Music often tells a story better than any news article. Have you ever seen a news event and then found that it triggered the memory of a song? Well, we're setting today's happenings to music. Here is our (and yours!) musical commentary.
Given all of the social unrest we’ve witnessed both domestically and abroad, this week’s “Say It In Song” pick is a 1978 Bruce Springsteen hit from his album “Darkness on the Edge of Town”: Streets of Fire.
This is dedicated to all of those people who walk streets of fire to protest against broken promises made by elected officials.… [Read more]
“Fool on the Hill” is this week’s “Say It In Song” pick. Given the news coming out of Capitol Hill this week — ranging from the fight to take food from the mouths of babes in terms of reduced SNAP (food stamp) subsidies, all the way to the battles to bring women’s rights back to the pre-choice 1950s — it appears that many in this nation have cast votes for leaders who are our own personal fools.… [Read more]
This week’s “Say It In Song” pick is one that comes to us courtesy of Jeff Beck and the Hammer Group.
Much will be discussed about the environment this week; despite the fact that climate change will not be discussed at this year’s G8 Summit at which global leaders will meet to discuss topics of international importance, activism will remain a local, grassroots issue.… [Read more]
The title of this week’s “Say It In Song” pick is one that came to mind several times, one of which was during President Obama’s press conference at which he talked about progress being made in states that have accepted the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
If the states would allow for the Medicare expansion, and let the ACA do what it’s supposed to do, the forces of competition will help to do what is currently happening in California: insurance companies working within the healthcare exchanges and their exorbitant premiums are competitive.… [Read more]
Out of control….
This week’s “Say It In Song” pick is not a typical song. The performer, Reggie Watts, is a stream of consciousness improvisational comedian and musician.
Mr. Watts does the performing. You pick the message you want to receive.
In an over-politicized world in which many issues become political drama or manufactured scandals, it’s nice to know that we are allowed to make up our own minds about what’s important to us and how we communicate with others.… [Read more]
This week’s “Say It In Song” pick is ”Ordinary Day” as performed by Omar.
or·di·nar·y (/ˈôrdnˌerē/)Ordinary is defined as having no special or distinctive features; normal.
It’s what is commonplace, regular or standard. In an era during which so much of what we see and hear is hype that is meant to frighten rather than enlighten and manipulate rather than teach, there’s beauty in being able to experience what is simple and ordinary. On this Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of the summer season and a time set aside annually to support the troops as we remember their sacrifices, remembering that those who are sent off to fight the nation’s battles may very well be desperate for a day that is ordinary may not be an inappropriate way to spend some time. Peace.______ Photo credit: Souvenir Pixels, Just another “ordinary” sunrise from a dock near Jericho beach along the shore of Vancouver.… [Read more]
Watching this week’s news cycle made me think of this song’s title. How often must we, the public, be subjected to the same nonsense spewed as ‘doing the work of the people’? This week it was revealed that the political wrangling disguised as an inquiry into the tragic events in Benghazi is nothing more than misinformation and twisted facts.… [Read more]
This week’s “Say It In Song” pick is “Homeless,”performed by Paul Simon on the album Graceland.
“Strong wind destroy our home Many dead, tonight it could be you Strong wind, strong wind Many dead, tonight it could be you”
On any given night in this country, 700,000 to 2 million people are homeless.… [Read more]
Events in the news this week have some of us thinking about change on a national and global level. Today we’re posting this week’s “Say It In Song” pick: Bob Dylan’s “Things Have Changed.”
“People are crazy and times are strange I’m locked in tight, I’m out of range I used to care, but things have changed.… [Read more]
Money is on the mind today. Perhaps it’s because we’re moving beyond the trauma caused by filing our annual tax returns a couple of weeks ago, or maybe it’s because we heard the money-related news about how Congress moved to end the sequester only in an area which directly affects them; they quickly passed a bill to end Federal Aviation Administration furloughs right before they fled Washington to go on recess.… [Read more]
