Twice (here and here), I have pointed out Brother's participation in an "educational" tour of dubious moral rectitude. I thought it wise to show another aspect of the band – their music. This page has a video for one of my favorite songs, "Crazy". Incidentally, another video on that site is of Rick Kurek, a former member of Brother.
Earlier this month, I
posted about the indie rock band Brother’s upcoming “Stem
Cell Awareness” tour. The news has gone beyond a mailing to fans and is now available on their website for all to see. Once again, I urge those who oppose embryonic stem
cell research to ask the band to specify which forms of research they support and
politely ask them to not support embryonic research.
I never thought I’d be fisking one of my favorite bands, but…
I can count the number of musicals I can tolerate on one hand. Perhaps I’ll need another finger for this one. "The Wall", one of my favorite albums, a freaky but cool movie, and an awesome concert event is coming to Broadway. The show must go on!
Brother is one of my favorite bands. I've been addicted to their soulful, tribal, celtic, mongrel music since 1996, when I first saw them at Pittsburgh's Irish Festival.
The following is from an email the band sent to fans tonight.
Our touring for the next few months will involve an awareness and fund raising campaign for stem cell research. We plan to cover as much of the country as possible. Most of you know the work we do with childhood diabetes. This is something that could eventually provide a cure for not only diabetes, but many other ailments. The campaign is about clearing up a lot of misinformation on the subject. If you are part of an organization involved in this area and think you can be of any help let us know (email info@BROTHERmusic.com).
I'm hoping that they don't mean embryonic stem cell research, but I'm not holding my breath. I encourage my pro-life readers, especially those who are fans of the band, to please write a polite email to the band suggesting they not support embryonic stem cell research.
Jerry Nora, if you're reading, please give me info about the bioethical background of stem cell research (all forms), so I can pass the info to my readers and the band.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly is to the bone." – Anonymous
The movement from records to tapes and from tapes to CDs has sadly killed album artwork. With roughly four inches to play with instead of twelve, nobody really puts effort into covers. Of course, just because they had a big canvas once upon a time, doesn't mean every album cover was as cool as one for Kansas or Klaatu. Here's proof – the ten worst album covers of all time (at least according to some guy). (Thanks, Rippleweb). NOTE: Some of the language isn't family friendly (but it's freakin' hilarious).