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Interesting NYT article says Iraq may have tried to cut last minute deal with US (Perle) to avoid war.
woo hoo
donnie baseball is back. and fwiw, he should definitely grow back the mustache.
this is the weekend of the wfmu record fair : note the man behind the super karaoke fun band is part time dog-walker, full time rocker and once apon a time work dog sitter-inner OTIS BALL. also note kraut rock, Beefheart and But Hole Surfers film clips
Ok, it's 5:30 pm and it's pretty much dark here. This is one of those east coast jokes, right?
a friend and member of my book club, maud, gets her blog talked up in nymag. way to go maud!
Sacramento Bee's 4 part series on The Patriot Act.
Via Editor & Publisher
hey Gerry, whats the story ? : THE VOLUPTUOUS HORROR OF KAREN BLACK at BB Kings in nyc on October 29th.
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Headed by founder Kembra Pfahler. New players are Adam Cardone, Dave Weston and Buz. The girls of karen black will be in the show with special guest Antony. - I guess, thats the story Gerry
ps: if anyone saw this show pls advise how it was w/o guitar rockgod samoa in line up
"The wounded get dumped at home and soon forgotten. But you're right about the antiseptic nature of coverage. There was a story by Dana Milbank recently in the Washington Post that the Pentagon is not going to allow news coverage and photography of dead soldiers' homecoming on military bases. Show 'em marching off to war but make damned sure we don't see 'em coming back in pieces. It's the Barbara Bush syndrome as official policy. Remember what she told Diane Sawyer earlier this year. "Why should we hear about body bags, and deaths … Why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that …" No wonder her son is the only president in our time who has not attended any memorials or funerals for soldiers killed in action on his watch."
Buzzflash interview with Bill Moyers on media and media reform.
life is full of new experiences, today i got bit by a pit bull blend dog, she got two teeth in and riped my jean leg right off, best part of it was how short the emergency room visit took....
F1L3 S4ar1ng
Sey Hersh on Stovepipe
yippie tales
steal steal this book
Singer/Songwriter Elliott Smith Found Dead, An Apparent Suicide
Please stand up: Real Video clip of Cat Power doing a karoake Slim Shady. (via fimoculous)
NYTimes editorial subhead: "The return of riders to the Staten Island ferry on Thursday morning was a testament to the resilience of Staten Islanders." I guess that's true if by resilient they mean "broke," "overextended," and/or "working for heartless employers." (As many people are these days--hello? NYTimes?)
from the WTF desk : bush/schwarzennegger taking back california '04
get a load of these mooks. one thumb up ?
this rocks the baby's room
anybody seen any fall colors?? this could be a peak weekend??
Anyone see this photo yet?
via buzzflash
Nice map, Alex!
the meaning of every thing
i need to listen no more...
Lovevibe Album of the Year:
Gillian Welch "Soul Journey"
Jumping ship
Ralph Peters (“the thinking man’s Tom Clancy”?) on Bush’s cynical, election-driven betrayal of the Kurds:
President Bush? If he betrays the Kurds, as he appears blithely ready to do, there is at least one vote he will not get in the next election.
Because international issues trump all others in this dangerous age, many of us have given Bush a pass on his greedy, polarizing domestic agenda as long as his foreign policy appeared effective, courageous and wise.
But selling out the Kurds would cancel every one of Bush's promises and successes. If the Democrats want traction against Bush's achievements abroad - which the president appears all too ready to sacrifice - the administration's abrupt, opportunistic disregard of Kurdish interests would be a good place to start.
Unfortunately, most of America doesn’t know Kurds from whey, and couldn’t care less…