Friday, November 11, 2011  Weekend Listomania (Special No Matter
Who You Vote For, The Government Always Gets In Audio/Video
Edition)  Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes,
my Oriental palm pilot Fah Lo Suee and I are off to...and at
this point I was going to write [Insert Penn State/Joe Paterno
joke here] except that...well, except that the whole business
really isn't funny.  At all.  So -- because things will
nonetheless be quiet around here, as is customarily the case,
until Monday, here's a fun and hopefully otherwise relevant
little project to help us all wile away the idle hours till my
return:  Most or Least Fatuous Post-Beatles Politically Themed
Pop or Rock Song(s) Ever!!!  And my totally top of my head Top
Six is/are:  6. The Butthole Surfers -- The Shah Sleeps in Lee
Harvey Oswald's Grave  These guys were such kidders...  5. Freda
Payne -- Bring the Boys Home  A terrific piece of pop/soul with
a message that resonated quite powerfully at the height of the
Vietnam War, and still does