After Joe Lieberman’s non-concession speech on Tuesday night, The Rolling Stones’ "Start Me Up" started blaring through my TV. For your reading pleasure, a pull quote from the song:
You make a grown man cry
You make a dead man cum
Great lyrics, but pretty raunchy for a political campaign, no? These lyrics have unfortunately been painting a really ugly picture in my head since Tuesday night’s election. Who chose that song for a politician? Weird.
I’ve had another question since Tuesday night. Do The Rolling Stones know that this dangerous nerd is publicly using their saucy rock song as a rallying cry for… himself?
The Stones released a track called "Sweet Neo Con " on their last album that really socked it to the right wing. I highly doubt that Mick & co. would touch neo con-lover Lieberman with a ten foot pole. I’d get my people on it.
Being a recording artist myself, I was interested in finding out exactly what kind of rights an artist has protecting their material from usage in this way. I decided to call on a friend; attorney Joseph J. Madonia of Chicago, to get the skinny on the legalities. According to Joseph, "the campaigns not only have to pay for the usage of the song, they also have to get permission from the artist or artist’s representative. If permission is not obtained this would be a copyright infringement, and also a possible violation of the Lanham Act which protects the artist’s rights from a false sense of sponsorship or affiliation."
There is a pretty extensive article on the history of campaign songs at http://www.presidentelect.org/art_schimler_singing.html though the article makes no mention of Tom Petty and John Hall of Orleans siccing their lawyers with cease and desist papers on George W. for soiling their songs "I Won’t Back Down" and "Still The One" during W’s 2000 campaign rallies. George Bush Sr. had the gall to use Woody Guthrie’s "This Land Is Your Land". Is that gross or what? My friend seems to remember Bruce Springsteen getting on Reagan’s ass about using "Born In The USA" way back in the day.
A few words about this week’s Spin.
Jim Noir is a new artist that I’ve really been digging and got turned on to this week. His above video and song "My Patch" goes out to all of the voters who got tired of getting egged and brought down the big turkey in Connecticut this week.
"Blossom (Got To Get It Out)" by Komeda is by far the most rockin’ and positive party songs I’ve heard in a long time. The sample on I-Tunes does not do this song justice. I’m telling you, it jams. Even the most musically discerning (snooty) of my musician friends cannot resist this song.
I wanted to include Hit The Road Jack, however I-Tunes apparently has everyone’s version of that tune, including Helen Reddy’s, except for Ray Charles. What is up with that?
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Fitz!
Donita!
Yay! I was needin me some Donita!
I was too busy wrangling reporters at Lamont HQ to hear Joe’s choice of tunes but Start Me Up is quite a choice for Mr. Censorship! Thanks Donita for calling this out!
Maybe we can recommend some better titles to his campaign along with some notes explaining how truly shocked we are that Holy Joe would use such a vulgar song!
ah … FDL always re-energizes me!
EPU’d from last thread….
BobbyG @
141
This really resonates with me. On New Year’s Eve 1989 following the amazing events in Germany that fall, I was standing along with tens of thousands of others atop and next to the Berlin Wall, with our then 5-month old son in a backpack, celebrating and literally crying my eyes out. Probably the only time in my life I’d truly cried except at the birth of our kids. I’d lived in Germany for many years and knew we had to come back for that incredible, completely unanticipated day to be with our friends there. Never thought I’d ever live long enough to see that day, and was overjoyed for what I thought must be the beginning of a new era, most particularly for our children.
And now I too often look back on those Cold War days with nostalgia, and really fear more for the future of our children than I ever did back then. Thank you, George…..
P.S. I know Osama and the jihadists deserve some of the blame here, but good police and intelligence work could’ve dealt with them and a rational foreign policy done much to de-fuse the situations that gave birth to their movements, as opposed to an insane foreign policy that’s increased the dangers ten-fold and will now take decades to undo.
siun @ 4
Loser – Beck
or is that too obvious
Donita- I wanted to listen to you last night on KXLU but I was retired. In the early 80’s I worked at Gelson’s in the Pacific Palisades with Livation hosts Eric Stringer and Robert Douglas. I remember Stringers favorite band was The Damned.
Teddy – You question my omniscience at your own peril. Be careful.
Can’t stop listening to ‘Trance Control’ by John Vanderslice. The music is gorgeous, and the lyrics are eerie & mysterious – a great combo for a ‘deep’ pop song. mp3 here.
Donita!
Great research with regard to RGJoe’s stealing the Stones’ work for his pitiful ego massage. Wow. What would it take, do you suppose, for the Stones to go after his pasty white ass?
Hey, on-topic today is Mark Morford in the SFChronicle, writing about the nexus of music, teens, and sex (have yer pearls within clutching reach prior to clicking on http://sfgate.com/columnists/morford/)
That’s why it irks me that Limbaugh uses that Pretenders’ song. The performance royalties must outweigh the nausea on Chrissie’s part, I guess.
Obviously, I ain’t got a problem with licensing. I’d just never sell to that fuckwit.
Joe Mullet
suin@4
I think that Sympathy For The Devil or Shattered would have better choices
Maybe the lads can dedicate their next performance of “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” to Crybaby Joey.
As for my playlist, I’ve been listening to the shit outta Little Richard. Again. Now I’ve turned my kids onto him.
