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An organization in Springfield, Missouri, announced a new facade grant program to support Route 66 businesses before the highway’s centennial celebrations this year. The West Central Neighborhood Alliance in Springfield announced the Mother Road Business Curb Appeal Program, reported the Springfield News-Leader. Approved businesses can receive up to $500 in matching reimbursement funds for exterior … Continue reading Route 66 businesses in Springfield, Missouri, offered grants to improve storefronts

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The Legend of Zelda series is one of the most widely celebrated in all video games, and for good reason. Even the worst Zelda game is in a class of its own, but all of them have their occasional drawbacks. We’re here today to break down the best and worst parts of each mainline game, from the iconic original NES…

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Join us as we contemplate Baselworld 2019 and present a selection of some of the most popular watches from the show.

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The Jammy Awards have often been the setting for some incredible live music collaborations. Given the surplus of excellent musicians present at the ceremonies, this is no surprise. 2004’s awards saw Dr. John and George Porter, Jr. take the stage together, along with Toots Hibbert, Brian Stoltz and Matt Abts; in 2005, John Mayer jammed with Buddy Guy, Phil Lesh and Questlove. (Watch a video of their performance of “Hoochie Coochie Man” here.)

The third ever Jammy Awards, held on Oct. 2 at Roseland Ballroom in New York City, featured another amazing collaboration: Trey Anastasio, Derek Trucks and Gregg Allman took the stage along a Gov’t Mule lineup of Warren Haynes, Matt Abts, Andy Hess and Danny Louis to perform Mule’s “Soulshine.”

This performance featured award winners from that evening: Anastasio won Studio Album of the Year for his eponymous solo record as well as Tour of the Year for his Summer 2002 solo tour, and the song “Soulshine” itself won Song of the Year. Anastasio also shared the award for Archival Album of the Year, which went to Phish’s LivePhish Vol. 11, which highlighted the band’s Nov. 11, 1997 performance at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colo.

Watch the performance of “Soulshine” below, and head to the Relix YouTube channel for more videos!

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Goose announced their upcoming Fall Tour 2021. The newly added tour dates take place in October and November, following festival appearances at Bonnaroo and the 4848 Festival in September.

Both Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee and 4848 Festival in Showshoe, West Virginia are scheduled for Labor Day Weekend, with daily lineups yet to be confirmed. Goose begins their Fall Tour 2021 proper in New York City with concerts at Terminal 5 on October 8 and 9, marking the band’s first indoor shows in 568 days. The tour continues with back-to-back two-night stands, first at The State Theatre in Portland, Maine on October 28 and 29 before heading to The Palladium on October 30 and on Halloween night.

Atlanta’s new The Eastern hosts Goose on November 6 and 7. The five-piece then makes their New Orleans debut at Republic on November 9. Next on the tour is a stop at Houston’s House Of Blues on October 10. Goose’s first visit to Texas continues on November 11 and 12 at Austin’s Scoot Inn, followed by a show at Hifi in Dallas on November 13. Additional shows on the tour include November 16 at Oklahoma City’s Tower Theatre and November 17 at The Truman in Kansas City. A final two-nighter in Denver at the Mission Ballroom — the band’s largest venue to date — is scheduled for November 21 and 22.

“Really fascinated to see the kind of energy we’re going to create with our fans this fall,” multi-instrumentalist Peter Anspach said. “There’s really nothing like all being in the same room together, and it’s been so long, I have a feeling we’re going to see some really special nights … especially in all of these new places we’ve never played before.”

A ticket lottery is currently underway for Goose’s 2021 Fall Tour dates (except for Denver) through Wednesday, May 19 at 5 p.m. ET. Pre-sale tickets go on sale Thursday, May 20 at 10 a.m. local venue time [Code: “STOCKS”]. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, May 21 at 10 a.m. local venue time.

A lottery for the Denver concerts is open through Wednesday, May 26 at 5 p.m. MT. Pre-sale tickets will be available on Thursday, May 27 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. MT. Mission Ballroom tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, May 28 at 10 a.m. MT.

The Black Ghost, a 1970 Dodge Challenger 426 Hemi, reached mythical status in Detroit's street racing scene, where it would sporadically appear, blow the doors off the competition, then disappear without warning. This is a great documentary about the vehicle, its owner, and the vintage racing culture. — Read the rest

Bass playing virtuoso Les Claypool celebrates his 57th birthday today. Though he’s shared the stage with a nearly endless array of talented musicians in a variety of projects, Claypool is perhaps best-known for holding down the low end for seminal alternative rockers Primus. In honor of Les’ birthday, enjoy a video of a complete performance the band made in 2011.

Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane held a Primus show at at Enmore Theatre in Sydney, Australia back on February 28, 2011. The career-spanning setlist led with the two opening tracks from 1991’s Sailing the Seas of Chees, “Seas of Cheese” and “Here Come The Bastards.” The Sydney audience was treated to the first live Primus performance of “Eyes of the Squirrel” which would come out later that year on Green Naugahyde.

Primus also played such classic favorites as “Frizzle Fry” and “Jerry Was A Race Car Driver” as well as The Les Claypool Frog Brigade’s “Whamola.” Pink Floyd’s “Money” was utilzed to intro the set closing “Harold On The Rocks” and “Golden Boy” and “Too Many Puppies” filled the encore slot.

Professionally-shot video captured by Moshcam of Claypool leading Primus Down Under can be viewed here:

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Over the weekend, graffiti artists bombed at least two dozen New York City train cars resulting in a traveling gallery of magnificent pieces reminiscent of subway art's 1970s heyday. From The City:

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Sixteen years ago The String Cheese Incident headlined the Big Summer Classic Tour, which also featured longtime and frequent Cheese collaborator Keller Williams, among other acts. For the tour finale on this date in 2005 at Ives Concert Park in Danbury, Connecticut, both SCI and K-Dub delivered interlocking, guest and cover-filled sets.

Keller kicked off his frame with “Thin Mint” into “Portapotty” followed by a cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Shakedown Street.” Williams also welcomed Big Summer Classic tour mate Michael Franti for some rapping on “Swing.” After “Mental Brunette Instra,” SCI’s Michael Kang added fiddle to the title track of Cheese and Williams’ 1999 collaborative album, Breathe. Keller would continue with John Prine’s “Illegal Smile” and closed out his set proper with “Bath Of Fire.”

Williams would stay on and initiate a jam to begin the Cheese set with members of the band trickling in. Keller stayed on to lead the band through his own “Fuel For The Road.” Williams departed as Cheese got into “Lonesome Fiddle Blues” by legendary fiddler Vassar Clements. The rocking rarity “Swampy Waters” followed. Cheese only played the tune 12 times in 2004 and 2005, as per Friends of Cheese, but it was fitting as the show was infamous for having a collection of swampy looking water between the crowd and the stage. “Swampy Waters” then led into the Stanley Brothers “How Mountain Girls Can Love” followed by “45th Of November,” “Smile” and “Desert Dawn.” A pairing of “Sand Dollar” and “Texas” closed out the set.

For the encore, the bassists on the Big Summer Classic Tour — Keith Moseley (SCI), Ryan Stasik (Umphrey’s McGee), Ben Bernstein (New Monsoon), Carl Young (Spearhead) and Keller Williams — got together for the Spinal Tap classic “Big Bottom.” The Tap original features Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins and Derek Smalls all on bass. Then, all Big Summer Classic performers assembled for Bob Marley’s “Could You Be Loved” to bring the tour to a close.

Listen to Keller Williams and SCI’s interlocking sets from Danbury below:

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Thomas Renoldner's polarizing short film DON'T KNOW WHAT has been on the festival circuit, but since all that has moved online during the pandemic, you can now watch it on Vimeo. Those with sensitivity to strobing or flashing should use caution.

There's probably not much middle ground, as it's kind of a love-it or hate-it sort of work. Via the artist:

Employing the method of single frame editing, primarily focused on sound, the realistic film image transforms into a surreal, structuralist and finally even abstract film. It creates a musical composition while experimenting with the human voice and transforming language into sound and music. DONT KNOW WHAT questions classical rules of different film genres by combining elements of avant-garde film / video art and entertainment cinema.

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This week on Snapshots we have a nice selection of screenshots from a wide variety of games. Some from Ghost of Tsushima, others from Spider-Man, and a few from some games we have never featured in this series before today. Exciting!

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Immensely talented and well-respected musician and composer Herbie Hancock celebrates his 83rd birthday today. A consistent leader in innovation and creativity, Hancock has long been an immeasurable influence on the development of several styles of jazz and rock music. The Chicago-born prodigy issued his first solo album on Blue Note Records in 1962 and has been continuously contributing new compositions and equally impressive recordings ever since.

