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October 26, 2007

Petty thoughts: She's not worth it

An "oldie" of sorts, like me the listener, on the radio. Tom Petty's Listen To Her Heart. And the opening line that I hated then and now. So I just have to say this these many years later.

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Filed Under: American Culture , Random Personal , Rants- General

October 14, 2007

Need Arabic language info

And speaking of songs, can someone tell me if this is a Christian hymn and roughly what is it saying? The singing is pretty. And I assume, despite the name, the site has nothing to do with George Bush.:-)

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October 12, 2007

Make that song stop!

Would those young kids out there here in the USA please get that Delilah song off the radio?! (Actually it's kind of nice, sort of like an "unplugged" version of "Last Train to Clarksville", and has a cool background story, but enough already, that adolescent poetry and singing gets to my old age.)

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October 05, 2007

Islamic Spain Comes to DC, October 10

For those in the US capitol area, Wednesday October 10 starting 8:30 in the evening (meaning food is OK for the umma-fied), the restaurant Busboys and Poets at 2021 14th Street, is doing a film screening of CITIES OF LIGHT: THE RISE AND FALL OF ISLAMIC SPAIN. The producer Alexander Kronemer will be there. (UPDATE/CORRECTION: One can NOT tell by his very non-Muslim name how much time, effort, and money the Islamic community regularly spends on telling its own story as it appears he is indeed Muslim unlike my previous assumption (thanks, commenter Ahem); apologies to Mr Kronemer and the umma for my undue, though normally well-justified, cynicism in this area.*) Below the break is more detail.

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Filed Under: Egghead Stuff , MENA Culture