‘Becky, I don’t need your vote’
October 29, 2008 | 2008 campaign,Advertising,Barack Obama,Economics,Media,Politics,PR,Television
Oh, wait. That didn’t happen, did it?
Posted by Becky @ 8:35 pm | 2 Comments
Forgiven: Los Lonely Boys
Los Lonely Boys,Music
Forgiven by me? Nah. I still can’t get Los Lonely Boys ringtones on my Alltel cell. Waaaaaaaah. C’mon, Boys. Help me out here.
No, “Forgiven” is their new album released this summer. I don’t think they need to be forgiven, unless it’s a sin to recruit a new generation of music lovers. My kids give “Superman” six little thumbs up.
It’s the hands-down (umm, thumbs up) favorite. It rocks.
See their Superman muscles?
All the songs on the CD are originals written by the Boys, except “I’m A Man,” a Spencer Davis Group song. Seems they’ve gone through some broken hearts, hence the theme and abundance of songs about losing love, making it better and being forgiven. They tie it up in the end with being grateful and trying to save the world with the last track, “The Way I Feel.”
They don’t hit them all out of the park, but, oh my, “Another Broken Heart” has great rhythm and “Loving You Always” is a sweet and simple love song. It’s right up there with “Texican Style.” Mmm, good.
Coldplay’s Chris Martin rocks for Barack Obama
October 28, 2008 | 2008 campaign,Music,Politics
Coldplay was on Saturday Night Live last weekend. They performed four times. I can’t claim to have seen every SNL episode, so this is just a guess, but most musical acts usually perform twice, right? I figure someone at SNL really loves Coldplay.
Chris Martin said at the end of one of the songs, “Barack Obama.”
Wait. Isn’t he British? Yeah, OK, he’s married to an American. But … isn’t he British?
Oh, the weather outside is frightful
October 27, 2008 | Stuff,Weather
But the fire is so delightful …
We got the new fireplace going just in time for nasty weather.
It started with the wind. Sort of a mix of hurricane and tornado wind … hurricornado wind. Those are my leaves blowing away, proving that I never need to rake them.
It’s difficult to show in a picture how strong the wind was. But, here. Look at this.
See that in the upper left corner? That’s my windchime. It’s already lost one tube and the wood clacker, and the frame has cracked and split. If this wind keeps up, I don’t think it will last the week.
Then came the snow. Horizontal snow. But it blew in and blew out so fast, it would have been easy to miss.
Not to worry, though … it came back.
I know they dreamed about snowmen last night. They can’t wait.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
The laundry, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
Stuff
We got the clothesline up. (No homeowners association to tell me I can’t.) In this wind? It took 20 minutes, tops, for each load of sheets to dry.
Apple and sausage pie?
October 22, 2008 | Apples,Food,Stuff
Yummy.
“Apples? Well, that’s weird.”
[Bite]
“But, mmm, that’s good.”
Thanks, Simply Recipes!
Next up: Norsk eplekake, by special request.
I agree with something Alec Baldwin said?
2008 campaign,Alec Baldwin,Media,Politics,Sarah Palin,SNL,Television
Wow. These are End Times.
In case you missed it, Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, appeared on last weekend’s Saturday Night Live.
My only criticism for Alec Baldwin is, hey, we know she’s not Tina. Quit calling her Tina. As if we didn’t hear you the first three times. Oh, and, “Everything WE stand for,” you said to Lorne Michaels? Even though you’ve given twice as much money to political candidates, Michaels has supported John McCain for years. Just sayin’.
Other than that, I don’t know what kind of heat Baldwin is getting about the whole thing or to whom he’s responding, but he had this to say yesterday.
Saturday Night Live is a comedy show. It’s not Meet the Press. It doesn’t “ask the tough questions” or “set the agenda.” It attempts, with varying degrees of success, to make people laugh. That’s it.
Exactly.
Same thing for Comedy Central and others, no matter how much someone might want to convince me of the political relevance and deep meaning of comedy shows. Their job is to make people laugh. That’s it. If they get politicians they skewer to “be good sports” and participate, that’s gravy.
Beyoncé Knowles as Etta James
Music
Really? Maybe I underestimate Beyoncé Knowles’ talent. Or maybe it would be different if Etta James didn’t have such a distinctive voice that nobody can touch. Because this certainly doesn’t touch it, blond wig and warm sentiments aside.
Etta James recorded At Last in 1961 when she was 23. Just listen to that voice.
Even James, with a voice worn with time, does Etta James better than a 27-year-old Knowles.
I don’t know. Just seems that Knowles singing James is as jarring as if, say, Barry Manilow started singing with AC/DC.
Posted by Becky @ 5:06 pm | 2 Comments
Devra: I said, “Mark my words,” didn’t I?
October 17, 2008 | 2008 campaign,Barack Obama,Ethics,John McCain,Lorne Michaels,Politics,SNL,Television
It’s official: Sarah Palin will appear on Saturday Night Live.
As an elected official — still in office — she will be in good company.
Sigh.
Posted by Becky @ 7:51 pm | 2 Comments
