Excellent!

Looks like my weekends will be starting Fridays at 11am.

speaking of music, Murray Waas strikes again!

Oh, no you did not just ask for Youtube viddies.

You’re going to regret this…

Godzilla Vs. Disco Lando

Rejected

From the NYT: C.I.A. Closes Unit Focused on Capture of bin Laden

Link here: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07…..r=homepage

File under: Are you fucking kidding me?!

“shitlist” used to be on my workout CD during the “I can’t believe my ex-girlfriend left me” stage during college a few years ago. Ahhh…

Tim

Folks should hit the recommend button at kos for Tim’s diary too!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/7/3/23153/78935

Yay, firedoglake goes multi-media! And on Friday morning, too.

Thanks for the support, firepoodles, for my first dK diary. Had I known it was that easy to be a diarist, I suppose I would have started long ago. But, being on dK does take time away from being here….

For a day that had little planned and certainly no news on deck, this sure turned out to be a busy one. Nothing motivates the ‘roots like turn-tail Joe-nertia. Scurry, Joe, scurry!

Go Ned! http://www.actblue.com/page/firedoglake

Siun 7 — yep, I already hit that recommend button myself.

Tim did yeoman’s work today posting all those videos we YouTubed. Many thanks.

Teddy 8 — congratulations on your first diary. I sure hope we don’t lose you to the addiction of posting Kos diaries ;)

Eli 4 — yes, we’ve had a long day. A little YouTube music distraction is a good thing.

Eli 4 %u2014 yes, we’ve had a long day. A little YouTube music distraction is a good thing.

Oh, *music*?

Sorry. I do have a few music, um, videos…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZRnqon7tgM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq0gvaVyHc0

hey, Jane…you HAVE seen all the Bonzos stuff on YouTube, haven’tcha…? (and I haven’t even checked for Rawlinson End, yet…)

hie thee thither, girly!

Well…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..arch=sting roxanne

And the third (didn’t want to get stuck in moderation):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JG4BpAY7A4

Guess I might as well throw the Ninja Rap in there as well…

Yeah! I am in Boston/Cape Cod for the 4th. It is so exciting to see a different part of the country.

You guys, er um gals sustain me.

Here is drinking to the Constitution and all that it stands for.

Here is drinking to the rule of law.

Oh and here is drinking to awesome posts by women like Reddhedd and Jane.

Love and peace to all the firepups on this newly minted 4th of July.

The Constitution is more important than all of us.

Anna

And just for variety, here’s a couple that I like:

Boney M – “Rasputin”

The Darkness – “I Believe In A Thing Called Love”

(if that second video had been beamed back to the 70s, they would have been worshopped as *gods*)

Eli – what line do I get in to get that 15 minutes back for Godzilla and Rejected? Lord, they’re funny….

i can’t wait to read donita with my naked eye!

speaking of covers and youtube, i wax unapologetically enthusiastically over the scissor sisters’ cover of pink floyd’s “comfortably numb” (and discuss what makes a good cover vs. a bad one) over at skippy (complete w/youtube embed of said song).

…wanna see a Firepup?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/a…..181280435/

Are we supposed to know who she is? Is this video supposed to impress us? Give here credibility? Wasn’t there a better video? I would think more thought would have gone into the marketing, here.

This old Stagehand needs to know more. I guess I’ll need to wait and read.

–mf

Eli – what line do I get in to get that 15 minutes back for Godzilla and Rejected? Lord, they’re funny….

If you liked those, you should like Staplerfahrer Klaus. (Don’t worry, knowledge of German is not necessary)

Hey, have a wonderful 4th everyone. It was great spending time here at FDL today.

A couple more favorite music videos:

Rammstein – “Sonne” (uncharacteristically beautiful chorus, and freaky Snow-White-as-gold-junkie-dominatrix video)

New Order – “True Faith” (one of my all-time favorite videos, completely inexplicable)

monkeyfister 21 — Are we supposed to know who she is?

No, that’s why we have links and tell who she is. Have you ever read a blog before? Been on the internets? Clicked through a hyperlink? Used Google?

I’m sorry but there is a limit to how remedial we’re going to go here.

Here is a 10ish year old boy singing “Der Halle Rache”, from the demanding coloratura role of the Queen of the Night from Mozart’s “Magic Flute.” Like the proverbial dog walking on his hind legs, it’s not amazing that he does it well, but that he does it at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..arch=opera

A little bit of shameless blog pimping here –

Connecticut Bob has personal Ned Lamont fundraising boat that he is trying to float.

Bob has a goal of $250, and he’s raised $85 so far.

For any of you itching to throw Ned Lamont some greenback love, think about doing it via CT Bob.

Thanks . . .

http://ctbob.blogspot.com/

[end shameless b-p]

For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..earch=1967

“Wasn’t there a better video? I would think more thought would have gone into the marketing, here.”
All excellent reasons to contribute generously either thru VISA, MasterCard OR PAYPAL and as always, click through the advertising.

Welcome Donita, Jane has a great eye for talent and her imprimatur carries a lot of weight here at FDL and growing influence in a lot of other places as well.

there is a SHITELOAD of vintage Merle Haggard (”Branded Man”-era) at the YouTube, too…

Cozumel 28 — that’s a good one, shameless Stills fan here.

More freaky videos:

Basement Jaxx – “Where’s Your Head At?” (freaky monkey experiments)

Electric 6 – “Gay Bar” (gay Abraham Lincolns – the whip-censored bits are “war” and “nuclear war”, BTW)

Uh-oh now I’m gone….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..rch=Stills stephen

Recommended Teddy’s and Tim’s diaries at kos. And Teddy’s poll shows 100% in favor of Reid/party supporting the primary winner–duh!
Lots of support for the letter at Reid’s site too.

