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Sunday, June 21, 2026
Like hiring a bank robber to be a bank teller
Wow. A convicted Jan. 6 Capitol rioter has been hired to work in a Pentagon office that handles classified military information. Elias Irizarry was hired to work in the DOD’s Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, and internal alarms are going off. www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
— Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) June 2, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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This is great, but a strong indictment of our national media as well
We live in a country where some of the best journalists are late night comedians & editorial cartoonists. THANK YOU Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, John Oliver, Jimmy Fallon, Tom Tomorrow, Mike Luckovich & Michael de Adder ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! #LAUGH_DO_NOT_DESPAIR ✊
— Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) June 1, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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Wimpiest. President. Ever.
There’s something so reassuring about Trump confirming for all the world to see how deeply insecure and pathetic he is that he needed a sheet put up to hide his name being torn off the Kennedy Center, that he illegally installed merely to serve his ego and boost his narcissistic grandiose false self
— Matt Lombardo (@mattlombardo.bsky.social) June 13, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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The Department of Surrender
Department of War? More like the Department of Surrender
— I AM DAD (@iamdad.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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Saturday, June 20, 2026
The GOP's America
The world's first trillionaire received 38 Billion Dollars from the US government. But, no, we won't have enough money to pay for school lunches for your kids. Or give you healthcare. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) June 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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The Pariah of the United States
I don’t know who to credit for this photo of Trump at the G7, but it’s excellent.
— Miffythegamer (@miffythegamer.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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Trump's $14 million cesspool
Paint has begun stripping off the Reflecting Pool just days after Trump's $14 million repainting was finished
— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) June 18, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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Now Italy is humiliating Trump
Meloni response to Trump’s lie that she begged him for a photo: “Trump’s statements are completely fabricated. I am frankly astonished. I don’t know why the president behaves like this towards his allies. This is not the first time this has happened. Italy and I never beg.”
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) June 19, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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Friday, June 19, 2026
Trump in defeat
The war President Trump waged against Iran promises to conclude with the signing of a cease-fire agreement this week—leaving the United States diminished militarily, strategically, economically, and perhaps morally, Jonathan Lemire argues.
— The Atlantic (@theatlantic.com) June 18, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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America's laughingstock
Trump at the G7 was a total embarrassment. The whole world now sees that our President is a madman. How long are we going to accept this humiliation? #ProudBlue www.alternet.org/trump-g7-spe...
— ElizabethC 💙🐸 (@econklin44.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Macron played Trump like a cheap drum
The Retreaty of Versailles
— Peter Fraize (@peterfraize.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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A celebration worthy of America's 250th birthday
Former Presidents Biden, Obama, Bush, and Clinton, joined by former First Ladies Jill Biden, Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, and Secretary Clinton, at the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali.bsky.social) June 18, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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Thursday, June 18, 2026
Nazi Germany level propaganda
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com A new White House web page, which compares immigrants to aliens with phrases like “They walk among us” and “They do not belong here,” belongs to “a subgenre of Trumpian gestures that are menacing and sophomoric at the same time,” our columnist M. Gessen writes.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) June 5, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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Doddering Old Man Syndrome
Trump Falls Asleep Again During White House Meeting, Does Some Sleep Mumbling newsvideoclip.com/trump-falls-...
— LAWriter (@lawriter1.bsky.social) June 4, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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Primo
The art of the deal is to start a war of choice and lose. Primo.
— Eli Friedmann (@eligit.bsky.social) June 15, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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Project 2029?
Buttigieg: We sit in a in a country that's got the wrong number of people on the Supreme Court, possibly the wrong number of representatives in the House of Representatives. And by the way, when you consider the disenfranchisement of the people of DC, we have the wrong number of states in the US
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) June 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. DXCV--Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Damn the Torpedoes (Album)
Yeah, I'm late--whatevs. This is my yearly "It's My Birthday And I'll Write About An Album If I Want To" post....
[Sixty-seven years young, for those counting at home.]
