Category: Miscellany

  • Give 'em hell, Johnny!

    Senator (and Democratic presidential candidate) John Edwards takes the incumbent administration to task for its oligarchic, anticapitalistic policies (On Rewarding Work And Creating Opportunity).

  • DeLaygate gathering steam

    Joshua Marshall is doing his usual bang-up job of covering every angle of the ongoing Tom DeLay scandal dealing with misuse of Homeland Security resources in the Texas redistricting conflict, and subsequent attempts to cover tracks.

  • Water man down

    I find myself standing in my room, narrating out loud to no one the fact that I am thirsty, instead of going and getting myself the glass of water I’ve been wanting for the last hour at least. The day is not going like it was supposed to. The day is going well. Hot, is…

  • Bottles and cans, just clap your hands

    Off to the Greek Theatre (in Berkeley) today to see a three-act show headed by Beck, whose journal is remarkably ordinary and down-to-earth, for a cockeyed Scientologist art-family rock superstar.

  • Origin of 'off the hook'?

    I first heard “off the hook” meaning “totally wild” or “out of control (in a good way)” a few years ago. (Example: “We’re hiring bellydancers and fire jugglers for the party – it’s going to be off the hook.”) Like so much innovative American language, it seemed to arise from the African-American community. But it…

  • A view from on the bus

    I am reminded that Mickey Hart is maintaining a Trip Diary for the Dead’s summer tour. The Flash-based interface is a little wiggy (doesn’t work at all for me in Mozilla) but the first journal entry is worth the effort to find (here’s a direct link to it), just for Mickey’s take on Memphis: [T]his…

  • Flashback, December 19, 1998

    It was the day Clinton was impeached. That day I attended the second of two live-CD release concerts by a now disbanded band called Zero. My review of those shows, typos and all, can still be found at JamBands.Com. Been doing a little more music writing lately. Want to do more. I should pitch some…

  • Pavlov's slug

    Well, this LiveJournal post showing pictures of a slug navigating a maze of salt has been circulating now for months but it only just hit my inbox yesterday.

  • Layoffs at Boston archdiocese

    I was reading B headlines from the Times this morning and I saw that in the wake of the priest-molestation scandals the Boston archdiocese is announcing a fiscal crisis and impending layoffs. “They’re going to lay off Jesus,” I said. “No,” said B, “they’re going to lay off some disciples.” “That’s right,” I said. “Actually,…

  • Credit where credit is due.

    Credit where Credit is due. Orcinus finds something to praise the Bush administration for: tamping down anti-Muslim rhetoric and avoiding the “clash of civilizations” interpretation of terror and middle-east politics.

  • Weee're back

    Well, that took longer than expected. I’m still getting things re-configured and re-set up at ol’ Open Publishing / ezone / x-everything industries, but most of the sites are at least now visible, and I may hope that we’ve cured the hacked-so-easily problem we had going there. In the meantime, off the air, I found…

  • Salam dunk

    Journalist Peter Maass confirms the suspicions of the “Salam is real” camp: Salam Pax Is Real – How do I know Baghdad’s famous blogger exists? He worked for me. Maybe this will help me convince my Kurdish friend Delshad that there’s an audience for more than just one Iraqi blogger?

  • Blog comment moderation controversy

    His playpen his rules, if you ask me (and you didn’t, and it’s too late now): Sam Ruby reserves the right…

  • DaveNet : New York Times Archive and Weblogs

    Hey, it’s an RSS flood as my various sites come back online and blogs start updating themselves as if by magic. I liked this piece by Dave: DaveNet : New York Times Archive and Weblogs, but as with all revolutionary visions, I find it to overstate the new equilibrium point, which I suspect will not…

  • Bass player offenses/fines list

    No saw like an old saw: bass player offenses and fines

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  • Oaktastic

    Oakland happy hour wednesday. Deadlines have killed my urge to blog lately. I’ve been in more of an unblogging mood. But news that Gwen’s Ladies (and Gents) Who Lunch is having its long promised post-work happy hour edition this week, Wednesday night have got me back typing into this here teeny text box. Teaser at…

  • Spoonfeeding the NYT

    David Kolodney sends us an update on a suspicion he had: Good Eye! This is mainly of journalistic interest, but I’m sending it around anyway, (It won’t be on the midterm): I guess I’m gloating. In the Washington Post yesterday, it came out that the NYT’s main WMD reporter, Judith Miller, has been channeling the…

  • Were the Grateful Dead Freemason Satanists?

    As seen on the Freemasonry Watch Discussion Forum. from Michael Z.

  • diamond joe. now playing:"Diamond Joe

    diamond joe. now playing: “Diamond Joe (Previously Unreleased)” by Bob Dylan [Exclusive]

  • "Joan Osborne Wakes the Dead".

    “Joan Osborne Wakes the Dead”. From RollingStone.com: “People like that social aspect of listening to the band,” Osborne says of the road legends. “You’re not just fan of the music, you are part of this community of people who are interested in seeing them in all different ways and collecting tapes, part of an underground…