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Living in a suburb of Dallas means being exposed to lots of stories this time of year about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. This being the 50th anniversary of the his assassination means even more stories than usual.
I have mixed feelings about the events going on in Dallas and Fort Worth focused on this sad anniversary. While I feel the occasion should be marked, I also feel that it's strange that Dallas would, again, be drawing attention to itself in connection with this tragic day in history. After that day, many felt hatred toward the city. I recently read Stephen King's book “11/22/63” and in that story you get the feeling that he still feels a deep hatred for the city of Dallas. Whether he really feels that way or just writes like he does (his stories have themes of evil having a grip on some towns and cities) I'm not sure.
I will not be attending any of the tributes or events. Like many other people, I have my own memories of that day and I will mark it privately or possibly in conversations with family and friends but not with the crowds of tourists and strangers. It's not that I blame those who choose to take part in those events. I simply do not feel compelled to do it. Perhaps if I lived in Dallas at the time of the assassination, I would feel differently but I wasn't even living in Texas at the time. Even living in another state, though, it had a huge impact.
There are not many songs that mention both mail and the assassination of JFK but this one does — and it talks about the conspiracy theories. I think it's got a more positive melancholy feeling about it. That might seem like an oxymoron but maybe you'll get what I mean after you have a listen. I hope that you feel that it remove some of the darkness from the memory without making too light of it. As always, thank you for letting me share some of my personal thoughts, this Mail Music Monday.
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President Woodrow Wilson declared the first Armistice Day, November 11, 1919 to honor veterans of World War I. It was in June of 1954 that the name was changed to “Veterans Day” to honor American veterans of all wars.
For a while, Veterans Day was celebrated according to the The Uniform Holiday Bill (Public Law 90-363 (82 Stat. 250)). That proved to be confusing so, in 1978, in order to focus more on the sentiment of the day, Veterans Day was officially set to be observed on it's original November 11.
The song we chose today came to us from Robert Bell of AccuZIP. You can find him on Twitter @AccuGuy. We want to thank Robert for suggesting this song and we especially want to thank all of the veterans who have served our country so that we can live free and work hard.
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Okay, this was a shameless ploy to get you here. I've never heard the fox mention Mail Music Monday but the guys who brought you that viral video created this one. I couldn't find a translation to English so, unless you speak Norwegian, you have to watch the video to get the mail reference.
If you're thinking that you recognize the tune and the beat it's because the Norwegian comedic duo, Ylvis, borrowed it from The Ting Tings song “That's Not My Name.” It's pretty catchy and will probably be stuck in your head for the rest of the day — you're welcome :p