Tonight, we take enormous vicarious pleasure in the actions of Homer’s Father. Go, dad!
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It’s not lupus, it’s Hugh Laurie’s version of Buddy Bolden’s Blues.
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Yes, it’s true: Tommy Christian and His Orchestra really hate Bulgarians, what with their big Bulgarian eyes.
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Joseph Stalin, who died 60 years ago today, was one of the vilest mass murderers in human history, but in the same way that other communist dictators receive effusive praise from progressives (including Justin Trudeau’s “senior advisor“) Stalin has been, and continues to be, adored and venerated by many on the left, not just in Russia and the former Soviet Republics, but by prominent western darlings of the left such as Paul Robeson.
These communists and communist sympathizers, whether open or sly, never die out, even in the most prosperous and free western countries. Here, for example, is Knutna Nävar (“Clenched Fists“), a 1970s musical group from Göteborg, Sweden, praising the “great man” with their Song of Stalin.

The revolution is scorned and mocked, but cannot be stopped
It reaches all countries despite being hated by the bourgeoisie
We send this tribute to the memory of Stalin!
The steely stern warrior, our friend and Comrade!

Do you feel hate when you hear those voices?
Good. Because if you’re even vaguely aware of the events of the 20th Century and you don’t despise communists, there’s something wrong with you.
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Amor is the Spanish word for love, but it depends to some extent on the context. When Les Alcarson sings it, for example, it means “my pantalones are about to burst, and I need you to understand that.”
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♪They smile at your face, but behind your back they hiss / What’s a sweetheart like you doing in a dump like this? ♫
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“And don’t forget to tune in next time, kiddies, for a special musical performance by Napalm Death..”
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From his 2002 album Five Dollar Bill, here’s Alberta boy Corb Lund singing
No Roads Here.
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One of the biggest advantages to being completely tone-deaf is that it allows you to feel proud of your remarkable multi-octave vocal range..
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Tonight, the incomparable Edith Piaf, alive as shadows and light, sings La Vie en Rose to a rapt Parisian audience in 1954.
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Back away from your screens everybody, it’s a Ping-Pong ball travelling at 900 MPH. (Background info here.)
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Tonight, a little western swing from 1954, as Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, along with vocalist Tommy Duncan, play I’ve Got A New Road Under My Wheels.
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They will interview Nick Cave’s teachers / who’ll say he was one of God’s sorrier creatures / There’ll be informative six-page features / when he goes… ♫
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How does she love her hands? Let her count the ways.
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What happens when a girl’s inevitable future voice comes back to viciously taunt both her and her morally-bereft stage mom in the present? Let’s find out!
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Tonight’s amusement en route to the Tips is one big yawnfest.
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In tonight’s soundtrack to the typing out of your Reader Tips, German keyboard whiz Klaus Wunderlich plays Flying Red Horse Polka.
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At no point in the history of English civilization was error-free pronunciation more important than during the Barrow Poets’ live, on-air performance of the Pheasant Plucker’s Song.
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♫ They’re red, they’re white, they’re brown / They get that way underground… ♫
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