You Win Some, You Adsum

"Nova Scotia’s rookie energy minister is apologizing for decade-old song lyrics that even he admits were ridiculous" (https://nationalpost.com/news/halifax-group-energy-ministers-old-songs)

"Marco MacLeod — who is 37 and was named to cabinet in May — wrote and recorded four songs that were released in 2013, when he was in his mid-20s. They came to light recently in Frank Magazine, and have been seized on by a Halifax women’s organization as being misogynistic."

"The PC caucus said in an email to National Post that MacLeod has never made money from the songs, and they are not autobiographical. MacLeod is facing calls to resign."

A woman's group found something misogynistic?  Quel surprise.  Those dishes aren't going to wash themselves, ladies.

See, that was an example of chauvinistic humour, not misogynistic.  The difference?  Misogyny is a hatred towards women and I don't hate women, at all.  As the great Steve Martin once said, "I believe you should place a woman on a pedestal - high enough so you can look up her dress".

Adsum, short for Ad Nauseum, is a Halifax organization that provides emergency shelter and housing, and hates people with hobbies, and men.  Isn't that called Misandry?  Anyways, while not being as inclusive as they claim on their website, Adsum said in a statement that they were "“sickened to learn of energy minister, Marco MacLeod’s writing, recording and releasing of several violent and misogynistic songs.”  "Regardless of age, the group said, “holding these beliefs and disseminating this type of content should disqualify an individual from public office.”"

If only the gals at Adsum got some disseminating, am I right?

Let's have a look at some of DJ MPP's lyrics:

"“I wan’ get f—ed up, then I wanna get f—ed/Cocaine in my brain, two sluts in my truck/Now, those hoes…”
“Bounce it, bounce it up and down like some moon juice/She’d jiggle in LuLus until I’m hard in my Fruit Looms…”
“I like pretty faced models shaped like coke bottles/But once I pop that bottle cap you can have ‘em back/I tell ’em that they should do adult films cuz they can’t act, sorry girls”"

Hang on a second, is this Rap?  You're not going to win me over with this drivel.  I was way more clever with my lyrics 20 years ago, coming up with gems like Pulled Over, Esther's In Town and The Case of the Missing Finger.  In 2013, still on the quest to get better, I was still sharpening my lyrical skills with doozys like Hard At Work, Leave After Dinner, New/Used Chick Lot and Perfect Marks, all from 2013's Hard At Work album.  With lyrics like Marco's, there ain't no one popping anyone's bottle cap.  And it's Fruit of the Loom, not Fruit Looms.

But, on the flip-side, maybe he's making fun of Rap and how shite it is.  Sometimes I even have to remember that early Rap was quite funny but I didn't see any violence in DJ Marco's quoted lyrics.  The article should have provided an example of that.  Heck, I didn't even see any misogyny.  If they meant the "two sluts" then Adsum should talk to a couple to find out that sluts really do like cocaine and partying.  It's a slut thing.

Should he lose his job over this?  No, of course not.  Should he give up songwriting?  No, you don't give up your hobbies because someone else, especially a stranger, doesn't like it, but he could work on his craft a little more before his next release.  I find reading books a couple of weeks before I start working on lyrics helps me out a lot.

The complainers: future Cambridge professors

 
"The group said MacLeod was an adult when he wrote the songs, and pointed to the Mass Casualty Commission, the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia shootings that killed 22 people. The commission found gender-based, intimate partner and family violence to be an epidemic in Canada. “He was a man when he held and promoted these dangerous beliefs and responsibility must be taken,” Adsum said."

As with making sandwiches, Adsum has difficulty with timelines, which is surprising because I'm sure they're a bunch of Facebook losers.  The shootings took place 7 years after his songs were available online.  I'm not sure if the two could be any less related.

"Under fire three months later, MacLeod said in a statement Friday the song was something he did when he was younger, CBC News reported. “This was a ridiculous song that captured pop culture over a decade ago, and there’s bad language in it,” he said. “I wouldn’t make this song today.”

"He apologized the next day in a handwritten note posted to Facebook, writing that he has had a music album streaming online since 2013 and that two of the songs contain lyrics that are hurtful to women. “I accept full responsibility for these lyrics and I am committed to doing everything I can as a community leader to bring about the change necessary to stop misogyny in all its forms,” he wrote."

