tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post115107318116600937..comments2023-11-03T06:32:28.410-04:00Comments on Staring At Empty Pages: Digital technologyBarry Leibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-1151156032203360472006-06-24T09:33:00.000-04:002006-06-24T09:33:00.000-04:00I actually did something somewhat similar in high ...I actually did something somewhat similar in high school. We got all these books about the 60's and Vietnam and protesting and flower children, took pictures of the pictures, developed them ourselves, then set it to a (from what I recall) pretty powerful soundtrack of music of the time. We also had one of us narrate it.<BR/><BR/>Not as elegant as yours would have been, but we knocked the socks off our class.wooddragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09927811908232906210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-1151073798768319732006-06-23T10:43:00.000-04:002006-06-23T10:43:00.000-04:00Lyrics to "Monster":Once the religious, the hunted...Lyrics to "Monster":<BR/><BR/><I>Once the religious, the hunted and weary<BR/>Chasing the promise of freedom and hope<BR/>Came to this country to build a new vision<BR/>Far from the reaches of kingdom and pope<BR/>Like good Christians, some would burn the witches<BR/>Later some got slaves to gather riches<BR/><BR/>But still from near and far to seek America<BR/>They came by thousands to court the wild<BR/>And she just patiently smiled and bore a child<BR/>To be their spirit and guiding light<BR/><BR/>And once the ties with the crown had been broken<BR/>Westward in saddle and wagon it went<BR/>And 'til the railroad linked ocean to ocean<BR/>Many the lives which had come to an end<BR/>While we bullied, stole and bought our homeland<BR/>We began the slaughter of the red man<BR/><BR/>But still from near and far to seek America<BR/>They came by thousands to court the wild<BR/>And she just patiently smiled and bore a child<BR/>To be their spirit and guiding light<BR/><BR/>The blue and grey they stomped it<BR/>They kicked it just like a dog<BR/>And when the war over <BR/>They stuffed it just like a hog<BR/><BR/>And though the past has its share of injustice<BR/>Kind was the spirit in many a way<BR/>But it's protectors and friends have been sleeping<BR/>Now it's a monster and will not obey<BR/><BR/>-----<BR/><BR/>The spirit was freedom and justice<BR/>And its keepers seemed friendly and kind<BR/>Its leaders were supposed to serve the country<BR/>But now they will pay it no mind<BR/>'Cause the people got fat and grew lazy<BR/>And now their vote is a meaningless joke<BR/>They talk about law, about order<BR/>But it's all just an echo of what they've been told<BR/><BR/>'Cause there's a monster on the loose<BR/>It's got our heads into the noose<BR/>And it just sits there watching<BR/><BR/>The cities have turned into jungles<BR/>And corruption is strangling the land<BR/>The police force is watching the people<BR/>And the people just can't understand<BR/>We don't know how to mind our own business<BR/>'Cause the whole world's got to be just like us<BR/>Now we are fighting a war over there<BR/>No matter who's the winner we can't pay the cost<BR/><BR/>'Cause there's a monster on the loose<BR/>It's got our heads into the noose<BR/>And it just sits there watching<BR/><BR/>-----<BR/><BR/>America, where are you now?<BR/>Don't you care about your sons and daughters?<BR/>Don't you know we need you now?<BR/>We can't fight alone against the monster.<BR/>America...<BR/></I>Barry Leibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.com