1:Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old) (Originally performed by Garth Brooks) 2:(Ghost) Riders In The Sky (Originally performed by Johnny Cash/Gene Autry/others) 3:Desperado (Originally performed by The Eagles) 4:On The Road Again (Originally performed by Willie Nelson) 5:Annie’s Song (Originally performed by John Denver) 6:Jolene (Originally performed by Dolly Parton) 7:I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (Originally performed by Hank Williams) 8:Lookin’ For Love (Originally performed by Johnny Lee, Urban Cowboy) 9:Goodbye Earl (Originally performed by the Dixie Chicks) 10:East Bound And Down (Originally performed by Jerry Reed, Smokey & The Bandit) 11:She Believes In Me (Originally performed by Kenny Rogers) 12:Sunday Morning Coming Down (Originally performed by Johnny Cash/Kris Kristofferson)
...sure, some of these have been covered a billion times, *cough* *cough* Jolene *cough* But I do love me some Gimme Gimmes and mix in old country classics (and even a Dixie Chicks tune) and I'm game! Hits stores on October 17!!!
Mother Jones created a nice timeline of all the lies the Bush Administration told us in order to get public opinion to go along with the invasion of Iraq. Read it and weep.
Honestly. We need more people standing up like this in the media. Never let anyone call you unpatriotic and question your morality simply because you do not agree with this war. The tide is turning. A majority of Americans are with us now. So keep your chin up.
The full text of his speech follows:
The man who sees absolutes, where all other men see nuances and shades of meaning, is either a prophet, or a quack.
Donald H. Rumsfeld is not a prophet.
Mr. Rumsfeld’s remarkable speech to the American Legion yesterday demands the deep analysis—and the sober contemplation—of every American.
For it did not merely serve to impugn the morality or intelligence -- indeed, the loyalty -- of the majority of Americans who oppose the transient occupants of the highest offices in the land. Worse, still, it credits those same transient occupants -- our employees -- with a total omniscience; a total omniscience which neither common sense, nor this administration’s track record at home or abroad, suggests they deserve.
Dissent and disagreement with government is the life’s blood of human freedom; and not merely because it is the first roadblock against the kind of tyranny the men Mr. Rumsfeld likes to think of as “his” troops still fight, this very evening, in Iraq.
It is also essential. Because just every once in awhile it is right and the power to which it speaks, is wrong.
In a small irony, however, Mr. Rumsfeld’s speechwriter was adroit in invoking the memory of the appeasement of the Nazis. For in their time, there was another government faced with true peril—with a growing evil—powerful and remorseless.
That government, like Mr. Rumsfeld’s, had a monopoly on all the facts. It, too, had the “secret information.” It alone had the true picture of the threat. It too dismissed and insulted its critics in terms like Mr. Rumsfeld’s -- questioning their intellect and their morality.
That government was England’s, in the 1930’s.
It knew Hitler posed no true threat to Europe, let alone England.
It knew Germany was not re-arming, in violation of all treaties and accords.
It knew that the hard evidence it received, which contradicted its own policies, its own conclusions — its own omniscience -- needed to be dismissed.
The English government of Neville Chamberlain already knew the truth.
Most relevant of all — it “knew” that its staunchest critics needed to be marginalized and isolated. In fact, it portrayed the foremost of them as a blood-thirsty war-monger who was, if not truly senile, at best morally or intellectually confused.
That critic’s name was Winston Churchill.
Sadly, we have no Winston Churchills evident among us this evening. We have only Donald Rumsfelds, demonizing disagreement, the way Neville Chamberlain demonized Winston Churchill.
History — and 163 million pounds of Luftwaffe bombs over England — have taught us that all Mr. Chamberlain had was his certainty — and his own confusion. A confusion that suggested that the office can not only make the man, but that the office can also make the facts.
Thus, did Mr. Rumsfeld make an apt historical analogy.
Excepting the fact, that he has the battery plugged in backwards.
His government, absolute -- and exclusive -- in its knowledge, is not the modern version of the one which stood up to the Nazis.
It is the modern version of the government of Neville Chamberlain.
But back to today’s Omniscient ones.
That, about which Mr. Rumsfeld is confused is simply this: This is a Democracy. Still. Sometimes just barely.
And, as such, all voices count -- not just his.
Had he or his president perhaps proven any of their prior claims of omniscience — about Osama Bin Laden’s plans five years ago, about Saddam Hussein’s weapons four years ago, about Hurricane Katrina’s impact one year ago — we all might be able to swallow hard, and accept their “omniscience” as a bearable, even useful recipe, of fact, plus ego.
But, to date, this government has proved little besides its own arrogance, and its own hubris.
Mr. Rumsfeld is also personally confused, morally or intellectually, about his own standing in this matter. From Iraq to Katrina, to the entire “Fog of Fear” which continues to envelop this nation, he, Mr. Bush, Mr. Cheney, and their cronies have — inadvertently or intentionally — profited and benefited, both personally, and politically.
And yet he can stand up, in public, and question the morality and the intellect of those of us who dare ask just for the receipt for the Emporer’s New Clothes?
