'Best of TBH Politoons'
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Baron Dave Romm
Cows With Guns
By Baron Dave Romm
Marscon countdown: one week! Come to the Shockwave Silver Album Release Party Thursday the 4th at the hotel.
I first encountered Dana Lyons from an EP at the KFAI Record Sale. One of the many serendipities that come from working for a community radio station. The extended single was called I'd Go Anywhere To Fight For Oil To Lubricate the Red White & Blue. Two of the songs were fun political parody, and two were serious post-9/11 patriotic country rock. While I picked it up for the oil song, I wound up liking the two serious songs better. Lyons has a number of EPs that overlap the albums so let me get right to the more complete collections.
Cows With
Guns: The Cow Pie Nation Compilation is the CD to start with.
Cows With Guns is a great song to spring on people unawares.
More cow puns than you can shake an udder at, done in very
hard-country Lorne Greene style. The song inspired the web site and
a flash animation of The Meatrix. The
lack of cow
tipping is the only notable omission. A cut above the rest.
(Sorry, couldn't resist.)
He hid in the forest, read books with great zeal
He loved Che Guevera, a revolutionary veal
Cow Tse Tongue
Lubricate the Red White and Blue is a nice parody of rah-rah military songs. Precisely what we're in Iraq for is very much in question. No WMD, no peace in the country, heck gas prices have gone up. But I digress. RV is a trucking song about, of course, recreational vehicles, and adaptable to SUV travel. Commentary on the state of broadcast media is always welcome, and TV God slices and dices. There are songs about citizens protesting power lines by dismantling towers, getting rich from free trade if you don't care about the consequences and one for River Pheonix. Twelve cuts are listed on the cover, and the rest are silent until track 38, with is a five and a half-minute song about Canadian geese. Cows With Guns is a really wonderful album and highly recommended.
Dana Lyons is a politically aware US patriot and John Seed is an ecologically aware Australian environmentalist. The combine to bring us At Night They Howl At the Moon: Environmental Songs for Kids. They have a large following, it seems. Recorded live at a couple of concerts, the audience really gets into it. Everyone knows the songs. I Am An Animal has the audience singing along. By the second song, Lay Down Your Whopper, the crowd is yelling out the chorus. Dead Ducks is darker song about oil spill disasters that has the crowd quacking loudly. The kids insist We Don't Want To Live In The Zoo. Dinosaurs lasted millions of years yet they are in the public consciousness because Their Brains Were Small and They Died. Let's hope our successors remember us better. Not exactly hip-hop, Recycle Wrap plays to the beat. Eric Idle's The Galaxy Song is mysteriously retitled Expanding Universe and made more kid-friendly. The album ends with a nice lullabye, Soft Eyes.
At Night They Howl At The Moon works better as an environmental album than a children's CD. The kids singing along sound fairly young, but I'd put the recommended age range as 5+, though it wouldn't hurt younger children to start off green. A fun concert album with a message.
Baron Dave Romm is a conceptual artist and a noble of Ladonia with a radio show, a very weird CD collection and an ever growing list of political links. Dave Romm reviews things at random for obscure web sites. You can read all his music recommendations from Bartcop-E , and you can hear the last two Shockwave broadcasts in Real Audio (scroll down to Shockwave). Thanks to everyone who has sent me music to play on the air.
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Sunny & breezy.
Oscars ran late, as usual, but was well-produced and paced. Nice to see colorful dresses again, but the men were so boring, doing penguin impersonations.
An almost overly well-behaved group.
Tonight, Monday, CBS opens the night with a FRESH 'Yes, Dear' (Gray Davis guests), followed by a FRESH 'Still Standing', then a FRESH
'Raymond', followed by a FRESH '2½ Men', then a FRESH 'CSI: Miami'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Anne Heche, the latest "Survivor" evictee, and Cee-Lo.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craiggers are Mary Hart, Billy Boyd, Murphy Lee, and Jermaine Dupri.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH 'Fear Factor', followed by a FRESH 'Las Vegas' (starts 1 minute before the top of the hour), then the FRESH Finale of
'Average Joe: Hawaii'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jay are Arnold Schwarzenegger, Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper, and Tantric.
On a traditional Monday-night-RERUN Conan are Bernie Mac, Ben Chaplin, and Thursday.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Amanda Peet and Dido.
ABC fills the night with a FRESH made-for-tv-movie 'The Mystery Of Natalie Wood'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are David Spade, Brittany Daniel, and Rich Vos, with this week's guest co-host Tracy Morgan.
The WB offers a FRESH 7th Heaven', followed by a RERUN 'Everwood'.
Faux has a FRESH 'American Idol', followed by the Series Premiere of 'Forever Eden'.
UPN has a FRESH 'The Parkers', followed by a FRESH 'Eve', then a FRESH 'Girlfriends', followed by a
FRESH 'Half & Half'.
A&E has 'American Justice', 'Biography' (Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano), 'Angel Of Death', 'Airline', and another Airline'.