It’s getting worse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..rch=Stills stephen

EPU’d and edited:

TeddySanFran

At last count, with 76 votes tallied, the vote was still 100 percent on your poll at DailyKos for the proposition that Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid should pledge to support the winner of the Connecticut Democratic primary.

I left a lengthy comment to your diary. Here is an excerpt:

“Senatorial courtesy, the good-old-boy club, the Incumbent Preservation Society, whatever you want to call it, Reid would be making a major mistake to side with Democrats of dubious party loyalty such as Charles Schumer (D-NY)who choose to interfere in the Connecticut Democratic Party’s nomination process and refuse to commit to supporting the party’s nominee after the primary. If that is Reid’s idea of leadership, then the slogan should be ‘Get the Hell Out, Harry.’”

Another in a long line of excellent ideas Jane. Sure appreciate your long days (EDT) blogging from CT. What a wonderful day it has been checking in to read the latest.

LOL Jane!

Come back into the light ; )

Encore presentation… The BEST I’ve found there, bar none…

Small Faces – Itchycoo Park (Beat Club 1968)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..h=itchycoo park

Jane, you gettin’ any sleep these days, blogging Pacific hours in the East?

Infancy of a Disaster — is she singing about Day One of the Lieberman-as-independent/Democrat-Not/WATB/No Mojo Joe campaign?

ok Jane … everytime I go into youtube rehab, you send me back!

some favorite music history moments:

because whoever chose to focus on Janis’ feet was brilliant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..arch=janis joplin

and then there’s my favorite music man (not john denver):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..rch=herbie hancock

because whoever chose to focus on Janis’ feet was brilliant:

And whoever tagged it as “80s” and “punk”… not so much.

Maybe it’s time to add a youtube and music category up top.

I see your Buffalo Springfield, and raise you a Van Morrison with the Chieftains playing “Star of the County Down”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..search=Van Morrison

(sorry, i once again failed miserably at the html spell)

Steve Gilliard:

TNB did a recent interview with Joe Lieberman’s astral advisor and guardian angel, Benedict Arnold . . .

http://stevegilliard.blogspot……party.html

http://apoeticjustice.blogspot…..rdfor.html

THRUSTING AMERICA’S LOVE OUTWARD!

(An Ode to the 4th)…..

That #35 link is going into my heavy rotation, from the Tom Jones show. Utterly fab.

Well said neurophius.
Primaries are dry runs for the elections. They measure who will actually cast a vote. Today, Joe Liebermann just leveraged all his name recognition, payed for by Al Gore, to tell the Democratic Primary to go “Dick Cheney” themselves. Joementum’s selfishness trashes the whole process and really hurts all the other “smaller” races in CT.
It may also have the unintended impact of increasing the impact netroots can have in the CT primary. Joe just “pulled the rug out” from underneath all those Dems who have been running all along as though they had to rely on Joe’s coat tails to survive the primary.

I will limit myself to one (dial up) question about youtube. Is the sound quality good? Janis, Vanbuffalo you guys are brutal. lol

From the NYT: C.I.A. Closes Unit Focused on Capture of bin Laden

I was wondering whether the Pakistanis are taking over the franchise operations, as a substitute for *ilson’s pomegranates in payment for the F-16s. They produce on schedule (let’s see, when might that be?…) and get to keep the planes (signing payment), plus maybe some parts, training, etc. (retainer). Talk about a need to re-invent government!

Okay, there’s a crack in the main fuel tank, and there are–literally–vultures in the air. Does anyone else think that a 4th of July launch of the space shuttle (Motto: Only 50% of the fleet has gone ka-blewie!) is a spectacularly bad idea? I mean, I really hope the launch goes off without a hitch and this turns into a warm and fuzzy 4th of July story, but I think NASA is taking one hell of a gamble here.

prostratedragon – Yea, 3 billion for war planes or lets see how about 3 billion for earthquake relief.

Awesome news about Donita! I love L7, they’re the band I usually end up listening to when I’m pissed off…and this Administration has made me pissed off a lot, so you can imagine how much I’ve been listening to their cds lately hehe.

Okay, there’s a crack in the main fuel tank, and there are%u2013literally%u2013vultures in the air. Does anyone else think that a 4th of July launch of the space shuttle (Motto: Only 50% of the fleet has gone ka-blewie!) is a spectacularly bad idea?

Umm… yeah?

How many shuttles have to blow up before they learn their lesson?

Eureka Springs @ 49 – depends onthe lcips, some are much better than others, depending on the source.

I’d been so good, hadn’t frittered any time away at Youtube in a couple of weeks, but now I’m going back to see 3 new Van vids and see if there’s any Kate Bush or Bonnie Raitt.

Oh well, it’s a holiday night…

ck – So what’s goin’ on with Atrios crowd? I’ve been busy studying, and will be till the the end of July (seriously, I am studying for something).

And, finally on YouTube, a full version. Hey, it SAYS it’s a rare promo version – VERY RARE. And it’s punk, solid funking gold punk.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wGu…..ch=teenage kicks

Kurt 53 — they’re the band I usually end up listening to when I’m pissed off%u2026

They are very appropriate for the present moment, I’d say.

Op99 — not as much sleep as I should get. I was going to take it easy today, holiday weekend, blah blah blah…so much for that…

Eli-
Thanks for the NO and Basement Jaxx fix. Awesome:)

Here’s my current YouTube fixation-

Primal Scream- Country Girl

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8AJB8mfm9Zg

For you youngsters, here’s where that mediocre band got their name.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..arch=bonzo dog band

Eli, nice links. I’m a little bit scared and a little bit happy…thanks.

Jane 57, I know what you mean, lol. I wish FDL Late Night people would send me to bed at a decent hour on worknights.

Eli says:
July 3rd, 2006 at 9:57 pm

How many shuttles have to blow up before they learn their lesson?
———————————————————-
All of them, it seems.

