Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

All hail the time of the bunny!

We are aware of all internet traditions.

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it is not glory.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

“But what about the lurkers?”

People are complicated. Love is not.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

Disagreements are healthy; personal attacks are not.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

You cannot shame the shameless.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

The low info voters probably won’t even notice or remember by their next lap around the goldfish bowl.

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

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Song of the week

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This time I’m putting it up at happy hour rather than the break of dawn!

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Jacobites, “It’ll All End Up in Tears” (1985)
The Jacobites were a British band circa the mid-’80s consisting mainly of Nikki Sudden and Dave Kusworth, with support from Sudden’s brother Epic Soundtracks (great pseudonym), Mark Lemon, and others. I think of Sudden and Kusworth as among the lesser-known Mick & Keith knockoffs, with David Johansen/Johnny Thunders, Axl Rose/Slash, Neil Hagerty/Jennifer Herrema, etc. Maybe it’s the top hats and kerchiefs that make me want to group them, but there are whiffs of weary jaded 19th-century French poet decadence about them all too. This song is a good example, with a woman grieving the death of a friend by lighting a candle and letting herself feel “dead for just one moment.” I think I know how she feels, looking down the maw of this debt ceiling circus. Paradoxically, it’s always been a good way for me to dispel gloom. They could get pretty noisy too, as heard in “Big Store,” among others.

Jacobites, another side (“Big Store”)

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  1. 1.

    gbear

    My song of the week is ‘I Wanna Destroy You’ by The Soft Boys, but there’s no video available.

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    Bender

    “Pin Your Heart To Me” is my favorite Jacobites song. “Shame for the Angels,” “Kings and Queens,” “Son of a French Nobleman”…all of them are fantastic. One of the great unknown bands of all time.

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    BGinCHI

    When I lived in Athens, GA, Nikki Sudden was living there and I had the pleasure to have some drinks with him a couple times. Early 90s.

    I can’t remember how many drinks, but it was a lot. It was hot out.

  5. 5.

    Amanda in the South Bay

    Wow, that entire post might was well have been in Farsi or Latvian. I was like 6 years old when that came out.

  6. 6.

    Jewish Steel

    I totally recognize those guys from the 80s. I want to say I read about them in Rolling Stone or Spin, and was much impressed with their louche appearance, but never heard them.

    My song of the week is a movie. Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, a movie about Ian Dury starring Gollum. Sruprisingly, this film is really about fatherhood.

  10. 10.

    jl

    @7: I take it you meant

    ‘ BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD ARE COMING BACK as a cartoon !

    In all other ways, they abide with us now and will do so forever. Just turn on the TV and behold.

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    stuckinred

    “Former Athens resident (and Swell Maps leader) Nikki Sudden assembled this pickup band of Athens all-stars for a handful of Athens/Atlanta appearances. Philip McArdle (Star Room Boys) on guitar, Craig McQuiston (The Tom Collins) bass, Jeff Griggs (Je Suis France) on drums and John Neff (most Athens bands) plays pedal steel. I believe this would have been Nikki’s final show in Atlanta.”

    Phil lived around the corner. John Neff is now in the Drive by Truckers.

  13. 13.

    Bender

    Can’t believe Nikki’s been dead 5 years already. It was a massive Jacobites and Swell Maps marathon for three days around my place after he passed.

    Mark Lemon pops up around the music blogs every now and again, telling stories of these songs and publicizing gigs he still does w/ Dave K as “Village Green” (IIRC).

  14. 14.

    patroclus

    I thought that the “Jacobites” were the faction that wished to restore the Stuarts to the British throne after its usurpation by the middle class German family now in control.

  16. 16.

    Cain

    I’ve been listening to this a lot. I’ve found it a great song to listen to while running. It’s a remixed old bollywood song.

    Translation here

  17. 17.

    JC

    We now have heard from Pelosi, on the record.

    That’s not a great deal for Democrats, she noted, but it protects key programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. “[T]hat’s a non-revenue path. I don’t like it at all but it doesn’t go near our entitlements,” Pelosi said.

    Even if most of the spending reductions end up being military, tax fixes, etc, it’s STILL a horrible deal for a progressive, in what should be EASY.

    89 debt hikes since enacted. 9 in Bush’s eight years.

    this vote should have been a voice vote in March. And now this ONE branch of government, is taking this housekeeping vote, and forcing these ‘cuts’ through, with less than a week of a debate. And no revenue lifting.

    Can someone tell me – if something like this goes through – how the Democrats and the Obama administration did not get rolled?

  19. 19.

    Draylon Hogg

    Russian R’n’B from the album Mexican R’n’B by the Stairs. Mad scousers led by Edgar Summertyme. Sounded like the Stones with a sense of humour.

  20. 20.

    JC

    The best you can say is that this deal saves SS, Medicare, Medicaid. But still rolls 2.4 trillion out the door.

    Hopefully most of that will be backloaded.

    And the Rethugs STILL may not take it.

    At least if SS, Medicare, Medicaid are protected, this provides huge ammo for 2012.

  21. 21.

    Bender

    89 debt hikes since enacted. 9 in Bush’s eight years.

    Wanna see the roll call votes for the 2004 and the 2006 “housekeeping” debt ceiling hike?

    (Trust me. You don’t.)

    This is the only Jacobites thread in the history of the intertrons. Let’s not ruin its perfect beauty with politics…

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    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    How about some Boney M? (RIP) Very popular in the former Soviet Union, and folks over there often think the group were big stars here.

  29. 29.

    middlewest

    Bender, thank you for not changing your handle every five minutes like the other trolls.

  32. 32.

    Bender

    Bender, thank you for not changing your handle every five minutes like the other trolls.

    Troll? I’ve been here since practically the beginning, got more comments here than 99% of you. I was here before John got the dementia, so to me, you guys are the trolls!

    And again: DO NOT RUIN THE PERFECT BEAUTY!

  33. 33.

    Baron Elmo

    Oh, man, the Jacobites. Sudden and Kusworth… I’m pretty close to having every damn note those two recorded, together, separately and in their respective group projects. (Swell Maps rool!) I recall Tom Waits plugging the Jacobites in a long-ago interview as one of his current faves, and I had to stand up and cheer.

    I agree with you, Bender. “It’ll All End in Tears,” is marvy, but “Pin Your Heart to Me” is the Jacobites tune for the ages… one of the finest pop songs ever.

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