Musitorial, noun, a mashup of musics, musings and editorials: music and song that evoke thought and commentary.
Gosh, I long ago promised myself I’d refrain from being too harsh or too ‘holier-than-thou’ or too cruel by poking fun while pointing fingers at someone else’s misfortune, but every once in awhile something pops up in the news that is just too good/bad to resist.
Just such an opportunity arose last week when international media revealed the CEO of Nvidia, a Mr. Jensen Huang, was (as they say) caught with his pants down in a love affair with Alice Huang (no familial relation) an alleged Chinese spy.
Mr. Huang is on the record as admitting to the affair, so that part is (as they say) up for grabs. Right?
It’s no secret that Nvidia is one of the world’s preeminent manufacturers of microchips. If the spy accusation is accurate, would it be fair to say that this is a case of A.I. (Asian Infidelity)? Would it be in order to say that he’s pretty much cashed in his chips? Or, because he’s admitted to the moral omission, it would also be fair to say that he when the chips were down, he folded.
I’m sure readers could think of a few more.
Today’s musitorial comes with a really fun song recorded by the Pointer Sisters (1973) from their eponymous album. “Wang Dang Doodle” (written by Willie Dixon, David Rubinson, prod., original recording, Howlin’ Wolf, 1960) is a really, really fun song. Enjoy!
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Link to (tinyurl) CTV news article about the Huang story: https://tinyurl.com/bdf77n8d
Link to Genius.com entry for the song, lyrics and a play link for the song “Wang Dang Doodle”: https://genius.com/The-pointer-sisters-wang-dang-doodle-lyrics
Link to Wikipedia.org entry on The Pointer Sisters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pointer_Sisters
Link to Wikipedia.org entry for the song, “Wang Dang Doodle”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Dang_Doodle
Link to Wikipedia.org entry for Howlin’ Wolf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howlin'_Wolf
Link to Wikipedia.org entry on Nvidia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
Link to Nvidia home page: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/