Sorry it’s out of sync. Can’t wait until Apple redoes this film. MMT is a much underated film.

Heh. Glad you liked, Phoebe & Johnny. I actually forgot to post my usual “Monday Media Blogging” feature (usually video), but I’m making up for it here…

All of them, it seems.

That certainly would prevent it from happening again…

not the best of their songs … but sadly youtube does not have “Let’s go for a walk upon the water” so we have to settle … still, precursors to many like bonzo and similar vintage to itchycoo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..search=the move uk

And for Mad Rabbi Joe up in CT, we have classic Slade – Ultra Slade even.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7Tm…..arch=slade runaway

And for those of you who don’t know, Slade begat Quiet Riot who copied Slade’s “Come on Feel the Noise,” but don’t hold that against them.

As to the shuttle. I’ll say it again. The ISS has to be finished so that they can have a platform to launch ICBM’s off of. NASA estimates it will take 64 more missions! How many are they willing to kill for a “new world order?” Buzzards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another NASA link. Red flags all over the field here: http://www.breitbart.com/news/…..T4V00.html

powerful lamont ad on ctbob’s site. check it out!
http://ctbob.blogspot.com/

Primal Scream- Country Girl

Well, crap. They don’t have “Get Your Rocks Off”. Although “Country Girl” is definitely a better video…

gotcha covered, Teddy

And for Mad Rabbi Joe up in CT, we have classic Slade – Ultra Slade even.

Love that song. I did not raelize the album was called “Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply”…

Eli-
That video is awesome, just got “Riot City Blues” the other day… fantastic.

YouTube doesn’t have the video-video, but they have a live version of “Rocks”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ce6bURqiSfQ

FProbst, I too will be crossing my fingers and holding my breath. Remember watching the launch of the one a few years ago when the commentator mentioned at the time that some kind of debris seemed to be flying off the rocket?

The dreamer in me would like to see space travel continued somehow, but the practical aspects—some quite obvious, like the effects on materials of repeated freezing and thawing—and NASA’s organizational culture really have me worried for the astronauts.

So… has anyone seen Divine’s version of “Walk Like A Man”?

Okay, everyone get out your X record “Fourth Of July” and read Griel Marcus

http://www.salon.com/opinion/f…..can_dream/

Congressman Tim Ryan today:
http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gm…..eorge.html

No. And something tells me I should be really sorry.

Gotta try the you-tube later. For some reason, flash runs off and hides with my audio and I have to restart browsers to get it back.

Hey, thanks to all of you who recommended my first dK diary — it’s on the recommended list, no small thanks to all your votes!

oh, and eli — that Klaus safety video is just disturbing. You owe me a total of 15:23 now….

Stephen 59 — I’d never seen that. Love Viv Stanshall. My (perennially mentioned) favorite, Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, was once described as a movie “written, produced, directed by and starring alcoholics.” It’s brilliant, a must-see for the Harry Hutton fan.

YouTube doesn’t have the video-video, but they have a live version of “Rocks”

Ex-cellent…

Another favorite blast from the past – used to be on U68 in NYC all the time back in the day, but I never saw nor heard it anywhere else: New Order – “Shellshock”.

Stephen 77 — now I”m disappointed, I thought it was a YouTube of “4th of July.”

oh, and eli – that Klaus safety video is just disturbing. You owe me a total of 15:23 now….

Mwahahahaha… I fear that this sort of thing may be my sole purpose on this planet.

Somebody’s hit the Recommended List at DailyKos;-)

Congratulations!

Eli … Ms Divine was …just divine.

ducking fast

… great, now thanks to Donita I’m gonna have to share fdl with my SO, who used to think fdl only took me away. Apparently fdl now has intrinsic value!

EPU 67 — I actually just bought a CD (ie, not on ITunes) — a copy of Slade’s “Git Yer Boots On.” I say that all the time and nobody ever knows where it comes from.

Or maybe it’s just too boring to mention, I dunno.

Eli … Ms Divine was …just divine.

I think I might actually prefer that to the original.

yikes! i got l7 mixed up w/luscious jackson…

i’m so unhip..

here’s what i can’t figure out. if the space shuttle is damaged nasa says the crew can wait at the space station for a rescue shuttle. so what if the rescue shuttle gets damaged and that crew is also stuck at the space station. do they all just eat each other alive and the last one gets really fat and comes home with the russians?

Teddy hit the recommended list!!! WOO HOO!!!!

You’re a rock star, Teddy.

I mean, I really hope the launch goes off without a hitch and this turns into a warm and fuzzy 4th of July story, but I think NASA is taking one hell of a gamble here.

Stupid, stupid, stupid. And utterly heartless toward the astronauts. How cynical am I that I just see this as a big, craven grab at the whole trailer trash pie?

But, hey, you know? What’s a few more American lives sacrificed to the President’s vanity? He’s killed 3000 soldiers in Iraq. What’s a few astronauts?

Here’s a politically symbolic one:

Camouflage – “The Great Commandment”.

Donita?
Cool, that’s my little sister’s name.

Donita – Welcome to FDL! I used to be a music columnist. It is a big responsibility. I wrote for a small circulation daily, but you’re on the cutting edge of the next journalism paradigm. Keep that in mind, and your talent and creativity will carry you on through to that other side we’re so close to.

siun – I did the recommend button thingie.

Jane – I am so afraid to get into YouTube. I’m 59, there’s so little time to finish MY work.

all here interested in Frank Probst’s apprehension about the shuttle – I remember one of my first thoughts as I watched the Columbia unravel over Texas was, “Bush has got to be the unluckiest President….”

I mean, I really hope the launch goes off without a hitch and this turns into a warm and fuzzy 4th of July story, but I think NASA is taking one hell of a gamble here.