In what country was Mr. Rumsfeld raised? As a child, of whose heroism did he read? On what side of the battle for freedom did he dream one day to fight? With what country has he confused the United States of America?
The confusion we -- as its citizens— must now address, is stark and forbidding.
But variations of it have faced our forefathers, when men like Nixon and McCarthy and Curtis LeMay have darkened our skies and obscured our flag. Note -- with hope in your heart — that those earlier Americans always found their way to the light, and we can, too.
The confusion is about whether this Secretary of Defense, and this administration, are in fact now accomplishing what they claim the terrorists seek: The destruction of our freedoms, the very ones for which the same veterans Mr. Rumsfeld addressed yesterday in Salt Lake City, so valiantly fought.
And about Mr. Rumsfeld’s other main assertion, that this country faces a “new type of fascism.”
As he was correct to remind us how a government that knew everything could get everything wrong, so too was he right when he said that -- though probably not in the way he thought he meant it.
This country faces a new type of fascism - indeed.
Although I presumptuously use his sign-off each night, in feeble tribute, I have utterly no claim to the words of the exemplary journalist Edward R. Murrow.
But never in the trial of a thousand years of writing could I come close to matching how he phrased a warning to an earlier generation of us, at a time when other politicians thought they (and they alone) knew everything, and branded those who disagreed: “confused” or “immoral.”
Thus, forgive me, for reading Murrow, in full:
“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty,” he said, in 1954. “We must remember always that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.
“We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular.”
Keith Olbermann counts down 10 different instancies of bad news for the Administration and the raise of the national terror alert or annoucing a disrupted terror plot. Prepare to be outraged...
And go visit COMIC STRIP JOINT. It's a lil' area where me and my (much more talented) buddies post some sketches and shit. Hector Casanova just posted some amazing sketches of a cat show he recently attended...and words cannot begin to describe how beautiful they turned out.
And while you're at it, check out Jose Garibaldi's piece in the upcoming anthology Project: Romantic. It's AdHouse Books latest (and last?!) themed anthology and looks to be the bestest one yet!
Tom Waits opens his vaults for the first time on the three-disc collection "Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards," due Nov. 21 via Anti-. Of the 54 tracks, 30 are new recordings. The set will also feature a 94-page booklet.
*snip*
Waits says the album is full of "songs of dubious origin rescued from cruel fate and now left wanting only to be cared for. Show that you are not afraid and take them home. They don't bite, they just need attention."
Tracklist for all three albums:
Orphans: "Lie To Me" "LowDown" "2:19" "Fish In The Jailhouse" "Bottom Of The World" "Lucinda" "Ain't Goin' Down To The Well" "Lord I've Been Changed" "Puttin' On The Dog" "Road To Peace" "All The Time" "The Return Of Jackie and Judy" "Walk Away" "Sea Of Love" "Buzz Fledderjohn" "Rains On Me"
Bawlers: "Bend Down The Branches" "You Can Never Hold Back Spring" "Long Way Home" "Widow's Grove" "Little Drop Of Poison" "Shiny Things" "World Keeps Turning" "Tell It To Me" "Never Let Go" "Fannin Street" "Little Man" "It's Over" "If I Have To Go" "Goodnight Irene" "The Fall Of Troy" "Take Care Of All My Children" "Down There By The Train" "Danny Says" "Jayne's Blue Wish" "Young At Heart"
Bastards: "What Keeps Mankind Alive" "Children's Story" "Heigh Ho" "Army Ants" "Books Of Moses" "Bone Chain" "Two Sisters" "First Kiss" "Dog Door" "Redrum" "Nirvana" "Home I'll Never Be" "Poor Little Lamb" "Altar Boy" "The Pontiac" "Spidey's Wild Ride" "King Kong" "On The Road"
Excuse me for being a month or so behind, but Molly and I just caught a half hour of America's Got Talent for the first time last night and were exposed to BOBBY BADFINGERS!!! Holy shit, this guy's got it all. Dumbass name, huge fucking moustache, and the silliest "impress chicks at a bar at 2 in the morning" kind of talent I've ever seen!
Recorded in New Orleans, before Katrina hit and then finished in New York, this album seems to have Ani more in a "focused" mood than the previous attempts. Both the songwriting and music come together and strengthen the entire process...plus she gets a lil' political again, which is always nice...
MILLENNIUM THEATER
millennium theater get out there and buy that water and gas Ramadan orange alert everybody put on your gas mask
first leak it out about the president then stand up and shout "impeachment" pulling coat tails out from under that little V.P. before he has a chance to get in the driver's seat
millennium spectacle everybody put on a show slip a little prince in the back door 21st century here we go
digital whiplash so many formats so little time while out in TV nation under darkening skies the resistance is just waiting to be organized
millenium theater chief justice is for sale yucca mountain goddesses their tears they form a trail
trickle down Israel patriarchies realign the ice caps melt and new orleans bides her time new orleans bides her time
ladies and gentlemen welcome to tonight's show the millennium theater asks that you not smoke please turn off your cell phones and forget what you think you know
SPOON * TELEPHONO & SOFT EFFECTS (EP)
Their first releases are back in print and allow people like me who didn't get into them until their more recent albums to proclaim, "Dude you gotta hear their earlier work!" Cause that's how you know the real fans from the fakers. (Honestly, it's not a bad debut...has a sort of "Urge Overkill" feel to it. The early Urge Overkill, that is. Back before they sold out. :)
I probably won't be buying it, but this soundtrack has a nice collection of casual (if not extremely safe) tunes to help make your boring day float on a lil' quicker...
