Some governors just want the cash Of ethics their graft makes a hash Like stains on blue dresses some vice stops the presses but call girls could give them a rash
A blizzard, a terrible blow had covered Chicago with snow The city, snowed under for kids was a wonder We walked on the cars down below
These photos were all taken during Chicago's blizzard of '67. I remember how silent the city was. With school closed, we walked down the streets above buried and stranded cars, here and there an antennae poking up from the drifts.
Ignoring the calls to resign he claims that his record’s benign His touch is malignant but Blago’s indignant and says that he’ll fight down the line
The senate appointment is tainted in spite of appointee who’s sainted Rod ain’t got a clue It’s over, he’s through: His cell in the pen’s being painted
As newsmen and cameras stare he jogs down the street through the glare He’s running in place from public disgrace A cellmate will blow dry his hair
Tonight on this 'amateur night' the vodka is chugged by the flight Then shots full of jello and stomachs say "Hello!" while clutching the porcelain tight
Don't detour and don't hitch a ride or headlong with fate you'll collide Step into the shoes of a corpse and you'll lose Don't pick up this chick or you're fried
Actress Ann Savage starred in Edgar G. Ulmer's fleabag 1945 noir classic Detour (above). Her final film was Guy Maddin's My Winnepeg (below), released just last year.
For a review of Detour at Noir of the Week, click here, and for a video memorial to Savage at the same site, including some great interview clips, go here