Wake Up America!

Guy or Girl?

2009-01-21T15:56:00.000-08:00

This person has been the subject of debate for a while now in the guitar/online community. He/she is from Japan and can play his/her ass off. I actually love this song. I have known 40 year old men who could'nt play these bass lines.

Hot for Teacher

2009-01-21T15:33:00.000-08:00

This is my last Van Halen cover. I assembled the backing track and added all of the guitars.

Runnin' With the Devil

2009-01-17T18:56:00.000-08:00

Eric Cunningham found the original vocal track acapella and I put the music behind it. It was done very quickly so excuse all of the rough edges.

Wake Up America

2008-12-25T09:05:00.001-08:00

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Merry Christmas To All and To All O Holy Night

2008-12-11T17:09:00.000-08:00

Losfer Words

2008-12-07T22:17:00.001-08:00

This is my cover of the Iron Maiden classic.

Where the Streets Have No Name (Intro)

2008-12-06T20:52:00.000-08:00

This is a intro to WTSHNN that I made up loosley based on what The Edge is playing. Let me know if anyone needs the backing track for this. Mon-T

Comfortably Numb - First Solo Performance

2008-12-03T19:24:00.000-08:00

Here is a performance from a series of video lessons I am putting together. Each lesson will come with a backing track and detailed step by step video explanations. If anyone has any suggestions for future videos let me know. Monty P.S. - Blogspot makes my videos sound crappy. If you want to hear it in good quality check out my youtube videos under brotherreece.

Great Moments in Democrat History pt 2

2008-11-13T22:02:00.000-08:00

From now on i will not post anymore of these on my blog. There are just too many. These will go to youtube if anyone cares. ha ha. Monty

Great Moments in Democrat Speeches

2008-11-12T21:19:00.000-08:00

This is my first of what will be many takes on David Letterman's skit, Great Moments in Presidential Speeches.

Chris Matthews challenges us all to a drool!

2008-11-12T01:57:00.000-08:00

Somebody get this man a towel!

National Black Republican Association

2008-11-12T01:25:00.000-08:00

These series of commercials offer a good history lesson for us all as well as a refreshing glimpse into a part of Black-America NEVER seen in the drive-by media. http://nbra.info/

How The Gods Kill

2008-11-08T12:50:00.000-08:00

Here is a video that I made using scenes from the first Hellraiser movie and How the Gods Kill by Danzig

Bert & Ernie Keeping It Real

2008-11-07T22:13:00.000-08:00

This is too funny.

Brows. You can't beat 'em

2008-11-07T16:23:00.000-08:00

This video has subtitles because it comes from a Swedish documentary called From Bill To Barack by Folke Ryden and Bengt Norborg that aired in Finland last night. Her name is Diantha Harris and she teaches in Fayetteville, N.C.
I don't even know where to begin with this lady. Not only does she not fit the mental qualifications one should need to be a teacher but she probably believes that she is invisible if she closes her eyes. Too bad our media doesn't have the matzas to expose this garbage. Let me break this down..........two dudes from Sweden travel thousands of miles to expose this and our media is asking Obama what kind of dog he is going to buy. Gala, let's move to Italy!

What music do you listen to?

2008-11-07T15:17:00.000-08:00

Here is something that every musician should know about their craft.

...And i Must Be An Acrobat

2008-11-07T15:12:00.000-08:00

It took me a while to post this, and im sorry, but I would advise anyone who is crazy enough to read my blog to check out my man Jeff Baileys blog. He is the best guy that you'd ever want to know and a smart fella if I do say so myself. http://elementsofacrobat.blogspot.com/

The Cloud Movie

2008-11-03T22:04:00.000-08:00

A Politician Beyond Race?

