Saturday, January 18, 2014

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
The Staggers, "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" via iTunes (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Defaced in a stylized manner as if stained, yet unmistakable, the Reichskriegflagge. Am I a supporter of German militarism? Nay, I am a fan of good graphic design, mindful of origin & association, but not constrained by excessive sensitivity & manufactured outrage.

"After the turn of the century,
In the clear blues skies over Germany,
Came a roar and a thunder they had never heard,
Like the screaming sound of a big warbird.

"Up in the sky, a man and his plane,
Baron von Richthofen was his name,
And eighty men tried, and eighty men died,
Now they're buried all together on the countryside.

Ten! Twenty! Thirty! Forty! Fifty or more!
The bloody Red Baron was rolling up the score,
Eighty men died trying to end that spree
Of the bloody Red Baron of Germany…"


Reichskriegflagge
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