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• Spy Music

  Spy music! Whether it's Lalo Schifrin 's theme for Mission Impossible , or Jerry Goldsmith 's theme for Man from U.N.C.L.E. , or the greatest of them all, John Barry 's iconic James Bond theme, you know it when you hear it. Now, for my money, the best spy music in recent years wasn't from a spy movie at all, but an animated superhero film: the action-packed theme and soundtrack for The Incredibles , in which the very talented Michael Giacchino was clearly (and brilliantly) channeling John Barry . And of course, you'll all want to head over here and see what your fellow MeFiers have lately been doing with the genre. [note: see hoverovers for link descriptions] And why did so many of your fellow MeFiers suddenly start posting "spy music" to MetaFilter Music? Ah, well, I knew you were wondering! You see, it was one of last month's MeFi Music Challenges, suggested by stavrosthewonderchicken! Yay!. And we need more of you MeFiers to supply us with good Challenge... Posted Aug 01 2008, 08:18 AM by xml.metafilter.com Filed under: music, spy, john, james, jamesbond, bond, MeFiMu, MichaelGiacchino, Giacchino, LaloShifrin, Michael, Shifrin, MetaFilterMusic, Jerry, spymusic, JohnBarry, Barry, Lalo, Goldsmith, JerryGoldsmith

• Christie's breaks out in a cold sweat.

  Coming in at just under $860,000, the take for the recently auctioned estate of James Brown fell well short of the two million that Christie's had hoped for. You'll want to browse the collection for yourself, of course. If I had the extra scratch, I'd have sure bought this . Posted Jul 19 2008, 08:46 AM by xml.metafilter.com Filed under: music, james, brown, estate, cold, auction, Sweat, JameBrown

• Johnny Temple

  Those familiar with the plaintive falsetto of Delta blues great Skip James will surely hear Skip's influence in the much lesser-known Johnny Temple 's Evil Devil Blues , recorded in 1935, which features some delightfully unexpected melodic twists. And though Johnny Temple "never achieved stardom", he does have a Wikipedia page . The Johnny Temple YT clip is from PreWarMusic , who's posted several clips well worth your time and attention from early American music figures who aren't exactly household names. I really like this one, for example: Bed Spring Poker . Skip James, of course, has been featured in a number of previous MeFi posts . Posted Jul 05 2008, 11:29 PM by xml.metafilter.com Filed under: music, delta, blues, james, Temple, JohnnyTemple, Johnny, Skip, SkipJames, deltablues

• Sing, Mr. Ambassador, sing!

  Now that's what I call diplomacy! The US ambassador to Paraguay has become a music sensation in the country after recording an album of folk songs in the indigenous Guarani language . This same James Cason was a conservative darling for, among other things, hanging Christmas lights in Havana a few years back... this article lauds him for "getting under the skin" of the Castro regime. Here's his Wikipedia page . Posted Jul 02 2008, 07:29 AM by xml.metafilter.com Filed under: music, Language, james, Diplomacy, folksong, ambassador, Cason, JamesCason, Paraguay, Guarani

• Jeremiah Wright in context.

  Jeremiah Wright in context. More videos available from Trinity UCC via YouTube . Those provide the fuller contexts of the sermons. But to really understand what's going on, you need to know about James Cone, who is an enormous influence on Dr. Wright. He was and is a pioneer of black liberation theology: A good place to start: Dialogue on Black Theology . An interview with James Cone . Cone on Bill Moyers' Journal. Another interview with Cone. Cone's faculty page at Union Theological Seminary, NY. From other scholars: An Investigation of Black Liberation Theology. --article by Wayne House, professor of Biblical Studies. A Black Theology of Liberation --lecture notes from Church Historian Terry Matthews. Posted Mar 26 2008, 11:30 AM by xml.metafilter.com Filed under: theology, cone, jeremiah, james, wright, liberation, black