“Keep A’ Knockin’” is pure rock and roll.
Itunes can only sell songs if it has agreements with the song owners. Try searching Itunes for Paul McCartney. Maybe it is that Apple dispute thing.
I think Keith Richards lives in Connecticut. I wouldn’t want Keith mad at me. My advice to Lieberman is a Neil Young song….”Lookout, Joe”
Stupefaction by Graham Parker
How about “Your time is gonna come” by Led Zeppelin? “Lyin’, cheatin’, hurtin’, that’s all you seem to do…”
for RGJoe: “It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to!” Since it started Leslie Gore’s career, can it be used to end RGJoe’s? Some Gore-stinkyman symmetry there, methinks.
I heard the song during Joe’s non-concession speech, and I thought it was a pretty bizarre choice of music for Mr. Censorship. I remarked to Ms. Redshift that I doubted the Rolling Stones would approve.
The spin I’m in:
..anyone up for a movie tonite
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01774.html
Springsteen did get Reagan to stop using Born in the USA. He was actually very vocal about it at the time.
Evil Parallel Universe @ 8
LOL!! I figured he wouldn’ let that one pass.
I almost put one out there too, Teddy.
Something about it bein hard work when your universe is constantly expanding, but I let it go.
UptownNYChick @
6
TeddySanFran@10
I don’t know if he stole it. someone could’ve gotten permission from some Stones representative…manager, publisher, record label, but I’ll bet it wasn’t the band
neil-My advice to Lieberman is a Neil Young song….”Lookout, Joe”
Excellent
I just think he should play the theme from Love Story…….for his true, unwavering love of himself.
Right on. I almost fell off the couch Tuesday night when “Start Me Up” started up. As another (very localized – Northampton, MA area) recording artist, I’d just like to say that two song titles off my band’s first CD apply to today’s Spin I’m In: “No Use Pretending” and “Dream World.”
Joe. It’s closing time, man. Get off the stage.
Listened to your set last night online. Sounds great! Have a great show on Saturday.
Sid
I know people usually give Nancy Sinatra a lot of grief and make fun of her as a musician, but she’s really not that bad hehe. The “video” for Boots is of course campy and fun. I’ve heard a few songs by her over the years that are quite acceptable (albeit pop). She was certainly no David Bowie or L7 though :)
I got one for Short Ride;
Dream On, Aerosmith.
bakho@16
it is that Apple dispute. no Beatles
Everythingseemssoneat@7
I know it was a late one. I think they’re going to archive the performance
Donita, although I’m not nearly enough of a music afficianado to run with you, I really appreciate your broadening my musical horizons. For example, I had never even heard of Darlene Love, before your last post, even though I realized I had been listening to some of her music.
Or perhaps something Classical . . . Beethoven’s “Pathetique.”
How about the Dixie Chicks: Cowboy take Me Away.
Donita
The Jim Noir video is GENIUS! OMG, maybe r more catchy than the Ditty Bops from a couple of weeks ago…….where do you find this guy?????
I hear you knocking . . .
One of my faves, a good one for Joe. I need some seriously happy feet music though, bc I am dragging. The Lamont victory was wonderful and hardwon. But there is so much that keeps getting stacked up – amnesty and legalization for war crimes, amnesty and *legalizaton* for FISA and 4th Amend violations, rulings that make espionage charges gain traction for use against journalists, and on and on.
Awww come on Tommy! Not mentioning your song with Ricki Lee? But never you worry, we’ll bring up your fantastic new hit Have You Had Enough? for you! Listen to it every day now several times. Yes, it’s a huge hit with the grandson, his head jerks towards the music now at the opening notes. :) Love it.
Anyone remember the song “Mr. Custer by Larry Verne in the 60’s….
Well, at the link click on video in the middle of the paragraph. The video includes pictures of Iraq.
How about Carly Simmon – “You’re so vain….”
Reagan did indeed use Born in the USA. Bruce complained but there was also a backlash because, as anyone who has listened to the song knows, it is NOT a pro-America anthem.
I get so fed up with music being used to promote products (including politicians). Hearing Iggy’s “Lust For Life”, an ode to heroin, being used to sell cruises, or more recently, the Beatles’ “All You Need is Love”, even the Ramones – it’s just so maddening.
Maybe I’ll see ya Saturday at the Scene. I’ve seen L7 more times than I can count, but I haven’t seen you’re new band yet :-(
I really miss Rage Against The Machine. That anger so well managed and expressed. Enjoy: Sleep Now In The Fire and Testify.
Donita: it is that Apple dispute. no Beatles
I thought it was just that the Beatles, or Apple Corps, had refused to allow online distribution of their music. Thus references to W having Beatles on his iPod possibly an indication of illegal behavior on W’s part (apart from all that other evidence…)
Apple and Apple are hammering out a deal that will be beneficial to both parties, methinks.
Bad Boys Get Spanked -
The Pretenders
Tears of a Clown…
Fool on the Hill…
and definitely, Janis Joplin’s “Cry Baby”
Mark – As bad as it is, there is often a lot of snark in the choice of music for commercials. Ford or Mazda once used the music from The Nails’ song “88 Lines about 44 Women” as the background music in a commercial targetted AT women. Still makes me laugh.
ccmask @ 39
Please Mister Custer I don’t want to go…
OT.. Check out CSPAN2 and the thing on goverment and civic engagement.
