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yellojktOn episode 86 of The Richocet Podcast, James Lileks, Peter Robinson, and my favorite conservative, Rob Long, discuss the 2012 election with Michael Barone and Haley Barbour.
If you’re interested in election politics, the full discussions with Michael Barone and Haley Barbour are worth listening to (starts around 5:30). If you just want to hear Rob Long (my favorite conservative) rail against the bankers, making the case that the folks who helped get us into this crisis should be broke and selling apples on the street, fast forward to the last 20 minutes (starts about 58:00), and listen to him go. The real populism (and punish the bankers rhetoric) starts at 1:02.
As a RINO, conservative-ish moderate, I tend to resent that the forums for conservative thought are dominated by (and, sometimes, I think, being squashed by some who may be rabble-rousing poseurs) Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity and others. I like Rush Limbaugh, and though I rarely listen to his show these days, I listened regularly for 10 years, and I like the show. But I don’t think that style, which is about 80% bloviation (entertaining) and 20% substantial content, should not be the only thing that represents conservative thought in the public forum. I find talking heads shouting at each other on Fox even less appealing (and not reflective of the depth of any side of any argument).
That’s why I like Ricochet. I bet most folks on the left (not you fine people here, but elsewhere) would be a little surprised by Haley Barbour, or the kind of dialog that goes on between conservatives when they have a broader canvas than 5 minutes on Fox.
Or Jonah Goldberg. Common lampooned as an idiot or demon, even very liberal folks would have a hard time getting that vibe if all they had to go on was his appearance on episode 87 of Ricochet: Looking for a Hero.
I don’t have any specific call-outs for that episode, but there’s a lot of discussion of the 2012 race, with a lot of hard-headed, no-nonsense analysis from the conservative side.
The title makes me think of Frou-Frou’s cover of Bonnie Tyler’s I Need a Hero. Love that cover. But I love covers, generally.
All Things in Moderation 
My favorite cover is the Foo Fighter's take on Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street"should be broke and selling apples on the street"that's worth a listen.
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My two current favorite covers are Ann and Nancy Wilson's acoustic cover of The Battle of Evermore (Led Zeppelin) and the Sex Pistols cover of the Monkee's classic Stepping Stone.
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I liked "keeping Summers on a leash" from the audio. I liked the rant.I liked Michael Martin Murphey's cover of "Ghost Riders in the Sky."But the greatest cover of all time was Hendrix singing "All Along the Watchtower".Just try to listen to Dylan and then listen to Hendrix.Because Dylan was a [far] better songwriter than a singer [I mean, really] there are many great covers of his songs.So if you like Collins singing "BItW" or Clapton "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" I won't argue.OTOHI KNOW "Watchtower" is the best cover ever.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bng3agUOYiI
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There's a podcast I keep meaning to dip into again. It's called Coverville, and I use to subscribe to it several years ago. It's all about covers, and includes some god awful covers but sometimes some real surprises. I like themes, either about a band, topical, or finding a connecting thread from one cover to the next. http://coverville.com/There's a lot of covers of bands I don't know by bands I haven't heard, but it's fun to pick out the ones I know–The Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young cover story, for example.
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If you like something by Frou Frou, you must listen to Let Go, which I first heard over the closing credits of Garden State. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Cg1wxgX6M&feature=artist)It's an extraordinary album. Introduced me to Frou Frou (and, indirectly, Imogen Heap), Colin Hay (better know as the front man for Men at Work), the Shins, and others. The day of the soundtrack may be past, but there are a few special ones out there. I enjoyed the movie and the soundtrack is moving. I hope Zach Braff is doing well.BB
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Love Colin Hay. Yeah, I've got every track Frou Frou produced. I do like Imogene Heap, but it's not the same. Frou Frou was just a perfect collaboration.I heartily recommend The Bird and The Bee. Especially their cover album of Hall and Oates songs.If you never heard her, search for Poe. Her two albums, Hello and Haunted, were both awesome!
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