1. Tall Birds – Internalize
2. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – The Lost Brigade
3. Tom Waits – Anywhere I Lay My Head
4. Jets to Brazil – Sea Anemone
5. Cat Stevens – Oh Very Young
6. Des Ark – Send Jolly to Raleigh
7. Rolling Stones – Factory Girl
8. Rufus Wainwright – Across the Universe
9. Dead Kennedys – Too Drunk to Fuck
10. Neko Case – Hold On, Hold On
As a Friday treat, I’d like to take this moment to direct everyone to this comment by pro-life reader Shawn. It’s so rich that I’m convinced it has to be high-level performance art, because he insists that population statistics are evil; says that women who miscarry have been touched by Satan and need exorcism to rid them of their demons; argues that the pro-life position ends when immoral acts come into play, which is why children conceived via IVF are evil and should be destroyed, but says that conception via rape is a-ok; and then this:
The embryo’s life is MORE important than that of the vessel in which it is carried…. The woman has had a (relatively fuller) life than that of the embryo she carries. Women have died in childbirth before; while it is regretable, the future (the embryo) must take the place of the past (the woman). If it is possible to reimplant said embryo in another woman of childbearing age, we should do so ASAP. So too for ectopic pregnancies. The vessel in which the embryo is in is NOT AS IMPORTANT as the embryo her/himself, which should be preserved as much as humanly possible. For the nine months of pregnancy, the pregnant woman’s body is NO LONGER HER OWN; IT IS THE SUPPORT FOR HER BABY. So women should enter into pregnancy prepared to sacrifice all, inclduding HER OWN LIFE, for the sake of the baby’s. If she is not willing to do so, she has the option (in most cases) of NOT BECOMING PREGNANT. Let her abstain from sex if she doesn’t want a baby; let her partner do so as well– if they are not prepared to give their all for nine months for their baby. After that, they can do as they wish. Is nine months too much to ask?
I don’t think he could possibly be serious, but if he is, kudos for consistency and honesty.
Now, Friday Videos:
Obama, in case you missed him last night:
Music below the fold.
Citizen Cope, because I like this song enough to tolerate my sister playing it on repeat to Portland and back:
M.I.A. just because I love her:
And Elissa, because she’s rad: