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Modern society's focus on credentials has created a two-tiered system, where multi-talented individuals are criticized, and elites oversee a dependent underclass. The songwriter, actor, country/western singer, musician, U.S. Army veteran, helicopter pilot, accomplished rugby player and boxer, Rhodes scholar, Pomona College and University of Oxford degreed, and summa cum laude literature graduate, Kris Kristofferson, recently died at 88. Americans may have known him best for writing smash hits like “Me and Bobby McGee” and “For the Good Times,” his wide-ranging, star-acting roles in A Star is Born and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, his numerous solo albums, especially with...

It's time for a "Black Clothing Update" and in my lifetime of experience this song touched me... The old "Safety and Security" thing from the public school bureaucracy but in Big Government and Big Business FEAR is the Order of the Day... Cori Bush defeated in a Primary Election in St. Louis. She pointed the finger at the Israel Lobby (AIPAC)... Kamala Harris got an earful from the Pro-Palestinian camp in Detroit the other day. But Kamala... In the Good Ole USA the Democrats bend the knee for the powerful money supporting Israel but what about our "Mother Country" the...

Johnny Cash Statue To Be Erected In U.S. Capitol On September 24th, the Man in Black will become the first professional musician to receive a statue in the U.S. Capitol’s Emancipation Hall.A statue of Johnny Cash will soon stand in the U.S. Capitol, making him the first professional musician ever to receive the honor. A statement from Congress dated July 31st confirmed that the Man in Black’s statue at Emancipation Hall will be unveiled in a morning ceremony on September 24th. The statue will join the National Statuary Hall Collection. The announcement was signed by Speaker of the House Mike...

‘Spotlight’ features guitar from Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys.A new single from Johnny Cash’s forthcoming posthumous album Songwriter is out now. “Spotlight,” the second track from the new record due out June 28 via Mercury Nashville/UMe, features guitar from The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach. Songwriter, which features exclusively material written by Cash himself, has been more than 30 years in the making. The first single from the album, “Well Alright,” came out in late April. Cash’s vocals for “Spotlight” were first recorded in 1993 at Nashville’s LSI Studios, around a decade before his death. His son John Carter Cash...

A lost album that Johnny Cash recorded in 1993 has been unearthed and will be released next month. (Supplied) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Early in 1993, Johnny Cash was at something of a career lull. The late country legend, who died in 2003, aged 71, was in between recording contracts when he decamped to LSI Studios, a Nashville recording studio owned by his stepdaughter, Rosey Adams, and son-in-law, Mike Daniel, to record some songs he'd been writing. Mere months later, Cash would meet producer Rick Rubin, who helped the country legend completely revitalise his career with the American series of albums. The sessions...

Plus, Rick Rubin on how Cash "looked at me like I was insane" Remembering The Man In Black's stunning Nine Inch Nails cover 20 years to the day after his deathIt's 20 years to the day since we lost The Man In Black. The country star was one of the genre's defining stars throughout an uncompromising career that spanned half a century. "Having Johnny Cash, one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time, want to cover your song, that's something that matters to me" But for many (at the time) younger music fans, it was the Man In Black's remorselessly...

Politics lately has been disheartening and frustrating. From our two tiered justice system to watching Hawaiians suffer with very little assistance, there isn't much to feel positive about in regards to how citizens are treated in our country. America needs a laugh and some tongue in cheek humor, and this new Twitter account, @Trump_History45 is providing just that. The account uses AI to create scenes of Trump throughout history, a bit like Forrest Gump in the movie. Donald Trump writes and signs the Emancipation Proclamation - January 1st, 1863. pic.twitter.com/sSnmpGmopD — Trump History (@Trump_History45) August 16, 2023 Trump with Lincoln...

I just had to post a link to this video. Anyone who can do those Johnny Cash lyrics has practiced a lot. Robinson has a natural connection with the true Patriots across the heartland of this country. And, his conservative credentials can be traced back to his 2018 statement at his county commissioner's meeting where he stood up for the 2nd Amendment rights of the citizens of our nation.

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[snip] Joey Cook is back! Check out what we did with Cage The Elephant's "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" from Borderland, also starring clarinetist Jacob Scesney doing a bit of decorating. [/snip]Ain't No Rest For The WickedVintage Jazz | Cage The Elephant Cover ft. Joey CookPostmodernJukebox | 5.86M subscribers7,366,351 views | January 12, 2017

The song appeared on Cash’s 2002 album, ‘American IV: The Man Comes Around.’Rick Rubin was interviewed on October 23 by Lauren Larverne for BBC Radio’s “Desert Island Discs” show, and during their chat he revealed how he got Johnny Cash to record Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt” for his 2002 farewell album, American IV: The Man Comes Around. Shop the best of Johnny Cash’s discography on vinyl and more. According to Rubin, when he first suggested the cover, “Johnny looked at me like I was insane.” He adds, “The Nine Inch Nails version of the song is very noisy, aggressive. Johnny...

