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Friday, March 31, 2023
Our House
Here's your friendly reminder that 18 MAGA Republicans currently occupy House districts Biden won in 2020, and we're coming for them all. pic.twitter.com/3fDoiR30Tq
— Rachel Bitecofer 📈🔭🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@RachelBitecofer) March 26, 2023
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The wretched
What a miserable life to be a MAGA. So joyless and hateful. So overwhelmed with an irrational desire to punish others for believing differently from them. Blaming others for their failures. So consumed with hate. Can’t imagine going through life like that. Gotta suck to be them.
— 😱 Scary Larry 😱 🇺🇦✊🏻🇺🇸🗽 (@aintscarylarry) March 26, 2023
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The GOP's fucked up priorities
So Republicans ARE regulating tampons, vaginas, Michelangelo’s David, kids’ books, girls talking about periods
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) March 26, 2023
But they’re NOT regulating guns, greedy Wall Street banks, railroads, Big Oil, Big Pharma, tax-evading billionaires and corporations?!
Got it 🤦🏻♀️
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Not just America, but Americans as well
One of the fundamental tenets of MAGA is a pure hatred of the United States and its values. Listen for a few minutes to any Trump speech or rally. It's almost entirely diatribes about how horrible America is.
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) March 26, 2023
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
Michigan Dems are talking the talk and walking the walk
Don't overlook this, it's a big deal: Michigan Dems are passing pro-labor *and* pro-LGBTQ/abortion bills. They're explicitly casting this as a pro-worker agenda, economically *and* culturally. This is the blue state answer to red state culture war madness:https://t.co/ysbzdrc1iq
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 27, 2023
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Never underestimate how stupid any republican really is
It looks like Disney just checkmated Ron DeSantis. The board DeSantis appointed to “oversee” Disney is now complaining that the company used a loophole to strip them of their power until 2053. https://t.co/xCaxdn4QE4
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) March 29, 2023
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Bill Lee is just as much of a murderer as the shooter
Tennessee @GovBillLee hasn't had time yet to tweet his thoughts and prayers for Covenant School, but when he does, remind him that this is exactly why police and citizens opposed the permitless carry bill he signed into law at a gun maker's factory in 2021. #tnleg pic.twitter.com/NZ2smJQEkC
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) March 27, 2023
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Sometimes stupidity comes back to bite you in the ass
The Wyoming abortion ban is being stayed because after Obamacare, Wyoming Republicans constitutionally enshrined the right to make your own medical decisions. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
— Rachel Bitecofer 📈🔭🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@RachelBitecofer) March 25, 2023
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Porn is porn
A Utah parent took advantage of the state's new school censorship law to challenge the Bible due to its "pornographic" content.
— Matthew Sheffield (@mattsheffield) March 24, 2023
And of course it's true. The Bible is filled with many stories of incest, rape, coprophagy, prostitution, dismemberment... https://t.co/dmPHH2Fof6
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Democrats know the score
AOC: "When we talk about progressive values, I can say what my progressive value is. And that is freedom over fascism." pic.twitter.com/35jPEyNTtY
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 23, 2023
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Queen for a day
Boom boom clap.
— MM (@adgirlMM) March 24, 2023
Boom boom clap.
Buddy, you're an old man, dumb man.
Pleading with your Truths looking guiltier every day.
You got paint on your face, big disgrace.
Jack Smith is gonna put you back in your place.
Hear it?
We will, we will mock you.
We will, we will mock you. pic.twitter.com/mIsgsD4Aic
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Kind of fishy, don't you think?
Guns are banned at Trump’s Waco rally tomorrow
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) March 25, 2023
Guns were banned at the NRA convention in Texas
Guns were banned at DeSantis’s events
These bloodthirsty gun fiends don’t care if WE get murdered
As long as it’s not THEM
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
It's their party and they'll cry if they want to
Ladies and gentlemen, the Pity Party's 2024 frontrunner. pic.twitter.com/yYLMqjmECM
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) March 26, 2023
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Make them pay
Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year.