I saw The Gun Club at The Music Machine.
To read the Paul Krugman Op-Ed on Liberman (and his ego), go to:
http://fivezerofive.com/main/index.php?itemid=446
Kurt @ 30
Nancy’s recent album is actually solid. It’s called ‘Nancy Sinatra‘
Redshift @
21
Good call. Howie Klein told us all about Lieberman’support for PMRC (the Parents Music Resource Center) in this February article on the Huff Po. “How Joe Lieberman tried to kill rock and roll.”
my vote for RGJoe’s theme tune:
CRY BABY CRY by the BEATLES found on the classic WHITE ALBUM. . .
(snip)
CRY BABY CRY
MAKE YOUR MOTHER SIGH
OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER
so, CRY BABY CRY
(/snip)
This would be EPU’d. For those who were concerned about “independent democrat” Joe Lieberman is neither, I sent out a note, and received a reply from the readers rep there:
The copy desk agrees with you.
Karen Hunter
Reader Representative
———————————–
It happened again today. Brian Lockhart. A DailyKos diarist points out the Independent Party affiliation is also taken.
I realize that these instances have all been direct quotations from Lieberman, and so one could argue that the quote is accurate and that the Courant itself has not used that identification. But, at the very least, there should be a qualification added after the quote noting that his affiliation is Connecticut for Lieberman, neither independent nor democrat.
Jay Ackroyd
nicelyput2000@36
If I told you, I’d have to kill you. Actually, I “found” him by listenig to KCRW every morning here in LA. The station is actually having a pledge drive right now.
The Jim Noir video is PERFECT for this week. I couldn’t believe that my new favorite song had a video that fit so well. The payoff in the video is at the end. Hilarious.
I’m glad that you enjoyed it
Donita Sparks @ 25
Of course, I don’t know if he stole it either, but given the track record of competence the stinkyman-for-stinkyman campaign has exhibited to date, the idea that anyone even knew that permission was required is a higher bar than I’ll grant them. Really.
It’s been a good couple of hours, but I’ve got break out the carpet machine and try to erase the dog’s and mine marks on top of the usual housework.
Trust me, you’ll enjoy it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200…..ns_ap_poll
Apple Corps LTD vs. Apple Computer
jayackroyd @ 53
That’s good news about the copy desk — they are the guys who have the last say about what gets into the paper. They are also guys who are in the office and have much more influence with the assignment editors than reporters
I remember reading an article during one of Reagan’s presidential campaigns saying he wanted to use John Mellencamp’s “Little Pink Houses” as a campaign theme. Mellencamp retorted something to the effect that Reagan clearly didn’t understand what the song was about.
Here’s another one for Joe, it’s called Moving to Florida by……wait for it………The Butthole Surfers.
Moving to Florida
Well, well I been movin’ down to Florida.
And I’m gonna bowl me a perfect game.
Well I’m gonna cut off my leg down in Florida, child.
And I’m gonna dance one-legged off in the rain.
Now, they say that Sidney Poitier was a blind man.
And they say that LBJ was a Soviet Jew.
When I go down Florida Way,
They’re ain’t no kind of sexual healing that I would not, could not, should
Not do, stick it right here.
Well I been movin’ down to Florida.
I’m gonna potty train the chairman Mao.
I’m gonna make the governor write my doodoo a letter, child.
And I’m gonna grind me up a White Castle side out of India’s sacred cow.
Well, I been movin’ down Florida Way,
And I’m gonna build me the atomic bomb.
Well, I’m gonna hold time hostage down in Florida, child.
Ain’t nobody, said ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do. Right here.
By this time I guess you’ve figured out about Florida.
Drink the muddy water in the Vaseline stain.
They be makin’ tadpoles the size of Mercuries down in Florida.
That be tellin’ Julio Iglesias what to sing, now.
Now, whoever said that Sidney Poitier was a blind man,
Knew the same of Elvis Presley, too.
When I go down Florida Way,
Ain’t nobody, said ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do. Right here.
Well I been goin’ down to Florida.
Pole cats lie naked in the Seminole sin.
When I go down Florida Way,
Like Vince, I wanna’ win.
Well I went down to Florida.
I got hurt.
I took the children down to Florida.
I stuck the dick down in the dirt.
Get that boy down to Florida.
Give him a switch blade.
Tell him what to do.
Speaking of Ray Charles How about
Hit The Road Jack
TeddySanFran@55
Oh, it wouldn’t suprise me a bit. I think that’s why I was so confussed when I heard it
Everythingseemssoneat @ 48
Ah, the Music Machine! I remember seeing the first show the Bangles played as “the Bangles” there. They were second on the bill, with Rain Parade opening and Dream Syndicate headlining.
EPU at 11:54, thanks for a great link.
What’s a good song for the guy who has everything, including an indictment that can’t be prosecuted because of executive immunity?
No, not that Republican, a different one.
Fletcher Dodges Lawbreaking WIth Executive Immunity – Rove says HEY, that dry run went well!
Shock the monkey.