2008-11-01T22:08:00.000-07:00

Politics of Emotion by Monty Reece

2008-10-30T18:42:00.000-07:00

Anyone who watched Obamas infomercial last night witnessed a very depressing look at what the United States has become. In Obama I saw a very concerned politician who was glad to listen to one troubled story after another with a bitten bottom lip and the appropriate smile and glance when the director signaled to go from camera one to camera two. What I saw was, because of poor life decisions or just plain bad luck, Americans who have become so soft and fragile and not as bad off as they have been led to believe. For the past eight years I have listened to the media and their talking heads speak of the recession which is always right around the corner but it never seemed to get here. Even though the definitions for a recession weren't being met, we were told that "It's on it's way!" Eight years! People have been conditioned for so long to think that our little world is crashing down around us that they are convinced that because they had to downgrade their cable to basic or stop reproducing at 4 kids, we need to tear up our constitution. I almost vomited when I saw the lady with perfectly manicured nails complain about being so broke sometimes she has to choose between the gallon of milk and the half gallon. Long gone are the days of a family the size of a football team for our poor. Everywhere we look we are told that the banks are going under, jobs are being lost and the value of the dollar is just under that of a shiny rock. We have been conditioned for so long now things are so bad that we seem to be willing to throw away our liberty for an imaginary safety net so full of holes that it's not likely to stop our fall. Obamas answer for every problem last night was government. Yes government. The great caretakers of the new American society. Have we all forgotten what being poor really is like? Maybe a military draft isn't just a democratic ploy to scare people from supporting the war after all. Maybe Americans would benefit from seeing real poor people in countries that have been taken care of for so long that they have forgotten how to take care of themselves. Maybe this is why most military votes are for republicans but this virus has infected both parties alike. Welcome to the politics of emotion where the object is to scare the hell out of you and then offer the American people the easy way out with the highest price to pay. It seems that our politicians have gone from inspiring us to conspiring against us. If we have wandered so far away from our constitution that was designed to keep government out of our lives because our founding fathers knew the dangers of government dependence for a bastard form of socialism then I say let's go one step further. I can think of a form of government where wealth is divided evenly, no more homeless and everyone would have a job. Which form of government would do this? If you guessed communism then you would be correct. Nikita Khrushchev once enlightened us when he spoke "I once said, "We will bury you," and I got in trouble for it. Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you." He also said, "We cant expect the American People to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of socialism, until they awaken one day to find that they have Communism." To vote for Obama will indeed give us change. Change from every dollar that we earn. I don't think that Americans are as far gone as the media would like for us to believe though. Tearing the constitution out of our hands isn't as easy as some thought it was going to be. How must democrats feel knowing that even with Obama outspending McCain 4 to 1 in some states, almost total media support and he still cant pull away in the polls. I often think of the WW2 generation as the greatest generation. A lot of people share this belief. It seemed that there was nothing that they couldn't do. Ever wonder how they were so strong? BECAUSE THEY HAD TO BE! Benjamin Franklin said, "I am for doing good for the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think that the best way of doing good for the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer." Where is our society headed? I am afraid that we are giving up our liberty for welfare to then suddenly realize that welfare sucks! America. It's not too late to tell the government that not only do you not want them but you dont need them in you lives. They screw up everything that they touch and they obviously dont have our best interests at heart. Take responsibility for your own life on election day and you will be well on your way to being self reliant and strong like the WW2 generation that died for our constitution. I promise!

Constitution? We Don't Need No Stinking Constitution!

2008-10-29T22:18:00.000-07:00

Be Careful Ron Howard

2008-10-28T17:09:00.000-07:00

Ok. Lets not drag the best tv show of all time into politics, and I don't mean Happy Days. Is NOTHING sacred?

Make Your Own Caption

2008-10-28T16:57:00.001-07:00

Gore Then and Gone Now

2008-10-28T16:13:00.000-07:00

This audio speaks for itself. Ralph Bristol exposes the hypocrisy of Al Gore

This is for Gala

2008-10-27T20:57:00.000-07:00

Did you hear the one about exterminating white people?

2008-10-27T20:46:00.000-07:00

Kamau Kambon is a professional student it seems, his B.A s have M.As and his E.D.D's have M.ED's. He taught at St. Augustine's College in North Carolina and later at North Carolina State University. Now he just owns a book store where he spends most of his time not doing what the white man wants him to do. Happy Kwanzaa folks!

Joscho Stephan

2008-10-27T19:48:00.000-07:00

German born guitarist Joscho Stephan is certainly leading the way for Gypsy Jazz guitarists. He is one of only a handful that can completely improvise in this type of jazz.

The Great Django Reinhardt

2008-10-27T19:16:00.000-07:00

How could I not post the only known video (with sound) of the master Django Reinhardt. Inventor of the sweep picking technique, father of jazz guitar. All with just two fully working fingers. My hero. Here featuring the Quintette du Hot Club de France - Django Reinhardt (guitar), Stephane Grappelli (violin), Joseph Reinhardt (guitar), Roger Chaput (guitar) and Louis Vola (bass). Enjoy

French President Nicolas Sarkozy Explains Why We Should Love Our Country To Confused U.S. Congress

2008-10-26T18:53:00.000-07:00

Every once in a while you see something or hear something that really makes you proud to be an American. It's a shame that you'll never hear an American politician make this speech. If this is an example of how we are hated in Europe then hate on!

This is what I go through every payday.

