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Published May 1, 2008 at 2:32 PM
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 "The song remains the same" sang Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant. Over at Deal Journal, the song changes almost daily. In fact, The Wall Street Journal's bloggers can wax lyrical about almost any subject. Consider these examples from just the last couple of weeks:
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In "Mama Said Knock You Out," the rapper LL Cool J warned skeptical listeners about the turnaround of his career, "Don't call it a comeback. I've been here for years." (GM's restructuring, April 30 )
The rapper Ice Cube once said a good day was any day he didn't have to use his AK-47. Country singer Travis Tritt declared it a great day to be alive when he didn't have to shave for three days and had some rice cooking in the microwave. (Liberty Mutual-Safeco merger, April 23 )
In "My Fair Lady," Eliza Doolittle sings, "Words, words, words! I'm so sick of words! ... Is that all you blighters can do?" (Yahoo!'s takeover defense, April 22 )
The cheery stylings of Little Orphan Annie have nothing on Wall Street's fervent belief in the power of "Tomorrow." (Wall Street outlook, April 17 )
But there's more to Deal Journal than snappy lyrics. The blog would clearly be a favorite of George and Ira Gershwin, who famously penned "I Got Rhythm." Check out these toe-tapping staccato openings:
Kirk Kerkorian. Carl Icahn. Nelson Peltz. (Shareholder activism, April 29 )
Mars-Wrigley. Microsoft-Yahoo. CME-Nymex. Pernod Ricard-Vin & Sprit. (Return of strategic acquirers, April 28 )
Yes-men. Organization men. Good soldiers. (Something about Merrill Lynch and war crimes, April 16 )
Lawsuit, schmawsuit. (Relationship between Bain Capital and Deutsche Bank, April 14 )
Say this for the Journal's songbirds, they draw from an eclectic array of talent. Rappers. Country crooners. Show tunes. (Boom-chocka-locka!) It could stem from a case of calendar confusion. In the April 29 post about shareholder activism, the blog asked "Is it 1988 already?" then followed the next day with a post about mergers of public companies wondering, "Is it 1999 again?"
Perhaps they have done what singer/songwriter Jim Croce only wished he could do and found a way to put time in a bottle. Or maybe, as Bob Dylan sang, "Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts." - Jeffrey Kanige
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