tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post3009899223768127774..comments2023-10-14T02:24:04.900-07:00Comments on This Day In Science Fiction: 22 June 2013Prof. Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575880031145705761noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-3318010397709032482013-06-22T17:13:18.753-07:002013-06-22T17:13:18.753-07:00Prof, if you like Murder Ballads, I can recommend ...Prof, if you like Murder Ballads, I can recommend Nick Cave's album of the same name (one reviewer counted over 200 deaths in the course of the songs); but more particularly, Jon Langford's series Executioner's Last Songs, the proceeds of which went toward the Illinois efforts to end of the death penalty, the 3 discs were populated by some of alt-country's best:<br /><br />http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/album/executioners-last-songs-volume-one<br /><br />The effort to end Illinois death penalty was successful, but the songs are still SPECTACULAR.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-927042268418345042013-06-22T17:04:19.986-07:002013-06-22T17:04:19.986-07:00Ken, thanks for both of your additions to the conv...Ken, thanks for both of your additions to the conversation. <i>Shades of Gray</i> is a great murder ballad I had never heard before. As for <i>Millennium</i>, I knew it only because it is mentioned in a <i>Kids in the Hall</i> sketch featuring Buddy Cole, actor, singer, dancer, model... Canadian.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqQCyAQBgXY<br />Prof. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575880031145705761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-51859419385580778552013-06-22T13:52:47.269-07:002013-06-22T13:52:47.269-07:00And do I have to note that Kris Kristofferson was ...And do I have to note that Kris Kristofferson was the star of <em>Millennium</em>, which was the adaptation of John Varley's "Air Raid" from the first issue of <em>Asimov's</em>, so it clearly has to be noted.<br /><br />If not ever watched.Ken Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440837287933536370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-62075665249474057472013-06-22T13:51:02.470-07:002013-06-22T13:51:02.470-07:00I've been playing Robert Earl Keen's "...I've been playing Robert Earl Keen's "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS0p6t4iemg" rel="nofollow">Shades of Gray</a>" all day and wondering why it was feeling appropriate.<br /><br />Now I'm reminded. "The murderous American terrorist Timothy McVeigh" needs to be repeated on a daily basis.Ken Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440837287933536370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-77303434520133635642013-06-22T12:20:41.647-07:002013-06-22T12:20:41.647-07:00Hey, ZR! Thanks for putting in your two cents, tho...Hey, ZR! Thanks for putting in your two cents, though of course I will have to clean them carefully before handling them, what with the zombie cooties and all.<br /><br />I was hoping a 21th Century renewed interest in Our Pal Nikola™ might mean a cover version of OMD's <i>Tesla Girls</i>.<br />Prof. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575880031145705761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-89196254626233406272013-06-22T11:59:46.808-07:002013-06-22T11:59:46.808-07:00the murderous American terrorist Timothy McVeigh
...<i>the murderous American terrorist Timothy McVeigh</i><br /><br />I wish this was the way he was remembered more often; when he is remembered.<br /><br />I applaud your decision to print the Turner Diaries reference, just so it can be re-iterated what a stupid, hateful piece of work it, and its author, are. Like the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, hateful crap like this refuses to lie down and die properly (and hey now, no ugly comparisons to zombies), so I feel that it has to be pointed out that its stupid and hateful and people who cleave to it are stupid and hateful also. More oxygen for the bigotry just requires more sanitizing light.<br /><br /><i>Want to know what this esteemed scientist had to say about the 21st Century?<br /></i><br />That the band named after him would try and resurrect their career during it?zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.com