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The 'Abortion trucks' driving around downtown South Bend, IN, on Mondy, May 11 2009
Randall Terry and his ilk have been in South Bend for a few months staging protests against Notre Dame inviting President Obama to speak at this years' commencement. He promised an "aggressive" protest in a SB Tribune interview weeks ago. They have a plane flying over the campus at Notre Dame carrying an anti-abortion banner with graphic photos ( Read more... ) -
Obamas' March 18 speech "A More Perfect Union"
If you haven't read the transcript or watched the full (34?) minute video, you need to. Anyone my age on my fl -- any of you remember the last time you heard a speech like this; that's real, not slick, both challenging and inspiring?-- I don't ( Read more... ) -
Evolution of "500 Miles"/"Stop That Train" song
"500 Miles" -- The Brothers Four (late fifties/early sixties)
Very early Wailers live - "Stop That Train" (the seventies)
Clint Eastwood and General Saint 'Stop That Train/500 Miles' (early 80s, and my favorite; have it on vinyl somewhere!)
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Bruce Springsteens' state-of-the-country lament Friday on the Today Show
So glad someone recorded this....I saw it live before leaving for the day.....was a big Bruce fan back in the day....Yay for Bruce.
His lament follows immediately the few riffs of the first opening song....
The whole show is up, I also loved this one, "Radio Nowhere"
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*Extraterrestial Love Galore*....(for buscemi)....
Lee Scratch Perry doing a Guiness beer commercial..... #1 (only 40 seconds of your life, but a well spent 40 seconds...)
#2 ("Do you like it? Then Dub it!")
#3 (...."I'm an alien from outer space, here with my brain in my suitcase....")
#4 Bathtub Meditation....
Leave a comment 10Musing....
When atheists need to tell someone to "Go to hell!", do they have to say instead, "Go to the farthest coldest outer reaches of space!" - ??Great idea for extra income....
... for muscians on my list, buscemi and inverted_man, and duccio, etc etc etc.....
( Read more... )The funniest scene in a movie all year.....
....was Nick Cage running down a hill in a bear costume, to punch some earth-goddess in the mouth in Wicker Man. No, it wasn't *supposed* to be funny, but we both erupted into fits of laughter. (I guess we're just sick that way.) (We also laughed harder at that than any scene from 'Little Miss Sunshine ( Read more... )
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