Nappy-headed Kinky on Imus

My recent choice for Texas governor's two cents on the stunning, disgusting and profoundly hypocritical Imus situation:

"Cowards Kick Away Another Piece of America's Soul"
QUOTE: "There's no excusing Imus' recent ridiculous remark, but there's something not kosher in America when one guy gets a Grammy and one gets fired for the same line."
Kinky Friedman

"Little Saint Nick"

Saint Nick
Santa Claus and "the Beach Boys" appeared on MSNBC's Imus in the Morning program last week. They were there to promote Mike Love's "Santa's Going to Kokomo" single and video.

They did a bang-up job of recreating numerous Beach Boys classics, including "Little Saint Nick" (from 1964's The Beach Boys Christmas Album):



John Cowsill of The Cowsills
Watch someone's Christmas lights display to the tune of "Little Saint Nick":



See the real Beach Boys perform it here.

The Wreckers on Imus

Michelle Branch's group, The Wreckers, appeared on Imus in the Morning Wednesday to promote their album Stand Still, Look Pretty. Here's one I like, "Only Crazy People":

Cheap Trick rocks Imus

This past Monday (the 25th), Cheap Trick appeared on the Imus in the Morning program to promote their latest CD (the 28th), Rockford. Despite the early hour, they rocked hard, looked good, and sounded great. They played several classics ("Don't Be Cruel," "I Want You To Want Me," "Voices," and "Dream Police") and one off of the new CD ("If It Takes a Lifetime").


I record Imus every morning so I can watch it when I get home from work (and fast forward through the hour of frickin' commercials), so here you go:



"I Want You To Want Me" (I can't hear any version of this without imagining Japanese girls shrieking, "Lobin! Lobin!")


"Dream Police" (slightly diminished by the presence of Rob Bartlett [a member of Imus' "morning zoo," he portrays characters, such as Brian Wilson, Dr. Phil, and on this morning, Bill Clinton], but still a great, rockin' tune; it always makes me think about "Magical Mystery Tour" for some reason; fantastic drum fill by Bun E. Carlos at the end)

What Raheem got to prove?

Last week on the Imus in the Morning program, Imus let this kid (who is a camper at The Imus Cattle Ranch for Kids with Cancer) do a little rapping. I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry at this:
Rap has certainly engulfed the planet, hasn't it? I love this picture, you probably saw a few weeks back when boingboing had a link to this great set of Engrish signs at flickr:

How Hard Could It Be?

Minnesota got to elect Jesse "The Body" Ventura, and Cahl-lee-for-nea has Ahnold. Down in Texas, shouldn't it be our turn to put somebody wacky into the governor's mansion?


If I didn't have to work, I'd go!

In my opinion, Friedman has less of a chance of beating current governor,
Rick Perry (a good example of a person who is a successful politician due primarily to their perfect hair), than our current State Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander. I think she has a good chance, and I'll probably end up voting for her. White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan is Rylander's son.

I hate to say it, but a vote for Kinky Friedman will probably be a wasted one. I like him, and I've seen him on Imus several times. It would be nice to have someone as progressive and willing to think outside of the box as Friedman. School funding, for one thing, is a real mess down here. But I just don't think the majority of voters in Texas are ready for him. That's too bad.