Song for Today August 10

Song for today, in honor of the birthday of Boston's own Jack Haley, the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz.

Joyce Linehan

My name is Joyce Linehan. I am a misanthropic humanist, or a humanistic misanthrope. Take your pick. I didn't learn to drive until I was 28. It took me 14 years to get my BA and eight to get my MA (it would have been six, but I kept forgetting to file the graduation paperwork). I did not attend either graduation. I was on the guest list for my senior prom, because I booked a band I managed to play. My mother was Acadian and my father was Irish, so there's that. I attended Catholic schools for 12 years, but still turned out to be a secular Catholic. I am OFD (originally from Dorchester), where I live in a house next to the cemetery. I am an unabashed liberal, chair of the Boston Ward 17 Democratic Committee, and Elizabeth Warren's biggest fan. Ashmont Media was my company. I am very lucky, as I got to work with such great organizations in Boston as the ICA, ArtsEmerson, Boston Book Festival, and others. I also co-own, with Joe Pernice, Ashmont Records, which I'm pretty sure is the best record label in Dorchester, Massachusetts. But I could be wrong. Feel free to let me know. In early 2014, I made a very dramatic career change, and went to serve in the administration of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a man I worked hard to help elect, and greatly admire. I did that until he was selected by President Biden to be the United States Secretary of Labor. Now I am taking some time to decide on my next chapter. I don't love Christmas, but I do love Christmas music. I worry a lot about the weather, and I am a lover of Mercy (my dog). Radio On!

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Song for Today August 10