It would be impossible to overstate how influential this album has been to my life listening to music. It was originally released October 19, 1979, and somewhere around that time I read a rave review in Rolling Stone. I put it on my Christmas list for December of that year, and Mom and Dad were kind enough to oblige, and I started listening to it on Christmas Day. I immediately recognized the first song on side two as one I'd been hearing on the radio and had yet to find who sang it (well before the internet for you young 'uns wondering how I wouldn't know). Within a matter of weeks, I had gone to the record shop to buy their first two albums (absolutely killer records as well). Thus began a love affair with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers that lasts to this day and is only slightly surpassed by my love for Bruce Springsteen.
Damn the Torpedoes (and what a great album title that is) would go on to become Tom Petty's breakthrough album, eventually reaching #2 (most assuredly with a bullet!) on the Billboard 200, and spawning two top fifteen singles. It featured the band's original line-up: Mike Campbell on lead guitar, Benmont Tench on piano/organ, Ron Blair on bass guitar, and Stan Lynch on drums.
As these yearly posts generally end up quite long, we'll start here without further ado....
Refugee--And what a song to open an album with--one of my all-time favorites. Every band member shines: the guitars are ominous, the organ searing, the bass pulsating, the drums crashing, and the sneer in Petty's vocals is to die for. And to top it all off? The beyond killer backing vocals in the chorus. A stunning piece of music. Favorite line: "Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some/Who knows maybe you were kidnapped, tied up/Taken away for ransom...."
Here Comes My Girl--Aaand...the second one is amazing, too. The music is the sound of love triumphing, as Petty talk sings his way through the stanzas and his antagonist lets us know how her love has saved him and made it all make sense. When the instrumental break begins and Petty says, "Watch her walk" it always sends me into musical ecstasy. Favorite line: "Every now and then, I get down to the end of a day/I have to stop, I ask myself why I've done it/It just seems so useless to work so hard/And nothin' ever really seems to come from it..."
Even the Losers--This one is actually based on Petty's young life--he spent an evening with a popular girl and she let him know the next day that one night together was all he'd ever get. Great guitars, plenty of power from the rhythm section, and Petty's defiant vocals rule the day. The spoken "It's just the normal noises in here" that ends the static at the song's beginning is Mike Campbell's wife. Petty's anthem for the not so cool kids. Favorite line: "Baby, even the losers/Get lucky sometimes/Even the losers/Keep a little bit of pride..."
Shadow of a Doubt (Complex Kid)--It had been a while since I heard this one until I did my half-assed research this week. Kind of forgot--though it's not a standout track--that it was a pretty nice little ditty. Petty does a nice job vocally of capturing the protagonist's doubt about his girl's love for him--or is he just kidding himself about those feeings? The band's playing--as always--is solid and just a bit understated, which plays perfectly with the song's theme. Favorite line: "And when she's dreaming/Sometimes she sings in French/But in the morning/She don't remember it..."
Century City--There actually is a Century City--it's in L.A. and is quite well known as a commerce center. I've often wondered if this is Petty's ode to Los Angeles, the modern world where he would make his home for many years. Nice track, the band is solid and makes the music sound futuristic to go with the storyline. Sci fi music for the late seventies.... Favorite line: "Sometimes I get discouraged/Sometimes I get so down/Sometimes I get so worried/But I don't know what about..."
Flip it over for side two....
Don't Do Me Like That--The song that made me a fan for life. Benmont Tench steals the show with his organ playing, Stan Lynch pounds the drums into oblivion, Mike Campbell throws in a few nice licks, and Petty's gritty vocals take us into another stratosphere--and turned them all into superstars. Two minutes and forty-one seconds of unadulterated rock and roll joy. Oh, oh, oh indeed. Favorite line: "I was talking with a friend of mine, said a woman had hurt his pride/Told him that she loved him so and turned around and let him go..."
You Tell Me--And follows it with...a not so upbeat number. Could have been called "A Man with no Self Respect." Petty spins a tale of a man trying a little too hard to hold on to the one he's got. A solid if unspectacular effort. Favorite line: "Well you put me through your paces and you twisted/Until I felt like dying/Yeah the last thing I needed/Was to finally realize you were lying..."
