.@PeteButtigieg: "If your party has been systematically against unions, against a higher minimum wage, against paid family leave, against overtime, then just because you found Hulk Hogan and Kid Rock and put them on a stage doesn't make you a friend of the working man." pic.twitter.com/bMb74nDSn3
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) July 30, 2024
Trump makes an appearance at Kid Rock concert: “One of the greatest entertainers of our time. Not the best golfer … Let’s make America rock again.” pic.twitter.com/cBuXgha6Ni
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 8, 2022
In his new book, Promised Land, President Barack Obama reminisced about how the republican slide into lunacy began with Sarah Palin.
This apparently hurt snowflake (is it okay if I call you Sarah?) Sarah's feefees, and she went on Newsmax (what the fuck is Newsmax? I've been following politics for forty-five years and never once have I heard of Newsmax) and said how happy she was that she was living in Obama's head and that he didn't understand their movement and that she and lamebrain Donnie gave voice to the voiceless.
Where to begin?
Relatively certain that Obama spends close to zero time thinking about Sarah fucking Palin. If I recall correctly he actually had a country to run over his two terms, while Sarah was busy...not being able to complete one term as Governor of the sprawling state of Alaska.
As far as Obama being unable to grasp their "movement," he must have at least grasped the family values part. If I'm not mistaken, unlike Sarah, the Obama marriage has actually survived and neither of his daughters have had a child out of wedlock.
As for those voiceless folks? That would be racists--who if we truly had a competent media, would have remained in the sewer where they belong.
Obama is so out of touch that he was busy this past fall campaigning to overflow crowds for Joe Biden while the most notable achievement Palin has over the past several years was a picture with two of the lamest rock stars ever, Kid Rock and Ted Nugent, in the Oval Office.
One thing that Obama understands is because of his intelligence, success, and charisma that he doesn't have to embarrass himself singing out of tune on a lame ass show like The Masked Singer.
Did I mention that Palin's movement was so successful that Democrats have now won the White House three out of the last four elections?
Frankly, Sarah should hop back on the train to Loserville because that's where she and landslide loser Donnie belong.
254,000+ Dead Americans Because of Donald Trump's Incompetence
You know, I couldn't even come up with a comment for this one
Earlier this week, Kanye West announced he was running for President in 2020, though most (and probably rightfully so) believe it's little more than a publicity stunt (anyone remember Senator Kid Rock? me either) as West has a new album due shortly.
Just in case, though, I'd like to remind anyone contemplating voting for West that electing an idiot celebrity in 2016 didn't turn out so well (coronavirus, Russian stooge, children in cages, racism, economy in ruins, to name but a few) and electing another one won't work out any better in 2020, so it's best to cast your vote for Joe Biden.
Truth be told, I don't keep up much with the minutiae of pop music these days, so I wouldn't really be able to tell you if Kanye West's best days are behind him (a la fellow Trump supporters Ted Nugent and Kid Rock) or if he's still riding a wave of popularity. Either way, one has to wonder exactly what the fuck, from a career standpoint, he's thinking when he throws his support behind Donald Trump. Does he think old white people (swear to God truth: every time I tell someone near my age that one of my hobbies is music, their response is always something along the lines of 'I like music, too, except for that rap shit') are suddenly going to rush out and download his tunes? Or white nationalists? Exactly how does pissing off 60% of your fan base (roughly the percent of people under age 40--presumably Mr. West's core fans--who disapprove of Trump's job performance) translate into more commercial success?
Besides, I thought the job of plantation toadie had already been taken by Ben Carson....
Curious Aside #1: Mr. West said he voted for Trump because he made him feel like more of a man than Hillary Clinton. While it's not a subject I'm familiar with, if Mr.West needs a man to feel like more of a man, don't they have male gigolos for that sort of thing? Certainly seems like it would do a lot less damage to his career.
Curious Aside #2: I don't know which idiot Kardashian Mr. West married, but I did note in one of the pieces on his visit to the Oval Office that they have three daughters together. Wouldn't you just love to be a fly on the wall when Mrs. West explains to their daughters that they can't run for President because it would make Daddy feel like less of a man?
