Rambling Rhoads: 2024-02-04

As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Friday, February 9, 2024

Shuffle #170

Hell Yeah – Lake Street Dive

Softly As I Leave You – Frank Sinatra

Eight Days A Week – The Beatles

Promises, Promises – Dionne Warwick

Things I Cannot Change – The Mavericks

Desire – U2

I Only Have Eyes For You – The Flamingos

Bombay Calling – It’s A Beautiful Day

Strange Magic – Electric Light Orchestra

I’ve Got You Under My Skin – The Four Seasons

Love Never Felt So Good – Michael Jackson

Sunday, February 4, 2024

Wall Street warms to second Trump term

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/24/trump-wall-street-donors/

Yes, this is depressing. Especially this quote from Komal Sri-Kumar, president of Sri-Kumar Global Strategies, an economic consulting firm:

On questions of upholding democracy, Kumar added: “If you’re responsible to your shareholders and your shareholders judge you on your profitability, that can come from a more or less democratic administration.”