Magnetofunky: WWT

A laid back (and proudly explicit - you bet your ass) personal journal of extremely eclectic music and progressive politics, with a focus on active resistance to the fascist regime.

Ok, Let's Get Serious About the Midterms 01/30/2026

Ok, Let's Get Serious About the Midterms Too many citizens are falling for this 'cancelled election' BS - we need to beat it down... The Front Line - Putting This Dumpster Fire Out Resistance Spotlight - American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota Music: Winter Smoker Party II When you cross the border - TIGERLEECH The King and the Clown - Tendinite Even Our Closest Friends Are Distant - The James Rocket The Silver Key - And Also The Trees Vengeance - Love Ghost Levee Lament - clâm /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/39930895

The Other Putrid Playbook 01/23/2026

The Other Putrid Playbook It's time to stop debating the merits of Velveeta Voldemort's threats (whether or not they're bluffs) and take back the initiative... The Front Line - Strategic Reaction Resistance Spotlight - Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) Music: Hip Hop, Etc The Hypnotists (Album Version) - Timezone Lafontaine Isle - Vilde Yearning (feat. Yoni Wolf of WHY?) - Atmosphere Legal Tender (Sanction What Is Soft) - Rhys Langston Home - K Gizzle ZENXOW-DISTOR SHADOWS (VIP) - SKULLZ & BONEZ Slapped In The Old Country - Tha Silent Partner /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/39845630

If Kamala Was President 01/16/2026

If Kamala Was President This bit of political daydreaming has a year of context and consequences to float on - cause she effing told ya... The Front Line - An Orders of Magnitude Difference Resistance Spotlight - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Music: January Grab Bag Atashi No Motto Mo Toi Mono (The furthest thing from me) - Love-Ghost-Lab! Eyes On Us (It's The Sound Of A Drone) - TRASH PILLOW Sacred Mirrors - Magic Wands with John Ashton Pinkish Hue - We Are Imaginary Questions We Raise - BRUECKEN /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/39754620

Cheeto's Body Count 01/09/2026

Cheeto's Body Count The one thing Ghengis Don shares with autocrats throughout history is the racking up of bodies - what's his 2nd term tally so far? The Front Line - Multifaceted Malfeasance, Deadly Distraction Resistance Spotlight - NorCal MLK March Music: Sharp Tunes For Miasma News Split Scene - Nevada Hardware Immortal Lovers - ghostbells Taste me - disanorak Evid(off)ence - Tendinite UBI - Horse MacGyver /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/39668620

The Zero Party Solution 01/02/2026

The Zero Party Solution The Founding Fathers feared tribal governance, assuming leaders would act from civic virtue. They were wrong. A zero-party solution is even less feasible today... The Front Line - A Fair Assessment Resistance Spotlight - Council on American-Islamic Relations Music: Straight Curated Surge - PHWOAR The Dinosaur King - Ten Cent Club Phantoms (Part II) - ghost orange Al'Ether - Dééfait Come & Go - CS Cleaners A Star Is Born - Orcutt Shelley Miller /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/39586945

Inflation BS 12/26/2025

Inflation BS The usually purported causes of inflation is a smokescreen for deceptive corporate practices, tariff effects, and lazy media repeating the official blather.. The Front Line - Shrinkflation, Tariffs and Lax Oversight Equals Scam Resistance Spotlight - More Perfect Union Music: Winter Smoker Party I Snowman - Blonde Redhead I Am The Storm (Cesar Soto Remix) - DIE KRUPPS Los Cobardes Mueren Varias Veces - PERRA BRAVA Restless Nights - Izzy and the Black Trees Pile Driver - Red Mecca Obsolete - SOWA OUBLIETTE - KMFDM /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/39535140

No Permanent Majority 12/19/2025

No Permanent Majority Considering the hard task of bringing about a multi-party system in the US, and the benefit it could bring... The Front Line - The Many Party Solution Resistance Spotlight - Civicus Music: Xmas With A Bite Well, if Die Hard is a Christmas film, then this is definitely a Christmas song - Get The Fuck Outta Dodge Christmas In The Tenderloin - the 1981 Crying Over Christmas - Songs From Big Blue Xmas on Drugs - Glow & The Dark Xmas Carol - HAMELL ON TRIAL /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/39463605

