Archive for May, 2008

or perhaps idiot culture^2?

I’m not sure what to say about this, but it is amazingly stupid.

We have an extra ticket in our possession, for sale, in case you haven’t heard. Contact for more info. The schedule just came out. My dream itinerary (outlined below) assumes one can live on music alone, because there’s clearly no time for dinner…

June 12 Thursday start 7pm
Superdrag
Soul Rebels Brass Band
Vampire Weekend

June 13 Friday start 1230pm
Drive-by Truckers
Jose Gonzalez
The Swell Season
The Raconteurs
Willie Nelson
Big Sam’s Funky Nation
Metallica
My Morning Jacket

June 14 Saturday start 130pm
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Little Feat
end of Ozomatli
BB King sneak off
Iron and Wine for a minute
Levon Helm
Kanye West or Jack Johnson
Pearl Jam
Phil Lesh and Friends
Chali 2na if still awake…

June 15 Sunday start 245pm
Robert Randolph (then a break for packing up)
Robert Plant & Allison Krauss featuring T Bone Burnett till 745

The Ever-Quotable Charles Barkley

Kid Figures Out How to Compost Plastic Bags

Everything’s Up-To-Date in Kansas City (Free Gun w/ Purchase of New Car)

Vice Prez Preliminary Matchups (Also Clark and Webb Not Mentioned Yet)

Crystal Skulls Are Hooey

So, Microsoft has developed a new search engine to rival froogle and they are sweetening the deal by giving a cashback bonus. And I am surprised to say it really works-well. I’ve been online shopping for a cargo bag to put on the roof of my car for about a week, trying to find the best deal. It only took about 20 minutes on Microsoft’s search engine to end up saving about $20 plus the $8.99 Microsoft is giving me. I highly recommend it.

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top 10 hopefuls

this lady is continuing to get some play

This is a second gratuitous Tom Waits suckfest.

Since I saw the video I have listened to only Waits and The Black Keys.

and been looking at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiW0PmjWdxM&feature=related

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltzing_Matilda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBdo4DL2cBM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAAzhm1YBBY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wfamPW3Eaw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74xpualjuhk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqV8mpTfBHc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wfamPW3Eaw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrkThaBWa5c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP1TC21QsnA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX1qpcDchD4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OLA6AiZlVw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOrG1r3S6ZA

can’t link worth crap

So some of these wives I interviewed used to be very active in Army support groups–real go-getters, true believers. Then they had a really bad experience or set of experiences that soured them on the whole deal, and now they’re pissed and no longer participate.

I need a word with which to characterize them. Help?

I haven’t really done much of this, but a halfway decent WaPo article about the husband’s unit was just published. I know all the soldiers quoted. Jensen, in fact, just took over his job as platoon leader.

Even if you’re not interested, there is an incisive metaphor buried in the article: “All of Iraq is like embers. Some places just flare up, so you constantly have to keep tending the embers. That’s the best we can do, is get them to embers. But Americans can’t extinguish the embers.”