I had forgotten about “Disco Duck” until I read this. Ton Nichols critiques American Top 40 as part of his Twitter feed. For those of you who haven’t heard this 1970s trash, here goes:
For those of you who haven’t heard this 1970s trash, here goes:
Florida Republicans looking at repealing other vaccine mandates
Terrible
Covers: Nick of Time
Bonnie Raitt’s “Nick of Time” was released as a single in 1990. She just posted about a new cover by Lake Street Dive. More about the Raitt recording is here.
Sam Cooke’s widow
What a life story
Pew poll on Biden and his agenda
Update on Covid and schools
Covers: Ripple
“Ripple”, a 1970 Grateful Dead song, was covered by Playing for Change in 2015.
Great tweet (as always) from The Paranoid Style:
Watch 15 different incarnations of Grateful Dead perform ‘Ripple’ over 56 years
Important Washington Post column on our future
Great column and warning. I strongly recommend reading this.
TV coverage is distorted by what looks dramatic
I live in Baltimore. During the Freddie Gray events in 2015, we were swamped by media folks ranging from Al Sharpton to Geraldo Rivera. I don’t think these people cared about Baltimore and their presence was not helpful. TV emphases dramatic events which distorts coverage of what’s going on. We saw the looting but did you see residents out the next day cleaning up? I doubt it.
The news media overemphasizes Trump and his cult because they make for better TV. Someone who says Biden won and they took the vaccine is boring. I have said over and over on Twitter that the networks need to have more balanced coverage and show Biden voters, not just QANON types. I have prepared the chart below. I am only partially being satirical.
| Good TV | Bad TV |
| Violence and looting at BLM protests | The 93% of BLM protests that were peaceful The cleanup of damage by local people |
| Big Lie believers | People who know Biden won |
| People who won’t take the vaccine | People who did take the vaccine |
| People who think Antifa was responsible for the insurrection | People who know Trump supporters were responsible for the insurrection |
| People who oppose mask mandates | People (not just doctors/scientists) who support mask mandates |
| 1/6 insurrection | No peaceful comparison |
John Prine (the album) is 50
This is a great album. Our college radio station was giving away albums and one of my friends took this one because John Denver had covered “Spanish Pipedream”. We didn’t know anything else about it. It’s full of great songs and showcases Prine’s ability to inhabit the lives of a variety of people including women and the elderly. My favorite song here is “Angel from Montgomery”. I have other posts on songs from this album that were covered.
Sad! 