For Herbie’s birthday today, below is a look back at his long and successful career with a video of him performing live in each decade he’s been active. You’ll find one video from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s as a way to travel through the ever-expanding progression of Hancock’s style.

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Today (March 15) marks Phil Lesh’s 80th birthday. An incredible milestone for an incredible man. The seemingly unstoppable, inexhaustible — which Phil would attribute to Cody, from whom he received a liver transplant — bass player was the low end foundation over which the Grateful Dead were allowed to shine. He now presides as the patriarch of the jam scene, doing much of that work as the curator of his longstanding revolving door project — Phil Lesh & Friends.

The first concert under the Phil Lesh & Friends moniker took place on September 24, 1994 at the Berkeley Community Theatre as an acoustic show featuring Grateful Dead members Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and keyboardist Vince Welnick. But after Jerry Garcia’s death and the disbanding of the Grateful Dead in 1995, Phil & Friends largely became the crucible for which the music and cultural phenomena of the Grateful Dead continued and flourished.

Throughout the years, the project has featured some of jam’s most notable luminaries and Phil has been integral in bringing up young musicians from the jam scene and beyond. To celebrate Phil’s 80th birthday, JamBase takes a look at eight shows from eight amazing Phil & Friends’ lineups.

Berkeley Community Theatre – September 24, 1994

The first entry is that very first show with Garcia, Weir and Welnick. The audio recording of the acoustic show starts out with some classic Bobby banter about MTV Unplugged and includes stripped-down gems of “Dupree’s Diamond Blues,” “Attics Of My Life” and “Throwing Stones,” the latter of which appears to be the only known acoustic version with more than three members of the Grateful Dead.

The Warfield – April 16, 1999

The meeting of two towering pillars of the jam scene, these legendary “Phil & Phriends” shows — April 15 and 16, 1999 — from the famed Warfield in San Francisco featured guitarist Trey Anastasio and keyboardist Page McConnell of Phish along with Steve Kimock and soon-to-be frequent Phil & Friends drummer John Molo as well as Grateful Dead member Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay on vocals. The show kicked off with “Help On The Way,” “Slipknot!” and “Franklin’s Tower” followed by a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” ahead of the first set closer of the rarity “Alligator.” The show also included Phish’s “Prince Caspian” and “Chalkdust Torture.” Listen to full-show audio from April 16 below:

Red Rocks – August 14, 1999

This show from the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in the summer of 1999 featured members of jamgrass up-and-comers The String Cheese Incident as well as stalwart jam rockers moe. The core lineup featured SCI’s Michael Kang1 (electric mandolin) and Kyle Hollingsworth (keyboards) along with Kimock on guitar and Molo on drums. Cheese guitarist Billy Nershi and percussionist Michael Travis would help kick off the show on the Grateful Dead’s “Playing In The Band” and SCI’s “Round The Wheel.” moe. guitarist Al Schnier also joined the band toward the end of the single long set for “The Wheel,” “Terrapin Station” and a “Playing” reprise to bookend the set. Nershi would return for the encore, the Dead acoustic classic “Ripple.”

Tweeter Center – July 20, 2002

One of the most beloved incarnations of the early Phil & Friends era — and most stable lineup — became known as The Phil Lesh Quintet and featured Lesh joined by guitarists Warren Haynes and Jimmy Herring, keyboardist Rob Barraco and Molo on drums. The Quintet produced many memorable shows between 2000 and 2002 including one night at the Tweeter Center in Camden, New Jersey. While Molo played drums for most of the show Grateful Dead drummer joined in for “St Stephen, “Not Fade Away” and “Casey Jones.” Saxophonist Greg Osby also played the entire second set.

Vegoose – October 29, 2006

Trey Anastasio once again joined Phil in 2006 for a performance in Las Vegas at JamBase’s 20 For 20 Festivals We’ve Lost, Vegoose. The lineup also featured keyboardist John Medeski of Medeski Martin & Wood and a sit-in from Phish bassist Mike Gordon on banjo for Phish’s “Back On The Train.” The group would also play Dead classics “Shakedown Street,” “Row Jimmy” and a “Help On The Way,” Slipknot!,” “Franklin’s Tower” section to close out the set ahead of a “Not Fadeaway” encore.

