Take me to the Water Black Grooves (Free subscription) | 02/04/2010
Title: Can You Dig It? : The Music and Politics of Black Action Films 1968-75 Artist: Various Artists Label: Soul Jazz Records Formats: 2 CD set, 4 LPs (vol. 1-2) Catalog Number: SJR CD 214 Release Date: September 29, 2009 - The period of the late ’60s and early to mid ’70s was a time of social change in America, when [...]
io9 (Free subscription) | 01/29/2010
Seeking to prove Edwin Starr wrong, Samuel L. Jackson and his Afro Samurai co-creator Eric Calderon think that war might be good for a few things after all with their new comic series, Cold Space.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Liquor Barn's Party Line Blog (Free subscription) | 01/21/2010
Btms^ for Thursday January 21. Drink 4cast 4 2day: Bald Peak Merlot, in honor of actor Telly Savalas (“Kojak”) born 2day in 1924. Y CELEBRATE 2 Day? On this date in… 1905 – Christian Dior born in France…a real designing man! 1915 – Kiwanis International founded in Detroit, Michigan. 1922 - British actor Paul Scofield born…ask anyone in “Quiz Show”...
Cultsha (Free subscription) | 01/17/2010
There is growing evidence that radio waves from the massive and gratuitous expansion of the urban CCTV network and video surveillance devices are having an adverse effect on people’s memories. The network is now so widespread that it is believed most – if not all – of the population is affected. Typically, when embarrassment might [...]
Commentary by David A. Love (Free subscription) | 01/15/2010
In the George Orwell classic 1984 , there is a state of perpetual war between the nations of Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. The enemy in the conflict is ambiguous, and the battlefield exists in an elusive and distant land. The enemy could be Eurasia one day, and Eastasia the next, but that location is really insignificant. The mission of perpetual war for these superpowers is to justify psychological...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 01/14/2010
America is in a state of perpetual war. Before it was the Cold War, and now it is the War on Terror. The boogeyman du jour is Al Qaeda and Islamic terrorism rather than Communism.
el director (Free subscription) | 01/12/2010
To kick off what is to be a political week here in the UK, three songs to get you going: Mr. Brown by Bob Mareley, and the lyrics are really appropriate. War by Edwin Starr, to commemorate the inevitable whitewash that is the Iraq Inquiry. And lastly, off to Northern Ireland , a far flung part of the UK with a song by Simon and Garfunkel ... www.babarouge.com
The Paragraph Farmer (Free subscription) | 01/06/2010
The tambourine line in Edwin Starr's "War (What is it good for?)" requires more of a virtuoso hand than the tambourine line in the Bob Dylan song "Mr. Tambourine Man" or its best-known cover version by The Byrds.
Monuments Are For Pigeons (Free subscription) | 12/28/2009
It’s the end of a decade and time to make a list. A few publications have compiled definitive Top 10 (or Top 50) lists, so why not me? The only problem being: I don’t think I’ve heard 10 albums from the 00s: on the contrary, this decade is when I got into music made 40 years ago. So to reach 10, I’m including albums I first heard in the 00s. This makes my list so subjective...
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 12/14/2009
While the idea of Kweli moving toward the clubbin' direction may be a sign of the apocalypse for some, this is an album of balancing acts and of mining the past and braving the future.
Scooter McGavin's 9th Green (Free subscription) | 12/14/2009
A wise man once pondered the title above, “War: what is it good for?” It is a valid question, but Edwin Starr shouldn’t have tried answering that question himself because it isn’t, “Absolutely nothing.” The actual answer is entertainment. There have been movies about war since the invention of moving pictures and Hollywood is still cranking them out with Defiance...
iLounge (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
To paraphrase the song “War” by Edwin Starr: “Twitter, huh, yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothing Uh-huh Twitter, huh, yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothing Retweet it, y’all” I have railed against Twitter for some time now—much to the amusement of one or two colleagues, I’ll add—and since iLounge has decided to embrace this medium, I am going...
Chris n that (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
So here we are - December rings in the last of my year-long tribute to my personal Legends of Motown. This month's Legend has to be the group who first got me excited in the label and it's artists and I guess for quite a few in my generation that was through The Jackson 5. It helped that I was the age that I presume was their demographic audience and I remember playing my 7" single of ABC at the...
Electronic Village (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
America is engaged in two wars at the moment -- Afghanistan and Iraq. President Obama promises that we will be out of Iraq by August 2010. In a few hours he will announce his decision on whether or not to send more troops into Afghanistan. Personally, I find myself doubting the need to continue the war in either country. However, I am open-minded to what our President will tell us tonight. In the...
Cheltenham4u.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
27 & 28 November 2009, The Front Rooms Fancy a bitter music this weekend? The Red Lemons, a celebrated British soul band, are performing at The Front Rooms on Friday and Saturday night. Famed for their ''funky'' and lively style, the seven-piece group has played for a host of celebrities including Princess Anne, Billy Connolly, David Frost and Jeremy Irons. The band - which includes a rhythm, brass...
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