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I liked it, too :)

You can listen to another cut off the album, "Sugar Baby", over at Green Clothes Music. Here is the the full tracklist for All Is Well - it will be available February 5, 2008.

Randy Cohen at the New York TimesMagazine answers reader's questions weekly on the question of ethics. I haven't run across a blog like this on the web and think it's worth checking out. Here is a sample: Our university requires us students to write anonymous evaluations of our professors. On one evaluation, a student made derogatory comments about a professor’s sexual orientation. The university hired a handwriting expert to confirm the identity of the culprit so punishment could be administered. The university claims the student broke the code of conduct, but if anonymity was promised, is this investigation ethical? — S.C., GEORGIA The university should not pursue this investigation. Even if a student violated its code of conduct by making a homophobic slur, for the university to abandon its pledge of anonymity is a cure worse than the disease." Read More

The UK Times Online takes a look at a new pop music genre that incorporates African music, which is being spawned by New York indie bands including Vampire Weekend, the Dirty Projectors and Yeasayer...and how the trend is spreading to include bands like Coldplay: "Vampire Weekend's frontman Ezra Koenig insists they aren’t attempting to replicate Congolese rumba." “It’s hard to say where it comes from,” he says. “African music is so diverse, and, if you really want to take something as inspiration, and listen to it too closely, you’re not going to come up with anything new. I first heard a Fela Kuti record that my dad had. But, of any African music, we sound the least like afrobeat. King Sunny Ade [the Nigerian juju-music star known as ‘the minister of enjoyment’] was also in the house then." Read More Photo: Vampire Weekend

The Dangerous Brothers

"Actress Kathy Bates and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis announced the nominations for best picture for the 80th annual Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Tuesday." Chris Pizzello/Associated Press See a slideshow of the nominees at The NY Times.

A deluxe version of the soundtrack is now available at Amazon which features extra tracks. A 35th anniversary DVD of the movie, is also available for the cinefiles.

The full album is streaming at AOLs Spinner ... this week Since the stream is no longer happening, here is a consolation prize of The Living Bubba live @ high sierra music fest, 7.6.07

I was checking out BadMintonStamps, which led me to this photo...and music mix :) Enjoy. Adam Sparkles Took Acid and Watched The Mummers This New Year's Day...And Now He Has A New Mix!!!!

The major companies would like to extend copyright forever - glad the bills died.

Read more HERE and HERE.

Thanx for the post. Sounds like you had fun.

If you don't find anything on the first page, you're deaf, dumb and blind to good music, Slum. How anyone could Yawn at that list, and without even seeing it, is a shame. Welcome back

Obama at MLKs church today:

Telly Savalas sings!

Watch out, Willard! "Uruguayan scientists say they have uncovered fossil evidence of the biggest species of rodent ever found, one that scurried across wooded areas of South America about 4 million years ago, when the continent was not connected to North America," according to a report by MSNBC. Read more/see a video on the discovery @MSNBC

August 8, 2007 recording of Stuart Dempster, Kevin Karnes, David Marriott, and Brian Pertl at the dedication of the Dan Harpole Cistern at Fort Worden State Park. The 2 million gallon former water cistern features a 45 second reverb. (A tip of the hat to Motel de Moka for the find). Part I Part II

Watch The Festival At The ATT Blue Room U.S. Eastern Standard Time Sunday 06:00 PM Brett Dennen 06:50 PM Electric Touch 07:40 PM Shout Out Louds 08:30 PM Duffy 09:20 PM Manchester Orchestra 10:15 PM Stars 11:10 PM Spiritualized 12:15 AM Gogol Bordello 01:10 AM Metric 02:05 AM Love and Rockets Saturday: 06:05 PM The Bird and the Bee 06:55 PM Man Man 07:45 PM Dredg 08:35 PM VHS or Beta 09:30 PM DeVotchKa 10:25 PM Hot Chip 11:25 PM Animal Collective 12:15 AM Portishead 01:10 AM Flogging Molly 02:10 AM Yelle Friday 11:00 AM Breakfast with Jack Johnson 06:00 PM Jack Johnson 06:50 PM Redd Kross 07:40 PM Les Savy Fav 08:35 PM Architecture in Helsinki 09:30 PM Slightly Stoopid 10:25 PM Rogue Wave 11:15 PM John Butler Trio 12:10 AM Tegan & Sara 01:05 AM The Raconteurs 02:10 AM Serj Tankian ***** 3-Day passes: $269.00 + $3 charity + applicable service fees Single Day Tickets: $90.00 + $1 charity + applicable service fees Tickets go on sale January 25th at 10 am, p.s.t. The Lineup: Roger Waters of Pink Floyd (will perform Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety) Portishead Verve Jack Johnson Kraftwerk! The Breeders Death Cab for Cutie Jens Lekman My Morning Jacket M.I.A. The Raconteurs Rilo Kiley Spiritualized Love and Rockets Battles Dan Deacon Justice Kid Sister Crystal Castles UNKLE Chromeo Autolux Louis XIV Cold War Kids Junkie XL VHS or Beta Cafe Tacuba Fatboy Slim Midnight Juggernauts Akron/Family Does It Offend You, Yeah? The Cinematic Orchestra Field The National Mark Ronson Gogol Bordello Streets Metric Black Mountain Sia Holy Fuck! The Annuals Shout Out Loud Simion Mobile Disco Aesop Rock Vampire Weekend Tegan and Sara Sasha and Digweed Hot Chip! Mark Ronson Les Savy Sav Stars Sharon Jones The Dap Kings Dan Deacon Adam Vreeland Teenagers Against Me! Architecture in Helsinki .... and more (see the poster below) Read more at The LA Times and the Official Coachella Website.