— NPR (@NPR) March 22, 2023
"That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty," the author says. https://t.co/YU9SfgcKdi
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These are the "pro-life" people
Bush: In 2020, per capita murder rates were 40% higher in states won by Donald Trump than those won by Joe Biden. Nine of the ten states with highest gun mortality rates are red states pic.twitter.com/Ao3u2FnZB1
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 23, 2023
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This is MAGA
THIS is what the culture wars have created!!!! 5 N.Y. Schools Evacuated After Bomb Threats Over LGBTQ+ Books
— Randi Weingarten 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪🏿👩🎓 (@rweingarten) March 23, 2023
https://t.co/9AjFCe4flL
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Monday, March 27, 2023
Deranged, demented, and dangerous
HOLY SHIT, I knew trump was unhinged, but he posted a picture of him with a baseball bat next to the picture of Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg????
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) March 23, 2023
This is straight up threat of violence.
Innocent, law-abiding folks don't do that.
ARREST HIM ALREADY. pic.twitter.com/UrOMmB7u16
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It's not rocket science
"The reason there’s a former president being indicted is because the Republican Party nominated and elected a criminal. It’s no more complicated than that.” —@StuartPStevens pic.twitter.com/jbFwZGQFZJ
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) March 22, 2023
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A fine fuck you to their hate
Disney is openly defying Ron DeSantis, announcing they are hosting the world’s largest LGBTQ conference in Florida. https://t.co/QHFdnUgTwy
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) March 22, 2023
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The whackos in Waco
Here is Trump and his supporters yesterday in Waco with their hands over their hearts while a pro-January 6 insurrection anthem — NOT the US national anthem — plays.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) March 26, 2023
The screen is playing footage of MAGA insurrectionists attacking the Capitol.
They are EMBRACING violence. pic.twitter.com/YLMC18Qfsk
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Sunday, March 26, 2023
And such a contrast to the pigs that followed them
They are just good people!
— Southern Sister Resister - Wordsmith #IAmTheStorm (@ResisterSis20) March 22, 2023
The Obamas brought joy, empathy & integrity to the White House. For 8 years, America had a president who put country before self, comforted us through grief, and kept us safe.
We were a better country because he was always a better man.#FreshStrong pic.twitter.com/2heTwMp99f
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This is literally Third World dictator shit
Trump now announces if elected he will form a ‘Truth & Reconciliation Commission to “expose the hoaxes” of the Deep State, he will crackdown and prosecute govt leakers, and will move 100,000 govt jobs out of DC to “places filled with patriots who love America.” pic.twitter.com/z91tekvvUi
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) March 21, 2023
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A veritable parade of losers
I was wondering why they didn’t publish the speakers like usual. For his TX rally does he have Greg Abbott? Ted Cruz & John Cornyn? Waco Rep. Sessions? Nope. It’s Ted Nugent, some local pastors, Mike Lindell, Sid Miller, Matt Gaetz, Marge Greene, Roger Williams & Mayra Flores! pic.twitter.com/t7NpcqYVcL
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) March 25, 2023
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Happy to see it happen
Fox News hosts aren't coping well with the possibility of a Trump indictment:
— Kat Abu (@abughazalehkat) March 20, 2023
"They better not put my president in prison. He represents 74 million Americans. If he's the nominee, you're putting 74 million votes in prison." pic.twitter.com/AM7o5GY40W
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Saturday, March 25, 2023
Waco must be quite the attraction for nut jobs and sexual perverts
Branch Davidians Pleased That Trump Will Rally in Waco, Texas https://t.co/rxzkOjy6dx
— 🇺🇸TrumpRussiaTies Mapping Project🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@TrumpRussiaTies) March 24, 2023
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Psycho-fucking-path
The most stunning fact about the COVID-19 pandemic was and remains the willingness of Trump to sacrifice American lives in service of what he perceived to be his personal political interests. Just mind-boggling.https://t.co/HaIB0WnBGU
— Brent Orrell (@OrrellAEI) March 21, 2023
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Gotta keep finding ways to cut taxes for the wealthy
After spending YEARS screaming about “the border,” MAGA Republicans introduced a budget that calls for cutting 2,000 border patrol agents.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) March 20, 2023
Cannot make this stuff up.
