Blitzkrieg Bop

On one of the TV stations that airs children's programs, this song is in every break. Zaire actually asked me if I knew the "hey, ho," chant. I was like, do you not realize that the bear Ramones set I got for Christmas a few years ago that I will NOT let you play with is the group that made this frigging song so popular?

Sheesh! Kids.

Kennedy Center Honors, 12/29/09

I have never watched the Kennedy Center Honors show, ever. Guess tonight, the repeats were so abysmal that I actually watched it, but the honorees were worth it .. Bob DiNiro, Dave Brubek, Mel Brooks, The Boss (and an opera diva I have no knowledge of). Plus, of course, the first Kennedy Center Honors program with Barack Obama attending.

First off, DiNiro is da bomb. His Travis Bickel character still resonates with me to this day. I've grown up as a film goer watching more DiNiro flicks than probably any actor.

Dave Brubek celebrated his 89 birthday the day this was taped and for anyone brought up in the music/jazz era, we owe a debt of gratitude for his American style that to this day, is still applicable. I mean, come on, Take Five ... who the fuck doesn't know that beat and rhythm?

The Mel Brooks tribute had me on the floor laughing and crying. He has to be one of the funniest men on the planet, and was married to one of the most gorgeous and fabulous actresses, Ann Bancroft (think Mrs. Robinson) (the putz who got the shiksa), who sadly passed away a few years ago. When Mel stood up and pulled out a comb and put it over his mouth and did the heil hitler salute, to be honest, it reminded me of my grandfather, who used to do the same imitation!

Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles to me are still the funniest movies ever.

It was cool, though, to see the Glee guy (Matthew Morrison) sing Springtime In Germany For Hitler.

I have to admit I had never heard of Grace Brumbry, but after watching the show, I did learn a lot about her. I like opera, truly, but I am just not schooled on it as I am on other forms of music. The woman is gorgeous and her being black was a problem for her in her early days of her career. To have Aretha Franklin introduce the program about her was amazing. When it comes to opera, I feel like the character played by Cher in Moonstruck that was at the opera with Nicholas Cage and although she didn't understand a word of the entire program, the emotion of the singing brought her to tears, and in her own way, she understood it. To a certain extent, I am like Cher's character when it comes to opera.
And now, on to the BOSS!!!!!

I have personally been to several Springsteen concerts ... and these will always be embedded in my psyche.

I have an ironic connection to him, only in the sense that the first woman he married was from Lake Oswego, Oregon, and I lived there at the same time she did while dating him ... go figure! Glad he finally divorced her and married Patti. (She was sitting right behind him)

The tribute to him was by far, the most emotional. Bringing on Ron Kovic started the tears rolling. John Mellencamp's Born In The USA was sung the way Bruce really meant it (fuck those Republicans that never understood the lyrics and tried to use that song as their anthem).

OMG, Nettles, from Sugarland is singing I'm On Fire .... everyone knows I am a Sugarland fan. Damn, why wasn't I taping this?

Damn, girl, Melissa Etheridge hit it out of the park, singing Baby We Were Born To Run!!!!!! (Although, I was surprised by how many in the band or technically orchestra, were as old as me LOL)

Pearl Jam's Eddie Veder was pretty good as well. (have to give props where due - although, anyone doing a Springsteen song can't fuck up!)

Dang, Sting .. who would have thought he could bring the house down in the closer doing Springsteen's The Rising. The fact that the whole place was on its feet singing the lyrics to this song, is a definite testament to the Boss.

Amen.

How The Grinch Stole My Christmas Spirit

I am sure many of my readers have wondered where the hell Carrie's been this past week, especially on Christmas. Well, truth be told, the Grinch stole Christmas from me this year. And after I had such a great start, damn it!

First, a little history.

I am obsessive to a T about having my Christmas gift list started early, usually in August. Then I set the budget. Usually sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving, I have ALL of my gifts purchased AND wrapped. True, true, true.

So, the whole point of the tree aspect of Christmas for me is to enjoy the multitude of presents I have under the tree until I start giving them to the people they are meant for.

