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To celebrate the inauguration that will (finally!) remove all power from a seditious madman and vest it in principled and compassionate people, the theme for this weekend's music thread is celebrating the new era of President Biden and Vice President Harris.

This weekend's music thread is dedicated to the Democrats in Congress who are using their consciences to stop the aspiring tyrant in the White House. Songs about gratitude, strength, wisdom and fighting the good fight are the evidence and witnesses in this hearing.

As it is, there are three Democrats in Gray’s Ellis' primary, including Gray himself. I also have a primary challenger — one who ran for this seat in 2014 and lost...when it was configured more in a way that favored the Republicans. So now it is on like Donkey Kong!! North Carolina has TWO openly-trans candidates for state Senate.

With graduations going on now, this weekend's music thread is dedicated to grads, songs about school, growing up, moving on and songs offering wisdom about life.

This weekend's music thread is about the unnecessary sabotage of the nation's well being by these anti-vax Trumpers. Share songs that send a tough message to anti-vaxxers or are about the air and breathing, doctors and nurses, being ill or losing everything.

I get, pardon the pun 'triggered' when people boil down mass shootings to mental illness. Or even just the weird quiet kid. Are there cases where mental illness plays a part? Without a doubt. People that could have been helped.

This weekend's music theme is a tribute to the best in people, demonstrated by the career state department diplomats and staff that work so hard and conscientiously on behalf of the U.S. and all of us. Songs about love, kindness, compassion, concern for others and helping people are in our musical portfolio this weekend.

This weekend's thread is about people who have problems. Songs about fools, people who are lonely and depressed, and all types of people who are in some kind of trouble.

The words cut in stone found at the column are propaganda elevating the cause that put them in uniform and kept the memory of their "service" to The Lost Cause noble in their minds and in the minds of their descendants.

John Lennon's birthday was this week so our music thread is dedicated to him and of course his band that changed everything, The Plastic Ono Band. Or The Beatles too.