Some must read Sara Robinson at Neiwert’s;
“Cracks In The Wall, Part I: Defining the Authoritarian Personality”
http://www.dneiwert.blogspot.com/
Oh, oh! “Pink Man” by Pink Floyd
ha ha charade you are…
Pardon my being a doofus, but I don’t know how to make itunes work on my PC. Downloaded and installed the ap but can’t seem to get any tunes out these spins. Would someone walk me through this r e a l s l o w like you were teaching Bush to do it? Thanks!
Apropos of nothing, I sure do love Devil in My Car by the B52s.
Oh and I actually own the CD Pat Boone in a Metal Mood. I didn’t buy it, merely borrowed it from my dope dealer and didn’t return it.
Yep. The Great Communicator had the same problem interpreting “Born in the USA.”
Swopa- I remember those bands. I just did a search to see if there were any pictures of the place and it brought up this picture of Ed Asner’s son Matt who was the singer of a band called Grand Manner.
http://www3.flickr.com/photos/…..t-1339205/
Republicans are trying sooo hard to hang with the kewl kidz. That’s why they try to pick songs that they think will get them pop-approval.
Do you remember the Top 50 Conservative Rock Songs? They tried to pass these off as conservative:.
1) “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” by The Who
3) “Sympathy for the Devil,” by The Rolling Stones
13) “My City Was Gone,” by The Pretenders
20) “Rock the Casbah,” by The Clash
35) “Who’ll Stop the Rain,” by Creedence Clearwater Revival
And contrast that with the songs that Clear Channel banned from airplay after 9/11:
Louis Armstrong – “What A Wonderful World”
Buddy Holly and the Crickets – “That’ll Be The Day”
Carole King – “I Feel the Earth Move”
John Lennon – “Imagine”
Frank Sinatra – “New York, New York”
And in a master stroke:
Rage Against The Machine –All Songs!
These guys would crack me up if they didn’t sicken me.
Hendrix:
Hey, Joe
Where you goin’ with that gun in your hand?
Too harsh?
conservatives should not be allowed to listen to rock and roll.
they clearly do not get it
Pearl Jam
restless soul, enjoy your youth
like muhammad hits the truth can’t escape from the common rule
if you hate something, don’t you do it too…too…
small my table, a sits just two
got so crowded, i can’t make room
oh, where did they come from? stormed my room!
and you dare say it belongs to you…to you…
this is not for you
this is not for you
this is not for you
Donita – heard all but the first 10 minutes of yor show last night on KXLU. You guys tore it up! You mentioned that you’re gonna make a record from it – any chance you’ll do some pre-release tracks?
As far as Stones tracks for RGJoe, how about “The Girl With Faraway Eyes”…
Anybody see this:
CT-SEN: Will Real GOP Candidate Orchulli Enter Race?
jefferyw@69
hang on sweetie pie. Finifinito, my tech helper, is busy right now, but I’ll have him help you when he is available
OT question I’ve been thinking about this morning.
Isn’t it true that Israel has the most sophisticated airline security system in the world? I’ve never heard their passengers being prohibited from carrying lipstick or contact lens solution. My goodness, how have they survived all these years without the restrictions?
And just imagine the sophisticated screening techniques we would already have in place if we’d spent 1% of the billions we’ve wasted on wrecking Iraq…
Anyway, anyone have any more info on how the Israelis do it… haven’t ever heard of one of their planes exploding mid-air. Thanks.
Mark Howard @ News Corpse @ 73:
Holy Crap I just about crapped my pants reading the actual list. Delusional is all I can say.
And the RATM ban was hilarious. Reminds me of Comedy Central pulling That’s My Bush. But seriously, the only thing that stopped RATM was themselves.
My favorite part of that video is where is gives the chicken a “Zidane”. LOL
Donita Sparks @ 78
Bless you dahlin’
newtonusr@76
I’m glad that you didn’t hear the first ten ninutes. Pretty rough sonically…vocal too loud, bass not loud enough. I heard that the sound mix got better as the show went along, I didn’t listen to the whole performance yet, so I don’t know if I’ll make a release out of any of it. Thanks for listeining!
UptownNYChick @
35
How ’bout “I’m not ready to Play Nice” Was it Pach that used that tune to start off one of his posts last week?
Mark Howard @ News Corpse @ 41
I also wonder about the mental capacity of the ad men who use “Lust For Life”
I guess they’ve never really listened to the words
Did I mention that I’m worth a million in prizes ???
Freepatriot – I am pretty sure the admen know and it is some big, inside advertising agency joke half the time. The execs don’t know the lyrics, and in Lust for Life they’re hard to decipher just listening to it, and the music is bouncy and they all say “great.” And the admen go home and laugh.
Eric @ 81
Ok, I’m trying the “qoute this comment” thing.
I just looked up “Zidane”. I didn’t know what the hell you were referring to. funny
moeman @ 67
Lots of folks I recognized in that post, from both lists, unfortunately.
Must.
Read.
John.
Dean’s.
Book.
Hilda @
49
Krugman is really on fire! He and Sirota are right with the zeitgeist. Do read Krugman’s column!
I don’t think I saw anyone suggest “Hey Joe” as a campaign song for Lieberman.
“Hey Joe, where you gonna run to now?”
I prefer the Jimi Hendrix version.
Jenny from the Blog @ 79
Jenny, Good ==> Point Out! We should be hammering them with this exact point.