AMC offers the movie 'Patton', followed by the movie 'Navy SEALS', and then the movie 'The Boys In Company C'.
BBC - ;
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Walters;
[7pm] 'House Invaders' - Offenham;
[7:30pm] 'Changing Rooms' - Northumberland;
[8pm] 'Red Cap' - Fighting Fit;
[9pm] 'Wire in the Blood' - Right to Silence;
[11pm] 'Red Cap' - Fighting Fit;
[12am] 'Wire in the Blood' - Right to Silence;
[2am] 'House Invaders' - Offenham;
[2:30am] 'Changing Rooms' - Northumberland;
[3am] 'Wire in the Blood' - Right to Silence;
[5] 'Red Cap' - Fighting Fit; and
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'West Wing', followed by the movie 'Jaws', then 'West Wing', again.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Beverly Hills Cop', followed by 'South Park', then 'Straight Plan'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Edie Falco.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Mail Call', another 'Mail Call', and 'Greatest Movie Gadgets'.
SciFi is all 'Stargate SG-1' all night.
TCM - Day 30 of '31 Days of Oscar™', where every movie is either an Oscar™ winner or nominee.
[6:30am] 'The Miracle of Morgan's Creek' (1944);
[8:15am] 'Cabin In The Sky' (1943);
[10am] 'Green Dolphin Street' (1947);
[12:30pm] 'A Star Is Born' (1954);
[3:30pm] 'Royal Wedding' (1951);
[5:30pm] 'Blood And Sand' (1941);
[8pm] 'Dodsworth' (1936);
[10pm] 'Random Harvest' (1942);
[12:15am] 'Camille' (1937);
[2:15am] 'The Human Comedy' (1943);
[4:15am] 'Four Daughters' (1938). (ALL TIMES EST)
Sean Pean bows his head as he receives the best actor Oscar for his role in 'Mystic River' at the 76th annual Academy Awards, Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Kevork Djansezian
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Kept Abreast of Controversy
Billy Crystal
In a triumphant return as Oscar host after a three-year absence, comedian Billy Crystal poked fun at resident Bush's military record, Saddam Hussein's hide-out, Janet Jackson's breast and all leading nominees for the 76th annual Academy Awards.
Making his eighth appearance as Oscar master of ceremonies, Crystal, 56, also aimed some barbs at the controversy surrounding Mel Gibson's newly opened hit film in Latin, Hebrew and Aramaic about the last hours in the life of Jesus, "The Passion of the Christ."
"For the very, very first time, we're being simulcast in Aramaic," Crystal joked in his opening monologue. Then, turning to Charlize Theron, nominated as best actress for her role as a serial killer in "Monster," he said, "You look absolutely beautiful, but in that movie you scared the bejeezus out of Mel Gibson. You were absolutely scary." He added, "Mel Gibson's movie, unbelievable hit, $117 million. Opened on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday, a better Saturday and Sunday, unbelievable."
Addressing another first-time Oscar nominee in the audience, 13-year-old Keisha Castle-Hughes, Crystal said, "You're too young to have three names," then recalled that he first hosted the Oscars 13 years ago.
"Things were so different then. You know how different it was? Bush was president, the economy was tanking and we'd just finished a war with Iraq," he dead-panned.
Referring to his own on-and-off history as Oscar emcee, Crystal took a swipe at Bush's military service record, saying, "They let me come and go as I please. It's kind of like the Texas National Guard."
In a musical medley of songs spoofing the five films nominated for best picture, Crystal blended a reference to Janet Jackson's breast-baring Super Bowl performance with a parody of "Lord of the Rings," sung to the tune of "My Favorite Things," warbling the line, "Frodo and Sam on a mystical planet, then Smeagol pops out like the right boob of Janet."
Billy Crystal
A woman rides an unicycle at a park in Shanghai February 28, 2004. The unicycle was designed several years ago by Chinese inventor Li Yongli who called it 'the number one vehicle in the world'.
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Delivers News to Younger Viewers
Jon Stewart
Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, Dan Rather ... and Jon Stewart? Readers over 30 might scoff at Stewart's inclusion — assuming they know who he is. For many under 30, the host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" is, improbably, an important news source.
A poll released earlier this year by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found that 21 percent of people aged 18 to 29 cited "The Daily Show" and "Saturday Night Live" as a place where they regularly learned presidential campaign news.
The people at "The Daily Show" ridicule the idea of people looking to their show as a primary news source.
"A lot of them are probably high," Stewart cracked. "I'm not sure, coming off of robots fighting and into our show, what we're dealing with out there."
Think again, Jon.
Random conversations with nine people, aged 19 to 26, waiting to see a taping of "The Daily Show" last week revealed two who admitted they learned much about the news from the program.
None said they regularly watched the network evening news shows.
For the rest, Jon Stewart
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
'Feeding the Beast: The 24-Hour News Revolution'
Linda Ellerbee
Linda Ellerbee has been in the television news business for a long time, but she never got into the belly of "the beast" until she started working on her latest documentary production.
