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Eugene Bilbo

@eugenebilbo.bsky.social

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Can Pop Music save the world? Let's find out. 🎵🎸 Dad. Democrat. Dog guy. Trying to surround myself with a 10-foot mini-climate of good vibes wherever I go. There are some real assholes out there who sure are making it difficult! 💙🌴☕🍺📺

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Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Special performance tomorrow only, in the little manger behind the Bethlehem TraveLodge...The Dandy Warhols!

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I recently enjoyed two seemingly unconnected events: I watched “Casablanca” for the millionth time. And I saw the anniversary release of the Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense” in IMAX. Like I said, unconnected. So I decided to connect ’em.

Life During Wartime (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

In case your friend, Todd (whose brother was a DJ in Austin in 1980) didn't bring this album back to school after a weekend visit home...

"Buena" - Joe "King" Carrasco and The Crowns (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Today is National PTSD Awareness Day, so here's a haunting song about the lifelong nightmare that so many bring home with them. I only have a second-hand understanding of what it's like to live with PTSD, so I can't even begin to appreciate the internal battle some vets are still fighting.

Bruce Springsteen - Shut Out The Light (B-Side)

YouTube video by Retro Hound

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I know this one-hit wonder might come off as a tad nerdly. (I mean, the band acts out the lyrics on stage. Guys, come on.) Still, I can’t resist the good-time vibes and nostalgia of The Kings. “Hey, ladies. You crazies. Well, me and Zero request you in the Mercedes.” Haha, okay, ya got me. I’m in.

"This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide" - The Kings (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart were together (in a band called, The Tourists, and in the other way, too) from 1976 to 1980. The band and the couple broke up, but, fortunately for us, Annie and Dave continued to work together and make great pop music for another 20 years as Eurythmics.

Eurythmics - Baby's Gonna Cry Tonight (Official Video)

YouTube video by EurythmicsVEVO

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Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I've been to a lot of parties in my day, but I don't think any of them could have been called a wang dang doodle. I don't know how a party gets elevated to that status, but, for starters, I think the guest list has to include names like Razor-Totin’ Jim, Pistol Pete, and Fast-Talkin’ Fanny.

"Wang Dang Doodle" - Koko Taylor (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

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Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I wondered for years what this song was about. Turns out it means nothing. When they were recording in Nashville, Wings stayed on a farm owned by songwriter, Curly Putnam, Jr., and Paul wanted to write a nonsense song that was just for fun. Mission accomplished!

"Junior's Farm" - Paul McCartney & Wings (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

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Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Can I get an "Oi! Oi! Oi!"?

"Avenues & Alleyways" - Rancid (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

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Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Los Lobos would make a good soundtrack for those old Max Fleischer cartoons (Betty Boop, early Popeye) where everything moved. As a car bounced along on rubbery tires, background objects breathed and pulsed to the same rhythm. This music sounds like that.

YouTube video by Los Lobos - Topic

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Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

As Mr. T. might say, “I pity the fool that don’t know about ‘Two Steps From The Blues’, a classic album from 1961." Mr. T. might even pause for a moment and then opine, "And any fool who don’t know Bobby Bland is an American blues legend with a silky crooner’s voice, I pity that fool, as well.”

I Pity The Fool

YouTube video by Bobby "Blue" Bland - Topic

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Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Oh, those Dandys. Fun band on the stage and on the record. I hope they made a few million bananas from licensing this song to the “Veronica Mars” TV show. For a dandy good time, look for the 2003 documentary, “Dig!”

"We Used To Be Friends" - The Dandy Warhols (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

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Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

A nonsense song that my kids always asked for in the car. Who IS Balloon Man, anyway? Is he evil? He had food inside him when he blew up? Ew! Why is his name “probably Bruce?” I have many questions to this day. Robyn Hitchcock, get out of my head, ya lovable weirdo!

"Balloon Man" - Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Add this to the massive list of bullshit. (Someone is keeping a list, right? If we ever get back to normal, there will be entire college courses dedicated to "How It Happened, 101 and 102."

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Serious question, looking for theories: Why is it his agenda to fucking RUIN the country and the earth? We knew there would be racist, misogynist, self-serving actions, but so many things he's doing are designed to make EVERYBODY miserable and destroy the earth. What is driving this?!

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Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

"Americans for Prosperity." THANKS, bro! In a related story, local power plant owner, C. Montgomery Burns, builds device to block out the sun.

