Linda Ronstadt – Canciones de mi Padre (Songs of My Father)
These canciones were a big part of Ronstadt’s family tradition and musical roots. The title Canciones de Mi Padre refers to a booklet that the University of Arizona published in 1946 for Ronstadt’s deceased aunt, Luisa Espinel, who had been an international singer in the 1920s. The songs come from Sonora and Ronstadt included her favorites on the album. Also, Ronstadt has credited the late Mexican singer Lola Beltrán as an influence in her own singing style, and she recalls how a frequent guest to the Ronstadt home, Eduardo “Lalo” Guerrero, father of Chicano music, would often serenade her as child with these songs.
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This is the first time I’ve listened to the whole album in one setting, very enjoyable.
Jack
¡ole! y ¡bravo!
Congrats, Jack, both on the derby win and today’s selection
Parents of college students (Kenan Thompson, Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner) are interviewed about student protests and arrests on college campuses.
Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week’s biggest news, like President Biden saying Japan is xenophobic.
Perfect. Linda for Cinco De Mayo. Until she took that turn in her career I had no idea about her Mexican roots. What a gem!
At 18-1 odds we give you lots of bragging rights, Jack, for winning the derby.
Sounds like Pumpkin Head really went off the rails last night at Mar-A-Lago fundraiser, and both Washington Post, New York Times have audio tapes… Trump escalates attacks on prosecutors, says Democrats run ‘a Gestapo administration’, calls Jack Smith “fucking asshole”, claims Democrats using “welfare” voters to rig elections — Washington Post free link New York Times: Trump Calls Biden Administration the ‘Gestapo’ More Washington Post: “Trump was fixated on criminal travails, expressing dismay & shock he was indicted and praised Rod Blagojevich at length, who was in room. At one point, he said anyone who offered to give $1 million could come up and speak to the crowd. People did it.” More New York Times: He insisted that Democrats use “welfare” to cheat in elections . “When you are Democrat, you start off essentially at 40 percent because you have civil service, you have the unions and you have welfare,”… Read more »
This 60-sec Biden abortion ad ran in all battleground states during NBC coverage of Kentucky Derby yesterday.
I don’t think the Black or Hispanic vote is going to be such a problem for Biden.
I don’t think the Arab vote for Biden will be such a problem.
I feel like I need to go to Mexico to get away from cinco de Mayo ads.
But Poobah, he’s got the elite country club and trailer park white male demos wrapped up.
Yes he does, Pogo, and they carried him to defeat before, will again.
Trump says if he’s elected, he’ll implement “strong ideological screening” of all immigrants to the U.S.: “If you don’t like our religion…then we don’t want you in our country.” craig, why would that be just offensive to arab/muslim voters? also might turnoff a few hindus, jews and discerning christians who don’t bow to the MAGAt demi-god. example today how even people of the same faith can see things so differently: Shadow of war hangs over Orthodox Easter as Zelenskiy and Putin mark holiday | Ukraine | The Guardian Orthodox Easter services in Ukraine and Russia have taken on a political tone, as Volodymyr Zelenskiy asserted that God had a “Ukrainian flag on his shoulder” and Vladimir Putin attended a church service led by a staunch supporter of Moscow’s invasion. Noting that Ukraine had now been fighting Russia for 802 days, Zelenskiy called on Ukrainians to pray for each other and the soldiers on the… Read more »
I am trying to remember how Cinco de Mayo was “celebrated” way back when, early Seventies, in Denver. Mostly a bar thing similar to a special happy hour. Congratulations to whoever did come up with it though. A money maker. I can just enjoy any magat putting on a Cinco de Mayo party. Don’t want any Mexicans coming to the U.S., but want to pretend it is good to drink to a minor event.
When I see or think about magats it makes me definitely anti-white. No 3 ways about it.
Yeah, I been listening to white people bitch and moan my whole damn life and as far as I’m concerned they can stick a pair of socks in it.
Oh they’re going to let black people
into OUR [public] SCHOOLS!
(Open up thousands of private church schools begging for taxpayer funding)
Oh, they’re going to let black people into OUR [public] swimming pools!
(Shut them all down immediately)
Oh, they’re going to let black people VOTE!
(Make it impossible for them to vote)
White People’s ass.