Stupid, stupid, stupid. And utterly heartless toward the astronauts. How cynical am I that I just see this as a big, craven grab at the whole trailer trash pie?

It’s not like anything bad has ever happened before when we launched under less-than-ideal conditions…

A shuttle explosion is not a rally-’round-the-president type event, correct?

In this case, it’s more like a “What were you *thinking*???” event. Could they be actively trying to squash the shuttle program?

prostratedragon

Your DKos link doesn’t work for me

Hey – did anyone hear anything more about the suddent omg N Korea is threatening the US story that CNN led with for one broadcast?

on the shuttle – where is Richard Feynman when we need him? (sorely missed)

also, hope folks have read Hersch’s latest:
http://www.informationclearing…..e13819.htm

and Howard Zinn says Put away the Flags:
http://www.informationclearing…..e13823.htm

Can I just say how much I hate primal scream?

*ducks and runs for cover*

siun, I second the post about Richard Feynman.

Jimi Hendrix – Band of Gypsies – MACHINE GUN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..earch=band of Gypsies

Nite ; )

One more from the vault

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..eely%20Dan

I’ve been fiddling around trying to find the C-SPAN link to yearlykos to send to my relative who is NYC working for a friend doing Lieberman ads – though he says he may bail out because of today’s announcement – a lot of arguing going on in the production room, but they’re supposed to start working on a reasponse to Ned’s new stuff tomorrow morning.

Anyway, does somebody here have the link to the archived C-SPAN coverage of yearlykos? It has to do with convincing my relative to come over from the dark side.

Dover Bitch – he remains one of my heroes

finishing my sort through ICH for today, they included Langston Hughes for the 4th – sadly as appropriate as ever:

Let America Be America Again

http://www.informationclearing…..le4004.htm

*ducks and runs for cover*

It’s okay, TRex. Free country and all that. For now, anyway:)

this is a lovely vid by boards of canada:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrBZeWjGjl8

looking forward to donita’s posts!

Hey Donita…we met at DNA in San Francisco a million years ago. I was a DJ there in another lifetime. Glad to have you onboard the with the firepups. Welcome!!

Here’s what I found on my first dive into youtube:

Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On?

Marvin Gaye’s cufflinks have more soul than Bobby Gillespie.

Jane – Fond memories are never boring. Slade always brings a smile to my face.

Oh I forgot…this in in Dutch, but you get the point good video, good song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVXhAk6FTwA

FWIW, when the Rebels fired on Fort Sumter in 1861, they were trying to drive Federal troops out of South Carolina. They made a horrible miscalculation, as that action made South Carolina the “aggressors” in the eyes of the nation, just the opposite of the “states rights” image they wanted to project. Their action also wrecked the more moderates in the South, especially Virginia where most of the bloodiest battles were fought.
It seems to me that Howard Dean maybe able to “leverage” Lieberman’s betrayl of the Primary system as a referendum right now for the entire Democratic party. We don’t have to wait until November to hold DINO’s accountable. If we keep doing what we’re doing, every fund raiser that Reid, Clinton, Schumer, …. and all the rest attend, people will ask them about the CT primary. Will they pledge to support the winner?
IMO, the best scenario for Ned and for the Democratic party would be if we put so much pressure on the leadership that they all had to pledge to support the winner of the CT primary. In the best of all possible worlds this might force Joe to recant his threat to run as an Republican independent.

squirrel hiller
yes, that is the plan, exactly.

I saw the Challenger explode. In person, I mean, not on tv. In the actual sky. It was pretty goddamned creepy.

Frank 51

I so agree that pushing this iffy launch on the Fourth of July is nutz.

Shoot, I resented their sending off a launch on my birthday one year. If it went blooey, I didn’t want to have that anniversary hanging over my B-day every year.

Eli 22, Geez, that german dude on the fork lift, that was some sick puppy who concieved of that gem.

my dream shuttle crew:
captain rush”never will be good looking” limbaugh
ann “her arms are so long, she types in another state”coulter
that “gas bill keller” babe
ted “my internets are stuck in the tubes”stevens
karl rove, cause i want to see him in an orange jumpsuit
bill”will bet on anything” bennett
bill”skin ‘em alive”frist
dick “robo heartless”cheney

Neil Young Like a Hurricane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..earch=Neil Young

Whoops!

Jimi Hendrix – MACHINE GUN (Part 1 of 2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsh7GxzxPSs

Trex – step away from the computer! Once youtube invades your life, it’s all over.

Those JaneHamshersoftheLeft use it as mindcontrol and bygod it works!

Jane – Fond memories are never boring. Slade always brings a smile to my face.

I will never be able to see the name of the band Slade without thinking about this DJ I heard on the radio in London in 1990. He had just played that Run Runaway song and he said, jokingly, “And that was the band SHLAHR-day with ‘Run Runaway’. She’s changed her sound a bit, hasn’t she?”

For the record, “Run Runaway” was the last vinyl single that I ever bought.

Hey Coz, last night you commented that Moose dated Coulter according to a Red Sox site.
Was that hate Yankee rhetoric or is Moose that despicable?

CLETER!!!

Where have you BEEN?!

Eli 22, Geez, that german dude on the fork lift, that was some sick puppy who concieved of that gem.

I always end up wondering whether that actually *is* a real forklift training video…

And if you want to talk sick puppies, I give you… Billy’s Balloon (by the same guy who did “Rejected”)

For the record, “Run Runaway” was the last vinyl single that I ever bought.

*Cough.* No pun intended, of course.

Mine was Sinead O’Connor’s “Mandinka”. 7″ single. Now, I bought 12″ remixes and EP’s well into the 90’s because I was DJ-ing.

What is this “vinyl” of which you speak?

Hi TRex
I’ve been working. On an island. With no internet. It was kind of odd.

