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TieDyeDude
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#tuesdaytunes

I've been finding comfort this week in revisiting 80s/90s country: Doug Stone, Collin Raye, Lonestar, Sawyer Brown, Mary Chapin Carpenter.
Clint Black's D'lectrified was a childhood favorite, and, listening this morning, I couldn't remember for sure whether The Galaxy Song was from Monty Python (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkkjzmuEBbo) or Animaniacs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BphgKX-DZE), and that made me smile 😊

TieDyeDude Obviously, it was Monty Python 😝 Going back to the album, though, it starts of with some straight fun song, shifts to some beautiful duets, and ends with a couple excellent re-recordings of hits. Clint doesn't seem to get the reverence afforded to, say, George Strait or Garth Brooks, but he was a superstar in his prime and was one of the few singers that wrote his own songs. 2w
TheBookHippie If I remember right Clint is/was a decent human as well? 2w
TieDyeDude @TheBookHippie As far as I'm aware :) 2w
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JamieArc 90s country - I can still see some of those music videos in my head 😂 2w
MemoirsForMe Love Mary Chapin Carpenter! 🙌🏻 2w
Kerrbearlib Not a country singer from that era, but have you heard Orville Peck? I just discovered his music and it‘s so good! 1w
TieDyeDude @Kerrbearlib Yes, I've listened to him here and there, but really got into him last year when he released his duets album Stampede. He's got an amazing voice and style! 1w
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DanielFrohlich
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Loved it. Learned a ton! Didn‘t realize how late the US was to WWII, and was awesome to hear about how it geared up production for the war (the “arsenal of democracy”).

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Andrea313
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If you've ever watched Willy Wonka, what you really saw was the story of a rich factory owner turning a blind eye to near-death and disfigurement while engaging in some fairly sketchy employment practices (Oompa Loompas are paid in cocoa beans?!). Perhaps we die-hard fans should read J. Freeman's history of factories and meditate upon the exploitation inherent in their operation. Wonka- quirky genius or capitalist scum? 😉 #MoviesInApril

Klou Brilliant! 😂 nicely done!! 4y
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RamsFan1963
The New Industrial State | John Kenneth Galbraith
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TheSpineView So true! 4y
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bourne.shell
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The first half of the book is really good. You follow the author around while he gives you a history of the automotive industry in Detroit. The second half gets a bit monotonous. Chapter after chapter of how a plant gets stripped and sold off. He does his best to make the limited cast of characters sound like outlaws and misfits, but it only goes so far. Decent read if you're into history or from the area but not something you'd read for pleasure

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bourne.shell
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Chapter 2: They Just Closed The Door

Thinking about how large the Budd company was at it's highest, the largest sheet metal company in American in the 1920's, The largest automotive stamping facility in the world in the 1970's, closed in 2006. The Story of Budd, is the story of Detroit.

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bourne.shell
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Started “Punching Out“ by Paul Clemens as he follows the year after the Budd Company stamping plant on Detroit‘s East Side, closed in 2006. One chapter in, he paints a picture of just how large the automotive industry was in Detroit and what a labor intensive process it was to “Stamp“ parts out for the assembly plants. Almost all of this has been replaced by automation and outsourced for cheaper labor.

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Librarybelle
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In Oneida, it was common practice to play #FoolishGames with the heart - it was frowned upon to get overly attached to one person. And if you did, well, that wasn‘t exactly the spirit of free love.

This was just an okay read for me - dry in parts, though it makes me want to visit Oneida and tour the big house. And, the author is a descendant of this community. #LilithJuly

Cinfhen I recently read a book that weaves the Oneida story into the modern day utopian tale. I thought it was well done and really fascinating 👉🏾 6y
Librarybelle Thanks, @Cinfhen ! I missed your post on that, but found it and stacked the book. It looks interesting! 6y
KarenUK Another great historical pick! 😊👍 6y
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Clare-Dragonfly Thanks for the recommendation, @Cinfhen ! That sounds really good! 6y
Cinfhen You‘re so welcome @Clare-Dragonfly it was a pretty good read! 6y
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