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I'm not here to expostulate on the situation in N.O., nor am I a great supporter of Michael Moore, but sometimes the man makes sense. As for the question as to why those who stayed behind, did in fact, stay behind -- it's like I told

serialkarma I can only presume that Payless had run out of red ruby pumps for those who planned to click their heels together in the absense of affordable transporation. I understand that some people don't understand the concept of people without automotive means or bottomless pockets, but surprise suprise, we're not all in the 1% tax bracket.

Right.

Moving onward!

I am bereft of writing desire right now, maybe next week I will be inspired, but I enjoyed doing the

audiography Top 5 so much that I just had to do it again.

Audioslave/Soundgarden 'Black Hole Sun' (live) – Many, many years ago, when some of you were still in nappies, there was this thing called grunge. The poster children for this were Nirvana and Pearl Jam, and then there was Soundgarden, who I liked for this single alone. In the video they burn Barbie dolls. How can you not love that? Performed live by Chris Cornell and the remaining members of Rage Against the Machine.

The Black Crows 'She Talks to Angels' – There are two versions of this song; I prefer the other version, but this song is so beautiful that I had to post the version I have. I'm not a Black Crows fan, the brawling brothers thing is so passé, but they can shake their money makers when the urge strikes them.

Jamie Cullum 'Get Your Way' – This is the first single off of Jamie's second LP, Catching Tales, which shall be out next month. I've talked about Jamie's work quite a bit over the last year; he's prodigiously talented, and his style isn't pop-jazz or jazz-defiled (as some jazz aficionados might claim), it's just a boy and his piano, doing what the fuck he wants. How can you not like that?

Kanye West 'Gold Digger' – Ah, Kanyezee. Known as much for his talent as his enormous ego, Kanye West, is truly a multi-faceted rapper. However, whether or not his talent lives up to his mouth only time will tell. His second album, Late Registration finally dropped on Tuesday six weeks after the original release date, we'll see what happens next. If nothing else the single samples Jamie Foxx doing his Ray Charles thing and is way hot.

Maria McKee 'If Love is a Red Dress (Hang me in rags) – I don't know how I procured this song or when. I don't know if someone gave it to me or I just happened to like the title. I don’t even know the artist by name – after the first 1000 to 1500 songs things start getting real hazy, but what I do know is that this is perfect for lounging on the sofa and cutting up photographs of your ex.

Bonus song: Snow Patrol 'The Blower's Daughter' (a cover of Damien Rice) – It's not on my immediate top five, only because SP are always being played by me, but

musesfool mentioned that she was a big fan of Gary & Co., and it would never do not to share their greatness.

ETA: Yes, I re-uploaded the Brokeback Mountain Trailer.

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Oooh, music! *grabs snow patrol and audioslave*

Thank you!

gah. Snow Patrol covering Damien Rice!

*has fit of love*

Thank you!

The Maria McKee song is from the Pulp Fiction soundtrack.

Beat me to it ♥ Excellent soundtrack

ETA: Yes, I re-uploaded the Brokeback Mountain Trailer.

*squee* I love it! Especially the shirt hugging and boy missing. *le sigh*

Dude, the shirt hugging had me flailing.

I got Michael Moore's e-mail "Letter to George Bush" last night as well, and I agree with you. He always seems to articulate exactly how I feel, and much better than I do.

Thanks for the Jamie Cullum preview! I picked up his first album after hearing all the happy LJ reviews, and have really enjoyed it.

Heh. Thanks. *g*

*downloads*

So I downloaded 'if love is a red dress...' just because your description was so compelling. I realized that I first heard it on the soundtrack to 'pulp fiction' (one of the best CDs of working music out there.) it sounds much less campy out of that context. better, I think.

Have taken Blower's Daughter (because I love the original, and Gary Lightfoot being Northern Irish and all). Thanks..

Oh, the Maria Mckee is. just. amazing.

*cuts up picture of ex even tho she doesn't have one

It's already been mentioned about where the Maria McKee track came from. But another bit. She was the singer for Lone Justice some years ago. You may remember their tune "Ways to be Wicked" (http://s27.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1EZL41G7SX9H70SEKSWXLXOAO1).

:)

Thanks for re-uploading that trailer. The movie looks really entertaining. Plus it's got Linda Cardellini ♥

I had issues with Kanye's ego, and then the other day I saw an MTV interview where he talked about the homophobia that's rampant in hip-hop and spoke seriously about how he'd like to change that.
I thought it took balls to be the first legitimate rapper to say as much and my respect for him came back in a big way.

Anyway, thought I'd share.

Thanks for the re-upload and the original uploads too.

