7 posts tagged “barack obama”
M.I.A. posted a little mix she did (I think) of all her Kala songs. The mix is fun to listen to. Here it is ...
M.I.A. - Kala Mini Mix (from M.I.A.'s MySpace)
The guy in the photo with M.I.A. is Benjamin Brewer who is in a band called The Exit. His dad is Chairman and CEO of Warner Music, Edgar Brofman Jr. M.I.A. is supposedly engaged to him. The photo came from Bonafide-Hustler.com.
Barack Obama will definitely be the Democrat nominee for the general election so that is very nice. Here is his speech from Tuesday night ...
Here is a video of a very awkward speech John McCain gave on the same day. The video shows reactions from lots of news pundits that agree he was not at his best when it came to the delivery.
Here's my link again for anyone who wants to donate to Barack Obama's (general election) campaign ...
http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/markinaustin
I watched something on TV about various beneficial effects trees have on a city, and it was really fascinating how much trees can do to help a city. Here are some of the things they do ...
http://www.americanforests.org/graytogreen/energy
I think the above link just talks mainly about how trees can lower a city's electric bill, but the special I watched on TV that time showed a lot of other ways trees can help and improve a city (well, they are nice to look at for one).
Anyway, I looked up tree-planting programs in Austin to see if there were any programs in place, and of course there are (Austin is pretty nature-friendly). One that caught my eye was Tree Folks.
Tree Folks helps plant trees in Austin and the surrounding area. They do other stuff besides that, but that was enough to make me want to donate some money to them. If you live in Austin, and you want to keep seeing signs of nature downtown and throughout the area, you may want to donate some money to them.
http://www.treefolks.org/store_donate.asp
I don't have that much money to donate, but I try to give a little here and there. I also donate to the Alzheimer's Association and Barack Obama's campaign.
Here is a Tori Amos song that I was listening to today. It's pretty cool (and old). The ending of it is the beginning of the song, "Horses", from her album, Boys For Pele (which was the first Tori Amos album I ever bought).
Tori Amos - Fire-Eater's Wife/Beauty Queen (demo)
I talked to someone recently about Caetano Veloso, Brazilian music, Marisa Monte, and Spanish music (like Shakira, Juanes, and Julieta Venegas) so I thought I would post some Caetano Veloso songs from a CD of his that I have called Noites do Norte. I am sure there are better Veloso songs out there, but I don't know them all. If anyone wants to recommend a better song from his library, by all means go ahead in the comments section. Eu falo um pouco em portugues. ;)
Here are some from the Noites do Norte album ...
I love that the title of the above song is the name of a famous Italian director, whose movie, L'Avventura, I love.
Here is the first song on the CD ...
Here is the second song from the album. I can't leave it out because it's very pretty. I used to play this song while driving back from lunch to my job, and I remember passing under the canopy of the trees while little bits of sunlight broke through the green leaves. It was a magical moment. Ha! I ususally don't talk like that. It's moments like those that make me want to travel more, but it's too damn expensive!
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/11/campaign.wrap/index.html
Feel free to donate to his campaign here. ;)
So it looks like Barack Obama won in North Carolina by a pretty significant margin, and he held up pretty well in Indiana next to Clinton. Therefore, I wanted to do an Obama post since I haven't done one in a while.
You can donate to Barack Obama's campaign here, and you can give $10 or $25 if you want. You don't have to make a huge donation. Every penny helps ...
http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/markinaustin
I still think he will be a great president.
Here are two songs I like right now ...
Madonna - Beat Goes On
Santogold - My Superman
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/21/obama.richardson/index.html
Bill Richardson, the governor of New Mexico, endorsed Barack Obama today. I think the endorsement is a big deal because a lot of people like Gov. Richardson and will respect what he has to say. I think John Edwards should endorse Obama, too. I don't know when that will happen, though.
Also, I found this video on YouTube, where the young girl from Hillary's 3 am phone call ad says that she is for Obama, not Hillary.
