Sing Out Loud + Proud

Songs Of Freedom + Peace + Pride + Protest

“Inspired” by a series of run-ins with online bullies and chronic complainers—not to mention the swearing-in of a convicted felon—I’ve channeled some of my anger and disgust into curating a Spotify playlist.

While not as satisfying as making an old-school mixtape, it is easier to share.

The playlist is packed with 46 songs—cuz I don’t/won’t fuck with 47—that energize and inspire me to keep fighting the “good” fights.

From celebrations of pride to cries for peace to calls for protest, the songs remind me music’s always been a powerful force for catharsis and change.

So pump up the volume…sing out LOUD…and sing out PROUD:

What songs would be on YOUR playlist?
Feel free to make your own and share in the comments.

Thanks for singing along….
Clint 🌈✌️

P.S. Comments are ON for free and paid subscribers for this post. Just a friendly reminder, here are the guidelines for commentary and comments on my Substack:

1. Be kind…or rewind (elsewhere).

2. Keep it above the belt.

3. Opinions and tastes are not facts.

4. Celebrate differences…don’t debate them.

P.P.S. In case anyone’s curious, I won’t be watching even a minute of today’s “news.” I’ll be watching classic episodes of Looney Tunes and The Three Stooges while I work.

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ON THIS DAY = JANUARY 20

BIRTHDAYS

• 1888 = Lead Belly = American folk/blues musician and songwriter

• 1894 = Harold Gray = American cartoonist and Little Orphan Annie creator

• 1896 = George Burns = American actor and comedian

• 1900 = Colin Clive = British theatre and film actor 🌈

• 1906 = Aristotle Onassis = Greek shipping magnate

• 1920 = DeForest Kelley = American actor

• 1920 = Federico Fellini = Italian director and screenwriter

• 1923 = Slim Whitman = American singer-songwriter

• 1930 = Buzz Aldrin = American colonel, pilot, and astronaut

• 1944 = Pat Parker = American poet and activist 🌈

• 1946 = David Lynch = American filmmaker

• 1952 = Paul Stanley = American singer-songwriter

• 1954 = Ken Page = American actor and cabaret singer 🌈

• 1958 = Lorenzo Lamas, American actor

• 1963 = Mark Ryden = American painter and illustrator

• 1965 = John Michael Montgomery = American singer-songwriter

• 1966 = Rainn Wilson = American actor

• 1970 = Skeet Ulrich = American actor

• 1971 = Questlove = American musician, producer, and filmmaker

• 1987 = Evan Peters = American actor

EVENTS

• 1885 = LaMarcus Adna Thompson, sometimes called the "Father of Gravity", patented the roller coaster.

• 1954 = The National Negro Network is established with 40 member radio stations.

• 1961 = John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as 35th POTUS, becoming the youngest man to be elected into that office, and the first Roman Catholic.

• 1981 = Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as 40th POtuS, Iran releases 52 American hostages. (How convenient.)

• 2009 = Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th POTUS, becoming the first African-American POTUS.

• 2021 = Joe Biden is inaugurated as 46th POTUS. At 78, he becomes the oldest person ever inaugurated. Kamala Harris becomes the first female VP.

HOLIDAYS + OBSERVANCES

• Day of Nationwide Sorrow (Azerbaijan)

• Martin Luther King Jr. Day (US)

PHOTO + QUOTES OF THE DAY

"I'm not closeted, never have been to my knowledge. But 'gay' means so many different things to people."
Ken Page

"Be careful. I understand, believe me – because I fought for your label. But don't define yourself by the label you put on yourself."
Ken Page

ON SUBSTACK

• Remember Their Names? #1

• Some Fools Kissing #1 (NSFW)

• NSFW + Pioneers + Pride + SFW

ON YOUTUBE

• Pretty As A Picture #1

• Unspoken Stories #3

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