http://yvod.com/ulan Do you really want to know? Sat, 17 Dec 2011 07:17:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 1998-2011 ulan@yvod.com (Ulan McKnight) ulan@yvod.com (Ulan McKnight) 1440 http://yvod.com/ulan/wp-content/uploads/ulanism-144-new.jpg http://yvod.com/ulan 144 144 Do you really want to know? Do you really want to know? love, life Ulan McKnight Ulan McKnight ulan@yvod.com no no http://yvod.com/ulan/roots-and-culture-mikey-dread http://yvod.com/ulan/roots-and-culture-mikey-dread#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:35:43 +0000 Ulan http://yvod.com/ulan/?p=1136 http://yvod.com/ulan/roots-and-culture-mikey-dread/feed 0 0:00:01 I love the instrumental at the end. Fabulous stuff! I love the instrumental at the end. Fabulous stuff! Podcast Ulan McKnight no no http://yvod.com/ulan/feels-like-katchafire http://yvod.com/ulan/feels-like-katchafire#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:19:31 +0000 Ulan http://yvod.com/ulan/?p=1132 http://yvod.com/ulan/feels-like-katchafire/feed 0 0:00:01 I am singing this right now. I am singing this right now. Podcast Ulan McKnight no no http://yvod.com/ulan/adele-one-and-only http://yvod.com/ulan/adele-one-and-only#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:59:41 +0000 Ulan http://yvod.com/ulan/?p=1104 http://yvod.com/ulan/adele-one-and-only/feed 0 0:00:01 Yeah… I like this =) Yeah… I like this =) Podcast Ulan McKnight no no http://yvod.com/ulan/treme-will-the-circle-be-unbroken http://yvod.com/ulan/treme-will-the-circle-be-unbroken#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:25:23 +0000 Ulan http://yvod.com/ulan/?p=1071 Continue reading →]]> http://yvod.com/ulan/treme-will-the-circle-be-unbroken/feed 0 0:00:01 Treme is a great series about New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The show is created by the same folks who made my favorite TV show of all time: The Wire. Many of the same cast members of The Wire star in Treme. [Note: I absolutely HATE HBO's webs[...] Treme is a great series about New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The show is created by the same folks who made my favorite TV show of all time: The Wire. Many of the same cast members of The Wire star in Treme. [Note: I absolutely HATE HBO's website. It is a total disaster. I am only linking to it out of respect for the creators of The Wire an Treme. Ugh. What a horror show.] The first season of Treme was difficult for me because I really wanted to like it, but something just did not seem right. One glaring problem was that the sound was off. You could tell that the musicians were not actually playing their instruments and when folks were dancing it was often to a different beat than the music we could hear. For a show that centered on music… this was a deal killer. The second season was quite different. It started off with a bang. The writing was different. the annoying characters either disappeared or were marginalized and… the sound was much improved. By the second or third episode I was actually looking forward to the next show. By the time I had finished the 6th show I was totally hooked. Anyhoot. The scene below is quite well done and I thought I would share it. The MP3-only version follows as does a nice version by the Staple Singers. Music, Podcast Ulan McKnight no no http://yvod.com/ulan/ill-stay-funkadelic http://yvod.com/ulan/ill-stay-funkadelic#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:53:36 +0000 Ulan http://yvod.com/ulan/?p=1056 Continue reading →]]> http://yvod.com/ulan/ill-stay-funkadelic/feed 0 http://yvod.com/ulan/noahs-lullaby-kohomua http://yvod.com/ulan/noahs-lullaby-kohomua#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:44:47 +0000 Ulan http://yvod.com/ulan/?p=1011 Continue reading →]]> http://yvod.com/ulan/noahs-lullaby-kohomua/feed 1 0:00:01 2am in Maui. I just found this song and can’t stop listening to it. Tears of joy. Thank you Kohomua. Thank you so… Noah’s Lullaby – Kohomua – Lyrics Weee-ooooh Aaaahhh Weee-ooooh My Noah I can feel it when you cry, ye[...] 2am in Maui. I just found this song and can’t stop listening to it. Tears of joy. Thank you Kohomua. Thank you so… Noah’s Lullaby – Kohomua – Lyrics Weee-ooooh Aaaahhh Weee-ooooh My Noah I can feel it when you cry, yeah I can feel it when you frown I can feel it when you’re happy, my son And I can see it in your smile I love the way you make me feel When I hold you in my arms You are the sunshine that brightens every day, my son You keep me going strong Weee-ooooh Noah, yeah Weee-ooooh Zion I want to be the shoulder you can cry on I’m going to be the one you can lean on You know you can look to me for answers You know that every question is revealing You know that I will never lead you wrong You know you are my everything, my sunshine You are my everything, yeah You know you are my everything You are my everything Me and your mother should be fine Yes, we should stop our fighting Because we’ve got a wonderful son Ooooh-weeeooooh Aaaahhh Weee-ooooh My Noah Mmm… yeah Mmm… yeah Mmm… yeah yeah Ahhh… yeah, ahhh yeah I will never forget that day I remember the day you first came into my life You make everything seem bright Your first cry came to me on a message I started to cry, I started to cry When I heard your sigh Oh my son You’re such a blessing Oh, I won’t be long You know I’m missing, missing you I’m missing you I promise to you I’ll make it up I promise to you I won’t screw up I won’t screw up Mmm… yeah Ohh… yeah Such a blessing In this world Such a blessing In this world, my baby Such a blessing In my world… Music, Podcast Ulan McKnight no no http://yvod.com/ulan/hula-max http://yvod.com/ulan/hula-max#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:58:33 +0000 Ulan http://yvod.com/ulan/?p=1007 http://yvod.com/ulan/hula-max/feed 0 0:00:01 Max learning to Hula. Max learning to Hula. Podcast Ulan McKnight no no http://yvod.com/ulan/come-along-keys-of-creation