Category: Music
Soothes the savage beast.
Al Gore (lives on my street)
Best Al Gore song ever by the band Monkey Bowl. Even includes a cameo by Al at the end.
Sign the petition at Draft Gore.
Oh, and congrats on the prize.
Al Gore lives on my street,
Three-twenty-something, Lynwood Boulevard.
And, he doesn’t know me
But I voted for him. Yeah, I punched the card!I don’t know how he lives with knowing,
That even though he won the popular vote
He still lives on my street, right down the street
From me.One time, I had a bike
And I was a kid, and someone stole it from me
And still I’m mad about that,
Carrying anger, I just can’t let it be.I need to be more forgiving, I know it,
‘Cause even with the popular vote,
Al Gore lives on my street, right down the street,
From me.One time I lost out on a job
‘Cause this kid, his father owned the whole company
Let me tell ya he was a jerk
And I’m still pissed he took that job from meLife isn’t fair, don’t tell me I know it
‘Cause even with the popular vote
Al Gore lives on my street, right down the street
From meAl Gore lives on my street, right down the street from me
President Gore lives on my street, right down the street from me[Al Gore:] Hey man, I like your song. But you need to get over this stuff. Hey this is a great neighborhood.
Updated: Wait. This just in from DailyKos:
BREAKING: SCOTUS Declares Bush the Nobel Peace Prize Winner
by Walt starr
Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 08:52:47 AM PDT
Oslo: A review of the ballots in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize has shown that George W. Bush is the winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. James Baker III has been sent by the Bush Administration to coordinate efforts on the ground. The United States Supreme Court in a surprise vote of 5 to 4 have declared George W. Bush the winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
Ithaca culture: Apple Fest, Burns Sisters
One of the great things about living outside a college town is the vibrant culture. This weekend was the Ithaca Apple Festival. The Commons (a product of ’70s revitalization efforts) had food, fun and live music all weekend. A favorite stop every year is a booth organized by our Department of Horticulture grad students raising money by selling apples, cider and pawpaws and raffling off a giant pumpkin. (Note to Chad: Don’t forget pawpaw trees next year.)
I love the scrap iron pony. Similar sculptures (recycling at its best) are scattered around the Commons and downtown.
Friday night, Air America Radio host (and frequent commentator on to Keith Olbermann’s Countdown and other new programs) Rachel Maddow brought her radio show to Ithaca’s State Theater. Rachel frequently features politically active artists and musicians on her program. So it was no surprise that local favorites The Burns Sisters performed this song at the show. (This version from the 2006 Philly Folk Festiva.)
Apple Festival. Scrap iron ponies. Burns Sisters. There’s hope for this world.
It’s Not Big It’s Large
That’s the title of the latest release from Grammy-winner Lyle Lovett and his Large Band. And it’s another great one.
For 20 years, this Texas singer-songwriter has been on the top of my list. A former journalism major, his lyrics are tight, sometimes humorous, often dark. And he sings in a variety of styles — country, jazz, blues, gospel, bluegrass — that are my favorites.
Here’s one from the latest, South Texas Girl. (Embed was disabled.)
Also from the latest, this bluegrass number, Up In Indiana , live on Conan O’Brien:
And some good oldies. (More on YouTube than you can shake a fist at.)
You’ve Been So Good Up to Now.
She’s No Lady, She’s Already Made Up Her Mind, North Dakota. The last one with Rickie Lee Jones. Saw the two of them in Minneapolis circa 1990. Great show.
Composting deer?
Come on. Tell me those of you who are plagued with too many deer haven’t fantasized something like this.
Seriously, with more than 75,000 deer killed on roads in New York, this is a problem that can only be solved by — you guessed it — composting, according to this Cornell Chronicle article. And it’s a cheap solution too.
It’s also nothing terribly new, as the article mentions. I remember back in the day writing articles about composting as a solution for livestock farmers, especially in areas where rendering plants were few and far between.
What I really want to know is, will that deer compost work better than Milorganite or other purported deer repellents?
One solution not considered, brought to you by Ithaca’s own Horseflies. (Warning: Neo-primitive bug music is not for the faint of heart.)
mp3s of live concert here, and more Horseflies concerts at this site.