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Music & Postcards Thread

by WaterGirl|  March 18, 20237:45 pm| 56 Comments

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POSTCARDS / WISCONSIN ELECTION April 4

This time around, postcards are one way we can make a difference.

Addresses are from Voces de la Frontera.  If you want to write postcards, send email to WaterGirl at balloon-juice.com and let us know your nym, which campaign you want to write for and how many addresses you would like to start with.

You can start writing at any time.  Details at the link.

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    1. 1.

      WaterGirl

      March 18, 2023 at 7:55 pm

      I think Brendan might be taking a nap :-) so we might have to supply our own music tonight.

      Any postcard writers here tonight?

      Reply
    2. 2.

      Wyatt Salamanca

      March 18, 2023 at 7:59 pm

      I Got a Name – Jim Croce

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_BEFyNNIvM

       

      Father and Son – Cat Stevens

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxjTC0bmKls

       

      Genesis – Jorma Kaukonen

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU1YASW3rhc

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    3. 3.

      WaterGirl

      March 18, 2023 at 8:01 pm

      @Wyatt Salamanca: Not sure why, but I haven’t listened to Jim Croce for a long time.  Happy to be reminded.

      Reply
    4. 4.

      Kelly

      March 18, 2023 at 8:11 pm

      John Prine I Remember Everything

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L21Tc_DtL6M&ab_channel=JohnPrine

      Reply
    5. 5.

      WaterGirl

      March 18, 2023 at 8:15 pm

      @Kelly: We’ve lost so many great people / great musicians in the past few years.  it’s shocking how many are gone.

      Reply
    6. 6.

      Wyatt Salamanca

      March 18, 2023 at 8:17 pm

      Music OT

      I realize that these songs don’t fall within the singer songwriter category. This setlist is my tribute to Bethany Mandel’s marvelous, deer-in-the-headlights meltdown on the Hill’s Rising program when she was asked to provide a definition for the word “woke”.

      I Can’t Explain – The Who

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voMja9C-coI

       

      Stage Fright – The Band

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZMfZe7OFFk

       

      Dazed And Confused – Led Zeppelin

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w772GXG5LnE

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    7. 7.

      NotMax

      March 18, 2023 at 8:21 pm

      Fuzzy about the pedigree but the title is apt. Celtus, Strange Day in the Country.

      Keeping (sort of) the theme going, just for grins, .

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    8. 8.

      WaterGirl

      March 18, 2023 at 8:21 pm

      @Wyatt Salamanca: Since brendan didn’t make it with his playlist, I removed that part from the post.

      So any music is fine

      edit: oops, I see that while I intended to delete the singer-songwriter portion or the post, my keyboard when rogue and I delete the wrong part.  Remedied now.

      Reply
    9. 9.

      Scout211

      March 18, 2023 at 8:24 pm

      Kris Kristofferson

      Loving Her was Easier

      Me and Bobby McGee

      Sunday Morning Coming Down

      Reply
    10. 10.

      NotMax

      March 18, 2023 at 8:26 pm

      Whoops. Fix.

      Fuzzy about the pedigree but the title is apt. Celtus, Strange Day in the Country.

      Keeping (sort of) the theme going, just for grins, Strange Things Are Happening.

      Reply
    11. 11.

      Kelly

      March 18, 2023 at 8:27 pm

      Guy Clark My Favorite Picture of You

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlIKtO-USgo&ab_channel=GuyClark-Topic

      Reply
    12. 12.

      Mousebumples

      March 18, 2023 at 8:27 pm

      I’m here. Just been a crazy last few days.

      Follow up from Tuesday’s thread – I’ve broken a bone in my arm near the elbow. Doing much better now, only a few days later, and no cast needed, at least.

      And, in other news, my husband and I tested positive for Covid yesterday. We’ve avoided it for 3 years, but no longer. We haven’t tested the kids but my guess is they got it from the nanny, and we got it from them. Thankfully, we’re mostly doing okay. My husband has all the weird taste/no smell stuff, but otherwise, mostly just coldlike symptoms.

      So far as postcards go, I dropped off my first batch of 160, I think, earlier this week and restocked my stamp supply. Got another 38 out for Jodi this morning, and I’m working on my 10 Spanish postcards next, to mail on Monday, hopefully.

      I see PtV is doing a campaign for Jodi, too, so hopefully we’ve got an avalanche of postcards incoming to Wisconsin… 🤞

      Reply
    13. 13.

      Kelly

      March 18, 2023 at 8:28 pm

      Jerry Jeff Walker Mr. Bojangles

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYwaWd4BmmY&ab_channel=AustinCityLimitsTV

      Reply
    14. 14.

