February 2008
17 posts
A Great Leap Forward - New York Times →
Happy 6th Birthday Cullen Jones! The what how and why of leap year…..thanks (or curses) to the excellently named Pope Gregory XIII
The Salinger of Indie Rock. What Happened to Jeff... →
An update on the artist who created “In the Aeroplane Over The Sea”, which I wrote about back on the 11th.
Obama's a Mac, Clinton's a PC →
Love the bit where the prospective Mac/Obama buyer wonders if the Mac will open his old PC (Clinton?) files…..
The album has to be listened to as a whole but...
stereogum: Ten Years Of In The Aeroplane Over The... →
This is the Album. More than any other Band/Song album, this is the one. 10 years on it is still shatttering every time I listen to it and I’m not kidding when I say that a week Never goes by that I don’t listen to at least one of the songs. Some people really hate this record though, which is strange because it is so heartfelt and transcendent and maybe they haven’t lived...
California is in the Bag… for Someone by Devilstower Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 05:32:54 AM PST Only hours before the polls open, two of the biggest polling operations have turned in their final verdict on today’s vote in California. And the verdict is: someone is really, really, really wrong. California (370 Delegates) Reuters / Zogby 2/4 Barack Obama 49% Hillary Clinton 36% ...
So I went to vote in Brooklyn this morning. About 7:45, there was a short line; probably waited about 5 minutes. Fort Greene is a mixed neighborhood and the whites tend to lean left (like a palm in a hurricane), so I’m figuring a good showing for Obama. While waiting my turn at the machine, and pondering 9iu11ani and Thompson still on the Repub ballots, an 80 something looking woman...
The Obama Opportunity - WSJ.com →
A pro-Obama opinion piece in todays WSJ from 3 very high ranking female pols: The Governors of Arizona and Kansas, and the Senator from Missouri
“One thing is clear, however: whichever candidate does get the nomination, his or...”
– The Edwards Effect - New York Times The Primary is Tuesday and Lisa and I have been unable to find anyone in our circle that is not voting for Obama. Yeah, I know we are in an upscale, racially mixed neighborhood, and Brooklyn is the bluest area in the bluest city, but hey, the media is still...