A Rubber Door

Michael Penn will appear on the Jay Leno show on August 4th, 2 days after the release of his CD Mr. Hollywood Jr. 1947.

Wow - I’m late on this. Here’s what’s in my new music folder for this month:

Man-Made - Teenage Fanclub
Live at Noe Valley Ministry - Kristin Hersh - really good show, she was in rare form (I was there). This is an official bootleg on emusic to make it even better
Shake the Sheets - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Going Somewhere - Colin Hay
Wherever you are - David Mead
Ex Hex - Mary Timoney
Love is Red - David Poe
What Became of the Libertines - The Libertines

I really like the David Mead cd otherwise nothing earth shattering this month. (that is other than the new Harry Potter!)

If you want more proof that Santorum is wacky you need to read this article. You may have to subscribe so here are some quotes from the article:

Santorum goes after working mothers for leaving the home (radical feminists made them do it), defends the home-schooling of his children by calling public education an “aberration,” and places blame for the manifold ills of the world squarely at the feet of… guess who? Yep, the Liberals.

Liberals favor “no-fault freedom,” Santorum writes. In turn, this has led to “the debasement of women, mental illness, and an epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases, causing infertility, cancer, even death.”

I believe in plain old freedom. Everything comes with a cost and guess what, so does freedom. The implication with all this is that free will is evil, and what is scary is what Rick Sanctimonious would have as an alternative.

And a great closing line:

Santorum’s people have a stock response to criticism of his wilder comments: Rick is an honest, bright guy who speaks his mind. So there.

I agree. Judging from his recent comments, I’d say that Rick Santorum has one of the finest minds of the 13th century.

I know I have some non-US readers so let me tell everyone that Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum makes Dubya seem like Ted Kennedy. His comments that basically blamed Boston liberals for the priest abuse scandal are amazing. His views on homosexuality are to the right of Jerry Fallwell. How this guy ever became a senator is beyond me. Now what is even scarier is that he is mentioned as a presidential candidate. If the democrats put up a candidate as equally polarizing - he could actually win.

It’s time we get serious. This guy cannot win his senate match this fall - even you are not in this state - you should follow this one because if he wins, we could be seeing the next President.

There may be people actually reading this thing. It’s been a really busy couple of weeks and I promise I’ll write something of value in the next day or so.

Question of the day: Should I go see Elvis Costello and the Impostors at the Tower?

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Finally some news about Shawn Colvin and her next cd. Looks like next February.

Six albums and 20 years ago, Shawn Colvin was burning to make her name in the music world, and to express herself through song. The Midwestern-born and -bred singer-songwriter had gone from Austin to New York City, from country to folk-rock, looking for her voice. And when she located it, she found it in a big way: Her 1989 debut, “Steady On,” featuring such expressive mood pieces as “Shotgun Down the Avalanche,” earned Colvin a Grammy Award for best contemporary folk album. Read the rest of the article

Again something Kristen found (maybe this is her blog?):

One artist who had no gigs to cancel but apparently needed to be associated with the incident was Omarion.

Inexplicably, the former B2K singer’s publicist released a brief statement just hours after the bombings. “T.U.G./Sony Recording Artist Omarion was in London during the tragic bombings that struck this morning,” the statement read. “He would like his fans to pray that he has a safe trip and a safe return home. He appreciates your support.”

The R&B singer, in London for Live 8, was uninjured in the bombings, leaving many to question the appropriateness of the statement.

Asked by a Reuters reporter why anyone should pray for him, the musician’s rep responded: “He wasn’t hurt or anything, but just the fact that he was there and all that.”

I think that since I heard what happened at the time on the radio and suffered greatly everyone should pray for me too - and all that.

From my girlfriend/correspondent Kristen (thanks Kristen)

LIVE 8 REDUX: After being roundly criticized for their coverage of Live 8, MTV and VH1 re-airing 10 hours of coverage of the concerts commercial-free on Saturday.

Full article: After debacle, MTV, VH1 will rerun Live 8 shows

Good catch on MTV’s part.