Plaid Power!
Pat, very true: “also might turnoff a few hindus, jews and discerning christians who don’t bow to the MAGAt demi-god”
My focus is on all this talk about Gaza protests driving down Biden’s Arab support, particularly in Michigan. Wait until they hear this and how he’s going to send them to detention camps.
Great selection Jack! Hope you’re still basking in your Derby victory yesterday.
Linda Ronstadt’s albums were the others besides Joni’s that I wore out by listening to over and over. I didn’t have much money to spend on records, therefore my investments were meaningful and purposeful.
Oldie
New ABC poll: Once again Biden leads likely voters by same margin as 2020. Every time likely voters are measured, when they’re tied among all adults or registered voters, Biden is ahead outside the margin of error among likely voters. He handily won Electoral College last time with 3.8 point popular vote lead. Sure looks like that’s where we are now.
58% unfavorable = unelectable
From the Almanac On May 5, 1945, six civilians were killed near Bly, Oregon, when they discovered one of the balloon bombs in Fremont National Forest, becoming the only fatalities from Axis action in the continental U.S. during the war.[51] Reverend Archie Mitchell and his pregnant wife Elsie (age 26) drove up Gearhart Mountain that day with five of their Sunday schoolstudents for a picnic. While Archie was parking the car, Elsie and the children discovered a balloon and carriage, loaded with an anti-personnel bomb, on the ground. A large explosion occurred; the four boys (Edward Engen, 13; Jay Gifford, 13; Dick Patzke, 14; and Sherman Shoemaker, 11) were killed instantly, while Elsie and Joan Patzke (13) died from their wounds shortly afterwards.[52] An Army investigation concluded that the bomb had likely been kicked or dropped, and that it had lain undisturbed for about one month before the incident.[28] The U.S. press blackout was lifted on May 22 so… Read more »
A million to speak? So much for “free” speech. Did Diaper Don also install pay toilets? It’s not surprising that he used the word “Gestapo” yesterday. It’s a word expected to be heard at a Nazi rally. Dems need to get the word out, in the right way, to each demographic. Please be less terrible at messaging. My neighborhood has largely become Indian over the last 25 years, working at tech firms in the area. They tend to be very conservative. (Look at the popularity of Modi in India, who is pushing for a Hindu state. There is religious divisiveness in India, so it’s nothing new.) Some run for office, and all I’ve seen are Republicans. There is an Islamic center and a beautiful Hindu temple within two miles of me, and another Islamic center on the way to the grocery store. There are Sikhs here as well.… Read more »
For the first time since the Oct. 7 attack the U.S. has stopped a weapons shipment intended for the Israeli military.
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/05/israel-us-ammunition-shipment-hold?stream=top&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts_all
Thanks Jack
This is in my top three Ronstadt albums. This song is just so joyfully melodic
Madam Puppy Killer really seems to think she’s going to tough it out to make it disappear.
Thats 3 “Amazings”…..one that she’d actually shoot a 14 month old puppy in the face; Two that she’d be so stupid as to think that telling about it would give her some kind of Strong Woman Cred; and three that she would be so ignorant as to think that all she’d have to do to get past it is act like a tough guy.
her career might have survived those cheek implants, but not puppy killing
maybe the dentist is hiring
thanks for watching and reporting so I didn’t have to. I just couldn’t.
here u go BiD
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not just shorter speeches, but please write for him shorter punchier sound-bite sentences. LESS WORDS in each sentence better than less sentences in each speech to cut down (1) stumbles & misstatements (2) listener boredom and most important (3) attract media attention. Biden’s general election strategy: Less is more (msn.com) WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden ramps up his re-election effort, his campaign is also scaling back how much he says on the trail, part of a larger new strategy to hone a sharper message he’ll take into the general election, according to Biden aides. The less-is-more approach aims for quality over quantity when it comes to the president’s public appearances, aides said. “There’s a strategic advantage at this point in the race to boiling down your message to the three or four most salient, compelling arguments for why President Biden should be re-elected,” said TJ Ducklo, the Biden campaign’s… Read more »
two ‘toons about you know who
and
one more
in remembrance
I saw it on the twitter; there and here’s where I get all my news since the ceiling fell in and I the cancelled cable.
