Richard Wright : July 28, 1943 - September 15, 2008

Richard Wright : July 28, 1943 - September 15, 2008

Richard Wright, The keyboardist and one of the founders of Pink Floyd, lost his battle with Cancer today. He will be missed, But his great music will live on. Here is a little on Wright's influence,

In the early days of Pink Floyd, Wright was seen as a dominant musical force in the group (though not as much of one as Syd Barrett, the band’s chief songwriter and front man at the time) and he wrote and sang several songs of his own during 1967–68. While not credited as a singer on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, he sung lead on Barrett-penned songs like "Astronomy Domine" and "Matilda Mother," as well as notable harmonies on "Scarecrow" and "Chapter 24." Examples of his early compositions include "Remember a Day", "Paintbox" and "It Would Be So Nice". As the sound and the goals of the band evolved, Wright became less interested in songwriting and focused primarily on contributing his distinctive style to extended instrumental compositions such as "Interstellar Overdrive", "A Saucerful of Secrets", "Careful with That Axe, Eugene", "One Of These Days" and to musical themes for film scores (More, Zabriskie Point and Obscured by Clouds). He also made essential contributions to Pink Floyd's long, epic compositions such as "Atom Heart Mother", "Echoes" and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond". His most commercially popular compositions are "The Great Gig in the Sky" and "Us and Them" from 1973's The Dark Side of the Moon. He also contributed significantly to other mid-period Floyd classics like "Breathe" and "Time".

Time to roll a fatty and listen to some Shine On You Crazy Diamond to pay our respects.

RIP

RNC Welcoming Committee

The State Of John McCain's Health

Is McCain's age a factor in the election for you?

1. Watch the video 2. Sign the open letter

The state of John McCain's health is an issue of grave concern for all Americans, regardless of political persuasion. Given the fact that he has been treated for an invasive melanoma and other maladies, it is important that he release his full health records.

For a very brief three hours in May, McCain released 1,173 pages of his medical records to a carefully selected group of reporters. They were not allowed to make any copies or phone calls. Why such secrecy?

We have enlisted a group of doctors from around the country to lead the effort to make sure the public is able to see and make judgments for themselves. Secrecy is not of service to our democracy, transparency is. Please have other doctors sign the open letter.

Watch the video and sign the open letter.

Cancer is a serious issue. That's why 30 medical doctors have already signed our open letter telling McCain to issue a full, public disclosure of all his medical records. Send this video far and wide to request that McCain release his full health records. Ask every medical doctor you know to sign onto the letter, and don't forget to sign the letter yourself! McCain's records must be made public and soon.

While McCain doesn't really care about our health care, we all should care about the health of McCain.

Yours,
Robert Greenwald
and everyone at Brave New Films

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Will Sarah Palin Support Ted Stevens In His Re-Election?

Alaska's Senator Ted Stevens the king of 'Earmarks' is running for re-election. Sarah Palin who is now running an almost militant anti-earmark, and anti bridge to nowhere campaign, for which Ted Steven was responsible, would be again, undermining what she says and what she stands for. If she was to support Stevens. Now she hasn't yet but I'm curious to see what happens.

She has supported him every other time, So even if she doesn't publicly come out and support him at this time, she has every other time including earlier this year. The only thing that has changed now is that she is running for VP and has trashed his bridge to nowhere. That and his current trial upcoming she probably will not be making a public endorsement at this time. But like I said that did not stop her earlier this year during his primary and all times before then.

It would be really funny though if she did give a public endorsement, it would be fitting to her overall attitude about things.

NFC And AFC Championship Game Predictions

Mine,

NFC

Saints Vs. Giants

AFC

Chargers Vs. Bills

I think the Giants are going back, and the Chargers are way too talented to miss it again. The Saints I feel have the best offense and the Bills I think are going to shock everyone.

Cutler and Denver worry me and could be in the mix for that game too. For now I'm sticking with what I got though.

How say you?