No Due Respect 12/12/2025

No Due Respect It's not illegal to call this President a sick, murderous and demented SOB - do your job, press corps! The Front Line - The Dozens Is A Two-Way Street Resistance Spotlight - Amnesty International Music: Globe-Hopping Political Mix Bombs Make Her LOL - TRASH PILLOW Something Whole - A Projection Political Solution - Jeff Tobias common sense - elbowsway Here And Now - clâm Let The Flowers Grow (Juno Reactor Remix) - Peter Murphy and Boy George /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/39372195

Wildcards 12/05/2025

Wildcards Democrats and Republicans don’t just tolerate third-parties — they quietly rely on them... The Front Line - Sometimes A Gadfly, Sometimes A Stalking Horse Resistance Spotlight - The Arc of the United States Music: Pre-Winter Smoker Party Vis meg alt (feat. Michael Wilbur) - Agabas Excess Baggage - SOWA Dance The Crisis - Perio Still Here - Brutalligators Scattered Conversation - False Tracks Crushed Under Something Gentle - Town Portal Demon Slither - Mellowdeath Periapsis - BRUECKEN /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/39276470

The Three Party Problem 11/28/2025

The Three Party Problem The Founding Fathers called opposing factions 'the greatest political evil under our Constitution', yet they were practically baked in... The Front Line - A Revolutionary Lack of Imagination Resistance Spotlight - Property of the People Music: Tunes For Cutting Through The Tryptophan Ineffable - Telly Blue Wet Rabbit - Harvey Rushmore & the Octopus Insane - K Gizzle Blue Moon - wavepool Flying to Nowhere - SOME PILLS FOR AYALA Croak - Stonebirds /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/39194515

The Rotating Villain Scam 11/21/2025

The Rotating Villain Scam With some Dems, benefit of the doubt is a massive con job... The Front Line - Bastard Poindexters Resistance Spotlight - Flock Safety Cameras - The Public Panopticon Music: Very Eclectic Beat and Flow Komm Schon - Schimmel über Berlin Hush Hush Baby - NINA, Johan Agebjörn Sag - Tiberius Can’t Stand Up - The Morning Stars echoes of a sunny smile - trillion /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/39119000

The 20 Epstein All Stars 11/14/2025

The 20 Epstein All Stars Epstein Island attracted a variety of high-profile guests, including celebrities, politicians, and members of royal families... The Front Line - Strategic Speculation Resistance Spotlight - COP30 Climate Summit - Spitting Into The Wind? Music: Uncommonly Eclectic Go Quietly - Cristina Lord I Don't Know - Dead Distance Carré d'as - Maudits Atoll - ZAHN /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/39030085

Pre-Midterms Blowout 11/07/2025

Pre-Midterms Blowout The Big Blue Tsunami of 2025 wouldn't have been possible without the massive overreach of Cheeto Mussolini... The Front Line - A Pause in the Struggle Resistance Spotlight - California State Election Monitors Music: Math Rock Plus... Hums - Drill For Absentee Not What - Kev Hopper going nowhere - mel denisse Stop, Drop, Roll - tummyache St. Catherine - The Arms of Someone New Context Collapse - Wax Teeth /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/38945495

Pandemic Prospects 10/31/2025

Pandemic Prospects With the federal US health system decimated, another epidemic/pandemic is almost inevitable... The Front Line - The Night's Watch Pulled Off The Wall Resistance Spotlight - Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy Music: Eclectic Inbox Harvest Yom Kippur (feat. Palestinian Children’s Choir) - Laibach Neckline (Deluxe Version) - The Noisy ON - ASHES AND DIAMONDS ICE Too Cold To Thaw - David J & The Resistance MÅLA - SANDŌKAÏ Return of the Energy Vampire - AUA Pyramid Shape (JKS Remix) - Oslo Tapes /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/38853105

Monstrous MAGA Mischief 10/24/2025

Monstrous MAGA Mischief Classic movie monsters and modern villains have more, well, class, than any of these assholes currently inhabiting the seats of power, and with the government shutdown, a virtually empty Capitol building is a fitting haunted house of civic horror... The Front Line - It's Been Halloween Season All Year Resistance Spotlight - Andrew Verkamp Music: Eclectic Halloween Set Demon Possesed - Dirty Cheetah Black Witch Mountain - Supernaughty haunted house - silk daisys I got stood up by the creature from the black lagoon and all I got was this lousy t-shirt - Cootie Cuties feat. Jordan Marsom The Thing From Voodoo Island - Monster Wave Creature in My House - Vamberator Spooky Creek - Devils Gate Outfit /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/38765170