One year, I bought my tree the day after Thanksgiving. Boy, I'll never do that again, as the tree was dead the week before Christmas, and I couldn't even put the lights on unless I was for sure in the house to make sure nothing caught on fire! So, I learned to buy the tree the week after Thanksgiving so I would get at least three weeks before Christmas of enjoying the tree, and the week after Christmas I could care less if the tree is dead. And, no, I would never, ever, consider a fake tree.

So, this year, after having done the shopping and wrapping on time, all that was left was for the tree to be purchased. I had already pulled out all my Christmas decorations and things. Just for the record, I have an incredible Christmas village that grows by a building and a person or something every year, and now encompasses at least two full bookshelves to show off. I have Christmas dishes and silverware, and place mats, and napkins and towels, and all the crap that goes along with celebrating the one month long holiday event.

So, the start of the Grinch. First off, while getting all my Christmas stuff out, I realized how much "shit" I also had stored in my closets and cabinets, such that I decided to have a garage sale. I set the sale for the week before Thanksgiving (who would attend a garage sale Thanksgiving weekend anyway?). However, at the same time, my daughter was downsizing from her one bedroom apartment to a single, and she was too lazy to get the permit required of the city she lived in to have a garage sale at her own place, so she asked to have hers piggy back on mine. I agreed, but as usual, the kid failed to get her shit together and never showed up. Problem number one, she moved all her shit into my house to hold until she could have a garage sale (again, being too lazy to just get a fucking permit to have it in her own city). So now, I can't get a tree because all her shit is in the place where my tree is supposed to be.

Next Grinch happening occurs when she does have her garage sale on the day I was supposed to get my tree. Except she did not make arrangements for anyone to help her with the sale, and she brought along the grandkid, so I was forced to (1) help with the sale and (2) watch the grandkid, which pretty much prevented my getting the tree that day. Now we are at December 4, and I still do not have a tree, nor have I been able to set up even my dining room set because all of her stuff was IN my dining room since before Thanksgiving, and I had to put my dining room set up against the wall to accommodate the computer, desk, cabinets, etc. she had for sale.

When her garage sale was done and over with, many of her large items were not sold, which meant they came back into my house ... further preventing me from setting anything up. I was able to repurpose some of her stuff in my house, including the desk (putting it in my grandson's room), but that meant at an absolute deadline, I needed to get the tree no later than December 11, so that I could at least enjoy the gifts for a week before I had to bring most of them to my office.

Well, Grinch, part three. Guy who usually helps with the tree (since I do not have a car) bailed on me (no phone calls or nothing, just a no show) and so, I had no tree that weekend. By Monday, December 13, I realized I could call a few friends to help me get a tree, but by then I was beginning to get really pissed, knowing that I would only enjoy that part of the tree that I enjoy every year, for like four days! That's when I got mad. And for those of you that know me (Tony, ahem) know that when I decide I'm done with a person, I am really DONE with that person, and so I ended up "erasing" that person from my list, i.e., deleting email address, phone number, etc. Even when the person called, I refused to take his calls, and my poor receptionist at the office (for whatever reason) felt it was her place to tell the person why, and just how mad, I was.

Thus, I never got a tree. I ended up putting all the Christmas decorations and other stuff back into the closets and cabinets, and pretty much blew off Christmas for this year. I stopped playing the music, stopped making Christmas posts ... and ironies of all ironies, didn't even attend my own office Christmas party (due to an unexpected medical condition ... I caught scabies... ewwwww).

I am not bitter, but I am mad at the person that could not just do the right thing and get me the tree, although I realize now that my old lady basket I use for shopping could have held a small tree, and next year, I'm just going to go to the grocery store, plop the tree into the basket, and wheel it home. Who the fuck needs help, anyway, damn it!

Now, if my daughter and my grandson were going to spend any time with me the two weeks prior to Christmas, I would have most certainly overridden my anger and got a tree and did what needed to be done. But the fact of the matter was that she and Zaire were spending the holidays with my daughter's father's family, so I wouldn't be seeing them until this week, so ... I just let Christmas go this year.