      Kelly

      March 18, 2023 at 8:30 pm

      Steve Goodman My Old Man

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=410fZm0HWtw&ab_channel=SaltyOne

      Reply
    15. 15.

      Wyatt Salamanca

      March 18, 2023 at 8:34 pm

      @WaterGirl:

      Ok, thanks.

      Reply
    16. 16.

      BlueGuitarist

      March 18, 2023 at 8:35 pm

      Writing postcards in Spanish
      with these fabulous Playing for Change (PfC) videos:
       Guantanamera

      https://youtu.be/blUSVALW_Z4

      La Bamba
      Los Lobos, La Marisoul, and musicians from Veracruz Mexico, Argentina, Australia, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, and Mali 
      https://youtu.be/k5dkwQY-_tk

      Oye Como Va
      Carlos Santana (guitar) Cindy Blackman Santana (drums), Tal Wilkenfeld (bass), Tito Puente, Jr. (percussion), Cory Henry (keyboards), and many others, from New Orleans, Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Haiti, the Congo, and Bahrain
      https://youtu.be/NJZW8U9bbmM

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    17. 17.

      NotMax

      March 18, 2023 at 8:35 pm

      @WaterGirl

      So any music is fine.

      In that case, doubling down (in a manner of speaking):

      Cow Cow Boogie.

      Tico Tico.

      Reply
    18. 18.

      Mousebumples

      March 18, 2023 at 8:36 pm

      @BlueGuitarist: Glad to have another postcard writer here tonight! 🤩

      Reply
    19. 19.

      Amir Khalid

      March 18, 2023 at 8:36 pm

      Bruce Springsteen’s acoustic/folk music often gets overlooked by fans who think of him as a rocker. But here’s Dry Lightning from his Ghost of Tom Joad album, gracefully covered by Willie Nelson and Emmylou Harris.

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    20. 20.

      Kelly

      March 18, 2023 at 8:41 pm

      A very young Steve Earle the Mercenary Song

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHE1dM4hYCw&ab_channel=gmaj0

      and a little older Galway Girl

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeW9F4sGzf0&ab_channel=SteveEarle-Topic

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    21. 21.

      PaulB

      March 18, 2023 at 8:43 pm

      Comedy singers/songwriters Paul & Storm are always entertaining. Two of my favorites:

      Write Like the Wind (George R. R. Martin) – Hard to believe that this was written 10 years ago.

      Better Version of You – What parents might say to the firstborn child when the second child comes along. “That’s right, little tiger, it’s true: Mommy and Daddy are making a better version of you.”

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    22. 22.

      WaterGirl

      March 18, 2023 at 8:45 pm

      @PaulB: That seems harsh!  Not comforting at all to the firstborn.  I guess that’s where the comedy part comes in?

      Reply
    23. 23.

      BlueGuitarist

      March 18, 2023 at 8:45 pm

      Ben Wikler, Wi Dem chair, had said that the main priorities for this election were
      statewide: the Wisconsins Supreme Court
      state Senate district 8
      local elections, especially Eric Genrich for mayor of Green Bay

      Very pleased the addresses I got for Spanish language postcards are in Green Bay

      so, as with super swing districts, can focus on turning out voters who can cast multiple votes in swing elections:

      in Green Bay for Eric Genrich for mayor and Judge Janet for Justice and
      in SD-08 for Jodi for Senate and Judge Janet for Justice

      Reply
    24. 24.

      UncleEbeneezer

      March 18, 2023 at 8:46 pm

      Do y’all know Andrew Bird?  Amazing singer/songwriter, violinist and whistler.

      You might like him.  He has a ton of material out there but here are some of his better, more folky ones:

      Masterfade

      Lazy Projector (40 second intro)

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    25. 25.

      Alison Rose

      March 18, 2023 at 8:51 pm

      So any music is fine

      YOU RANG?

      I’m going goth club memory lane on y’all then.

      Peek-a-Boo – Siouxsie and the Banshees

      Dead Stars – Covenant

      Blue Lights – Fictional

      Night Riders – Stromkern

      Lucretia, My Reflection – Sisters of Mercy

      Enjoy…or not, as the case may more likely be.

      Reply
    26. 26.

      PaulB

      March 18, 2023 at 8:52 pm

      @WaterGirl:  That seems harsh!  Not comforting at all to the firstborn.  I guess that’s where the comedy part comes in?

      It’s definitely comedy. As they say in their intro, “There are thousands and thousands of lullabies, songs written to lull your children to sleep. There are very few, if any, songs designed to wake your children up.”

