Author: Caroline

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

This week’s political playlist is a long one: h

Headline – Sexism. For the most recent demonstrations of Trump’s misogyny (cc: Mika Brzezinski & Irish Reporter Caitriona Perry), Uber’s search for a new CEO, Bill Cosby’s ridiculous trail & more ridiculous town halls, and most importantly for the women who face daily gender based micro-and-not-so-micro-aggressions –

Respect – Aretha Franklin
Unpretty – TLC
Shake it Off – Taylor Swift
***Flawless – Beyonce ft. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Respect Yourself – The Staples Singers
The Freshman – Verve Pipe
Neighborhood Bully – Bob Dylan (we’re talking about you, Donald.)

& for the travel ban being (temporarily, partially) in place while in review by The Supremes:

Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) – Hamilton Mixtape
This Land is Your Land – Woody Guthrie 
Borders – MIA
A Whole New World – Aladdin (2017 version: “I can show you the world… except the USA”)
Shame on You – Indigo Girls

& for the delayed vote on the Healthcare Bill:

What You Waiting For? – Gwen Stefani
Live and Let Die – Paul McCartney
Rocking Pnemonia and The Wugie Way Flu – Neville Brothers

& for the recent Cyber Attacks:

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Part 1 – The Flaming Lips
Digital Witness – St. Vincent
Paranoid Android – Radiohead
Electric Feel – MGMT

& for #PrideMonth concluding with Germany legalizing same-sex marriage:

Same Love – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Freedom! ‘90 – George Michael
Vogue – Madonna
Walk on the Wild Side – Lou Reed
Groove Is In The Heart – Deee-Lite
Crazy Thing Called Love – Queen

Does three in a row make a habit? I should start a blog soon. Or pitch these to NPR. Until then, here is this week’s political playlist:

Headline: Senate Health Care Bill:

Cruel – St. Vincent (as in, this bill is…)
The First Cut is the Deepest – Cat Stevens (shout out to Medicaid)
Dear Doctor – The Rolling Stones
Blood Bank – Bon Iver
Ballad of the Dying Man – Father John Misty
Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine – The White Stripes 
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – Al Green (hint: it isn’t in the new bill)

& for calling Senators to oppose the bill (202-224-3121):

Telephone – Lady Gaga & Beyonce
Call Me – St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Call The Law – Outkast ft. Janelle Monae

& for the Shameless Leader, who doesn’t want “poor people” in his Cabinet:

Rich Kid Blues – The Raconteurs
The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel
Lord, Help the Poor & Needy – Cat Power
Mo Money Mo Problems – Notorious B.I.G.
Swampadelic Pop – Dr. Dog (#draintheswamp?)

& again for the Tweeter in Chief, who doesn’t have tapes, but does tamper with a witness:

Funkier than a Mosquito’s Tweeter – Nina Simone 
Lyin’ Eyes – the Eagles
Postcards from Richard Nixon – Elton John

& for Georgia’s 6th district:

Georgia On My Mind – Willie Nelson
Why Georgia – John Mayer (Why!?)

…tune in next week & send your recommendations!

This week’s political playlist is here! Top news stories captured by some of my favorite songs.

Headline – Jeff Sessions’ Hearings

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – The Band
Southern Man – Neil Young (too obvious?)
Filthy, Dirty South – Rising Appalchia
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynard Skynard
Chain of Fools – Aretha Franklin
Love Interruption – Jack White (shout out to Manterrupters in the Senate & around the world)
California Girls – The Beach Boys (shout out to Kamala Harris!)

& for the Russia Investigation –

From Russia with Love – Matt Monro
Private Investigations – Dire Straits
Diplomat’s Son – Vampire Weekend (shout out to Jared Kushner)

& in honor of the healthcare bill (mostly obvious ones because no-one can read it) –

I’m Just a Bill – School House Rock (friendly reminder of the process for passing a bill, because wtf is going on rn?)
Dirty Little Secret – All American Rejects (shout out to the GOP. What are you hiding?! Show us the bill!)
Down with Disease – Phish
Fever – Peggy Lee 
Put the Lime in the Coconut – Red Tracy (I said DOCTOR!)
Dr. Funk – The Main Squeeze

& for the travel ban. again. –

On the Road Again – Willie Nelson
Not Turn Away – The Revivalists
I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly

& finally, for Cuba. –

Chan Chan – Buena Vista Social Club

Tune in next week! & feel free to send recommendations 😉

By popular demand – a playlist for this week’s politics: 

Headline – #ComeyHearing –
Lawyers, Guns and Money – Warren Zevon
It’s the End of the World as We Know It – R.E.M.
Where Is My Mind? – Pixies
Aaron Burr, Sir – Hamilton (for the Chairman/NC Senator)
The Weight of Lies – The Avett Brothers
Stuck In The Middle With You – Stealers Wheel
Idiot Wind – Bob Dylan
Hotline Bling – Drake (shout out to Trump’s cell phone)
Strange Times – The Black Keys
Bad Blood – Taylor Swift (for Comey + Republicans)
Never Gonna Give You Up – Jerry Butler

& because on the same day the house overturned #DoddFrank –
Taxman – The Beatles
No Scrubs – TLC

& for our friends across the pond in the #UKElections – 
You Keep Me Hangin’ On – The Supremes
Electioneering – Radiohead (too obvious?)
Imagine – John Lennon (shout out & kudos to Jeremy Corbyn)

… still open to recommendations 😉