Bruce Springsteen: South by Southwest (SXSW) Keynote Address - full video
"The Boss" himself delivered an inspirational keynote speech in front of a packed convention center crowd. Springsteen talks about his influences, how he still practices his rock n' roll poses in his bedroom mirror, and he even picked up the guitar to croon a bit for the crowd.
"Conservative Christian, Right Wing, Republican, Straight, White, American Males" by Todd Snider
Salon published an interview today with the underrated Todd Snider, one of my favorite singers. Snider had a brief pop culture moment back in the early 90's with the release of "Alright Guy," then has largely been forgotten by the mainstream even as he has continued to pour our a steady output of great albums and invigorating storytelling performances for a cult fan base.
In the interview, Snider discusses politics and songs from his new album, Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables. A comment to remember:
"I feel like I’ve always sung anti-suburban Christian songs. I grew up conservative Christian and all that, and now when someone tells me they’re conservative politically and also a Christian, I think, Why didn’t you just tell me that you’re a hydrogen bomb made out of dumb. Because those two ideas don’t gel. There’s one group that’s saying, Take everything you have and give it to the poor. And there’s another group that’s saying, Don’t tell me what to give to the poor. How can you join both groups? That’s like you’re joining Puppy Kickers Animal Rights of America. It just doesn’t gel, and that’s what I ran away from."
Salon writes: "Snider may be angry, but he’s also genuinely curious, perhaps even slightly bemused by the exaggerations and mutations of human greed and self-justification. 'At least it helps folk music, if nothing else,' he laughs at one point during our conversation."
Read the full interview here. More music videos after the jump.
CAAM Chinese Dance Theater performed "China the Beautiful: from the mountains to the prairies" at O'Shaughnessy Auditorium of St. Catherine University this weekend. These photos are taken from the January 21 dress rehearsal. Tomorrow is the Chinese New Year and the beginning of the Year of the Dragon. CAAM is based in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.
A Kazakh-themed harvest dance:
CAAM Chinese Dance Theater performers act out a Mongolian festival:
Description on YouTube: While Richard Gere stares at a giraffe, Jim James and Calexico perform Goin' To Acapulco by Bob Dylan. This is a scene from the 2007 biographical film "I'm Not There", directed by Todd Haynes, inspired by Bob Dylan.
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