Just felt like sharing some of the music that’s been blaring out of my iPod of late: click above for Deleon, whose style is self-described as “Sephardic Sound De-Time Capsuled and Reinvigorated.” Below you’ll find Dengue Fever – a band started by two nice Jewish brothers that specializes in Cambodian Pop [...]
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Sephardic – Cambodian Dance Mix
Posted in Jewish Music, Rock and Roll, Sephardic Judaism on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You First, Kid Rock…
Posted in Movies, Rock and Roll, War on March 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting. (George Orwell)
You know what I really hate? Those horrible, insidious commercials for the National Guard that come on before the movie previews. So [...]
Dreidel I’m Gon’ Play…
Posted in Hanukkah, Jewish Music, Judaism, Music, Religion, Rock and Roll on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This year’s big Hanukkah release: “Songs in the Key of Hanukkah” – an eclectic anthology compiled by Erran Baron Cohen and featuring songs performed by Cohen, Idan Raichel, Jules Brookes, Yasmin Levy and Orthodox African-American rapper, Y-Love.
Cohen has been fairly visible promoting his disc. He was recently interviewed by Scott Simon [...]
The End of an Empire is Messy at Best
Posted in Music, Politics, Rock and Roll on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Run, don’t walk to grab Randy Newman new collection of tunes “Harps and Angels” – a snarky bunch of songs about the state of the post-9/11 union. If RN was crotchety as a young man, boy, just check out the middle-aged version. These are nasty songs designed to keep you sane.
One [...]
Gonna Be a Long Walk Home…
Posted in Music, Politics, Rock and Roll on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Caught the Bruce Springsteen concert in Milwaukee Monday night. Now granted, as a fairly rabid fan who’s lost count of how many Bruce concerts I’ve attended, I will admit that I lack a certain objectivity on this particular subject, but even so this was one of the really, really good [...]
Yes We Can!
Posted in Current Events, Elections 2008, Politics, Rock and Roll on February 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Here’s my hands-down pick for best music video of 2008. If you live in Super-Tuesday land, don’t forget to vote!
We Can Work It Out
Posted in Israel, Rock and Roll on January 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Did you know that The Beatles were scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv in 1965, but Israeli government leaders nixed the tour for fear the Fab Four would “corrupt” Zionist youth?
Well, me neither. But get this: Israel is now trying to atone for their, shall we say, “ill-advised” decision. According to news reports, Israeli Ambassador [...]
One Rabbi’s Christmas Confession
Posted in Interfaith, Music, Religion, Rock and Roll on December 20, 2007 | 10 Comments »
OK, I admit it: I love to listen to Christmas songs this time of year.
I’ll leave it to you to determine if that makes me a bad Jew or a worse rabbi, but what can I say? I’ve got a major weakness for the ol’ seasonal standards.
Now I’m not talking about Christmas carols or overtly [...]
My Israeli Music Pix
Posted in Israel, Jewish Music, Rock and Roll, Spirituality on August 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Some of the Israeli tunes I’ve been listening to since I’ve returned…
When I was in Tel Aviv, I made a beeline for Tower Records and picked up the first two Israeli releases by The Idan Raichel Project. Raichel is a musical phenom who has been extremely popular in Israel for some [...]
