The week that was. Stories include Mrs. Clarence Thomas’ voicemail message, the firing of Juan Williams, and the multiple tragedies in Indonesia. A failure to memorize this song will reflect poorly on your education. Performed by ipoet. Music produced by DJ M@nwell? Today’s audio here: [wpaudio url=”https://thefreshjunket.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/3e883-twtw-10-25-10.mp3″ dl=”0″ text=”TWTW 10-25-10“]
Author: The Fresh Junket
News Ticker
A strange news week so far. A lot of difficult human tragedy. A slightly less absurd political slate in these final days before the midterm storm. My roundup song is on target for Thursday publication. Next week is going to be a challenge. Preparing a Monday post will be complicated by my weekend schedule, and then I […]
MONDAY CONFIDENTIAL
This post will self-destruct unless you quickly and repeatedly press play. Commentary on recent classified document dump by Wikileaks of nearly 400,000 Iraq War documents, which may or may not include evidence of war crimes, torture in secret prisons, significant civilian casualties, and even limited caches of WMDs. Themes include substantial controversy over the propriety […]
The Press Junket Series
The week that was. A summary of important and not so important news stories from the past week. Quickly commit this to memory in anticipation of upcoming civics examinations or brain bowls. Also good for law firm karaoke. Performed by ipoet. Music produced by Harry Krum. Today’s audio here: [wpaudio url=”http://sintaxtheterrific.com/mp3s/the_week_that_was_10-18-10.mp3″ dl=”0″ text=”TWTW 10-17-10“]
Housekeeping
My schedule remains a work in progress. The goal is a Monday and a Thursday song. Everything is in place to meet the Thursday deadline this week. So check back or risk not knowing anything about what happened in the world. You will look like a fool, I promise. People seem to be having difficulty finding […]
R.I.P. Eyedea
While outside the scope of this blog, it would be an oversight not to express condolences for the unexpected passing of Michael Larsen, better known as Eyedea, of Rhymesayers Entertainment. He was a five-tool emcee, internationally known for his legendary freestyle battles, ferocious intellectualism, and incomparable story telling. He represented all the things in hip […]
Whistle Workin’
Commentary on recent rescue of 33 Chilean mine workers. Themes include emotional tragedy of the event, commercialization of personal loss, and mistreatment of working class. Performed by ipoet. Music produced by Harry Krum Today’s audio here: [wpaudio url=”http://sintaxtheterrific.com/mp3s/work_whistling.mp3″ dl=”0″ text=”Whistle Workin’“]
Official Launch
Don’t be fooled by the year’s time between my last post and this one. I’m serious now. Real serious. I’m going to rap-blog current and political events if it’s the death of me. The goal is two a week. One topical effort and then maybe a summary of important news. We’ll see. If you have […]
Reading Madison’s Mind
Reaction to the Sonia Sotomayor hearings and what might constitute reasonable criteria for confirmation. Additionally and loosely querying what it means to plunge the “original intent” of the founding father’s private minds as we go about the work of constitutional interpretation, the Federalist Papers notwithstanding. Performed by ipoet. Music produced by Harry Krum. Today’s audio […]
The Last Shall Be G8
Summary of G8 Summit with emphasis on the disproportionate cost/benefit calculation of reducing emissions as between first and third world countries. Themes include power and responsibility. Performed by ipoet. Music produced by Sivion. http://www.ireport.com/themes/custom/resources/swfplayer/mediaplayer.swf
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