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New Kicks

13 Wednesday Mar 2019

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I submitted a super-heavy column to TPC last night. Something I’ve hinted around at but never fully addressed. Perhaps my hardest-hitting one yet. That, here, when published (hopefully it will be published…).

I may have more to say on the college admissions debacle. Vox Day noted the Harvard/Asian lawsuit, which is directly related. I’ve mentioned that before – and it figures into that heavy piece that coming. And, I heard Sen. Kennedy (R[ino] – LA) on Faux talking tough. I’m reminded that Kennedy voted FOR S. 1 (2019); that touches on my soon-to-be subject as well.

In the meanwhile, I’ve been on a rock/classic rock played on a piano kick lately. Check this out:

Classic Rock on Piano and a Few Random Thoughts

17 Sunday Feb 2019

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  1. If Trump (and Limbaugh) think the Mueller team are criminals, then why aren’t they arrested as enemies of the state? We are under an emergency, aren’t we?
  2. The IQ decline is a go for TPC. More on that soon; piece submitted.
  3. Who else has never heard of “Empire” or this latest hoaxer before?
  4. Why the hell is everyone going around “rapping” these days?! The IQ thing, maybe.
  5. And … enjoy the following musical spectacular:

 

Pop Musicians Aware of Decline

26 Saturday Jan 2019

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Based on a study of their most popular songs:

Pop songs have become angrier and sadder over the past 60 years, experts say.

Researchers analysed lyrics in best-selling songs from the 1950s to 2016 to find expressions of anger and sadness had increased, while words about joy had dropped.

The US study team looked at lyrics of more than 6,000 songs from Billboard Hot 100 in each year.

These are the most popular songs in the US each year as chosen by music fans.

Imagine that. What could have possibly changed in America since the 1950s?

It’s Not a Culture Clash

31 Monday Dec 2018

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Or a clash of cultures. It is a clash of savagery and banality against culture.

Read this AP bit on the whining and the West-bashing. Then, determine for yourselves which is the less-enlightened age.

In matters of enlightenment and decline, Benedict Beckeld, Ph. D., offers actual insight into the decline of music:

I’m not quite sure about the impossibility of music ever again rising, but he’s certainly right about the triumph of the classical over the modern (and everything else heretofore).

Happy New Year’s Eve! I sense the end of 2018 posting is nigh (should be a 2018 review a little later). Cheers.

Johnny Horton – clearing the drafts

16 Sunday Dec 2018

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***Note*** I’ve got a lot of drafts sitting around, some in existence and unpublished since 2013. It became obvious to me that I’m in no hurry to get around to them. But, they’ve survived various draft purges over the years. If they’re that important I can just come back and elaborate later. For now, I offer them, kind of as-is, in this, a lightning publishing round. The fun will continue while supplies last. Make of these what you will. Or not. I don’t care.

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For nearly six years, this post – a title only – sat around the drafts. Daddy loved Horton and so do I. If you’ve never listened, you’re missing out. If you’re in America, you listen, and don’t like it, then you’re in the wrong country. Hell, he even explains the proper way to say A-Mer-I-Ca!

Horton/Youtube.

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells – Christmas Tunes, Revised, Updated and Expanded for 2018!

08 Saturday Dec 2018

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Merry Christmas, to all those of good will! To those others, a Very Merry Christmas, anyway!

Getting right to it, here’s a revised and bettered list of Carols you may not hear anywhere else. And, for once, I’m going with direct video embeds – hope the processor holds…

***Note*** These are YT videos. Some may have copyright or other display issues. Always a risk, encountering it even as I re-do the list. I’m trying to promote the artists; please spend some money on your favorites. If a link is out, C&C the name and look it up, Grinches.

Mistress for Christmas, AC/DC. I want the woman in red at the…

Little dirty, yes…

Naughty List, Forever In Your Mind

Little boy-bandish, yes…

12 (Drunken) Days of Christmas, Foster Brooks

12 Redneck Days of Christmas, Jeff Foxworthy

12 Pains of Christmas, Bob Rivers

Rigging up the lights.

I Saw Three Ships, Sting

Mele Kalikimaka, Bing Crosby

Christmas for Cowboys, John Denver

Christmas Wrapping, The Waitresses

All Alone on Christmas, Darlene Love

Winter Wonderland, Sleeper Agent

Dominick the Donkey, Lou Monte

Even for Southern kids…

The Night Santa Went Crazy, Weird Al Yankovic

Christmas at Ground Zero, Weird Al

Christmas in Hollis, Run DMC

The Christmas Song, Alvin and the Cute Rodents

Aaaaalvin!!!!

