Pop composer Burt Bacharach has written his first lyrics in a career spanning nearly 50 years, expressing his disillusionment over the war in Iraq.
The 77-year-old, who wrote songs such as Walk On By with lyricist Hal David, has written a number of political songs on his latest album At This Time.
“I had to do it. [...]
Archive for October, 2005
Jose Couso
A Spanish judge issued international arrest warrants yesterday for three US soldiers who face being put on trial in Madrid for the killing of a Spanish television cameraman during the Iraq war.
Lieutenant Colonel Philip de Camp, Captain Philip Wolford and Sergeant Shawn Gibson of the US Army’s 3rd Infantry Division were wanted for questioning [...]
Tonight’s best new track was ‘Viva Max’ by Black Lipstick. I got their album, ‘Sincerely,’ earlier this year, when I wasn’t DJing, and I loved it then. But ‘Viva Max’ has grown from being an occasional listen to an obsession. I keep playing it in the car, over and over. It just rolls along, semi-VU, [...]
Junkmedia come up trumps again with a great interview with Dave Allen from Gang Of Four:
I’m talking about the new bands. I mean, what on earth are Bloc Party up to? Franz Ferdinand? All of these bands. They’ve borrowed our sound but they have not gone anywhere near our sociological lyrics. It’s hard to describe [...]
US warplanes and helicopters bombed two villages near the Iraq city of Ramadi, killing an estimated 70 militants, the military said today. But witnesses said at least 39 were civilians.
(Source: The Independent)
This didn’t even make any of the TV news headlines today. And it was quite far down on the Independent and Guardian websites. [...]
We need a secular constitution that will:
* End the privileged input of religious bodies to policy making and law-making
* Keep all public services free from religious control so that that they remain equally available to all on the same terms
* Abolish the established [...]
It was the decision of broad-minded politicians in Ottawa to allow Sharia courts in Canada which did it for her. They said if they were not established, the Muslim minority would be marginalised and to say otherwise was racism pure and simple.
After years of hearing this postmodern twaddle, Namazie flipped. Why was it, she asked, [...]
First, read this.
This email just in:
Hey,
I’m right there with you as to downloading and my opinions on it, however, what matters more for us at this point is clearly that you liked it, and have been playing it and turning other folks on to it, not to mention you bought the cd(?) anyway. [...]
I got an email from Shuman Ghosemajumder the other day. Apart from having a very scary CV, he’s thought a lot about the future of music, as have I.
Have a read of his Open Music Model. There’s some interesting and innovative stuff there but I can’t see a whole lot of the old-school industry [...]
The late, great Hans Bethe
I wank on about quantum physics a lot. Nothing too specific, of course, because anything but the most general outline is way beyond me. But with the help of people like John Gribbin and his excellent books, I’ve tried to get a basic understanding.
And now you can too, without even [...]