Puppy Killer.
There were a shitload of girls like her and Palin in high school—they’re all old, bitter, and ugly now. Norm’s on her way and Palin is just about there.
So here we have it:
Pussy Grabber and Puppy Killer.
Go ahead and pick her, Scump;
I D-Double Dog-Cat DARE you.
You KNOW he wants to pick her; you just KNOW he does. He’s DYING to pick her. It’s eating at his insides.
SHE KILT A DAMN PUPPY!
SHE SHOT IT IN THE FUCKING FACE!
Ooooooh it’s making him DROOL.
lol, oh great jumpin jeebus on a trampoline.
he’ll pick carlson or gabbard
kari lake is a “loser”
Carlson could be his perfect guy. Unlike Pence, Carlson would not flinch nor hesitate one micro mega-milli-nanosecond to smear his own feces all over the constitution.
And, you think maybe Carlson carried a message to the Russian and maybe brought one back?
Can’t think of anything the Gabbard has to offer. Dime-a-dozen educated floozy. Mouth on—thoughts off.
gabbard ticks all the boxes but never underestimate their contempt for women
Was thinking about how prosecution might start the day in the morning. Think I would put the 11 hush-money checks Trump signed in front of the jury. His maniacal looking signature always catches my eye.
I think Chump instinctively knows that there’s not a one of those republican women who wouldn’t chop him off at the knees the first chance they got.
I can’t see that schmuck trusting a woman. Any woman.
Democrats have women of substance….smart thinking women who actually care about the average Joes out here and who whenever they had that chance, would do th right thing for us. GOP? Just look at ‘em. See, that’s an ugly buncha people who wouldn’t be caught dead doing something decent
Hell, Tucks might already be the guy for all I know.
But it do not matter cause whoever the hell he picks soon will be known only as The Loser’s Loser.
I’m glad we’ve stopped shipments to Israel. When Netanyahu says he intends to attack Rafa with or without a ceasefire, it’s time to stop supporting his attempts to stay in office and out of jail. Netanyahu said he’ll attack even if there is a ceasefire. WTF? Ceasefire, hostage release, two-states, monitoring by someone (not just us). Who will pay to rebuild areas destroyed by arms made in the US, but deployed by Israel? Bink – That tribute album is meh compared to the original. Paramore was pretty good, but Lorde was surprisingly awful. I’ve barely checked it out, as it’s my Taylor Swift era . My Talking Heads era lasted from February of 2020 through the end of 2023. They had a good run and I was only about thirty-five years late. Speaking of which, the Tony Awards will air in June, and “Here Lies… Read more »
JD Vance seems crazy and mean; he’d do what Mike Pence would not. Tucker is the same, but more weasel-like (apologies to weasels).
Tim Scott would also do exactly what he was told to do, but he seems too needy, his base won’t like it, and I doubt that he carries much weight with the demographic Adolf needs help romancing.
There isn’t a so-called Republican woman (it’s just MAGAts now) who can mitigate the damage done by tRUMPsky’s SCOTUS overturning Roe.
Dems need to win, and win big up and down the ticket. MAGAts plan to lie, cheat and steal for every, single office. The bigger the win by Dems, the harder it is for MAGAts to, well, to be MAGAts.
looks like he failed the polygraph
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/05/middleeast/israel-al-jazeera-closure-intl/index.html
“Israel has ordered the closure of Al Jazeera in the country, a move the Qatar-based news network called a “criminal act.”
”Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a post on X: “The government headed by me unanimously decided: the incitement channel Al Jazeera will be closed in Israel.”
Hmm, that sounds like something tRUMPsky would post; the government, headed by me, unanimously decided…(but it would be in all caps).
Graphologist on Trump’s signature
And Melania’s signature is nearly identical to his.
The sooner you fall behind, the more time you’ll have to catch up. —Stephen Wright
Yeah, that’s no signature, that could say “Anteater” for all we know.
my new favorite band ❤️
Handwriting really is telling. When I was in high school, I read a book about becoming more confident by changing your handwriting. My letters slanted backwards, to the left, almost laying down. The intention involved with the reason I wanted to change my handwriting did actually help, as the letters worked themselves upright.
Adolf using a Sharpie to change the track of a hurricane is just effing psychotic.