Lockn’ – September 11, 2015

In 2015, Phil & Friends conducted a legendary Lockn’ run. On September 11 the band would include the Chris Robinson Brotherhood: Chris Robinson, guitarist Neal Casal, keyboardist Adam MacDougall and drummer Tony Leone. Guitarist Eric Krasno would top off the killer lineup who would treat the festival corwd to favorites like “Brown-Eyed Women,” “Playing In The Band” and “Althea” as well as The Rolling Stone’s “Gimme Shelter.”

Lockn’ – September 12, 2015

The next night, legendary guitarists Carlos Santana and Warren Haynes would count as Friends. The rock icons would perform Dead classics like “Scarlett Begonias,” “New Speedway Boogie,” “The Other One,” “Fire On The Mountain” and “Dark Star” along with Molo, longtime Phil collaborator guitarist Barry Sless and Dark Star Orchestra keyboardist Rob Barraco.

Lockn’ – August 27, 2016

Phil & Friends returned to Lockn’ in 2016 and swelled to include drummer Jon Fishman and Page McConnell of Phish, The Infamous Stringdusters, drummer Joe Russo and guitarist Anders Osborne. The acoustic instruments of The Dusters added nice touches on “Dire Wolf” and Rosalie McFall.” Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi would also join the band for “Mr. Charlie” and a stellar “Sugaree.”

On Saturday Jan. 18, Ghost Light will perform at New York City’s Brooklyn Bowl.

For those fans who can’t make it to the show, The Relix Channel is offering fans a free livestream of the entire show.

The show begins at 8:30 p.m. ET, and you can tune in at Relix.com/Live.

The band is made up of guitarists Tom Hamilton and Raina Mullen (who worked together in American Babies), pianist Holly Bowling, and a rhythm section of drummer Scotty Zwang and bassist Steve Lyons. The group previously performed at the Brooklyn Bowl in November of 2018; watch a complete video of that show below!

Read Relix‘s feature on Ghost Light from our September 2019 issue here.

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After debuting this November, the Grateful Dead-inspired action sports film Fire On The Mountain is now available to stream in its entirety online.

The film’s all-star lineup of action athletes include snowboarders Jeremy Jones, Danny Davis and Kimmy Fasani, as well as famed surfer Rob Machado and skiers Michelle Parker and Chris Benchetler. (Benchetler also conceptualized the film, and served as director.)

Longtime Grateful Dead disciple Bill Walton serves as the narrator of Fire On The Mountain, and GD legacy manager/archivist David Lemieux oversaw the film’s music.

“This project is one of the coolest things that I have ever been involved with, and it validates my criteria for why I do things—people, passion, and purpose. I live on the edge, and beyond. Fire On The Mountain takes this notion to incalculable heights and spectacular places,” Walton previously said of the film.

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Goose celebrated Halloween with a sold-out concert at Mercury Lounge in New York City last Thursday and then opened for Pigeons Playing Ping Pong in New Haven on Saturday. The Connecticut-based quartet unveiled pro-shot video featuring a 42-minute segment of “Halloween Hits” from the run.

The members of Goose dressed in the gear of the Flint Tropics in an ode to the 2008 movie Semi-Pro as part of the “Netflox & Chill” theme. Goose’s Halloween show featured a mix of originals and a bevy of covers, most of which the band hadn’t performed before and are included on the Semi-Pro soundtrack. The band reprised a few of the covers in New Haven.

The sequence featured in the video below starts with the untzy original “Yeti” and continues with the Goose debut of “Get The Funk Out Ma Face” by The Brothers Johnson. Guitarist Rick Mitarotonda, multi-instrumentalist Peter Anspach, bassist Trevor Weekz and drummer Ben Atkind then dig in on one of their oldest songs, “Wysteria Lane” before Mitarotonda channels Patti LaBelle on a cover debut of “Lady Marmalade.” Goose’s take on Walter Murphy’s “A Fifth Of Beethoven” closes out the video.

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Guitarist Steve Kimock celebrated the 25th anniversary of his Steve Kimock & Friends project and his 64th birthday over the course of a three-night stand at George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville, Arkansas over the weekend. Steve, bassist Reed Mathis, keyboardist Jeff Chimenti and drummer John Kimock were joined by a number of guests in Fayetteville including Leslie Mendelson and Miles Kimock.

The run started on Friday with a show that included such Kimock repertoire classics as “It’s Up To You,” “Why Can’t We All Just Samba,” “Nana’s Chalk Pipe” and “Philadelphia Mambo.” Tanya Shylock of opening act Mountain of Venus emerged during the second set to lead the group through a take on Kris Kristofferson’s “Me & Bobby McGee” that also featured Miles Kimock on guitar. Steve Kimock & Friends ended the night by pairing Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing” with the Grateful Dead’s “Terrapin Station.”

