Shortly after 6pm this evening my cousin, my mom, and I am leaving for the flashy city of Chicago, wherein we will pay $40 a night to park the car at the hotel that is charging $350 a night to sleep there, all so that we may experience The Wedding Spectacle of 2006 this Saturday. You may expect plenty of incriminating photos upon my return, probably more incriminating of my severe drunkeness, but incriminating nonetheless. I feel sorry for the groom’s family – it’s going to cost them a fortune in liquor.

Before the tunes and lyrics, here’s a video from Ummah Films on expensive weddings (with some religious stuff, too, but good commentary all the same). [originally via Niobium]

1. NOFX – Medio-core
2. Hot Hot Heat – Get In Or Get Out
3. Hair: The American Tribal Love/Rock Musical (1968 Original Broadway Cast) – My Conviction
4. The Bonaduces – I Nominate My Kitten for the King of the Dead
5. The Queers – If You Only Had A Brain
6. Lou Reed – New York Telephone Conversation
7. The Clash – Revolution Rock
8. Eurythmics – Missionary Man
9. Small Brown Bike – Deconstruct/Rebuild
10. Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon – Love Me I’m a Liberal

These are reasons why I will never be a “liberal”:

“Love Me I’m a Liberal”
Jello Biafra

I cried when they shot John Lennon
Tears ran down my spine
And I cried when I saw “JFK”
As though I’d lost a father of mine
But Malcom-X and Ice-T had it coming
They got what they asked for this time

So love me, love me, love me,
I’m a liberal

I go to pro-choice rallies
Recycle my cans and jars
I’ll honk if you love the Dead
Hope those funny Grunge bands become stars
But don’t talk about revolution
That’s going a little bit to far

So love me, love me, love me,
I’m a liberal

I cheered when Clinton was chosen
My faith in the system reborn
I’ll do anything to save our schools
If my taxes ain’t too much more
And I love Blacks and Gays and Latinos
As long as they don’t move next door

So love me, love me, love me,
I’m a liberal

Rush Limbaugh and the L.A.P.D.
Should all hang thier heads in shame
I can’t understand where they’re at
Arsenio should set them straight
But if Neighborhood Watch doesn’t know you
I hope the cops take down your name

So love me, love me, love me,
I’m a liberal

Yeah, I read the New Republic
Rolling Stone and Mother Jones too
If I vote it’s a democrat
With a sensible economy view
But when it comes to terrorist Arabs
There is no one more red, white, and blue

So love me, love me, love me,
I’m a liberal

Once I was young and had an attitude
Stickers covered the car I drove in
Even went on some direct actions
When there weren’t rent-a-cops to be seen
Ah, but now I’ve grown older and wiser
And that’s why I’m turning you in

So love me, love me, love me,
I’m a liberal

From the Phil Ochs original

“Love Me I’m a Liberal”

I cried when they shot Medgar Evers
Tears ran down my spine
I cried when they shot Mr. Kennedy
As though I’d lost a father of mine
But Malcolm X got what was coming
He got what he asked for this time
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal

I go to civil rights rallies
And I put down the old D.A.R.
I love Harry and Sidney and Sammy
I hope every colored boy becomes a star
But don’t talk about revolution
That’s going a little bit too far
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal

I cheered when Humphrey was chosen
My faith in the system restored
I’m glad the commies were thrown out
of the A.F.L. C.I.O. board
I love Puerto Ricans and Negros
as long as they don’t move next door
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal

The people of old Mississippi
Should all hang their heads in shame
I can’t understand how their minds work
What’s the matter don’t they watch Les Crain?
But if you ask me to bus my children
I hope the cops take down your name
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal

I read New Republic and Nation
I’ve learned to take every view
You know, I’ve memorized Lerner and Golden
I feel like I’m almost a Jew
But when it comes to times like Korea
There’s no one more red, white and blue
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal

I vote for the democratic party
They want the U.N. to be strong
I go to all the Pete Seeger concerts
He sure gets me singing those songs
I’ll send all the money you ask for
But don’t ask me to come on along
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal

Once I was young and impulsive
I wore every conceivable pin
Even went to the socialist meetings
Learned all the old union hymns
But I’ve grown older and wiser
And that’s why I’m turning you in
So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal