Well, that about sums it up for me.

As has been my tradition, I am making available for today only the full audio recording of Dr. Marting Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech *[mp3] - all 16 minutes of this landmark speech. This is for educational and non-commercial purposes only.

I am featuring this for 24 hours because it is still copyrighted by the King family, but I believe that this monumental speech denouncing all hate and warmongering in the world deserves to be in the public domain. Rev. King's message is the most succinct voice for peace that graced America in the last fifty years.

* This audio recording was removed on Tuesday.

(2) LSU 38, (1) Ohio St. 24

Here is my top 25 top artists of the year 2008 according to LastFM (I was really smitten by the Amelie Sountrack):

1. Yann Tiersen - 1,015 plays
2. The Arcade Fire - 697 plays
3. Led Zeppelin - 482 plays
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers - 458 plays plays
5. Beastie Boys - 378 plays
6. The National - 344 plays
7. John Lennon - 321 plays
8. Devotchka & Mychael Danna - 308 plays
9. DeVotchKa - 277 plays
10. TV on the Radio - 277 plays
11. R.E.M. - 265 plays
12. The Kleptones - 262 plays
13. Sufjan Stevens - 261 plays
14. The Who - 252 plays
15. Modest Mouse - 236 plays
16. The Beatles - 228 plays
17. Lyle Lovett - 213 plays
18. Nelly Furtado - 189 plays
19. Coldplay - 161 plays
20. Wilco - 134 plays
21. Ben Kweller - 133 plays
22. N.W.A - 131 plays
23. Counting Crows - 127 plays
24. Cat Power - 127 plays
25. José González - 117 plays

Below are my Top 25 Tracks of 2008 according to LastFM:

1. DeVotchKa – You Love Me - 77 plays
2. Yann Tiersen – La Valse D'Amelie (piano version) - 72 plays
3. DeVotchKa – How It Ends - 71 plays
4. Yann Tiersen – La Valse D'Amelie - 67 plays
5. Timbaland Featuring Justin Timberlake & Nelly Furtado – Give It To Me - 66 plays
6. Devotchka & Mychael Danna – The Winner Is - 65 plays
7. The Arcade Fire – Intervention - 64 plays
8. Yann Tiersen – Les Jours tristes (instrumental) - 64 plays
9. Yann Tiersen – Comtine D'un Autre Ete: L'apres Midi - 63 plays
10. Nelly Furtado – Promiscuous - 62 plays
11. Nelly Furtado – All Good Things (Come to an End) - 61 plays
12. Yann Tiersen – La Noyee - 61 plays
13. Yann Tiersen – L'autre valse d'Amelie - 60 plays
14. Yann Tiersen – A quai - 59 plays
15. Yann Tiersen – J'y suis jamais alle - 58 plays
16. Yann Tiersen – La Valse D'Amelie (orchestra version) - 58 plays
17. Yann Tiersen – Si Tu N'etais Pas La - 55 plays
18. The National – Fake Empire - 54 plays
19. The Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies) 53 plays
20. Devotchka & Mychael Danna – We're Gonna Make It - 52 plays
21. The Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - 52 plays
22. The Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) - 52 plays
23. Yann Tiersen – LaValse Des Monstres - 51 plays
24. The Arcade Fire – Une Année Sans Lumiere - 50 plays
25. DeVotchKa – Til the End of Time - 50 plays
26. Sufjan Stevens – Chicago - 50 plays
27. Sinéad O'Connor – Untold Stories - 50 plays

Wow, it certainly is Christmas in January!

Barak Obama wins the Democratic Iowa Caucus with John Edwards and Hillary Clinton a close second, crazy Mike Huckabee won a decisive victory over Romney, Ron Paul beat Giuliani, and Giuliani was in 6th place!

It is clear who has the momentum in this race: Democrats. Just under 220,000 Democrats versus around 115,000 Republicans caucused tonight. All three Democratic front-runners would make excellent Presidents, compared to the whole field of Republican candidates.

Break out the popcorn on Tuesday and be sure to watch the New Hampshire Primary in order to witness the modern GOP implode. If Romney can't win in NH he is over and McCain will become the De facto leader of the race (the Beltway media is already doing this). Huckabee has little chance of winning NH, but if he comes in second, then the race will heat up between the evangelical Christians and the financial conservative coalitions.

As for the Democrats, Iowa has certainly given Obama momentum but if he doesn't translate that to another win in NH, then the narrative will become that he is untested and can't last. Edwards is best seated to take advantage of his "surprising" win in Iowa, where Clinton will be seen as fading as her numbers have nowhere to go but down.

Eight more months until the Democratic and Republican Conventions and anything can happen.

Per the Great Circle Mapper and my My Year in Airports 2007 list, I flew 91,710 miles in 2007.

That's a lot!