Sunday, 9 November 2008

Obama's inauguration concert line - up?


The other day I thought that the line-up could be Bruce Springsteen and Wilco. Well this just in...

'The remaining members of the Grateful Dead are rumored to play one of President-elect Barack Obama’s upcoming inauguration parties on January 20. In an interview with The Daily News, Bob Weir mentioned that he has been told to “keep January 20 free.”

Though no official word has been made, The Dead are a likely choice for the first Democratic president since 2001. Last February, Weir, Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart reunited for an Obama benefit on the eve of the California primary and, last month, the trio recruited Bill Kreutzmann for another benefit in State College, PA. Lesh, in particular, has been a vocal supporter of the President-elect, while Weir has served on HeadCount’s board of directors since 2004. Weir, Hart and Kreutzmann anchored an all-star band at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s inauguration party in 2007.'
From Relix
and
'The New York Daily News reported today that rockers such as Bruce Springsteen and surviving members of the Grateful Dead could very well be performing at Barack Obama’s Presidential Inauguration event on the 20th of January. The event is expected to draw an enormous amount of people…some 1.5 million are expected to turn out.

Can anyone picture Bruce jamming with the Dead? Well, he did play with a Grateful Dead cover band (Solar Circus) on August 10th, 1995, which was the day after the passing of legendary member Jerry Garcia.'
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I still think that Wilco may get a nod coming from Chicago and apparently Beyonce has offered her services and that would probably bring Jay Z to the party.
There is a great reference to 'getting the dirt off your shoulder' here.

Apart from Jay-Z what music does Obama listen to?
From 'Rolling Stone' here and
according to his Facebook profile:
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder,
Johann Sebastian Bach (cello suites), and The Fugees.



Barack Obama by Zina Saunders

Zina Saunders

Bedtime reading

H.S.T. by Ralph Steadman

"Hey Hunter - It looks like all the Dead-Heads voted this time!"
(Cartoon by Steve Bell.)

Hackers tap into Obama - mania

Full story at 'The Times' here.

Obama On The Economy

FYI. if you are curious about the Obama's administration policies see:
http://change.gov/

The Obama Agenda

Opinion piece by Paul Krugman over at the NY Times here.

Saturday, 8 November 2008

Matt Damon rips into Sarah Palin back in September

Mr. Cohen - Live Capitol Theatre Moncton NB Canada May 23 2008


"Leonard Cohen was the first artist I discovered by myself. He is the symbol of my musical independence. The sadness of Cohen was inspiring; it gave me a lot of energy. I always remember all this when someone says that my records are morbid or depressing." - Nick Cave


"I tell you who I also think is wonderful is a chap called Leonard Cohen. Do you know him? He's remarkable. I mean, the orchestration is fantastic and the words, the lyrics and everything, he's a remarkable man." - Prince Charles

"Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld/ so I can sigh eternally." - Nirvana, "Pennyroyal Tea"






(The Future)



(Hallelujah)

Zip file of selected tracks: 'The Future/Bird On The Wire/Everybody Knows/Democracy/I'm Your Man & First We take Manhattan' from this gig available here.

From Hydra in 1960 with George Johnson and Charmian Clift to helping writer Alex Trocchi flee New York in 1961 to Rochford Winery in 2009.

Obama's win has roots in Mississippi in 1963

Full story at 'Burning Cane' here.

Obama's First Press Conference As President Elect



Live blog and full transcript from the LA Times here.


Official Election Night Photos at Flickr


Photographs by David Katz here.

Friday, 7 November 2008

RAHMBO!

Over at FP they have the 5 most infamous Rahm Emanuel moments.
More on Rahm here, here and here.
Story on the Emanuel brothers here.