June « 2009 « Charley Socci

Michael

Wow… Michael Jackson is gone. We are a bit beside ourselves in this household. Its hard to imagine that the death of someone you never knew could stir such emotion.

I guess in a way I feel like I did know him. At least I knew him through his music and his videos. I always respected [...]

I was recently thinking about my days as a music student in Jackie McLean’s African-American Jazz Studies department at Hartt. I’m not sure why exactly. It might have something to do with recently reviewing my transcripts in the process of applying to graduate school (not for music). A great deal of the non-music education in [...]

Nearly Half of American Adults Believe God Created Human Beings Within the Last 10,000 Years

Believe it or not… Nearly 50% of American adults believe God created human beings in their present form within the last 10,000 years… I guess I’m glad at least a third are at least trying to reconcile creationism with the science that has been staring us in the face since Origin of Species was first [...]

Stephen Colbert’s Iraq Haircut from Gen. Ray Odierno By Order of Pres. Obama

Kristin sent me this and I had to post it. I have to say I really admire the General and the President for being such good sports to play along. The troops must have had a good and well earned laugh…