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Trollboy sent me this little doozy. It really speaks for itself. Sign of the Apocalypse?
Marty
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He of Politicos, chief wit, and all around decent bloke has succumbed to the blog habit. In his first post he takes Byers to task for his idiocy. Expect great things from this blog from now on ad infinitum. Thanks to Iain Murray for the heads up on this development.
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Those of you who don’t should make Muslimpundit a habit. Adil’s analysis of the state of Islam in the UK and the world is stunning. In his latest tract, he counters the assertion made by many Muslim thinkers that democracy and Islam are incompatible with each other.
This long post strikes me as poignant in the context of religious right in the US. There are many Chrisitian statists who seek to use the power of the state to impose their world view. In a sense these people are as anti-democratic as many Islamic groups. Whether American Christians wish to admit it or not, their movement contains a strong under-current of members who wish a theocracy in the US.
Change the words in Adil’s quotes to God instead of Allah and it will be all too familiar to watchers of the religious right in the US. It would be very useful if the events of 9/11 caused Americans to realise that there are fundamentalists of all ilks who wish to turn the US into a theocracy. Islam is merely one of these forces.
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James Bennett has written a clever piece on the relationship between India and the Anglosphere. His point about the link between Thoreau, Gandhi and Martin Luther King is particularily poignant.
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Posting will be light(er) this week as I will be shepherding around one of the senior “cultists” in the Anglosphere. He is in town for the week. It will be very interesting to return to being a political hack for 4 or 5 days. Recently I have been dabbling rather than being a player. Wonder if I am going to get the old “buzz” back.
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Front Page has a great set of articles on a variety of subjects ranging from PC reporting to new Denzil Washington anti-business left-wing film.
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Jeff Austin Project
Go Big or Stay Home
(Now & Then/Frontiers)
One of the best bands you never heard of, this lot have produced an album that is a must for fans of Open Skyz. Open Skyz released one album before Hugo, their lead singer, went off and became a Steve Perry clone (a damn good one). I honestly kept wondering what album I had placed on my deck of tunes. This sucker starts with a brilliant and obscenely catchy ‘Lisa.’ This is the song that got them a record contract. This great music just keeps going until the album ends with a track written by none other than Barry Goudreau of Boston fame. �I’m a Fighter� was penned by Jimi Jamison of Survivor and Mandy Meyer of Asia fame. These two covers are not the most obvious of choices to say the least. Now & Then have discovered a gem with this lot, and if there is any justice in the world, they will be huge. Let’s just hope that these boys can do a big tour very soon. A highly recommended collection of quality melodic rock.
Marty: 10
Two Fires
Ignition
(Now & Then/Frontiers)
Kevin Chalfant and Josh Ramos have teamed up to form band Two Fires; this is the band’s second effort. As you can expect it is a melodic tour de force. Ignition despite its raucous name is a fairly mellow affair. Nowhere near as pleasurable as the two The Storm outings which featured
both men. A bit too ballad heavy, one finds oneself wishing for the band to kick out the jams at times. There is songwriting from Jim Peterik, with musicians from Foreigner (Jeff Jacobs) and Vicious Rumours/Steve Perry (Atma Anur). Despite my misgivings about the album, it is a pleasant listen, but just not one to put on while driving. There is competent impressive melodic AOR that puts a smile on your face and a flutter in your heart. I just wish they could occasionally rock out a bit more.
Marty: 7
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