The Old Deck Hand
@davyvollman.bsky.social
created February 8, 2024
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Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Hard to believe this was all the way back in 1973. But you probably couldn't do it on a major label today. Music that doesn't suck. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRG3...
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “Workers Not Billionares” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/peoplefor/ev...
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Just got back today today 🎶🎸
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
Richard!! 😂
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
You should have gotten Richard to come by after the protest. Haven't seen him in a while.
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
The protest at Clough Pike today. There were a couple hundred people. And drums 🪘🥁
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
He wasn't arrested, although it was unclean from the news reports last night while it was happening. He shot himself. www.wlwt.com/article/poli...
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Federal agents detained two firefighters in Washington state... ...while the firefighters were in the middle of fighting one of the largest wildfires in the country. Under Trump’s regime, cruelty takes precedence over everything else.
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Time to get up, put some coffee on, & rock n roll. Music that doesn't suck www.youtube.com/watch?v=era7...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
Good afternoon! 😂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afxd...
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Claire Tory was originally paid the standard $30 flat fee for the session where she did the vocal, and had no idea when she left the studio if anything she had done would make the final cut of what was originally called The Mortality Sequence. Music that doesn't suck www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PMn...
Uma (She/Her) 🇺🇦 🌎 (@eulimnadia.bsky.social) reposted
Read about how AI is sucking up all the power and then figure out how to turn off AI in your search engine. These companies should be fined. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
I never use it. It pisses me off. They've even stuck it in the Firefox browser now. Sucks.
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Did Nicolette kick ass on there or what?? 😀 She and Linda Ronstadt sing backing vocals on this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTqw...
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
And then Emmylou Harris did backing vocals on Star Of Bethlehem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li3b...
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Comes A Time has long been my favorite Neil Young album. Motorcycle Mama just blew my mind the first time I heard it. Nicolette Larson released a single of Lotta Love which she also sang backup on the Neil version. Music that doesn't suck www.youtube.com/watch?v=80PT...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
This is why the Democrats are doomed. DNC Panel Rejects Resolution Demanding U.S. Arms Embargo on Israel www.democracynow.org/2025/8/27/al...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't think backing vocalists get enough appreciation for what they do. Nicolette Larson is another that always rocked my socks. Where would Comes A Time been without Nicolette? www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_W9...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
I've never heard this album before. I'll have to check it out.
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
Jackson Browne's Running On Empty album had backing vocals by Rosemary Butler, that lady you hear really wailing on the title song. She also did backing vocals for Bonnie Raitt, Neil Young, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor and countless others. Music that doesn't suck www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKnn...
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
'Teddy Bear' was the 5th track of Peter Gabriel's collection of B-sides, remixes and rarities, Flotsam & Jetsam. 'Soft Dog' was originally the B-Side of the 'Shock The Monkey' single Music that doesn't suck www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjFo...
Uma (She/Her) 🇺🇦 🌎 (@eulimnadia.bsky.social) reposted
Thank you once again to all the complete idiots who just couldn't vote for Kamala because reasons. 🤬 Gift article 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
Least surprising article I have read all month.😡
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Music That Doesn't Suck
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
What's all the haboob about in Phoenix? Haboob comes from the Arabic word habb, which means "to blow," like in "Trump really habbs!" www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder what the Arabic word for 'sucks' is?
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
Music that doesn't suck
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
Tracy Chapman was magnificent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfMk...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
Bill Graham gave Santana it's start. Santana's first gigs were at the Fillmore. Santana had been jamming onstage with Jerry Garcia & Stephen Stills and Graham ask Carlos if he had a band. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL3F...
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Bill Graham had just died. A free concert was organized in Golden Gate Park, Featuring the Grateful Dead, Jackson Browne and CSN&Y for an audience of 300,000+. Music that doesn't suck www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRSy...
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Yes, THAT Anderson. 👀 Music that doesn't suck
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
Great album. I think it's a shame these days that Sarah is trying on purpose to write simpler songs that don't show off her playing ability. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaYv...