The October Okie-Doke 10/17/2025

The October Okie-Doke Chicago has become an ongoing flashpoint in Yambo's desperate attempt to spark a justification to invoke The Insurrection Act... The Front Line - Police State Escalation Resistance Spotlight - The Next No Kings Day Protest Music: Shoegaze, More or Less Ambient Light - The Stargazer Lilies second spring - total wife Analemma - Oslo Tapes Paloma - Flatwaves Virgo Moon - Christian Science Reading Room Halloween (Does it Make You Sad) - Activity Get Ready - NYOS /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/38614700

The Zorin Caper 10/10/2025

The Zorin Caper My solution to Windows 10 End of Support - a Linux OS and a backup laptop, courtesy of Joe Biden's stimulus... The Front Line - A Few Frustrating Baby Steps Resistance Spotlight - The Southern Poverty Law Center Music: Hardcore, Punk, Post-Punk Etc. The Bad Days of Blonde, Black Nails - Drill For Absentee Viral - K Gizzle Echoes Within - Still Machine Panacea - Nape Neck Khaki - DROID Some Wolves - TORPEDO Deep End - The Granddaughter Effect? /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/38533770

The Epstein In The Room 10/03/2025

The Epstein In The Room The Epstein Scandal, like the statue of Trump and Epstein that didn't last two days on the National Mall in DC, is proving impossible to stay buried under desperate distractions... The Front Line - Is the Other Shoe Dropping? Resistance Spotlight - The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza Music: Alternative, Etc Brainrot - G.I. Jinx Cut - Leilani Patao holding tension - Sophie Sirota Armour (River Remix by Lost Signal) - Magic Wands The Derelict - Barrens /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/38451535

Snowflake Stalin Can Suck It 09/26/2025

Snowflake Stalin Can Suck It The fascist cancelling of Jimmy Kimmel & Stephen Colbert for jokes and truth is just another page from the Project 2025 playbook, and it's ongoing... The Front Line - The Fight Is Far From Over Resistance Spotlight - Minn. Rep. Ilhan Omar Music: Kinda Epic Let's Go - Psychlona N.A.A.B.O - The Bonnevilles Tolerate - Assemblage 23 Inhuman Witch - Oslo Tapes Fall Over - Maudits /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/38361300

Can't Tell the Haters Without a Scorecard 09/19/2025

Can't Tell the Haters Without a Scorecard The often internicine warfare between Alt-Right factions is the political violence that dares not speak its name... The Front Line - Trolls and True Believers Resistance Spotlight - The Brazilian Supreme Court Music: Dreamy Jangle Psychedelia In Your Pocket - Packaging Where Are You? - Chameleons Raspberry Lime - Powder Pink & Sweet Love and War - REVOLUTION ABOVE DISORDER Glitter Room - SANDŌKAÏ Solace (feat. Juho Vanhanen) - Sum Of R /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/38274000

Don't Fear The Reaper, Mofo 09/12/2025

Don't Fear The Reaper, Mofo Not a fervent wish on Cheeto Mussolini, just an observation on nature taking its sweet time to balance the universe... The Front Line - Running On Cankles Resistance Spotlight - Zohran Mamdani Music: Summer Beach Party IV Radio Wam Bam Boom - The Peppermint Kicks Catch-Up - DETECTS Dru (Single Version) - Tijuana Taxi Content Creator - Paper Castles Stone Vultures - Vexations /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/38189420

A Post-UN Roadmap 09/05/2025

A Post-UN Roadmap Time to lay out a process for a better global system to move on from 1945-style great power dominance... The Front Line - A Necessary Journey Resistance Spotlight - Globe Aware Music: Late Summer Eclectic Sweetness Of Things - Sisters Fun - DANCEHALL Felt - Tiberius Play Artful - The Double Headed Seagulls Holus Bolus - Lord Buffalo Einstein-Rosen Bridge - MAITLAND /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/38096760

