May 17, 2007
Christopher Hitchens on the Death of Jerry Falwell
CNN 360
"The empty life of this ugly little charlatan proves only one thing, that you can get away with the most extraordinary offenses to morality and to truth in this country if you will just get yourself called reverend. Who would, even at your network, have invited on such a little toad to tell us that the attacks of September the 11th were the result of our sinfulness and were God's punishment if they hadn't got some kind of clerical qualification? People like that should be out in the street, shouting and hollering with a cardboard sign and selling pencils from a cup."

Thank you Christopher. You have, at last, found your calling.

May 16, 2007
Strange Fruit
sung by Billy Holiday
Lyrics by Lewis Allen

Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.

May 15, 2007
Lounge Lizards
Voice Of Chunk

Strange and beautiful music from the man who gave us Willie in Stranger than Paradise.

John Lurie - sax
Evan Lurie - piano
Roy Nathanson - sax
Curtis Fowlkes - trombone
Marc Ribot - guitar
Erik Sanko - bass
Dougie Bowne - drums

May 14, 2007
George Bush
The Backstory of Camus

President Bush explains his diverse reading habits to NBC's Brian Willaims.