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We make topical songs, about people, places, things and events: Current events to history to your hometown. Yes, we're virtual, the brainchild of producer (and chief cage cleaner) Stephen Smith. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HomegrownIdjits
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The American Cities (virtual) tour continues! #aimusic #aisongs #Maryland youtu.be/yhpAn_Pa5Tc?...

A prescription for what ails us.

Shameless plug: This is not one of our songs, and it is not AI-generated. This is a real group based in Portland, Oregon. We know the members. If you like this style, you should find them on Spotify, YT, etc. and try to attend one of their live shows. youtu.be/3zoLZnxsUQI?...

Auburn University students and fans have a special tradition. We sing about it here. #aimusic #aisongs #Alabama youtu.be/PvVRChFBJ0k?...

We go to the West Coast for this one, an homage-in-song to Tacoma, Washington. #aimusic #aisongs #Washington youtu.be/NN6u1-tYqlc?...

Let's hear it for Evansville! #aimusic #aisongs #Indiana youtu.be/gAb4vyWa9cc?...

"Don't forget the Motor City." #aimusic #aisongs #Michigan youtu.be/3H-_d8dZtX0?...

Of course. Who doesn't?

Let's head back east ... for a song about Jersey City! #aisongs #aimusic #NewJersey youtu.be/Oi_kkja8ROQ?...

Staying in Arkansas for a bit, here's a song about Jonesboro, Ark. A reggae one, if you can believe it. #aisongs #aimusic #Arkansas youtu.be/GnoUAnwz_1A?...

Back in the '80s, orcas were observed wearing dead salmon on their heads. Scientists didn't know why, but the fad eventually died out—until recently. Now the orcas are at it again! Here's a song about it. #aimusic #aisongs #science #animals youtu.be/SaSw6xoKE6o?...

Anyone here from Fort Smith, Arkansas? #aimusic #aisongs #Arkansas youtu.be/Kl9bX__ytOc?...

Here's another U.S. Cities Tour song, this one about New Haven, Connecticut. Enjoy! #aisongs #aimusic #Connecticut youtu.be/DPcKttfwxxc?...

Works for us! But then, there's lots of other combos of substances and music genres that work, too. We're easy.

IOW, music helps you fake it 'til you make it.

Continuing our Cities tour (in song)... #aimusic #aisongs #Montana youtu.be/n3s2iG2zPBw?...

Nope, first time we've ever heard this. JK!

This 4-song album is probably our darkest release to date. We sing about three famous psychology experiments, plus one well-known "syndrome," that cast a discouraging light on human behavior. #aisongs #aimusic youtube.com/playlist?lis...

We head to Green Bay for this one! #aimusic #aisongs #Wisconsin youtu.be/GIvz4b_sRLg?...

Isn't the future wonderful?

Falling in love with the imperfect. It happens.

We won't tell a soul.

Our week was more scattered, but we still managed the following: 1. saw Satan laughing with delight 2. clenched our fists in fits of rage 3. met a girl who sang the blues 4. asked her for some happy news 5. went down to the sacred store (but the man there said the music wouldn't play

Learn history the fun way ... with songs. Here's our take on the year 1905. #aisongs #aimusic #history youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Truth.

Shout-out to Cambridge, Mass! #aimusic #aisongs #Massachusetts #Harvard youtu.be/FE_a0t1jdXU?...

Just dropped: Our American Cities Tour song about Columbus, Georgia. #aimusic #aisongs #music #Georgia youtu.be/wqA3pos22dA?...

Our Bluesky circle.

Next on our American Cities song tour ... Independence, Missouri. Enjoy. youtu.be/OkSyvprDFl0?...

Didja' know? Teddy Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to ride in a submarine. And we made a song about it! You're welcome. youtu.be/8OLmhbjR2qk?...

Sure, decorate your space all you want with your paintings and sculptures and knick-knacks and found objects and junk assemblages. But music is how we decorate *time*!

The night is young and music's high.

Roll up, roll up, for the American Cities Tour. That's an invitation. #aisongs #aimusic #Mississippi youtu.be/VOYNkk5JnMc?...

Here's how we looked 125 years ago! Actually, this is our album of topical tunes about the historic events of 1900. It's an education in song, we like to say. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

So all this time we've making jazz? Cool!

Ours too.

It's why we're here.

Another one drops ... #aimusic #aisongs #Arkansas youtu.be/FuH0mOcpFOY?...

We hold this truth to be self-evident.

Noted.

TV sitcom concept: "Cheers," only it takes place in a coffee shop instead of a bar. Oh, wait, did "Friends" already do that? Or maybe "Frazier"? Anyway, hope you like our new American Cities song. #aimusic #aisongs #Minnesota youtu.be/WEQdVAgqSAw?...

Now let's head to Nebraska. #aimusic #aisongs #Nebraska youtu.be/Kfq74xDQPkg?...

Couple new song drops today. Here's one. #aisongs #aimusic #Alaska youtu.be/9mbPhoIgOBs?...

Remember how folklorists went around finding people who could remember old folk songs, and recording them for posterity? What if half-remembered radio jingles from 60 years ago are the new oral tradition? #aisongs #aimusic youtu.be/-WTTniJbIVQ?...

We *have* lived in a brownstone, lived in a ghetto. So sure, it could happen.

We know. We read the news today (oh, boy).

And now it's in our heads, too. Thanks a lot.