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

youtu.be/vvWEKhGU6X4?...

Viva La Revolution- The Adicts

YouTube video by GetAddictedTV

Reposted by Eugene Bilbo

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

New from 404 Media: hundreds of subreddits, including some of the most popular, are considering banning all links/content/screenshots from X/Twitter. r/NFL, r/hockey, r/baseball, r/nba, r/formula1, r/ComicBookMovies, r/MadeMeSmile, so many more. Some already have. www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...

Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X

Dozens of big subreddits have already banned all Twitter links, and posts about potential bans are some of the most popular on the site.

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Jill @beansyblue.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I have work that MUST get done today, but I just sat here for an hour reading about all the ways our world is unraveling. Then I look (against my better judgement) at people on Facebook celebrating it all and talking about, "Thank you, Lord, for answering our prayers! Evil has been defeated!" Grrrr.

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

New Radicals performed this song for the '21 Presidential Inauguration. Four years later, the joy and hope the song represented for me has been broken. But, I hope, only for a moment. I should share this tomorrow, on the day of the Inauguration, but I'm not going to feel like doing much of anything.

New Radicals “You Get What You Give” Full Live Reunion Performance for Biden Harris Inauguration

YouTube video by The Coda Campaign

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Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Who does this guy think he is...one of the Little Rascals bullies?

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Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Holding out hope for a doomed relationship is like beating a dead horse. Do YOU know a dead horse when you see one? The Master Plan does. Stripped-down, modern day garage rock at its crunchiest.

"Dead Horse" - The Master Plan (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Someone please tell Trump and MAGA that a "witch hunt" is when there is a perceived, wide-spread problem (for example, witches), and, in a fit of panic and paranoia, every suspicious person is scrutinized. The DOJ was investigating Trump for specific crimes. That is not a "witch hunt," you dumbfuck.

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Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The Primitives were (was?) a good late-’80s Coventry, UK band with a fondness for 1960s garage rock. They broke up in 1991 but got back together 20 years later for two more terrific albums. Trivia: Band name origin? The Velvet Underground originally used the name, "The Primitives."

All the Way Down (Beat Version)

YouTube video by The Primitives - Topic

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

If it’s been a while since you played air guitar, grab a tennis racket. Pretend it’s 1991, and you’re on stage with the Pixies, and you're the great Joey Santiago. (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Maxim Obodovskiy

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Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

If I had access to a time machine, one of the places I’d visit would be late-’70s New York to see The Ramones, Talking Heads and Blondie perform. This song...joyful exuberence!

"Dreaming" - Blondie (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

After two solid albums from Jen Trynin (1994, 1997), I was looking forward to years of great music from her. But she found that being on a major label can take all the fun out of it. The Music Biz was not Jen’s idea of a good time, so she was two-and-through. She wrote a fun book about it, though!

YouTube video by Jennifer Trynin - Topic

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Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

"Down with DEI" is their go-to shorthand for demonizing anyone who's not a straight, white man. "DEI will weaken your team!" And MAGA is eating it up, sharing memes of large-scale screwups with the caption, "Must have been a DEI Hire!" It's a convenient way to call all kinds of people "the enemy."

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Someone figured out, long ago, that the simple addition of singers going, “Ahhhh.” can take a song to a whole new level. Matthew Sweet applies this well-learned lesson to good effect in 1991’s “Girlfriend.” Can you name the actress on the album cover? (Share! Pop music could save the world!)

YouTube video by Matthew Sweet - Topic

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I watched "Casablanca" last night with a whole new perspective on what it would be like having to escape your occupied homeland and be part of an underground resistance. I'd like to watch the movie with a MAGAt and say, "Don't pretend you're rooting for Rick. In this movie, you're with the Nazis."

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Leave it to Rick Nielsen to write a teen anthem urging tolerance for parents. (They’re alright, “they just seem a little weird.”) I love this song with all of my inner teenage heart. Here’s a slideshow I made for a high school reunion. If you're "of a certain age", you'll recognize these haircuts.

"Surrender" - Cheap Trick (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

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Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I can hang in there singing along with “Rock-it-to-me-Sock-it-to-me,” but I gotta tap out when it gets to “I-can-dig-it-He-can-dig-it-She-can-dig-it-We-can-dig-it-They-can-dig-it-You-can-dig-it.” This performance is pure joy. The Friends of Distinction!

