Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) could learn a lot from Westboro Baptist

This week Austin radio host Alex Jones was asked to appear as a guest on Pierce Morgan’s show to discuss gun control.

The whole seven minute clip that’s been shared online is nothing but Jones yelling at Morgan.

Sadly (while I disagree with the majority of their tactics elsewhere), I think Jones could learn a thing or two from the members of Westboro Baptist who appeared recently on Russell Brand’s TV show. They disagreed for sure – but at least they had a predominately civil discussion.

Have you seen other examples of civil disagreements on TV?

You are what you hear – my musical canon

A while back I shared my Life Cannon. I’ve considered going back and updating it – maybe I will someday soon.

But for now, I was intrigued by an article on NPR Music that suggested a similar idea based solely on music.

The article asks a few questions:

  1. What was the first song you ever bought?
  2. What song always gets you dancing?
  3. What song takes you back to your childhood?
  4. What is your perfect love song?
  5. What song would you want at your funeral?
  6. Time for an encore. One last song that makes you, you.

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13 songs for space travel

The Crew of Atlantis' Final Flight | Photo by Thomas Gardner

Today, the crew of Atlantis is scheduled to pack their things and prepare for their ride back to earth.

The return home will take approximately two days and then after their landing, the US Space Shuttle Program will be no more.

It’s kind of sad in a way. In many ways I grew up with the space shuttle program.

But luckily we have plenty of songs to that will last light years beyond that of the closed program.
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Three questions with Shaun Groves

Shaun Groves and his "girlfriend" in India | Photo via ShaunGroves.com

As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, Shaun Groves has a new album coming it — Third World Symphony. It’s sweetness!

The album drops Aug. 30, but you can listen to the entire album here and pre-order your own copy of musical greatness here.

And being the gracious guy that Shaun is (I mean how many other artists stream their entire album online two months before it’s released), Shaun offered to take some time to answer three questions for any bloggers out there that were interested (hint, he’ll answer questions for your blog as well) — so naturally, I had to take him up on it. Here’s what he had to say:
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