Blue Christmas, Porky P.

Grandma Got Run Over, Elmo & Pasty

Chanukah Song, Adam Sandler

I know you’re out there, Ryan. ברכות!

Alice’s Restaurant, Arlo Guthrie

Oops. Missed the mark again. Yankees understand…

Holiday Road, Lindsey Buckingham

Not Xmas, per se, but you get it. I hope.

And, one more:

Same Auld Lang Syne, Dan Fogelberg

Santa Claus is Watchin’ You, Ray Stevens

Many thanks to a young fan for reminding me of that one!

Twenty-three hits the local station might miss. For all others, consult Gene Autry. Etc.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

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Also, Christmas Tie Season

Trick or Treat: Perrin’s Halloween Tunes List – Revised and Updated!

31 Wednesday Oct 2018

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Music for that scary night when all the little Bernie Sanders wannabes come calling:

Immigration! Election! Killer Robots!

There. Got that out of the way…

Now: the music for Great Pumpkin Night:

Werewolves of London, Warren Zevon, 1978.

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Zevon (RIP)/Asylum.

Werewolves, Alternate Take, Zevon, 2007 Release. I know more than a few people don’t like this version. Then again, more than a few people can be wrong. Cool, jazzy, and you always have the ability to listen to the damned original…

Long Cool Woman, The Hollies, 1971. No Halloween, per se, but fits with:

Devil Woman, Cliff Richard, 1976.

Evil Woman, ELO, 1975. All these women…

Witchy Woman, The Eagles, 1972. More women…

Self Control, Laura Branigan version, RIP, beautiful, 1984. The best-looking artist on the list.

Legend of Wooley Swamp, Charlie Daniels Band, 1980. Lucius Clay approves.

David Pumpkins – Elevator Skit, SNL and Tom Hanks, 2016. Not a song. Just funny.

Monster Mash, Misfits, 1997. Yeah, I have trouble understanding the words too.

Mash, Original, Bobby Pickett (with Dick Clark), 1962. Classic; those facial expressions.

Dragula, Rob Zombie, 1998. Burn through ’em.

Thriller (Full), Michael Jackson, 1982. Before we knew the real MJ (RIP) horrors. With commentary from Price (RIP).

Poison, Alice Cooper, 1989. A few Cooper songs I could have gone with; I chose this one.

House of Fire, Cooper, 1989. And this one.

Ghost Riders in the Sky, Johnny Cash’s Version, 1979. Scary with a message.

The Time Warp, RHPS Version, Richard O’Brien, 1974. No need to suffer a theater full of freaks. (They still do that?) You’re welcome.

Sweet Transvestite, RHPS Version, Tim Curry, 1974. Probably the only trans-friendly post I’ll ever make.

Blue Moon, The Marcels, 1961. Shout if you know why I included this one.

The Zoo, Scorpions, 1980. Why not?

Nightmare on My Street, DJ Jaz Will Smith, 1988. Just remembered this one!

Pet Sematary, The Ramones, 1989. My personal favorite – possibly tied with Werewolves.

Sematary, Last Live Show, 1996. You don’t know this…

Stranger in Town, Extended Studio, Toto, 1984. Is your hero a criminal?

Uprising, Sabaton, 2010. Scary history. Great gym song!

Dr. Demento Halloween Special, Demento, Westwood One, 1986. Hour and a half of crazy.

UPDATE – for 2019 and beyond (thanks to Fred W!):

Little Red Riding Hood, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, 1966. For the g-g-g-generation.

Swamp Witch, Jim Stafford, 1974. Wonder if she knew Lucious?

…and…

Here Comes Santa Claus, Gene Autry, 1947. Oops. Too early – for another week or two…

27+ hits sure to rock the candy off the beggers!

Have a great Halloween!

The cigar-chomping, government-bashing, culture-questioning madness shall resume soon.

The Good News: Some Women Never Age

15 Tuesday May 2018

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Okay, the last post was a bit of a downer – a necessary expose – but still maybe a bit much for a fair Tuesday evening. So, here’s a cheery one! I’ll not sign off for the night, tonight, with sourness.

Nena (remember her?) looks almost the same as she did 35 years ago. Better maybe. And with 35 years of stored kinetic energy:

Nena. YouTube.

Bonus: It’s not just Nena. Kim Wilde (remember her?) is hanging in there too.

The Two Together. 

Somehow, somewhere, sometime. They gotta be, what, 55 apiece?