Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come

Hooray! The boogeyman is dead! Every solder, civilian, and civil right that we have sacrificed in the meantime has all been worth it! It's ok! USA! USA! USA!

Where, oh where, is Bill Hicks when you need him most?

Today is election day here in Canada and regardless of the outcome I do believe there will be as many Canadians at the pub as there will be at the polls. I will probably be amongst you, enjoying a solitary pint of something local, and despite my innermost feelings of contempt for the whole episode I will don my brave face, smile and nod, and whisper whimsically to the night: a change is gonna come.

Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come

POLITICS SUCKS

Obama's Bin Laden Speech

In case you missed it.

A Real Speech

In case you missed it.

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

I haven't posted any Queen yet. I better do that. These guys aren't everyone's cup of tea, they're as much theatre as they are music, but they deserve respect. Freddy Mercury was a world-class character with world-class teeth, and at one point a world-class moustache. His life is somewhat of a tragedy, but we should remember him for the majesty he brought in his music. This is simply a great song, full of energy, that exemplified his mission and his message. If you're not having fun, now's a good time to do something different. After all, it's just a ride.

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

SCIENCE MATTERS

Fruit Flies Solve Network Problem

Once again nature proves it's smarter than we think.

POLITICS SUCKS

U.S. vs China Summit Next Week

You will join us or die!

Pope John Paul To Be Beatified

Can I do the remix?

RANDOM GOODIES

15 Cheap Superfoods

Mmmm... suuuuperfooooods...

JUST FOR LAUGHS

Bill Hicks Revelations

Well, there might be a point there somewhere...

Hawksley Workman - We Will Still Need A Song

Ryan Corrigan, or Hawksley Workman to you, was born to perform. At least that's the impression you get when you hear his music, or see his videos, or better yet see his live performances. I haven't seen him live yet, but I've seen video and it's on my list of things to do. Mr. Workman likes to do things on a grand, epic scale. He likes hyperbole. He likes grandeur. He probably loves gunpowder. He's a passionate fellow.

I admit that when I was first introduced to him via his first single "Striptease", I wasn't a fan. This song, however, reverberated ever so effortlessly, and I must have played it a hundred times when I found it. Despite the absence of the more epic introduction from the album version of this track, the PG version of this song that's in the video is still a great song. I like artists that play with emotion and have some guts. Mr. Workman has plenty of that.

Hawksley Workman - We Will Still Need A Song

BONUS BEATS!

Hawskley Workman - Not Your Parents' Music



As the late, great Bill Hicks said, play from your f'in heart!

Broken Bells - The High Road

I've had a few "requests" for this one (requests on a blog? does that even make sense?) and admittedly it's hardly "new" but it's taken me a little while to get into it. After listening to it a few times it's starting to grow on me. Wait, is that why all that pop crap is so... popular? Marketers, kill yourselves!

Anyway this is Broken Bells, a collaboration of Danger Mouse and James Mercer of The Shins fame. I'm not a huge fan of The Shins, but they've got some cool tracks. I definitely dig Danger Mouse, especially his work with Gnarls Barkley. He's produced some pretty sick albums along the way, so I was definitely interested when I heard about Broken Bells. I can't say I like it as much as his other stuff, but it's worth a couple listens. Maybe you'll dig it more than me.

Bells, bells, bells...