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The GOP is just as guilty as Trump is
The grifters in the GOP are desperately playing defense for Trump because they know that if Trump is held accountable for his actions, then they will be too.
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) March 21, 2023
Make no mistake, birds of a feather will be indicted together.https://t.co/6CnjjesCHg
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Friday, March 24, 2023
Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. CDXXIX--Edith Piaf: La Vie en rose
A couple of years back I was fiddling around on the computer when a commercial for Stella Artois beer came on TV, and as a trumpet dreamily played a melody, I was certain I knew the song it was playing. In a roundabout way I did--it's been featured in commercials, movies, and TV shows many times (I'm certain there are numerous classical pieces that have the same familiarity without knowledge of the particular piece). However, I did not know that this week's tune was the most famous song of one of France's most famous performers. It took about two listens to fall in love with, and it's been a favorite ever since....
The Little Sparrow (La Mome Piaf), Edith Piaf, was born in Paris in 1915, and had about as unfortunate of a life as any artist featured here on Friday Night Jukebox. Abandoned at birth by her mother, she was originally raised by her maternal grandmother until being returned to her father before he went off to fight World War I at which point she was passed off to her paternal grandmother...who ran a brothel. Piaf was blind from the age of three until the age of seven due to keratitis (it was supposedly miraculously healed when the prostitutes who helped raise her pooled their money and paid for a pilgrimage honoring St. Therese of Lisieux). In her teens Piaf joined her father, a street performer, and began performing music and skits on the streets of Paris. She was pregnant at seventeen, abandoned her daughter as her mother did her, and the daughter would pass away at two from meningitis. Piaf's gifted vocals were eventually discovered, and she began performing in brothels and nightclubs before becoming possibly France's greatest performer. Along the way Piaf fell in love with the love of her life, Marcel Cerdan (middleweight boxing champion of the world), who died in a plane crash in 1949 while en route to see her in New York City. During her lifetime, Piaf would also be accused of being an accessory to murder (acquitted), a traitor during the Nazi occupation of France (acquitted), suffered from crippling rheumatoid arthritis, had a stomach ulcer, was in three car accidents, and also was addicted to painkillers and alcohol. Unfortunately, such a tragic life led to an all too early death, as Piaf passed from what was believed to be a liver ailment at the age of forty-seven. Piaf's funeral procession through Paris drew thousands of people, and her ceremony at the cemetery was attended by over 100,000 of her fans.
Fun Fact: If you're a movie fan, I would highly recommend the 2007 biopic La Vie en rose. Marion Cotillard, who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance, is absolutely dazzling as Piaf (she's pretty much dazzling, period).
"La Vie en rose" (lyrics were written by Piaf) was released on a ten-inch single, Chansons Parisiennes, in 1947. Her version peaked at #23 (with a bullet!) on the Billboard charts. English lyrics were eventually written for the song and in 1950 six different versions reached the Billboard chart.
"La Vie en Rose" translates as "life through rose-colored glasses" (literal translation is "life in pink"), and the song describes how lovely life looks when we're in love. Piaf's voice takes on a serenity as she sings it, and the song becomes a veritable love lullaby. The melody is lush which is very convenient for me as I neither speak nor read French so at least I've been able to hum it all week. It's a beautiful song from another era by a unique talent--and a very fine addition to the annals of Friday Night Jukebox.
Lyric Sheet: As noted above I am not familiar with French except in the most trivial of ways (C'est la vie!), so there isn't much sense in featuring lyrics here. For those interested, though, at the link to the French lyrics I provided if you scroll down there is another link to an English translation. Have fun!
