April 2009
10 posts
That's One Popular Lady
I thought people liked our First Lady, but this is d-riculous. According to Gallup and the can-we-fit-another-pie-chart-on-the-front-page USA Today, 79% say they approve of the way Michelle Obama is handling her duties. A mere 8% (for shame, Oklahoma) disapprove of her. Her husband is at 65/29 in the same poll. “Fortunately, she’s agreed not to run against us,” joked David Axelrod. Among D’s, she’s 94/1 … with R’s, 64/17.
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“Venezuela is a country whose defense budget is probably 1/600th of the United States’. They own Citgo. It’s unlikely that as a consequence of me shaking hands or having a polite conversation with Mr. Chavez that we are endangering the strategic interests of the United States. I don’t think anybody can find any evidence that that would do so. Even within this imaginative crowd, I think you would be hard-pressed to paint a scenario in which U.S. interests would be damaged as a consequence of us having a more constructive relationship with Venezuela.”
—POTUS; It’s nice to have a Democrat who doesn’t cower every time the Right attacks on national security matters. (Love the “imaginative crowd” line.)
'I’m a Bulletproof Tiger Man!'
HBO did me a solid and picked up ‘Eastbound & Down’ for a second season … so earth will get another dose of filthy ex-baller Kenny Powers sometime next year. One of my favorite parts of the show, besides Kenny’s Powerisms (“Fundamentals are a crutch for the talentless”), are the times we get to hear selections from ‘You’re Fucking Out, I’m Fucking In,’ his poignant audio biography:
'Gray' Area
Kevin Buckley is the most talented person I know. It was a one-man show on Grace Basement’s debut LP, ‘New Sense,’ and every bit of it was thoughtful, tastefully lush and most excellent. ‘Gunmetal Gray’ is the follow-up and due this month spring on Dren Records, though unsure of exacts. He’s posted the whole thing on the band’s Web site, but I’ll be puchasing my copy promptly.
Posted here is the first half of the album. No clue on the track titles (save for ‘Tilly Lingers’ @ 3:32), and I’ve made it a point not to listen to side 2 yet.
1. ‘There He Goes’
2. ‘Tilly Lingers’
3. ‘Back of the Moon’
4. ‘Bad Design’
5. ‘Why Would I Wait for Another?’
‘Tilly’ is tasty. Love the Irish pipes (?) and the exhilerating breakdown-turned-burst of energy @ 5:37. There is also an 8-second vocal interlude in particular that would get the seal of approval of Brian Wilson, were he not currently a bag of mixed nuts. Also dig the banjer (my old clawhammer?).
It is a fine piece of work, and I’m thinking up ways to spread the word via work-related channels. Enjoy.
