Friday Random Ten

Solar Sister -- The Posies
Don't You Evah -- Spoon
Working Class Hero -- John Lennon
Walls -- My Dad Is Dead
Torn Curtain -- Television
Sick Day -- Fountains Of Wayne
Chewing Gum -- Elvis Costello
M.I.A. -- Foo Fighters
We're Having Much More Fun --X
The Kids Don't Stand A Chance -- Vampire Weekend

DEVO

Wham Im Your Man lyrics

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Here's a chunk of the video from Don't Shoot, offa the new album. Goll dang, I love these guys.

And another one, and another one

...another one bites the dust.

James Kilpatrick dead at 89. While the right continues to prop up contemporary versions of these neo-cons, (Savage, Coulter, Rush, Hannity, Beck, etc.) few were hardly as vitriolic, cruel and mean-spirited than the man who famously declared himself "10 miles to the right of Ivan the Terrible".

Rest in turmoil, asshat.

And on another festive note, flame thrower extraordinaire and "internet shock jock', Hal Turner had a particularly bad Friday the 13. He was convicted of threatening 3 Chicago area Federal judges with murder via his rabid promotion of guns. The over/under on sentencing for these kinds of shenanigans is oh, about ten years or so. Looks like Hal won't be playing with any of his steel blue toys for a good while to come.

Is is just me, or is today going swell or what?

Sitting Seder

Here's another great lo-fi videditorial by Sam that I found over at Atrios' joint. I figured I'd cross post since I have so many more readers than he does.

I've never felt that Net Neutrality was all that hot of a topic. However, according to Sam, if Google and Verizon get their way, we've all got a bone to pick with WebComm giants tout suite!

Arcade Fire

I'm finally going to run out today and get the new Arcade Fire cd this morning. Everyone is just raving about the release including Mr. Benton, (who I saw at Bernie's hilariously apt University of Cincinnati Women in Architecture Scholarship Fund benefit gig last night), to big brother Dave who was fortunate enough to see AF at Lollapalooza last weekend and said that they were the bomb-diggity-bomb of the whole festival.

Regardless, here's a video from the Funeral record of one of my fave tunes.

Friday Random Ten

Can't Let Go -- Isaac Hayes
Fish & Bird -- Tom Waits
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue -- Ramones
P.S. 78 -- Gruppo Sportivo
The Call Of The Wreckin' Ball -- The Knitters
Take Me I'm Yours -- Squeeze
Step Up -- Devo
New Deep -- John Mayer
Green River -- Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bowels Of The Beast -- The Ravonettes

(I gotta say, even for me, this is a fairly diverse FR10. Crazy Ipod machine is whack, yo.)

Roasted Quayle

Oh goodness. The spawn of the stupidest man ever to hold higher office, (next to the Shrub) has issued this ad in his bid for Congress.

The silver spoon doesn't fall far from the fatted calf.

Somebody oughta knock the hell out of him.

Bob Herbert

Mr. Herbert says it as plainly as possible. It's a horror show.

We're deep in a crisis and nothing is being done to fix the problem. I've been reticent to produce many posts here on LMS that reflect my personal situation as it pertains to unemployment, but it's staggering.

Come the end of the month, it will have been three years since I discovered that my job was going away. Sure, we could've relocated to Phoenix as was offered, but who could've imagined that things would have gone so horribly off the rails. Plus, Phoenix fuckin' sucks.

By my estimate, I've applied for over 600 jobs that I was entirely suited to perform. I've been close to landing a couple of those only to lose out at the end. It has undermined every facet of my life, my sense of self worth, it has devastated our personal finances and has changed me irrevocably as a human being.

How everything will end up no one can know, but be sure of this; unless you're in the same boat you cannot know the pain and turmoil that this upheaval has caused myself and my small family.

You just can't.

Why we pay our taxes

Black is white, good is bad, up is down, etc...

This ridiculous clown car of a nation continues to blow my mind. From cutting off street lights, to laying off cops to allowing our bridges, rails and roads to rot, America is a dying land.

However, we continue to pour billions into a place no one really cares about just to prop up our military blood lust and our junkie habit need for oil.

I'm really around the bend these days. So fucked we are.

Welser-Most

We had a great time at Blossom last night.

If I weren't at rehearsal all week, I'd definitely go to one of these recording sessions. Franz Welser-Most if doing a super fantastic job of nou just keeping the Cleveland orchestra going, but really thriving in the shit economy.

Plus, I understand that he's a stone cold Bruckner freak, so this show ought to be sumpthin'.

Sam Seder

Sam Seder layin' it down, innertubes style. Looks like a nice day in the city when he shot this...

(Tip o' the lid to our special lady friend, Utah Savage.)

What a Country!

Hey, does everybody remember Yakov Smirnoff? Yeah, I thought so.

"What a Country" was his tagline as he issued forth another breathtaking observation of the odd greatness that was America during the end of the last century.

Well folks, here's one more milestone of where this nation is headed and how far we've fallen. Krugman does it again.

Oh, and by the by, don't forget that it's all Grover fucking Norquist's fault.

Friday Random Ten

Little Miss Understanding -- Graham Parker
Shanty For The Arethusa -- The Decemberists
Brand New Companion -- Steve Earle
Happiness -- Black Uhuru
Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You -- Lauryn Hill
The Killer Moon -- T Bone Burnett
Down By The River -- Neil Young
Bubble Gum Years -- Gomez
Casa Bey -- Mof Def
Paint It Black -- Rolling Stones

And...

You Are What You Is -- Frank Zappa

$70...same as in town

Well, it looks like we've coined a new phrase to define the haves vs. the havenots.

Richistan.

Iz sho hopes Iz kin git me some vittles from dat nice ol' lady down da block. Else, Iz gwanna hafta slit her throat in the night and takes alla her damn money.

Colbert

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I remember a long ago HBO special with Robin Williams live at the Roxy in L.A.

John Ritter was in the audience and chose the unfortunate option of taking Robin's bait of joining him onstage for some witty repartee and improv.

HUGE mistake. Ritter wasn't a half bad actor towards the end of his career (i.e. Slingblade), but he was a horrible hack as a comedian and Williams ate him alive onstage. It was extremely cringe worthy.

Watching Laura Ingraham try to keep up Colbert from last night's show put me in mind of that Robin Williams special.

Tool Time

It behooves each and every Ohion to make sure that John Kasich does not become the next Senator from the Buckeye state. Watch the video and then click here to link to Lee Fisher's website.

Howl

Just in time for my regular Franco fix, comes this post from Lance Mannion about the soon to be released Allen Ginsburh bio-pic. Looks great in the clip.

Oh, and I agree 100% with Lance's take on Ginsburg. We shall see about the film...

Sing along with Mitch

Mitch Miller died this weekend at the ripe old age of 99. Seriously, who knew he was still alive. Not I for one.

Anyway, those records where a staple of my youth at the grandparents house and played a role in my ever loving relationship with popular music.

There's even some excellent cheesy ads in this clip and Mitch's version of a "minstrel show". Yikes.

Now...let's all follow the bouncing ball!!

Arcade Fire

Yo. Have I mentioned lately how much I love Arcade Fire? I have? Good.

'cause I do, you know.

New album drops Tuesday...

Orwell

Ha. I read Keep The Aphidistra Flying a million years ago. This piece has about as apt a description of the book as I've heard.

Goodness me, this Tea Party business is quite the rage, innit?

Up is down.
Black is white.
You are me and we are all togethter.