Covers: Our Lips Are Sealed

Terry Hall, co-author of “Our Lips Are Sealed” made famous by the Go-Gos in 1981 and the lead singer of the Specials died on December 18, 2022.

Gutted to hear of the passing of #terryhall. He was a lovely, sensitive, talented and unique person. Our extremely brief romance resulted in the song Our Lips Are Sealed, which will forever tie us together in music history. Terrible news to hear this. 😢 pic.twitter.com/Fxxqr0p01T
— Jane Wiedlin (@janewiedlin) December 19, 2022

Covers: Deuce and a Quarter

Scotty Moore on “Deuce and a Quarter”.

Happy birthday, Keith Richards!
In 1996, Rick Danko, Levon Helm and Garth Hudson reunited with Keith Richards, and Elvis' sidemen, Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana, for the recording of a song on an album commemorating the 20th anniversary of Elvis' death.https://t.co/UYvFCbX6nV
— Rick Danko Page (@rickdankopage) December 18, 2022

Covers: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics has been tweeting covers of their 1983 hit “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”.

I keep encountering these wonderful versions of “Sweet Dreams”. Here’s the latest discovery! You’re gonna LOVE these gorgeous and massively talented young peeps! pic.twitter.com/rj2TFZYhCo
— Annie Lennox (@AnnieLennox) December 15, 2022

Wowza!! I just saw this incredible interpretation of SWEET DREAMS…
Gentlemen..You’re AMAZING!!!
Thanks for choosing our song!
ps.. Who ARE you???? pic.twitter.com/uQFLUYZ5iI
— Annie Lennox (@AnnieLennox) December 10, 2022

Sweet Dreams travels the world and the seven seas to Brazil!!!
How great is THIS?!!! pic.twitter.com/3QWvE2zypf
— Annie Lennox (@AnnieLennox) November 25, 2022

Parodies on Trump NFTs

Remember the Garbage Pail Kids? We all will soon enough.🤣 pic.twitter.com/mydutSrHOk
— Sanho Tree (@SanhoTree) December 15, 2022

This is the most realistic one! https://t.co/SYZoUTY11w
— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) December 17, 2022

This looks fishier & fishier. Almost as though it was put together very quickly to get cash in. It seemed improbable that they could sell out so quickly. The whole thing deserves more investigation. https://t.co/JGbWkqmrkc
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) December 20, 2022

Tom Lehrer lyrics and albums are online for free

Tom Lehrer‘s satirical songs were popular in the early 1960s.

Tom Lehrer has put all his songs online (including lyrics & sheet music), and given away all rights to them. The site will only be up for a limited time. This is a very niche tweet that will make a small segment of people very happy. https://t.co/sowetybPhT pic.twitter.com/1vAGafXCES
— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) December 17, 2022

Covers: Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby

“Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby” is known as a Carl Perkins 1957 record later covered by the Beatles but it actually was first recorded in 1936. That was news to me!

Covers: Something to Talk About

“Something to Talk About” was a hit for Bonnie Raitt in 1991.

You can read about her life and music here. Another one, gone too soon. I will be forever grateful for our beautiful connection and friendship. — Bonnie

https://t.co/rmso8RuJR7
— Bonnie Raitt (@TheBonnieRaitt) December 16, 2022

Death rates are higher in areas that elect Republicans

The toxicity of partisan politics is fueling an overall increase in mortality rates for working-age Americans, new studies show.https://t.co/mIeoYnsaQ4
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 16, 2022

It's not just COVID — the mortality gap between Republican-voting areas and Democratic-voting areas has been growing since at least 2001. "Politics and polarization do have life-and-death consequences" https://t.co/UetK0aqQSe via @sciam
— Laura Helmuth (@laurahelmuth) July 19, 2022

"The mortality gap in Republican voting counties compared with Democratic voting counties has grown over time, especially for white populations, and that gap began to widen after 2008."

NEW research: https://t.co/I7ivF4cDNm
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest) June 11, 2022

Wes Moore, Maryland’s next governor, plans to revive the Red Line

Good for him.

Maryland's next governor, Democrat Wes Moore, pledges to revive the Red Line, a $2.9 billion light rail project that his GOP predecessor, Larry Hogan, canceled in 2015 https://t.co/J2Xzk4Lllh
— Bloomberg CityLab (@CityLab) December 9, 2022

Revisiting the Baltimore Red Line LRT Project 🧵

With enthusiasm for the Baltimore Red Line LRT project picking up steam again and Maryland's Governor Elect @iamwesmoore declaring it a priority for his administration, let's revisit this project. pic.twitter.com/HjGBb5AJyd
— Jerome Alexander Horne (@jahorne) December 10, 2022

There is a long history of transportation policy as a tool of the state government to isolate Baltimore’s majority-black population. https://t.co/MeVoJotOrJ
— Jerome Alexander Horne (@jahorne) December 10, 2022

Good riddance to Larry Hogan

He’s been terrible for Baltimore.

Been asking this question for a long time, and still haven’t gotten a good answer: What has @LarryHogan actually done? ANYTHING good of note? 🤔 https://t.co/lBqgoBi3pQ
— Chuck Cook (@LaborChuck) December 15, 2022

MD Board of Public Works will today consider $12 mil/yr lease to move Dept of Health from State Center to privately owned Metro West bldg.
Hogan killed State Center redevelopment plan.
Part of his legacy for Baltimore.
$1.9 bil State Center.
$2.9 bil Red Line. pic.twitter.com/4I2YgWpxm6
— Jayne Miller (@jemillerbalt) October 26, 2022