National Anthem

And Now, If You Will All Please Rise and Place Your Fingers In Your Ears

Hayes Permar | Posted 11.13.2009 | Sports


Hayes Permar

We're in Star-Spangled season when football, basketball and hockey overlap. This means there's a scramble to fill game slates with national anthem singers. It also means some renditions will be butchered.

VIDEO: JESSICA SIMPSON SINGS NATIONAL ANTHEM AT AT&T National Golf Tournament

Hip Hop Music | Posted 08.03.2009 | Home


A new video shows Jessica Simpson displaying her infamous over-the-top facial expressions while belting out the National Anthem at the AT&T National g...

Iceland Independence Day: We Worship Our God (Mammon) And Die

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 07.18.2009 | World


Iris Erlingsdottir

Today on Iceland's Independence Day the national anthem has been a real tear jerker for me, evoking in me a sadness and heartache that my brain usually reserves for funerals.

Oh, Say Can You Sing? A National Anthem to Remember

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.28.2009 | Entertainment


Robert J. Elisberg

There is in the American consciousness for notable performances of the National Anthem at sporting events. But for sheer emotional joy, it's hard to top what happened on April 27,2003

O Say Can You Stop?

Ken Levine | Posted 02.20.2009 | Entertainment


Ken Levine

The National Anthem is not a five-minute blues number. It is not a sultry torch song. Do not use it to impress the chicks. The Star Spangled Banner is not catnip for horny women.

An American Tune

Anne Hill | Posted 01.09.2009 | Entertainment


Anne Hill

It's one of those weird things, the patriotic hymns of your youth still live in your heart somewhere, despite all the things you learn in the meantime.

John C. Reilly, Flea, Shepard Fairey, Miri Ben-Ari, Russell Simmons, Marc Ecko, MC Yogi (Obama-Inspired VIDEOS)

Ben Arnon | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics


Ben Arnon

"If you choose to exercise your right to vote, your opinion matters. A banker's vote carries the same weight as a skateboarder, a farmer or someone who is unemployed."