Thursday, June 25, 2026

'Green Water' and 'Algae,' two songs about the Reflecting Pool

I promised a musical post today, which I'm opening with Green Water (reflecting pool song parody, Doobie Brothers "Black Water") by Patrick Fitzgerald.



Song parody to the tune of the "Black Water" by the Doobie Brothers.

I'm adding Algae (parody of "Alfie" by Dionne Warwick, sung by Mary in Ann Arbor) by Rocky Mountain Mike as an encore.


HAHAHAHA!

I can't resist embedding Trump Tries to Catch Reflecting Pool “Vandals” & Miami Gets a Scottish Takeover | The Daily Show for a finale.

Josh Johnson dives into the Scottish takeover of Miami for the World Cup, the flock of tourists visiting D.C.'s bright green reflecting pool, Trump’s security escalation to catch possible pool “vandals,” and whether Trump's pool disaster is karma for trashing Biden and Obama’s previous reflecting pool projects. Plus, conservative media can’t stop talking about the pool, while Michael Kosta can’t stop dreaming about drinking it.
Everything Trump touches dies, including the Reflecting Pool. Then he blames someone else.

That's a wrap for today. Stay tuned for a particularly doomy preview of the drum corps season, which begins tomorrow.

2 comments:

  1. Narb finds these tunes both droll and biting, but he cannot help wondering why America (and its media) is focusing on this verdant sideshow rather than demanding the release of the Epstein files.

    Even the recent revelation from Bill Gates that Epstein sought to blackmail him has not gained much traction as a story. But Narb has a short attention span, and the World Cup is on soon...

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    1. The Reflecting Pool is an easy story to cover, it works as a metaphor for and example of the Administration's corruption and incompentence, and it's both outrageous and funny. As for the Epstein files, yeah, the media could press harder on it, but they would rather wait until a politician, like Representative Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico, makes the demand, which she did today, and gets traction. Until then, old news. As for the World Cup, I understand. I'm officially rooting for Mexico unless they play the U.S., but I'm enjoying the antics of Scotland's fans. Drinking Boston dry? The Boston Irish are envious!

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