated ableist terms like id***, m***n, cre***, imbe***e. It costs nothing not to use them & if you're in the habit of using them as shorthand for a type of behaviour that exasperates you, try to identify & describe what it is that has irked you.

"Rollins wasn’t trying merely to provoke. He was chasing the music in his head, being true to his 'voice'—a practice all jazz musicians strive for, but which few of us are committed or brave enough to lay down on record." Trumpeter Nate Wooley for n+1: www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

Let Everything Change | Nate Wooley

I became a Sonny Rollins fan on my 13th birthday, when my dad took me for the first time to his favorite record store in Portland, Oregon. He gave me $50, which in 1987, netted me twelve LPs. One was ...

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For the people that don’t understand: being a capitalist is owning the means of production, NOT participating in the system of capitalism. Sure, you can be an *aspiring* capitalist or pro-capitalist, but even most people that make a ton of money aren’t actually capitalists themselves.

Pixie Thinks🧚🏽‍♀️@pixiethinkss.bsky.social · 4h ago

Having a job or making money from your work does not disqualify you from being anticapitalist ...

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Its hard to explain to older gens (especially boomers) why we dont have homes, new cars or feel safe about retirement. You have to hand hold them and force prices in their face to make it click. Even then they tend To believe we arent working hard Enough.