NonSequitor: Scenes from the [Evil?] Parallel Universe
OFG – Someone did. Not me btw.
Been saving this one:
YouTube interview with Stan Ridgway. Check out John Roberts (now with CNN)!!
OFG—great minds…
see 74
and, “I’m goin’ way down south, way down south Mexican way, where I can be free!”
Donita — Zidane has become the butt of many jokes.
Jenny from the Blog @ 79
I heard a talking head (Tucker?) say yesterday the Israeli’s record is 100%. I guess that’s since Entebbe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisda…..86967.stm.
But there was lots of talk with the other talking head (an expert?) about how the Israelis profile you based on your answers to lots of questions on a form, about why you are flying, with whom, to do what, your eventual destination.
Apparently, civil liberties are violated, but no one has to fly naked without lip gloss. FWIW.
Guided By Voices has so many songs fitting Lieberman, it’s hard to know which to choose. Alone, Stinking and Unafraid perhaps, or Congratulations, You’re Under Sedation (just a suspicion on my part). Liar’s Tale, or Men Who Create Fright, or Not Good for the Mechanism, or Really Gonna Love Me Now, and on and on.
My final choice: Do the Collapse. Kinda says it all.
It’s My Party by Leslie Gore
It’s my party, and I’ll cry if I want to
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to
You would cry too if it happened to you
Maybe…………. But now I have to go write a cease & desist letter. There is no compulsory licensing of the EPU.
Donita Sparks @ 87
ain’t it fun to quote your buds, Donita?
fahrender @ 84
You are right, cowboy take me away would be nice to accompany the KISS float, however.
Guess I need to retake my Evelyn Woods speedreading course. Or use George Carlins. Take 6 black mollies and go to the library.
I think you could just copy the one DOJ sent to The Onion and swap names.
ccmask @ 99
um, yeah…
TeddySanFran @ 20
hi OFG!
ccmask, I really like your 12:34.
Shez & Teddy -
Thanks for the replies (sorry to hijack the thread *no airplane pun intended) but I’ve been jonesing to get some opinions!).
Teddy, yes, Israel is intense about the way they profile their passengers and that’s probably the foremost reason for the 100% track record. They also must screen the checked-in luggage, which is something we STILL don’t do (I think we do random checks but it’s not thorough… unbelievable, no?).
So I hear now that we can put all those liquids in our checked bags, just not the carry-on. If that’s true it’s FUBAR.
Anyway, I’ll bring it up on another thread as it’s a mystery to me. I guess it’s also possible that Israel will now start restricting these items – who knows?
Thanks again.
Harry Nilsson suddenly leaps to mind.
“Without You” or maybe “One is the Loneliest Number.”
Hey TSF!
Scarcrow at 96
Ouch
TeddySanFran 97,
Tucker yesterday really pissed me off. Calling for profiling because long lines are offensive is the bullshit mindset that is making us less secure.
Is Siun here?
Mary for now at 12:32
Bullseye.
Donita, this is great!
Although, we don’t get credit for Lamont’s win. A lopt of people are way ahead of us on that line. MOst of all, the voters in CT. We did talk about the race and publicize it a lot, and we got some stories out there, and we recruited some volnteers.
TeddySanFran @ 101
I’m diggin’ man I’m diggin’ it
JohnCasper@107: It wasn’t mine. Teddy called it first! See 105.
Apologies TSF.
I think the song the KISS float needs is “So Long, Farewell,” from the Sound of Music:
There’s a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird
Is popping out to say “cuckoo”
[Marta, Gretl, Brigitta:]
Cuckoo, cuckoo
[Children: Marta, Gretl, Brigitta: ]
Regretfully they tell us Cuckoo, cuckoo
But firmly they compel us Cuckoo, cuckoo
To say goodbye . . .
[Marta, Gretl, Brigitta:]
Cuckoo!
[Children:]
. . . to you.
So long, farewell . . .
Right up Joe’s alley!
That’s what I get for blogging at work and not reading all the posts.
Shez @ 91
If I’m not mistaken, El Al is a state run airline. They do a LOT of interviews with passengers before a flight. A friend of mine is a blonde, old maid British school teacher (first grade) and they interviewed her for something like fifteen minutes. So they have a proceedure that just wouldn’t work with most commercial airlines.
Dover Bitch @ 112
TeddySF referred to Tucker as a “talking head.” He’s a talking [jack]ass, with or without the bow tie.
The offensive long lines are Lebanese trying to escape the bombing of their own homes and towns. Tucker is a “Fortunate Son” — CCR
Also a good Op-Ed piece from Chicago Tribune:
If terrorism doesn’t scare you, maybe Bush will
http://www.chicagotribune.com/…..omo440-fea
Oh, and Teddy SanFran, I think Raid on Entebbe was probably the best made-for-TV movie ever made. Edge of your seat stuff (even though it was for sure high propaganda). I was a kid when it came out and thought it was riveting.
Josh Marshall gets shrill. I’m loving it.
“Here at TPM Media, as many techish companies do, we have a little internal chat system where we discuss editorial business and other topics through the course of the day. And yesterday, after I saw Greg Sargent’s update that Lieberman was going down the ‘A win for Lamont will be a victory for the terrorists’ track, I openned up our chat and wrote something to the effect of, “I’ve always liked Joe, but with this ‘victory for the terrorists’, it’s enough. F–k him.”