Enjoy:
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Their hype is the definition of stupid
Everyone point & laugh at the dipshits who pretend WWIII, a Civil War, & a Great Depression are simultaneously happening every single day because they are humiliated and angry that all the pissing in their tinfoil panties doesn't change the fact Biden is their goddamn president.
— 🔥Reverend Dr. Aiden (@SweetFnLucifer) March 17, 2023
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For the GOP, it's always about the racism
Trump's always tried to make threats to him seem like threats to all of his supporters.
— Philip Bump (@pbump) March 20, 2023
So, with something apparently looming in NY, he's linking the probe to a deep-seated fear in his base: that Black people in power are out to get a White man. https://t.co/9PxgeV5K8b
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Losers backing the biggest loser
When you circle the wagons around a criminal, what does that make you? A Republican. Donald must be holding the jackpot of kompromat on his party members, courtesy of the Kremlin. https://t.co/QDdg28ENgA
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) March 19, 2023
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Republicans have always cheated to win elections
Holy shit. The former Lt. Governor of Texas Ben Barnes just came forward to say he was part of a secret Republican operation that convinced Iran to keep Americans held hostage in order to sabotage Jimmy Carter’s 1980 presidential campaign.(@peterbakernyt) https://t.co/EzsiXD14se
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) March 18, 2023
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Thursday, March 23, 2023
Talk about prescience!
We should have listened to Frank Zappa in 1986. An American fascist theocracy? He called it. pic.twitter.com/UUQvme2jkO
— Megs (@the_meghaning) March 21, 2023
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How big of a disaster would the pandemic have been without it?
13 years ago, Democrats passed Obamacare, which has proven to be a B.F.D. for millions of Americans who didn't go broke or die from lack of health insurance because of it. Happy Birthday to the ACA! #DemocratsDeliveredHealthcare pic.twitter.com/UthaV4Eow5
— Rachel Bitecofer 📈🔭🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@RachelBitecofer) March 21, 2023
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The party of greed and stupidity
If you're a Republican these days you're either the man selling the Chinese MAGA hats at a 900% markup, or you're one of the sorry motherfuckers dumb enough to buy them. There is no in-between.
— Liam Nissan™ (@theliamnissan) March 21, 2023
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A criminal is a criminal regardless
.@maddow nails it. The fact that it is unprecedented in American history for a former President to be indicted is meaningless when you consider that *this* former President is a lifelong criminal and perpetrator of fraud. His indictment is not only not a surprise, but a necessity pic.twitter.com/NgltlUnQV2
— Andrew Wortman (@AmoneyResists) March 21, 2023
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Pure Michigan
Across the country, the LGBTQ+ community faces near-daily threats to their lives and liberty. Michigan is welcome to all, and I will keep using my tools to defend LGBTQ+ Michiganders. pic.twitter.com/DSgaBXSEyD
— Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) March 20, 2023
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Justice for all
Trump: “If they could do this to me, they could do this to anyone!”
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) March 18, 2023
Yeah, that’s kinda the point. It’s called equal treatment under the law.
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Too dumb to know what oversight means?
While House Oversight spends countless hours and millions of dollars trying to prove Hunter, Hallie and James Biden used their family name to get money from China, we have right in front of our eyes the Saudis giving $2B to Kushner and millions more to Trump for golf tournaments. pic.twitter.com/YCdDCMikSh
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) March 16, 2023
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Government of Putin
Trump’s Truth Social is funded by laundered Russian money
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) March 16, 2023
George Santos is funded by a sanctioned Russian oligarch
NRA is funded by Russia
Mitch McConnell’s campaign manager was convicted of funneling Russian money to GOP campaigns
GOP actually stands for GOVERNMENT OF PUTIN
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Good vs. evil
A tale of two bill signings.
— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 (@NickKnudsenUS) March 18, 2023
🥹 MN Governor @Tim_Walz makes breakfast and lunch free for ALL school children.
