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This song is dedicated to Barack Hussein Obama, who has now announced that, contrary to all previously known facts, he warned Mubarak from the beginning that the latter had to enact democratic reforms or else:

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The Bee Gees performing Irving Berlin’s Alexander’s Ragtime Band: I can’t decide if I like this version or not, but it’s certainly interesting.

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A Jazz Era classic:

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I can never tell if I like this song on its own merits or because it reminds me of a very happy time in my life.  Either way, here it is:

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This song, which I heard on the radio the other day, made me realize that there was a time when single homeless men were treated differently at a cultural level.  I make no comment on that different treatment, I just note it:

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Perfect for a Saturday night:  Harry James, the Andrews Sister and Shemp:

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I’m always amazed at the big voice that comes out of this sweet, wispy-looking little guy.  And it’s great dance music:

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Day two of the sick child saga.  It’s a manic Monday: Please feel free to use this as an open thread.  As my child gets better (yay!), I’ll have more time to focus on the news on this, the second to last day before the Democrat lame duck session in the House begins.

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From 1937′s Way Out West, one of the most charming movie moments I’ve ever seen:

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I’m simultaneously trying to get an appellate brief ready for file (a good one, that Don Quixote wrote) and help my husband with a speech he has to give to a large group at work.  Blogging will have to wait a little. While I was doing all this work, however, I heard the Village People [...]

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This must be the most awkward looking performance I’ve ever seen, but the music is . . . well, it’s pure Beach Boys magic:

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Doesn’t get better than this:

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I’ve always enjoyed “Rock Me Tonite,” which is a great, hard-driving rock song.  It’s incredibly funny, therefore, to watch Billy Squier do a low grade, and quite feminine, Jennifer Beals imitation in the accompanying video: Rumor has it that this pastel-toned ballet killed his career.  I wouldn’t be at all surprised….

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Honestly, I don’t know whether I’m chasing my lost youth, or if I just have some part of my brain that’s perpetually reserved for the Bee Gees.  Whatever the reason, I periodically have this overwhelming urge to listen to their music and then to pass the listening on to you.  I love ABBA (lost youth [...]

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You can take the girl out of the 70s, but you will never take the 70s out of the girl — at least not when it comes to music:

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I know it’s supposed to be a love song (or ex-love song), but honest-to-God, I sometimes think it’s what all parents think when they look at their teens and tweens, the ones who want the money but don’t think there’s a housekeeping quid pro quo:

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When I was in high school, the song that was played at every pep rally and every sports events was We Are The Champions, an affirmative statement of superiority and the will to fight: My kids’ have a very different anthem, which is Black Eyed Peas’ I Gotta Feeling: I really like I Gotta Feeling.  [...]

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My daughter, who is not in camp this week, is listening to her bubblegum pop music in the background as she organizes her closet.  I am reminded of one of my pet peeves with modern music:  the lyrics are utterly lacking.  They lack imagination, they lack charm, they lack wit, they lack wisdom, they lack [...]

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I think I’ve posted this once before as a “just because” video, but today I’m feeling nostalgic for the optimism of my youth, so I’m posting it again.  I’m getting older, and the world does not seem to be getting better:

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In the days leading up to Fleet Week, it’s very usual to see military jets swoop across the sky.  If I’m lucky, standing at the bus stop can be a perfect location to view some nice formation flying.  It’s June, however, and we’re a long way from Fleet Week — which is why it was [...]

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Follow the Fleet (1936) is one of my favorite Fred and Ginger movies.  Since I belong to the Navy League, and often post about the wonders of the U.S. Navy, I thought that this wonderfully clever Irving Berlin song might be a fun homage to the sailors:

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Before hearing this on the radio today, I honestly think the last time I heard it was around 1972.  It sure snapped me back on a quick journey through the decades:

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