How to Unfuck Congress 08/29/2025

How to Unfuck Congress With the cowardly MAGA-run Congress in recess, let's run down a few suggestions to fix the hot mess... The Front Line - A Few Simple Rules Resistance Spotlight - Middle Collegiate Church Music: Sweaty Club Mix TERMINAL STAGE - SARIN Neuromotive (Sehr Geil Two) Rhys Fulber Remix - Bill Leeb Left Eye Lunar - Frau Knotz Endorphines - POTOCHKINE How Can It Be - Run Level Zero Vulgar Sequence - Paradox Obscur Bog Bodies - Autumns Somewhat Happy - Jesus on Extasy /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/38016280

What Good is the UN? 08/22/2025

What Good is the UN? The UN seems paralyzed and powerless, dominated by its biggest bullies, but can it be fixed? The Front Line - Failing Ukraine and Gaza Isn't Surprising Resistance Spotlight - Human Rights First Music: Noise, Rock, Etc. Garage Frock - Oral Habit Fall Dawn - NAMPARA Thinking About It - Slung Wolf (Live) - Pixiepunk Nids Niteca - Junk Drawer VOICES - WE ONLY SAID Who's Gonna Keep Me Holding On - Midnight Housework Cover - Boy sitting in the rubble of a destroyed UNRWA school in Nuseirat, Middle Areas, Gaza 2024. Credit: UNRWA /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/37916630

Texas Two-Step 08/15/2025

Texas Two-Step The calculated combo of gerrymandering and a bogus census, reported as just another political spectacle and not a heinous crime... The Front Line - Multipurpose Voting Chaos Resistance Spotlight - Eleanor Holmes Norton Music: Dog Day Afternoon Set Baby's Got Rabies - Bimbo Gush - Dog Lips Maybe Later - DÄÄCHT Nevermore - Whipping Boy Envy - MOTHS /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/37831865

An Unending Game of Pigeon Chess 08/08/2025

An Unending Game of Pigeon Chess The criminally incompetent orange autocrat rules with predictable destructive abandon... The Front Line - The Obvious Beneficiaries of American Erosion Resistance Spotlight - George Soros, Boogeyman For the Fascists Music: Summer Beach Party III Recognize Me - Maiya Blaney Bite Your Tongue - Umlaut Don't Die In Your Sleep - Peak Flow Hide (In The Night Remix) - Magic Wands Bad Wind - On The Water Mask Of Illusion - Dark Sky Burial /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/37726045

The Threat to Obama is Real 08/01/2025

The Threat to Obama is Real Barack Obama never stopped being threatened by the Groper in Chief... The Front Line - Diaper Donald's Desperate Distraction Resistance Spotlight - Rage Against the Regime Protests Aug. 2nd Music: Cooling Summer Flow Enter The Dragon - SEOI NAGE Zoo Friend - AUNCE Tender - Kaela Lovesong (The Cure Cover) - Wyldest Can We Melt Down Florida and Use it As Ink To Print New Cities - CLOUDWARMER /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/37629395

Elon's Killer Colossus 07/25/2025

Elon's Killer Colossus Elon's latest endeavor is helping to poison black people in Memphis... The Front Line - Musk's Environmental Racism in Memphis Resistance Spotlight - Follow up on SF Mayor Daniel Lurie Music: Eclectic Summer Thumpers Heat Seeking Missile - forever ☆ desperate flower - Welcome Strawberry I Thought You Liked Me! - Sour Tongue Spiral Out - Brittany Bindrim Lights, Camera, Ham! - We Used to Cut the Grass /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/37542755

The 7-2 Scenario 07/18/2025

The 7-2 Scenario The swamp is already lapping up the steps of the Supreme Court... The Front Line - A Scheme Waiting in the Wings Resistance Spotlight - Doing Without FEMA Music: Hard, Hot and Heavy Daughters - To Bloom Watch Me - Rotersand Soul Crusher - Jesus on Extasy New Economy Symptoms - TRAINER Dog Tramadol - Iran Iran Can We Just Not? - We Contain Multitudes /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/37452160

Silver Lining Anyone? 07/11/2025

Silver Lining Anyone? There has to be a positive thread to grasp within this latest insult to civil injury. It's still only the first year of misrule... The Front Line - The Rainbow Beyond The Shitstorm Resistance Spotlight - ICE Apps - Available For Now Music: Summer Beach Party II Ciudad El Encierro - Gangrena Surf Higher - Scrounge WAS Mode - TH da Freak Pesada - Las Nubes Nobody Shouts Sir Real's Passive Remix - AK/DK & Thick Richard /episode/index/show/b34438fd-45d8-4760-b395-f2da0e72dcc0/id/37370015

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