Radio N - Vote For Change tour finale

Should be starting about 8 eastern, with an hour or so of the usual musical lunacy starting at 7 eastern.

Here's the lineup in as good an order as I can remember:

John Mellencamp
Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds
Keb Mo and Bonnie Raitt
Jurassic Five
R.E.M.
Pearl Jam
James Taylor w/ The Dixie Chicks
Dave Matthews Band
Bruce Springsteen, The E. Street Band and some surprise guests.

I want to state, for the record, that Clarence Clemons in particular was on fire that night and was totally stylin' and profilin'.

I'll post the usual show details just before the music gets started in about twenty minutes(ish).

Radio N - Vote For Change tour finale night underway

Let's get all up in this. I'll be in the usual IRC haunts and on AIM. As I said before, the tour finale starts at 8 eastern and runs for five and a half solid hours of kick ass music.

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http://callahans.seanmcpherson.com:10000/listen.pls

high

http://callahans.seanmcpherson.com:11000/listen.pls

http://rhis.2ya.com for reqs

More from the "What the hell planet is George Bush living on?" files

Did YOU know Sweden has no army?

I offer the following section from a New York Times article of earlier today:

One congressman -- the Hungarian-born Tom Lantos, a Democrat from California and the only Holocaust survivor in Congress -- mentioned that the Scandinavian countries were viewed more positively. Lantos went on to describe for the president how the Swedish Army might be an ideal candidate to anchor a small peacekeeping force on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Sweden has a well-trained force of about 25,000. The president looked at him appraisingly, several people in the room recall.

''I don't know why you're talking about Sweden,'' Bush said. ''They're the neutral one. They don't have an army.''

Lantos paused, a little shocked, and offered a gentlemanly reply: ''Mr. President, you may have thought that I said Switzerland. They're the ones that are historically neutral, without an army.'' Then Lantos mentioned, in a gracious aside, that the Swiss do have a tough national guard to protect the country in the event of invasion.

Bush held to his view. ''No, no, it's Sweden that has no army.''

The room went silent, until someone changed the subject.

A few weeks later, members of Congress and their spouses gathered with administration officials and other dignitaries for the White House Christmas party. The president saw Lantos and grabbed him by the shoulder. ''You were right,'' he said, with bonhomie. ''Sweden does have an army.''

Radio N - Somewhat frantic show note

Sorry about the stream burp, folks - machine had to be rebooted and fast, because suddenly my Windows registry didn't want to play no more.