🙁 AR Governor @SarahHuckabee rolls back child labor laws.
Look at the kids’ faces.
Vote blue. pic.twitter.com/b7u4cGeJwe
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Their allegiance is to Trump, not to America
It's not up to House Republicans to review Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's conduct. It's up to Manhattan voters. If Trump is indicted, a jury will decide whether there's sufficient evidence to convict.
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) March 20, 2023
The GOP continues to undercut our democratic institutions to serve Trump.
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Law and order, period
We don’t want Donald Trump to go to prison because we disagree with him politically.
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) March 18, 2023
We want Donald Trump to go to prison because he is a criminal.
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We're paying for traitors to lie to our military
Taxpayers pay to broadcast propaganda and intentional lies from Fox into every US military base in the world. RT and make sure every taxpayer knows we're subsidizing the Republican War on Democracy and endangering our military readiness.
— Rachel Bitecofer 📈🔭🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@RachelBitecofer) March 16, 2023
pic.twitter.com/QI6GatV5Ec
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Monday, March 20, 2023
This is the evil we must stop
Thiel, Russia, Saudi Arabia all conspired in Musk's twitter takeover.
— Prof Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) March 12, 2023
An alliance of authoritarians/fascists and petrostates whose aim is no less than to destabilize democratic governance https://t.co/M4mHPss9R3
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If this fucking idiot wins in 2024, America is finished
Trump says Russia is not a threat, our greatest threat is our American representatives, we need to reevaluate the purpose of NATO, and most of the people in the State Dept, DOD and Intel Services need to be fired so he can put the right people in. pic.twitter.com/9PC6PrONM9
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) March 16, 2023
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Ever the humanitarians
Anti school lunch is a hell of a take, congratulations republicans
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 15, 2023
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The Donaltina Frump Show
I love how these MAGA people are freaked out by drag queens even as they worship a man who wears more make-up and hair spray than RuPaul.
— digby (@digby56) March 16, 2023
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Sunday, March 19, 2023
Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. CDXXVIII--Foo Fighters: Next Year
After I left the music business, I spent two years trying to make a living as a freelance writer, failed miserably, ended up dead broke, and moved back in with my Mom to avoid starvation. It also meant I had to leave my beloved St. Louis for a not so beloved Fort Wayne, Indiana. Eventually I got a job with KMart, and a few months into my tenure I was asked where I'd be willing to move. I was told the best answer was anywhere, so I put anywhere with the secret hope I'd miraculously end up back in St. Louis. Somewhere in the midst of these changes, this week's tune was released, and it reminded me (though the song itself had absolutely nothing to do with my situation) every time I heard it about my desire to get back home. Alas, I never got back, but life, as it often does, had a funny way of working out. And yet still, our song of the week holds a special place in my heart....
I wrote about the Foo Fighters in November of 2020, so I'll just update their bio this week. On the bright side, the band released another album, won four more Grammys, played at President Biden's inauguration, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On the sad side, their long time drummer Taylor Hawkins passed away last year. The band continues on, however, and might I add that their contribution to music over the past twenty-five years has been quite impressive.
"Next Year" was the fifth and final single released from their 1999 album There Is Nothing Left to Lose. The single, though it received a decent amount of airplay, did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The album, however, reached the top ten, and won a Grammy for Rock Album of the Year.
Fun Fact: Of this week's tune, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl said, "Next Year is a piece of shit! That song is so stupid. It's weird." Contrary to Grohl's assertion, my weekly half-assed research has shown that the song is a solid favorite of the band's countless fans, myself included.
