David Shadrick “No Fear!”
It’s Sunday and Dave Shadrick is back for another video cast. This week I think the rant is about blue-eyed blonde haired children. Anyway, whatever the discussion, Dave has plenty to say. Enjoy.
It’s Sunday and Dave Shadrick is back for another video cast. This week I think the rant is about blue-eyed blonde haired children. Anyway, whatever the discussion, Dave has plenty to say. Enjoy.
Calamity chose this 2014 tune by writer performer Meghan Trainor for today’s Calamity Politics Jukebox Choice of the Day. She was mumbling something about politicians need to understand their base. I don’t think that’s what Meghan had in mind, but, whatever the clown says I’m with her. So here we go, Meghan Trainor singing “All About The Bass.” Lyrics below.

Everything is going online, the so-called “Digital Revolution” generally considered to be as significant as the Industrial Revolution. For good or ill, more things are moving online from correspondence to media. The terms “old media” and “new media” going from cultural terms to more significant distinctions.
One of the positive impacts of the shift to New Media, and the general reduction in production costs, is the opening up of popular media to traditionally marginalized groups. People are more able to make their own media, free of the censorship, stigma and traditionalist bullshit still rife in the studio system. The sort of attitudes that would have female nominees banned from the red carpet for not wearing high heels.
Calamity decided on today’s Calamity News and Politics Jukebox Choice. It is none other than, Supertramp performing the “The Logical Song,” from 1979. From the first time I heard this song I EMBRACED it. It is my story. It was my story. Enjoy! Lyrics below. DSM.
Supertramp

“Don’t like gay marriage? Don’t get one.
Don’t like cigarettes? Don’t smoke one.
Don’t like abortions? Don’t get one.
Don’t like sex? Don’t indulge.
Don’t like drugs? Don’t do them.
Don’t like porn? Don’t watch it.
Don’t like alcohol? Don’t drink it.
Don’t like guns? Don’t buy one.
Don’t like your rights taken away? Then don’t take away someone else’s.” (Unknown)
Short and sweet for a sunny Monday. I’ve seen this statement shared and I think the statement sums it up. Stop yelling about the actions of others and adjust your behavior and attitude. It is none of your business who I sleep with. It is none of your business if I can’t break the cigarette habit. It is none of your business if I want an abortion. Frigid ? Don’t like sex, well again, just because you don’t like it, doesn’t mean the rest of us have to abstain. Drugs, again, not good for you, but none of your business. When we get to porn, well, here we go again, if you don’t like it, don’t watch it. Don’t like alcohol? Easy; stay away from it. Don’t like guns, don’t buy one. But, most of all my rights are guaranteed by the constitution not your opinion.

“Marble House is a Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. Designed as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt by the society architect Richard Morris Hunt, it was unparalleled in opulence for an American house when it was completed in 1892.” Wikipedia
Silverchair were three school mates that came together and rose to international stardom in 1995. They were all 15 years old when they recorded their first album, Frogstomp, was a pleasant mix of Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Like all groups over the years their sound has morphed. Their debut album topped the Australian charts and broke the Top Ten in America, making them the first Australian group since INXS to have significant success in the States. T. K. McNeil suggested today’s Calamity Jukebox Choice of the Day, Silverchair doing “Anthem for the year 2000” and as usual he got a “hell, yeah!” response from me and the parakeet. T. K. wanted readers to know that this song was written and recorded in response to a political movement in the 1990’s in Australia. “In the late 90 a far-right party was running on repealing the gun laws. These were the gun laws instituted after the Port Arthur Massacre. Lyrics are below. Enjoy! DSM
**The Port Arthur massacre of 28–29 April 1996 was a mass shooting in which 35 people were killed and 23 wounded in Port Arthur, Tasmania. The murderer, Martin Bryant, pleaded guilty and was given 35 life sentences without possibility of parole. Wikipedia

Vancouver Rocks leaves all these wonderful rocks around my neighborhood. These are just a few of the ones I have found. What fun. Check if your town has a “rock” club, they have popped up around the country. I love each and every one of them. Thanks for the smiles, Vancouver Rocks. DSM
Jukebox Choice of the Day is Tom MacDonald singing “No Lives Matter.” So today, again, T.K. McNeil won the vote. Here is his Calamity News and Politics music interlude. LOL. Enjoy. DSM. Lyrics below.
I’m not sure how you feel, but everyone here at Calamity Politics pretty much shares the same sentiment as Thomas Benjamin Wild, Esq. Some of us show it in unexpected rages, others by isolation, others by denial, others by thoughts of self-harm. Hopefully, if Joe is right we should be able to celebrate the 4th of July with friends and family, until then, “Well This Is Shit.” This is a serious matter. If you are feeling suicidal call for help. The National Suicide Hotline: 800-273-8255.