Josh Howard, a player for the Dallas Mavericks was shown disrespecting the national anthem at a charity football game. While the star spangled banner was playing, he went up to a camera and says: "'The Star Spangled...
h/t @jollyrulezIn a conversation with a @jollyrulez yesterday, he just made me realize that the only Olympic medals given out during the closing ceremony were all claimed by African Marathon runners - ensuring that...
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The frontrunner in the contest for the new Hockey Night in Canada song is a compilation of animal noises and banging sounds. Sort of like a K-Fed song. This creation ("song" is perhaps overstepping it) has been...
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A jazz singer shocked some Denver residents after replacing the words to the national anthem with those of the "Black National Anthem" during the annual State of the City address this week. While the words are rather...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor It's not a French or English thing! It is a Canadian I am too busy with my own selfish little world to bother to learn the words thing. That is only a small...
Having two weeks ago axed the famous Hockey Night in Canada theme song, CBC is trying to find a new jingle through a nation wide, public contest in which Canadians are invited to submit their own compositions. The...
It looks like the Chinese government doesn't ban all political rallies. This is starting to get very ugly."BEIJING - China appeared to be trying to rein in a growing nationalistic fervor, urging its citizens to be "calm" and "rational" in the face of anti-Western...
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After relocating to the Arizona desert from the San Francisco Bay Area, famed pop-artist, musician and singer/songwriter, Ukulele Ray, was so taken by his new community, that he penned an anthem about the city and...
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Famed pop-artist, musician and singer/songwriter, Ukulele Rayannounces the release of his new album "My Heart Belongs to Uke."The new CD features Ukulele Ray, performing several of his original songs,including his...
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The New York Philharmonic orchestra played "The Star Spangled Banner" in Pyongyang, North Korea, today.The Associated Press is working with NowPublic to help get coverage from people affected by this story. We are...
There are plenty of legitimate things to say about Obama and every other nominee this season but fixating on badges of flair doesn't seem like one of them. "
WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack...
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I'd imagine that hearing lyrics to Spain's once wordless national anthem is like biting into a defective seedless watermelon. "MADRID, Spain - An old quirk of Spanish history - a national anthem with no lyrics -...
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To honor the recent passing of famed pop-artist and singer, Ukulele Ray's mother, he combined his sadness and song-writing skills into an anthem to her memory.
"I want to dedicate this song to my Mom, and to ALL...
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24 hours later and the true extend of this nation's devastation is all dominating. As a visitor (permanent resident) of this great nation (New Zealand), I can feel the collective sorrow of its people. This nation is...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorApparently being Healthy is not good enough in a image and youth based society.It is so tragic that young pre teen women feel peer pressure in that they must fit into a...