Paris Uprising May 1968

ha, fancy that.

maybe

maybe we as a public need to follow obama’s campaign and pivot towards the general election and upcoming referendum on the occupation of iraq. maybe we should just start referring to obama as “The President,” and maybe our doing so will make him seem all the more, you know, presidential. check out this display of president-esque potential president-ness.

i’m sick of this half-assed psychodrama.  they are no longer talking about issues at all, besides the “issues” that they have with each other. where’s Edwards?

the expression “circular firing squad” keeps coming up in conversations about the election, these days, you know? please discuss.

just checking in

i am currently amidst heavy academic writing as part of a collaboration w/ jen and another awesome person who will not be named.

abilene is carrying me through. who in this readership have i not pushed abilene upon?  sewanee people: their second album sounds, like, halfway between demasiado and congratulations.

constitutive dualisms

i’m rehearsing for a new sitcom entitled constitutive dualisms starring larry dwyer.

anyway, i had a question for you people:

which do you prefer, the Barnes and Nobles or, perhaps, do you, maybe, ultimately prefer Borders?

….hmmm. have you heard this rumor?  isn’t it weird to think of bookstores as constituents of financial markets and all the stochastic trappings of speculative capitalism? bookstores!

i guess it’s better to forego all this careering capital and get our books at the union shop with a better buyer and equally easy, nation-wide internet retail capacity.  

omg

wow, thanks shellfish.

raise him up and remember him. view him.

prisonship mourns the passing – but not the passage – of Actor Richard Widmark.

Barack Obama in Salem, OR

in the great capitol city of Salem, OR.

Springsteen – Backstreets

even the haters cannot deny this era.

barney and “the latte crowd”

barney frank has been really playing to the calistoga crowd lately. first he hits on the need for vigorous oversight on financial speculation, and now he’s got some things to say about marijuana possession.
all that and a lisp! next he is going to come out in favor of nationalizing whole foods, right?

PrisonKos, MidAfternoon Open Dread

1. So while the Richardson boost comes down, the “major speech on race” resonates and the path to victory looks more and more perilous for Sen. Clinton, Obama’s peeps are nonetheless ramping up the oppositional rhetoric... A good idea? I think so, actually, as long as its via surrogates. You?
2. Note my man and blog-peer DRADAMS shares the love for the new Bob Mould, tho I myself won’t be joining him at the hyperbolic heights of calling District Line better than Zen Arcade, Copper Blue, Beaster or my newly-discovered fave Flip Your Wig. Badasses no less well known that Jason and Malone will be attending the March 28th, full-band show at the Doug Fir in Portland. Anybody else wanna get in? Does anybody know if Fugazi warrior Brendan Canty will be on drums, or does anybody wanna opine about their fave Mould-related alb of the moment?
3. Maybe my glumness is just, maybe, because of the finality of the Wire’s finale setting in. ‘Looking forward to David Simon’s next move, though. Unlike health care mandates and Hugo Chavez, I’m happy to report that Barry O’Bama and I agree on the Wire, which has replaced Twin Peaks in the halls of my echelons. Your favorite television show is what?