Musicians talk

[Tero]

John Lennon invented chugging bass on Helter Skelter
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0I1pzT1F ... Jlbg%3D%3D

[Sean Hayden]

[Tero]

Davie plays forbidden riffs in music stores. He is a bassist so he plays the guitar riffs on bass.

[Tero]

"The word "ideology" has become a fixture in American political rhetoric, invoked by leaders to cast opponents' beliefs as dangerous, stupid or unfounded.

"During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump vowed to "defeat the toxic poison of gender ideology," saying he would take "historic action" to reaffirm what he described as a divinely created gender binary. Education Secretary Linda McMahon has similarly criticized "DEI ideologies" in hiring and admissions, arguing instead for merit-based practices. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has said a "leftist ideology" motivated the alleged assassin of Charlie Kirk."

"It wasn't always this way. For this installment of NPR's Word of the Week, let's trace ideology back to its origin during the French Enlightenment. Philosopher Antoine de Tracy coined "ideology" as a neutral concept for the scientific study of ideas, said Samuel Chan, who teaches political thought at Occidental College."

"Today, "ideology has essentially become a form of name-calling," said Jason Blakely, a political scientist at Pepperdine University and author of Lost in Ideology. He argues conservatives often deploy the term to describe what they view as faddish beliefs that threaten traditional moral orders, while liberals use it to criticize inherited hierarchies they see as limiting human flourishing."

"Chan favors other words — "worldview" or "narrative" — to describe how communities understand their histories and assign meaning to their lives. That framing, he said, can create greater empathy across political and cultural lines."

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/03/nx-s1-56 ... k-ideology