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Friday Night Music

Friday, November 30, 2012

Romney’s lament. Okay, I know only the refrain really works, but it’s always good to hear the Beatles. And I think, despite the fact that this clip is from Shindig, that it’s a true live performance, and not lip synced, and according to the person who posted the video on youtube, it is in fact […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, November 23, 2012

The gloating continues. While helping to prepare our Thanksgiving Dinner I chose to play the American Songbook album of songs by lyricists Yip Harburg. Actually, I didn’t know all the songs were by Harburg, only that the cover art said “American Songbook”. It was a fairly random pick, except I was looking for something “American”, […]

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Friday Night Music-Still wallowing

Friday, November 16, 2012

Couldn’t resist. First saw this here. Yes, Randy Newman yet again.You have to admit, though the words don’t always fit, the tone of the song goes great with the visuals. I saw the video a few days ago and when I went searching for it on youtube to post it here, I stumbled on this, […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, November 9, 2012

Late posting tonight, as we were out with friends celebrating a birthday and the election results. Earlier in the week I downloaded Neil Young’s last two albums, one of which is called Americana, which consists of Young’s take on an eclectic mix of standards. The iTunes version comes with grainy black and white video versions […]

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Friday Night Music-A reprise

Friday, November 2, 2012

When this song first came out I wrote that it was an “anthem ready made for the Obama campaign, if they have the smarts to use it, and if Bruce lets them.” Well they did, and apparently he did. Nate says Obama’s climbed past 80% and I want to believe part of the reason is […]

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Friday Night Music-Just for Fun

Friday, October 26, 2012

These days, my anxiety level is getting a bit high. Most of the time I just feel like curling up into a fetal position until 10:00 PM on November 6th, when, for better or worse, it will all be over. So, as far as music is concerned, I’m retreating into the past, into the glorious […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, October 19, 2012

Okay, here’s how I got to this one. I wanted to find a song that would somehow tie into Obama’s “Romnesia” riff (see previous post); something about forgetting (a lost cause, by the way). So, I went to the google, and put in “songs about forgetting” and this is one of the songs that came […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, October 12, 2012

Okay, I got next to nothing. This is by way of approbation for Joe Biden, who I gather is being roundly criticized by the Republicans, with the media following their lead, for laughing at the truly risible Paul Ryan. So Joe, don’t let the bastards grind you down. Listen to Randy. (There’s a bonus track […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, October 5, 2012

I was with a friend last week that I went to grammar school with. That’s right, both of us permanently damaged by Our Lady of Sorrows school. How could you not be, with a name like that? Anyway, I don’t remember how the subject came up, but he mentioned the Wildweeds, a Connecticut group that […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, September 28, 2012

This is one of those stream of consciousness sort of things, starting with my ride home from work. My iPod is attached to my car stereo, and lately I’ve been playing things at random by spinning the selector wheel on the stereo and seeing what it lands on. It’s safer that way; less need to […]

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