The Olympics are already on my nerves, so we’re going to take a brief detour from the weekly makeover. What happened? Well, some silly cyclists wore some silly masks when they got off the plane in Beijing, which made everyone act silly (I’m trying to be nice here). The national coverage and local conversations that followed were not . . . encouraging. And while all us chickens are pecking at our own little circles, without ever looking up, I’m reminded:
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Yes, that’s Jarvis Cocker’s Running the World. Listen to it. Understand it. Remember it. Probably not kid safe, but they’ll learn it soon enough.
hoobie
Awesome song. Words and sentiment remind me of Billy Bragg.