Song Of The Day

Look over to your right and you will see the Song Of The Day. I intend to update this everyday, except on the weekends, with songs that you have hopefully not heard or bands that you have not heard of. I will also leave up the Song Of Yesterday just in case you miss it. Stay Tunes.

The 10 Commandments Guidelines of Concert Behavior

VIII.Thou Shalt Not Sing Along Unless Explicitly Directed by the Performer(s)

Fact is, no one paid to hear your interpretations of these songs, even if you are convinced that your vocal performance is a vast improvement over the original. Even if you sang in your high school's choir both years they went to the state competition. I think pretty much everyone can agree that Tunde Adebimpe has some great pipes. But I don't care if a vocalist can't carry a tune in a bucket. Leonard Cohen has openly admitted to having the vocal range of a doorbell, but I'd still much rather listen to him croak his way through Chelsea Motel than your pitch-perfect rendition.

But don't worry, there are plenty of opportunities each and every day for you to test your singing chops, even if you aren't a professional performer. Warm up with a few numbers in the shower, and once you're limber, really cut loose during your commutes. Sing to your kids instead of screaming at them. Sing to your co-workers and/or classmates if you must. Find a nice karaoke bar and wrestle the mic away from the 300-pound bearded actuary whose not-so-secret dream is to play Maria in a Broadway revival of West Side Story. If that still doesn't satiate you, by all means, head down to the mall to be discovered the next time American Idol comes to town.

Unfortunately, we pretty much have to throw this rule out the window if the performer dips a toe into the singalong pool. I've never understood why I would pay to watch someone perform, then actively participate. I realize the singalong plays an important role in the oral tradition of most cultures. But when I shell out $100 for a ticket, $10 for parking and $8 for a poor imitation of a respectable cocktail, not even Alhaji Papa Susso himself would expect me lift a finger.

Previous Guidelines:
I. Thou Shalt Not Puke
II. Thou Shalt Not Fart
III. Thou Shalt Not Smoke
IV. Thou Shalt Not Take Crappy Pictures With Your Cell Phone
V. Thou Shall Show Up On Time
VI. Thou Shalt Not Request Songs
VII. Thou Shall Respect The Personal Space of Others

VEEP Debate

With one debate down all eyes are on St. Louis for the Vice Presidential Debate scheduled for this Thursday. I believe that this one will be far less predictable then the debate last Friday. Both camps are going to want to keep a tight leash on their kids; Biden has the bad habit of speaking his mind to freely and Palin has no mind to speak of (was that out loud?). They both get defensive when cornered and each one handles this in a different way. Biden gets confrontational which could make him come across as a hot head and Palin stammers and fidgets making her look unprepared and inexperienced. My prediction is that this will be the first silent debate, both candidates will be instructed by their council to not say more than needed and if they adhere to that the whole night will be filled with yes and no answers.

McCain Campaign Stunt Suggestions

At the risk of never being invited to another family function again I am going to post Slates predictions on McCain's next big campaign stunts.

My personal favorite is #9

1. Return to Vietnam and jail himself
2. Offers the post of "vice vice president" to Warren Buffet
3. Challenges Obama to suspend campaign so they both can go and personally drill for offshore oil
4. Learns to use computer
5. Does bombing run over Taliban-controlled tribal areas of Pakistan
6. Offers to forgo salary, sell one house
7. Sex-change operation
8. Suspends campaign until Nov. 4th, offers to start being president right now
9. Sells Alaska to Russia for $700 billion
10. Pledges to serve only one term. OK, half a term

CD Release Dates

I rather enjoy keeping up with what CD's are being release each Tuesday. So I have finally found a website that has a fairly inclusive list of each weeks releases as well as which ones have changed their release dates. You can find it Here

Shot In The Dark

In a Forbes article from the 23rd concerning the Paulson Plan you can find this little gem that should give you some confidence.

...some of the most basic details, including the $700 billion figure Treasury would use to buy up bad debt are fuzzy.

"It's not based on a particular data point," a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. "We just wanted to choose a really large number."

Well I feel a whole hell of a lot better.

Punchline

Video shot at 1000 frames per second with a twist at the end

I Don't Need No College Edumacation

Here is an interview with Charles Murray author of the recently released book Real Education. In the book he argues that we need to do away with Bachelor of Arts degrees since 80% of people are unable to understand what is being taught anyway. Instead he suggests that those 80% go to trade school.

SNL

Saturday Night Live has had trouble in recent years coming up with characters and skits that are as memorable as when they had the likes of Chevy Chase, John Belushi and Steve Martin. There have been some shining moments though such as the The Chronicles of Narnia rap and the More Cowbell skit. This video will also go down as one of the greats, I laughed so hard I nearly wet myself.

Sorry, the embed code doesn't work so I had to link to it instead.

New James Bond Theme Song

The theme song for the new James Bond movie is now available to stream. I must say that I am pleasantly surprised considering that I have never been a big fan of the White Stripes, but I like The Racontuers, go figure.