http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USjuOWLyWIQ
You and I is a song that will be included on Wilco (The Album) to be released June 30. The song features classic Wilco guitars, Jeff Tweedy's vocals and vocal help from Canadian "it" girl Feist. I really liked their last collection of music Sky Blue Sky and new Wilco music is always a welcomed addition to my music library.
The date tells me this is my first blog entry in nearly a month. I am really not very interesting and I am really not very social, so there is really not anything exciting for me to write about. Though I suppose I have my ramblings to share.
The hockey season will finally be over tonight. It is longer than the baseball season, for those who like to complain about the length of the baseball season. Hockey starts in early October and will end in early June, lasting over 9 months. You could almost conceive and bear a baby during this time. Whereas the baseball season starts late March or early April and ends late in October, this is only 8 months. You could conceive a child and still get out of town during this time.
Lord Stanley Cup's will be presented tonight to the winner of game 7 between Detroit and Pittsburgh. Detroit won it last year and I am hoping for the major upset tonight. Even all the Crosby haters know that he deserves the cup after his strong playoff performance.
Dave and Conan.
Letterman and Palin.
Where to begin?
Television just before and after midnight has got much more interesting in the past 2 weeks. I am biased towards Dave, always have been and always will be, do I think his jokes about Palin's daughter might have crossed a line, yes I do. But Sarah and her husband's reaction have been extremely over the top, Dave has been on television for 30 years, he isn't out molesting girls or has he ever made suggestions that this was appropriate behaviour. The U.S. media on the right, Fox News in particular, needs someone to attack, and they are doing their best on Dave. Palin needs to get back into the public eye and why not use Dave like he is using her. Other more important people have fought back after being the brunt of Letterman's jokes, and Dave is always ready for a good fight. His relevance goes beyond being funnier or not than any other talk show host, he often says things we wish we could say and explains things better than most newscasters. His show following 9/11 says more about him than anything Palin could ever say. She should get back to governing Alaska because aren't there more important economic issues to focus on rather than a few cheesy jokes. Your daughter was "knocked up" and you do look like a slutty flight attendant at times, get over it. Like him or hate, Dave was making jokes like this in 1982, 1989, 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2009, and if you don't like him you can watch Conan, or Jay at 10 in September.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xut56q77GK0
Dave's comments following 9/11.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCO22jxMrrQ
Dave's tribute to Paul Newman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDrxOM3jsxY
Dave's tribute to Johnny Carson.
This is a man who will mean more to the American people than Palin will ever.
As for Conan, I think he is funnier than Dave, except for his interviews, Dave kicks any of the late night hosts asses during interviews. I will watch Conan during commercials or when he is being funny, but I will watch Dave first, until he decides to retire, relevant or not, funny or not. It is what I grew up watching and will continue doing so.
I still read a lot and the last book I finished was 'Tis (A Memoir) by Frank McCourt. I like the following passage from it.
"It's the first time I ever had lemon meringue pie and I'm thinking if this is the way they eat all the time in America I won't be a bit hungry and I'll be fine and fat, as they say in Limerick. I'll have Dostoevsky for the loneliness and pie for the hunger."
I finally wrote something new the other day, and it is below.
No Escape Plan
My unexplainable absences have continued through spring
Summer's coming thunderstorms threaten to obliterate me
I emptied my heart trying to grow old before it was proper
Kindness was never enough for love and beautiful women
The rejection filled my head through every lonely evening
Dreams with happy endings never came but poems stayed
I care very little about them now and beauty is not for me
Ugliness will always remain at the core of my self image
There is nowhere for it to go and it is no longer venomous
Accepting defeat is never easy even if gracefully handled
Embracing silence can eventually bring peace to thoughts
I can be alive without having to worry about living right
Each day is a celebration against death until nothingness
The brilliance of not knowing you were right about God
Scarred skin and strong bones decomposing or burning
Becoming insignificant like the Earth in a blink of time
We are characters in a horror movie with no escape plan
Some of us play starring roles and will be remembered
The gospel according to John says none of us mattered
Beyond the moments of our present and instant futures
Death gives others a chance to mourn until they forget
Nobody who knew Jesus is alive today to tell us truths
Religion preys on the foolish as Marx and Freud knew
Poe saw its evolution out of fear, greed and imagination
You should believe, if you can, because what do I know
You should love, if you can, because maybe I am unable
The elegance and excitement of romance never lingered
My faithful friend melancholy would wait around for me
Together we could watch the full moon and ponder life
I often thought it was better sitting alone consuming tea
There was no drama of hearts mending but trust refusing
Sex being accomplished without love making it special
Mornings of conflicting thoughts and emptied feelings
Warm hands suddenly becoming colder than last winter
Too many questions plague some of us each passing day
All the answers are unsatisfactory and lacking in virtue
I make myself out to be more complex than is necessary
This happens when you are boring, bored and displeasing
A need to be creative, inspiring and attractive takes over.
10 June 2009
A few Counting Crows clips to share.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNWIa_A5_8w
Round Here (October 2008 N.J.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIKMIpuUYwk
Anna Begins (May 26, 2009 Sheffield, England)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzMNbqyPPzo&feature=channel_page
Recovering The Satellites (Dublin 2009)
Today has probably been the nicest day of June so far. The sun is supposed to be out and shining for a few days, but no matter what the weather is, there will always be a little light shining in my heart. Some of you may never see it, some of you might glimpse it, for some of you it might be too bright but for one of you, it might just be right.
john edward charles.
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