PrettyMuchAmazing has posted links for the songs on the soundtrack: Coconut Records - West Coast Kings of Leon - "Taper Jean Girl" The Blood Arm - "Do I Have Your Attention" Scissors For Lefty - "Got Your Moments" Parliament - "Give Up the Funk" Gorillaz - "19-2000" Spoon - "The Underdog" Kings of Leon - "Pistol of Fire" Architecture in Helsinki - "Do The Whirlwind" The Black Keys - "Grown So Ugly" Bright Eyes - "Four Winds" Joan As Policewoman - "The Ride" Ratatat - "Seventeen Years" Of Montreal - "Wraith Pinned To The Mist and Other Games

Here's a recent video

Here is the band performing the song "Over":

Idolator posted this video in honor of Martin Luther King today - so I thought it would most fitting to repost it here.

Barack Obama delivered a speech at the Groundbreaking for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, which I thought was quite moving - here it is: "I want to thank first of all the King family, we would not be here without them, I want to thank Mr. Johnson and the foundation for allowing me to share this day with all of you. I wish to recognize as well my colleagues in the United States Senate who have helped make today possible. Senators Paul Sarbanes and John Warner, who wrote the bill for this memorial. Senators Thad Cochran and Robert Byrd who appropriated the money to help build it. Thank you all. I have two daughters, ages five and eight. And when I see the plans for this memorial, I think about what it will like when I first bring them here upon the memorial's completion. I imagine us walking down to this tidal basin, between one memorial dedicated to the man who helped give birth to a nation, and another dedicated to the man who preserved it. I picture us walking beneath the shadows cast by the Mountain of Despair, and gazing up at the Stone of Hope, and reading the quotes on the wall together as the water falls like rain. And at some point, I know that one of my daughters will ask, perhaps my youngest, will ask, "Daddy, why is this monument here? What did this man do?" What did Martin Luther King, Jr. Sponsored Links The Real Barack Obama The truth behind the canditate - "Barack Obama Exposed" - Free! www.HumanEvents.com Barack Obama: Muslim? Do Barack's Muslim roots make him a 'bad guy' for many Americans? www.thefirstpost.co.uk Will You Vote For Barack? We Want To Know - Vote Now! Vote In Our Barack Obama Survey. BarackSurvey.FreePrintsNow.com Do? How might I answer them? Unlike the others commemorated in this place, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was not a president of the United States - at no time in his life did he hold public office. He was not a hero of foreign wars. He never had much money, and while he lived he was reviled at least as much as he was celebrated. By his own accounts, he was a man frequently racked with doubt, a man not without flaws, a man who, like Moses before him, more than once questioned why he had been chosen for so arduous a task - the task of leading a people to freedom, the task of healing the festering wounds of a nation's original sin. And yet lead a nation he did. Through words he gave voice to the voiceless. Through deeds he gave courage to the faint of heart. By dint of vision, and determination, and most of all faith in the redeeming power of love, he endured the humiliation of arrest, the loneliness of a prison cell, the constant threats to his life, until he finally inspired a nation to transform itself, and begin to live up to the meaning of its creed. Like Moses before him, he would never live to see the Promised Land. But from the mountain top, he pointed the way for us - a land no longer torn asunder with racial hatred and ethnic strife, a land that measured itself by how it treats the least of these, a land in which strength is defined not simply by the capacity to wage war but by the determination to forge peace - a land in which all of God's children might come together in a spirit of brotherhood. We have not yet arrived at this longed for place. For all the progress we have made, there are times when the land of our dreams recedes from us - when we are lost, wandering spirits, content with our suspicions and our angers, our long-held grudges and petty disputes, our frantic diversions and tribal allegiances. And yet, by erecting this monument, we are reminded that this different, better place beckons us, and that we will find it not across distant hills or within some hidden valley, but rather we will find it somewhere in our hearts. In the Book of Micah, Chapter 6, verse 8, the prophet says that God has already told us what is good. "What doth the Lord require of thee, the verse tells us, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" The man we honor today did what God required. In the end, that is what I will tell my daughters - I will leave it to their teachers and their history books to tell them the rest. As Dr. King asked to be remembered, I will tell them that this man gave his life serving others. I will tell them that this man tried to love somebody. I will tell them that because he did these things, they live today with the freedom God intended, their citizenship unquestioned, their dreams unbounded. And I will tell them that they too can love. That they too can serve. And that each generation is beckoned anew, to fight for what is right, and strive for what is just, and to find within itself the spirit, the sense of purpose, that can remake a nation and transform a world. Thank you very much." Source