One of the reviews of "Next Year" compared it favorably to Oasis' hit "Wonderwall" (I like the song but that's a bit of a stretch) but noted that the Foo Fighters at their best owed a lot to Brit Pop...which I thought a spot-on observation. The music is sticky sweet pop, Grohl's vocals capture all its sticky sweetness, and the band, from the jangly guitars to Taylor Hawkins drumming (which seemed to take on a life of its own in my listening this week), wraps itself around the stick sweetness and it all makes for a dandy piece of pop pie. Grohl has said the song is about an Air Force pilot thinking about going home after his tour of duty, all the while without knowing if he will get home because of the inherent danger of his missions. In the end, it's a song about going home, and that's a sentiment most of us have, and can relate to, every day (albeit considerably more safely than the pilot).
Lyric Sheet: "I'm in the sky tonight/There I can keep by your side/Watching the whole world wind around/I'll be coming home next year..."
Enjoy (Note that there's an album version and a shorter version that was released as the single--even though I'm more familiar with the single version, after hearing both I liked the extra minute and decided to feature the longer one.):
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Twelve kids a day killed by republican disregard for their lives
In America, three year olds shoot four year olds to death, and Republicans shrug it off. To be pro life, one must give a damn about the life of the child once it is born. Republicans do not. They only care about controlling women. Twelve dead kids a day from gun violence mean… https://t.co/zUFfD6HJFd pic.twitter.com/z3SmAX0Fsj
— Southern Sister Resister - Wordsmith #IAmTheStorm (@ResisterSis20) March 15, 2023
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This is what it's always been about
People have a hard time defining woke without accidentally saying they want to be able to hate minorities and not face any consequences.
— Halli (@iamharaldur) March 15, 2023
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Do you suppose Putin has pee tapes on DeSantis, too?
Ron DeSantis just repeated Russian propaganda, calling Putin’s illegal invasion a mere “territorial dispute” and suggesting to Tucker Carlson the US should pull support from Ukraine. https://t.co/HuIeAvK3R1
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) March 14, 2023
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He should be treated like the common criminal he is
Here's a headline that is accurate:
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) March 18, 2023
The former President is using reports of an imminent arrest to incite violence on social media.
You don't have to name him, accept his label of violence as protest, or disseminate his all-caps language. Don't reward him for this incitement.
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Saturday, March 18, 2023
Zing!
Just substitute "wokeness" for "blackness," and you'll pretty much get the gist of what people mean when they say they're anti-woke.
— Emma Vigeland (@EmmaVigeland) March 15, 2023
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It's like the GOP has collective Tourette's
Democrats: "Let's protect Social Security and make healthcare more affordable."
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) March 14, 2023
Republicans: "WOKE! Mr. Potato Head!"
Democrats: "Um... Let's talk about infrastructure and ensure banks are properly regulated."
Republicans: "PEDO! GROOMER! GAS STOVES! I AIN'T EATIN' NO BUGS!"
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Stalin would so proud of little Ronnie
The “Free State of Florida.” The Desantis Admin will only speak to reporters who agree with him. And with fawning Fox hosts looking for a game of catch while they lavish him with praise. Can’t wait to see him try and take this national. https://t.co/rfAbNky4ki
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) March 14, 2023
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The GOP is beyond deranged
The republican party is openly seeking to execute women for exercising control over their own bodies. pic.twitter.com/VFxxazDcul
— Bill Pascrell, Jr. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@BillPascrell) March 14, 2023
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Friday, March 17, 2023
Democracy is in danger every day with these assholes
Reminder that the Ohio Supreme Court said that the state's current congressional and legislative maps violate the state constitution due to Republican gerrymandering. And instead of fixing the maps, lawmakers are asking SCOTUS to stop the Ohio Supreme Court's ruling.
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) March 14, 2023
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Natural selection at its finest
If you think ivermectin is better at fighting COVID than the vaccines, the human species will be stronger without you.
— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) March 14, 2023
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And left Democrats--once again--to clean it all up
Trump disbanded the pandemic response team the Obama-Biden administration created. Crisis followed.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) March 13, 2023
Trump ended the rail regulations the Obama-Biden administration created. Crisis followed.
Trump ended banking regulations the Obama-Biden administration created. Crisis followed.
