We’re in mid-August. Much of the Lower 48 is sweltering under record temperatures; the West is burning—literally—and in the environs of the District They Call Columbia, we’ve got a heat index in the triple digits. But it doesn’t stop here; Greece and Siberia are on fire and Sicily this week recorded 120F. Seems like the entire Northern Hemisphere is presaging Hell.
So today’s earworm is Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong covering “Summertime”. There’s a lot of Porgy & Bess that I find problematic, but this song really captures the season. We may have moved past "the livin' is easy" part, but I'm definitely here for rising up singing.
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