Friday, September 4, 2015
Happy Belated Birthday, Charlie Parker - Bede's Beat
Editor's Note: Bede was lost and now he's found. Huzzah!
It's a musical cliche to say that Charlie Parker changed the way we listen to music forever. It is also true.
In honor of his birthday, August 29, Bede's Beat presents a comparative listening set comprised of three of Parker's recordings of the same song -- Ray Noble's Cherokee -- which vividly illustrates the impact which Parker had upon the way we hear music and understand rhythm and harmonics today.
from 1941 with The Jay McShann Orchestra, the big band that first brought Parker to national attention:
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
SIGN OF THE MONTH - September 1, 2015
Trump: “Excuse me, you DROPPED to your knees?”
Brande: “Yes."
Trump: "It must be a pretty picture, you dropping to your knees."
"Rand Paul in Kentucky...wants the government to intervene if a woman gets pregnant because of rape or incest...to force a woman or a girl in that situation to give birth to the rapist's baby or to their relative's baby, no matter what she or the girl or woman's doctor wants."
Last week, Paul Ryan gave an interview in which, defending his position that there should be no excuses for abortion, he referred to rape as a "method of conception."
Friday, August 28, 2015
DUMP TRUMP the Fecal Lump - #RegisterOnlinePA
Thanks to @GovernorTomWolf, registering to vote in PA is now as easy as clicking this! #RegisterOnlinePA
Monday, August 10, 2015
Feel the Bern!
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Wisconsin Walker Gets Cheesed - Sign of the Month - August 2015
Who is the big guy on the left with the big head and the big gun? Given the sentiment in the tweet below the picture, maybe he is Scott Walker's security? This is the best election ever.
Ethan Booker@Ethan_Booker
Scott Walker cut in line at Geno's to order a cheesesteak with American cheese and no onions. He's not getting out of Philly alive.VISITORS - Do not go to Geno's or Pat's for cheesesteak. Only tourists go there. Go to Jim's Steaks on South Street. And if you want to try something new, go to Tony Luke's for the roast pork and escarole sandwich. So good.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Go Obama! It's your birthday. Go Obama!
This great portrait comes from this interesting "conservative" Blog. I think it is meant to ridicule Obama. I just love it.
Saturday, August 1, 2015
MOLON LABE - Asshats on Parade
GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is in favor of using federal troops and the FBI to stop women from having abortions.
"I will not pretend there is nothing we can do to stop this," Huckabee said Thursday at a campaign stop in Jefferson, Iowa.
Women who remember the bad old days before safe legal medical contraception and abortion are still alive and we vote, Hucksterbee.
Those were deadly days for women. My Mother and my Sister had illegal abortions. Hucksterbee would send federal troops to do what to my Mother and Sister? Incarcerate them? Enslave them? Just slut shame them? What, you asswipe?
You think real men who love and respect women will allow anyone to do such to their Mothers, Sisters, Wives and Daughters?
Art by Favianna Rodriguez.
You think real men who love and respect women will allow anyone to do such to their Mothers, Sisters, Wives and Daughters?
Art by Favianna Rodriguez.
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