Note that at Wednesday's Detroit Pistons home opener in their new downtown Detroit stadium, a surprise appearance by Eminem was met with wild cheers, while a Jumbotron shot of Kid Rock was met with boos.
Though I've always suspected Kid Rock's considering a run against Senator Debbie Stabenow in 2018 to be more of a way to sucker republicans out of their money than an actual bid to be in the U.S. Senate, he might just want to reconsider if he's actually planning on challenging Sen. Stabenow.
Seems that the folks in Michigan aren't all that fond of folks who support racist assholes.
What a day for Michigan--the two worst musicians to ever come out of the Wolverine state got their picture taken with the two worst leaders in the history of American politics!
Though if ever you wanted tips on how to be talentless and dim-witted, the Oval Office was the place to be today--four experts were on hand to share their expertise....
Kid Rock should get down on his hands and knees every night and thank the Supreme Being for Lee Greenwood's song "God Bless the USA"; otherwise, he'd be the hands down winner of worst patriotic pop song ever fucking written with the utterly shitty "Born Free."
Even though it was far back in the dark ages of 1978, I can still remember buying the LP of Excitable Boy by Warren Zevon--it had gotten a five star review from Rolling Stone, was produced by the then critically and commercially successful Jackson Browne, and had a lineup of songs unlike any I'd ever heard. Zevon was headed for bigger and better things.
Alas, as life all too often works out, Excitable Boy would be the pinnacle of Zevon's career--while he would remain a critical success and the darling of many fellow artists, Zevon never again had either the commercial success or what could be considered a classic album (though I've always had a fondness for Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School). If nothing else, Zevon will never be forgotten because of this week's tune, "Werewolves of London," the catchiest song ever written about either London or werewolves.
This week's fun trivia fact that I'd completely forgotten: John McVie and Mick Fleetwood of, surprisingly enough, Fleetwood Mac fame played, respectively, bass and drums on "Werewolves of London." Oh, the thinks you can think!
Couple of other Warren Zevon factoids: "Werewolves of London" was sampled by Michigander Kid Rock in his dreadful song "All Summer Long." Mr. Rock, for those not familiar, is the Mitch Albom of rock stars--he makes you scratch your head wondering how he ever had any commercial success whatsoever due to a complete and total dearth of talent. And speaking of Mitch Albom, Zevon once recorded a song written by Albom called "Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)" which is so horrid that if I was given a choice of listening to it or "We Are the World" on an endless loop for eternity, I wouldn't even bat an eye and choose "We Are the World."
What a good day--a rip of Kid Rock and two rips of Mitch Albom in the same paragraph! And we now return to our regularly scheduled Friday Night Jukebox...
Zevon's career began in the 1970s. He came out of the sometimes justly maligned Southern California rock scene, recording with and writing songs later recorded by artists such as the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, and Fleetwood Mac, though Zevon's writing often showed a much darker side than most SoCal songwriters. He would have continuous success critically for the remainder of his career, and the occasional minor hit (and did win a couple of Grammys) but never again quite reached the glory of his second album. Sadly, Zevon would battle alcoholism and obsessive compulsive disorder throughout his life, and died at the all too young age of 56 in 2003 from complications of lung cancer.
The greatest tribute to "Werewolves of London" is that a song that could quite easily have devolved into just another novelty song, didn't. In large part this is due to Zevon's songwriting--references to Lon Chaney, Trader Vic's, and beef chow mein aren't your standard fare in most pop songs, and when you throw in Zevon's dry wit ("His hair was perfect" or "I'd like to meet his tailor") you have a pop classic that never gets old. Zevon plays a jaunty piano throughout, which is supported by a fine rhythm section that keeps that music lively throughout. Zevon's vocals are in perfect sync with the subject matter--both humorous and unforgiving, and his howl during the chorus is one of those small touches that make it all the more memorable. All in all it's one of those songs that never gets old and will always make even a bad day a little bit better when you hear it. Guaranteed to bring a smile...
Lyric sheet: "Well, I saw Lon Chaney walkin' with the queen/Doin' the werewolves of London..."
The average American gets paid just enough so he doesn't quit his job, and works just hard enough so he doesn't get fired.
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." Source unknown
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Capitalism: Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you can exploit his labor, become filthy rich, and keep the poor bastard living paycheck to paycheck for the rest of his life.