What Are You Doin' in My Life?--A song about the stalker from hell. Petty plays the victim with a touch of terror and a touch of humor. Ron Blair's bass in killer throughout--almost hear echoes of rockabilly here. Add in some nice riffs from Campbell and some terrific piano from Tench and we have another winner. Favorite line: "Well, you're the last woman in the world that thrills me/Now you got my girlfriend trying to kill me..."
Louisiana Rain--I've always thought this was one of Petty's more underrated tunes (translation: I really, really like it). Not sure if this was their stab at a country song or a southern rock ballad, but either way, it worked. It's the story of a man travelling America and the years have not been kind (unlucky in love, booze, the world's sorrow always in his sight), still hoping (or not) to get back to Baton Rouge. Petty's vocals carry all his pathos, Tench's organ guides him from city to city, and the rest of the band plays their part in playing out his story. Just a tremendous ending to a tremendous album. Favorite line: "Louisiana Rain is falling just like tears/Running down my face, washing out the years/Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes/I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge..."
Can't begin to tell you what a joy it was to revisit this year's album. Here's hoping next year is equally as satisfying--same bat time, same bat channel....
Enjoy:
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The White Trash Palace
Remember how dignified the White House used to look before flashy new-money white-trash moved in? The British in the War of 1812 treated the building with more respect.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) June 12, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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A massive disappointment for a lifelong Giants fan (me)
It’s been a very embarrassing season to be a Giants fan, but I was genuinely appalled the organization had ever gotten money from my angry queer self this Pride Night. Every last one of these bigots spat on their own fanbase, and clearly ownership and management were happy to allow that.
— kay taylor rea (@kaytaylorrea.bsky.social) June 13, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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Tacky and pointless
What a weekend of contrasts! SATURDAY NIGHT: One of the most celebrated and joyful evenings in sports ever. SUNDAY NIGHT: One of the most tacky and pointless evenings in sports ever.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) June 14, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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Iran's triumph, Trump's humiliation
The difference between the Obama deal and the trump deal. Obama's deal didn't require us going to war. It didn't require murdering 120 school kids. His deal didn't cause high gas prices and high inflation, and it resulted in Iran having ZERO KG of highly enriched uranium. abcnews.com/video/133866...
— addiah.bsky.social (@addiah.bsky.social) June 15, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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Tuesday, June 16, 2026
And to close...is anyone surprised Joe Rogan is a racist?
Joe Rogan allowed this to happen. Joe Rogan is a racist piece of shit.
— Malcolm P. Johnson (@admiralmpj.bsky.social) June 15, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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Touche finis
Michelle Obama isn’t a man, but Trump is still a rapist, pedophile.
— Robbie (@daddykaz.bsky.social) June 15, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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Touche again
No, Josh, you're wrong, Michelle Obama is not a man, and neither are you.
— Human☮ (@4humanunity.bsky.social) June 14, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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Touche part deux
Michelle Obama is NOT a man. To be fair, nobody in that ring, or on our lawn last night was a man, either.
— Franken-Pattern (@franken-pattern.bsky.social) June 15, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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Touche
Michelle Obama is NOT a man, and the same thing can be said about Donald Trump, too.
— Sloan Ashton (@ashton7sloan.bsky.social) June 15, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Just another reminder of how classy the Obamas were and what pigs the Trumps are
MMA fighter Josh Hokit on the White House lawn: “Michelle Obama is a man!” This is how America’s 250th birthday is being celebrated. What a disgrace.
— Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) June 15, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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Monday, June 15, 2026
Have to admit Trump was right about Ted, though
Donald Trump called your wife ugly, your father a murderer, and you a pussy, and yet you lick his boots.
— Matt Ortega (@mattortega.com) June 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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A gaffe a minute
TRUMP: “The numbers were great. I love the inflation.”🤔 Trump admits his pointless war is making your life more expensive, and he loves it.
