Here’s another Elvis Costello song that has been covered. He wrote the lyrics for “Shipbuilding” which he released in 1983 after the Robert Wyatt version issued in 1982.
Month: January 2022
Covers: Uncomplicated
Elvis Costello’s 1986 “Uncomplicated” is one of my favorites of his songs. It pulses with the hard sound of his early albums.
GOP’s terrible proposed election police
Trump cult plans to undermine future elections
More on right-wing intimidation of election workers
Washington Post article: Three in 10 Republicans think Trump may be president again before 2024
These folks have no connection with reality. It’s frightening.
Covers: Down on Me
“Down on Me” is best known for the 1967 version by Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin. It’s a traditional song.
Unable to sign
I used to collect signed sports memorabilia. I remember an ad many years ago that had two columns of baseball players – one for deceased players and one for living players. Where did they put Roy Campanella who was alive then but paralyzed? They listed him with the dead people with “unable to sign” in parentheses after his name. I guess he was as good as dead to them since he couldn’t write an autograph.
Super Bowl loser shirts
T-shirts are made for both the Super Bowl winner and loser in advance so they can be sold as soon as the game is over. The gear is sent to other countries. Manufacturers are not allowed to sell them in the US even though they would be collector’s items. Here’s a picture of people wearing shirts after the undefeated 2007 Patriots lost the Super Bowl. I don’t know where it came from.
Remember when the Buffalo Bills lost four Super Bowls in a row? Someone said “In the third world, they must think the Bills are awesome!”
What Happens to the Losing Team’s Pre-Printed Championship Shirts?
What happens to Super Bowl T-shirts, other merch for the losing team?
Tennessee school board bans a book about the Holocaust
Anti-semitism and racism are leading to book banning. It’s a dangerous trend. Maus is outstanding.
Sad! 