Justin Rood shot back, you should write that. And he’s right. So here I am.
Readers of this site know I’ve always had a soft spot for Lieberman. I was ambivalent about the primary race, didn’t have a horse in it, I think I said. And it only became a simple matter for me after Lamont won. He’s the Democratic candidate. End of story. Not because I felt differently about Lieberman necessarily. But I think all Democrats, all progressives, liberals, whatever, should support the Democratic candidate. And that’s Ned Lamont. That and tell Lieberman to get out of the race.”
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
Pachacutec @ 115
Thanks Pachacutec!
Oh yeah, the voters have spoken baby
OFG!
You home for a spell, or on the road?
OTish, transcript of Feingold’s online listening session here
answer to question about his position on Net Neutrality and the “liberal blogosphere” one of my favorites:
fahrender -
Yup, a 15 minute interview with each passenger probably wouldn’t be a popular security measure in the U.S. :)
Hilda great catch with the Chicago Tribune.
IMHO, the Tribune is probably the most conservative major daily in the country. That op-ed won’t be well received in the WH.
I gotta song for the Senator.
fahrender @ 121
This brings up a coupla points, for me. First of all, there’ll be a re-birth of those programs to let frequent flyers bypass almost all the screening if they give the Feds data about themselves. Second, when Tucker interviewed Frances Townsend (Bush’s wife for Homeland Security) she “imagined” how difficult it would be for her to travel under these new restrictions with two small children, blah, blah, like she EVER travels on anything but highly secure FedAir.
In other words, this crackdown will hurt the economy (airline stocks down 4-7% today and the market down almost 70pts) and it will also NOT inconvenience any of those who implement the rules. Strike yet another blow for the elite!
Peterr @ 119
Although all of the suggestions for new Lieberman songs have been great today, this one takes the cake. “Cuckoo Cuckoo”
“(Bush’s wife for Homeland Security)”
LMAO
Sorry for bringing Tucker into the thread twice — but I find his hair much more intriguing than Byron York’s AND I’m eagerly anticipating his breathless coverage of Irving’s trial, given his Dad’s major role in Barbara Comstock’s Scooter Slush Fund.
fahrender @ 121
Relatively small fleet too. Only 35 or so aircraft.
We should do away with air travel altogether, and just build those “people mover” tubes like they have in Futurama hehe.
TOOBZ!
Donita, would you be offended if I added an Update about credit for the Lamnt win, from my comment? We don’t want anyone to musunderstand our poition hre on the blog, if that’s okay.
John Casper @ 130
I agree, Hilda, John. There were also good op-eds in the Boston Globe today:
http://www.boston.com/news/glo…..lieberman/
and another by Graham Allison, that I can’t reach, for some reason. Plus an anti-Lieberman cartoon by Wasserman.
Coz: Relatively small fleet too. Only 35 or so aircraft.
Entebbe was an Air France plane, so don’t the Israeli procedures now apply to all airlines in and out of Israeli airports, not just El Al?
Scarecrow, I think you’re right. “Talking head” is probably too good for him.
TSF, that interview with Townsend was pathetic. I don’t want to pull too much off-topic here because I love Donita’s music threads, so you can read my latest blog entry if you care what really got my brow furrowed.
And now, how about some real Talking Heads: Life During Wartime
Second that, Pach.
Maybe Lieberman should put warning labels on his events. Warning: sexually explicit themes.
Pachacutec @ 138
Hey pach, I wrote that description for the iMix, feel free to edit anything, I wrote it quickly and felt it was from the heart, but if you think it needs clarification do your thang.
Jeffrey @ 69
You still need help?
TeddySanFran @ 140
I’m not quite sure how that works!?
sorry if this has been brought up, but, the Bush Administration cut off funds to a national suicide line because they wouldn’t give them info on the callers?!?!?!
they are asking for help
these people are relentless.
Fini FiniTOOBZ! @ 144
Well, is that section also on her blog? If it quotes her own blog, it should not be changed, but for FDL front page, we can post an Update for footnote/disclaimer
http://www.commondreams.org/he…..811-03.htm
Kurt 137:
If we had a high-speed rail system I’d never fly again anyway. Geez, by this time I thought we’d all be buzzing around in those Jetson hover thingies….
I think people in general are going to be lot less mobile, not visiting the way they once did. Just today for the first time ever, I’ve been toying with the idea of relocating back to the east coast, as that’s where most of my longtime friends and family live.
I love living at the beach but I also like getting away from time to time. I’m feeling restricted and uncomfortable about traveling now. And driving cross-country with gas prices the way they are? Forget about it. I pity the older, retired folks who dreamed of getting that motor home and spending their golden years seeing the U.S. That dream ain’t happening either.
Our lives are about to get a whole lot smaller.
UptownNYChick @
6
Radiohead – “Creep”
This’ll put the baby back in WATB
Pachacutec @ 147
We have only been posting this column here, she doesnt currently have her own blog setup. It is posted as the description with the iMix on iTunes, and unfortunately its too late to edit that, but I’m not certain anyone actually reads that anyway when listening to the iMix.
