Tuesday Tuneage
The Chi-Lites - "(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People"
1971

After Quickbooks Online Accountant, Quickbooks Ledger, Quickbooks Solopreneur (formerly Quickbooks Self-Employed), and Quickbooks Money … it’s not surprising to see Quickbooks Capital has been added to the QB roster of products. One can imagine the weekly emailed newsletters — you’ll get them whether you subscribe to them or not — and their features:

City and State Code Loopholes: The Key to Starting a Profitable Sweatshop
Hell Yeah the NLRB Is Unconstitutional: Go Trader Joe!
Pinkertons: A Timeless Classic
The United States Chamber of Commerce: Your Uncle, Your Friend

Of course with Quickbooks Capital being an Intuit product, bugs will be features. These include such things as the concentration of wealth, wage inequalities, and recessions. If you like Quickbooks Capital, you can upgrade to Quickbooks Imperial for a monthly fee. There is no Quickbooks Labor available and in a release Intuit says it has no plans to develop it, though Reddit boards indicate a shareware version is available with a Seize the Means of Production mode. 

Tuesday Tuneage
Sammy Hagar - "Three Lock Box"
1982

A short time before Sammy Hagar went for the Reagan/Sgt. Slaughter votes in ‘84 followed by the solo Diamond Dave vs. Van Hagar ‘86 debate (Dave won in our booth in Whitey’s, natch) we had to deal with Hagar’s somehow emerging from his AOR Okay Rock of the likes of “There’s Only One Way to Rock”* with a tune of relentless riffing, nifty playing, and not-dumb lyrics that weren’t bad for Hagar:

The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
To the Trinity, I raise a toast

“Three Lock Box” clocks in at just under three-thirty and dare I say … these lyrics are a revelation (sorry.) Because with Van Hagar, Sammy gave us such gems as: “Only time will tell if we stand the test of time” and “I feel like a running politician, just trying to please you all the time.” Though things could of been worse (arguably): because after singing about the Trinity, Hagar could have turned to Christian Rock.

*Though Hagar himself seems to have discovered a second way to rock.

Tuesday Tuneage
The Undisputed Truth - “Smiling Faces Sometimes”
1971

Spent my twenties at a salaried accounting job in the role as dupe roped into additional tasks and projects. Eventually a General Ledger — the accounting lifeblood of a company, in this case a new joint venture — was offered to me. Management painted it as by taking this quest I could be King Arthur, Wyatt Earp, or Lee Iacocca in a choose-my-own-adventure. No doubt involving triplicate forms and data entry. While this would likely be a handy card to have up my sleeve in future dealings with the powers that be, it certainly wasn’t desired like a Shelby Cobra Mustang or a Fender Telecaster or even a case of Heineken. More money in my paycheck? No dice.

So there was my young self, sitting in a suburban office, management acting benevolent but with smiles that were a little too pleasant. I knew this general ledger wasn’t a grand undertaking, it was just more work. I didn’t want to be in the office nights and weekends and besides my mind was still at the previous night’s Soul Asylum show. Somehow I said what I wanted to say without truly saying it, I made a crack about Tom Sawyer painting that fence. Glances were exchanged, eyes dimmed, and smiles along with any future opportunities faded.