Madeleine Peyroux
William Heise | September 28, 2009
Relaxing music by Madeleine Peyroux. The Weary Blues: Dance Me to the End of Love: I’m All Right:
Another Favorite Bit of Comedy
William Heise | September 25, 2009
Cheese and Onions from The Rutles:
My Favorite Bit of Comedy of All Time
William Heise | September 25, 2009
My friend Jeff reminded me of this:
Goga Filipovic Feat DjDream – Nije ovo prica Moja
William Heise | September 23, 2009
The song I am listening to this week is by Goga Filipovic Featuring DjDream. It is titled “Nije ovo prica Moja” (I have no idea what this means).
Zombies of Doom, or Isn’t There Anything Else to Do in Ottawa?
William Heise | September 21, 2009
This bit of news crossed the desk today (click here for the full story). If society were ever attacked by zombies, we would probably be doomed, and quickly. That was the conclusion of two university researchers in Ottawa, Ontario. Quick thinking Ontario researchers. They managed to set up mathematical models hypothesizing zombie attacks as infectious [...]
A Truck in North Korea
William Heise | September 20, 2009
I was looking at North Korea on Google Earth today. I noticed that there were no automobiles on the roads. Click here for the panoramio page. But I found this picture of a truck, which (I think) explains why. Click here for the panoramio page.
Are The Who’s Best Days Behind Them?
William Heise | September 18, 2009
Found this article today on Yahoo about When Singers Can’t Sing Their Own Songs. It starts out with Roger Daltrey, who is mounting one last tour before his voice gives out. “‘These are the last years of my life that I can sing that material,’ he confessed.” The author confesses his love of “Quadrophenia.” But, [...]
Amusing Ourselves to Death
William Heise | September 16, 2009
The 1960s had given us the idealism which was supposed to solve all our problems. [see Changing Media II; Hair, and Deaf-Mutes in Mao’s China]. All we had to do was make the move away from our individual selves to what I have come to call our “inner goddess” and what Robert Graves had called [...]
Deaf-Mutes in Chairman Mao’s China
William Heise | September 16, 2009
I found this horrific post on Michael Berube’s blog. It concerns deaf-mutes in Mao’s China. They are robbed of their speech until the “Mao Zedong Thought Medical Team” brings Mao’s thoughts on health care to them. “Who has made them deaf-mutes?” the narrator asks at 1:14. You might be thinking, “They’re deaf by nature,” or [...]
Jamelia–Superstar
William Heise | September 16, 2009
Larry complained that I was getting too obscure in my choice of music, so I thought I’d give him something more mainstream. This song is by Jamelia, a British pop star. They have disabled embedding on the original video. This is a knock-off. Follow this link for the much more satisfying original video. If you’re [...]
