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Tuesday, Apr 01, 2003

chick magnet

"Today's column is devoted to a reply to my column from last week, "Shut Up and Sing?" I received many, many replies to that column about the Dixie Chicks' lead singer Natalie Maines' remarks regarding President Bush. I feel strongly that you should read this response to that column from my old friend and mentor and fellow Texan Bill C. Malone. Bill is the dean of country music historians. His groundbreaking book Country Music USA in 1968 set the standards for country music scholarship, and Bill has kept those standards high with a series of books ever since. Bill sent a response to my column, and it is well worth your attention."

book report report

mcsweeney mag The Believer makes its debut.

web presence

the agonist gets some face time at nprs The Connection. overall, a respectable showing.

fool on the hill

"Support has been pouring in all over the globe on this glorious Make Fun Of The Cheneys day. Thanks to everyone for making this effort a success. I expect Dick Cheney'ss resignation on my desk by noon Friday. A partial list of participating websites follows. Read as many as you can stand."

heads up

"Radiohead's sixth studio album Hail to the Thief has just been leaked onto the internet, two months before its official release. (The title is generally viewed as a dig at Dubya, though the band itself coyly denies it: "Not sure where all that George Bush stuff came from. Hail is no insult, really...We just like the contradictory phrases like '2+2=5' and 'Hail to the Thief' and all that.") The actual release could be a remastered version of this, though."

masters of war

"Avril Lavigne has recorded a version of the Bob Dylan classic �Knocking On Heaven�s Door� for inclusion on the forthcoming album �War Child: Hope�, a fundraiser for children of Iraq.

Alongside Lavigne�s contribution are tracks from Travis, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Moby, The Charlatans, Beverley Knight, Ronan Keating, Basement Jaxx, New Order and Spiritulized.

One particular point of interest on the 17-song album is a track by Yusef Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, who has chosen to break his musical silence for the album, with a reworking of his 1971 hit �Peace Train�."

air brush up

trench footnotes

firstworldwar.com: the war to end all wars website

blog as i want to be

just noticed i was added to the incublogula blogroll. as usual, all i can say is, what were you thinking?

Monday, Mar 31, 2003

pete and pete

"I am still in shock and awe at being fired. There is enormous sensitivity within the US government to reports coming out from Baghdad.

They don't want credible news organisations reporting from here because it presents them with enormous problems.

I reported on the original bombing for NBC and we were half a mile away from those massive explosions. Now I am really shocked that I am no longer reporting this story for the US and awed by the fact that it actually happened."

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