1. Chocolate - Snow Patrol 2. Star Mile - Joshua Radin 3. Pain Killer - Turin Brakes 4. Warning Sign - Coldplay 5. Ride - Cary Brothers 6. El Salvador - Athlete 7. Hide And Seek - Imogen Heap 8. Reason Why - Rachael Yamagata 9. Hold You In My Arms - Ray LaMontagne 10. Prophecy - Remy Zero 11. Paper Bag - Fiona Apple 12. Today's The Day - Aimee Mann 13. Arms of a Woman - Amos Lee 14. Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk (Reprise) - Rufus Wainwright 15. Paperweight - Joshua Radin and Schuyler Fisk
"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
Besides having the greatest movie title in the history of cinema, the new trailer makes it look even funnier than I imagined it would be. (He brings a suitcase of chickens onto the New York subway?!)
***** In the film — during which the main character becomes overwhelmed by a desire to marry Pamela Anderson, the former Baywatch star — Borat goes to buy a car and asks a dealer whether a Humvee would be suitable for running over gypsies.
In another scene Borat insists on driving to California, instead of flying, “in case the Jews repeat their attack of 9/11”. In another scene, Baron Cohen, who is himself Jewish, is shown spitting out food given to him by the Jewish owners of a bed-and-breakfast because he believes it may be poisoned. He tells Alan Keyes, a black presidential candidate, he has a “chocolate face”.
While Kazakhstan may be the butt of Borat’s jokes, his interviewees often come off even worse, lured into betraying extreme or idiotic views. In one scene Borat is at a rodeo discussing homosexuals with an older man in rancher-style clothes, and says: “They hang ’em in our country.” The man replies: “That’s what we’re trying to do here.”
At another point, Baron Cohen, naked in a hotel room, catches the fat actor playing his producer, also nude, looking at a magazine containing pictures of Anderson. A wrestling contest ensues, with the fat producer sitting on Baron Cohen’s face.
Matt Dentler, producer of the South By South West film festival, who has seen an early version of the film, said: “This naked hairy male chase ends up coming into a giant marketing convention with 200 suited and tied people, screaming ‘call the cops’ and throwing them to the ground.”
While the Borat film was being made, George Matthews Marshall from Natchez, Mississippi, was tricked into holding a dinner party for Borat and a large black prostitute.
Marshall said that, while Borat was fondling the woman, the comedian tried to lure him into making pro-slavery and anti-Jewish comments. *****
Just look at these comments it spawned:
***** At another point, Baron Cohen, naked in a hotel room, catches the fat actor playing his producer, also nude, looking at a magazine containing pictures of Anderson. A wrestling contest ensues, with the fat producer sitting on Baron Cohen’s face.
And this is funny how? Snow, Sublimest | Homepage | 08.06.06 - 10:43 pm | # *****
***** WHo the fuck finds humor is this crap?
This just in: 50% of americans think we found WMD in Iraq Peter Goss | 08.06.06 - 11:18 pm | # *****
***** How about if he used the Humvee to run over Palestinians?
Would you laugh if your family was from Uzbekistan?
Is this really the type of "humor" the world needs right now? bfh | 08.07.06 - 11:12 am | # *****
Ugh. If there's one think that drives me absolutely bonkers about liberals, it's the "Must always be uber politically correct and not laugh at anything at the expense of others." I mean, get the stick out of your asses and laugh motherfuckers!!! Running gypsies over with a Humvee...that's funny! Unless you're the poor, defenseless gypsies.
It's not often that I read a letter to the editor and think to myself, "Damn, I wish I'd written that." But this one is so good, so direct and filled to the brim with truth...it makes me want to send the person who wrote it a fruit basket or something...
There are some things that I will never be able to "forgive and forget" the current Administration for. The entire response (or lack of) for Hurricane Katrina, lying about Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction, and my favorite, using 9-11 to paint themselves as "heroes." Telling the American public that they should re-elect Republicans because they "will keep us safe." Because we all know, that in the time of crisis, our leaders were asked to make some hard decisions and did so with the grace and honor bestowed upon them.
...no, just kidding. They hid underground and read children's books. Then, later on, made up shit to give the impression that they were up to the task of saving American lives.
Well...the good news is that...no...there is no good news...
We're all fucked. In this combination photo, President Bush reacts as he stumbles while walking off Air Force One after returning to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday, July 31, 2006. (AP Photos/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Not only is he dying but Drudge chooses to run this photo of him. Look at him! He's the dictator of an entire county and he looks like someone stole his lollypop...
