An old song recontextualized - on the occasion of the last State of the Union address from George W. Bush.
iTunes:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=257924704&id=257922588&s=143441YouTube Original Paul Simon Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xITFmpoeMxQ
It was a slow day...
And the sun was beating
Soldiers Silhouetted, Iraq
On the soldiers by the side of the road
Soldiers Patrolling at Arab Jabour Near Baghdad, Iraq
There was a bright light
A shattering of shop windows
Iraq Car Bomb Explosion Aftermath, July 19, 2006
The bomb in the baby carriage
Teacher Injured in School Suicide Bombing, Baquba, January 22, 2008
Was wired to the radio
IED Cell Phone Trigger, Iraq
These are days of miracle and wonder
Erwin Redl "Matrix II" LED Light Installation 2000
This is the long-distance call
Georgia Students Communicate via the Internet, January 24, 2008
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
Jim Campbell "Fifth Avenue Cutaway," 2001
The way we look to us all
D.C. Protest and March, September 24, 2005
The way we look to a distant constellation,
that is dying in a corner of the sky
Digital Imagery of Dying Galaxy
These are days of miracle and wonder
Barack Obama and Child at a Biodiesel Station Campaign Stop, January 20, 2008
And don't cry
Funeral of U.S. Soldier
Baby, don't cry
Sadr City Boy who Lost Hand to Bomb Hidden in Trash Bag, January 2008
Don't cry
8-Year-Old Son, Christian, Accepting the Flag from the Coffin of Marine Marcus Golczynski Killed in Iraq, March 2007
It was a dry wind
1st Armored Division Black Hawk from 101st Airborne Division in Iraq's Al Jazeera Desert, March 22, 2006
And it swept across the desert
Women Drawing Water from Well, Sudan
And it curled into the circle of birth
Tiny birth, United States, October 2007
And the dead sand
Woman Collects Scattered Remains of Victims, Baiji, January 22, 2008
Falling on the children
Children in Darfur 2004 (Evelyn Hockstein CARE)
The mothers and the fathers
Mother and Father Crying at School Suicide Bombing, January 22, 2008
And the automatic earth
Graves of Recently Dead, Fallujah, 2004
These are days of miracle and wonder
Young Visitor to the Jellyfish Exhibition, Hong Kong
This is the long-distance call
Arctic Ice Imagery - NASA, September 2007
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
Security Camera Image
The way we look to us all
Ashura, Istanbul, Turkey, January 19, 2008
The way we look to a distant constellation,
that is dying in a corner of the sky
Oil Spill from a Bombed-Out Power Plant, Beirut
These are days of miracle and wonder
Matlovich Gay Vietnam Veteran Tombstone, Congressional Cemetary, Washington, D.C.
And don't cry
Homeless Iraq Vet Speaks About Friend Killed in Combat, Dec. 4, 2007, Leeds, Mass.
Baby
Child Crying in Sudan 2004(Evelyn Hocksstein CARE)
Don't cry
Katrina Survivors
Don't cry
Iraqi Girl in her Mother's Arms as her Family is Checked by U.S. Marines, April 2006
It's a turn-around jump shot
Eric Alva, the First Soldier Injured in Iraq, Who Later Announced that He is Gay
It's everybody jump start
Breach in Gaza/Egypt Border, January, 2008
It's every generation throws a hero up the pop charts
Britney Spears
Medicine is magical
The GOP Candidates are Asked Whether they Believe in Evolution, May 2007
And magical is art
Damien Hirst "Virgin Mother," 2006 (35 feet tall)
Think of the Boy in the Bubble
Bush At Jackson Square, New Orleans, Sept. 2005
And the baby with the baboon heart
Dick Cheney
And I believe
Woman Arrested At King Holiday Protest In Pennsylvania, January 2008
These are the days of lasers in the jungle
NASA Vegetation Imaging Sensor
Lasers in the jungle somewhere
Plastic Rubbish In An Asian River
Staccato signals of constant information
Karachi Stock Market After Bhutto Assassination
A loose affiliation of millionaires
Flow Chart - Intelligence Connections (Courtesy Mother Jones)
And billionaires and baby
Flow Chart - Swift Boat Veterans For Truth's Connections to White House
These are days of miracle and wonder
McDonald's
This is the long-distance call
U.S. Soldiers Calling Home, Baghdad, 2003
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
Jim Campbell "Primal Graphics," 2002
The way we look to us all
Faces Of The Fallen
The way we look to a distant constellation that is dying in a corner of the sky
Satellite Imagery, Heatwave, July 2006
These are days of miracle and wonder
Katrina
And don't cry
First High-Definition Images of Earth-Set, Kaguya (Selene) Satellite, November 2007
Baby
Fearing for their Lives, U.S. Soldiers Killed the Children's Parents at a Checkpoint, January 2005
Don't cry
First High-Definition Images Of Earth-Set, Kaguya (Selene) Satellite, November 2007
Don't cry baby
Family Members Visit Casket of Army PFC Kristian Menchaca in Brownsville, TX, Killed in Iraq, June 2007
Don't cry
Girl Evacuee in Lebanon, Summer 2006
Digital Image of Planet Earth