This is a song about America

Michael Hall — America

Wilco — Ashes of American Flags

Pogues — Body of an American

The Clash — I’m So Bored With the U.S.A.

Graham Parker — I Discovered America

Elliott Smith — Independence Day

Joe Patek’s Orchestra — Krasna Amerika

Phil Ochs — The Power & The Glory

MC5 — American Ruse

Bruce Springsteen — 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)

Elvis Costello [...]

Fire/Cracker

I wanna hold her wanna hold her tight

The ukulele version is sweet. But I still love the original.

My dog has fleas

To bathe me again

Though this afternoon’s rain came from the west, not the ocean, it made me think of this old favorite song.

Here comes the summer

Strike up the bandwagon

Origin here. Follow-up here, there, and everywhere.

That sucks

Really, this is a horrible story:
A street-sweeping truck roaring down a Bronx street sucked up a dog and killed her as her owner held the leash.
Robert Machin said he had just finished walking his two Boston terriers and was about to put them into his car when the truck appeared Thursday morning. The retired transit [...]

What the world needs now is another folk singer like I need a hole in the head

I’m way too old for teen angst, but I’m not too old to enjoy this song.

Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind?

I’m not especially a superhero movie fan, but I enjoyed Iron Man very much. Of course, I’d probably enjoy Kung Fu Panda if it starred Robert Downey Jr.