Birthday Boy: Everybody Dance Now

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In honor of the great man's 121st birthday, let's spend a few moments in the unsettling company of Mr. Busby Berkeley.

Giving Thanks

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The thing I'm thankful for this year, this awful year?

A Timely Admonition

Apologies from your none-too-faithful correspondent...

Among the Garbage and the Flowers

Well, the hits just keep on coming, don't they, kids?

From Now On

I was going to run this on Wednesday morning.

The Morning Will Come

Obligatory.

Happy 78th anniversary of Kristallnacht.

Still think you can control them?

Just Do It

Consider this a red, white, and blue reminder from the Café to all our Gentle Yankee Readers that one has a civic duty to perform today. Vote.

And just think of all the smutty "Old Glory" lines this intriguing image could inspire...

Redux: From Ocean to Ocean

I first put this little number up on July 4, seven years ago. I still think it would make a nifty anthem, and today I kind of feel as if I need a dose of its solid, splendidly kitschy Klezmerische good cheer. 

A Shady Dame Sings a Song

Because I am spending this weekend doing everything possible to avoid thinking about politics in any way, shape or form, here's a rich little gem from Peggy Lee, going Latin with a vengeance.