
( Editor's note: That's a picture of Phillip IV, an actual king of Spain. I am aware that the song I'm posting today is an extended metaphor and not a legitimate wish from The Tallest Man on Earth to be the actual monarch of an Iberian nation. However, it is a rare occasion that I can post a portrait of a long dead regent. If Wilco or somebody releases a single called "Lous XIV," I'll be stoked. Obviously.) I'm supposed to be doing work (grading papers, reading textbooks, sending emails, sifting through academic databases for nuggets [...]