Meanwhile, Rome keeps on burning...

(Car in Fremont Center, Seattle - photo by me.
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Listening to;

WE FUNK Podcast, Show 493
Favorites;
"Brown Wind and Fire" by Brownout
( I must see this band live! They are actually going to be in New Haven, CT, as Grupo Fantasma, at the International Festival of Ats and Ideas in June, but before I come home. Plus, I'd have to come home so early that I'd miss the Solstice Festival that I'm volunteering for in Seattle.)
"Escape-ism" by James Brown
(First time I ever heard the full, unedited track in all its glory).
"Coolie High" by Camp Lo
But just about every song is good. Warning, a few songs have extremely graphic language and probably will be offensive to some. Most don't/won't.

Reading;

Getting Rich at New York Presbyterian Hospital
"Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer revealed publicly last year a well-kept secret, that New York Presbyterian was paying its top eight executives an annual aggregate salary of over $20 million. He cited 2004 figures, which today are undoubtedly higher. The CEO, Herbert Pardes, netted over five million, which means that the next ranking administrators netted an average of over two million. This must be far and away the most extravagantly paid hospital leadership team in the world."

War Abroad and Poverty at Home
"...Before Bush began his wars of aggression, oil was $25 a barrel. Today it is $130 a barrel. Some of this rise may result from run-away speculation in the futures market. However, the main cause is the eroding value of the dollar... Currently the desperate Bush Regime is trying to cut Medicaid health care for the poor and disabled..."

Cartoon : "How to React to Good News That is Actually Bad News"

Corporate executives forced pro-Bush, pro-war narrative

Looking forward to;

Tne Black Angels w/ The Warlocks
June 11TH 10:30 PM
Neumo's 925 East Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98122
"Noise for the Needy" benefit for Urban Rest Stop

Talib Kweli, Common Market, Gabriel Teodros, Grayskul
June 15th, 9:00 pm
Showbox in the Market 1426 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
"Noise for the Needy" benefit for Urban Rest Stop

The Last HOPE - July 18-20, 2008 at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City