Bible + Natural History Museum = Awesome
Now, I know there are plenty of religious people who would never allow their children to be put through shit like this… but this is what you get when dogma and superstition overtake reason and evidence… Oh, and evolution is definitely a religion; I pray to Darwin and PZ Myers nightly…
In honor of the day…
A little something I think we can all agree with: from Monty Python’s Life of Brian…
Obama talks to us like adults, has a serious conversation about race
If you have 35 minutes, do yourself a favor and watch/listen to the speech Obama gave yesterday about race in America. The desire to broach the topic has been building for a while, and he finally said, you wanna talk about race? I can talk about race biatch! (not referring to hill here). Not only does Obama have the personal experience to speak with authority on the topic, but he’s clearly an informed academic on the topic as well. It is very rare that a politician will talk about a topic like this without dumbing down the issue.
after the fold, Tracy Morgan hilarity… Read more
Fecking brilliant…
This is a video in which god is seen offering the position of jesus to a guy in what is conceivably Heaven. It is a funny discussion and it made me laugh. Perhaps it will make you laugh. Let me know if it did! Thanks for being you!
Iraq Strategy…
From the two Australian (one is actually from New Zealand, but I digress) comedians who did the “The Front Fell Off” sketch that Drac posted previously elsewhere… This video is from late in 2006 …
Jacky-boy…
I’m sure some of you have seen this Jack Nicholson ad…
But here is a response I stumbled upon, which made me laugh…
I want people to say vile things in the comments for this…
From Billo last night…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ5unIy52Yk
Neil Young Part I: The Essentials
While driving down Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, a young folk musician named Stephen Stills spotted a hearse driving in the opposite lane. He recognized the driver as a quiet and intense Canadian whom he had met nearly a year earlier at a folk club in Thunder, Ontario. Upon their initial meeting, the two musicians had immediately taken to one another. They shook hands and departed with a vague agreement to work together in the future, but the transient nature of a musician’s life had made it difficult for the two aspiring artists to reconnect. This moment marked the first time Stills had seen the man since they first met.
Thinking quickly, Stills pulled a u-turn in the middle of the street and flagged down the hearse’s driver. They agreed to form a band on the spot, calling themselves Buffalo Springfield, and released their first album just a few months later. Headlined by a hit single that took a whimsical look at the Vietnam War (”For What It’s Worth”), the band dominated the airwaves with one of the most defining songs of the era.
Buffalo Springfield’s lifespan was brief–the band broke up two years after their formation. Despite this, the Canadian driving that hearse evolved into one of the most famous musicians of the twentieth century. His name is Neil Young, and for the last forty years he has challenged, inspired and confounded the world of popular music.
Due to his prolific output and his propensity for releasing “difficult” material, Neil Young is a daunting figure for those who are unfamiliar with his work. When an artist has released over thirty studio albums, it’s hard to know where to start and what to avoid. The following is a how-to guide for those who aren’t Neil Young fans, but are interested in learning more about this enigmatic and brilliant musician.
I’ve chosen three different categories for Young’s work: the essentials, the train wrecks, and the decent albums that are worth investment but probably aren’t good launching pads. I’m going to avoid discussing the collaborative efforts, such as the aforementioned Springfields and Young’s work with Messirs Crosby, Stills and Nash. All of that material is worth checking out, but this is a pure assessment of Neil Young. I am also refusing to consider Young’s live albums (that’s a topic that deserves its own series of posts), and the bootleg/unreleased material (Chrome Dreams, Where the Buffalo Roam, etc.) This is only the official discography.
I am also dividing this post into installments. The essential albums are included with this post (click the “read more” tab below), with the other two lists to follow at a later date. If you’re interested, I recommend listening to these albums in the order that they’re listed.
Enjoy, and don’t forget to keep on rockin’ in the free world!