"Grazing In The Grass" - The Friends of Distinction (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

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Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Beck is like the Cat in the Hat. Even in chaos, there is always a plan: Have a good time. The Cat said, “It’s fun to have fun, but you have to know how." Beck knows how. The surrealistic lyrics of “Loser” are pure, early '90s Beck. "...with the beefcake pantyhose." Excuse me, what? Har! He funny.

"Loser" - Beck (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Noisettes! In “Wild Young Hearts,” singer Shingai Shoniwa is cursed with a short attention span when it comes to romance. She admits to being stuck in a cycle of love ’em and leave ’em, but she does feel bad about it (sort of...for a few minutes).

"Wild Young Hearts" - Noisettes (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

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Just ‘Steve’ 💙 @steveplou.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Eddie Cochran is not always listed as part of that first wave of rock and roll pioneers along with Chuck, Buddy, Elvis, Jerry Lee and Little Richard, but he was right there at the beginning, releasing his first of many singles in 1956 and doing his part to inflame teenagers and scare parents.

"C'mon Everybody" - Eddie Cochran (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Mississippi wild man, Webb Wilder, gives us a tough song for tough times.

"Tough It Out" - Webb Wilder (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Checking back in with The English Beat, masters of the late ’70s ska revolution. Here’s an unapologetic ode to narcissism, celebrating things like restaurants with glass tables. (“You can watch yourself while you are eating.”) Hey, at least he’s honest about it. Share! Pop music can save the world!

The English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom (Official)

YouTube video by The English Beat Official

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

A song about London’s indie record label boom in the late ’70s/early ’80s. I was in London in 1980, and a mohawk’d punk told me The Clash had sold out. I guess exploring different musical styles and more complex arrangements means selling out. I’m okay with that.

"Hitsville U.K." - The Clash (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

The movie theater business must be brutal. "A Complete Unknown" opened on Christmas Day. After this coming Thursday, it will not be screening in my zip code, the suburbs of a large metropolitan area. This was a fairly popular release, wasn't it? That's all movies get now? 16 days and gone?

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I wonder if Melania will resurrect her landmark anti-bullying campaign when she returns as First Lady.

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

1/1 Have you heard about this new artist, Bob Dylan, everyone's talking about? The boy is pretty good! Okay, maybe *every* Dylan album isn't a classic. But even something like “Knocked Out Loaded” can still have a killer track that saves it (with a little help from Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers).

Got My Mind Made Up

YouTube video by Bob Dylan - Topic

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

F'n MSM. With only the headline, you'd think, "Yep, another politician and/or their spouse caught with their hand in the pot." If you finally read 2/3 down into the article, no, she didn't keep it. It's in the National Archives with other gifts the Bidens received but did not try to hide. Grrrr. 1/2

theguardian.com

Jill Biden received $20,000 diamond from Indian PM in 2023, among other gifts

Annual report details gifts given to first family by foreign leaders, most of which are transferred to National Archives

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

“Mayor of Simpleton” is the blunt, clumsy truth men don’t say out loud: “I love you, and I hope that’s enough, because I’m really a just a dumb ol’ guy.” But that doesn’t make a great Valentine’s Day card, so XTC dresses it up for us as a pop masterpiece. 1/2

"Mayor of Simpleton" - XTC (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

The music of Capital Cities has been described as "synth-heavy dance pop". Normally, the tag would put a song on my “no-fly” list. But add two words: *finely-crafted* synth-heavy dance pop. Okay, I’ll go to that party. Fun video, too.

"Safe and Sound" - Capital Cities (Share! Pop music can save the world!)

YouTube video by Satterwhite Media

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

The FBI seized 150 homemade bombs from a home in Virginia. I would not be surprised at all for MAGA Media to take the position: "He made these weapons to defend his home and family. We must expand The 2nd Amendment to include bombs, bazookas and any goddam thing anyone can use to kill people."

theguardian.com

FBI seizes one of the largest stockpiles of homemade explosives in its history

Investigators seized over 150 pipe bombs and other devices when they arrested a Virginia man on a firearms charge

Eugene Bilbo @eugenebilbo.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Bracing for whatever is just around the corner, let's take a minute to celebrate kindness, patience, acceptance and understanding. To this day, I am not able to watch this video without getting choked up. If you feel like darkness is winning, “I have been to the movies; I have seen how it ends.”

Brandi Carlile - The Joke (Official Video)

YouTube video by Brandi Carlile