Sorry, neurophius, how about this one:
Retrying the DailyKos Frontpage

“Could they be actively trying to squash the shuttle program?”
My take is that reading the morning paper for the WH is like running through an unmapped minefield.
Joenertia wants to talk about Iraq.
IMHO, the WH figures the odds are in their favor that this one will not blow up. If it does, they’ll just blame it on the Democrats and it takes attention away from things blowing up in the Middle East.

On the island, we had no internet, but one of the guys had brought a victrola. No, I’m serious. A victrola. And a bunch of 78s. He brought his victrola because the electricity was a bit iffy. And because he really liked the WWI music, a lot of which is surprisingly dirty.

Dang it. I was able to resist the sultry, siren call of You-Tube until neuro posted Neil Young Like A Hurricane.

The secret to youtube on a dialup is to turn the volume completely down and let the song load. After the entire video is finished loading in starts and blips, just hit play again, turn the sound up and enjoy the entire video without interruption.

A victrola, I believe, is the 1918 equivalent of youtube.

IMHO, the WH figures the odds are in their favor that this one will not blow up.

Makes sense. They’re very good at planning for the best-case scenario.

Outta here early. My band plays late tomorrow morning for an hour before the local 4th of July parade starts – Sousa, Fillmore, King, Ballad of the Green Berets (my arrangement), Louie Louie, some polkas, Mustang Sally, Gimme Some Lovin’, Pink Panther, Col. Bogie, etc…..

I’m not even playing. I’m bringing out the big guns here. Prepare to be blown away; Kaki King- Ingots.

If you get a chance to see her live, you can thank me later.

Jane,
If you look up Musikladen (a German TV program) they have Stills with Manassas live in the studio from ‘72. It’s 45 minutes of heaven and boy, does that Chris Hillman rock. He partnered with McGuinn, Gram Parsons, and Stephen, all before 1975! And he’s a real mensch.

How about The New Pornographers? (Warning: No actual pornography)

On the island, we had no internet, but one of the guys had brought a victrola. No, I’m serious. A victrola. And a bunch of 78s. He brought his victrola because the electricity was a bit iffy. And because he really liked the WWI music, a lot of which is surprisingly dirty.

Um, did Gabriel Garcia Marquez write your vacation, cleter?

Here’s a weakness of mine: Tori Amos. I will be the first to concede that her output could use a bit stricter quality control, but every now and then she makes something that makes me want to just lay down on the floor.

There is a sub-suite within her work that seems to deal with a CIA operative who was killed in action. There are several characters that flit in and out of her lyrics, and this song is one of the ones that seems to deal with that particular narrative:

Tori Amos, “Spark”

Tori Amos’s music is like licorice or anise seed. You either love it or hate it, not many people are in between.

ahem…here

John Casper,

“Hey Coz, last night you commented that Moose dated Coulter according to a Red Sox site.
Was that hate Yankee rhetoric or is Moose that despicable?”

SOSH is the bible of Red Sox sites. Gammons reads it every day and Curt Shilling used to post there as “G38″ ; ) It’s a closed admission site now. Mostly sat heads, attorneys, doctors and such post there. Hard core Red Sox fans. I believe the Ann Coulter bit, she was spotted about town with Mussina by SOSH’ers ; )

Sons of Sam Horn…

http://www.sonsofsamhorn.com/

Vinyl Junkie here…not to brag but I do have about 13,000 records and about 3000 cds…and what are you people doing up this late I’m usually by myself in here at this hour…

YouTube does NOT have Graham Parker’s Stupefaction; but it should, cause it’s a perfect anthem for TEAM LOSER.

op99, if you’re still awake, i gotta say that kid singing opera was pretty kewl….

And I’d win. Again. ;-)

Coz, if you believe it, that’s good enough for me.
Thanks.

hey, hope, happy independence day!

is it always about the winning for the universes?

Hopey Turtle, every time I read your name, it makes me happy. I don’t always chuckle, but I at least smile.

is it always about the winning for the universes?

Universe always kicks *my* ass, anyway…

Thanks Teddy…hold down the Castro for me…I miss home so much. Ever go to The Eagle? Boy they used have great beer busts…Happy Indy Day to you Sir.

Same here TRex…you are a gentleman and a scholar…Happy 4th.

I’ll continue on my Kaki King crusade with Playing with Pink Noise.

Seriously, you’ll be impressed.

through some miracle of uncharacteristic willpower I’ve successfully resisted the siren song of YouTube, other than the occasional dabble. it wouldn’t even be a slippery slope were I succumb. added to my FDL habit, it would be total all-encompassing catastrophe.

(TRex, the Marvin Gaye was cool.)

… i hardly ever go to the Eagle anymore, i used to hang there every sunday passing out condoms and lube at the beer bust. fun times…..

I am still downloading Neil Young on my dial-up. And I see C&L has up SRV and Albert King doing Matchbox Blues. I’m gonna be downloading half the night.

TRex – an oddly interesting little thing set to Tori … Capoeira with Tori

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..earch=tori amos

At the risk of embarrassing myself, here’s a song my band did a million years ago:

http://www.broadjam.com/transm…..yhgbndsq=1

%u2026 i hardly ever go to the Eagle anymore, i used to hang there every sunday passing out condoms and lube at the beer bust. fun times%u2026..

OH MY GOD!

Dude, are you, like, GAY??!!

Jesus leapin Christmas! Nobody told me there was gonna be faggots here!

*Flounces off*

ESPN analyst Gammons ‘resting comfortably’
Associated Press
Jun. 29, 2006
“BOSTON – Peter Gammons, an ESPN analyst and member of the writers wing of the baseball Hall of Fame, was in good condition Wednesday at a Boston hospital after surgery for a brain aneurysm….”