Marco, you apologized?  Man, that's weak.  Even worse, you apologized to an org like Adsum, whose staff obviously doesn't know how to stay in their lane (women drivers are like that).  They don't respect the arts and people that are involved with the arts, and they don't even respect basic freedom of expression.  Hell, these broads can't even count.  Adsum claimed he had "several violent and misogynistic songs" but there were only two songs that were "offensive".  Two is not several and you can't fit several songs on an EP.  These dames don't even know how language works.

"Jordan Croucher, the PC caucus’s director of communications, wrote in the same email that The Falls EP was first uploaded to SoundCloud in 2013 and to Spotify and Apple Music in 2023, and that it was taken down from those services last week. The music database Last.fm lists the release with a date of June 27, 2023, and four tracks, and National Post found no entry for it in Apple’s catalogue on Monday."

Marco, you caved and took down your songs?  You're supposed to wait until after the interest has died down.  How are you going to attract new listeners?  Marco, you're an embarrassment to makers of independent music everywhere.

Adsum would have a field day with some of my lyrics from years past.  The difference is I'm not ashamed of anything I put out and I certainly wouldn't apologize for any lyrical content I came up with and put out to the public for over the last 20-some years.  Looking back, I'm quite happy with the double entendres that one can listen to while waiting to get to the next guitar solo.  And it helps that I don't swear in any of my songs either because, really, you shouldn't have to.

Suggested listening for the Adsum group (all links point to BandCamp for easy access listening):

Sticky Belly
Parkin'
I Pulled Out In Time
Whistle Blower
Black Eyes
Just The Tip
Woke
Stiff Competition

I wouldn't let anyone, let alone some joyless, advocate organization, tell me what lyrics I can make public or can't make public or what I'm qualified for.  They can kiss deez nuts... but only after the laundry has been folded.

Want Some Molly?

Somali Heritage Month - Coming Soon To Canada

Canada currently has a whole host of problems, but instead of addressing them, dingleberry Yvan Baker (MP for Etobicoke) introduced a bill to make July Somali Heritage Month... in Canada.  On his X post, he even used an exclamation mark but you shouldn't be using unnecessary exclamation marks, or wear a bow tie, unless you're under the age of 10.

"Canadians of Somali descent have left and continue to leave a historic mark on Canada"

I wish that was a half sentence that ended at "leave".  I kept getting these guys mixed up with Haitians; who are the ones that eat dogs again?

You might be wondering why Canada is bothering to do this since there are at least 100 other things that need fixing.  Well, Canada hasn't been any good since about 2015 so this is par for the course; the course of being stupid and wasting time.

I searched high and low and I made a list of the great accomplishments of Somalis in Canada.  In no particular order:

- breeding

- more accidents on the 401

- adding to the unemployment statistic

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With accomplishments like that, we should have had Somali Month decades ago.

According to the stats, the GTA has 20,000 Somali residents.  20,000's not a bad number but it's not really a national interest thing.  I gave myself a hernia trying to give a shit about the idea of Somali Heritage Month.  It's as stupid as the thought of Canada joining the EU.  Anyways, maybe they should start off with a Somali Week where they can take over a public park, set up tents, cook up some native dishes and maybe a couple of t-shirt booths (money's in the merch) and if that takes off, then maybe a Somali Month where you can be trained to hijack boats and take hostages.  Fun for the whole family.

New Somali Flag representing pirating or hunger.

 
Let's look at some fun facts about where some Somalis come from (provided by factinstitute.com):

While broke, they're environmentally friendly: "Somalia is among the world's poorest nations", so I get why coming to Canada circa 2026 would feel like home.  Also they have "the lowest CO2 emissions per capita", which means absolutely nothing when you aren't industrialized.  You can't emit what you don't have.

Back in Africa, they don't have a functioning government - just like Canada, and Somaliland (I laughed too) "continues to seek international recognition" - just like Canada.  The Somali government "struggles with low domestic revenue and widespread corruption" - just like Canada.

While Somali "refugees" should feel right at home in Canada, they should be warned that most Canadians are in the habit of using soap when they wash and bathe, and body odour is still frowned upon.  Equally frowned upon is shitting on public beaches.

