Belated, sorry all, will be back on a weekly basis. What’s been sounding good out there?
Michelle Shocked, “Anchorage” (1988)
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Not all heroes wear capes.
Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.
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Battle won, war still ongoing.
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Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.
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Fuck these fucking interesting times.
Let there be snark.
Let’s not be the monsters we hate.
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Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.
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Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?
People are complicated. Love is not.
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… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP
Republicans in disarray!
Marcellus Shale, Public Dick
anchorage theme circa 1989 fred astaire
oddly prophetic
Esme's mom
Thank you! That was beautiful. Boogaloo Pow Wow here, don’t know how to embed.
Bago
This one is for abl, attempts to mail [email protected] are returning a 550 error, meaning that the server no likey this account.
Hungry Joe
How is it possible to listen to a song 800 times and still love it? Still not get tired of it? ” … my old friend.” Michelle Shocked. “Anchorage.” ***SIGH***
Violet
Oh, I love this song! I’ve got “Short, Sharp, Shocked” on a cassette tape in some box somewhere. Picked it up in a bargain bin and just fell in love with it. Especially this song.
arguingwithsignposts
Great song, also love the song she did with MDC on that album (which i can’t find on YouTube)
Omnes Omnibus
Long time since I last heard this. Thanks.
piratedan
going thru a kd phase lately, interspersed with a heavy dose of 60’s stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pI_AgT7I1I
Raven
Since my grandfather was a coal miner her version of “The L&N Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore” is my second favorite behind this one.
I was born and raised at the mouth of the Hazard Holler
Where the coal cars rolled and rumbled past my door
But now they stand in a rusty road of all empties
Because the L & N don’t stop here anymore
burnspbesq
The new dB’s record (their first since 1986) is shockingly good.
Steeplejack
My favorite Michelle Shocked song is “Come a Long Way.”
Professor
@Bago: ABL is now at The Raw Story
bago
@Professor: Then the “Contact Me” links should be updated, no?
Anyways, here’s some music.
http://soundcloud.com/dubstep-4/temporal-fall-silently-ft
DFH no.6
@Steeplejack:
Yes, my favorite song of hers, too.
Loved it the very first time I heard it (over 20 years ago) and love it still.
Sweet, wonderful artist.
First heard her live at the long-defunct Rockin’ Horse Saloon in Scottsdale (also over 20 years ago) and several times since. In fact, she was just here (Phoenix) at The Rhythm Room a few weeks back.
Always very engaging with the audience.
Hungry Joe
@Steeplejack: GREAT song. For me, it knocked Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.” out of the top spot for L.A. songs. She’s done a couple of benefit shows for the progressive nonprofit my wife works for, so I got to meet her and talk to her for a few minutes. No big surprise: She’s nice, sincere, and intensely devoted to doing good.
moderateindy
Have this album on vinyl, one of many I am slowly converting to digital. This weeks choice for conversion is Scruffy the Cat, “Moons of Jupiter.”