Hey, it comes around every year, so next year, I just won't ask anyone else for help, I'll just make what I need happen on my own.

At least I'll be having a cool New Year's eve, as I am not working this week, and I will have my grandson from Wednesday through Sunday. That is more important to me than being in the "holiday" spirit.

Plus, I have a really CLEAN house thanks to the fucking scabies outbreak that caused me to buy a new bed, new pillows, clean the entire house, dry clean and wash everything that could be dry cleaned and washed (laughs, but it is not a funny laugh). Plus, after repurposing some of the new furniture, I now have my wetbar that I've wanted for years, and some really neat shelves for my glassware. And I still get to give my grandson his presents (including those left by "Santa"). He's only 7, and I am pretty sure by next year, I won't get away with the Santa shit, although ... maybe.

Hope everyone else's holiday was fun, and let's all get spectacularly drunk this New Year's eve! Me, I do it New York time, at 9:00 p.m., watching live webcam feeds from Times Square.

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

I fell in love with Bette when I first saw her on a Johnny Carson show, she sang a song under a lamppost ... old school. I love this song done by her, because it revived the memories of the Andrews Sisters' version.

I'm 57 damn, it, and I am only just a few years removed from the jazz era that my family raised me up on.


PS/Update: Ms. Midler did this LIVE ... Britney, Madonna, all the rest of you wannabeeeeeeees, realize she sang it AND danced it, mofos!

Now Obama Is Just Lying To Our Faces

I realize he's not kept promises he made when he campaigned for President, and that once he became President, he's acted more like Bush than the man for change we can believe in. There hasn't been any change.

But his latest protestations from his mouth and that of his officials is the last straw. To claim that he never ran on, or even said he believed in, the public option, is outrageous. And sad.

At first I just thought that he had bad handlers in Emanual, et al. But now I know he's just a lying schmuck.

You can read about his lies here, and here.

Amy And Ex To Remarry? OMG!

Soooooo, rumor has it that Winehouse andBlake Civil-Fielder will remarry .... hmmmm. They say they are free of drugs, but there's no mention of booze. Amy was always funky to watch drunk!

Ah, Thank Goodness For TV Restoration -- Pygmalion

I just finished watching the film Pygmalion staring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller, which probably most of my readers could never say they know what that movie was about.

It was transformed on broadway to My Fair Lady starring Julie Andrews in the role of Eliza. The film however, did not garner Andrews the Eliza role, as it went to Audrey Hepburn, who's singing voice was dubbed. I loved Hepburn, but come on, if we are going to do a film of the broadway musical, why couldn't the producers realize that Julie Andrews with her gazillion octive range, was truly Eliza!

Here is Hepburn:

Julie singing it on a TV special (with a few famous guest singers!)

Pygmalion, not being a musical, but a serious drama, was, and still is, awesome to watch.

Brittany Murphy

I am seriously surprised she died today. Although I have been told by many that she was seriously anorexic and most believed she was on speed type drugs.

Regardless ... it is sad that she passed.

Natalie Did Not Deserve To Win Survivor

Russell played the game. Natalie winning just reinforces the notion that women simply have to hang on to the strongest man to get ahead.

She's an airhead, and I'm pretty sure, she'll blow her million in bad investments, especially since she is in the "pharmaceutical" industry ... LOL.

Russell deserved the win, even if he didn't deserve the money. Natalie is a loser, from start to finish. Oh well, she's blonde ... what do you expect.

A Nail Bighter

Chargers/Bengals game, already charged due to the death of Bengal Chris Henry, came down to a 52 yard field goal by Nate Kaeding, who of course, made it, (sigh) giving the Chargers the win. And an unexpected win by Oakland over the Broncos IN DENVER, assures San Diego at least the AFC West title.

God, I love football!

Let's Twist, Damn It! (Ally McBeal)

I knowI have this up somewhere, but I can't find it. So, re-peat, damn it!

Enjoy!

Merry Christmas To Me!