I am posting this link again in case anyone wants to donate to Obama's campaign ...
http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/markinaustin
Also, here is my goofy YouTube video (again) of Barack Obama images set to the Deee-Lite song, "Vote Baby Vote". It's rather amateurish, but I love it when it gets views. ;)
Aqui esta musica latina para las orejas. Ha, I am not going to try to type en espanol. I will just butcher it. Anyway, here are three songs by Jorge Moreno from his self-titled album way back in 2001. I decided to take the CD with me on my way to work this morning. I am not very good at discovering music (although, there is a lot of new music I like), but I am great at drudging up music from the past. I bought this CD way back when I would go into music stores and listen to entire albums on the headphones provided to you at one of those listening stations. We used to have a Tower Records in Austin, where you could do just that. The only place you can do it now is probably Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Waterloo Records. However, Tower was definitely my favorite record store to go to.
It is funny how parts of a song can be so strong, but the rest of the song is kind of weak. For example, my favorite song from Jorge Moreno's album is "Si Yo Fuera" because it starts off like an old James Bond song (I am probably thinking of "Goldfinger" by Shirley Bassey), and it stays strong for a while, but then it gets repetitive. I still really like it, though.
Jorge Moreno - Si Yo Fuera
The first song on the album, "Reloj", is pretty good, but I think my favorite part is the ending that provides the segue into "Despertare". I wish artists would realize that the subtle parts of their songs are sometimes the best part, and they should incorporate more of that element into their music.
Jorge Moreno - Reloj
Jorge Moreno - Despertare
In other news, "Lost Odyssey", the game I am completely addicted to right now, got a good review from CNN here. The game is everything I have been waiting for since it is like the Final Fantasy series and has wonderful graphics and music. It makes buying an XBOX 360 totally worth it.
I have been listening to The Cranberries' album, "Bury The Hatchet", a lot lately. I first heard the song, "Promises", while staying at a Hampton or La Quinta in Costa Rica (Santa Ana or San Jose, I can't remember which, but they are right next to each other). I had gone to Costa Rica to learn more Spanish, and I was supposed to be there for four weeks, but I only lasted one week since I got so homesick. I had never traveled to another country before, and I also never traveled by myself before so the experience was really new for me. I was also dating a really cool guy back in Austin so it was weird to just up and leave everything behind. Costa Rica was really cool, and I got to go horseback riding, which I love more than anything so I really regret that I left so quickly. The night I was staying in the hotel was my last night before I went back to Texas, and I just felt like a complete failure for leaving early. I also kind of knew that the relationship with the guy in Austin was not going to last for many reasons. The song, "Promises", came on the MTV channel that they show in Costa Rica. The song seemed to sum up everything I was feeling, and I can still listen to the song today and think of every regret I felt at that time. Ugh! Anyway, here is the song ...
The Cranberries - Promises
The Cranberries - Animal Instinct
My final piece of blogging is a question I have asked other places on the internet, but I never get an answer ... Who is this woman in the "Yes, we can" music video? ,,,
She kind of sings the "Ohhh" part of the song. You can watch the video here if you need to.
I started doing my treadmill again to attempt to get back into shape, and I listen to my iPod while I do it. Well, I was trying to find new music to listen to (besides Madonna and Prodigy) while I "jogged" on the treadmill, and I decided to try out Deee-Lite's early 90s album "Infinity Within". I actually had the cassette tape of this album when I was in high school, and I would jog/walk to it around my neighborhood. I've always thought the production on the album is superb. Here are my favorite songs from the album (along with other songs that are in my head) ...
Deee-Lite - I.F.O. (Identified Flying Object)
Deee-Lite - Runaway
Deee-Lite - Heart Be Still
I actually got geeky and tried making a video for this song. I thought this song would go well with all of the election stuff going on right so here is my Vote Baby Vote video featuring images of Barack Obama (I think he should be the next president) ...
This next song, "Two Clouds Above Nine", is not my favorite song, but it does have the great line, "Damn that's my jam", which is sung numerous times during the song.
Deee-Lite - Two Clouds Above Nine
Deee-Lite - Electric Shock
Deee-Lite - I Had a Dream I Was Falling Through a Hole in the Ozone Layer
Bjork - The Modern Things ...
Deee-Lite - Music Selector is the Soul Reflector
Bjork - Desired Constellation
P Diddy featuring Keyshia Cole - Last Night
and the video ...
OK, time to go to bed.