NPR: Jill Sobule Sings the News

Jill Sobule Sings the News

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Singer/songwriter Jill Sobule has quickly become a BPP favorite. Her initial appearance on our show was so great that she started doing musical essays for us. The first one of those was about slutty Halloween costumes. Today she performed musical essay #2 live in the studio, with some help from the BPP crew. It's all about the Writers Guild strike. Stream it above or download the MP3.

(Full disclosure dislaimer warning: This song is not intended to express support for either side of the writers' strike. It's just a silly song related to something happening in the news. The BPP reserves the right to discuss the news through song again in the future, provided the news item does not involve someone dying.)

Dan Pashman

9:33 AM ET | 11-21-2007 | permalink

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I love the idea of Jill Sobule being semi-regular. She's like a modern day Tom Lehrer in that respect. (Off to go listen to "That Was The Year That Was" on vinyl.)

Sent by Susie | 12:35 PM ET | 11-21-2007

The thing I like best about these Jill contributions is that both folk music and journalism can actually be traced back to the same source-- the wandering minstrel (imagine Wolf Blitzer strolling through the town square with a lyre...) By doing these topical songs, Jill is going back to the true roots of the singer-songwriter, one relatively recent example of which would be Woody Guthrie (hey, I told you, it is an OLD tradition.)

And yes Jill, you may well go to hell (praise the Lord, hallelujah!) but if you do, you can take comfort in knowing that all the cool people will be there too.

Sent by josh | 11:54 AM ET | 11-26-2007

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