Doctors Endorse Obama

Over 6,000 physicians and 1,000 medical students across the country have signed to support Obama health care plan. Doctors for Obama:

“Having witnessed the devastating consequences of our healthcare crisis, we feel compelled to speak out in support of the leader we believe will bring high quality, affordable health care to all Americans.” said Dr. Vivek Murthy, co-founder and co-chair of Doctors for Obama and an internal medicine physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. “We are choosing between two candidates who have proposed starkly different visions for healthcare reform. There is too much at stake in this election for physicians to remain silent. Physicians need to come together to advocate for the plan that will be best for patients, doctors, and the health of America. That is why we started Doctors for Obama.”

Thanh Thuy – Co Hong

Complete contrast to the older singer with the same name, the young Thanh Thuy has a clear, fragile soprano. Although her voice is gorgeous, she shorts the skills and experience to cover Pham Duy’s ballads. Her new release, Co Hong, features eight of Pham Duy’s standards including “Ngay Xua Hoang Thi,” “Em Le Chua Nay” and “Tim Nhau.” The lack of confidence is revealed through her weak deliveries and stiff phrasings. On each track, particularly “Dua Em Tim Dong Hoa Vang,” she hardly moves out of her comfort range and Bao Chan’s lifeless arrangements don’t help strengthen her performances either. With the exception of “Kiep Nao Con Co Nhau,” in which Bao Chan switches up a bit with a semi-classical orchestration, the album is consistently dull.

Obama Mocks McCain

Remember Obama said he has the last punch? Here’s one:

Lately he’s called me a socialist for wanting to roll back the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans so we can give some tax relief to the middle class. I don’t know what’s next. By next week he’ll be calling me a secret communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten. I shared my peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

B.B. King – One Kind Favor

At 82, B.B. King proves that the bluesman still got the blues. On his latest release, One Kind Favor, Mr. King sings as if he’s drowning in sorrow and what keeps him afloat is the raucous shout in his voice. With a killer band behind him and his own stinging guitar, Mr. King touches the bottom of your soul track after track, including “Get the Blues Off Me,” “I Get So Weary” and “My Love is Down.”