I should have uploaded this earlier in the day, but didn’t think of it till now. It’s my patriotic 9/11 anthem — a theme song for the war on terror, if you will, reminding us of why we must fight and defeat the bastards who attacked us four years ago today.
I created the anthem, mixing together various sound clips, in 2001 and early 2002, using Syntrillium’s Cool Edit 2000 software (which is now known as Adobe Audition 1.5, apparently) on my old Dell PC. The music — the Battle Hymn of the Republic — is sung, ironically enough, by the Russian Red Army Choir. The sound clips run the gamut from George Bush and Tony Blair to David Letterman and Abe Lincoln (or, um, someone pretending to be Abe Lincoln, anyway). Anyway, enjoy! And feel free to redistribute as you will; please just give me credit, and a link if at all possible.
P.S. On a related note, photos of this year’s “Tribute in Light” are here and here. My photo of the 2003 version, as seen from Staten Island — with the beams perfectly framing the red-white-and-blue Empire State Building, and with the Statue of Liberty on one side and the Chrysler Building on the other — is here. Truly one of the most breathtaking sights I’ve ever seen.
P.P.S. Mark Steyn is right about at least one thing: 9/11 wasn’t just a “tragedy,” it was an act of war. Or, if you’re uncomfortable with the language of war, at least call it an atrocity — not a “tragedy.” Katrina was a tragedy. 9/11 was an atrocity. As Steyn quotes a like-minded fellow as saying: “I never heard my grampa talk about ‘the tragedy of Pearl Harbor.’” Indeed.
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Categories: Audio clips, Terrorism & Homeland Security
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September 11th, 2005 at 10:44:57 pm
Beautiful.
September 11th, 2005 at 11:08:49 pm
Brendan…GREAT! SUPERB! Katrina coverage. FYI: I had Cool Edit 2000 on my office computer a couple of years ago. Syntrillium is no more, and the software is now sold as Adobe Audition 1.5. The CE2K-compatible upgrade is $169, double the price of the original.
September 11th, 2005 at 11:09:47 pm
Did you watch the Flight Who Fought Back on Discovery? Unreal stuff … I didn’t know the Flight 93’s cock pit recording, at least the last five minutes, have not been released to the public yet. Very moving.
September 12th, 2005 at 11:59:51 am
Absolutely moving. How fast we have forgotten.
September 12th, 2005 at 2:54:53 pm
Great work. Lest we forget.
October 4th, 2005 at 7:45:52 pm
9/11 was an act of war?
By what country?
Terrorism is a tactic, not a war.
If you had any balls, you’d stop making propagandist MP3’s and get your ass over to Iraq and fight. Instead, you and your kind are responsible for the continuing senseless killing in Iraq.
Bring the troops home now!
April 8th, 2006 at 12:42:36 am
Dan, I agree with what you say about 9/11. In an ideal world, I would indeed like “those that were uncomfortable [with the term “act of war”] to try to adjust their politically correct terminalogy with the reality of what had occurred.” Unfortunately, we don’t live in an ideal world, and an awful lot of people are going to remain uncomfortable with terminology involving the word “war” no matter what I say, because they’ll see it as justifying the machinations of the Evil Bush Administration etc. So I am trying to get those folks to take small steps. The word “tragedy” is woefully inadequate; the term “act of war” is best, but the word “atrocity” is at least considerably better than “tragedy,” so what I’m saying is, “Call it an an act of war, but at least call it an atrocity, not a tragedy.” My suggestion is an example of not letting the perfect be an enemy of the good. Better to have 50% of the country calling it an “act of war,” 30% calling it an “atrocity,” and 20% calling it a “tragedy,” rather than a 50-50 split between “act of war” and “tragedy.” Does that make sense? I’m just trying to be realistic and still promote accuracy in terminology. The MOST important thing, to me, is that we not allow 9/11 to be seen as a mere “tragedy,” along the lines of Katrina, the tsunami, etc. Terminology matters, and it is crucial that we all at least acknowledge that it was an attack, an “atrocity,” and not a mere “tragedy.” We should also all acknowledge that it was an act of war, but if I can’t have that, I’ll take “atrocity” until the universal realization of its status as an “act of war” comes along.
[Editor’s note: This comment was more coherent when Dan’s comment still actually existed. I’m not sure where it went.]
June 2nd, 2006 at 5:47:35 pm
I just wanted to say that this work of yours is great. I am a solider due to deploy over there and I wanted to make a CD of 9/11 songs. I added your tribute to the CD and brought it in to my unit and played it there. It was enjoyed by all that heard it. Thank you, from an American Soldier.
June 18th, 2006 at 5:39:37 pm
Frankus………You get your ass to Iraq you obviously dont understand jack shit. You dont understand an act of war.
September 11th, 2006 at 6:53:44 pm
Frankus is apparently on the side of the terrorists like most left-wing idiots.
I love his argument - if you were a man you’d go fight in Iraq, but instead you’re responsible for the continued fighting in Iraq?? I think Frankus is a few fries shy of a Happy Meal.
January 18th, 2007 at 8:43:06 pm
Technically he was executed a few minutes before sunset- which means he was not executed on the day of the Eid, just a few minutes before.Oooops