Have been fretting about the launch since it caught my attention with the first delay – cynically saw it as a perfect Rovian stunt to distract the masses from the drip drip drip of the netroots, Fitz, etc et al. My relief was great when it looked like the flight was grounded. Now I’m really worried and continue to hope the “mission” is scrubbed for the last thing the world needs is one more avoidable tragedy and on Independence Day no less.

Just posted a rant on the DSCC site and was disappointed that my comments were only the second post.

Hope night owls and morning doves here at the lake will head over to the site and give those rascals something to ponder.

Gonna drag my tired old bones to bed.

Heck of a job today Jane & Reddhead and all – rock on!

nice essay from mr. dionne at wapo for the fourth, fellow dissidents and progressives:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..00925.html

Ah, the good old days Teddy.

This is my lullaby to my beautiful firepups:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..earch=this mortal coil

Now GO TO BED!! mmwwwaaahh (big smooch)

benvenuta, donita

… but. but. but! TRex, you were the one who was encouraging the Eli flirting. Oh, no, have I ruined the party?

;)

Teddy SF, Here it is sung correctly by Natalie Dessay, but the kid is Kewler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..ch=natalie mozart

Here’s Natalie singing ‘Les oiseaux dans la charmille’ from Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann, a charming, comedic waltz, one of my favorites (doesn’t get going til 1:30)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..arch=opera dessay

I have not given up hope, but I am sorry that the WaPo and the New York Times haven’t run a story yet on Coulter’s plagiarizing.

Wow! That’s awesome! I”ll be looking forward to every Donita post!

And Teddy, congrats on your DKos recommend! The cream always rises to the top.

‘nite all

what a day!

Donita – Welcome!

grs @ 154
…Kaki King
WOW!

jane, that is so awesome about donita. that new video is great! she’s reminding me of grace slick (in a good way, not “wrecking ball” era). and the old clip of L7 was fantastic.

here are some of my favorites on youtube, a couple of which i posted on atrios last night:

The Sweet – Block Buster

The Sweet – Fox on the Run

X – Los Angeles

Circle Jerks – Red Tape (from Decline 1)

1970 Dodge Charger 500 tv commercial – i own one, i love this commercial

welcome, donita. you’re awesome, like jane.

damn, this site just gets better and better.

grs at 154

Do you know Erik Mongrain? This is a great little piece if you like guitar tapping:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..h=Mongrain

Here’s some cartoon set to “Path” by Apocolyptica.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..ocolyptica

Frank Probst @ 9:52 pm (#51) – I think it’s a bad sign when the safety director refuses to approve a launch. Little pieces breaking off the thing isn’t a good sign, either.

The shuttle really should have been a prototype or experimental design, with a follow-on after ten years. Instead, we were sold something that was supposed to be a workhorse vehicle. I think it’s going to take a few more design cycles before we reach that point. Congress, and maybe the public, aren’t willing to pay for that, so here we are.

John Casper,

I found this in an old email I sent to a friend a little over a year ago. Curt quit posting there when the media found out he was posting at SOSH as “G38″…

Curt Shilling aka G38…

“I was told by a veteran player “If you are gonna pitch inside ok, but if you keep drilling people, and I get drilled, and hurt, I am not gonna be pissed at their guy, I am coming after you.”
The big leagues is not the place to learn how to do it. Fact of the matter is Kazmir has hit the same people in his last few starts against us, I don’t think he did it on purpose, I don’t know, but if you are going to drill our guys, consistently, then there’s a price.”

Ed*ard Teller at 106: It looks like the YearlyKos video may have fallen out of C-SPAN’s “recent programs” online archive. You can buy the programs on DVD here, and LinkTV/Fora.tv has quite a few programs available for free (you have to register, but there’s no charge.)

Is everyone off watching YouTube, or just asleep?

G,Night firepups, thanks for all the listening pleasure. Eli, I especially loved Rammstein – Sonne at 24.

HopeSpringsATurtle @ 173
Erik Mongrain – nice!
First album pending…
http://www.erikmongrain.com.di…..c.php?t=35

ET at 106: I believe downthread earlier today there was mention of CSPAN re-running the YKOS panels in the afternoon all this week. I can’t remember which thread Leaverman thread it was on or who said it.

Today is Independence Day–the day the Democratic Party declares its independence from Joe Lieberman.

Good night, all.

Back from tube-spelunking…
Al Green
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..;search=al green

Oh, one more thing, in case you missed this the last time on FDL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..ch=maskman lenny bruce

Almost any Iron Maiden song works for the times we live in. Weird.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..earch=iron maiden

Although it’s not as good as Number of the Beast.

op99
lenny bruce-I love FDLers SOHumor. Not exactly Deadwood…

Not as good musically. Topically, yeah.

The world is getting a “Brazil” sort of feel. Some recent dealings with thick bureaucracy, and all. Not hopeless, but ten years ago, I could never have imagined we’d be in this particular fight.

Bad Spanish alert, and sorry if this has been mentioned:

Echáis una mirada para El Titere (Go take a gander at the marionette, y’all). “Well it is nice to hear him speak truth”

Thanks Coz.
IMHO, the hitters are usually the problem. They are “diving” to get to the outside corner. Anything inside will hit them, but the pitcher has a right to the plate too.

neurophius @ 11:54 pm (#179) – Is everyone off watching YouTube, or just asleep?

A little of both, I think. That X song Jim in LA listed got me trying to find other X videos. It’s not the first time I’ve cursed them for choosing a name with a single letter in it.

Here is some Stan Getz, Gilberto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..earch=stan getz

and I absolutely love this one, a couple filmed themselves driving through Brazil in their ethenol powerd car listening to Bossa Nova Dream.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..arch=bossa

(sniff, sniff)

Thees thread, she smells of Eli.

(wrinkles up keety nose)

I heard that joo are looking for some Youtube, no?

so.