2008-10-26T18:26:00.000-07:00

2008-10-26T16:22:00.000-07:00

Anyone who has watched Triumph Des Willens, the infamous propaganda film of the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany, by German director Leni Riefenstahl will see an eerie similarity with these next 2 videos. Of course I dont think Obama is a Nazi. I just think that he is playing on dangerous ground. Socialism + Militance + Early Indoctrination = bad news. All we need now is a good scapegoat, or have we found one already? I would ask anyone who claims that Obama has given them inspiration, has he really given you inspiration or has he given you an enemy to direct your anger? The second Video is an example of what could be seen as Obamas "Brown Shirts" or soldiers in training.

Where Have All The Democrats Gone?

2008-10-25T07:11:00.000-07:00

I remember watching Zell Millers speech live at the 2004 RNC convention and jumping up and down on my couch, shouting with cheer for something so rare in politics........country before party! What has happened to the democrats? Why have they walked away from their countries foundation of beliefs only to support the same hippy logic that everyone saw fail in the 60's. War is not always bad, government is not always good and sometimes a person needs to hit rock bottom before they pick themselves up. We are a lot more careless on the tightrope when there is a safety net below us. "I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer." - Benjamin Franklin

The Amazing Savant - Daniel Tammet

2008-10-24T20:38:00.000-07:00

Who needs news when you can make your own?

2008-10-24T17:06:00.000-07:00

This is a classic example of creating your own headline. Media at its worst. Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachmann dares to acknowledge the presence of socialism in our government. Chris Matthews and Keith Doberman have donated and raised over 2 million dollars for her Democrat opponent after this interview and her house was vandalized with spray paint. The Republican party has pulled their funds from her campaign as well. Left her high and dry so to say. OK, let me get this right. Politicians think they can adopt one socialist idea after another and we can't even acknowledge it? We live in a day that Joe "the plumber" is attacked for simply asking a question to Obama, who came to Joe's driveway. We are led to think that Joes credit history is news, not the socialist answer that Obama gave. How is this any different than the Stasi tactics of East Germany?

Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom meets Scare Tactics!

2008-10-24T16:56:00.000-07:00

Is this what being a parent does to your nerves?

Proof that the Democrats are circling their wagons trying to cover up financial scandal

