Friday, 3 of September of 2010
I’m an Enya fan and a General Petraeus fan. BIG thanks to Allahpundit of Hot Air for writing about this…
GRIFFIN: Is there any music that you particularly like? Are you a classical music guy? Are you a pop, are you a Taylor Swift guy?
PETRAEUS: No, no. I’m an Enya guy. I don’t know if Enya’s still –
GRIFFIN: Enya?
Below is a video for one of my favorite Enya songs. It’s called “Anywhere Is.”
I’ve been a fan of Brian Eno and other ambient composers for a long time. I have never been a fan of Justin Bieber in fact I couldn’t even name one of his songs. But it turns out, if you slow down one of Bieber’s songs by 800% his music sounds an awful lot like Brian Eno. Check out the videos below. Hat tip to BigFurHat of iOTW.
It turns out the folk music icon behind Alice’s Restaurant, one of the best known anthems of the 1960′s, is a Republican. Arlo Guthrie revealed his political affiliation this weekend in an interview with Gene Weingarten of the Washington Post.
Me: Did you learn your ethics from your dad? [Woody Guthrie] Might it be that this land was really made for just him and a few of his cronies?
Arlo: You know, it’s possible! I’ve heard that song sung at Republican conventions.
Me: Ha-ha-ha-ha!
Arlo: Yeah!
Me: Wait. What were you doing at Republican conventions?
Arlo: I’m a registered Republican now.
We talked a bit longer, Arlo and I, and it was amicable, but it all went by in a blur. My mind was cartwheeling. By becoming a Republican, Arlo Guthrie has shredded the last remnants of my faith that our hippie principles had any lasting meaning. How can he do this to us?
I’m a peaceable man, but if I had a hammer …
If he had a hammer? Is Gene Weingarten suggesting that the idea of Arlo Guthrie being a Republican makes him feel violent? I guess in Gene’s world, you can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant… as long as you’re a Democrat.
Chill out, Gene. Make love not war, man.
Kudos to Arlo Guthrie. By not blindly toeing the line of liberal politics, he is still genuinely counter-culture. How refreshing it is to know that some members of his generation are still capable of thinking for themselves.
Is this more evidence of the shifting political winds? Is it just me or is Toby Keith an unusual, yet awesome, choice for Boston, Massachusetts?
Hat Tip to Charles at LBOTC.
BOSTON—Country music star Toby Keith will celebrate Independence Day with the Boston Pops.
Liberty Mutual, the event’s sponsor, announced Wednesday that Keith will join conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops for the annual Fourth of July concert and fireworks show on the banks of the Charles River.
The 40-year-old singer-songwriter’s hits include “Should’ve Been a Cowboy,” “You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This, and “Courtesy of the Red, White, & Blue.”
On an unrelated note…
Charles predicts that a woman will be president in 2016 but he says it won’t be Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin.
OK, Stacy McCain put this video up on his blog and called it a hate crime so I had to watch. I then had to shamelessly rip it off and post it here immediately.
The singer is a very cute girl but her vocals don’t quite hit the mark. Perhaps I’m understating reality. Watch it and judge for yourself.
Have a Guinness, have a whiskey, be safe and healthy, not too risky.
Here’s an amazing video of footage shot while flying over Ireland set to traditional Irish music.
And the Lord’s Prayer in Irish Gaelic, recited by a child.
The Hallelujah Chorus. Just under 4 minutes and worth every second.
This video has over 1.8 million views on YouTube.