Saturday’s celebratory concert came on Steve Kimock’s birthday. The quartet followed the “Ice Cream” opener by working both “The Other One” and the “James Bond Theme” into an instrumental “Bird Song.” Leslie Mendelson then came out to add piano and vocals to a cover of George Harrison’s “I’d Have You Anytime” and the Kimock original “Mother’s Song.” Miles Kimock joined the quartet to close the first set on Saturday with “Golden Road” from Steve’s Zero days.

Steve Kimock & Friends kicked off Saturday’s second set with the beloved “Tongue N’ Groove” and the Grateful Dead’s “Help On The Way” > “Slipknot!” Mendelson returned to the stage for a take on Daniel Lanois’ “The Maker” and Miles Kimock then added to “Five Before Funk” ahead of the “Many Rivers To Cross” closer.

The guest action on Sunday began towards the end of the first set when Mendelson, Shylock and legendary guitarist Earl Cate emerged for the Jerry Garcia Band repertoire staple “My Sisters & Brothers.” Mendelson stuck around for covers of John Anderson’s “Mississippi Moon” and Bruce Cockburn’s “Waiting For Miracle.” The latter also featured Shylock on vocals. Steve Kimock went on to dedicate the second set to Ginger Baker, who died earlier in the day. Leslie came back out for a run of “Crazy Fingers” and “Satellite City” before Cate, Shylock and guitarist Mike Pascale augmented the quartet on a version of “You’re The One” featuring a bit of “Pusherman” within. The core Steve Kimock & Friends quartet ended the run with an instrumental rendition of the Grateful Dead’s “Stella Blue.”

Setlists & Full Show Audio Taped by Fred Nicolois

Friday, October 4

Set One: It’s Up To You > Dark Star, High & Lonesome, Anorexia, Why Can’t We All Just Samba

Set Two: Nana’s Chalk Pipe, Philadelphia Mambo, Me & Bobby McGee (w/ Tanya Shylock on vocals and Miles Kimock on guitar), Little Wing > Terrapin Station

Saturday, October 5

Set One: Ice Cream, Bird Song > The Other One > James Bond Theme > Bird Song, I’d Have You Anytime (w/ Leslie Mendelson on vocals & piano), Mother’s Song (w/ Leslie Mendelson on vocals & piano), Golden Road (w/ Leslie Mendelson on vocals & piano & Miles Kimock on guitar)

Set Two: Tongue N’ Groove, Help On The Way > Slipknot!, The Maker (w/ Leslie Mendelson on vocals & piano), Five Before Funk (w/ Leslie Mendelson on vocals & piano & Miles Kimock on guitar), Many Rivers To Cross

Sunday, October 6

Set One: Point Of No Return, New Africa, Gomorrah, My Sisters & Brothers (w/ Leslie Mendelson on piano and vocals, Tanya Shylock on vocals and Earl Cate on guitar), Mississippi Moon (w/ Leslie Mendelson on vocals & piano), Waiting For A Miracle (w/ Leslie Mendelson on vocals & piano and Tanya Shylock on vocals)

Set Two: Butter > Bad Hair > Butter, Tangled Hangers, Crazy Fingers (w/ Leslie Mendelson on vocals & piano), Satellite City (w/ Leslie Mendelson on vocals & piano), You’re The One (w/ Earl Cate on guitar, Mike Pascale on guitar and Miles Kimock on guitar), Stella Blue

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The Republican outrage factory is working overtime to pump out bullshit today, and they're flinging all the cowpies they can scoop up in their filthy little paws at the House Intelligence Chairman. The GOP has finally found the real COLLUSION, and it is Adam Schiff!

After Bill Barr's Itty Bitty Book Report, the howler monkey brigade has seized on the NO CONCLUSION as evidence that the entire investigation was illegitimate from the jump. You know, just like with Hillary Clinton's email server after the FBI found no reason to charge her. And Benghazi. And Uranium One. And Vince Foster. And Whitewater. Ahem.

Anyway, the GOP is in no mood to shit on Mueller, who just "exonerated" their guy, so they've set their sights on Schiff. Trump already called for him to be "forced to resign" from Congress, just this morning, and right on time here's Texas Congressman Mike Conaway (R-Chutzpah) opening this morning's hearing into Russian interference into our election by demanding that Schiff resign as chair of the House Intelligence Committee.

