I know that my small list of readers are too savvy to buy in to the bullshit known as intelligent design, but in case you need to bone up before an argument with someone, or are tempted by the "it's just a theory" crapola, check out this post by a U.S. congressman from N.J. who happens to be a physicist.
Of course, if evolution is "just a theory," so is gravity!
I can't wait until schools can finally expose kids to this brilliant use of Mt. Rushmore to confirm I.D.
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Thanks for your recent comments on my blog about Arthur Lee - it will be interesting to see if he emerges again at some point. I recommend the Arthur Lee and Love DVD (2003) The Forever Changes gig filmed at The Royal Festival Hall in London - if you don't have that one already - some good stuff on it including interview with Arthur. Also check my pal's blog http://www.aref-adib.com if you get a chance it has a good use of visuals and has got a political edge like yours. Cheers, Island Monkey.
Thanks for visiting, IM, and I completely support your recommendation of the Love DVD. It took me a few songs to reckon my vision of Love (which I had developed with almost no pictures, except the album covers) with the aging and beleagured Arthur Lee. Keep in mind that I've had plenty of time to adjust to the older versions of the Who, Stones, Beatles, etc. I also didn't know Lee was black until after I had become a fan and did some research, as the album covers are pretty ambiguous (probably on purpose). While that was never an issue, I find it interesting to consider how the mind works in absence of information (as an adult, I assumed Lee was white, as young kid, I assumed John Fogerty was black, despite the cover of the album with all white dudes).
BTW, I became a fan by chance. While, through the 80s and 90s, I strutted with the notion that I was an extremely well informed dude about the music scene, in the late 90s, I stumbled upon a CD called Forever Changes in the public library, and probably because of one of those "haven't I heard about this?" feelings, I took it home. I was instantly pulled in, but had no idea what it was about. There was a manufacture date of 1989, and that made the album even more amazing, as it sounded so timeless, yet obviously akin to the 60s. After research, it all made sense, and I'm an eternal fan who, on most days, puts that album in, or at the top of, my top 5 of all time.
dude, my mom works in public ed and is having to deal with this in her school district too (though not in the courts). i'd like to intelligently design an ejector seat for all the wingnuts and racists. urgh. your blog is wonderful. thanks for getting my trash can on monday. (or thanks to M for that as the case may be ...)
Hi just read your comments re Arthur - I too like many I guess had a sort of epiphany when I first heard Forever Changes in the late eighties but it has taken me many years of listening to it to truly appreciate it and I still discover great quirks and aspects to it - particularly with the lyrics which I think at times are particularly poignant in terms of Arthur's background and his subsequent life. Amazingly Arthur talks about his ideas for a lot of the strings and lyrics coming fully formed into his head. One can only wonder at the intensity of his creative powers back then. I also read with interest your post about the creationists - That religious stuff is especially weird for most people in England as it is basically a secular culture here - no one has taken the church serious for at least a hundred years.
Power to people like yourself though who challenge it over there and also to the democracy of the internet.
Thanks for you kind words about my plight in the US and your insights about Arthur Lee. I don't think people in the US realize how secular most of the "first" world is... and how unsecular most of the rest of the world is. Makes for some wierd politics.
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