Week of June 29, 2009

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Vol. 15, No. 42

July 4th Special! Tune in to hear Mark Sanford, Joe Biden, Arlen Spector, and several Somali pirates as we perform our July 4th radio special in front of a large audience in a confined space. Get local broadcast info now. Hear what's in store on this promo clip. You can also subscribe to the iTunes podcast or to this RSS feed. Extra! Extra! Our new album, Obama Mia!, is now shipping. Stimulate the economy and order now on CD -- or download from iTunes, Amazon, or Rhapsody. Summer Comedy The Capitol Steps return this summer to Cranwell resort in the Berkshires. We also perform every week in D.C. and travel constantly around the country. Read more... The Wammies! The Capitol Steps are the winner (for the second year in a row) in the 23rd Annual "Wammie" Awards of the Washington Area Music Association (WAMA) for "Cabaret/Musical Theater." Now Playing: See the Capitol Steps on YouTube and on MySpace, and Facebook. Lirty Dies! Listen closely as we recap the road to the election in 2008. Meet the Cast! Learn how we've eluded indictment for 25 years. Laugh Lines How will the Steps fare in the age of Obama? Co-founder Elaina Newport explains in the New York Times. Press Here The Washington Post reviews our live show. Commentator George Will reflects on the end an era captured by the Capitol Steps. Sign up for our mailing list to hear about upcoming events and albums. We put the MOCK in Democracy!

IN POLITICS timing is everything. South Carolina's Gov. Mark Sanford spilled the beans on his affair in time to save fellow Republican Senator John Ensign from further embarrassment by pushing him off the front pages. If Sanford had just stayed out hiking a few days longer, Michael Jackson would have done the same for him. MP3 format Sanford and Sins [ Don't Cry For Me Argentina ] [Download | Streaming] Week of June 22 SWINE FLU is officially a pandemic. The government is handling preparations with at least as much care and diligence as during the avian flu scare. Should you panic yet? Who knows? With over 21,000 cases in the U.S., this could be just the first wave. MP3 format Swine Flu Fever [ Fever ] [Download | Streaming] Week of June 15 SOMALI PIRATES are having tough times, matey. Over a hundred have been captured and dumped in Kenya. They've had to go abroad to find work. And now they're finally turning to the international community with an appeal for help. Arghhh! MP3 format We Are The Pirates [ We Are The World ] [Download | Streaming] Week of June 8 HERE'S HOW to balance the budget for health care reform: Exclude and deny coverage for all avoidable, self-inflicted medical conditons. MP3 format I Wrecked My Heart with Spam and Crisco [ I Left My Heart in San Francisco ] [Download | Streaming] From the album Obama Mia!. Week of June 1 NANCY PELOSI keeps trying to back away from the waterboarding controversy. Not so fast, says the CIA. After all, the whole point of briefing Congressional leaders is to be able to say "we told you so" once the secrets become public. The newest proponent of full disclosure is Dick Cheney, who wants the public to see the great intelligence we got from waterboarding two prisoners 266 times — like the location of those WMD in Iraq and the link to 9/11. MP3 format What a Lie [ The Boxer ] [Download | Streaming] Week of May 25 WOMEN candidates dominate Obama's short list of possible Supreme Court nominees. It's unlikely to shift the balance of power on the Court, but it will give some comfort to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. MP3 format Voting 4 to 5 [ 9 to 5 ] [Download | Streaming] From the album Campaign and Suffering (2008). Week of May 18 IN THE LATEST OVERSIGHT hearings, AIG's chief tells Congress he's confident and that he thinks taxpayers will be "fully repaid" in three to five years...depending on "market conditions." Meanwhile, lawmakers want AIG to explain why it's still paying millions in bonuses while on the hook for billions. MP3 format We Need Someone to Blame [ There is Nothing Like a Dame ] [Download | Streaming] Week of May 11 CLOSING GUANTANAMO means the remaining detainees will have to be held somewhere else -- or released. Not too many Congressmen have offered relocation to their districts, so the prisoners will have to manage on their own. MP3 format Taxicab Driver [ Paperback Writer ] [Download | Streaming] Week of May 4 THE SUPREME COURT will get its first Democratic appointee in 15 years. Associate Justice David Souter (who authored the Court's unanimous opinion defending musical parody) is retiring at the end of the term. When he was nominated by the first President Bush, Republicans were sure of a "home run," while Democrats were terrified of the "stealth justice" no one in Washington knew. MP3 format If You Knew Souter Like I Knew Souter [ If You Knew Susie ] [Download | Streaming] From the album Sheik, Rattle, and Roll (1990).

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