what was that? is that all there is? who is this? this is it.

Well the rich are getting richer

and the poor are getting drunk

in a black & white picture

there’s a lot of grey bunk

“Asking Me Lies”

The Replacements 

 

This track was on their slick LA produced major label album Don’t Tell a Soul, released on February 1, 1989. George HW Bush was just getting settled into the White House after 8 years of Ronald Reagan. My roommate at Grinnell had this album and Dave Troy kept it in heavy rotation. 

 

In 1989 income disparity was a thing. But nothing like what it is on this day in 2026. I’m a lot closer to getting drunk than I am to getting rich. 

 

Here’s to retrospect and black & white pictures with all their grey bunk. Here’s to broken clocks that are still spot-on twice a day. Here’s to ONE LESS CARE at 3:33.

 

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