Sep 07 2008
Gordon Lightfoot: Cold on the Shoulder
This is one of my favorite albums from back in the day, but many of the songs have not been available through youtube until very recently. There is apparently a group of Lightfoot enthusiasts trying to change that, though some of them are still embedding disabled. I’ve included links to those though.
Rainy Day People
Sep 05 2008
The McCain campaign and Republican Party have both been aggressive in their use of music, clips from movies, etc without, it seems, even bothering to seek copyright permission despite the promise “to protect the creative industires from privacy.” They have gotten pushback, multiple times, for their unauthorized use (read “theft”) of intellectual property. In many of these cases, the involved artists are actually quite Green and environmentalist in their donation streams and stated interests.
A Daily Kos diary highlights Heart’s (Wilson sisters) reaction to the use of Barracuda as a theme song for Sarah “Pit Bull with Lipstick” Palin. This abuse of Heart’s property rights is not, however, an isolated case.
Aug 14 2008
This letter was recently sent by Tesco’s Head Office to a customer in Glasgow:
Dear Mrs. McTavish,
While we thank you for your valued custom and use of the Tesco Loyalty
Card, I am considering banning you and your family from shopping with us unless
your husband modifies his behaviour. Below is a list of offences over the past few months, all verified by our
surveillance cameras:June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people’s
trolleys when they weren’t looking.July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute
intervals.July 7: Made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to feminine
products aisle.July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official tone,
‘Code 3 in Housewares’….. and watched what happened.August 14: Moved a ‘CAUTION – WET FLOOR’ sign to a carpeted area.
September 15: Set up a tent in the outdoor clothing department and told
shoppers he’d invite them in if they would bring sausages and a Calor gas
stove.September 23: When the deputy manager asked if she could help him, he
began to cry and asked, ‘Why can’t you people just leave me alone?’November 10: While appearing to be choosing kitchen knives in the
Housewares aisle, asked an assistant if he knew where the antidepressants
were.December 3: Darted around the store suspiciously, loudly humming the
‘Mission Impossible’ theme.December 6: In the Kitchenware aisle, practised the ‘Madonna look’
using an assortment of funnels.December 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed, yelled out
‘PICK ME! PICK ME!’December 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, assumed
the foetal position and screamed ‘NO! NO! It’s those voices again!’And last, but not least:
December 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited a while and
then yelled, very loudly, ‘There’s no toilet paper in here!’Yours sincerely
Charles Brown
Store Manager
Aug 14 2008
No, the other one.
For tonight’s entertainment I present two acts from the state of Georgia, the poet Randall Allen Shields and the band R.E.M.
It’s Hard at the Bottom
There is too much that we ignore,
Important things,
Like children,
And the young,
And the old,
And the sick,
And the poor,
And our prisoners,
And each other.We don’t do enough to protect our children.
We don’t do enough to help each other.
We don’t do enough to save our planet.
We don’t do enough to save ourselves.We care way too much about all the wrong things.
We despise the peasants, and worship the kings.
We spit on the angels, and lionize demons,
As the righteous among us are dragged away screamin’.It’s all upside down,
But smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em,
’cause Lord have mercy!
It’s hard at the bottom.Randall Allen Shields
Aug 08 2008
Thursday, I Think Seriously, About Stupid Shit
and now a word from the management…..
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back to our scheduled essay, now in progress…..
Staying with todays theme…………”What is our chil’un thinking?”
I woke up this morning with this playing in my head:
We’re not too big
and we’re not too tough
but when we work together
we got the right stuff!
This was strange enough because I haven’t seen this program since last December, when I watched it with my grandson…..
and I thought about how I hope this little song stays with this generation of children….
that they’ll ‘get’ the lesson of working together…… getting along…..
Aug 06 2008
Allman Brothers
~♥~ Pony Party is an Open Thread. Please don’t wRECk the Pony.~♥~
feel free to post any music you like……… or not!
(^.^)
Aug 03 2008
Aug 03 2008
……but stop by here for a drink along the way. Bar’s open. But check your weapons at the door, your permit’s no good in here.
(“This little one isn’t worth the effort. Come, let me get you something……”
“……No blasters! NO BLASTERS!!!!!”)
Kalidasa:
Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn!
Look to this Day!
For it is Life, the very Life of Life.
In its brief course lie all the
Verities and Realities of your Existence.
The Bliss of Growth,
The Glory of Action,
The Splendor of Beauty;
For Yesterday is but a Dream,
And To-morrow is only a Vision;
But To-day well lived makes
Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness,
And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope.
Look well therefore to this Day!
Such is the Salutation of the Dawn!
Smile, or I’ll put an ice cube down the back of your shirt….or down the front if ye be a fetching lass with a nice rack. 🙂
And join me below the fold.