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Defiance!

My intro to Pere Ubu was their performance of "Birdies" in "URGH!: A Music War". I was enthralled by Dave Thomas' weird, oddly gesticulative performance.

Then I heard Nonaligment Pact and noticed how different their synth sound was from so many other bands. Same vein as Devo and Wall of Voodoo. Just eerie sounds over a hard driving rock beat. Great stuff. Cleveland, man. Amazing place. I mean, Pere Ubu AND The Pretenders? 🤩

And then they had an actual hit! Here's DT doing his thing in this video they'd play on 120 Minutes. I remember hearing this on the radio.

RIP Dave Thomas 😔

#music #ArtPunk #ArtRock #NewWave #Cleveland

youtube.com/watch?v=I0Ov-rJGey

YouTubePere Ubu - Waiting For Mary (Official Video)By firerecords
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Electrojcr

In the mid-1990's when he was mostly writing about "legacy mass media" he recognized the Internet pretty quickly was going to be a more effective tool of control than TV, radio, and newspapers.

Though, from #cleveland, you won't read about #McChesney in any local press, honestly surprised the NYT wrote about him (though they cannot resist doing a "both-sides" with a shout-out to charlatan Horowitz).

Robert W. McChesney, Who Warned of Corporate Media Control, Dies at 72 nytimes.com/2025/04/08/busines

Robert W. McChesney in 2010. An influential media critic, he warned that when a few corporate giants come to dominate online information, they hold too much power over what people know of the world.
The New York Times · Robert W. McChesney, Who Warned of Corporate Media Control, Dies at 72By Trip Gabriel
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Urbanism Now

Cleveland committed to building 50 miles of high-comfort bike lanes over the next three years.

#urbanism #urbanplanning #cleveland

masstransitmag.com/alt-mobilit

Mass Transit · {"dep"=>{"version"=>0, "sc"=>0}, "__v_isRef"=>true, "__v_isShallow"=>false, "_rawValue"=>"OH: Cleveland mayor commits to building 50 miles of comfortable bike lanes in 3 years", "_value"=>"OH: Cleveland mayor commits to building 50 miles of comfortable bike lanes in 3 years"}CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland leaders and transportation safety advocates met in City Hall Friday to celebrate Mayor Justin Bibb’s newly approved Cleveland Moves plan – and his ...
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