This is the second in the VirusHead Saturday postings of Laurie Anderson’s Public (Personal) Service Announcements. It’s about the response of a “bunny” at the Playboy Club, where protesters (including Anderson) were calling attention to the economic exploitation of women and the treatment of women as animals. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnS8Y4Qazhs[/youtube] So if you want to talk about women and money…. hmmmm.
Children’s views on angels. I only know the names of two angels. Hark and Harold. ~Gregory, 5 Everybody’s got it all wrong. Angels don’t wear halos anymore. I forget why, but scientists are working on it. ~Olive, 9 It’s not easy to become an angel! First, you die. Then you go to heaven, and then there’s still the flight training to go through. And then you got to agree to wear those angel clothes. ~Matthew, 9 Angels work for God…
A new VirusHead tradition begins here. Now. Every Saturday I will post another of Laurie Anderson’s public service announcements. She actually calls them personal service announcements. Just a few little tidbits for you to ruminate upon. (Please make more, Laurie.) The first PSA that I’ve chosen is called “National Anthem.” [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cE6Pg2q3lI[/youtube] The words are great though..just a lot of questions, written during a fire…. things like: Hey, do you see anything over there? I don’t know, there’s a lot of…
In Santa Fe, Michael told me that at some point Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson had gotten married. Huh? Whew. Can anyone confirm? I guess they’ve been an item for some time – I don’t know how I could have missed that. Two of my favorite talents, but so very different. I’ve been listening to a lot of both of them in the last few days. I’ve really been enjoying the music from Anderson’s “Strange Angels.” Then I discovered her…
Tori Amos – “Yo George” (Speedbliss bushwacked mix) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCsojSpdMyw[/youtube]
Beverly over at Makanani has given me the “Rockin’ Girl Blogger” Award! This award meme was started by Roberta Ferguson. There are, of course, instructions to forward it to women bloggers that I think rock, so here are my picks: Frogs and Ravens Athana Laureth Mary Mousemusings Kieben