Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

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

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

We do not need to pander to people who do not like what we stand for.

If you voted for Trump, you don’t get to speak about ethics, morals, or rule of law.

Decision time: keep arguing about the last election, or try to win the next one?

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

The willow is too close to the house.

“woke” is the new caravan.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

The words do not have to be perfect.

That meeting sounds like a shotgun wedding between a shitshow and a clusterfuck.

Democracy cannot function without a free press.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

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First things first, RIP Davy Jones. I liked this remembrance. What do you remember?

B-52’s, “Deep Sleep” (1982)
Here’s my shuffle prize this week—I loved this band all the way through Whammy! What sounded good to you this week?

Hey looka me, I can embed video. Here’s something else to kick around if you’ve a mind—artist, album, and/or song. I love the song so much I love “Highlands” (full 16:32) even more, which I rate with “Desolation Row.” YMG2MFV. So what do you like? What do you hate? Who’s fooling who?

Or treat as an open thread.

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  4. 4.

    CaseyL

    What do I remember about the Monkees?

    Davy Jones was one of my first crushes. I think he’s also the first of my teen idol crushes to die. Which definitely feels weird.

    I remember “Head,” a hallucinogenic movie starring The Monkees, and I think I’m one of maybe 10 people who ever saw it.

  8. 8.

    lamh35

    So Mittens response to Rush-bo’s bs is “it’s not the language I would have used..” really, that’s as strong as Mittens can get??? I hope the next question posed to Mittens is “well what fuckin’ language would you use guv’na”.

    These men are fuckin’ cowards!

  9. 9.

    Martin

    @cathyx: There’s always the My Chemical Romance cover of Desolation Row. It’s pretty impressive if only from the standpoint of how far they were able to take it.

    I was 12 when an older neighbor brought his copy of “The B-52s” over to my house to play it because his turntable was busted and he had just bought it and wanted to listen to it. I was hooked. It was the first music I became attached to and was my first album.

  12. 12.

    Martin

    @amorphous: It can work. It got Glenn Beck off the air. Too bad Rush has a gajillion dollar multiyear contract on paid radio, though.

  13. 13.

    MikeJ

    @CaseyL: I love that movie. Lots of great cameos too. Written by Jack Nicholson.

    When TV switched to digital, all the existing channels got a lot of extra channels, so most of them carry old sitcoms or infomercials on the people’s airwaves. One of the nets that exists solely to fill this void, AntennaTV, is going to have a Monkees marathon this weekend, showing every ep.

    One of the other new rerun nets, MeTV, is going to show the ep of the Brady Bunch where Marsha invites Davey to the prom and two eps of Love, American Style with Davey.

  14. 14.

    gbear

    For me, the band of the week has been Mott The Hoople so song of the week would be Violence (unfortunately the only good version of it on YouTube cuts the song off just as it starts to head over the cliff).

    What do you hate?

    Anything by Billy Joel. I liked some of his stuff at the time but I’ve gotten over it.

  15. 15.

    General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero)

    would someone release my comment in mod. I have no idea why it got sent there. thank you.

  16. 16.

    gbear

    I listened to Desolation Row last week when I took a day trip around Lake Pepin. The MN portion of that trip is on Highway 61, so I always grab that album for the drive.

  17. 17.

    greenergood

    Age 8,9,10, Monkees (esp Davey) were my crush band. Not until I was about 50 (!) did I find out that ‘Last Train to Clarksville’ was about the Vietnam War, that Clarkesville was one of the bases where troops were shipped out to Vietnam. Between that, the lyrics to Pleasant Valley Sunday, and Head the movie – Respect Monkees, deep respect.

  18. 18.

    inkadu

    Can anyone point me to a recent article about the ties between a Romney funder and the Paul campaign? I really need to rub a friend’s nose in it. And this friend is a conspiracy nut… except when it comes to Paul.

    I read Pierce on Esquire, BJ, and Washington Monthly, but damned if I can find it there.

  24. 24.

    AxelFoley

    Just saw rotating header on the top of the page and it said: “I survived the Breitbartcalypse!”

    And then it hit me–indeed we did.

  25. 25.

    lamh35

    Bill O’Reilly attempting to defend Rushbo by doubling down on Rushbo’s lies…what a actual sexual harrasser defending a pervert…COLOR ME NOT SURPRISED!

  27. 27.

    kindness

    Sun is setting. Sitting out in front of Peets on Lakeshore digging the end of the day. Nice. Strong coffee. Going to an Ethiopian place for dinner with friends. Wish i had a laptop to type on instead of this iphone.

    Still, life is good.

  34. 34.

    jnfr

    When I was 12 I went to a Monkees concert in Florida, where I was visiting my father, and had the surreal experience of seeing the opening act: the Jimi Hendrix Experience. I didn’t care about them, of course. I had a 12-year-old’s crush on Peter Tork. Later on, I realized what had happened.

  35. 35.

    Steeplejack

    @cathyx:

    I am a big fan of Bob Dylan as a writer, not so much as a performer. For almost all of his songs I can think of someone else’s cover that I like better, although there are some songs that can be done only by Dylan, e.g., “Positively Fourth Street,” which I heard on the way to the grocery tonight.

    ETA: But Dylan is the go-to guy for most of his later stuff, which other performers don’t seem much interested in covering. I guess I meant “classic” Dylan above.

  37. 37.

    PTirebiter

    Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine) from Blonde on Blonde
    came up on shuffle the other day. This afternoon I found myself listening to Randy Newmans’ Good Old Boys. Seemed strangely appropriate in a back to the future kind of way. Last night I saw Lester Maddox on a TV show…

  38. 38.

    PTirebiter

    Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine) from Blonde on Blonde
    came up on shuffle the other day. This afternoon I found myself listening to Randy Newmans’ Good Old Boys. Seemed strangely appropriate in a back to the future kind of way. Last night I saw Lester Maddox on a TV show…

  40. 40.

    inkadu

    @Steeplejack: Thanks! I didn’t read it there, but I’m looking forward to seeing my friend next weekend. He’ll be missing an arm. “Hey, Mark, what happened to your arm?” “I chewed it off after I read that article you sent me.”

  42. 42.

    Steeplejack

    @smintheus:

    Can’t vouch for all of Keef Hartley, but Halfbreed is wall-to-wall awesome. I always thought of it as a one-shot masterpiece, sort of like if Moondance had been the only thing Van Morrison ever did. I admit I was a little surprised to see references to at least one other Hartley album on YouTube.

  43. 43.

    Steeplejack

    @inkadu:

    That article has links to other sources. I thought I originally read the story in Slate, but this is what came up on the Google (first page).

  44. 44.

    burnspbesq

    The best new record I’ve heard so far this year is “Seasons,” by guitarist Anthony Wilson (you know him from Diana Krall’s road band). Four great players (Wilson, Steve Cardenas, Julian Lage, and Chico Pinheiro) enjoying each other’s company in a live setting. Audiophile quality recording. Available a a CD-resolution FLAC or Apple Lossless file for nine bucks.

    stereophile.com/content/recording-march-2012-iseasonsi

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