I left a message on the DSCC blog a few hours ago about Lieberman and the challenge that his cut and run poses for the DSCC. I just went back and checked, and they had scrubbed it from the site. At least, I could not find it. It was critical of the DSCC leadership but was not nasty. I think there was at least one other comment with a similar message; it is (or they are) also gone. The most recent comments they have are from Friday. It’s as if Joenertia’s press conference today did not happen. I guess they can’t handle “diversity,” to use one of Joementum’s phrases. I would encourage people to go there throughout the holiday and leave comments. They may not stay up long, but at least the DSCC will be hearing from us.

Here is the link to the DSCC blog:

http://www.fromtheroots.org/

Ok last one…still topical I think, and I love this song, night all, sweet dreams.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..search=van halen right now

Billmon on today’s Shuttle launch: Lighting the Candle.

neuro

i saw your comment in a post about the site at booman tribune… your comment is the last one in the article.

neuro, my mistake, it was at corrente wire – here’s the link

http://www.correntewire.com/oo…..ade_a_mess

Is this the comment you are talking about:
Senator Joe Lieberman’s announcement that he is taking steps to run for the U.S. Senate as an independent candidate if he loses the August Democratic Primary in Connecticut poses a critical challenge to the DSCC. Will it preserve its integrity as a Democratic Party adjunct organization by staying neutral in the Connecticut Senate primary and pledging to support the Democratic nominee, and only the Democratic nominee, in the general election, whoever that may be? Or will it breach the trust of Democrats, including its contributers, by interfering in the Connecticut Democratic Party’s nominating process or by supporting a candidate who runs against the Democratic nominee in the general election? If the latter, I for one intend to make all future contributions to selected Democratic Senate candidates like Ned Lamont, and not to the DSCC. It is imperative that the DSCC renounce Lieberman’s ill-advised and disloyal scheme to have it both ways.

by neuro on Mon Jul 3rd, 2006 at 10:06:26 PM

Ack! look at the time, I’ve been YouTubed for hours now. Thanks. ;-)

Lenny Kravitz. I Want to Get Away
Driving I 80 down the Sierras into Reno with snow on the ground.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..ch=highway

Jools is a f*in sellout waster of course, but I guess he’s got something, even if its just an appreciation for actual talent…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKiJMh6AbeM

WoW!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sh*t! 6 hrs of work still to get done, 3/4 of my bottle of whisky has “evaporated”, and I still can’t stop YouTubing the dregs of my miserable youth like I could do it all over again.

And even if I could, I know I would F it up just the same anyway. Remarkable how insight into one’s own condition can be both utterly useless and yet also the most frustrating knowledge to ever become aware of.

This damn YouTube should come with a Government health warning!

Scared everyone away I guess. Oh well, here gose the other 1/4.

/goes (why do I never preview?)

Whew, lucky escape. Found a nice Longmore I’d put awa’.

Well, save for one illuminating contribution from Herr Werner, looks like I’ve closed this thread down for nearly 1 1/2 hours. But dammit, this is FDL of all places. That’s got to be worth something.

Hey, maybe somebody can link me to one of those Al Qaida web sites. Do I have the ultimate stealth weaponry or what? They won’t know what hit them.

just my vote for the best video ever made (the song is pretty good too!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..search=pet shop boys, being boring

unfortunately, the video transfer is pretty inadequate — and considering that this video was shot by Bruce Weber, the loss of resolution is a tragedy….

The worst swedish techno-pop song ever:

Anna … a bot that nobody can hit.

Hey Paul! I was going for a total 2 hr shut-down but you fixed that.

I dissed you, quite appropriately I thought, a few months ago when you gave ventured your opinion about FDL’s lightweight commenters over on some other, much more “serious”, blog.

I thought it was pretty cool to bust you. But now, to spoil it all, you catch me here, proving your point to a ‘T’.

In my defence – you gotta make some allowances. I’m not doin’ too bad so far (thanks in part to some very good Scotch).

So… you wanna talk some serious stuff? Politics, Pet Shop Boys, Bananarama, that kind of thing?

It’s 7:20am EST on the Fourth of July.

Do you know where your country went?

I thought it was pretty cool to bust you. But now, to spoil it all, you catch me here, proving your point to a ‘T’.

you’re not busted… and my observation wasn’t about “lightweight commenters” so much as it was about the increasing difficulty in having a focussed, serious discussion with FDL becoming more popular.

(IMHO, there is a inverse proportional relationship between a blogs popularity and the usefulness of its comments sections.)

Fourth of July readings:

1. David Swanson:

Veterans for Peace has drafted a Declaration of Impeachment using nothing but excerpts from the Declaration of Independence (plus a few words in parentheses). It reads as follows, and should be read at picnics and protests on the Fourth of July[.]

2. You could just read the original. I heard NPR’s annual reading and it’s amazingly, shamefully apt. Even if you’re shy a human audience, I suggest an oral reading.

L7?

righteous!

I must admit to not being very serious or focussed right now, since its late, and with 1 a bit Bowmore & Longmore onboard to keep me going. Presumably early for you.

Apologies for the unwarranted needling very cool you didn’t give it back (especially since I really deserve it tonight).

Always appreciate your comments, wherever I find them.

I saw L7 several times when I lived in LA. They rocked as hard as anyone. I remember being in the fron row one night at Coconut Teasers. I think they had a song called “Hungry for Stink” which I thought was funny.

RE yesterday’s post about ted stevens and the internet tubes:

“Inspired by Ted Stevens’ profound insight [ed: Senator Stevens reports that he believes the Internet is ‘a series of tubes’ that must be protected from Net Neutrality]’ I decided to silkscreen my own internet diagram T-shirt. I’ve released the template I used under the Noncommercial Creative Commons License for anyone to modify or distribute as they see fit. No attribution needed, but contributions to the ASPCA are always appreciated. And since my webserver is ‘not a truck,’ torrents are encouraged.”

http://eightchainedourangoutan…..ttubes.jpg

via – boingboing.com

Good Morning Patriots,

A Happy and Glorious Fourth To Us All !

general techie question – found a great interactive site – would love to be able to display it as each person makes their contributions – is there a simple means to accomplish this or is this something at the page designer level ?

forgive me, first cup and all

I’d be curious to see how enthusiastic the average Connecticutian (-ite?) -oid?) will be to actually sign this petition if approached by a “volunteer.”

