Friday Random 10
Along with blogging luminaries such as American Idle and Rox Populi, I humbly offer this week's random 10 on the iPod shuffle. Let the music begin...
1. Ween, "Sarah"
2. The Searchers, "Farmer John"
3. John Lee Hooker, "Big Legs Tight Skirt"
4. Johnny Cash, "I Still Miss Someone"
5. Sponge, "Molly"
6. The Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Give It Away"
7. Cracker, "Movie Star"
8. The Black Keys, "Stack Shot Billy"
9. The Hollies, "Carrie-Anne"
10. Everything but the Girl, "Missing"
Not such a great shuffle, admittedly, but hey, you've got at least three immortal voices: John Lee Hooker's nocturnal bombast ... Johnny Cash, dangerous hero ... and that young dude with the Black Keys (Dan Auerbach ?) who sounds as if he grew up smoking in his playpen.
posted by Chase McInerney @ 6:07 AM
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9 Comments:
Finally, some of the actual blog that I bookmarked. Chase, please come back. Let the political poseurs get their own blogs.
Wow, a disturbing amount of mid-90's "alternative"...Did that Cracker song come off the same Kerosene Hat record that spawned "Low" and "Get of This"?
You're right, MDC, that the Cracker song is from "Kerosense Hat," which I think is a pretty damned good record. You're right about the disturbing amount of 90s "alternative" ... although the only song I'm truly ashamed to have on the iPod is Sponge's "Molly." But hey, yah gotta like any ode to Molly Ringwald.
Well, not that one, Chase. Musically, Sponge never seemed that far from putting on spandex and Richie Sambora hats.
Step off the keys. Hometown favorite. And son of colleague....
Welcome mention, though. If you want to see them at their finest, come to Cleveland and visit Beachland Ballroom...perhaps the coolest club in flyover land. Not many places still serve those Little Kings bottles ; )
Beachlandballroom.com
How can this much time pass without any sort of blog response to Senor Bush's Great Society speech? Is no one outraged? Is no one worried? Is no one pulling their 401K money out and stashing it between the mattresses? Clinton today even used the word "crazy" to describe the funding plan (what funding plan?) for the reconstruction. This is major shit people. Where are you?
I (for the most part) agree with Mondello, except that I'd like to hear Bush say that the spending requirements post-hurricane obviously mean we need to rethink the radical reformation of Social Security or to further tax cuts.
That said, I suspect the White House will considerably back off of both proposals, which is essentially the same thing, I guess, as dropping them.
I will say I thought the speech was good. And I despise the guy.
Anonymous revisits:
Here's the problem with Bush's speech: It totally contradicts what he and his party have been saying for decades. Bush just conceded that many black folks, because of history, have no boot straps to pull themselves up. And if that's the case, he and the republicans can't stop at New Orleans. The mayors of places like Detroit and Cleveland should be on the horn clammoring for federal help, too. Katrina in one day did what the rusting belt took 40 years to do. So the good folks of New Oreans are getting sympathy (not undeservedly) money, but I must tell you that if you compare the number of families ripped apart and the number of people killed by poverty in, say Cleveland, over the past 40 years....Cleveland's numbers would dwarf that of Katrina. We have acres of blight where middle-class neighborhoods used to be. And it's not just because of sprawl (although that's contributed to it). It's because of deep, entrenched poverty caused, in large part, by a lack of education. Cleveland schools ranks right down there with New Orleans. So bottom line: Was Bush just talking about healing the class chasm in New Orleans, or across the country. You know the answer. Since no hurricanes will ever sweep the shores of Lake Erie -- and because Cleveland is one of the trues blue areas sandwiched among a red sea of voters -- we'll get nada. And worse, places like Cleveland will end up LOSING federal funds to suplement New Orleans. I'm all for funding the rebuilding of New Orleans. But throwing dollar figures out there now makes no sense. Especially since the poor are now fanned out across the country. I would rather hear about the teams of rescue and shelter workers who will continue to help people for the next year...and a team of top-notch urban planners determined to set a proper course for the city.
Anonymous revisits:
Here's the problem with Bush's speech: It totally contradicts what he and his party have been saying for decades. Bush just conceded that many black folks, because of history, have no boot straps to pull themselves up. And if that's the case, he and the republicans can't stop at New Orleans. The mayors of places like Detroit and Cleveland should be on the horn clammoring for federal help, too. Katrina in one day did what the rusting belt took 40 years to do. So the good folks of New Oreans are getting sympathy (not undeservedly) money, but I must tell you that if you compare the number of families ripped apart and the number of people killed by poverty in, say Cleveland, over the past 40 years....Cleveland's numbers would dwarf that of Katrina. We have acres of blight where middle-class neighborhoods used to be. And it's not just because of sprawl (although that's contributed to it). It's because of deep, entrenched poverty caused, in large part, by a lack of education. Cleveland schools ranks right down there with New Orleans. So bottom line: Was Bush just talking about healing the class chasm in New Orleans, or across the country. You know the answer. Since no hurricanes will ever sweep the shores of Lake Erie -- and because Cleveland is one of the trues blue areas sandwiched among a red sea of voters -- we'll get nada. And worse, places like Cleveland will end up LOSING federal funds to suplement New Orleans. I'm all for funding the rebuilding of New Orleans. But throwing dollar figures out there now makes no sense. Especially since the poor are now fanned out across the country. I would rather hear about the teams of rescue and shelter workers who will continue to help people for the next year...and a team of top-notch urban planners determined to set a proper course for the city.
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