I am so blown away about this news that I really am jumping up and down and calling everyone I know! As for the blogosphere, probably, only Tony, knows more than everyone else.

As of January 2010, I have been informed by my best bud that he and I will be the full owners of the co-op we have held together for 9 years. Tony knows where it is, since it is the same place he last dropped me off to visit Steve back in 2000, and we now own the penthouse suite, go figure!

Makes retiring in NYC just a tad more interesting!

Cincinnati Bengals Chris Henry Dies

Bengals WR Chris Henry died Thursday morning after suffering injuries in an auto accident on Thursday in Charlotte.

Police said his death occurred at 6:36 a.m. ET. Henry was 26. He was involved in a domestic dispute on Wednesday with his fiance, Loleini Tonga. Henry jumped into the bed of a truck driven by Tonga and at one point fell out as the dispute continued.

As a pro football fan, my prayers are with the team and with his family.

RIP, bro.

Ah, Probably The End Of A Disney Experience Circa 1960's

The last of the real Disney legacy, Roy passed away.

Thank god I am old enough to have enjoyed, and still enjoys, non digital, real artistic animated movies.

SYTYCD - Russell Wins It All!

I am probably the queen of collecting all things Billy Vera & the Beaters, well, up until probably 1996, when I sort of outgrew them as a band. Still, I have lots of fun memories, lots of memorabilia, and one interesting video probably only Billy, David Frost and a handful of others have. At least I think it's David Frost .. I'll have to dig it out again and watch it.

But what sort of pissed me off at the time, is that of all the video they could have transferred his piece to, they taped it over probably the only appearance of Hollywood's famous Angelyne's appearance on the Morton Downey, Jr. show. She even gave a performance, which has been forever lost ... on my end. But, I still have the Billy Vera video (laughs).

Last night on So You Think You Can Dance, saw a nice piece performed to a Michael Buble version of "At This Moment."

Wowed me. Ah, the memories.



Randy, smack the wee wee damnit. Props to Ritchie, and Paula just doesn't get white soul ... which is what Billly is.

What I remember most about this song, is that Billy told me it was the first song he wrote that had no rhyme to it.

I find it interesting that it was again shown on the finale, as one of Nigel's favoriate pieces of the show.

UPDATE: Russell, the crumper, with no formal training, won the show, and personally, I was rooting for him. I knew Jacob would easily get work regardless if he won, but Russell, a crumper with no other experience, excelled at a pace never before seen in the six season of the show thus far.
What an amazing climax to a fabulous season!

Billy's version ...

On A Clear Day ... In My Lifetime?

Not sure I'm going to see a "clear day" in this century. Nor the pipes that Babs has (lol).

Who Can Resist A Barbra Streisand Song?

Ok, if anyone reading my blog objects, then ban you, Mo Fo, for disrespect, damn it!



An absolutely superb version of this Legrand/Alan and Marilyn Bergman version, that I first became acquainted with vis-a-vis a Jack Jones album dedicated to Legrand.

No Health Reform, And Now Importation Of Prescription Drugs Fails To Pass

I consider myself lucky that my only prescription drug is for high blood pressure, and my doctor gives it to me FOR FREE.

Our government really, really, really doesn't like its people. If they did, why would they do so many things that simply hurt Americans, and even kill them, all the while, lining the pockets of just a few corporations and their CEO's (as in war profiteers, big pharma, health insurance providers, etc.)?

The Senate has narrowly rejected a plan to allow Americans to import low-cost prescription drugs from Canada and other countries.

H/T to AMERICAblog, where John Aravosis has documented extensively how prescription drugs outside of this country cost people on average one tenth of what Americans pay here at home. And to maintain that big pharma breaks the backs of Americans, Congress has already made it illegal to import said drugs, so as to guarantee that those Americans will have to choose between taking their medicine, paying their rent, or eating.

"God Bless Vespucciland" to quote the Firesign Theater.

