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I toyed with putting up a Paddy Day appropriate song tonight, but went instead with politics. The one I was thinking is a delightful recording of Cait O'Riordan reprising her I'm A Man You Don't Meet Everyday. I admit I have a bit of a crush on her -- sorta the way Trooper crushes on Sinead O'Connor. I love the way her name is pronounced, and also the way she says "drinkin'"

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Georgia Voters Tell Trump To Oss-Off

Intercepted email from Hillary Clinton:

Tonight's hard fought victory shows three important things: First and foremost, outside contributions are and will be crucial going forward in taking back the House next year and, more importantly, returning the White House to its proper stewardship in 2020; Terry will be contacting you individually to tell you how you can help. Secondly, the results show that real men can and should stand up to braggadocious bigots. Third -- and my advisors tell me this is the most important point -- we did this in the South! We connected to African American voters!   

Onward Together!

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Grunge owed bands like Husker Du an awful lot. The Minneapolis bands, the SST bands, and the L.A. punk bands who thrived in the '80's simply never got on the public's radar like Grunge bands did. The bands knew this. Kurt Cobain called the Meat Puppets a favorite band and covered their songs; the  Chili Peppers -- who dedicated "Blood Sugar Sex Magic" to Mike Watt -- knew this. Hell, Sonic Youth featured a voice recording of Watt in their 1988 "Day Dream Nation."

I met Mike Watt more than once. The first time was in the summer of 1991 in Zurich. My girlfriend asked him what was new in music and he said "Everybody's listening to Nirvana." We were like "Nirvana who?" A few months later everything changed. So I've always carried this little bit of snobery regarding Grunge. Why weren't people excited about Grunge excited about The Replacements? About Husker Du?

I think it was the dissonance.
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From the YouTube comments:

Bob Mould predicting the creation of Internet... killer lyrics.

Lyrics after the jump