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Music that doesn't suck Sarah Jarosz was born in 1991, and released her first album in 2009, the Grammy award nominated Song Up In Her Head. Her 3rd album, Build Me Up From Bones, was also nominated for Best Folk Album, and its title track for Best American Roots Song www.youtube.com/watch?v=X09s...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
RIP
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
It really does. Who on earth has a better Propaganda Department than Israel?
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
Why isn't this the major story everywhere? #Genocide #Palestine #WestBank #Israel www.democracynow.org/2025/8/21/ma...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
Why didn't police arrest the CBP officers?? Video Shows CBP Officers in California Firing Bullets at Family After Stopping Their Vehicle www.democracynow.org/2025/8/20/he...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
A Record 383 Humanitarian Workers Were Killed Last Year, Led by Israeli Attacks in Gaza where 181 humanitarian workers were killed by Israel last year. 60 humanitarian workers were killed in Sudan as they worked to bring aid to people displaced by civil war. www.democracynow.org/2025/8/20/he...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
Three More Palestinians Starve to Death in Gaza as Israeli Attacks Kill 56 in a Day And our government pays for Israel to maim and murder children. That's American Exceptionalism in action! www.democracynow.org/2025/8/20/he...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
Target took a gamble over which would hurt their business more, a boycott on the left or right. They should have just worried about what was the right thing to do.
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Yes, but the crime wave in DC comes from our Capitol Building.
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
That is truly creepy. What was that movie? The Stepford Wives?
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
You could buy all bags of potatoes. Not much protein, though.
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
The story should be really simple. "Rental affordability falls sharply due to unbridled Capitalism & greed" There, fixed it for you.
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
The one you found me is very nice. But this Trump deal is insane. He ignores the Constitution, he ignores national security. It's all just about him saying he made a deal.
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
This is just insane, and screw AMD & Nividia for even considering this. Besides being unconstitutional. The US can't impose export taxes, and that's what it is, regardless of what Trump wants to call it.
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Outstanding!! So refreshing after so much compliance in advance.
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
Well now Trump may be taking over the Cincinnati police. I wonder how the union feels about that? They endorsed him. local12.com/news/local/c...
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
So, the Texas GOP is holding a Democratic representative prisoner in the state Capitol Building, because she won't sign a 'permission slip' to be followed 24 hours a day. It's time to take the kids gloves off.
Environmental Coffeehouse~ Sandy (@envirocoffeehouse.bsky.social) reposted
Jim Massa will be live with me tomorrow night on twitch, Facebook NX 9 PM Est. #antarctic #ice #climatecrisis #greenhousegas #collapse
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Is Trump going to adopt this next? Will I be arrested for my Grateful Dead T-shirts?
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
The United Fruit Company.
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Capitalism has never supported 'free markets'. Anyone looking into the history of Microsoft, Intel, Standard Oil, or America's railroads knows this already.
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
Update: they gave her some drug & it worked. She isn't going to need another surgery after all. Not for this, anyway.
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
Her name is Rickie Lee Jones. Music that doesn't suck
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Lightning Bolt was the only Pearl Jam album released in the 2010s. They let their fans know they could still rock and roll. Music that doesn't suck www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqES...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
I think they did Lightning Bolt better live than on the album. But both versions are really good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZD9...
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Orbits would win the 2014 Grammy award for best jazz instrumental solo. But the entire album was full of amazing solos. #JazzSky Music That Doesn't Suck www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is-R...
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
One of my all-time favorite debut albums. Just one of my all-time favorite albums, period. Music that doesn't suck www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QYx...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
What a voice!
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Music That Doesn't Suck Snarky Puppy is an American jazz fusion band led by bassist Michael League. They combine a variety of jazz idioms, rock, world music, and funk, and have won five Grammy Awards.
