Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.

Bruce Springsteen and the 4-hour show

Here’s the set list from last night’s show:

New York City Serenade

Blinded by the Light
Does this Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
It’s Hard to be a Saint in the City
Spirit in the Night
Summertime blues (Eddie Cochran)
4th of July (Sandy)
Kitty’s Back
Incident on 57th Street
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Pretty Flamingo (Manfred Mann)
Atlantic City
I’m Going Down

Darlington County

Workin’ on the Highway
Downbound tTain
I’m on Fire
Hungry Heart
Out in the Street
Living Proof
Candys Room
She’s the One
Because the Night (Live 75-85 lyrics)
The Rising
Badlands
ENCORE:
Secret Garden
Jungleland
Born to Run
Dancing in the Dark
Tenth Avenue Freezeout
Twist and Shout (Isley Brothers/The Beatles)
Glory Days
Shout (Isley Brothers)
Jersey Girl (Tom Wait, with verse added by Springsteen)

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The Donald Trump Blues

Got the Donald Trump blues
I got the Donald Trump blues
Better tie up your shoes
Keep the fascists in the rear view
Got the Donald Trump blues
Wants to build a great wall
Keep the Muslims in the hall
We’ll have a great ball
Makin’ ‘Merica great again
Everyone’ll stand tall
Waitin’ for the Mussolini call
Along the Bloomberg crawl
Makin’ ‘Merica hate, my friend
Got the Donald Trump blues
I got the Donald Trump blues
Better tie up your shoes
Keep the fascists in the rear view
Got the Donald Trump blues
Well I got the poison headache
can’t get a break
can’t believe we’d make
such a mistake
he’s such a fucking lowdown ornery fake
Wants to build him a wall
Ban the Muslims and all
With his hands so small
Makin’ ‘Merica hate, my friend
You don’t have to call
Mussolini and all
Better not stall
Gotta makin’ ‘Merica great again
It’s the Donald Trump blues
The ever-hatin’ Donald Trump blues
I know you’re waiting
There ain’t no debatin’
The Donald Trump blues
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New book is front-page news

My new book, As an Alien in a Land of Promise, is coming out next month from Piscataway House Publications. You can pre-order it here, if you are interested (don’t forget the PayPal link). As part of the run-up, though, I was lucky enough to be interviewed by Chuck O’Donnell of The Home News-Tribune. You can find his story here (or on the front page of Monday’s paper).

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