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Chi-raq Shake: The Talkin’ Headline Blues #165
The Talkin’ Headline Blues is a weekly series of recordings using unedited headlines from CNN.com written as a song. This week’s topic: Chi-raq Shake.
Georgia milkshake arrested whales.
Big fake alien brings Chicago next brain.
Kids sad.
Living volcano dies.
Is a Chi-raq Shake a tasty ice cream treat? Is it a new popular dance move all the teens are doing? Is it a movement disorder acquired when one is punched out by a member of the elite Chicago Police Department? Is it all of those? Listen to the song and read the articles to find out!
- Georgia governor says no
- The milkshake that almost killed Castro
- Man arrested for not returning VHS tape
- Japan kills 200 pregnant whales
- Big star saves swimmers at beach
- Cue the fake outrage about Netflix speeds
- Giant peak discovered on alien moon
- Weekend brings a celeb baby boom
- Chicago mayor picks top cop
- Your next hotel may be staffed by robots
- This is your brain on Trump
- Parents ruin kids’ Easter egg hunt
- See why Ben Affleck is so sad
- ‘It’s mostly about living closer to the land’
- Volcano spews ash 20K feet high
- Bouncy castle blown away; girl dies
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Random Record Pick: The Lawrence Peters Outfit, What You Been Missin’
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Random Record Pick is a way to organize and archive an always-growing collection of vinyl records. Each record is randomly picked from a shelf or crate or dusty corner of my house, a photo is taken of the cover, and then the entire record is played all the way through, even if it’s terrible.
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Random Record Pick: Down by the Riverside, Chicago Footwarmers water pollution public service announcements
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Random Record Pick is a way to organize and archive an always-growing collection of vinyl records. Each record is randomly picked from a shelf or crate or dusty corner of my house, a photo is taken of the cover, and then the entire record is played all the way through, even if it’s terrible.
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I Got Dibs
A brand new song about throwing your trash in the street to get dibs
Well, well. Here we are in the depths of Winter, no?
Here we are, Chicago, just freezing our butts off and we gotta get inside so quick.
This song that I wrote is pretty obvious. We all know about the time-honored tradition of throwing your unused chairs and other furniture out into the street to save your precious parking spot. We all know someone who takes dibs regularly. And we all know someone who regularly talks about how they’re the downfall of modern, industrial society.
So it’s a song about dibs. And here are some for you to look at while you listen to the tune:
I based this tune on an old hymnal. Check out the original version. It’s similar:
Download the tune now, for free! I’ve added it to the on-going, oft-updated album Rahm Songs.
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