sounds from the History of Japan meme by bill wurtz (more to be added soon)

The Internet, as most now know, is an enormous array of autonomous computer networks but Senator Ted Stevens sees it, a series of tubes. His comments have spawned musical spinoffs,and now he has been convicted for handing out big money giveways for republican polictical gains. Ted is Republican and endorsed by another Alaska politician Sarah Palin.

Today let's put names to more seemingly famous sounds. Sounds that are usually associated with famous musicians through side projects and collaborations.

Arthur Neville Chamberlain (1869 - 1940) was a British prime minister between 1937 and 1940, and is closely associated with the policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany. He believed that Germany had been badly treated by the Allies after it was defeated in the First World War.

Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. It was the sixth-strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the third-strongest hurricane on record that made landfall in the U.S.

2008 Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain squared off in the 2nd of 3 Debates on October 7th 2008 at Belmont University Nashville Tennessee. Here are some audio clip highlights for historical reference and entertainment.

Perhaps no athlete better symbolized the human struggle against tyranny, poverty and racial bigotry. His personal triumphs as a world-class athlete and record holder were the prelude to a career devoted to helping others.

Douglas MacArthur lived his entire life, from cradle to grave, in the United States Army. He spent his early years in remote sections of New Mexico, where his father, Arthur MacArthur Jr. was assigned. His career and his rousing speeches were legendary. MacArthur died on April 5, 1964.

Mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin survived the August 29, 2005 Katrina Hurricane disaster. These audio clips document his stuggle to govern during this catastrophic time in American History.

Explores the campaigns of Asia's great historic leaders, also describes the course of more recent wars such as World Wars I and II, the Israeli-Arab Wars, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Gulf War.

Lyndon Baines Johnson also known as LBJ in his time was the 36th President of the United States. He was elected President in his own right in a landslide in 1964.Here are some of his important audio clips.

Most western historians, especially at the height of the Cold War, viewed the October Revolution as a brilliantly organized military coup d' etat led by the fanatical Lenin. These songs describe and glorify the revolution and was made to commemorate the event.

Ever wonder what's the most played and most recognized bass line of all time. Check out some of them...

Some say Jack is a brilliant scientist who invented a great thing. It kills sick people without suffering or any pain. Some say his euthanasia machine makes him a murderer and he has no right to be Doctor Death.

James Watson, is one of the most important researchers in the field of genetics. Watson has always been a controversial figure in biology, he is known as the "infant terrible" of molecular biology and the discoverer of the DNA Molecule.

Audio clips of US statesman and 26th president (1901-1909) Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt. He was the fifth cousin of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. His intellectual interests did much to elevate the tone of American politics.

Elie Wiesel, a Romanian-born American writer, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1986. He writes to testify, and to justify his own survival. He was a survivor of the horrors of the Holocaust in 1945.

Philip J. Corso was an American U.S. Army officer.Listen how Corso describes how he was involved in the research of extraterrestrial technology recovered from the 1947 Roswell UFO crash.