New Music: Jamie Lidell. More English Soul??

That Old Soul sound, that has never seemed to lose its appeal in London since the 60’s is again creating a slight buzz in the states. Give credit to Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse for that. The other day while cruising through i-tunes, I came across another soulful Brit. Jamie Lidell’s Jim album is a pretty good soul record. It does have a pop element, which will hurt its longevity but I was impressed with his voice and sheer skill! On my favorite song “All I wanna Do”, Jamie seems to channel the great spirits of Sam Cooke and Otis Redding. His harmony on the background vocals are superb and pay tribute to his musical intellect. However, the songwriting gets a little poppy and fails to reach the levels to which his voice really wants to go. It’s a lot like James Morrison’s attempt. Turns out to be Canned Soul…

LH

The Times leans left but so what?

John McCain hates the New York Times! But I have to give to ‘em, their Op-Ed contributors have given us some classics during this election season.
If you get a chance, check out Roger Cohen’s column in today’s Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/opinion/25Cohen.html?hp

Women's Care

Please read Hillary Clinton’s OP-ED piece in today’s New York Times…

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/opinion/19clinton.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print

some coincidence...

Last night after work I went to see the film “Traitor” which stars Don Cheadle. I won’t give any of the plot away by telling you that in the movie, the American Consulate in Yemen is bombed. In the movie, it is reported that 8 people were killed in the blast.

Fast forward to this morning: I awoke to CNN reports that the U.S. embassy in Yemen was actually bombed overnight and that 16 were reported killed. How eerie! I wonder had the bombers gotten the idea from the movie?? Not likely since the movie just hit theatres last Friday and terrorist take months and sometimes years to plan these attacks.

Anyway, the movie Traitor subscribes to the same Hollywood formula as others in the “spy action” genre like the Jason Bourne series. However, this film tries to start a dialogue on how religion can be used as a political tool and how it is the obligation of the true faithful to protect their respected faiths (be it Islam, Christianity or Judaism) from those few extremist who tarnish their peaceful natures.

Sarah Palin Interview

Politics of the Day.

courtesy of Marc @ wooster collective

The Other VP's take on the speech

Joe Biden is walking very sensitively. Or is he raising expectations for Palin's Debate performance? hmmm

I’m not going to post anything about this circus we call an election! After I just say this...
Fact: I have more travel experience than Gov. Sarah Palin, who could be our next Vice President!!! That’s scary. She seems nice though...

Banksy in the South

If you’re familiar with this Blog, You know who Banksy is. If you are unfamiliar let me bring you up to speed. Banksy is one guy or a group of world class street artists that go by that name. Banksy’s work is always thought provoking and political as well as efficient.
Banksy recently began a tour of the American South, including New Orleans.
Drop into http://woostercollective.com/ to see what he’s up to and check other international street artist.