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Yup. You read that right.

FU*K Valentines Day! Right where the sun don't shine.

Angry? Bitter? Spiteful?

Nah!!!!!!

We're just not buying into the corporate driven cash orgy of spending that tells us all our love isn't valid unless we SPEND! SPEND! SPEND! on February the 14th of  every year.

VALENTINES DAY! Yuck! The biggest crock since...

As always, this one is inclusive and, for EVERYONE (that includes you, you happy loving relationship folks) but today's episode is especially directed towards...

All who are hurting and alone today. Today's a tough one. Our darkest, negative voices really do rub our faces in it today, with our isolation and our deeply held ill notions of personal failure. At our worst? Unlovable. Unlikeable. Unable. Unworthy. Don't get us started...

We love you.

We love you.

We love you.

You ARE loved.

And, in the wise words of Maude herself, uttered through the vessel of Dame Ruth Gordon (we're paraphrasing here):

"That's wonderful (Harold!). Now that you know love, go out and love some more! Never let the world deprive you of your right to make an ass of yourself. Otherwise, ya got nothing to talk about in the locker room"  - Harold & Maude

*THE MUSIC 

One https://music.apple.com/ca/album/one-mono/1296522456?i=1296522894 from Harrry Nilsson's 3rd album Aerial Ballet. Rumor has it future Beatles' publicist Derek Taylor heard the album and ordered a box of the LP to be sent to England for members of the Beatles and their friends to hear. Shortly thereafter, when John Lennon was asked who his favorite American band was, he answered: "Harry Nilsson"

Song For The Dumped https://music.apple.com/ca/album/song-for-the-dumped/193602597?i=193602784  by North Carolina based power trio Ben Folds Five featuring composer/lead singer Ben Folds on piano, Robert Sledge on bass and drummer Darren Jessee. Note the absence of a guitarist. From their sophomore album Whatever And Ever Amen, ALSO a classic track in itself, generation defining perhaps.

Fu*k And Run https://music.apple.com/ca/album/fuck-and-run-2018-remaster/1589236833?i=1589237085 from Chicago raised 25 year old Liz Phair from her debut album Exile In Guyville

Frank & Ava https://music.apple.com/ca/album/frank-ava/716345530?i=716346141 by Grammy Award Winning Best Artist Suzanne Vega from her 7th studio album Beauty & Crime. Her song tells the story of the doomed love affair between buxom Hollywood beauty Ava Gardner and a down on his luck, self described "salon singer from Hoboken, New Jersey" Frank Sinatra, who's failing health and career very near ended for the thirtysomething Sinatra at the time.

As*hole https://music.apple.com/ca/album/a-e/891217467?i=891217478 is a song composed by Beck (I'm A Loser Baby) Hansen for his fourth studio album One Foot In The Grave. Tom Petty covered the song for the film soundtrack to Ed Burns American romantic black comedy "She's The One"

I'm Loosing You https://music.apple.com/ca/album/im-losing-you-2010-remix/1440987952?i=1440987966 is taken from the Sean Ono Lennon produced 2010 "Stripped Down" version of his father John Lennon's final album Double Fantasy. This version of the album features only the raw "bed tracks" and vocals recorded for the album with no effects or over dubs. 

I Don't Believe You