The Meme-Mandated, Semi-Regularly-Updated, Occasionally Coherent Thoughts of G.M. Skarka
Ganked from
“Shaft” by Geoffrey Chaucer
Wha be tha blake prevy lawe
That bene wantoun too alle tha feres?
SHAFT!
Ya damne righte!
Wha be tha carl tha riske is hals wolt
Fro is allye leve?
SHAFT!
Konne ye?
Wha be tha carl wha ne wolden flee
Whan peril bene all aboughte?
SHAFT!
Verray!
Alle clepe tha carl ane badde mooder-
SOFTE!
Speken of Shaft bene I.
THAN KONNE ALLES WE!
He be a man konne unnethes
Namo save is mayde konnes im.
JOHN SHAFT!
Gotta love this. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) was on Meet The Press this weekend (link to transcript), talking about the CIA Leak investigation and the near-inevidable indictments that are coming….and she said that she hoped “that if there is going to be an indictment that says something happened, that it is an indictment on a crime and not some perjury technicality where they couldn’t indict on the crime and so they go to something just to show that their two years of investigation was not a waste of time and taxpayer dollars.”
Yeah, you read that right: “some perjury technicality.”
For those of you who haven’t been paying attention, this is the same Kay Bailey Hutchison that voted in favor of both counts of impeachment against Bill Clinton.
For perjury.
On February 17th, 1999, she said, according to the Congressional record:
“I do not hold the view of our Constitution that there must be an actual, indictable crime in order for an act of a public officer to be impeachable. It is clear to this Senator that there are, indeed, circumstances, short of a felony criminal offense, that would justify the removal of a public officer from office, including the President of the United States. Manifest injury to the Office of the President, to our Nation and to the American people and gross abuse of trust and of public office clearly can reach the level of intensity that would justify the impeachment and removal of a leader.”
Hypocrisy, Thy Name is Republican.
Facing my first post KCRF weekend, where I’m free to do whatever the hell I want! Here’s some music for the assembled throng:
First for
I picked up the album Mexican Spaghetti Western by Robert Rodriguez’ band, Chingon (Spanish for “bad-ass”) this week, and it’s been a near-constant feature of my work play-list ever since. This stuff is GREAT. They just added the album to the iTunes Music Store, so if you have iTunes, buy the album. It’s worth it. Here’s the first track: Chingon – “Se Me Paro.” I love the band intro towards the end: “On the drums…On the guitar….On another guitar….On yet another guitar….”
If we’re going to have Spanish, we should also have some French, right
I discovered this new group earlier in the week. The group is called Locksley, and hails from Madison Wisconsin, but travelled to NYC to be discovered in the clubs there. They do absolutely spot-on mid-60s Brit-pop (think the Kinks or some of the early Beatles tracks), complete with hand clapping and finishing up in under 2 minutes. Mark my words: This song is destined to be featured in an iPod ad. I can totally see it coming. Locksley – “She Does.”
Speaking of the 60s, one of my favorite groups from the period was the Velvet Underground. I could go on for pages and pages about Lou Reed and John Cale, but I’ll simply say that they were one of the worlds first true “alternative” groups….experimental and truly ahead of their time. This is one of my two favorite VU tracks: Velvet Underground – “Venus in Furs.”
Now for a song that will now always remind me of this season of the KCRF. Every morning, before the Opening cannon,
Some more moody synth-goth from Dead Can Dance – “Anywhere Out Of The World.” I love Brendan Perry’s voice, and this song showcases it nicely.
Lastly, something high-energy to get you through the rest of the day. I miss bands with horn sections…and this group’s horn section would bounce around the stage like madmen during this song. The Urge – “Getting Hectic.” “I’m gettin’ vexed with the crap they project…they put it on wax and on the record-store racks….” This song never fails to get me moving.
There you go folks. Enjoy the weekend, and I’ll see some of you tonight!