This weekend we notice local news and police struggling to clear up social media gossip and chatter in the aftermath of racist haters flexing on dowtown Kansas City.
The important part . . . Here are the facts of the story . . .
"A spokesperson for the Kansas City Police Department said a patrol sergeant observed about 100 people marching on the sidewalk near the Liberty Memorial for roughly an hour.
"KCPD confirmed that the group calls itself the Patriot Front, described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a white nationalist hate group.
"Police believe the people involved are not from the Kansas City area.
"The department said they were unaware that the group was planning to come into the city because the group does not advertise their protest / march locations.
"KCPD claims there is zero indication that the department was involved in any kind of escort while the group was marching."
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
And so . . .
We're not really interested in debating the topic of hateration or the argument over Patriot Front's politics BUT we think it's critical to realize that this kind of argument is, in fact, part of the local discourse.
And so . . .
The constant American culture war worsens in Kansas City this weekend as we start Summer.
And all of this inspires our playlist for tonight . . .
As always, we make note that our playlist is always REALLY about nostalgia . . . And so this recollection is a good place to start . . . Rodney King was savagely beaten by members of the Los Angeles police in March 1991, and the whole incident was caught on camera. The subsequent acquittal of the officers in question on 29 April 1992 caused many to accuse the LAPD of institutionalised racism and sparked the worst riots in the US since the 1960s. Rage Against The Machine's classic track was released in November that year and compares such racism to the notorious cross-burning activities of the Ku Klux Klan.
The back story on this track . . . Three years after the musician — who is the son of Oscar-winner Tom Hanks and actress Rita Wilson — released his rap track, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism published findings that neo-Nazi organizations such as the Proud Boys, White Lives Matter and more have been using “White Boy Summer” to “spread propaganda, recruit new members, and facilitate targeted hate campaigns including acts of vandalism and hate incidents” over the past couple of months.
And so the artist has tried to distance himself from that kind of politicking . . .
A bit of description about this track wherein Green Day PROBABLY lost all their 90s street cred . . . "Bang Bang" is considered a combination of the "'90s Green Day sound and the 2000s Green Day lyrics".[8] It was described as reflecting the state of confusion in today's world while one tries to figure out their position in the chaos. Armstrong has noted that this has been "a big theme through all of Green Day's history" – the state of "feeling lost"
A Brit classic for the bridge and this brillaint description . . . “Ghost Town” is a snapshot of the UK at a point of extreme tension. It is associated with a series of riots that exploded across the nation at the exact time of its release. The song – written the previous year – prophesied rather than commented on these events. Built around organs, brass and a sinuous, eerie woodwind refrain, it evoked a feeling of impending doom and uneasy anticipation; the sense that things were about to explode.
A tribute to one of the worst songs we've ever heard that we still can't get out of our head . . . "While few can doubt the purity of the intention behind the song, it was nevertheless received with mixed feelings by audiences.
"On the one hand, it was a huge hit shortly after its release on March 29, 1982, coming in at Number 1 in the charts in the US, England and Germany.
"For both musicians, it was a sensational success that helped boost their careers. Yet music critics berated it for being a soppy ditty lacking substance. "
As always, thanks for reading this week and have a safe & fun Memorial Day weekend.
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