CONQUISTADOR: Welcome to New Spain! This is your new Father - Father Corona.
FATHER CORONA: Pax venuti nictum! Down on your knees, now! D'ye recognize what I'm holdin' over yer head, lads?
INDIAN: It's a Cross. The Symbol of the Quartering of the Universe into Active and Passive Principles.
FATHER CORONA: God have mercy on their heathen souls!
CONQUISTADOR: What the Father means is - what is the Cross made of? Gold! Have you got any?
INDIAN: No.
CONQUISTADOR: What about the Seven Cities of Gold? Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas?
SECOND INDIAN: This is gold.
CONQUISTADOR: What's that?
INDIAN: Corn.
SPANISH SOLDIER: Corn! Now we can make tortillas!
ANOTHER SPANISH SOLDIER: We've been waiting for this for hundreds of years!
THIRD SPANISH SOLDIER: I just invented tacos!
CONQUISTADOR: So this is all you've got?
INDIAN: Yes, but aren't you The True White Brother who's supposed to come and live with us in peace?
CONQUISTADOR: Sure! Therefore, I claim this rich, verdant pasture land in the name of the Empire of Spain!
VESPUCCI: Hey! Hey, Capitano! The rain, she's a-stoppa to fall! And the corn, she's all dead!
CONQUISTADOR: Shuduppa', Vespucch! I claim this stinking desert in the name of the Empire of Spain forever! Let's go!
(The Spanish soldiers grumble. The buffalo herd mills about.)
SPANISH SOLDIERS: (singing) God bless Vespucciland! M-m-m-mmmmmm...
FATHER CORONA: Oh! By the way, Domini Domini Domini, you're all Catholics now! God bless you!
CONQUISTADOR: Come on, Father! No one in their right mind would live in this stinking desert!
THIRD SPANISH SOLDIER: Come on, Cisco!

Pardon Me While I Puke

The man was NOT nominated by his own party in his own state in 2006, so he turned around and ran as his own party, Connecticut for Lieberman created by twenty-five supporters so that he could still run for the senate seat his own party decided he was not fit for. In 2008, he supported McCain and not anyone in the Democratic run for the president. After the election and the Democratic landslide, this asshole was still allowed to keep his chairmanships, and allowed a voice, despite his Benedict Arnold turn around.

And now this?

Obama thanked Lieberman privately for his statement issued earlier Tuesday pledging support for the bill as long as the Medicare expansion and public option were eliminated from the bill, Lieberman said.

How can any progressive still have a heartbeat after this much pounding by one insignificant, pontificating, obnoxious and full of hubris human being's antics?

Not I, saith to the lamp post.

Pouring a pitcher of the finest rum, and looking for my pirate ship. Arrggghhhh.

Memorial Services Will Be Held For The Death Of The Democratic Majority In 2010

As I have previously posted, the fact that the netroots got the votes out in 2006 and 2008, not to mention putting their money where their mouths were, appears to have been lost on the Democrats that were elected unanimously to the Senate, the House and the White House. With the numbers, and a Democrat in the White House, the progressive agenda should have been a shoe-in.

Instead, and more importantly, unbelievably, the Democrats have been impotent in governing. Nothing short of Viagra could get this group to pass meaningful legislation. The Republicans, regardless of how one feels about their concern for Americans, have stuck together in their little inner world and scorned the White House and the Democratic majority, such that said majority has actually withered and died on the vine. Good point from DailyKos:

They have concluded that Democrats cannot govern worth a damn. They may well be right.

So, congratulations, guys. It takes a tremendous amount of skill to singlehandedly imperil a Congressional majority and return bargaining power to a political party that has been spending the last five years circling the drain. Perhaps John Boehner and Mitch McConnell will send you a "thank you" card.

As many Republicans have breathlessly predicted, they will retake the Hill easily in 2010 -- not because more Americans believe in their politics, but because those of us who worked tirelessly since 2006 to get rid of corporate controlled congresscritters are too devastated by the reality that there are just as many Democratic leaders controlled by corporate interests, and thus, have watched as the status quo continues despite ramping up the numbers that was supposed to end the status quo. As a result, many of us will not even show up at the polls come this next November. And to be sure, Obama will turn out to be just another "one hit wonder" in the world of politics.