2008-10-24T15:48:00.000-07:00

Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights? by Orson Scott Card

2008-10-24T15:01:00.000-07:00

I remember reading All the President’s Men and thinking: That’s journalism. You do what it takes to get the truth and you lay it before the public, because the public has a right to know. This housing crisis didn’t come out of nowhere. It was not a vague emanation of the evil Bush administration. It was a direct result of the political decision, back in the late 1990s, to loosen the rules of lending so that home loans would be more accessible to poor people. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were authorized to approve risky loans. What is a risky loan? It’s a loan that the recipient is likely not to be able to repay. The goal of this rule change was to help the poor — which especially would help members of minority groups. But how does it help these people to give them a loan that they can’t repay? They get into a house, yes, but when they can’t make the payments, they lose the house — along with their credit rating. They end up worse off than before. This was completely foreseeable and in fact many people did foresee it. One political party, in Congress and in the executive branch, tried repeatedly to tighten up the rules. The other party blocked every such attempt and tried to loosen them. Furthermore, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were making political contributions to the very members of Congress who were allowing them to make irresponsible loans. (Though why quasi-federal agencies were allowed to do so baffles me. It’s as if the Pentagon were allowed to contribute to the political campaigns of Congressmen who support increasing their budget.) Isn’t there a story here? Doesn’t journalism require that you who produce our daily paper tell the truth about who brought us to a position where the only way to keep confidence in our economy was a $700 billion bailout? Aren’t you supposed to follow the money and see which politicians were benefitting personally from the deregulation of mortgage lending? I have no doubt that if these facts had pointed to the Republican Party or to John McCain as the guilty parties, you would be treating it as a vast scandal. “Housing-gate,” no doubt. Or “Fannie-gate.” Instead, it was Senator Christopher Dodd and Congressman Barney Frank, both Democrats, who denied that there were any problems, who refused Bush administration requests to set up a regulatory agency to watch over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and who were still pushing for these agencies to go even further in promoting subprime mortgage loans almost up to the minute they failed. As Thomas Sowell points out in a TownHall.com essay entitled Do Facts Matter? “Alan Greenspan warned them four years ago. So did the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to the President. So did Bush’s Secretary of the Treasury.” These are facts. This financial crisis was completely preventable. The party that blocked any attempt to prevent it was … the Democratic Party. The party that tried to prevent it was … the Republican Party. Yet when Nancy Pelosi accused the Bush administration and Republican deregulation of causing the crisis, you in the press did not hold her to account for her lie. Instead, you criticized Republicans who took offense at this lie and refused to vote for the bailout! What? It’s not the liar, but the victims of the lie who are to blame? Now let’s follow the money … right to the presidential candidate who is the number-two recipient of campaign contributions from Fannie Mae. And after Freddie Raines, the CEO of Fannie Mae who made $90 million while running it into the ground, was fired for his incompetence, one presidential candidate’s campaign actually consulted him for advice on housing. If that presidential candidate had been John McCain, you would have called it a major scandal and we would be getting stories in your paper every day about how incompetent and corrupt he was. But instead, that candidate was Barack Obama, and so you have buried this story, and when the McCain campaign dared to call Raines an “adviser” to the Obama campaign — because that campaign had sought his advice — you actually let Obama’s people get away with accusing McCain of lying, merely because Raines wasn’t listed as an official adviser to the Obama campaign. You would never tolerate such weasely nit-picking from a Republican. If you who produce our local daily paper actually had any principles, you would be pounding this story, because the prosperity of all Americans was put at risk by the foolish, short-sighted, politically selfish, and possibly corrupt actions of leading Democrats, including Obama. If you who produce our local daily paper had any personal honor, you would find it unbearable to let the American people believe that somehow Republicans were to blame for this crisis. There are precedents. Even though President Bush and his administration never said that Iraq sponsored or was linked to 9/11, you could not stand the fact that Americans had that misapprehension — so you pounded us with the fact that there was no such link. (Along the way, you created the false impression that Bush had lied to them and said that there was a connection.) If you had any principles, then surely right now, when the American people are set to blame President Bush and John McCain for a crisis they tried to prevent, and are actually shifting to approve of Barack Obama because of a crisis he helped cause, you would be laboring at least as hard to correct that false impression. Your job, as journalists, is to tell the truth. That’s what you claim you do, when you accept people’s money to buy or subscribe to your paper. But right now, you are consenting to or actively promoting a big fat lie — that the housing crisis should somehow be blamed on Bush, McCain, and the Republicans. You have trained the American people to blame everything bad — even bad weather — on Bush, and they are responding as you have taught them to. If you had any personal honor, each reporter and editor would be insisting on telling the truth — even if it hurts the election chances of your favorite candidate. Because that’s what honorable people do. Honest people tell the truth even when they don’t like the probable consequences. That’s what honesty means. That’s how trust is earned. Barack Obama is just another politician, and not a very wise one. He has revealed his ignorance and naivete time after time — and you have swept it under the rug, treated it as nothing. Meanwhile, you have participated in the borking of Sarah Palin, reporting savage attacks on her for the pregnancy of her unmarried daughter — while you ignored the story of John Edwards’s own adultery for many months. So I ask you now: Do you have any standards at all? Do you even know what honesty means? Is getting people to vote for Barack Obama so important that you will throw away everything that journalism is supposed to stand for? You might want to remember the way the National Organization of Women threw away their integrity by supporting Bill Clinton despite his well-known pattern of sexual exploitation of powerless women. Who listens to NOW anymore? We know they stand for nothing; they have no principles. That’s where you are right now. It’s not too late. You know that if the situation were reversed, and the truth would damage McCain and help Obama, you would be moving heaven and earth to get the true story out there. If you want to redeem your honor, you will swallow hard and make a list of all the stories you would print if it were McCain who had been getting money from Fannie Mae, McCain whose campaign had consulted with its discredited former CEO, McCain who had voted against tightening its lending practices. Then you will print them, even though every one of those true stories will point the finger of blame at the reckless Democratic Party, which put our nation’s prosperity at risk so they could feel good about helping the poor, and lay a fair share of the blame at Obama’s door. You will also tell the truth about John McCain: that he tried, as a Senator, to do what it took to prevent this crisis. You will tell the truth about President Bush: that his administration tried more than once to get Congress to regulate lending in a responsible way. This was a Congress-caused crisis, beginning during the Clinton administration, with Democrats leading the way into the crisis and blocking every effort to get out of it in a timely fashion. If you at our local daily newspaper continue to let Americans believe –and vote as if — President Bush and the Republicans caused the crisis, then you are joining in that lie. If you do not tell the truth about the Democrats — including Barack Obama — and do so with the same energy you would use if the miscreants were Republicans — then you are not journalists by any standard. You’re just the public relations machine of the Democratic Party, and it’s time you were all fired and real journalists brought in, so that we can actually have a daily newspaper in our city.