Monday, January 26, 2009

Cyndi Lauper, Will You Marry Me?

Whatever you think of Cyndi Lauper, you owe it to yourself to watch this piece of work with one of the nation's greatest musical treasures, Allen Toussaint. Can that gal sang, or what?


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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Cost of the Inauguration


I noticed something fishy about the media's reporting on the cost of Obama's inauguration. I noticed that the reports mentioned the costs to DC, to Virginia, and to Maryland. Okay. That's understandable. Then, I looked at the reporting on Bush's inauguartion, and had a hard time finding any mention of these costs to the states and to the City of DC. I wondered about that.

Turns out, in 2001 and in 2005, when the media reported on the cost of Bush's celebration, the media nearly meticulously declined to mention the costs to the states and to DC. So, we were led to believe Bush's party only cost a little bit compared to Obama's.

Our friends at Media Matters thought it looked fishy too, and they got to the bottom of it.
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Friday, January 16, 2009

TN GOP Gone Nuts

This is an interesting story out of Nashville. Seems the Democratic minority in the House there was able to blind-side the republican majority. And the republicans aren't taking it very well. Listen to them boo.



The chair of the GOP in TN says calling Williams a "traitor" is appropriate. These guys are sore losers.



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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Kingston Trio

This was popular when I was about 9 or so. It's a classic.



I recently discovered this version of "Sloop John B," and I like it much better than the Beach Boys' version.

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Friday, January 9, 2009

Palin Still Whining about the Media

Watch as Sarah Palin continues to whine and moan about how she was treated by the press.
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Ravel's "Bolero"

It doesn't get much better than this.

Well, okay. Maybe it does get better than this. But for this country-blues picker Ravel is sort of like Furry Lewis or Robert Johnson. I dig what he's doing here, and would like to dig it even "diggier" if you dig what I mean. *S*

I dare you guys to watch this and NOT fall in love with at least one woodwind and with one string. *S*

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