It is with a heavy heart…
Hello one and all, I’m Mr. postmodernista and it’s with a grieving and broken and torn apart heart to let those of you who knew postmodernista that my Angel passed away April 12, 2022 at the age of...
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Daily Kos' 20th Anniversary: Honoring the memory of those who have passed
In observance of our 20th anniversary, we celebrated many accomplished writers and activists at Daily Kos who have made a mark here, either with one noteworthy post, a history of insightful comments,...
View ArticleBill Russell: A Very Personal In Memoriam
On July 31 Bill Russell died, but he will live on in childhood memory: I was just 9 years old when, on December 11, 1954, my mother took me to see my first live basketball game at the old UCLA...
View ArticleReflections on my supply-side economist father, on the 25th anniversary of...
My father, Dr. Norman B. Ture, passed away 25 years ago today. I have never tried, until now, to say anything publicly about him. It’s complicated, as I am unable simply to share fond memories of...
View ArticleBlack Music Sunday: They joined the ancestors in 2022, but left behind the...
As we move into the new year of 2023, it is once again time to note the passing in 2022 of musicians who shared their gifts with us over the years. Those who are no longer with us physically, yet left...
View ArticleRIP carolanne
Greetings,My name is Casey Ellis and I’m the son of Carol Ellis, known to you as carolanne. I’m deeply sorry to have to inform you that my mother passed away last month on November 5th. She was about...
View ArticleTop Comments: New Faces At The Jam Eternal Edition
We’re only a bit over three weeks into 2023 and to me at least it feels as if the Music Director up at Heavenly Choir is getting a tad greedy. Just as we learn of the passing of one musical great, our...
View ArticleAnother Saturday Night - In Memoriam
Welcome to another Saturday night of music, memories, and conversations. Last week we did heaven — and it was a good theme. This week? Singers we have lost this century — from January 1, 2001 through...
View ArticleFulfilling a promise to CameronProf
This story is being written because of a promise I made to my brother Jeremy.You all know him as CameronProf.It is with great sadness that I relay the news of his passing last night around 7 pm. Jeremy...
View ArticleEspionage Act Hoarders, Heels and Heroes: 'BradCast' 6/20/2023
Also: Hunter Biden's plea deal; A plague of locusts; Daniel Ellsberg RIP...Somehow, all of the disparate stories on today's BradCast seem to come together in the end. Whether they make sense or not,...
View ArticleBREAKING: TRUMP INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTS TO STEAL 2020 ELECTION: 'BradCast'...
Six co-conspirators cited, but still unnamed, in charges handed up by federal grand jury in Special Counsel Jack Smith's Jan. 6-related probeAlso: NJ Lt. Gov. Oliver dies suddenlyOH's critical Aug. 8...
View ArticleBlack Music Sunday: Remembering musicians who left us in 2023, part 1
As we transition into 2024, let’s look back and remember the long list of musicians who shared their gifts with us for a lifetime, and who passed on to join the ancestors in 2023. They represented...
View ArticleBlack Music Sunday: Remembering musicians who left us in 2023, part 2
As we transition into a new year, let’s look back and remember the long list of musicians who shared their gifts with us before they passed on to join the ancestors over the past year. They represented...
View ArticleBlack Music Sunday: Honoring musicians who joined the ancestors in 2024
Black Music Sundayis a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 240 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you’ll...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Skating Club of Boston, Russian-Born Skaters Evgenia Shishkova...
67 presumed lost in the crash of American Airlines’ American Eagle flight 5342, inbound from Wichta, Kansas, with a US Army Blackhawk helicopter on a training flight, over the Potomac River...
View ArticleBad Day for 'Strongmen': 'BradCast' 3/11/2025
Philippines' Duterte arrested for 'Crimes Against Humanity'Trump waffles on Canadian tariffsWall Street continues swoonAlso: Democracy and 'disordered discord'In Memoriam: OG blogging pioneer Kevin...
View ArticleIn Memory of BFSkinner / CameronProf: Invent A Band Name [Updated]
Quick update: This diary is in memory of a gentle soul who used his diaries as icebreakers with fun questions to get us talking, sharing, being together on a different plane. And though I didn’t...
View ArticleMad World: 'BradCast' 5/15/2025
Birthright citizenship and nationwide injunctions at SCOTUSGOP tax and health care cuts in the HouseEliminating FEMA, dismantling NWS before hurricane seasonNoem's surreal tattoo testimony; Souter's...
View ArticleWhile We Were Out: Record Heat, Pruitt Dumped, and Things Get Still Worse:...
Also: Plastic straws, straw polls, final straws, some actual good voting news, RIP Ed Schultz, and a bunch of listener calls...A whole lotta stuff happened over the long holiday weekend, much of which...
View ArticleR.I.P Bob Sloan
I did a search of the site and did not find this. I apologize if this is a duplicate post.It is with regret that I post that Bob Sloan has passed away.Robert "Bob" William Sloan, 70, of Indianapolis,...
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