* There won’t be, actually, but I will be sad.

You have to take the good with the bad. The 80s weren’t all U2 and Bauhaus.

Though I do confess to loving Jane Wiedlin’s outfit in “Cool Places.”

I miss the 80s!

I do too, just not the part that included “Cool Places”.

“I Predict”, on the other hand . . .

I miss the 80s!

But the scary thing is that I can change it retroactively…

And when I was much much (much) younger, I was heavily into Sparks — I even knew which one was Ron and which one was Russell! — to the point of going to see them in concert at the Santa Monica Civic Center (must have been 1982, as that was when I first served time living in The City of Lost Angels). But of course, that was before they released that “Cool Places”/Jane Wiedlin blorp, which really did suck raw donkey.

Nevertheless, for the rare soul out there who may be both a Dr. BLT fan and a Beatles fan, here are a couple of free songs from Dr. BLT & The Yellow Submarine Sandwiches. We are working on a CD called RUBBER stamp my SOUL. It will consist of Beatles cover tunes and original Dr. BLT songs about the life and music of The Beatles.

(for free mp3 copies of these songs, cut and paste the corresponding links)

Bye George (A Tribute to George Harrison)
words and music by Dr. BLT (c)2005
http://www.drblt.com/music/bye%20george.mp3

The Day the Beatles Came to Play
words and music by Dr. BLT (c)2005
http://www.drblt.com/music/DAYtheBEATLES.mp3

I know, the more cynical among you will call this blogwhoring, but I prefer to think of it as sharing.

I, for one, like jane Wiedlin (when the volume is down)

“Canadian liberals need your help. We are being inundated by American neo-conservatism.

You must understand that Canada has only 32 million people, one tenth your population. Your rightwingers easily outnumber us and we believe they are mounting a concerted, coordinated effort to challenge and discredit liberalism, at the expense of Canadian social harmony and peace.

Canada is one of the oldest democracies in the world and Canadians are by and large liberal and easy-going; liberalism has served our country well and we are distressed that liberalism in Canada should come under such an attack.

Two web sites seem to be at the forefront of this American/Rightwing assault:

- Small Dead Animals (http://www.smalldeadanimals.com)
- Angry in the Great White North
(http://angrygwn.mu.nu)

Both of these sites are introducing an American, neo-conservative-style disinformation campaign into English Canadian public discourse. Although we can deal with the issues themselves, the sheer volume and media presence of these two sites is becoming troublesome.

We, frankly, need the help of American liberals. Visit these sites and counter the disinformation and propaganda.

Canadians liberals have been resolute in supporting American liberals; in your media — on television, in newspapers, on web sites like Eschaton and Daily Kos — but also, most importantly through the actions of our elected government. Now, we need you to help us.

Thank you”