Apologies to Donita. My manners are terrible today.
UptownNYChick @ 1:02 pm (#146) – Corrected URL for that suicide hotline:
http://www.save1800suicide.org/
Article about this at Taylor’s site:
http://www.taylormarsh.com/arc…..p?id=24366
UptownNYChick @ 146
That’s appalling. For some reason, your link was wonky, though the code is okay as I view it now in the comment box. But if anyone else has trouble with it, try this one.
Oh I dunno, “Karma Police” would work pretty well too hehe.
OT: Amy Goodman from Democracy Now will be on Lardball tonight.
Kurt @ 156
Joe’s got The Bends, and his Computers are not OK
The repugnacans used Born in the USA in either reagan or bush1’s coventon I guess none of them listened to the words beyond the title. Also someone on a national level used john mellencamps Pink Houses, a little sarcastic for politics I thought.
ccmask @ 99
HAHAHAHA – Perfect!
Wow, Radiohead humor – a whole new breed of comedy!
FiniFini -
GOOD. Amy Goodman takes no prisoners. And if Tweety lets her talk and get her points across it should be powerful. I swear some days I feel like she’s carrying the weight of our shrinking democracy on her shoulders alone. She’s a fighter.
Lamont/Goodman ‘08.
newtonusr @ 127
I get one whole day off at home which is tomorrow.
xyz @
125
Nice to see Josh getting off that fence:
Fini FiniTOOBZ! @ 161
I’m not one to Kid A-round
Fini FiniTOOBZ! @ 161
Well Joe has certainly become the Paranoid Mandroid :)
Cujo359 @ 154
thank you
Donita Sparks @
25
considering the cluelessness of the Lamont campaign on the intertubes, they may not have even bothered to get clearance
Kurt @
156
I was watching Radiohead YouTube stuff just last night, including Karma Police.
preznit giv me turkee @
168
you mean cluelessness of the LieberLoser campaign , dont you?
Yessir!
Reagan’s ‘84 campaign did NOT use “Born in the USA.” Reagan referred to Springsteen during a campaign stop in New Jersey, and Springsteen was unhappy about that, but there was no copyright violation.
Soon afterward, Mondale tried the same stunt, saying that Bruce “might have been born to run, but he wasn’t born yesterday.”
after short bus Joe’s treatment of Dodd
“The phone’s off the hook (but you’re not)”-X
Huh?
I’ve said it before here, but my Radiohead enthusiasm has waned greatly over the past few albums. Still waiting for them to recapture the greatness yor(k)e.
The hair on my arms is standing on end.
Pink Floyd – Pulse (2006)
The first live Pink Floyd album in 12 years is out.ON DVD.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ…..mp;ie=UTF8
*ilson46201 @ 170
yeah, but Ned hacked my interwebs so it came out like that ;}
What about joe as Evita?
http://www.LieberLoser.com campaign, that is …
jeffreyw @ 171
If you have iTunes installed on your computer, clicking on that graphic with the play button should launch iTunes and bring up the iMix automatically. You then have to double click on each song in the playlist to listen to each song. Let me know if there is a problem.
X – Johnny Hit and Run Pauline
Lieberman – Joey Hit and Run CT
Pach,
read your update which enlightened me somewhat as to the entry in the post. I’ve been kicking around the idea of sorting this out for a post–how bloggers are not the silver bullet, just a communication tool.
From the San Franscisco Chronicle
*ilson46201 @ 170
stinkyman
hey donita!
i love that jim noir video & song! and, yes, i love that komeda song too!
i’m still riding high on Ned’s victory. i know i shouldn’t get too excited…..the fight is far from over, i know, but i’m going to enjoy this high i have from booting Lieberman out for a few more days!
Jenny from the Blog- I’m telling Jane that you’ve made off topic comments.
Actually, it was NIXON who used The Boss’ Born in the USA
…to kill the yellow man
not registering with Mr. N that it was about the VietNam war!
Just a sample of past idiocies.
I have no doubt we would win the war on terror if we forced al-Qaeda to watch Ice Cream for Crow.
Oh Holy Joe, why oh why did you take our love for granted?
Tucker Carlson’s head is about to explode if you happen to be watching MSNBC. Its fun to watch, in that “I really wonder if a human head can explode b/c someone disagrees with me” kind of way.
I’m betting it can.
itwasn’tme,
TrickyDick? in 1984?
btw, watertiger’s birthday is 8/14 and she wants one present, actually a million of them:
http://derenegade.blogspot.com/
Anybody see this? Is this going to be an issue?
rest here.
Liebertrolls sent it to the waterbury mayor
Everythingseemssoneat –
heeeeee :)
I would love to see the actual libertarians in this country, the reputable students of libertarianism, come out and fully disown Tucker Carlson as a fraud.
And the much promised part two of my wandering thoughts o’ the day. Comes from the cbl site, commenting backup for the fdl site in case of blackout. Would love to give the name of the commenter but holding back in case there would be some reason she doesn’t want wider coverage.