Obesity is not a problem in Somali: "Somalia is ranked as the hungriest country in the world for 2025".  That would make me absolutely hangry.  Currently, 25% of Canadians now have to go to the Food Bank (that's about 1 million people) because of the current government's poor decision making.  Don't worry though, Mark Carney's an economic genius.  Gotcha.  That's not a fact.  Just seeing if you're still reading.

Did you know Somali Pirates were a real thing?  Instead of looking for buried treasure, they took hostages.  "Throughout the 2000s, pirates operated in the shipping lanes of the Gulf of Aden, regularly seizing ships and taking hostages.  It peaked in 2010 when 49 ships were hijacked and 1000 people were held as hostages.  The 2009 highjacking of the Maersk Alabama inspired the 2013 movie, Captain Phillips."

Not only are Somalis are good for the entertainment industry, they're fluent in the Arts, all the way back some 5000 years when they were painting in caves.  They knew how to use more than two colours - more than their current flag.

Somalia ranks 179th out of 180 countries on the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, making it the second most corrupt country.  Beat that, Canada.  You're in the middle of the pack at 75 now but if you stick to the current plan, you'll be right beside Somali in no time, bringing everyone else down in the process.  Heck, maybe Somalis in Canada are teaching the current government some new tricks.

So, sure, why not?  And who cares?  Somali Heritage Month to appease a statistical 0% of the population.  Canada's basically a third world country these days, including an unelected majority, so Somalis should fit it just fine. 

But if I catch one of those pirates eyeing up my dog...

Pink Cataract

Ritchie Blackmore once said, "I don't understand what people see in Bruce Springsteen".  I totally agree with that.

Bruce's songs, including his ramblings and trademark I'm-in-the-middle-of-squeezing-out-a-shit vocals, always put me off.  He's not the rebel he thinks he is or wants to be.  Rebels usually want to fight the power, not join it.

But that's OK, his Power To The People festival with "Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard and Joan Baez will headline a star-studded protest festival set for the Washington, D.C., area a month before the midterm elections" should do the trick for some that like that lineup.

"The one-day, two-stage Power to the People festival is set for Oct. 3 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, and is being billed as about "freedom, justice, equality and rock ’n’ roll.”"

Boring.  I may not be young as I used to be but sex, drugs and rock and roll is way more fun.

"Springsteen and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello announced the festival Wednesday while performing together at Nationals Park in Washington as Springsteen winds down his Land of Hope and Dreams American tour.

"At the concert Wednesday, Springsteen played many of his most political songs, including “American Skin (41 Shots)” about a fatal police shooting and “Streets of Minneapolis,” in response to the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents. “The Gestapo tactics of this president and this administration will not stand here,” Springsteen said."  Tom Morello let his guitar do the talking and said, "Beeeep, bop bop, booop, ding dong, wheeeee".

Nothing sucks the joy out of anything like a political music festival... except political songs and the people that come up with them.  Of the billions of topics to write songs about, no one can come up with anything better than politics?  How empty.

Bruce Springteen's latest release

 
Others on this list include Dropkick Murphys, Jack Black, Serj Tankian, Killer Mike, Taylor Momsen and the Linda Lindas, among others.  Other than phony metalist Jack Black, I have no idea who these other people are.

"Springsteen has long criticized President Donald Trump, who in turn has called for a boycott of Springsteen’s shows, calling him a “total loser who spews hate.”"

You may not like Trump, but that was an awesome thing to say.

"“Our democracy, our constitution, our rule of law are being challenged right now as never before by a reckless, racist, incompetent, treasonous president and his ship of fools administration,” said Springsteen."

Don't come to Canada or you'll have a super shit-fit.  Hell, we don't even have a democracy anymore.

“This American tragedy can only be stopped by the American people: you. There is no one coming to save us. We’ve got to do it ourselves,” he said. “So join us and let’s fight for the America that we love. Do you hear me, Washington?”

Bruce, what are you waiting for?  Don't be a pussy.  Put down that guitar and fight.  I'd rather hear you do that than me accidentally hearing Thunder Road again.

Goddamn, I hate that song.