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) June 10, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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Asleep at the wheel
Kamlager-Dove: We cannot have a president asleep on the job. Is he sleeping in classified briefings or on calls with foreign leaders? How can we trust a president who is literally asleep at the wheel?
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) June 10, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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Murder AND war crimes
"The U.S. government has intentionally killed at least 205 people outside any lawful circumstances...We don’t know exactly where the strikes have occurred. We don’t know what intelligence was used...It doesn’t seem that anyone knows whom the government has killed." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
— Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) June 11, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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Sunday, June 14, 2026
Beyond nauseating
BREAKING: Elon Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire after SpaceX opens for trading at $150 per share, giving the rocket maker a market value of $1.96 trillion.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) June 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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They enabled a child rapist with our tax dollars
They literally met in the Situation Room to come up with a defense for the President of the United States raping children.
— Covie (@covie93.bsky.social) June 11, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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They cleaned the shit off the walls
Breaking news: President Trump’s name is off the Kennedy Center. The building’s exterior reads “The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts” once more.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) June 13, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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Trump literally fucks up everything
Algae has been found in the Reflecting Pool just 4 days after Trump's $16,000,000 renovations.
— Headquarters (@headquartersnews.bsky.social) June 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Saturday, June 13, 2026
A complete failure
"Inflation jumps to 4.2%, the highest since early 2023. Inflation’s rise has surpassed wage growth, which was tracking at 3.4% in the most recent jobs report." www.nbcnews.com/business/ene...
— Jordan Uhl (@jordanuhl.com) June 10, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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CBS is the laughingstock of American media
BREAKING CBS has fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley for cause. This comes after Pelley confronted 60 Minutes’ new executive producer, Nick Bilton, in a meeting yesterday and said Bari Weiss was trying to murder the program.
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali.bsky.social) June 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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Another pervert in the Pervert Administration
As much as RFK Jr talks about circumcision and the sperm counts of teenage boys, somebody should probably check that creepy motherfucker's hard drives.
— The Tortured Buffalo Sports Fans Department (@sethfromthe716.bsky.social) May 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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No agreement when it comes to your hate
“We can disagree and still be friends.” Yeah, about whether pineapple belongs on pizza. Not racism and homophobia.
— Marcy Gall (@marcygall.bsky.social) May 25, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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Friday, June 12, 2026
Don't have the answer, but...
Are there any concerns about Graham Platner that aren't eclipsed/obliterated/rendered irrelevant by 'The Trump Standard'? Asking for a state. And a country. And the interest of moral equivalence. Thanks.
— George Hahn (@georgehahn.com) June 9, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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Taking away your benefits to fund Trump's fuck up
The GOP is plotting more safety-net cuts to fund Trump’s wars. The president is demanding that Congress pass a third big reconciliation bill this summer, which could be toxic to midterm voters.
— New York Magazine (@nymag.com) June 11, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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An epic humiliation--of himself
President Trump posted a humiliating economic statistic that revealed his kindergarten-level understanding of economics: the U.S. trade deficit has “widened by the most in nearly 34 years,” he wrote on Truth Social. But a widening trade deficit isn’t a good sign for Trump’s economy. trib.al/kLG6xuI
— The New Republic (@newrepublic.com) June 10, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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Their historical legacy? Pedophile protectors
"bombshell New York Times investigation this morning: it reveals that senior officials across the White House, Justice Department, and FBI were consumed by a months-long effort to manage the Epstein files in ways that would protect Donald Trump from political damage." Not surprising sadly. #SheShed
— Pamorama 🇨🇦🐶💪🏕🇨🇦 (@pamorama.bsky.social) June 10, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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Thursday, June 11, 2026
World Cup #5: A global embarrassment
It wasn’t just the Trump regime that sucked the joy out of the World Cup. It was also FIFA’s lips attached to Trump’s ass.
— Dianna Dann Narciso (@waywardcat.bsky.social) May 30, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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World Cup #4: Back in time...
