5.17.14 LMD Released in the UK, QAL heading to Australia?

Since absolutely nothing is going on this morning perhaps a few of you would appreciate something else to listen to/watch? OT except that this group came into prominence due to appearing on a reality show singing competition on The Voice Off this past season (altho' they have been performing for 13+ years before becoming an "overnight" sensation). Other connections to Adam? The cute high tenor worked singing on cruise ships like Adam did. The group is creative and does different takes on familiar songs. They have good voices and they don't need studio magic. Heck, they don't even need any backing musicians. They are an a cappella group. 

This is a video of their Christmas concert last December. I start it at a clever parody of some banal pop songs that were very popular. After that, there is an incredible "drum solo" by their beat boxer. It sounds impossible for one person to make all that sound. After that is their version of Ring of Fire, which they sang on Voice Off. 

These guys are entertaining, fun, and great performers. 

[looks up]

And so many people wonder why so much of recent music isn't lyrically relevant. <eyeroll>

Oh boy - Adam  thinks we're slacking.....    


But, kidding aside, he clearly wants us to pay a bit more attention to this:

ADAM LAMBERT ‏@adamlambert 4m

My tweet about the heat got more attention than this important petition. C'mon....There are Human Lives at stake.
wh.gov/l7Y8R



It's a tragedy, that while our progress and our efforts on behalf of the LGBT community have lead to progress in so many places, some of them previously very anti, and now slowly starting to turn around (boy scouts, various churches, etc.), yet, at the same time, those that totally don't get it, are feeling so threatened that they are clamping down even more brutally and are creating a nightmare for those caught up in it. Not sure that more pressure on this country will help. But, I do think that the US should offer asylum to anybody in the lgbt community who is fleeing from places, where their lives are threatened.

The radicalization of those who feel threatened, is a terrible thing.
It's the same thing we are observing with education of females around the world. The more we are succeeding with that, the more, those that absolutely want to prevent it, are using more and more radical sharia laws and brutal violence to enforce their old-fashioned ideas. Sudan, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Myanmar.....too many to name, and yes, Brunei.

The first party suffering under Sharia law (which is not one uniform law, but implemented in local variations), are women. And that part seems to be consistent, wherever it is implemented, independent of local version. It is about time, people start informing themselves and helping on the end that they feel is the right one to start at. It's what Adam is doing and so should we, each where we see fit.

Playlist has dropped to #38 on Amazon -- it was up to #21 yesterday. The movement of this album is a bit odd. BUt nice to see it so high.

The petition count is growing now -- but still only 823 -- it needs 99,177 more