      Reply
    27. 27.

      NotMax

      March 18, 2023 at 8:53 pm

      Kind of feeling all over the map today.

      Phil Ochs, by way of Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman.

      An original unoriginal composition by Peter Schickele, Quodlibet.

      Reply
    28. 28.

      Mousebumples

      March 18, 2023 at 8:53 pm

      @BlueGuitarist: Good point! I think Racine or Kenosha might also have a notable mayoral race!

      Reply
    29. 29.

      BlueGuitarist

      March 18, 2023 at 8:54 pm

      @Mousebumples:

      re broken bone and Covid: yikes, so sorry

      awesome that you’re getting so much done in these circumstances, but take care of yourself, and
      as Bob Dylan put it in Forever Young,   

      “always do for others and let others do for you”

      Mailed my (first?) 49 for Janet and Jodi in SD-08
      hoping to finish my (first?) 40 for Janet and Eric in Green Bay.

      Reply
    30. 30.

      UncleEbeneezer

      March 18, 2023 at 8:55 pm

      And a couple more rocking’ ones from Mr. Bird:

      11:11

      Fitz & Dizzyspells

      Olympians

      Reply
    31. 31.

      WaterGirl

      March 18, 2023 at 8:59 pm

      @BlueGuitarist: Your postcard came through!

      Music & Postcards Thread

      Looking good!

      Reply
    32. 32.

      Mousebumples

      March 18, 2023 at 9:02 pm

      @WaterGirl: That looks great! I might add an Eric mention on my 10 cards, too!

      Reply
    33. 33.

      kalakal

      March 18, 2023 at 9:03 pm

      @Mousebumples: Sorry to hear about the Covid. My wife and I got it about 6 weeks ago after 3 clear years. I hope it’s as mild for you both as it was for us. Basically cold & sore throat. I was fine after a week or so, my wife had a bad case of the sniffles for a few weeks

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    34. 34.

      mvr

      March 18, 2023 at 9:04 pm

      We finished and mailed our first 50 for Supreme Court this past week and i have (by email) put in a small request for a few more (but not more than we can do in a day or so given other commitments). No hurry as it will be tomorrow before we will do them.

      Also, on the Steve Earle theme, his two Iraq War albums were, along with Balloon Juice, a couple of the things that kept me sane in the early to mid aughts. As well as James McMurtry. More of a Rock thing than just singer/songwriter, though of course they both are singers and songwriters.

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    35. 35.

      WaterGirl

      March 18, 2023 at 9:08 pm

      @Mousebumples: Oh right, you did get a few spanish cards, so as long as your addresses are in Green Bay, you are welcome to add Eric for mayor.

      When BlueGuitarist asked about that, I got the correct wording from Voces for that.

      English: “And by the way, don’t forget to vote for Eric Genrich!”
      Spanish: “Y por cierto, ¡no olvide votar por Eric Genrich!”
      Reply
    36. 36.

      kalakal

      March 18, 2023 at 9:08 pm

      Some old favourites of mine

      Tom Petty – Refugee

      Big Country – In a Big Country

      The Only Ones – Another girl – another planet

      Reply
    37. 37.

      WaterGirl

      March 18, 2023 at 9:09 pm

      @mvr: Your 10 addresses are in the mail. :-)  email.

      Reply
    38. 38.

      mvr

      March 18, 2023 at 9:10 pm

      @Mousebumples: ​
       Sorry to hear about bones and covid. Glad that the bone seems to not need a cast.

      I got my first bout in early February. I was fully vaxed and it wasn’t too severe, though I notice that I got tired a bit earlier than usual on our regular walk on the prairie a week or so back which is 3 weeks later.

      I recommend paxlovid if you can get it. Leaves a horrible taste in one’s mouth but we avoided anything too dire possibly as a result or possibly as a result of the prior vaccinations. In any case I was OK enough to work around the house while I was isolating at home. But I’m old so it was not hard to get antivirals via telemedicine. It may be different if you are younger. I don’t know.

      Reply
    39. 39.

      mvr

      March 18, 2023 at 9:11 pm

      @WaterGirl: Thanks!

      I just checked and I got them.

      Reply
    40. 40.

      WaterGirl

      March 18, 2023 at 9:12 pm

      @Mousebumples: Interesting.

      I have been handing out Brown County – for Spanish cards

      and

      the OH Indivisible group took all 1800+ addresses for Racine.

      and

      I have been handing out Milwaukee for everyone else.

      If you want to check on the the other mayoral race (Racine vs. Kenosha)… if it turns out to be Racine I could give a heads up to the Indivisible group that is writing for Racine.

