Now that Michele Bachmann has brought John Wayne back into socio-political pop memory, it would be good to take a look at Joan Didion’s classic essay about this American patriot and actor, which was reprinted some time ago in the Guardian.
You can find Andrew’s review of O Moon, Queen of Night on Earth, here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AouX-nWvv4
Another fine essay from Steve Stav.
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This image — seen all over China on all kinds of souvenirs — is called “The Obamao” by locals. Seems the President and the Chairman indeed have at least one thing in common… – Colette Moran . .
Here’s how the cello concert is described on Youtube: “An impromptu concert by Dr Erik Anderson next to Longfellow School in Minot ND as the Mouse River Floods the neighborhood. Beauty in the devastation.” . . And here’s Josh Duhamel, on the phone from Moscow, described thusly: “From Moscow to Minot: Shaun Sipma receives a …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTAPgrjPZ4w
Lowell Fulson, singer, guitarist, and songwriter, was one of the giants of the West Coast Blues scene, a commercial and artistic success for over forty years. This brief clip from 1963 doesn’t just rock; it gives us an extremely rare glimpse of a major blues talent performing in a club setting before a black audience. …
http://youtu.be/6z_LZWk34xI
http://youtu.be/cLwPVjyMWwo
“FEELING the need for an example of government policy run amok? Look no further than the box of cornflakes on your kitchen shelf. In its myriad corn-related interventions, Washington has managed simultaneously to help drive up food prices and add tens of billions of dollars to the deficit, while arguably increasing energy use and harming …
This event took place in Rochester, New York. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle has more on the story here. http://youtu.be/jXA-KA-pEKw
This is the most popular vid in South Africa today. It’s the promo for a reality show or “unscripted drama series” about four American girls who go to Capetown, South Africa to live “in a mansion on Clifton Beach, under the watchful eye of a demanding billionaire boss,” where “the girls have to prove their …
http://youtu.be/IGYA_P7ZHcw