Matisyahu is one of the craziest artists I’ve seen but I really dig his music, especially the song above, Youth. He’s a Hasidic reggae hip hop artist and his music is really funky and cool. I think the closest thing to this would be Christian rock as he’s clearly singing about his God, who in many respects is the same as my God. But then again most reggae is about God isn’t it? It’s just a different God. I’ve read some people find it odd that a Jew is singing reggae music but it’s really infectious so it doesn’t bother me. Still, I’m not Jamaican so I don’t know if I was if it would bother me. Simply Red seemed to do it okay but I think they were Jamaican. Not much different than Eminem singing hip hop music or Eric Clapton doing the Blues. At least to me anyway.

I think the thing I like most about him is he wasn’t afraid to take a leap and do what he wanted and didn’t listen to others telling him that his idea was stupid. Artists of all kinds can take a lesson here for sure!

I know I can.

Either way, religious or not, he’s got funk and soul baby!

You can see more of Matisyahu here and read more about him here.

HAHAH! This cracks me up! How stupid can you be? Apparently the RIAA chose it’s first victim in it’s desire to “teach a lesson” to all those naughty music downloaders (which I honestly unerstand). But who was the idiot who decided to choose Jammie Thomas; a single American Indian mother of two making a measly $36,000 a year?

You’ve GOT to be kidding me!

I’m a a self-professed idiot and even I wouldn’t have chosen that poorly.

It sorta makes me glad because now I know for certain there are dumber people than me on the planet!

You can read the full story by clicking the link below.

RIAA Hits a Sour Note With Its File-Sharing Witch Hunt

I love this song but sadly I didn’t realize it’s origins.

Geldof wrote the song after reading a telex report on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children playing in a school playground across the street from her house. She killed two adults and injured eight children and one police officer. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime, and her only explanation for her actions when captured was “I don’t like Mondays.” ^[1] The song was first performed less than a month later at the Fox Theatre, San Diego.^[2]

Weird.