a sky of limbs

I love this video of Patrick Watson playing in Paris. It makes...

Wed, 20 May 2009 17:09:09 -0400

I love this video of Patrick Watson playing in Paris. It makes me smile.

"Following the Republican Party of late has been a movingly depressing experience, sort of like..."

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:56:20 -0400

“Following the Republican Party of late has been a movingly depressing experience, sort of like watching Old Yeller die — if Old Yeller were a worm-infested feral bitch who spent the past eight years biting children at bus stops and shitting in neighborhood swimming pools.”

- Matt Taibbi - Rolling Stone

I freaking love this.

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:08:26 -0400

I freaking love this.

feel good song of the year. K’Naan - take a minute

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:59:00 -0400

feel good song of the year.

K’Naan - take a minute

"There is a reason it used to be a crime in the Confederate states to teach a slave to read: Literacy..."

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:50:11 -0400

“There is a reason it used to be a crime in the Confederate states to teach a slave to read: Literacy is power. In the age of the CDS and CDO, most of us are financial illiterates. By making an already too-complex economy even more complex, Wall Street has used the crisis to effect a historic, revolutionary change in our political system — transforming a democracy into a two-tiered state, one with plugged-in financial bureaucrats above and clueless customers below.”

- Matt Taibi - Read this now: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/26793903/the_big_takeover/print

"The state is now being asked not just to call off its regulators or give tax breaks or funnel a few..."

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:40:23 -0400

“The state is now being asked not just to call off its regulators or give tax breaks or funnel a few contracts to connected companies; it is intervening directly in the economy, for the sole purpose of preserving the influence of the megafirms. In essence, Paulson used the bailout to transform the government into a giant bureaucracy of entitled assholedom, one that would socialize “toxic” risks but keep both the profits and the management of the bailed-out firms in private hands. Moreover, this whole process would be done in secret, away from the prying eyes of NASCAR dads, broke-ass liberals who read translations of French novels, subprime mortgage holders and other such financial losers.”

- Matt Taibi

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Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:31:06 -0400

The Decemberists - The Hazard of Love 2 (Wager All) Really,...

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:09:20 -0400

The Decemberists - The Hazard of Love 2 (Wager All)

Really, really digging the new Decemberists album. Truly amazing to write a rock opera about lovers, woodland creatures, murdered children - and it a) sounds awesome and b) doesn’t come across as silly.

Brackett, WI by Bon Iver From the Dark Was The Night compilation...

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:27:52 -0500

Brackett, WI by Bon Iver

From the Dark Was The Night compilation by 4AD

This guys continues improving - 2nd CD could be special.

"If it sounds like Jindal is targeting his speech to a room full of fourth graders, that’s..."

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:15:14 -0500

“If it sounds like Jindal is targeting his speech to a room full of fourth graders, that’s because he is. They might be the next people to actually vote for Republicans again.”

- Nate Silver, 538.com

"Honestly, the Republican’s response to Barack Obama’s first state of the union, was to..."

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:37:40 -0500

“Honestly, the Republican’s response to Barack Obama’s first state of the union, was to invoke government failure during Katrina… as a model… for how to move forward as a country. I know that I am paid to talk for a living - I am incapable of doing that right now…””

- Rachel Maddow

With all the Republican whining going around, its easy to forget...

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:11:05 -0500

With all the Republican whining going around, its easy to forget they are good at ONE thing - keeping the increase in national debt essentially linear. Why the hell does anyone trust them on anything?

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Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:32:26 -0500

"The only job that cures cancer is the job that is curing cancer. The rest of us are just paying..."

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:40:08 -0500

“The only job that cures cancer is the job that is curing cancer. The rest of us are just paying rent.”

Yes right wingers, you’re right. The New Deal was a...

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:28:31 -0500

Yes right wingers, you’re right. The New Deal was a disaster and WWII saved everything.

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Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:46:24 -0500

"From the outset, the Republicans in Washington pored over the bill to find trivial issues to make..."

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:44:55 -0500

“From the outset, the Republicans in Washington pored over the bill to find trivial issues to make hay with. They found some small funding for HIV and sexually transmitted diseases prevention; they jumped up and down about renovating the national mall; they went nuts over a proposal - wait for it - to make some government buildings more energy-efficient; they acted as if green research and federal funds for new school building were the equivalent of funding terrorism. And this after eight years in which they managed to turn a surplus into a trillion-dollar deficit and added a cool $32 trillion to the debt the next generation will have to pay for. Every now and again their chutzpah and narcissism take one’s breath away. But it’s all they seem to know.”

- Andrew Sullivan

"The last thing that I think we are looking for at this juncture is advice on fiscal integrity or..."

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:11:20 -0500

“The last thing that I think we are looking for at this juncture is advice on fiscal integrity or ethics from Karl Rove.”

- David Axelrod

Cymbal Rush - Thom Yorke - The Eraser I love this song.

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:15:41 -0500

Cymbal Rush - Thom Yorke - The Eraser

I love this song.

awesome.

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:32:58 -0500

awesome.