Before hip-hop, there was Zydeco.
I went through new Orleans 4 years ago for New Years Eve, then a year later on business, and discovered zydeco. Wow! Quirky, fun, yet very serious and cultural. I like it!
This is something that almost all of us go through - that feeling of trying to belong, the fear of getting picked last...not fitting in...at a time when we most need to fit in with something else, because our parents are not cool...till much later.
I wish I could hear more 18 year olds sound so confident and ready to vote and exercise their vote. It sounds trite - one vote, what can it do...? If a million people who say that would actually vote - things would happen for the better... Fewer wars over resources and The Great Game would start... More kids would have lunch and health care... Fewer people would be hypnotized by the media, fewer people would be hypnotized by consumerism...
As a recently retired (gay) member of the U.S. Navy, I can relate personally to this issue. I found this piece to be very thought provoking, and very timely. I think that changing societal views will eventually change the prevailing views in the military services. I have noticed that over the last 10 years I was in the Navy that those views had started to change - to one more accepting... Really, one of acceptance as long as the person did not make a big deal out of his or her being gay; but was a professional on the job. Not perfect, I know, but much better than in the previous years I was in...where the environment was downright hostile. :)
Comments by Karl Koons
Comment for "Blues File: Buckwheat Zydeco "Jackpot!" review"
Karl Koons
Posted on November 29, 2005 at 04:09 PM | Permalink
Review of Blues File: Buckwheat Zydeco "Jackpot!" review
Before hip-hop, there was Zydeco.
I went through new Orleans 4 years ago for New Years Eve, then a year later on business, and discovered zydeco. Wow! Quirky, fun, yet very serious and cultural. I like it!
Comment for "In the Gym, Trying to Fit In"
Karl Koons
Posted on August 20, 2005 at 05:53 PM | Permalink
Review of In the Gym, Trying to Fit In
This is something that almost all of us go through - that feeling of trying to belong, the fear of getting picked last...not fitting in...at a time when we most need to fit in with something else, because our parents are not cool...till much later.
Comment for "Eighteen and Voting"
Karl Koons
Posted on November 30, 2004 at 06:15 PM | Permalink
Review of Eighteen and Voting
I wish I could hear more 18 year olds sound so confident and ready to vote and exercise their vote. It sounds trite - one vote, what can it do...? If a million people who say that would actually vote - things would happen for the better... Fewer wars over resources and The Great Game would start... More kids would have lunch and health care... Fewer people would be hypnotized by the media, fewer people would be hypnotized by consumerism...
Comment for "Fight the Bush"
Karl Koons
Posted on November 29, 2005 at 04:10 PM | Permalink
Review of Fight the Bush
Funny collection of scary things uttered by the Nukuler El Presidente!
Funny stuff! :)
Comment for "Bigfoot Speaks" (deleted)
Karl Koons
Posted on August 07, 2004 at 06:17 PM
Review of Bigfoot Speaks (deleted)
Very interesting! :)
Well done interview on an unusual topic.
More!
Comment for "Gays in the Military - 10 Years of Don't Ask Don't Tell"
Karl Koons
Posted on July 16, 2004 at 09:41 PM | Permalink
Review of Gays in the Military - 10 Years of Don't Ask Don't Tell
As a recently retired (gay) member of the U.S. Navy, I can relate personally to this issue. I found this piece to be very thought provoking, and very timely. I think that changing societal views will eventually change the prevailing views in the military services. I have noticed that over the last 10 years I was in the Navy that those views had started to change - to one more accepting... Really, one of acceptance as long as the person did not make a big deal out of his or her being gay; but was a professional on the job. Not perfect, I know, but much better than in the previous years I was in...where the environment was downright hostile. :)