      But i know you have a lot on your plate, so don’t worry about it if it’s not convenient.

      Reply
    41. 41.

      WaterGirl

      March 18, 2023 at 9:17 pm

      And another Spanish postcard from Mousebumples!

      Music & Postcards Thread 1

      Reply
    42. 42.

      WaterGirl

      March 18, 2023 at 9:19 pm

      @WaterGirl: I recognize the name, and I assume the last word is “mayor”. What is the first word?

      Reply
    43. 43.

      WaterGirl

      March 18, 2023 at 9:27 pm

      @mvr: I forgot to say WOW! on the first 50 cards!

      I admire everyone who is writing.

      Reply
    44. 44.

      Mousebumples

      March 18, 2023 at 9:31 pm

      @WaterGirl:

      Upside down! And Eric Genrich also! 

      😊

      Reply
    45. 45.

      mvr

      March 18, 2023 at 9:34 pm

      @WaterGirl: No “Wow” is appropriate really.  Jenny wrote most of them.  I’m finding writing by hand harder as I get older, at least writing so another person can read it.  I used to get held after school for penmanship in grade school. So I mostly print. But I think old age and lack of practice makes that harder than it used to be.  I don’t think Jenny finds it easier, but she has a bit more grit about this than I do.

      Reply
    46. 46.

      WaterGirl

      March 18, 2023 at 9:36 pm

      @mvr: The WOW! was for both of you, and I stand by it! :-)

      Reply
    47. 47.

      Sure Lurkalot

      March 18, 2023 at 9:37 pm

      I’m a newbie postcarder so I asked WG for (only) 20 addresses. I found the exercise fairly relaxing and listening to a podcast or music makes the time go fast. In short, hardly a chore. I’m a bit tied up to do more this election but I will definitely participate in other drives in the future. Maybe get some cooler pens.  Or make my own postcards.

      Thanks everyone.

      Reply
    48. 48.

      WaterGirl

      March 18, 2023 at 9:37 pm

      @Mousebumples:

      And Eric Genrich also! 

      They are wordier at Voces.  They clearly don’t write postcards. :-)

      Reply
    49. 49.

      WaterGirl

      March 18, 2023 at 9:39 pm

      @Sure Lurkalot: Everything helps!

      Plus cool pens are fun.

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    50. 50.

      Mousebumples

      March 18, 2023 at 9:42 pm

      @Sure Lurkalot: Thanks for the 20 postcards! As a Wisconsinite, I appreciate the effort!

      @WaterGirl: Haha, yeah. I didn’t have much room on my postcards, with the length of their Spanish text as is, but that was a quick translation I could do myself. Though I did double check tambien didn’t have an accent or anything that I’d forgotten about.

      Reply
    51. 51.

      SuzieC

      March 18, 2023 at 9:49 pm

      @WaterGirl: Yay OH Indivisibles!  I finished my postcards yesterday.

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    52. 52.

      WaterGirl

      March 18, 2023 at 10:10 pm

      @SuzieC:

      Yay OH Indivisibles!

      No kidding!

      Reply
    53. 53.

      Mousebumples

      March 18, 2023 at 10:12 pm

      Thanks again to everyone for the chat and postcarding and music tonight! I’m off to bed – can’t speak for others but Covid is making me extra tired!

      Hope to see some/all of you for Tuesday’s music & postcarding thread!

      Reply
    54. 54.

      Trivia Man

      March 18, 2023 at 11:20 pm

      Tonight I went to a live event, Pod Save America at the Barrymore. Ben Winkler, Mandela Barnes, and the three folks from PSA. Big take away is that in 2010 the progressive candidate was up by 9 points 2 weeks out, then a huge dump of out of state money came rushing in to goose republican turnout. If just one more voter turned out in every precinct – the state of Wisconsin would be in much better shape today.

      Special guest was Judge Janet and it was nice to hear her speak. She says “I can not promise anything” in regards to future cases, but she also indicates that her judicial philosophy tells her that some of the recent decisions were decided wrongly.

      A full house, very white crowd, a lot of enthusiasm.

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    55. 55.

      Trivia Man

      March 18, 2023 at 11:24 pm

      Music:

      Five To One

      https://youtu.be/oOzpncIHCLs

      Throwin’ Stones

      https://youtu.be/7kHnoBnsY40

      When the Music’s Over

      https://youtu.be/wAfevVSdWBw

      Reply
    56. 56.

      Mousebumples

      March 19, 2023 at 8:27 am

      @Trivia Man: Thanks for the report! It sounds like a great experience.

      Reply

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