Ballad Of American Skeletons

from This American Life by Zane Brune

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SAID THE PRESIDENTIAL SKELETON, "I WON'T SIGN THE BILL!"
SAID THE SPEAKER SKELETON, "YES YOU WILL!"
SAID THE REPRESENTITIVE SKELETON, "I OBJECT"
SAID THE SUPREME COURT SKELETON, "WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?"

SAID THE OLD CHRIST SKELETON, "CARE FOR THE POOR"
SAID THE SON OF GOD SKELETON, "AIDS NEEDS CURE"
SAID THE HOMOPHOBE SKELETON, "GAY FOLKS SUCK"
SAID THE HERTIAGE POLICY SKELETON, "BLACKS ARE OUT OF LUCK"

SAID THE MACHO SKELETON, "WOMEN IN THEIR PLACE"
SAID THE FUNDAMENTALIST SKELETON, "INCREASE THE HUMAN RACE"
SAID THE NANCY SKELETON, "JUST SAY NO!"
SAID THE RASTA SKELETON, "BLOW NANCY BLOW!"

SAID THE DEMOGOG SKELETON, "DON'T SMOKE POT"
SAID THE ALCOHOLIC SKELETON, "LET YOUR LIVER ROT"
SAID THE JUNKY SKELETON, "CAN'T WE GET A FIX?"
SAID THE BIG BROTHER SKELETON, "JAIL THE JUDGE FOR KICKS!"
SAID THE MIRROR SKELETON, "HEY GOOD LOOKING"
SAID THE ELECTRIC CHAIR SKELETON, "HEY, WHAT'S COOKING?"

SAID THE TALKSHOW SKELETON, "MOCK YOU IN THE FACE"
SAID THE FAMILY-VALUE SKELETON, "MY FAMILY-VALUE MAKES"
SAID THE NEW YORK TIMES SKELETON, "THAT'S NOT FIT TO PRINT"
SAID THE CIA SKELETON, "CAN'T YOU TAKE A HINT?"

SAID THE NETWORK SKELETON, "BELIEVE MY EYES"
SAID THE ADVERTISING SKELETON, "DON'T GET WISE"
SAID THE MEDIA SKELETON, "BELIEVE YOU ME"
SAID THE COUCH POTATO SKELETON, "WHAT ME WORRY?"
SAID THE TV SKELETON, "EAT SOUND BYTES"
SAID THE NEWSCAST SKELETON, "THAT'S ALL, GOODNIGHT"

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from This American Life, released February 11, 2015
"Ballad of the Skeletons" poem by Allen Ginsberg

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Zane Brune Chicago, Illinois

"Zane Brune embodies the perfect compromise between a edgy rock and roll lifer and a elusive song-writer with his own unique language and expressions. Borrowing from the vast vernacular of rock, pop, soul and alternative, Brune swings from light to darkness seamlessly and frantically within a playlist that feels like a inner travel within the most remote corners of the human psyche." ... more

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