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| A Chat About 'The Good Soldiers' David Finkel talks about his book, "The Good Soldiers," based on eight months in Iraq with a battalion sent as part of the surge. feeds.nytimes.com |
Pro-copyright groups lobby MPs for digital economy bill New Alliance Against Intellectual Property Theft pushes for legal protection against filesharing piracyWith the race on to turn last week's digital economy bill into law, pro-copyright groups are working hard to get MPs and peers on board. Tomorrow sees the first joint gathering of all party groups on intellectual property, publishing, music, film and writers.Keen to move the debate beyond what new anti-filesharing laws mean for the balance sheets of big media firms, the Alliance Against Intellectual Property Theft is presenting the parliamentarians with ordinary people it says are affected by piracy. It is putting up a construction manager from a film studio, a writer, a publisher and football academy director to discuss the impact on a range of issues from jobs in production studios to investment in grass roots football training."The event is an opportunity for MPs and peers to hear directly from those whose professions and livelihoods are threatened by digital copyright theft. Investment and jobs are at risk across the creative industries from costume and set designers to session musicians, authors and publishers," says Susie Winter, director general of the Alliance Against IP Theft.Music industryLaw and technologyPiracyPiracyInternetDownloadsPublishingKatie Allenguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds feeds.guardian.co.uk |
George Frideric Handel's Messiah John Crace's condensed version of the famous oratorio – only 11 hallelujahs – gives the resurrection a footballing twistA sacred oratorioPart OneTenor: Chill out, says God / I said chill out, says God / There's peace in the Middle East / Apparently / So build a motorway in the desert / Not a highway to hell.Tenor: The notes of valley shall be very low / The notes of mountain very high.Chorus: The glory of the Lord will be revealed / Because God says so.Bass: He also says He will come / And give you all a bit of a kicking / If he feels like it / And you will be delighted.Soprano: Won't it be rather hot? / When he appeareth.Chorus: Don't you worry / About a thing / Because every little thing / Is gonna be all right.Alto: Go and prepare the Earth / For the news of a virgin birth / It will be a relief / Not beyond belief.Bass: People who have been living in darkness / Will be given some light bulbs / But not the energy-saving ones / Because they aren't very bright.Chorus: Unto us a child is born / His name shall be Wonderful / Prince of Peace / Counsellor / Or Jesus / For short.Soprano: There were shepherds abiding in the field / And the angel of the lord said / Lo! You can start / Singing carols / Now / Now / Now.Chorus: Glory! / Glory! / Glory! / And the Saints go marching on!Soprano: I said carols / Not football songs.Alto: The blind shall see / The deaf shall hear / I believe in miracles / Since You came along / You sexy thing!Soprano, Alto (duet): He's going to be very nice to you / And let you hang out in his field / And if you're a bit tired / You can have a kip.Part TwoAlto: He was despised / And rejected / A man prone to depression / And supporting Spurs / He was despised / And rejected / And still he supported Spurs.Chorus: We have behaved very badly / And he is carrying the can for it.Tenor: Nobody was very nice to him / He had more sorrows / Than a very sorrowful person.Soprano: No one gave a toss / When he was on the cross.Tenor: But Thou didst not leave him in Hell / Which is just as well.Chorus: Lift up your heads, O ye gates / And be ye lifted up, ye doors / Unless you are the sort / That are on hinges / In which case / You can open / Normally / Who is the King of Glory? / He is the Lord of Hosts / If that helps / A bit.Tenor: Unto which of the angels did he say / Thou art my son / This day have I begotten Thee / For the second time / Presumably?Soprano: Thou art gone up on high / To the celestial penthouse suite.Bass: Why are nations / Still so pissed off / With one another? / The kings of the earth / Are a bunch / Of miserable bastards.Chorus: Let us cast them out / And give them a right kicking.Tenor: He that dwelleth in Heaven / Shall have a good laugh / At their expense / And then beat the shite out of them / With an iron bar.Chorus: Hallelujah / Halleluu-uuu-uuu-jah / Hall-eeeee-luuu-jah / Hallelujah / And that's about it / Hallelujah / Ha-a-a-allelujah / Hallelujah / I can go on as long as you like / Hall-eeelujah / Hallelujah / Since you're still here / I suppose I could add / He will reigneth for ever and ever / At least for longer / Than a load of other Gods / But now I have to / Get back to / Halleeeelujah / Halleluuuuuuuuu-jah!Part ThreeSoprano: I know that my Redeemer liveth / And that He will turn up / At some unspecified date in the future / And though the worms may have eaten my body / Unless I've been cremated / I will give Him a high five.Bass: Let me tell you a secret / Not everyone will go to sleep / Because when the bloke / With the trumpet sounds off / We'll all get up / And with a bit of luck / Our sins will be forgotten.Alto, Tenor (duet): O death, I'm not bothered about Sting / Or Bono / Or Bob Geldof / For that matter / O grave, where is thy victory / Though I've got my fingers crossed / Just in case.Soprano: If God be for us / Who can be against us? / Except that ref / Who didn't spot / The hand ball / Though in Heaven Thierry Henry / Will have a lot / Of explaining to do.Chorus: The boy Jesus done good / And has well sorted us out / Blessings, power and winning lottery tickets / Be upon him / For ever and ever / For ever and ever / Like I said / For ever and ever / Amen / Bless you / Amen / Bless you / Amen / You can stop now.Classical musicJohn Craceguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds feeds.guardian.co.uk |
Books of The Times: Classic Case of Nobility Meeting Reality David Malouf’s “Ransom” reimagines the tragic story at the heart of “The Iliad.” feeds.nytimes.com |
Crunch Time: Selling Tales of the Great Downturn Call it layoff lit. Several writers have memoirs and novels forthcoming that describe the fallout of losing a job, a house or an investment account. feeds.nytimes.com |