I have questions about it too–does he have to petition registered democrats? independents only? how many signatures does he need? How much cash is it going to take to get this thing done? How are Lieberman’s cash-on-hand numbers, anyway? I mean, who out there is donating to him?

I would not be surprised if getting the # of signatures he needs turns out to be more difficult than he thinks.

I should have prefaced that last entry with “OT, about the Lieberman campaign”–topic needs a little foreshadowing.

Cut ‘n’ Run Joe needs a minimum of 7500 valid signatures to get on the ballot as an “Apostate Democrat” — he’s always been tight with the corporate interests (big bucks) in CT so he can well afford the crew. Petitioning efforts just take time: people sign pretty easily — you could get signatures to put Nikita Khruschev on the ballot as Pope !

With friends like Donna Brazile, you don’t need enemies. Ms. Brazile, a professed supporter of Clueless Joe (ah, there punaise, remember Shoeless Joe Jackson?) has this to say in this morning’s Times article:

Another party official, Donna Brazile, said yesterday that she supported Mr. Lieberman’s candidacy but was concerned that his contingency plan would “hurt more than help his candidacy.” She explained: “I think Joe Lieberman could have really scored with the Democratic voters if he’d said that he was a Democrat, would run as a Democrat and would honor the wishes of the Democratic voters.”

All these supposedly helpful words do is to underline the fact that Joe is NOT doing the things she suggested, and is therefore no real Democrat. Does anyone else think that Donna will be persona non grata with the Lieberman campaign beginning now?

Good morning and Happy Fourth, you patriotic pups, you!

I just ambled by Glenn’s on my way in. Found him examining “[a] few (perversely) humorous holiday items” — i.e., the Malkin-Horowitz crowd’s splats on the valley floor soooo far below that “treasonous-NYT-Travel-section!” cliff they overshot with such gusto.

Oh, and he too is enchanted by Pell-Mell Pammy’s video . . .

yesterday afternoon, right after Cut ‘n’ Run Joe actually cut and ran, Donna Brazile opined on CNN that the DSCC would have to support the winner of the CT Primary …

the YouTube vid I can’t get away from:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..ranberries

Dolores O’Riordan’s sweet little smile before she turns to face the mic and roars – Zom-BEEE!!

HopeSpringsATurtle @ 174

Thanks for that Mongrain clip!

I read a very short article about Kaki King a couple of years back in Guitar World Acousitc and bought her CD on a whim and I’ve been an impressed fan ever since. She’s opened a gateway to Michael Hedges and Leo Kottke and hours of frustration (joy?) trying to make some sounds similar to theirs on my guitar. Sometimes I think my guitars are just broken.

Did Cut’n’Run finally approach zero in that wfsb poll? Guess they took it down — last I saw, Ned had 96%.

How’s Act Blue looking this morning?

Hi gang! In my pothead youth I had a cat named Stonita.

Loved L7 so this is good.

Now to read thread – wish I wasn’t on dialup for all the youtube delectations I’m certain to find

Thanks to me kids, I actually have multiple YouTube favorites. The kids make me play them all over and over again.

The family favorite has to be The Ramayana Monkey Chant, which we learned about through Scott Hacker’s excellent Foobar Blog.

Also via Scott Hacker: South African Spoon Guitar.

Hint: Scott Hacker also runs a very nice WordPress host in case you’re looking for one. Just sayin’.

Then there is the awesome and somewhat famous Jake Shimabukuro ukulele solo, which truly is an amazing virtuoso performance.

My own favorite is the balls-out energy of DCI Blast! Malaguena. Oh Baby!

-J

new thread!

*ilson, 225

If we have a smackdown between Schumer and Brazile, my dime is on Donna.

Try to work this one into the mix. It says it all:

“While you were sleeping, they came and took it all away…It was an inside job; by the well-connected, your little protest, summarily rejected. It was an inside job, like it always is. Chalk it up to business as usual.” Don Henley, “Inside Job” CD
http://www.donhenley.com/av.html

It’s taken me 2 hours to get through this entire thread…yeesh. I’m driving my family crazy with the electic mix of content, although they all were absolutely silent, the little guy sat on my lap for the entirety of 20 minutes of Kaki King clips. (Thanks, grs!)

And now my contribution, for a quiet Independence Day morning: George Benson and Breezin’ (1978). Not the best production values, but wow, does it collapse time for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..rch=george benson

And a shout-out for my fellow Salon blogger, Hugh at STANDING ROOM ONLY, who has an impeccable eye for the truly entertaining in culture and in YouTube, especially. Don’t take my word for it; browse his site. (BTW: Jessica? watch your back. Heh.)

loved this post jane. thank you. welcome donita. you are a gifted spirit. happy forth firedoglake. a lifeline in these wrong way time. onward.

ugh. preview is your friend. why can’t i remember that fact. ever.

Rayne @ 234

Glad you enjoyed.

My last clip for this thread is Somewhere Over the Rainbow/Wonderful World by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole. His version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow still gives me goosebumps no matter how many times I hear it.

Right on!

Sorry — couldn’t help myself for popping in to say . . .

. . . that’s some pretty damn fine taste in music (& columnists) ya got there.

I’ve seen L7 so many times I can’t list all the venues and cities. Some of the best live shows ever!

bye!
R

L7 ruled back in the day! I’m looking forward to reading her posts.