These Days: Sunday, September 13th, 2015
Politics: I guess you can call this the end of the Tony Blair era once and for all in the UK, the Labour Party has chosen to stop being a carbon copy of the Conservatives and voted socialist Jeremy Corbyn their new leader. Paradise redux? One thing is certain, unlike the States stuck with a right and an extreme right party system, the UK now has a serious alternative and possibly the first real change since Harold Wilson’s second term. The UK now has a two party system, two more than the US has.
Sports: OK, so on to the wild card for the shaken up Yankees. Unfortunately my friend Ben Buchwald might be right when he claims one game and out for the team. Meanwhile, the Mets reflect the old Yankees adage “we play today, we win today, that’s all…” Their magic number is 12. Football returns today and I have this sense of impending doom.
Refugees; The US has agreed to let 10,000 Syrians into the States but only if they’d already applied for a visa. This is called leading from behind, way way way behind.
Live: Any guesses on whether the Libertines are gonna be able to play the States given Pete Doherty’s inability to get here. I had tickets to see Pete perform solo a coupla years ago but he never got past customs.
Recorded: Busy making playlists of sets -Madonna is really Rebel Heart heavy at the start FYI. Meanwhile, I think I’m gonna make up the perfect Madonna setlist…
