Archive for the Jukebox Category
Weekend Challenge – Songs About (Veggie) Food
Throwing down the challenge hat with something that will keep you thinking over the weekend (and Monday). – Post in the comments below any songs that mentioned – vegetarian and/or vegan food obviously – in the song. Either the title or in the lyrics. And again obviously – anything with meat is not allowed. I’ll [...]
Daltrey vs PETA
It’s on ! Via ContactMusic: PETA Fires Back At Daltrey’s Animal Rights Rant Animal rights advocates have hit back at THE WHO rocker ROGER DALTREY after he criticised the public for donating money to animal charities instead of young cancer patients. The singer claims he is struggling to raise cash for his Teenage Cancer Trust [...]
Happy Birthday…
… to Charles Darwin, who was born on February 12th, 1809. Via Metafilter: Dawkins on Darwin | A Peek into the Life of Darwin with Jon Amiel, Director of Creation | Six scientific hot spots for modern Darwins | ‘Why Evolution Is True,’ by Jerry A. Coyne – Also, don’t forget the great In Our [...]
The Future’s So Bright…
…gotta wear shades… That first video has been flying round the ‘web. The second one I tacked on because I thought of the song as soon as I saw the first. Neither Scouse or Veg I know, just found it funny
Happy Birthday GingerAFOS !
A musical interlude…. With a song from Saint Etienne (featuring the Charlatans lead singer Tim Burgess) called “I Was Born On Christmas Day”. This is for our Niki who was ! Happy B’Day luv ! – You can find this and more Chrimbo related songs over at my day job on Football and Music.
Do One Thing…
This is from the Beeb: Make this the year you do one thing for nature. Simple, easy to do things really can make a big difference. And if we all did just one simple thing, we’d be making a big difference together. You can… Look to buy peat-free – Make your garden truly green. Get [...]
War Is Over ! If You Want It
Some excerpts via BoingBoing. – Share your memories of John here – Read More here.
Super Furry Animals and Wombats join anti-fur campaign
Via the NME: (Who probably only posted this because of the names of both groups) Super Furry Animals and Wombats join anti-fur campaign Super Furry Animals, The Wombats, Friendly Fires, Jamie T and The Courteeners are among the musicians who have joined a campaign to persuade clothing label Burberry to stop using animal fur in [...]
Veggies Unite In Song
(Since we’ve been on a musical thing the last couple of days might as well keep it going.) To correct the headline there it’s a vegan and a vegetarian actually. And it’s not the first time they’ve collaborated but anyway… Via the DigitalSpy: Morrissey records with Chrissie Hynde Morrissey’s comeback single ‘I’m Throwing My Arms [...]
Right Here, Right Now…
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Jesus Jones – Right Here, Right Now (It was a toss-up between this and a song The Blow Monkeys did after the fall of Thatch.) I’d better add a disclaimer – This and yesterday’s post are not necessarily the views of ScouseVeg. This website is looked after by [...]
I Met The Walrus
Via YouTube: ‘In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it.’