http://yvod.com/ulan/come-along-keys-of-creation#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2011 03:11:20 +0000 Ulan http://yvod.com/ulan/?p=995 Continue reading →]]> http://yvod.com/ulan/come-along-keys-of-creation/feed 0 0:00:01 Sitting here in Maui listening to this Samoan/Hawaiian band and just loving them. I wish them all the best. iTunes Link Here are the lyrics (as best I can determine). Roots in dispair Nothing is right Out of the darkness Shine up the light Come a[...] Sitting here in Maui listening to this Samoan/Hawaiian band and just loving them. I wish them all the best. iTunes Link Here are the lyrics (as best I can determine). Roots in dispair Nothing is right Out of the darkness Shine up the light Come along, child Come along… child Jah Jah makes the heavens Earth and the seas Wipe away transgression Rule with equality Come along, child Come along… child Follow your heart Do what feels right Are you worthy of your love Are you worthy of your life Come along, child Come along… child But why wave the gun Police and the cuff Dig a pit for you In the middle of the road Come along, child Come along… child I’d rather spend all of my days On the peak of Mount Zion Than wallowing in pity In the pressure of Babylon Come along, child Come along… child What pleases you now Hurts you further down the road Lift up your voice and Truth will be told Come along, child Come along… child Plenty of love To go around For everyone To be safe and sound Come along, child Come along… child Respect the balance, people And ignorance The roots don’t know what The leaves have in mind Come along, child Come along… child Jah Jah rules the earth Heavens and the seas Wipe away transgression Rule with equality Come along, child Come along… child Follow your heart Do what feels right Be worthy of your love Be worthy of your life Come along, child Come along… child Music, Podcast Ulan McKnight no no http://yvod.com/ulan/nobody-knows-me-at-all-the-weepies http://yvod.com/ulan/nobody-knows-me-at-all-the-weepies#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2010 19:50:36 +0000 Ulan http://yvod.com/ulan/?p=808 Continue reading →]]> http://yvod.com/ulan/nobody-knows-me-at-all-the-weepies/feed 0 0:00:01 I went to see Race To Nowhere last night and this song by The Weepies opened and closed it. While I liked the song, I’m not sure how I feel about the movie. It will be compared to Waiting For Superman for obvious reasons. As the folks I saw i[...] I went to see Race To Nowhere last night and this song by The Weepies opened and closed it. While I liked the song, I’m not sure how I feel about the movie. It will be compared to Waiting For Superman for obvious reasons. As the folks I saw it with pointed out, one was made by men and the other by women. Superman, as the name implies, is all macho and identifies specific problems and, supposedly, offers definitive solutions. Similar to the white men who created it, they do not explore alternatives, some of which are far more likely to succeed. They have an agenda and are going to hit you over the head trying to convince you they are right. They are brash, follow the trendy ‘scorched earth’ method of discussion and in the process, fail miserably at what they say they are trying to accomplish. I believe their real goal is to give up on public education and justify the privatization (for profit!) of education. Race To Nowhere, like the women who produced it, are much more sanguine and reflective. They raise questions but do not have answers. They are OK with that. Women don’t always need to solve everything. It is enough to know they are not happy. That being said, the questions they raised affect an extremely small and select group of children. While they tried to bring in kids of color from Oakland and Richmond primarily, this was a movie about white suburban angst. Parents worry about their children’s success in this newly competitive world. The parents never ask if they, themselves, would have been admitted to the colleges they attended if they were forced to compete with everyone rather than just the other white privileged suburban children from their time. I was deeply moved by the discussion of teen suicide. I did find it strange that no children were interviewed who had witnessed a killing of a student, which is far more common in public education than suicide. Stressing our children, whether through achievement or poverty, is a terrible thing. We should allow our children to be just that, children. They should be able to live free of the worries and stressed of adulthood as long as possible. I am happy Race To Nowhere opened a new discussion on what we want our education to accomplish. Do we want well-rounded critical thinkers? Or do we want students who can test into Cal only to remediate 50% of them because they don’t actually know anything. I hope our society takes up this discussion. We really do need to find answers. Podcast, Politics Ulan McKnight no no http://yvod.com/ulan/how-glad-i-am-brandi-shearer http://yvod.com/ulan/how-glad-i-am-brandi-shearer#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2010 18:51:08 +0000 Ulan http://yvod.com/ulan/?p=803 Continue reading →]]> http://yvod.com/ulan/how-glad-i-am-brandi-shearer/feed 0 0:00:01 I bought this a few months ago and I am still enjoying it a lot. Hmm… I wonder why. Her delivery is nice, no question. But I think it is the poetry. It has the whole Ray Charles “You Don’t Know Me” vibe to it. For some reaso[...] I bought this a few months ago and I am still enjoying it a lot. Hmm… I wonder why. Her delivery is nice, no question. But I think it is the poetry. It has the whole Ray Charles “You Don’t Know Me” vibe to it. For some reason that really resonates with me. Here is a Ray Charles live version. I love this song. I especially like how his timing is all over the place… like he is a real person who has not been quantized away from his soul =) Podcast Ulan McKnight no no