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
No heart and no soul
This glorious @Peggynoonannyc line on Ron DeSantis should be quoted at every opportunity during the 2024 campaign. DeSantis, she wrote, "carries a vibe...that he might unplug your life support to re-charge his cellphone." https://t.co/gVqUB3SubH
— Walter Shapiro (@MrWalterShapiro) March 11, 2023
Republicans = Nazis
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emaycee
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Follow the fascist's money
James Murdoch, the son of Rupert Murdoch, is on the Board of Directors for Elon Musk’s Tesla
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) March 13, 2023
Musk & Peter Thiel led PayPal together
Murdoch bought a $200 million Montana ranch from the Koch family
Murdoch & Thiel both supported Trump
It’s a circle jerk of fascist billionaires
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
Proof positive that if you use the word "woke" pejoratively you're a fucking idiot
Oh my God. This Republican talking head was just left completely speechless when asked what “woke” actually means. (h/t @vanguard_pod) pic.twitter.com/Ogps8GP7lq
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) March 15, 2023
Republicans = Nazis
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emaycee
Trump laundering Russian money, who'd have ever guessed?
Exclusive: Federal prosecutors involved in the criminal investigation into Trump’s social media company last year started examining whether it violated money laundering statutes with the acceptance of $8m with suspected Russian ties, per sources. @Guardian https://t.co/HRu2pp8T3r
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) March 15, 2023
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emaycee
A not so rare sighting of the Yellow-Bellied Republican
@Mike_Pence ‘s Profile in cowardice. You said the “American people deserve to know everything that happened” yet you are fighting subpoenas requesting info you have about J6. Do tell us what you know. We risked our lives to save u and your family. https://t.co/KH5j6r4yuW
— Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino (@SergeantAqGo) March 12, 2023
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
The Scott Walker of 2024?
Ron DeSantis, in Iowa, directly attacked parents who kept their kids out of school due to COVID, saying anyone who did so was susceptible to "corporate media narratives"
— Pat Dennis (@patdennis) March 11, 2023
this is exactly the kind of thing that make DeSantis an unviable candidate: attacking voters pic.twitter.com/K4Fa1EkTc7
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
Republicans do sound a bit like southern plantation owners
To “allow” you to retire? Who the hell do Republicans think they are? https://t.co/1e8OFddhtA
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) March 12, 2023
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
And their forefathers, the Nazis, actually did
The next time you hear someone complaining about “cancel culture,”remind them that Republican lawmakers want to actually ban books.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) March 12, 2023
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
Teach your children (not so) well
Good morning and Happy Sunday to everyone who agrees Republicans have lost their damn minds passing laws allowing child marriages in West Virginia and child labor in Arkansas.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) March 12, 2023
Protect your kids. Keep them as far away as possible from Republicans.
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
It's on tape
Whoa! Here it is. The moment in 2018 when Donald Trump removed the Dodd-Frank regulations that would have prevented the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. Don’t let anyone forget this. pic.twitter.com/3ccLFMWH2o
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) March 12, 2023
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Peace,
emaycee
This man should be in jail
Child abuse. If your desire to own the libs at the expense of your child with a broken ankle, you are a POS. pic.twitter.com/kSYEGn19Ps
— KerrBear (@MPLSKerrBear) March 11, 2023
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
The war against woke is nothing more than hate
Reporter: Can you respond to DeSantis saying that Florida is where woke goes to die?
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 10, 2023
KJP: This is about attacking young kids and their parents… Because of how they want to live. What does that have to do with anything about being woke? That is just hate pic.twitter.com/kZqHjjHfCR
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
The nitwit network
When the owner of a TV network admits that they and their hosts lie to you on a regular basis about important matters and you still watch the show as if it's non-fiction, you're a nitwit. Go sit in the corner and read the funnies. News isn't for you.
