Reads for Today

 Donald Trump is on the way down if not out.

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Southern Oregon wingding nutjobs sponsored a cruise for an avowed fascist killed by another fascist.  Enough already.

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Obituary: Singer-songwriter Bobby Hart, 86, died Thursday.  With his songwriting partner,  Tommy Boyce, the pair wrote a string of hits for groups like the Monkees.  They also had a big hit with a song called, "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight?"  That song was one of my favorites from the late 1960s.

Here is a clip of them performing it or lip synching to it:


Tommy Boyce committed suicide back in 1994 after having suffered from years of depression.

Link

Snip:


Hart was born Robert Luke Harshman in Phoenix, Ariz., on Feb. 18, 1939. Following a stint in the Army, he relocated to Los Angeles to become a singer. He and Boyce met in 1959 and the pair recorded together, scoring their first chart single in 1962 with “Along Came Linda.” They wrote songs for Chubby Checker and others but logged their first notable hit as a songwriting team with “Come a Little Bit Closer,” for Jay and the Americans, in 1964 . Their “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone” was cut first by Paul Revere and the Raiders but would also become a staple of the Monkees’ repertoire. In 1965, Hart, with Teddy Randazzo, co-composed the above-noted “Hurt So Bad,” which reached #10 on the singles chart.














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