Kansas City Playlist: As The World Burns

This week there's so much stuff going on that we didn't want dedicate our weekly music tribute to just one topic. 

And so . . . 

This week's Kansas City playlist touches on quite a few local hot topics by way of risking musical nostalgia overdose on a Saturday night. 

Only for the most loyal readers, we share our www.TonysKansasCity.com tunes and topics . . .

Forgive the morbid thought but humanity is mostly just marking time in between ice ages and a week of scorching temperatures along with heat death football tragedy tonight inspires this classic American musical reference from Johnny Cash . . .

Sorry, but we're forced to mention the constant and doomed struggle to "Save The K" by locals who don't realize the process was rigged and even their triumphant victory in 2024 was merely leveraged by billionaires with the ability to fund their agenda year after year. Punchline: Even most of the stadium protest and opposition is a ruse working against low info voters by collaborators for the stadium end game. And so, Destroyer by The Kinks makes a good fit here . . .

Entertainment District subsidy garnered some headlines this week with more cash for the Country Club Plaza and the 18th & Vine District. And so this old school Brit hit by Jessie J - Price Tag ft. B.o.B seems apropos . . .

About the big picture . . . 

The Ukraine/Russia war is quickly spiraling out of control and might be reaching a flashpoint given this weekend's heavy bombing . . . Most votes don't know we've been working our way toward this anti-climax since the 90s and that brings us to this campy nu metal and rap rock reference to Limp Bizkit - Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle) . . . 

An old school slow song and the best reference we could make to the Flock camera debate . . . In the midst of surfing we found the mashup of the truly horrible 1984 movie with the infinitely smooth "Eye In The Sky" by The Alan Parsons Project . . . There's nothing brilliant about either modes of expression and the punchline which everyone misses in this debate is that MOST PEOPLE don't really do anything worth watching.

Parody for the bridge . . . 1999 political satire seems just as relevant today given the current trade war and mapping name games. Here's South Park's perspective on traditional rhetorical spin . . .

Finally, of course denizens of the discourse couldn't help but try and politicize the passing of Dolly Parton by way of boring funding & education debate . . . Sure, that might be a relevant discussion but it doesn't really speak to the impact of her career and the final curtain call for one of the very few universally beloved Americans.

As always, thanks for reading this week and have a safe & fun Saturday night.