No kids, but I grew up poor- and I looked forward to Christmas because my mom went out of her way to make it an experience. She would find all the free holiday events in the area and take us and buy small gifts for a dollar or less and do our own 12 days of Christmas. She’d make popcorn and we’d watch a different…

There is a part of me that wants my kids to feel, at least in some relatively painless and abstract way, that the world is fucked.

Yeah, if you want them to build character, give them some responsibility and don’t go overboard with the gifts, but trying to indoctrinate them with your depression/angst/etc seems like a shit plan.

Yeah, I don’t really get this ridiculously cynical essay. Your kids will experience the adversity necessary to build character soon enough without your conscious interference.

“There is a part of me that wants my kids to feel, at least in some relatively painless and abstract way, that the world is fucked.”

Hot babes! Ripped hunks! That video has something for everyone except music lovers.

Water.

Eloquently put. Thank you. I have read so few pieces tha hit on this. Because for the poor/queers/POC/weirdos who face violence (metaphysical or real) everyday, these spaces represent another kind of safety and are important.

Chelsea was one of 3 friends that I lost in the fire. She was one of the nicest persons I knew and an asset to the bay area DJ scene. She helped me expand my love and knowledge of electronic music - especially Detroit house. She was one of the best volunteer DJ’s on KALX. She had the best laugh, the best voice. The…

Gentrification is part of it, but I remember 30 years ago going to parties in scary lofts in Portland when it was dirt cheap and everyone could afford to rent a house. I’ve been to sketchy warehouse parties in New York and Portland and Minneapolis and Seattle and San Francisco over three decades. Artists are always…

The fire is so sad. What a horrible way to die, just for wanting to enjoy music. It wasn’t a negative “rave” like the internet is saying, just a concert and dancing and fun. I have no idea how you survive in a city where $800/month gets you a bed in a corner of a crowded warehouse with no shower.

This breaks my heart, and I hope if ANY good is to come from this tragedy, it is that we MUST support artists. That means giving them venues to perform in and providing subsidized artist housing. Also, fuck gentrification.

Dude LOVES crying

Forget it, dude; it’s Chinatown.

It’s too hard to figure out who is the worst out of all of these people.

[smug atheist laughter] Lol

Man we’re gonna need a loooooooot of L7 and Bikini Kill to get through this shit.

For what it’s worth, Hillary’s lead in the popular vote is now more than 1.7 million votes.