Archive for May 30th, 2008
black cat
Here’s something from the recently released new cd by Ladytron, Velocifero. This electroni-cat purrs in French. May it fire you up for a luck and fun filled weekend.
I’ll spare you too much info on the political buzz of the week, former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan’s memoir “What Happened“. If you’ve not yet heard about it you either live under a rock or more likely you’re totally over the political banterings of all the pundits out there and simply stopped listening (which is probably way better for the blood pressure). Anyhoo, although I’ve not yet read it, it seems that there’s quite a stir brewing at the Bush digs (not to mention Fox News); scathing! scandalous! disgruntled! Ha! More like blowing a whistle on a runaway train, and a long time coming. Hear his very believable and very unsurprising story first hand, at least pieces of it, here.
On another note but closely related to both my previous entry earlier in the week and also “What Happened” above, if you’re home this Friday night you may want to tune into Bill Moyer’s Journal on PBS:
Bill Moyers fantastic one hour special on Body of War will be
re-broadcast on PBS nationwide tomorrow, May 30th.
Check your local listings for broadcast time.
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Check Nationwide Theatrical Openings at
Tomas Young, a 26-year-old veteran, was shot and paralyzed after serving 5 days in Iraq. His story is told in the critically acclaimed antiwar feature documentary Body of War, produced and directed by legendary talk show host Phil Donahue and award-winning filmmaker Ellen Spiro. The film features two original songs by Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam.
Body of War is an intimate human drama wrapped in a political documentary — full of emotion, humor and hope. As the paralyzed veteran Tomas deals with his disability, he evolves into a new person, finding his own passionate voice against the war. Body of War also captures the historic debate in the Congress in the fall of 2002 authorizing the war and celebrates those that stood up against the rush to invade.
Body of War was voted “Best Documentary of the Year” by the National Board of Review, nominated for “Best Documentary” by the Producers Guild of America, and received multiple audience awards at film festivals from Toronto to Palm Springs. It’s been acclaimed in the media and by the public. Everyone who has seen the film says that everyone should see it.
A companion double-CD compilation “Body of War: Songs that Inspired an Iraq War Veteran” is available from Sire Records.
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