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Tom Waits sings his sweet hobo’s lullaby, “On The Nickel.” “Heart Attack and Vine” and “Downtown Train” are also essential street poetry. You can hear his folkier side in “Hold On” and the ragged “Ain’t Goin’ Down to the Well” for German TV.
Same Ol’ Same Ol’
The Bush Administration’s proposed 2008 federal budget has two priorities: more money for his War On Everything, and continued tax breaks for his wealthy constituents—all while allegedly reducing the deficit:
“Cutting the deficit during a time of war requires us to restrain spending in other areas,” Bush said in his weekly radio address.
Previewing the fiscal year [...]
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Senator John McCain, who has felt the sting of attack ads from none other than his beloved president, is gearing up to perpetrate them himself:
In 2004, Mr. McCain said the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth advertisement asserting that Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts had not properly earned his medals from the Vietnam War was “dishonest [...]
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Good God! James Brown’s “The Popcorn” is great, though Eddie Murphy did have a point.
In a rare burst of lyrical clarity, ABC produced a joyful homage to Smokey Robinson that is practically a prayer. Watch and listen to “When Smokey Sings.”
