Good evening! Hi! Hello! How are y'all? Gonna ask you to do one thing for me tonight, that's all...

There are times when I suspect that the entire purpose of the existence of the United States of America is to create the strange set of events that led to the career of Aretha Franklin. Now is one of those times.

I would also like to thank the Internet for letting me download the entirety of Don't Fight The Feeling: The Complete Aretha Franklin Live at the Fillmore West 1971 which is out of print from Rhino Handmade and costs $250.

Do not, repeat do not put another dime in the jukebox at this time.

1. The always reliable Exploding Aardvark pointed me today to the best rock video ever made: Bring Me The Head Of Rooster Alfredo, by Kill Lizzie. Wow. (Quicktime)
   
   
2. Via The Null Device, a darkly hilarious list of intellectual property craziness. My favorite: A French director had to pay $1,300 after a character in his film whistled the communist anthem, “The Internationale,” without permission.
   
   
3. New frontiers in advertising: The popcorn machines have been replaced with the Bread of Life.
   
   
4. Now that we're facing the most serious challenges to infectious disease management ever, it's a great time to cut the funding of the Centers for Disease Control.
   
   
5. Oh bother! It's Apocalypse Pooh. (iFilm, insane)
   
   
6. If you're both morbid and bored (borbid?), I suggest browsing Wikipedia's excellent List of Unusual Deaths.

antiwar song

Via cordiloquy: when you see this, post an anti-war song.

Richard Thompson does Phil Ochs (note, he adds lyrics):

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