Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for June 05, 2021

So true, even now.

We once had a privately funded classical music station. One day, I had it on the car radio while running errands. I went into a store and when I had returned, it was now an “Oldies” station.

Verdammter mist!

REDSKINS!?! Help! Help! I’m being microaggressed by a vintage comic strip!

Again, brilliant. I love Richard Thompson’s Mozart and Beethoven.

I still listen to his music when the radio is on. I love classical music.

You can still hear Beethoven, but Beethoven cannot hear you.

(Monty Python’s “Decomposing Composers,” although in Beethoven’s case the line was applicable while he was still alive.)

Nope. It’s a “Washington Football Team” game. I guess we could say Richard was lucky never to know that….

Ludwig’s taken quite a beating/ since his Choral Symphony/ even Trini Lopez sang it/ who can miss the i-ro-ny ?/// You can hear it in com-mercials/ it’s even good for selling beer/ it’s a real at-tention-getter/ (Lou, in your eye – is that a tear ?)