I’m curious to know what the right-wing anti-mosqueteers’ response will be to this proposal (CHT Starchild) to open a gay bar – catering specifically to gay Muslims – next to the non-Ground-Zero non-mosque. It puts them in a bit of a bind, I should think. Lately, people who’ve never given a damn about the rights [...]
For Doctor Who fans only: some recent iconic villains from the show meet one of the show’s original songs. It seemed a natural idea to put these two elements together, but apparently nobody had, so I did.
I’ve heard most of Tom Lehrer’s songs multiple times, but until now I’d never seen footage of him performing them. Somehow his performance comes across as edgier – and less merely whimsical – when you can see it as well as hear it; his anger and contempt toward the cold-war political establishment are even more [...]
Iranian cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi has been making news for his pathbreaking discovery that immodest women are the cause of earthquakes. But I believe Rita Hayworth beat him to it.
The best rap song ever written about the dispute between Hayekian and Keynesian explanations of the business cycle! (Though presumably also the worst rap song ever written about the dispute between Hayekian and Keynesian explanations of the business cycle.) (CHT Elizabeth Brake.)
There’s an incredibly familiar musical piece at 1:22 of this trailer that I’m blanking on identifying. Please remind me what it is!
In her song “Put the Blame on Mame” from Gilda, Rita Hayworth (actually lip-synching to Anita Ellis) mentions the Chicago fire of 1871, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, and even the “Dan McGrew shooting” of 1907. (The following two clips feature different parts of the song.) But what about that Manhattan blizzard of 1886? [...]
Musical of the month: Shock Treatment:
Check out this musical number from the first Aladdin movie (1992): And this one from the second Aladdin movie (1994): Finally, check out this musical number from the Teen Titans episode “Bunny Raven” (2005): I’m just sayin’.
The Empirical Me
I’m Roderick T. Long, Professor of Philosophy at Auburn University. I’m an Aristotelean/Wittgensteinian in philosophy and a left-libertarian market anarchist in social theory. (More about me here.) This blog, Austro-Athenian Empire, is a continuation of my earlier blog, archived here.
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