This brings back memories – of heavy swearing. Luckily for me, someone invented tape. Your tips in the comments.

Ray Stevens and his hard-working family struggled to make ends meet until they began living the Obama Budget Plan.
(h/t Michael Anderson)
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To help get you roundly fired up for tonight’s Tips, English theatre organist Reginald Dixon plays a medley of classic singalong songs on his trusty Wurlitzer.
No rioting, please.
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In tonight’s Tips video Australian acarologist Dr. Jürgen Otto presents the attention-seeking courtship displays of the Australian Peacock Spider.
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From a television show aired in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, here’s soft-spoken Saudi cleric Muhammad Al-‘Arifi thoughtfully counseling a group of young men on How To Beat Your Wife.
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Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann is an international non-profit movement dedicated to the preservation and promotion of traditional Irish music. In tonight’s Tips music Pauric Bannon, Aoife and Breege Geoghegan, and Glen Smith (playing flute, banjo, fiddle, and tin whistle respectively) play two jigs during a Comhaltas Live performance at Boylan’s Pub in Kilnaleck, County Cavan, Ireland.
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In tonight’s Tips music, from September 1939, Dame Vera Lynn, DBE, sings the stirring and patriotic There’ll Always Be an England, which is followed by a full-hearted choral rendition of God Save The Queen.
Dedicated to our British friends who are continuing to fight the good fight on behalf of their country.
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North Carolina natives Scotty Wiseman and Myrtle Cooper were a husband and wife duo who performed in the 30s, 40s, and 50s as Lulu Belle & Scotty. In tonight’s selection, written by Wiseman in 1952, a rather straightforward HUAC-era anti-Communist song, replete with spies and sneaky domestic traitors, turns into an unapologetic protest against the American federal government’s intrusiveness (“Let the government run its business and let me run my own”) and out of control spending (“Our national debt is monster size and grown’ every day / Our children’s children, still unborn, are gonna have to pay”).
Via Bruce Kesler at Maggie’s Farm, here are Lulu Belle & Scotty singing I’m No Communist.
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Stopping to change a flat tire can add precious time to a road trip, but as Lothar Schauer and Jeanette Effner demonstrate, there is another option. Not that I recommend it, or anything.
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Nashville native Kitty Wells seems like a decent and respectable enough gal. So…does
Anybody Out There Wanna Be A Daddy?.
Just tryin’ to be helpful.
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From the online video series Great Depression Cooking, here’s 91-year-old Clara Cannucciari preparing her tasty and inexpensive Pasta with Peas.
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To ease you into tonight’s Tips, here’s a lovely little summery song by Toronto’s Cowboy Junkies called A Horse In The Country.
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In followup to last evening’s Billy Idol (she cried “more, more, more..“), a little Otis Redding – I’ve Been Loving You Too Long. Your tips in the comments.

The 1983 Billy Idol single claimed to have generated $1.6 billion in speeding tickets: Rebel Yell.
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A musical tribute to President Barack Obama to mark America’s credit rating downgrade by Standard & Poors: Hey, Big Spender!
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“Trust me.”
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Just what every police department needs in the fight against crime – an 80 lb cat that can read. Your tips in the comments.

After a very long day I needed a laugh. Here are several, courtesy of Jerry Seinfeld and his friends.
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Larry Griswold was a gymnast, comedian, and co-inventor of the trampoline. Here’s a funny video of him appearing on Frank Sinatra’s show.
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Loyal SDA readers have been putting up with dog shows all year – what’s one more? Here’s Ch. Nancolleth Markable winning Best In Show at Westminster Kennel Club, 1932.
I’d post footage of new Can.Am.Ch.Minuteman Underworld winning the Miniature Schnauzer Club of Canada National yesterday, but our videographer had to take him into the ring for me. So this ringside candid taken last month in Long Beach (where he finished his AKC title at the MSC of Southern California specialty) will have to do.

“Racket”