Last night, The New York Times reported that President-Elect Joe Biden is expected to name the first member of his cabinet today. Biden has reportedly chosen the 58-year-old career diplomat Antony Blinken as his Secretary Of State. Blinken, Biden's chief foreign-policy adviser, served as Deputy Secretary Of State under Obama, and the Times reports that he'll focus on mending frayed alliances and on competition with China and Russia. Also, he's a rocker.
The 58-year-old Blinken has a Spotify page. In 2018, Blinken released two singles under the name ABlinken. Both of them are the kinds of replacement-level bar-rock that one would expect from a middle-aged hobbyist. Here's Blinken's 2018 jam "Lip Service," which seems to be going for a kind of Hall & Oates thing:
And here's the softer, more sensitive "Patience," which might've been an effort at Trump-era self-soothing:
Also, Twitter reveals that Blinken is into all the classic rock that you'd expect him to be into.
Thank you Matt! To my fellow Beatle-maniac here’s hoping the long and winding road leads Joe Biden to a certain door on Pennsylvania Avenue. And good luck to us all. https://t.co/6KmRl3fMOR
— Antony Blinken (@ABlinken) November 3, 2020
It’s a Martin. Which I don’t deserve. And mostly blues and rock. Not good enough for bluegrass. https://t.co/WUWgtH1212
— Antony Blinken (@ABlinken) October 18, 2020
He don't lie: Clapton brings his blues power to MSG. Still the one after all these years. pic.twitter.com/s3ymsNTsXT
— Antony Blinken (@ABlinken) September 9, 2017
Ain’t gonna stop until the 25th hour... cause now I’m living on blues power. Thank you EC. pic.twitter.com/UiCFjSZrMP
— Antony Blinken (@ABlinken) October 8, 2018
Bob Dylan: “steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king.” https://t.co/Mp6CZYjNWU
— Antony Blinken (@ABlinken) May 8, 2019
