Month: July 2017

My news alerts just went crazy but the playlist for this week’s politics is already done, so we’ll have to tackle some of this madness later. For now:

Headline: Last Night’s Skinny Repeal Vote:

Last Night – Traveling Wilburys
Night time in the Switching Yard – Warren Zevon
Under Cover of the Night – Rolling Stones
Skinny Love – Bon Iver
Thank You – Ledisi (shout out to Mukowski, Collins, McCain, and the 48 democrats who protected the health care coverage of 30+million Americans)
Time to Move On – Tom Petty

& for Trump’s attack on transgenders in the military:

Love & War – Brad Paisley & John Fogerty
Ironic – Alanis Morissette
Come As You Are – Nirvana
Lola – the Kinks

& for the Bi-partisan Russian sanctions:

Nobody’s Fool – Shakey Graves
So American – Portugal. The Man

& for North Korea’s second long-range ICBM missile launch:

Nuclear – Destiny’s Child
Life During Wartime – Talking Heads

& for another week of chaos around the White House (Kushner’s testimony, Priebus getting replaced, speculation about the leaks, more insults for Sessions, and the lovely new comms director):

Please Pardon Yourself – the Avett Brothers
I Knew You Were Trouble – Taylor Swift (cc: Scaramucci)

Much like bipartisan agreement on Russian sanctions for election meddling, last week’s political playlist is better late than never: 

Headline: Sean Spicer’s Resignation:

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover – Paul Simon 
Bye Bye Bye – Backstreet Boys
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John
Another One Bites the Dust – Queen

& for Donald’s many other dramas (Secret meeting with Putin, Jrs hearings, Sessions recusal, Muellers investigation…):

Circus – Britney Spears
Whiskey, Mystics, and Men – The Doors (from the Behind Closed Doors album. cc: Putin)
Puppet String – Umphrey’s McGee
Little Lies – I’m With Her
Do Wrong Right – Devil Makes Three
Paranoia in B Major – the Avett Brothers
Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley

& for GOP’s failed attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare (& their new plan to just repeal it):

Let it Go – Idina Menzel
Funny Not to Care – Lake Street Dive
The Agony and the Ecstasy – Smokey Robinson

& for the Democratic crises in Venezuela and Poland (and the US?):

Power Hungry Animals – The Apache Relay
The World at Large – Modest Mouse (from Good News for People Who Love Bad News – a great album and accurate description for politics this year)

Another week, another news cycle, another playlist featuring Russia and Healthcare:

This week’s Headline: Donald Jr.’s collusion with Russia:

Back in the USSR – The Beatles
It Wasn’t Me – Shaggy (b/c, caught red handed.)
Sinister Kid – The Black Keys
Come on Over Baby – Christina Aguilera (cc: Jr’s Kremlin-connected-lawyer-friend)
My Family’s Role In The World Revolution – Beirut

& for Trump’s visit to France

Les Champs-Élysées – Joe Dassin
Bastille Day – Rush
Lady Marmalade – Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya, Pink
Shape of You – Ed Sheeran (cc: Donald, for his comments about the First Lady of France. PSA: women don’t want to hear your opinion about their bodies – it’s not a compliment, it’s creepy.)

& for the FBI Director Nominee:

Louie Louie – The Kingsmen (fun fact: this song was investigated by the FBI for obscenity in the 60s)
Poncho & Lefty – Townes Van Zandt
Private Eyes – Hall and Oats
Who Are You? – The Who

& for the Senate Health-Care Bill. Again…:

Hospital Beds – Florence + the Machine
You Can’t Always Get What You Want – The Rolling Stones
Give It Up or Turnit a Loose – James Brown

& for the massive iceberg that broke from Antarctica:

Hazy Shade of Winter – Simon & Garfunkel
Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice
I Want to Break Free – Queen

Tune in next week!

Stressed by the News? Dance it out with his week’s political playlist:

Headline – G20 Summit in Hamberg:

C’est à Hambourg – Edith Plaf
Who Run the World (Girls) – Beyonce (shout out to Chancellor Merkel!)
Angie – The Rolling Stones (shout out to Merkel x2)
Putin’ On the Ritz – Fred Astaire
Leaders of the Free World – Elbow
Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today) – The Temptations
Nothing But Flowers – The Talking Heads (shout out to Donald – consider it notes from the environment meeting you missed)

& for the North Korean Missile Test:

Revolution Earth – The B-52’s
Nuclear – Ryan Adams
We Will Become Silhouettes – Postal Service
Masters of War – Bob Dylan
Atomic Dog – George Clinton
Alaska – Dr. Dog

& for the NRA ad targeting the Women’s March:

Bulletproof – La Roux
Won’t Back Down – Tom Petty
Pumped up Kicks – Foster the People
Us and Them – Pink Floyd

& for the Healthcare Protests by People with Disabilities:

Bird on the Wire – Leonard Cohen
Not Dead Yet – The Weepies

& for Chris Christie:

At the Beach – The Avett Brothers