Re the personal and the political, from this fellow fdl commenter:
“GrandmaJ…I don’t know if you will come back here for any follow up but I will take a chance and hold out a hand. I am having the same kind of day. I started crying last night in reading TRex’s post and the resulting wondrous thread, woke up this morning with tears in my heart and eyes have been leaking all day. It’s tough. My family experienced a tragedy last December. I have been quietly licking my wounds, and, even though I don’t comment much, having the connection to so many incredible people via FDL has been a true blessing. I have witnessed your tragedy, I have witnessed Jane’s loss, I watch HopeSAT struggle as she valiantly keeps her head above the water…and egregious with her incredible work, and, and, and… I send prayers to the gods for all of us who fight the good fight. Once in a while something/someone comes along and brings the personal into a focus that is so exquisitely sharp as to be paralyzing. I understand. That’s all I can do. Understand and send virtual hugs.”
Well this makes ME cry with sheer delight that there are such sympathetic people in our universe. ALL she can do is understand?? When such understanding keeps people like me away from the edge of the cliff, so I can then save the lives of others now numbering in the 4 digits? Hers, along with cbl, lotus, angie, littledog, peterr–and SEVERAL others I’m too jetlagged to recall–a rare jewel of a gift. How many egregious wrongs in the world could be put right, if only someone would understand and put out a helping hand.
My egr antennae [egrantennae?] are on elevated alert–yellow to orange, not red. Something is happening. Hold out your hands to each other and get ready.
Oilfieldguy @
182
I took it down. It’s better not to send an inadvertent message to our writers that squelches their voices. My bad.
sheesh. mommybrain of course.
omg, Alligator Bag’s former staffers are snarking at her (via watertiger): http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/001321.php
Jane thread
Hm. I still think the worst choice of a pop tune for a political campaign was Lamar Alexander’s in the 1996 GOP primary race. “Same as it Ever Was.” Lamar was running on the plaid-shirt platform, and I guess he thought the title said it all–good conservative sounding thing. “‘Same as it ever was’–yep, I like that. Just the message for a conservative like me.” Plus picking a Talking Heads tune must have seemed a little “hep” and “with-it.”
But what in the world did he think the lyrics actually suggested about his campaign? “You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack…” “You may say to yourself, ‘My god! What have I done!’”
Oh yeah, there’s a GOP promo for ya.
Pachacutec @ 198
We should toot our horn for the role we played in getting out a message. Ned get’s the credit for having the right message.
Stones songs for Lieberman?
“Who wants yesterday’s paper
Who wants yesterday’s girl
Who wants yesterday’s paper
Nobody in the world…”
Is that Beck song Loser too mean for Joe? “I’m a loser baby, why doncha hmm hmm…” Its got evil and slabs of turkey neck in it?
Fini FiniTOOBZ! @ 152
Some confusion. I didn’t write the dedication of the i-mix playlist.
I dedicated the song and video for “My Patch” to the voters of Conn.’”My Patch” goes out to all of the voters who got tired of getting egged and brought down the big turkey in Connecticut this week.’
The title of my piece this week “We’ll Bring You Down” is a referene to the lyric in “My Patch” and also how I feel as a registered but pissed-off Democrat.
registered but pissed-off Democrat: works for me, more of these please!
Actually, anyone can buy a license to use a song. Regrettably, it take a proactive move by the artist or writer to prevent it. All you have to do is contact the publishing company and pay a fee.
It may have been a one-time use right or he may have bought a multiple use license. the number of uses is almost always specified.
I’d contact the Stones’ management directly if you want to try to get them to yank the license. They can afford it, that’s for sure.
Guitar Playing Bastard @ 207
I personally have had to approve evey usage of my songs including the Natural Born Killers soundtrack and Grand Theft Auto to just name couple. You can check out 43 A of the Lanham Act usage.
Here is a link: http://www.bitlaw.com/source/15usc/1125.html
My lawyer and publishing company have also confirmed this “approval” information.
187 itwasntme says:
August 11th, 2006 at 1:33 pm
Actually, it was NIXON who used The Boss’ Born in the USA
Just a sample of past idiocies.”
Sorry, itwasntme, it was Reagan who was Pres in ‘84 and I must hold him accountable for his own idiocy!
“The 1984 presidential campaign was in full stride at the time, and Will had connections to President Ronald Reagan’s re-election organization. Will thought that Springsteen might endorse Reagan, and allow Reagan to use his song, “Born in the USA,” and got the notion pushed up to high-level Reagan advisor Michael Deaver’s office. Those staffers made inquiries to Springsteen’s management, which were politely rebuffed.
Nevertheless, on September 19, 1984, at a campaign stop in Hammonton, New Jersey, Reagan added the following to his usual stump speech:
“America’s future rests in a thousand dreams inside your hearts; it rests in the message of hope in songs so many young Americans admire: New Jersey’s own Bruce Springsteen. And helping you make those dreams come true is what this job of mine is all about.”
In Need of Surveillance @ 210
Yet one more stark example (see my previous for another) of the GOP’s utter imperviousness to irony.
Donita rules!
Dedicated especially to Joe:
“Did Somebody Make a Fool Out of You” (forthcoming on Tony Joe White album “Uncovered,” duet with Eric Clapton): sample at
http://www.echotunes.com/Custo…..sp?CartId={6929B435-BF0D-46A2-B0C0-EVERESTC0B110EDA6DF}&kc=TJW980A
For a slice of the Swampmaster and his whomper-stomper wah-wah, try the following:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkkJLsMty5g
right on sister!