Oh, noes! Did Adam Schiff ninja out of an Uber and race over to get leaked intel from the White House, then return to announce that he'd gotten top secret whistle blower data to deliver to the White House, and then hold a press conference at the White House mooing about Obama's secret "wire tapps" of the Trump campaign? LOL, we are silly! That was then-House Intel Committee (HPSCI) chair Devin Nunes (R-Gem), straight makin' shit up in an attempt to murder the Russia investigation. The optics on that one were so bad that poor Devin had to pretend to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. So now the GOP would like Schiff to resign too, please, for the dastardly crime of pointing out that pretty much everyone in Trumpland was only too delighted to accept an electoral boost from Russia, and if they didn't manage to collude, it sure as hell wasn't from lack of trying.

Conaway entered into the record a letter signed by all nine Republicans on the Intel Committee demanding that Schiff quitfire himself for abusing his position "to knowingly promote false information, having damaged the integrity of this Committee, and undermined faith in U.S. government institutions." Which is pretty fucking rich coming from a bunch of partisan liars who spent the past two years screaming about the DEEP STATE FBI and threatening to hold the Deputy Attorney General in contempt of Congress.

But Adam Schiff is not here for Republican bullshit. Here he is asking why it is exactly that the GOP is totes cool with everyone in the Trump campaign staring soulfully into Russia's eyes, taking long walks on the beach, kissing 'til their mouths go numb, and doing EVERYTHING BUT consummating their love on the gold escalator of Trump Tower.

It's a stemwinder, but we're going to quote it here in its entirety because it's really important.

My colleagues may think it's okay that the Russians offered dirt on the Democratic candidate for president as part of what was described as "the Russian government's effort to help the Trump campaign." You might think that's okay. My colleagues might think it's okay that when that was offered to the son of the president, who had a pivotal role in the campaign, that the president's son did not call the FBI, he did not adamantly refuse that foreign help. No, instead that son said that he would "love" the help of the Russians. You might think it's okay that he took that meeting.

You might think it's okay that Paul Manafort, the campaign chair, someone with great experience running campaigns, also took that meeting. You might think it's okay that the president's son-in-law also took that meeting. You might think it's okay that they concealed it from the public. You might think it's okay that their only disappointment after that meeting was that the dirt they received on Hillary Clinton wasn't better. You might think that's okay.

You might think it's okay that when it was discovered a year later that they'd lied about that meeting and said it was about adoptions, you might think it's okay that the president is reported to have helped dictate that lie. You might think that's okay. I don't. You might think it's okay that the presidential chairman of a campaign would offer information about that campaign to a Russian in exchange for money or debt forgiveness. You might think that's okay. I don't.

You might think it's okay that campaign chairman offered polling data, campaign polling data to someone linked to Russian intelligence. I don't think that's okay. You might think it's okay that the president himself called on Russia to hack his opponent's emails, 'if they were listening.' You might think it's okay that later that day, in fact, the Russians attempted to hack a server affiliated with that campaign. I don't think that's okay. You might think that it's okay that the president's son-in-law sought to establish a secret back channel of communications with the Russians through a Russian diplomatic facility. I don't think that's okay.

You might think it's okay that an associate of the president made direct contact with the GRU through Guccifer 2 and Wikileaks, that is considered a hostile intelligence agency. You might think that it's okay that a senior campaign official was instructed to reach that associate and find out what that hostile intelligence agency had to say, in terms of dirt on his opponent.You might think it's okay that the National Security Advisor-Designate secretly conferred with the Russian ambassador about undermining U.S. sanctions, and you might think it's okay he lied about it to the FBI.

You might say that's all okay. You might say that's just what you need to do to win, but I don't think it's okay. I think it's immoral. I think it's unethical. I think it's unpatriotic. And yes, I think it's corrupt and evidence of collusion.

Do not come for Adam Schiff, Mikey. He sees your treasonous, Russia-loving, Trump-stooge, unpatriotic ass coming a mile off.

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The box art for the next game in the Far Cry series, Far Cry New Dawn leaked on social media ahead of tonight’s announcement at The Game Awards. As per usual for the series, it’s provocative and transgressive. It depicts a white man strapped to a car riddled with bullet holes, and in the foreground, it shows two black…

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