Harry Shearer’s is the voice you hear regularly on the Simpsons but you might have also caught him in Spinal Tap or A Mighty Wind. It took a mighty fortitude to watch A Mighty Wind if you were a folky in the 60’s as he skewered some of the stereotypes so perfectly; self- satisfied, smug, politically too earnest and burnt-out types each got their swipes. But Harry is still one of the most prolific satirists today churning it out regularly through his radio program ‘Le Show’ and other outlets. This song, “935 Lies” was heard amongst the news clips and ’syndicated features’ of Le Show on a recent Monday morning. With a beat and sound like recent Dylan recordings, Shearer finds rhymes you wouldn’t expect and puts forth his own voice in the lyrics putting the 935 documented lies of the Bush administration in perspective. Thanks to Harry for sending along the mp3. This is the radio version which he says will be re-recorded in New Orleans later this month. Looking forward to it, Harry. Thanks.

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