Music

Elvis Presley passed away thirty-three years ago today, and here’s a video of him performing Jailhouse Rock. Enjoy. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj0Rz-uP4Mk

Monday Music: Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 – Mas Que Nada

by JOHN ADAMS • 08.02.2010

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbqp5uQXruI

Music Monday: Booker T & the MG’s – Green Onions

by JOHN ADAMS • 07.26.2010

Something from another era… Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-7QSMyz5rg

Singin’ in the Rain

by JOHN ADAMS • 07.23.2010

From the finest musical ever made, a happy song after our stormy weather —

Monday Music

by JOHN ADAMS • 07.19.2010

In last Friday’s open comments forum, the topic was liberty-themed music. Here are the songs that readers of FREE WHITEWATER suggested, with one bonus song that I’ll add tonight. Bonus song — Marilyn McCoo sings the words of the Declaration of Independence.

Music

Music Monday: Miles Davis, Summertime, from Porgy and Bess

by JOHN ADAMS • 06.28.2010

Miles Davis, Summertime, from Porgy and Bess. Enjoy. Link: Miles Davis, Summertime.

Music

Midweek Music: Miles Davis, Concierto de Aranjuez from Sketches of Spain

by JOHN ADAMS • 05.26.2010

Debatable, surely, but I’d say Miles’s finest album. Enjoy.

Holiday, Music

Kenosha Police Department’s Twelve Days of Christmas

by JOHN ADAMS • 12.18.2009

In Kenosha, Wisconsin, the police department has recorded and uploaded to YouTube their rendition of The Twelve Days of Christmas. I think is very funny and clever, light-hearted and creative. I have been a critic of police leadership in Whitewater, Wisconsin, but I have never doubted the necessary and demanding role that officers play in…

Libertarians, Music

Who Killed Bambi?

by JOHN ADAMS • 11.19.2009

Like all libertarians, I recognize the clear Second Amendment right of individuals to bear arms. Although I’m not heading out to hunt this weekend, I wish those who do so a good time and good prospects. I also know that our hunting culture – very much a part of our heritage on this continent –…