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GOP
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That's a real band. And even if you don't know them, well, you probably still don't need us to tell you that they were a 1960s psychedelic band. That's really the only period in popular music that gave us band names like Strawberry Alarm Clock, Frumious Bandersnatch, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Apple Pie Motherhood Band, The Chocolate Watchband and The Peanut Butter Conspiracy. If those latter two had gotten together and merged into one band, they really might have been on to something.
For last week's theme, which turned out to be a tough one, we gave this hint: "[W]e originally had a headline comparing J.D. Vance to Franz Ferdinand." We followed that with this: "The additional hint we'll give is that the theme, more specific than Entertainment, is 'Musical Groups.' That means that 'Music' or 'Musicians' is not quite enough. Oh, and also: The Glenn Miller Orchestra is most certainly not a rock band."
And here is the solution, courtesy of reader M.V. in Oak Park, IL:
This week's theme is bands named after people:
- Today in Corruption: Letitia James Indicted—The band's guitarist, Jim Glennie
- Today in Crazy: The Dead Kennedys Must Be Rolling in Their Graves—President John F. Kennedy
- Today in Presidential Health: Longing for that Reagan Youth?—President Ronald Reagan
- I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Does Megan Thee Stallion Admire Crazy Horse?—Native American leader Crazy Horse
- This Week in Schadenfreude: Lee Greenwood? Heck, How about The Glenn Miller Orchestra?—Bandleader Glenn Miller
- This Week in Freudenfreude: Who Needs Tesla?—Scientist Nikola Tesla
..and for good measure, in your hint, you mention Franz Ferdinand, who happens to be a band I love, and is named after Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination started World War I.
The W.C. Fields Memorial Electric String Band is also named after a person, of course, namely actor W.C. Fields. We also accepted a few other answers that weren't what we were thinking of, but were specific and correct enough to earn credit.
Here are the 20 readers to get it right (told you it proved to be tough):
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For this week's theme, we can't really say, in an accurate way, how many words per headline it relies on. We can say it's in the category Language. For a hint, we'll say that this theme is sometimes a little shi**y, although not as shi**y as last week's theme was, apparently. Oh, well, they can't all be winners.
If you have a guess, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com with subject line October 17 Headlines. (Z)