Modern love: Cupid toting an AK-47
A couple of weeks ago I happened to catch a show by Eilen Jewell, a strong singer with a first-class band. I enjoyed both her own songs and her terrific covers of Loretta Lynn and Johnny Kidd. She did one weird tune I didn’t know, I think written by her, about a modern Cupid carrying ...
A couple of weeks ago I happened to catch a show by Eilen Jewell, a strong singer with a first-class band. I enjoyed both her own songs and her terrific covers of Loretta Lynn and Johnny Kidd. She did one weird tune I didn't know, I think written by her, about a modern Cupid carrying an assault weapon: "He don't take aim/ He just bang bang bang."
A couple of weeks ago I happened to catch a show by Eilen Jewell, a strong singer with a first-class band. I enjoyed both her own songs and her terrific covers of Loretta Lynn and Johnny Kidd. She did one weird tune I didn’t know, I think written by her, about a modern Cupid carrying an assault weapon: “He don’t take aim/ He just bang bang bang.”
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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