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5 reasons to carefully consider pet policies in 2025
Pet ownership among renters saw an upswing during the pandemic and has shown no signs of waning in the years since. An ASPCA/Ipsos survey in 2021 found that one in five households had acquired a dog or cat in the previous year. What’s more, 87% of the study respondents said they’re not considering rehoming their animal. By 2023, 59% of renters in reported having at least one pet, up from 46% in 2019.
Podcasts, Peanut Butter, and a Plushie Convention
So you're pretty busy these days. What are you going to do after the tour? Well, I get home in mid-November, shortly after the Seattle show, and I think... maybe I'll sleep for three days. Not straight, but I'll sleep for a couple days. I'll take a couple of days off. But then I'll likely start working on songs, or Fred [Armisen] I think is planning on coming to Portland over Thanksgiving and we're working on just some Portlandia projects and looking at the edits.
There's No Sex and Drugs for Chris Coyle
The role of the road manager is something of an anachronism in the world of rock 'n' roll. Janis Joplin's road manager called it the "25-hour-a-day job," and Richard Cole, perhaps the most notorious road manager in rock history, who toured with Led Zeppelin for 12 years during the band's heyday, started in the profession because "there was no pussy" in construction work.
That Guy Who Took a Year Off the Internet Has Some Advice for You
A while back, I wrote about the free application SelfControl, which allows you to cut yourself off from certain websites for a pre-determined amount of time. In the post I quoted Grist's David Roberts, who had decided to "take a year off" from the internet: I think in tweets now. My hands start twitching if I’m away from my phone for more than 30 seconds. I can’t even take a pee now without getting “bored.” I know I’m not the only one tweeting in the bathroom.
Dusty Lips, Eurodanceparty USA, and Prom Queen Play a Benefit for YouthCare Tomorrow Night
Dusty Lips are and amalgamation of the Dusty 45s and the Country Lips . And Eurodanceparty USA is comprised from members of "Balkan-inflected brass band Orkestar Zirkonium , the global-folk-pop duo the Lonely Coast, the Eastern European Jewish folk-punk revivalist project Nu Klezmer Army ." I have seen the Lonely Coast before and they are delightful.
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