Okay, gang. I really don’t have anything for today, outside of Charlie’s daily update.

CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER & DREW DEMI – FRIDAY 5TH APRIL 2024 (14 mins):

Although it does seem like Putin might declare war on Israel, as Phil told us many months ago. We’ll see!

From Shadow of Ezra. (Putin & Netanyahu. For some reason, I can’t copy photos of Shadow of Ezra without deleting my entire blog post…)

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Other than that…

Einstürzende Neubauten has a new album streaming on most platforms today: Rampen (APM: Alien Pop Music). I’m listening to it on Spotify.

(If you speak German, a review of the new album is here.) And this is the album’s cover — a bit on the “yellow” side:

That’s really it, gang. I have an unbelievable TON of notes to look over that arrived from Peitor during the night, and then I gotta scoot to the train station.

Enjoy your Friday, wherever you are in the world!!

Thanks for visiting! I love you guys. See ya!!

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More from Mudcrutch. “Oh, Maria”, 2008. Wow, I’d forgotten how much I loved this album, gang!! Enjoy.

“Oh Maria”

Hey Maria, with your kind eyes
Laugh through the day time
Night comes, she cries
I am just a rider on this rough road
Driving some smoke up from old Mexico

Oh Maria, whiskey and rye
Walking up the stairs with a man twice her size
If I had money, I’d buy her a rose
Dress her in gold from her head to her toes

Yeah Maria, sparkles like sunlight on a lake
Every time she passes by, it’s all that I can take
Maria, oh oh oh
Maria, oh oh oh

Oh Maria, stays out of the sun
Waits for the rain to fall down on her tongue
Hey Maria, give me a smile
Let me come over and stay for awhile

Yeah Maria, sparkles like sunshine on a lake
Every time she passes by, it’s all that I can take
Maria, oh oh oh
Maria, oh oh oh

Maria, oh oh oh
Maria, oh oh oh

Yeah Maria, send me a smile
Let me come over and stay for awhile

c – 2008 Thomas Earl Petty