Peace, out.

We Return To Our Regularly Scheduled Political Program

Let me be straight about the war thing. I am not for it in any fashion, whatsoever. I did not have the knee-jerk reaction to invade a Muslim country because of 9/11. I was never a believer in WMD and the Iraq connection that was concocted in order to invade that country. I did not believe in the escalation of the invasion (I refuse to call it a war, because no war was ever declared by Congress), and I am not on board with sending more troops to Afghanistan (not to mention being opposed to sending drones into Pakistan -- and using Blackwater Ops alongside CIA agents to basically assassinate whomever we disagree with).

I think, as usual, Glenn Greenwald has a good piece up on Obama's furtherance of the Bush policy of attack them there so we don't have to fight them here, and the current use of isolated incidents of alleged Muslim home grown terrorists. Plus, I find it interesting that the white supremacist groups that advocate overthrowing the government and who show up at political functions armed to the teeth these days are not considered political terrorists, home grown at that. The double standard, the Christian v. Muslim ideology, i.e., Christian good, Muslim bad, reflects on the stupidity of this nation as a whole, and is an embarrassment to me as an American.

There is clearly a concerted effort by the Government to claim loudly that the threat posed by radicalized American Muslims is increasing.

[snip]

At least from all appearances, these claims are being made exclusively on the basis of a handful of recent episodes involving American Muslims accused of having links to Al Qaeda and/or the Taliban. There is no data whatsoever offered to corroborate the claim of a "trend."

[snip]

Waging wars, occupying, and dropping bombs in Muslim countries is the single most counter-productive step that can be taken to combat Islamic extremism (indefinitely imprisoning them without charges is a close second). It's akin to advising a lung cancer patient to triple the quantity of cigarettes he smokes each day. Yet we continue to do it over and over, and then point to the harms we cause as reasons we need to continue doing it. Our "counter-terrorism" campaign basically consists of three steps repeated endlessly:

(1) Interfere in or otherwise act aggressively in the Muslim world.

(2) Provoke increased anti-American sentiment and fuel terrorism as a result of Step 1.

(3) Point to the increased anti-American sentiment and terrorism as a reason we need to escalate our interference and aggression in the Muslim world. Return to Step 1.

Read the whole thing, I dare you.

Blue Christmas

"Stray cats, where?"

"All I Want For Christmas, Is You"

Totally one of my favorite pop Christmas songs. I bought her CD when it first came out, and I always play it during the holiday season. Ahhhh, Mariah before she became overtly sexual (not that I mind that - but it was her restrained sexuality that always gave her earlier songs, before her divorce, such appeal).

So, what do YOU want for Christmas?

War Is Over, If You Want It, Merry Christmas From John and Yoko

Warning: This is difficult to watch. The opening is great material by John and Yoko, but the actual song is played over war images that will leave you crying.

Gretchen Carlson, Fox's Dumb Blonde, Not So Dumb

I know everyone is all over the "climategate" e-mails and stuff, but this piece on John Stewart's show just killed me!

John Lennon

Every year I post on the passing of John. I decided to forgo it yesterday, mainly because next year will mark the 30th year since he was killed, and I intend to do a huge spread, culminating in posting pictures and stuff of what I am sure will be a huge crowd hanging out at his star in Hollywood.

Anyway -- I always think of him on December 8.

R.I.P. The Washington Times

"When did the Washington Times ever do reporting?"

SYTYCD ...

As most of my readers already know, I am a dancer. Yes, at this age, I don't dance up to par, but I can still outdance a non-dancer!

I am also a fanatical follower of So You Think You Can Dance, culminating in my getting an invite from a friend that won tickets to the finale of Season 5. At that recording, it was promoted time and time again that Season 6 was going to outdo all other seasons preceding it.

As a true follower of this show from Season 1, I have to agree. This season, I am tormented because the quality of the dancers is just awesome. Russell, the crumper ... if you haven't watched any of the shows, then I can't begin to tell you how he might actually win this sucker!

