Whipped Cream Difficulties

This one goes out to Borepatch and Weer’d Beard: Jacqueline Steiner, who co-wrote “M.T.A.”. That song (also known as “Charlie on the M.T.A.”) later became a huge hit for the Kingston Trio:

The song remains embedded in Boston’s collective unconscious and is something of an unofficial city anthem.

Thing I did not know: it was originally written for a guy running for mayor in 1949. He only got one percent of the vote, and was later blacklisted as a Communist.

Also among the dead: Albert J. “Chainsaw Al” Dunlap, notorious corporate raider.

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