Anyway I hope you all have a great time watching the 1936 olympics I mean the world cup.
— Amy Devlin (@amydevlin.bsky.social) June 1, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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World Cup #3: What a wonderful world it would be
The only good outcome of the upcoming World Cup would be the perfect and entire humiliation of both Trump and Infantino.
— Andrew Okey (@andrewokeyauthor.bsky.social) June 1, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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World Cup #2: Everything Trump touches, dies
It's crazy how we have both the World Cup and America 250 this year, and almost no one cares about them because this regime has wholly sucked the joy out of even momentous national events.
— 4fuxake (@blueheartedly1.bsky.social) May 30, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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World Cup #1: Fuck FIFA, Fuck Trump
Come for the FIFA World Cup. Stay because ICE goons threw you in the trunk of a car and dragged you to some unknown location.
— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) March 12, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Wednesday, June 10, 2026
The little boy who cried wolf
CNN: President Trump has said the the war will be over within days at least 37 times before
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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Lying to the point of abject stupidity
RAJU: But what evidence is there to prove the California election is rigged? MIKE JOHNSON: Look, some of these efforts are so diabolical and so far upstream it's impossible to prove. But I think everybody knows instinctively that something is wrong here.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 8, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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Apparently, the NBA is going after the racist and pedophile demographics
NBA commissioner Adam Silver asserted that President Donald Trump is “welcome to” attend Game 3 of the Finals after his anticipated presence at Madison Square Garden caused a stir. #NBAFinals
— The Mirror US (@themirror.com) June 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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We paid for Trump's nap
The most expensive taxpayer funded nap #NBAFinals
— The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) June 8, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. DXCIV--Pokey LaFarge: End of My Rope
Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall, ninety-nine bottles of beer, you take one down, you pass it around...and I'm (twelve days--yikes!) late again....
As has happened here numerous times before, my introduction to this week's tune was...my darling daughter. A couple years back she sent me a short list of songs she was enjoying and thought I might enjoy as well. For whatever reason, this one really stood out and was literally love at first listen. Unfortunately (never enough time!), this song remains the only one of his I know...but if you're only going to know one, might as well make it a good one....
Pokey Lafarge was born Andrew Heissler in Bloomington, Il in 1983. He took an early interest in music thanks to one of his grandfathers (who was a banjo player), and after graduating from high school in 2001 hitchhiked to the west coast where he earned a living busking. He would continue to travel the country, self-released his first album in 2006, and had a musical contract for his second release in 2008. Over the next two years he would team up with three musicians who would become his backing band, the South City Three. Though significant commercial success has thus far eluded him, he has built a nice career, with his band having backed Jack White on a couple of songs and been White's opening act, toured regularly, as well as him writing songs for soundtracks and acting in a couple of movies. He's also won two Independent Music Awards for album of the year. For his career, Lafarge has released eleven studio albums, one live album, and five singles. He released his latest album just this year.
Fun Fact: The "Pokey" in Pokey LaFarge comes from a nickname his mother gave him when he was a child, because, surprisingly enough, he often moved slower than she wanted him to.
"End of My Rope" was released on LaFarge's 2020 album, the rather lowly entitled Rock Bottom Rhapsody. The song was not released as a single. In what's become something of a trend over the last few Jukebox posts, neither the single nor the album had a Wikipedia entry, so any chart positioning (likely none) is unknown.
Featuring a driving bass and a rock-solid drum line throughout, LaFarge, tongue planted firmly in cheek, spins the tale of a man at the...end of his rope. The lyrics are smart, the vocals compliment perfectly the song's rockabilly roots, and there's a gospel-tinged organ that screams "come to me Jesus." There's also a heaping helping of "yeahs" (and a couple of "oh yeahs" for good measure) in the chorus, and all of it makes for a dynamite song to lighten up our world. A simple--and subtle--gem.
Lyric Sheet: "Let me die on stage/Singing the last song I know/Let the spotlight shine the skin/Off my bones..."
Enjoy:
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