Loose Change Running Wild

Yesteday I ordered Modern Times off of Amazon (along with some schoolbooks), while I'm waiting for it to arrive, I'll be watching this performance of "Cold Iron Bounds" which was cut from Maked and Anonymous. (Thanks to Jim Emerson!)

Opus has four mp3s from the elusive folk/world/gospel/electronic band Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus. Really fascinating stuff, especially (for me) the song "Nostalgia" with samples of poetry and speeches in Russian.

A page for mp3 is Salon.com's Audiofile page. A new mp3 for every weekday while featuring range of songs from indie rock, folk, world and electronica.

The late George Plimpton, a masterful journalist (sports especially) and the founding editor of the Paris Review was wiser than the fogeys at The New York Times (among others), by not insisting the rather historic interviews of the Paris Review to be hidden behind a moneywall. So check out their pages and read interviews with the likes of T.S. Eliot and Boris Pasternak.

Our movie controversy of the year The Second Chance has been out on DVD for about a month now and here is Peter T. Chattaway's interview with director and musician Steve Taylor. I don't know if the interview will change anyone's mind about the film, but it is a good conversation and Taylor talks about what he's planning next.

Update: Opus several months ago linked to two sets of songs from the late band Havalina. One set is their Russian Lullabies, and the other are their "greatest hits" collection We Remember Anarchy. Sorry, I'm late to this, especially somebody might enjoy these lovely, folky, jazzy, and occaisionally freaky tunes.