appalachia

Saturday Spins: Arlo McKinley Die Midwestern

Christopher Bradley January 30, 2021

Arlo McKinley's Die Midwestern is a solid and sublime LP. I am deeply appreciative of all the...

Slummin’ in Appalachia

Em Carpenter November 18, 2019

Invariably, this brand of poverty tourism results in another iteration of the same article that’s been written...

Saturday Spins drive-by truckers

Saturday Spins

Christopher Bradley September 14, 2019

Gather round y’all and prepare to take a perambulatory adventure through the deep south on this edition...

Thoughts Obama and Appalachia: It Ain’t (Quite) About That Southern Thing IFRL-TLC-Scenery-rawpixel-id-431527

Thoughts Obama and Appalachia: It Ain’t (Quite) About That Southern Thing

J.L. Wall May 23, 2012

1) Voter registration. Kentucky, West Virginia, and Arkansas are disproportionately Democratic—that is, when you compare voting preferences with...

Jaybird in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025As far as I can tell, the Republicans have a "whatabout" for every single "precedent" that the Democ…
Jaybird in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I'm pretty sure that we're *ALL* members of the press. When the First Amendment was written, "the pr…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Far as I can tell, most press conferences are not open to the general public. That seems to be what…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I have to say, while I am not a Free Speech Abolutist, I am very confused. I didn't know you could a…
David TC in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I think it's worth reminding people that the Republicans are setting precedent after precedent that…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/20251. Van Hollen managed to meet with Garcia in a hotel. Bukele and/ Trump are frightened. 2. David Bro…
Dark Matter in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It's in NY, against an unpopular victim, with an attractive killer whose motivation was presumably s…
Dark Matter in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Very true. It's newsworthy only because it's rare. These sorts of "respect" killings (assuming that'…
Jaybird in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Nothing to be done, I guess.
Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It’s kind of hard to believe there’s anything worth bombing still in Gaza, but I guess when you run…