Stevie Wonder: Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Michelle’s favorite, the 2008 election song by Stevie Wonder, here with Beyonce. The important words? “Unterschrieben, zugeklebt, abgeliefert, ich gehöre dir!” Mike Pilewski’s election analysis, Eamonn Fitzgerald’s ultimate Obama quiz, and the Obama Soundtrack: Spotlight today.
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Barack Obama had saved his biggest Virginia rally for last. For his conclusion, he told one of his favorite inspirational stories. It’s about a long drive, a rainy day and how one person can make a difference. It ends with Obama leading a cheer of “Fired up, Ready to Go!” Democracy won. Americans were voting […]
Des’ree: You Gotta Be
This smooth motivational soul song by Des’ree from 1994 became a hit three times in the 90s and was later used to advertise the Ford Focus and an Australian bank. Now, Des’ree is not known for deep, intelligent lyrics 😉 and, in fact, she won a BBC contest for the worst song lyrics of all […]
Sedaris at Literaturhaus
David Sedaris has been tickling my funny bone since I first heard him read from the SantaLand Diaries on NPR. The man is brilliant, and even if we listeners (or readers, of course!) are basically witnessing his life-long self-therapy, I simply can’t imagine anyone more enjoyable to support in this way 😉 … If you, […]
Get in the groove to vote
Michael Hussein Gregory lyrics here Free stuff being donated to get out the vote today: Krispy Kreme is donating a donut krispykreme.com Shop at a discount in NYC… racked.com …and get a free vibrator in NYC or Seattle 😉 babeland.com Or how about free body piercings in Missouri? ktvo.com
e e cummings: now is a ship
now is a ship which captain am sails out of sleep steering for dream Comment: “ee cummings is one of my most loved poets, and this poem, almost a haiku, suggests much about that other identity we carry in us and which life invites us to discover. Conventionally it would be said that we need to […]
There’s noone as Irish as…
I’m playing hooky today but will be back next week with a podcast on our new president. Until then please enjoy this: Thanks, Silke 🙂