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Music that doesn't suck "Thirty ought six" is correctly written .30-06. The 06 is for 1906, when the US military adopted the round as the standard US military cartridge for rifles and machine guns, which it remained for ~50 years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzAL...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
Great show. I hear someone is going to see her.😃 www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0LA...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
😂
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
😂 It's funnier when you say it.
Uma (She/Her) 🇺🇦 🌎 (@eulimnadia.bsky.social) reposted
It definitely falls under the Music That Doesn't Suck category.
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Music that doesn't suck
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
If Buckingham & Nicks had done Frozen Love with Fleetwood Mac, I have no doubt it would have been a hit. As it was, the album flopped, but Mick Fleetwood heard "Frozen Love" played back through studio monitors at Sound City while evaluating recording studios for Fleetwood Mac Music that doesn't suck
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
Give 'em hell, Gavin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSXD...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
She finally grew a pair, heh?
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
OMG! Harper got her liver. Operation scheduled for 11 PM.
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The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
You learn stuff being an engineer in the merchant marine for 20 years. Like how to take any engine apart & put it back together. How to do hydraulics. Thanks for the 'brilliant'. You obviously didn't think I'd read it. 😘
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
They do grow on you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=80TU...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
Music that doesn't suck is no Little Feat www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwES...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
Music That Doesn't Suck category: Cars songs not sung by Ric Ocasek www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuZA...
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Hey, Israel, how are you going to feed your demon when you run out of journalists to kill?? 👀 www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
I just used my infrared thermometer to check my pool water. It said 96.5
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm already desperately trying to defend my culture. From ICE & MAGA.
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
Althea is music that doesn't suck 😘
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
My infrared thermometer says the pool water is 96 degrees. Can that be right???
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
And you just showed up in the feed! 😀
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
That is how the feed is supposed to work. But the best way to access the feed is to pin it. bsky.app/profile/did:...
Uma (She/Her) 🇺🇦 🌎 (@eulimnadia.bsky.social) reposted
Testing. Hope this meets your qualifications 😁 Music That Doesn't Suck Rush ~Take A Friend youtu.be/CpaN-Zhvkdo?...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, it hasn't shown up yet. Got my fingers crossed. It didn't work for someone else a couple days ago. For some reason evenings seem spotty sometimes.
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
And to post to it, all you have to do is type the magic words. 'music that doesn't suck' in an original post, not a reply. We have people post to it accidentally.
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
My I Know You Rider is better than yours. 😘
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
Shakedown Street is a state of mind. One of those places in the heart. sfstandard.com/2025/07/15/g...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
We've been trying to get people to use the feed, or some other one we can agree on, ever since PG made it. There's a Grateful Dead feed, & a progressive rock feed, and I check those out sometimes, but those are pretty restrictive feeds to an artist or genre. Music That Doesn't Suck covers a lot.
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
@scottthejanitor.bsky.social Worked for me!
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@pewtergod.bsky.social if I don't show up, you need to check under the hood. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYR3...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
1972 was the first time I saw the Grateful Dead. They were still magnificent back then. Music That Doesn't Suck www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCgZ...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
Sometimes they take a while to post, and sometimes they never show up & I have no idea why. But usually I haven't had a problem with it.
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Terry Reid famously turned down the job as lead vocalist for Led Zeppelin, and suggested Robert Plant. RIP Terry Reid. Music That Doesn't Suck www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwa7...
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
There's nothing quite like a girl with far away eyes. Music that doesn't suck www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyK1...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social)
Terry Reid was a talented singer and guitar player. 1949 to 2025, it's not a bad life. RIP. Music That Doesn't Suck www.youtube.com/watch?v=787d...
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
This?
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
Music That Doesn't Suck www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYYj...
Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@pewtergod.bsky.social) reposted
@eulimnadia.bsky.social @davyvollman.bsky.social @evodaily.bsky.social @nealfig.bsky.social Yes, Jerry's birthday was yesterday. We're freaks, we're not into time. 😜
The Old Deck Hand (@davyvollman.bsky.social) reply parent
That amazing! I've only ever heard a few tracks in my life that rock like that. Man!!! 😲