WTF?
While China’s Olympic athletes are getting ready to compete on the fields, its meteorologists are working the skies, attempting the difficult feat of making sure it doesn’t rain on the Aug. 8 opening ceremonies.
“Our team is trained. Our preparations are complete,” declared Wang Jianjie, a spokeswoman from the Beijing Meteorological Bureau, addressing a news conference […]

The Campbell Brothers - Sacred Steel

I’ve been sitting on this one for awhile, its awesomeness never abating. This here’s the Campbell Brothers, a gospel guitar group making the case for not skipping church on Sundays. Brother Chuck (pedal steel) leads the charge, with rhythm duties tied down by brother Phil (guitar) and his […]

For a couple weeks now I ‘ve been on a Bill Withers-Fest..the result of picking up the recently released on Cd “Bill Withers Live at Carnegie Hall”…recorded in October 1972..
I’ve always been a fan..but seriously now..this disc is a true revelation, nothing short of true , deep, deep, soul…somewhere between Gil Scott Heron..and maybe Fela […]

Wikipedia tells me “Who let the dogs out” reached #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2000.

I am an extremely angry 55 year old white man. I hesitate to even speculate as to what my temperament would be if I was black. Has anger been so stigmatized that we are to sit back and politely say, “ah, hang on a bit, that’s not quite kosher”, rather than cry out […]

It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. We are made to live together because of the interrelated structure of reality. Did you ever stop to think that […]

Howard the Duck

It’s now only one year until the ‘09 Presidential Oath of Office. The lameness will be potent, pungent, and glorious.
At least Howard can shred.

Just thought I’d savor the moment