Our latest 30 Days, 30 Songs anti-Trump song comes from the rap band, clipping., a Los Angeles-based outfit that features none other than Hamilton‘s Tony-winning Daveed Diggs.
The band offered up a thoughtful, lengthy introduction to their song, so I’ll shut my trap and turn this over to them.
When I first heard R.E.M. was contributing a song to the 30 Days, 30 Songs anti-Trump project, I was giddy. I figured the prospect of a racist, misogynist narcissist ascending to the highest office in the world is what it took to reunite one of my favorite bands ever.
Alas, their offering turned out to be not a new song but a previously unreleased live version of a track from their 1988 album, Green.
Happy Halloween! An appropriate day to once again contemplate the possibility of a Donal Trump presidency.
This week I’ll feature five more songs from the 30 Days, 30 Songs project, which unveils a new anti-Trump track every day during the month leading up to the election.
Today’s selection is from Helado Negro, stage name of Roberto Carlos Lange, a Brooklyn-based singer.
It’s been nearly three years since I last featured Josh Joplin on the blog, and I feel pretty much the same way I did back then.
To quote myself, “these are the Random Weekend selections I most enjoy — little blasts from the past that give me an excuse to catch up with an artist I’ve long ago forgotten.”
Today’s random SOTD is an acoustic bonus track on the Barenaked Ladies’ 2003 album Everything To Everyone. It’s not as if the band is usually an electric powerhouse, so I’m not sure how much this version differs from the album original.
Sure enough, listening to the album cut reveals it’s pretty much the same song, just a little louder.
Meet Me In Montauk 