“bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthur-nuk!" -James Joyce, Finnegan's Wake

As you get older, you realize how precious your limited time on this earth is, and start to prioritize stuff like mindlessly scrolling on your phone for ~5 hours straight and watching 'shorts' and 'reels' and drinking yourself to sleep

In 1939, six-year-old Willie Nelson dragged an oversized canvas sack through the cotton fields of Abbott, Texas, alongside his older sister, Bobbie. Abandoned by their parents during the Great Depression, the two siblings were raised by their paternal grandparents, who scraped by on whatever the dusty earth could yield. To help keep food on the table, the children were sent into the fields before sunrise. The work was brutal for a small boy. The sharp dried bolls tore through skin, leaving his fingertips raw and bleeding by mid-morning. Dragging heavy sacks under the relentless Texas sun made his young back ache constantly. He watched older pickers hunch over the rows day after day, their bodies permanently bent and broken by manual labor. It was in those very rows that Nelson reached a quiet, stubborn decision. He realized that a lifetime in the fields offered only exhaustion and early decline. Looking at his blistered fingers, he swore he would find another way out—and that way was music. His grandfather had bought him a guitar for six dollars and taught him basic chords, while Bobbie learned the piano. Whenever they could put down their picking sacks, the children practiced. By age ten, Nelson was earning eight dollars playing rhythm guitar in local Bohemian polka bands at Texas dance halls. That single night of music paid more than an entire grueling week of picking cotton. The memory of Abbott’s cotton rows stayed with him for the rest of his life. Decades later, long after escaping poverty and becoming one of America’s most recognizable musical icons, he never forgot the workers bent over the dirt. Instead of burying those memories, he channeled them into founding Farm Aid in 1985, raising millions to protect family farmers facing financial ruin. The boy who bled in the Texas cotton fields had spent a lifetime making sure others wouldn't be abandoned to the soil. For anyone who respects the grit behind American music, the untold beginnings of the legends who survived them live here on this page.

The last time the White Sox clinched a playoff series at home, the Titanic was still six years away from being made Not the movie, the actual ship

I haven’t seen Digger, but after seeing these raves I’ve been RTing today, I certainly want to.

RT @luthorsilver: a genuine scene stealer. i hope he gets a ton of jobs lined up after this

and who? youtube.com/watch?v=OET8SVAG…

screaming, crying, throwing up 🥹🫶 @nytimes @nytimesbooks

I love watching documentaries on weird artists, I remember watching one on The Residents and the guy went “they were doing stuff we’d never heard before…turns out they had no fucking idea how to play their instruments and that’s why.”

Looking to immerse yourself in the wicker husband? Now you can. 'Wicker' will be screening in 4DX for a one-night-only event on Oct. 28. hollywoodreporter.com/movies…

This majestic tawny frogmouth just came and hung out on my windowsill all morning, as far as I know he’s still there

New teaser for Ultron in ‘VISIONQUEST’. Releasing October 14 on Disney+

Hey can’t believe I’m doing this but my dog had a little bit of a mishap and suddenly there’s a 1500 dollar vet bill chasing me around. My dog (little Violet, pictured) is fine, but 1500 outta nowhere is spooky. Anything helps even a repost, thanks kids 💙

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 US military ordered to prepare for possible resumption of major combat operations in Iran, Axios reports.

watched Day the World Ended (d. Corman, w. Rusoff)

China does not fuck around: "Xi Jinping wants those who benefited the most from China’s economic ascent to increase their contributions back to the state, embarking on what could be the most ambitious global tax hunt in history." ft.com/content/f31baf40-a753…

Biden was ultimately the wrong president for this moment. He wasn't "tricked" by Garland. He specifically selected him because he didn't want an aggressive legal response to January 6.

Martin Patriquin on Alberta separatists colluding with GOP operatives: "The delusional lack of self-awareness. I can't understand why they're killing their own movement. These guys come out and say that they want to practically join with the United States. It's astonishing. I don't understand it."