I don't know if you've already seen or read about this, but: Kanye West's Torrent of Criticism, Live on NBC (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/03/AR2005090300165.html?nav%3Dhcmodule&sub=AR). (You need an account, but BugMeNot.com (http://www.bugmenot.com) is always helpful in that regard. Anyhow, in case that's too much of a hassle:

West and Mike Myers had been paired up to appear about halfway through the show. Their assignment: Take turns reading a script describing the breach in the levees around New Orleans.

Myers: The landscape of the city has changed dramatically, tragically and perhaps irreversibly. There is now over 25 feet of water where there was once city streets and thriving neighborhoods.

(Myers throws to West, who looked extremely nervous in his super-preppy designer rugby shirt and white pants, which is not like the arrogant West and which, in retrospect, should have been a tip-off.)

West: I hate the way they portray us in the media. You see a black family, it says, "They're looting." You see a white family, it says, "They're looking for food." And, you know, it's been five days [waiting for federal help] because most of the people are black. And even for me to complain about it, I would be a hypocrite because I've tried to turn away from the TV because it's too hard to watch. I've even been shopping before even giving a donation, so now I'm calling my business manager right now to see what is the biggest amount I can give, and just to imagine if I was down there, and those are my people down there. So anybody out there that wants to do anything that we can help -- with the way America is set up to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off, as slow as possible. I mean, the Red Cross is doing everything they can. We already realize a lot of people that could help are at war right now, fighting another way -- and they've given them permission to go down and shoot us!

(West throws back to Myers, who is looking like a guy who stopped on the tarmac to tie his shoe and got hit in the back with the 8:30 to La Guardia.)

Myers: And subtle, but in many ways even more profoundly devastating, is the lasting damage to the survivors' will to rebuild and remain in the area. The destruction of the spirit of the people of southern Louisiana and Mississippi may end up being the most tragic loss of all.

(And, because Myers is apparently as dumb as his Alfalfa hair, he throws it back to West.)

West: George Bush doesn't care about black people!

(Back to Myers, now looking like the 8:30 to La Guardia turned around and caught him square between the eyes.)

*kisses on forehead*

I realize (though it too me a minute) that you specifically disabled the comments on your NOLA post to avoid conflict, but I wanted to clarify one thing: Before Katrina, NOLA refined 25% of the oil this country uses. That resource is gone. In addition, up to 1/3 of the oil that we use entered through the port of New Orleans.

So, despite it being, overall, an impoverished city (and LA an impoverished state), it is a city of both strategic and economic importance. HUGE strategic and economic importance. And the skyrocketing gas prices (at the pump) is both an indication of economic uncertainty, and a reflection of this. But note that oil prices (per barrel) have shot up worldwide -- I think they've doubled from roughly 35 (or is it 40?) to 70.

Throw peak oil (http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/) into the mix, and, well the pooch may be well and truly screwed. (Yes, that site is fairly alarmist, but it explains the concept of peak oil well. And, frankly, I think we should be alarmed.)

So, sorry for the didactic nature of this post, but I couldn't help but respond, especially as you specifically called out oil in your Katrina post.

And hey, if you want depressing theories (in addition to the race/class calculus involved in not getting timely relief to NOLA and elsewhere), check this out:

(From From the Wilderness (http://fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/090205_bet_life.shtml), via Wolcott (http://jameswolcott.com/).

"Bottom line: my assessment is that New Orleans is never going to be rebuilt and that US domestic oil production will never again reach pre-Katrina levels. The infrastructure is gone, the people are gone, and the US economy will be on life support very, very quickly. If people are griping at $5.00 gasoline what will they do when it’s $8.00? $10.00? Start shooting (the wrong people)? How difficult is it to rebuild in that kind of social climate? And if US oil production does not soon exceed pre-Katrina levels then the US economy is doomed anyway. It’s a catch-up game now. I think it’s quite likely that the Bush administration is responding so ineptly in part because it is in a complete crisis mode realizing that the entire United States is on the brink of collapse and there’s very little they can do about it. The Bush administration doesn’t know how to build things up, only blow them up. They aren’t worrying about New Orleans because they’re frantically triaging the rest of the nation and deciding what can be saved elsewhere."

I stand corrected.

I don't know if you disabled comments on your next entry (about Kanye West) or if my computer is just being a shit and won't display the link to comment, but I just wanted to let you know that I agree with a lot of what you're saying. I'm not going to pretend I agree with it all because, to be honest, I don't know everything about the situation that is going on here. (That's not to say I'm not keeping up with it, but I'm not nearly as informed as most others.)

I admire Kanye West for standing up for what he believes in and speaking out as a supporter for gay rights in a homophobic-orienated rap world, and for speaking his opinions on the hurricane situation. And as for the Red Cross - Well, I know they're doing what they can to help the victims, but I will always refuse to give blood until they change their policies. (Well, not that they'd take it anyway, what with being a sexually active gay man.)

Anyway, just wanted to let you know I liked your post and the points you raised in them.

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