Oy ir narishe tsionistn

It's amazing now, but a hundred years ago, Zionism was not this untouchable ideal which cannot be criticized without being called a self hating Jew or worse. Here is a song written around the time of the Russian revolution which makes fun of the Zionists for being utopians. These guys sing it in Yiddish, English and Russian.

Of course the Zionists did build a working state, whereas the Jewish communists/socialists were all shot by Stalin. So not sure who had the last laugh.

Georgian Music Monday

I've always loved Georgian music - very melodic, and a little melancholy.

Start spreading the news...

I'm leaving today. I wanna be a part of it...

Anyway, lot's on my mind, but no posts this week due to me going out of town and working my a** off in the Big Apple.

Sneeze Porn? Really !!!???

This song got me thinking about sneeze porn and other fetishes. There's the one where people get turned on by watching food get crushed between someone's toes. Also by fat women crushing small animals with their feet. The height of depravity - we have nothing on the Roman empire.

This girl is pretty funny. Yale graduate. Sings naked while playing guitar. I have to say, having played guitar shirtless, I can't imagine that it is comfortable for someone with pendulous, unrestrained breasts. I'd think they would get in the way, or stick to the varnished finish of the guitar.

She is kinda pretty in that Jewish sort of way. There is definitely something about the skin of a young woman - very elastic.

The blush on her cheeks is a little strange, just because it is so contrasted against the paleness of her body. In the old days, that used to be a sign of consumption...

Security

The Great Wall of China, The Maginot Line... It's a tough problem. On the one hand you get harassed by the TSA people at the airport for carrying a camera. On the other hand, a plane flies past its landing site for an hour and they forget to scramble the fighter jets!

Wake Up Music Monday - Arcade Fire

This band got a big break from being in the "Where the Wild Things Are" movie. This song has an interesting sound - the first part has a "Wall of Sound" feel, as well as sort of a primal sound with the "Aaaah" type vocals and the heavy drums. The second half of the song is totally different - kind of a british sixties pop sound...

Smokey

All this shidduch crisis talk...

Tipper Gore, Judas Priest and Maurice Sendak

Remember when folks were blaming heavy metal music for teen suicides, satan worshippers, and other sundry sins? Found this in a review of the new "Where the Wild Things Are" movie on CNN:

"She and her friend seemed to enjoy the film, but when she returned home, she threw her own tantrum, bit her mother very hard (something she does not do), and told her she was going to run away from home and go to where the wild things are,"

Parents, do not under any circumstances let your children listen to Maurice Sendak!

The 7 days of Creation

Funny exchange between me and some commenters on the XGH blog:

XGH put up a post titled "The Six Days of Creation"
Anonymous commented: "correction: 7 days of creation."
I replied: "Except nothing was created on day 7?"
bankman said: "Shabbos was created on day 7"
I parried: "If Shabbos was created on day 7, then day 7 was not Shabbos."

We'll see how long we can keep it going....

BTW, no Music Monday today - I am taking requests for next week, though...