Since it came down to the top ten, then the top eight, and tomorrow, the top six for the finale, I cannot say that any of the top ten that were eliminated, deserved to go. This, by far, has truly been the cream of the crop of America's Top Dancers.

Baby, It's Cold Outside

Dang, the weather is supposed to hit the high 30's by Wednesday morning. I'm pretty sure for December, that's a low that hasn't been hit since 1944. Last year, I turned my heater on once in January. I've had it on for two nights straight, and we are only in December!




I tried to find the two Ann-Margret versions on YouTube, but no luck. At least you can find more info on the song, and everyone's version on Wikipedia.

We Now Return You To Our Regular Christmas Broadcast

I am pretty sure this is from "Meet Me In St. Louis." Don't really have the time to check, but I recognize the setting, and the actresses (well, duh, Judy, but of course the little Margaret O'Brien).

Ok, so I did check, damn it, and I was right. 1944 film ... man, I guess I really do remember my movies!

Barbara Boxer - Health Care Riders For Men To Acquire Viagra?

Finally, someone with the "balls" to call the men out on their own hypocrisy!



I just find it outlandish that men pop those pills often so they can fuck, but god forbid a woman has any rights after being fucked.

John Berry's Lame Excuse For Not Complying With Court Order!

This is just bullshit. Since when do you just disobey a court order? As noted over at AMERICAblog, if you don't like the order, you fucking appeal it. This is what I do for a living. If any of my clients disobey court orders, they can be held in contempt, jailed, sanctioned, among other things.

It was one thing when Bush used to just disregard the law -- we got used to it and expected it.

But this? Obama got the GLBT money donations and the votes on his promise to repeal DADT, DOMA and work through assorted other issues pertaining to the GLBT community. And after the party seeking to have her partner covered by her federal health care plan, and went to court to get a judge to say she can have her partner on her federal health care plan, openly gay Director of the Office of Personnel Management John Berry says he doesn't have the "authority" to comply with the court order!
This video of his explanation is just bullshit. Now, it will be interesting what the court does when the 30 days are up and the Obama administration fails to comply with the court's order.



My earlier post on this subject.

Feliz Navidad

Growing up, the "standards" as they were, for Christmas were "White Christmas," "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)," It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Chirstmas," etc.
Then in 1970 came Jose Feliciano's catchy "Feliz Navidad."

And I was part of and aware of a new Christmas "standard" song.

Feed The World

When this song came out, I just couldn't get enough of it. Even though I am a child of the 1950's, my favorite era of music is the 1980's when I was thirty ... the rest of my generation is still stuck in the 1970's rock era (laughing).

I still get goose bumps when I hear this song.



20 years later ... and Bono is still singing.



Can't we all just end hunger on this planet?

Stompin' Tom

Sorry to interrupt Christmas ...

"Boogie Woogie Santa Claus"

I know I already posted this last year or one of the years before, but still, it's a great song. Setzer is a great arranger of music, and quite good on the guitar (laughs). I was already a fan back in the Stray Cat days.

Personally, I was looking for the "Baby, It's Cold Outside" version of both Setzer and Al Hirt with Ann Margret ... alas, thus far, nothing that passes the YouTube police. So, until I find it, somewhere, enjoy Brian and his orchestra.

The Christmas Song

Of course, written by Mel Torme ... The Velvet Fog LOL.

Probably the quintessential Christmas song ... Nat King Cole ... broke more barriers than Tiger Woods could ever attempt to do.

Enjoy!

Mele Kalikimaka

My girlfriend just came back from the Islands and she brought me these plumeria blossom leis, which are my favorite flowers. The aroma that comes from these flowers is just amazing.

Enjoy "Merry Christmas" in Hawai'ian.

O Holy Night

I told you, my readers, it's CHRISTMAS time... get into the next month or read some other blog, damn it!

NSYNC ... acapella, which is really how I learned the song. Not by NSYNC, but acapella.



Gonna give you a few versions, then move on!

Celine Dion's version.



And my favorite ... Martina McBride. You go girl!

"All The Single Ladies" - Chipmunk Style

Pssst.... it's at the end of the trailer!