"Feeding the Beast: The 24-Hour News Revolution" examines how television news has evolved since the advent of what Ted Turner alternately called "The News Channel" and "Cable News Network" on the day CNN launched in 1980. The 90-minute docu, which next runs March 11 on Trio, details how the round-the-clock revolution has changed the way TV news is gathered, how it's presented and how it's marketed.
One aspect of 24-hour news that surprised Ellerbee when she really started studying her subject was "how far we've gotten from just showing the pictures," Ellerbee says. "It's almost all talking heads now."
For more, Linda Ellerbee
An Indian Hindu woman with her face covered dances during the Hindu festival of Holi, or festival of colors, in the town of Barsana, in the northern Indian Uttar Pradesh state February 29, 2004. The tradition of Holi heralds the beginning of spring.
Photo by Kamal Kishore
Documentary Oscar
Errol Morris
Long neglected filmmaker Errol Morris finally won an Oscar on Sunday, taking Best Documentary for "The Fog of War," a biography of Vietnam-era Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, and warned that the United States was going down the same "rabbit hole" in Iraq.
"I'd like to thank the Academy for finally recognizing my films," said Morris, who has never before won an Oscar despite making such acclaimed works as "The Thin Blue Line." "I thought it would never happen," he said.
"Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died," Morris said. "I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again -- and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here!" Morris said to thunderous applause from the audience.
After Morris finished, Oscars host Billy Crystal joked "I can't wait for his tax audit."
Errol Morris
Defends Mel Gibson
Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner said people "shouldn't be attacking" Mel Gibson for "The Passion of the Christ," in an interview on the syndicated entertainment TV show "Access Hollywood."
"We shouldn't be attacking a filmmaker like Mel Gibson who, number one, is an honorable filmmaker ... and probably questioned himself more than anybody even knows. So, like leave him alone," the 49-year-old director-actor said.
Kevin Costner
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
Onyx Hotel Tour 2004
Britney Spears
MTV has rolled out its first global tour sponsorship in the MTV Presents Britney Spears Onyx Hotel Tour 2004.
Kicking off Tuesday (March 2) at the San Diego Sports Arena, the tour will play more than 25 cities in North America before visiting Europe, Latin America and Asia later this year. MTV's sponsorship will include a number of on-air, online and onstage components to support Spears as she tours behind her multiplatinum Jive Records release "In the Zone."
As part of the all-media sponsorship, MTV will be in all advertising and on every ticket throughout the tour, as well as have a presence on-site with interactive promotions and venue signage. In the United States, three episodes of MTV's "Total Request Live" will be dedicated to behind-the-scenes action on the tour, and tour spots will run worldwide. Mtv.com will feature exclusive downloads, streaming video and ticket and merch auctions benefiting the Britney Spears Foundation.
Britney Spears
Badamsinh Juwansinh Gurjar, 60, an Indian villager, displays his moustache in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad February 29, 2004. Badamsingh displayed his 12.5 feet long moustache on Sunday in Ahmedbad, which he said he has not cut for 22 years, in an attempt to enter the Guiness Book of World records.
Photo by Amit Dave
Looking for Lucky Hand
Donald Trump
On his hit reality television show "The Apprentice," Donald Trump comes across as the consummate executive, but his decision last week to give up control of his debt-laden hotel and casino company shows that the fates of the business world can even trump "The Donald."
The iconic real estate developer, best-selling author and favorite of tabloid gossip columns agreed to hand control of Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts Inc. to a Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) affiliate in return for $400 million in cash.
But the deal hinges on Trump Hotels' ability to restructure its debt by reaching an agreement with its bondholders. Failing that, Trump Hotels might have to file for bankruptcy, according to several bond analysts.
For more, Donald Trump
A Stern View
Free Speech
Wow, what a shocking week for news. Osama captured? Peace in Iraq? A cure for the common cold? Nah . . .
Howard Stern's show was suspended on six Clear Channel radio stations, because the shock jock supposedly violated the conglomerate's decency standards.
In the wake of the controversy, Clear Channel president/COO Mark Mays not only worked overtime apologizing for Stern's show, but he appeared ready this week to abrogate all programming decisions to the U.S. government.
Dr. Paul Levinson, chairman of the Department of Communication & Media Studies at Fordham University, framed the debate this week on CNNfn.
"The government roared, and the media are beginning to run away like scared little mice," he said. "And I think Thomas Jefferson would turn over in his grave if he were seeing what was saying today."
For the rest, Free Speech
A woman in a cat mask poses for a picture as residents of the east Bohemian village of Petrkov, near the town of Havlickuv Brod in the Czech Republic, celebrate a traditional carnival on February 28, 2004. Cheerful costumed villagers parade to the musical accompaniment of a band through the village, house by house, to celebrate the departing winter and forthcoming spring. Picture taken February 28, 2004.
Photo by Petr Josek
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