Morning mashup

Apparently I had a few too many things going on at the same time this morning.

On the CD player: The White Stripes' Get Behind Me Satan (which should have a comma between Me and Satan, unless Jack and Meg are trying to sound like pirates and suggest they possess Satan -- oh hey, that's interesting...). The speakers were grinding out the first track, "Blue Orchid":

"You got a reaction...
You got a reaction, didn't you?
You took a white orchid...
You took a white orchid, turned it blue."

On the TV: C-Span and the daily Pentagon briefing. Some mid-level military official taking questions from the press. Really, did it matter that I had the sound off? As if you can't see words like "progress in Iraq" being mouthed.

Actually, I love C-Span. It's a bit public access, like when the morning show host holds up a newspaper and reads lines struck through in yellow highlighter -- I love that! But watching C-Span with an alternative soundtrack, especially when you know the person speaking has nothing new to say -- that's priceless. May I suggest The White Stripes for the next White House press briefing you see?

Speaking of music, is anyone else slightly disturbed by the new red iPod Nano? It's linked to a campaign co-created by Bono that ostensibly raises money for HIV/AIDS in Africa, but the campaign goes by the name Join Red and has a "Manifesto" posted on its website. Now, I'm no McCarthy lover, but come on! "Mr. Gorbachev [ahem, Bono], tear down this wall [between iPod lovers and iPod haters]!"