I hear this commercial endlessly. This commercial annoys me on so many levels. 1. You are the post office, you should be everywhere. 2. You should be everywhere on time but you’re not. 3. Why are you wasting my tax money to tell me you’ve been everywhere? That’s your mission! In 2021 the USPS reported a $4.9 billion dollar loss. How much of this loss was attributed to you telling us you have been everywhere? USPS reports $4.9 billion loss in 2021 4. If the Washington post says you’re not obsolete that means you are obsolete so stop wasting our...

"Live Life...Ditch The Mask...Choose Love"... Tammy Bruce offers us the latest on how Republicans rig votes in the House to keep spending too much money... Lets hearken back to El Rushbo with an "Update" the British Prime Minister's real name is: "Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson" So you can call Boris Johnson "Al" The Boris Johnson Update Theme Dut Dah.... The Toxicity Of Holocaust Nudity And How A Congressman Got Caught Up In The Issue... It seems to me as I see the attitudes of the vaxx and mask crowd a racist speech comes to mind about: "segregation forever" Reminds...

Wow The Mamas and Papas "California Dreaming" shooting up the charts this date back in 1966. Welcome to the Weekend. Your host here remembering El Rushbo and how he used to come up with headlines the big media would be rolling out to fit the narrative like: "Women And Minorities Suffer Worst" This bring us to the truth about the COVID-19 vaccine situation right now especially when you think about the single dose vaxxes like AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson. Heck the adverse effects clearly impacting women more than men. "Adverse Vaccine Effects Worse For Women" Wow what an accurate...

On Sept. 16, 1969, Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" hit No. 1 on the country charts. By all accounts, the song is one of Cash's most iconic recordings. To this day, "A Boy Named Sue" permeates pop culture. Even if some folks don't realize where it came from. For the most part, the song was never meant for a widespread audience. That's probably because it deals with its main character trying to kill his father. But when Johnny Cash first performed the song live, he figured that kind of thing might resonate with his audience. Because the first time...

As streamers build out their lucrative libraries, they are experimenting with label warnings, context panels and even purges: "These are valuable properties that you cannot just disregard. You want to keep them, but you have to make sure they don't damage the brand." Every month, Disney convenes an eclectic group of advisers via videoconference to tell the media conglomerate what it and the many entertainment companies it has acquired over its nearly 100-year history have gotten wrong. It's a long list. Song of the South. Jar Jar Binks. That episode of The Muppet Show where Johnny Cash sings a duet...

Day 314 Of The Dictatorship Of COVID-19, Day 314 Of America And The World Held Hostage The Joe Biden version of DC 19 ramping up... The Trump version of tyranny came before that the buck passed to Mike Pence (White House Task Force) who passed it to Deborah Birx on down to the governors and when the governors imposed the tyranny Donald Trump and the Republican-Conservative political machine "pinned the tail on the donkey" blaming Democrat governors for the restrictions and ignoring the Republican governors from Mike DeWine on who were tyrants... The suppression of free speech in full swing...

Day 307 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 307 of America and the World Held Hostage... Well there you have it "Playboy's Theme" reminding me of the gretest smear being dropped these days against Patriots, Trump Supporters, Anti-Lockdown, Anti-Vaccine people... Washington DC Under Martial Law Fear Of Revolution No I'm Not Talking About Today I'm Talking About August 28, 1963. Facebook and Twitter weren't there to censor Dr. Martin Luther King but the US Justice Department was running the show. The US Park Service sound system would switch to music if anyone said the wrong thing... God Bless President Donald...

Day 293 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19 The British Police State: When Do The Sanctions Begin??????... Sone clips of Anthony Quinn in a movie where he played the role of a Communist prisoner who became a Pope. I thought of Anthony Quinn Warner and the act he is said to have been involved in on Christmas morning. The taking of one's own life is a selfish, egotistical act my dark thoughts because of my own selfish obsession with a woman in my past... Spain says it will create a list of those who refuse the vaccine and share it with...

Dolly Parton was just 13 years old when she first performed at the Grand Ole Opry. Appropriately enough, the future country legend was introduced by none other than Johnny Cash. Reflecting back on that, Dolly Parton shares that Johnny Cash made quite the impression on a girl coming of age. In an interview with GQ, the Jolene singer openly discussed things that a few things fans might not know about her storied life. Doll Parton spills tea about her very special relationship with Cash, declining performing at the Super Bowl, and her 54 year marriage to husband Carl Dean.