Barack Obama delivered a speech at the Groundbreaking for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, which I thought was quite moving: I want to thank first of all the King family, we would not be here without them, I want to thank Mr. Johnson and the foundation for allowing me to share this day with all of you. I wish to recognize as well my colleagues in the United States Senate who have helped make today possible. Senators Paul Sarbanes and John Warner, who wrote the bill for this memorial. Senators Thad Cochran and Robert Byrd who appropriated the money to help build it. Thank you all. I have two daughters, ages five and eight. And when I see the plans for this memorial, I think about what it will like when I first bring them here upon the memorial's completion. I imagine us walking down to this tidal basin, between one memorial dedicated to the man who helped give birth to a nation, and another dedicated to the man who preserved it. I picture us walking beneath the shadows cast by the Mountain of Despair, and gazing up at the Stone of Hope, and reading the quotes on the wall together as the water falls like rain. And at some point, I know that one of my daughters will ask, perhaps my youngest, will ask, "Daddy, why is this monument here? What did this man do?" What did Martin Luther King, Jr. Sponsored Links The Real Barack Obama The truth behind the canditate - "Barack Obama Exposed" - Free! www.HumanEvents.com Barack Obama: Muslim? Do Barack's Muslim roots make him a 'bad guy' for many Americans? www.thefirstpost.co.uk Will You Vote For Barack? We Want To Know - Vote Now! Vote In Our Barack Obama Survey. BarackSurvey.FreePrintsNow.com Do? How might I answer them? Unlike the others commemorated in this place, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was not a president of the United States - at no time in his life did he hold public office. He was not a hero of foreign wars. He never had much money, and while he lived he was reviled at least as much as he was celebrated. By his own accounts, he was a man frequently racked with doubt, a man not without flaws, a man who, like Moses before him, more than once questioned why he had been chosen for so arduous a task - the task of leading a people to freedom, the task of healing the festering wounds of a nation's original sin. And yet lead a nation he did. Through words he gave voice to the voiceless. Through deeds he gave courage to the faint of heart. By dint of vision, and determination, and most of all faith in the redeeming power of love, he endured the humiliation of arrest, the loneliness of a prison cell, the constant threats to his life, until he finally inspired a nation to transform itself, and begin to live up to the meaning of its creed. Like Moses before him, he would never live to see the Promised Land. But from the mountain top, he pointed the way for us - a land no longer torn asunder with racial hatred and ethnic strife, a land that measured itself by how it treats the least of these, a land in which strength is defined not simply by the capacity to wage war but by the determination to forge peace - a land in which all of God's children might come together in a spirit of brotherhood. We have not yet arrived at this longed for place. For all the progress we have made, there are times when the land of our dreams recedes from us - when we are lost, wandering spirits, content with our suspicions and our angers, our long-held grudges and petty disputes, our frantic diversions and tribal allegiances. And yet, by erecting this monument, we are reminded that this different, better place beckons us, and that we will find it not across distant hills or within some hidden valley, but rather we will find it somewhere in our hearts. In the Book of Micah, Chapter 6, verse 8, the prophet says that God has already told us what is good. "What doth the Lord require of thee, the verse tells us, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" The man we honor today did what God required. In the end, that is what I will tell my daughters - I will leave it to their teachers and their history books to tell them the rest. As Dr. King asked to be remembered, I will tell them that this man gave his life serving others. I will tell them that this man tried to love somebody. I will tell them that because he did these things, they live today with the freedom God intended, their citizenship unquestioned, their dreams unbounded. And I will tell them that they too can love. That they too can serve. And that each generation is beckoned anew, to fight for what is right, and strive for what is just, and to find within itself the spirit, the sense of purpose, that can remake a nation and transform a world. Thank you very much. Source

Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech August 28, 19963 • Washington, D.C.