Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

Not all heroes wear capes.

You are either for trump or for democracy. Pick one.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

It’s not hopeless, and we’re not helpless.

Do we throw up our hands or do we roll up our sleeves? (hint, it’s door #2)

Innocent people don’t delay justice.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

The revolution will be supervised.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you don’t.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

This really is a full service blog.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

I was confident that someone would point it out and thought why not me.

Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

You are here: Home / Open Threads / Weekend Entertainment

Weekend Entertainment

by | 5 Comments

This post is in: 

I bought the new album by the Blind Boys of Alabama, named Atom Bomb, and I have to say that right now this may be one of the oddest and greatest gospel ever created. I don’t think I have been this swept away by an album since The Grand Pecking Order by Oysterhead or one of my all-time favorites, Nothing Personal by Delbert McClinton.

This isn’t your traditional gospel. This isn’t even your Rev. Al Green “I’m gonna sing about Jesus then sleep with the choir” gospel, either. Every song is different and unique. The title track, Atom Bomb, sounds like it was the product of a collaboration between God, Moby, and jingle writers. it is catchy, quick, great sounding, and has great lyrics:

You know now everybody’s worried
About that Atom Bomb.
No one seems worried,
About the Day my Lord shall come.

You better get your house in order
For he may be coming soon,
And he’ll hit like an atom bomb,
When he comes, when he comes.

And it just gets better- ‘Old Blind Barnabas’ has that same Moby feel, but with music that sounds like a funeral dirge if performed by a Southern rock band. You will love their remake of Blind Faith’s ‘Presence of the Lord,’ and their version of ‘Spirit in the Sky’ is a treat.

On a scale of 1 to 10, this is a 27.

Also this weekend, I will have a review of the new Enron documentary called ‘Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.’

*** Update ***

This is why I love blogging- you learn from your readers. Apparently the title track, Atom Bomb, is itself a remake from 1948.

Reader Interactions

5Comments

  1. 1.

    Chap

    The title track is a remake IIRC of a gospel tune from around 1948. It was truly amazing in that version–look forward to hearing this one. Thanks for hepping me to it.

  3. 3.

    Steve

    Their prior album, Spirit of the Century, is also a treasure. You haven’t heard Amazing Grace until you’ve heard their version.

  4. 4.

    frenchy

    The original “Jesus Hits(Like an Atom Bomb)” is on “Preaching, Praying, Singing” a bluegrass compilation on Mercury or one of Mercury’s subsidiaries. good stuff.

  5. 5.

    Justin O.

    Check out Colonel Claypool’s Bucket of Bernie Brains album, The Big Eyeball in the Sky.

Comments are closed.