The Music Thread

[BO]

WTF. We all know the global economy is going to hell in a hand basket. So, like passengers on the Titanic, I propose this thread to calm our nerves as the ship goes down. Let's share some music--videos, or MP3's.

Britney or Bob, Madonna or Mozart, whatever floats your boat (yuk).

Wanna share an MP3? You can usually find a link to your song here...

http://www.playlist.com/

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The "true" meaning of Christmas in Krackerland:

Uploaded on Dec 11, 2011

Santa Claus helps close out the "100 Year Anniversary of the 1911" by playing one chorus of "Jingle Bells" with the Colt 1911 Series 80 Government model. Ammo is .45 ACP Winchester 230 gr FMJ, approximately 98 rounds.

Filmed on private property in my backyard. Camera is tripod-mounted for all segments. Video angles are all carefully pre-determined as I make these videos alone 99.9% of the time. Although not visible, Santa is wearing ear plugs to protect his hearing.

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More Americans celebrating the birth of the Prince of Peace

Sometimes Freud and Lacan's obsession with the phallic isn't so easily dismissed:

[BO]

Not sure it's just simple gun lust. Here's the primer...

"It is June of 2013 when Amshel Dumont, CEO of Goldman Sachs investment bank, awakens to a blissful ocean breeze outside his window. As he awaits his phone to ring, just as it does every morning at six oclock, he notices a card on his bedside table. Thirty seconds later, Dumont is dead from a gunshot wound to the head. Dumont is the first victim of many. After more bankers and the NSAs chief computer scientist are murdered, the FBI, CIA and military go on full alert as the financial markets plummet. No one has any idea that a Mormon religious warrior known as the Danite has returned to the United States from Afghanistan, ready to unleash Jihad against his homeland after being betrayed by his own government. After the Danite rallies militiamen across the United States to battle with the American fascist police state and Washington, DC, he begins a terrorist campaign against the corrupted new world order president. As the ultimate patriot makes a pact with the devil, death, destruction, and chaos follow his every move.In this gripping thriller, the Danite is prepared to do anything to show his loyal countrymen that freedom and liberty are still worth the ultimate sacrifice."

The not so funny thing is: These people are reacting to the very stuff Chomsky talks about in the following presentation. Could be, indoctrination techniques aren't working so well anymore. Hence, folks do the only thing they can do to feel empowered...buy guns.

[Mouse]

OK Bo.  Shall I stand and listen to Chomsky for an hour and a half, or shall I sing you a song?

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For some reason I can't bring myself to watch video on the internet that clocks in at over 10 minutes......and then, of course, I post youtube videos that are always over 10 minutes and wonder why I don't get many hits.

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Walking on a cold, wet May Day holiday we were fortunate to catch ElektroFolk playing in a park