And here's the second part of that Sons Of Nothing concert I uploaded to Google Video. See previous entry for the others. This is Sons Of Nothing in Spokane, WA July 2006.
July 2007 Archives
I went on a video-uploading rampage last night and uploaded a whole DVD's worth of video from a Sons Of Nothing show from last summer. We played at The Big Easy in Spokane, Washington. It was one of the nicest venues we ever played at and the whole experience was great fun. I really regret we didn't have two or three cameras capturing the event for posterity.
The audio comes off the soundboard and sounds great.
So, sit back. relax, slip yourself something if that's your thing. Envelope yourself in the music of Sons Of Nothing as they pay tribute to Pink Floyd (and play a couple of their own tunes.)
- 1 - Speak To Me/Breathe
- 2 - On The Run
- 3 - Time
- 4 - In The Flesh
- 5 - What Do You Want From Me
- 6 - Welcome To The Machine
- 7 - Mother
- 8 - Mr. Serious
- 9 - Wish You Were Here
- 10 - Echoes
That's the first set from the show. I'll put putting up the second set as well in the next day or so.
Today is the day we citizens of the United States of America celebrate the anniversary of the founding of our country. July 4, 1776 was certainly a momentous day.
I've been reading the book Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis, which is now available in paperback. This book documents the personalities of those responsible for the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Any good history book like this shows both the good and the bad sides of the people involved and this book is no exception. Madison, for example, is often called the father of the U.S. Constitution because he singlehandedly wrote large portions of it, but he was part of the Virginian delegation and, as such, declined to take a real stance on the issue of slavery.
It's amazing to me the first 30 to 50 years of this republic were so extremely fragile. Nobody had ever done anything like what these men were doing. There was enormous temptation for the new republic to splinter. Slavery was an explosively divisive issue. State versus federal government issues were abound. All this while Great Britain refused to recognize the new republic.
That everything worked out relatively okay and has lasted this long is an amazing story.
I noticed one of my fellow Utah OSSers, Aaron Toponce also wrote about July 4 on his blog today. It's interesting to read the comments his short Happy-July-4 message generated.
There are many who obviously are troubled by the state of conditions in the United States today. Some people believe our government is on a road to fascism and totalitarianism. Other believe our government isn't doing enough to address glaring security problems. Despite its problems, I know there isn't a better place to live on this planet!
Happy Independence Day everyone!
P.S. Declare your independence by disassociating yourself from the republican or democrat parties! They've both betrayed their constituents.