— Brown Eyed Susan (@smc429) March 10, 2023
Republicans = Nazis
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emaycee
Monday, March 13, 2023
The GOP is really taking stupid to a new level
Paul Gosar says he expects there to be criminal referrals coming from the House seeking the prosecution of Liz Cheney, other Members of the J6 Committee, and for some military officers. pic.twitter.com/6s0u41B9Yl
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) March 12, 2023
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Peace,
emaycee
And shows you just how little they care about ordinary Americans
Extreme MAGA House Republicans are showing us what they value: tax breaks for the rich.
— President Biden (@POTUS) March 10, 2023
They demand the biggest Medicare benefits cut in decades, ship jobs overseas, defund law enforcement, devastate our national and border security.
It’s a gut punch to the middle class. https://t.co/RdKDFp2h1N
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
There's a reason Corporate America is always bitching about regulations
I would add that most of us don’t actually need many regulations, because we’re decent human beings. A society needs them to protect the rest of us from those folks who will always, always, always try to get away with whatever they can without caring who they hurt in the process.
— Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@HC_Richardson) March 11, 2023
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
Freedom's just another word for taking away our rights
But tell me more about the Republican party of freedom.
— Marla (@marla_vous) March 10, 2023
Regulate my uterus
Regulate my sex life
Regulate who I marry
Regulate what I learn
Regulate what I read
Regulate my speech
This isn’t freedom— it’s fascism.#FreshWords
Republicans = Nazis
Peace,
emaycee
Sunday, March 12, 2023
Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. CDXXVII--Babyface: When Can I See You
Every now and again a song just blows you away the first time you hear it, and this week's tune would be a perfect example for me. Late one sleepless night as I was flipping channels I heard it on MTV (VH-1?), and I stopped everything I was doing, turned up volume on the TV and marveled at what a wonder I was hearing. I was still managing for Camelot Music at the time, and the first thing I did the next morning when I got to work was pop open a copy of the CD single and listened to it several times before we opened the doors. Hell, I even bought the sheet music for guitar, though I never came close to being able to play it....
Kenneth Edmonds, known professionally as Babyface, was born in 1959 (just two months before me) in Indianapolis. He began writing songs as a teenager, and by the time he was eighteen he was playing guitar in his first band, Manchild. Shortly thereafter he joined the band Deele where he would meet Antonio "L.A." Reid, which would prove to be a fortuitous moment in his career. Edmonds and Reid would go on to become one of the great writing/producing teams in music history. Edmonds has written or produced twenty-six number one hits, and has won twelve Grammy Awards. He released his first solo effort in 1986, and his latest album came out in 2022. For his solo career, Edmonds has released nine studio albums, plus two albums with Manchild and three with Deele. The list of his production/songwriting credits would be too numerous to list but suffice it to say it is quite impressive.
Fun Fact: Funk great Bootsy Collins coined Edmonds nickname because--surprise, surprise--Edmonds looked so young when they first met. Truth be told, Edmonds still looks pretty young....
"When Can I See You" was the fifth single released from his rather coolly named 1993 album For the Cool in You. The single hit #4 (with a bullet!) on the Billboard Hot 100 and is the highest charting single of his solo career. The album reached #16 on the Billboard 200.
I've written a time or two here about simplicity in creating music, and "When Can I See You" hits all the right notes for it. Basically, the song is just Edmonds vocals, his acoustic guitar (he uses its body to add to the rhythm section by tapping it with the heel of his hand), drums (listen carefully and you'll notice they sound like a heartbeat), and what I believe is a Friday Night Jukebox first: finger snaps. Edmonds silky smooth voice caresses the lyrics as he wistfully sings of a man who's not ready for the relationship to be over...but it is. As I usually do in the lead up to writing my weekly posts, I listened to it numerous times and still, almost thirty years down the road, I listened in wonder to the heavenly sounds that a mere mortal had wrought. It's just one fine damn tune.
Lyric Sheet: "When does my someday begin?/When I'll find someone again?/And what if I am not truly over/What am I supposed to do then, baby, baby?..."
Enjoy:
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emaycee
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