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Can’t resist

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Even though it’s not Friday. Via Paul Krugman’s blog. Krugman notes that several of his commenters took offense at the idea that Springsteen, et al would read a lefty political message into a Woody Guthrie song. Is there a word for historical ignorance akin to innumeracy?      

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Friday Night VIdeo

Friday, March 9, 2012

This is a week late, but I would be remiss if I didn’t note Davey Jones passing with something by the Monkees. Now, to the purist they were not a group at all, being as they didn’t play their own instruments, at least at the start, but then, they did do their own singing, at […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, March 2, 2012

A anthem ready made for the Obama campaign, if they have the smarts to use it, and if Bruce lets them. This, from an Obama speech to some union workers, seems to echo Bruce: Because I’ve got to admit, it’s been funny to watch some of these politicians completely rewrite history now that you’re back […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, February 24, 2012

Well, in keeping with the topicality requirement, I thought I would try to find a song that celebrated something all the Republican candidates had in common, and I think I’ve found it, in two versions. This group was a true one hit wonder, though according to what I read while wandering through youtube, they parlayed […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, February 17, 2012

So, I’ve been trying to keep these things topical and timely, but what with things changing so fast in the crazysphere, it’s hard to keep up. Even Adele,this years Grammy sensation, probably never figured that by the time she got to sing this song, Newt Gingrich would be old news yet again. Besides it’s not […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, February 10, 2012

Okay, there’s one topic that dominated the news this week. Who would have thought, in this day and age, that in the midst of a depression the party out of power would want to make access to birth control a central issue in the campaign. I say it again, Obama is the luckiest guy on […]

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Friday Night Music-with Commentary

Friday, February 3, 2012

The furor over the Susan Komen situation has gotten a lot of people upset and has raised a lot of questions. It got me thinking of the ACORN fiasco a few years ago. Recall that ACORN then, like Planned Parenthood now, had, for reasons having no rational basis, become the whipping boy for the right […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, January 27, 2012

In the past I have tried, on this feature, to abide by a few rules, all of which I have broken when the need arose. No lip syncing, no music with only a photo to go along with it; and no repeated artists. It has been most difficult to adhere to the last of those. […]

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Friday Night Music-Carolina on our minds

Friday, January 20, 2012

In case you missed it: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c James Taylor & Stephen Colbert – “Carolina in My Mind” www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive This next one is for Newt. I’m breaking a rule here, but I couldn’t find a version with actual […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, January 13, 2012

Someone I know sent me this link, and I thought the video and the music was great. Get the full story here. Dave Brubeck in Russia, joined by a Russian violinist. Things like this make you think that things would be so much better in the world if the politicians, the bankers and the priests […]

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