Now Hearing- Dave Matthews Band – Crash Into Me
- Bruce Springsteen – Quarter to Three
- Santana – No One to Depend On
- The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Do You Wanna Get Heavy?
- The Flaming Lips – Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
- The Beatles – A Day in the Life
- Bob Dylan – If Not for You
- The Beatles – Money (That's What I Want)
- Sufjan Stevens – Vito’s Ordination Song
- Tom Waits – Big Black Mariah
Tag Archives: 2008-election
Must See TV?
October 10, 2008 – 12:05 pm
From Reuter’s Obama buys half-hour of network primetime: “Barack Obama has purchased a half-hour of primetime television on CBS and NBC, sources confirmed Thursday. The Obama campaign is producing a nationwide pitch to voters that will air on at least two broadcast networks. The ad will run Wednesday, October 29, at 8 p.m. — less [...]
Another Report From The Future
October 10, 2008 – 11:43 am
Firs there was Klosterman’s Brief History of the 21st Century; now there’s Cracked’s An Interview with McCain and Obama (In the Year 2012).
For Ponytail Guys Everywhere…
October 7, 2008 – 04:55 pm
From Slate’s How town-hall debates can go very wrong for a candidate.: “Which candidate is hurt more by the negativity? If voters don’t penalize negativity, do they penalize hypocrisy? Will McCain’s tough but fair questions about Obama’s truth-telling and qualifications be overshadowed by the new surge of lower-road attacks on Obama’s character and associations? Normally, [...]
A President Who Predicts Problems, Not Reacts To Them
October 6, 2008 – 05:36 pm
From Sen. Obama’s March 2007 Letter to Paulson and Bernanke: “There is grave concern in low-income communities about a potential coming wave of foreclosures. Because regulators are partly responsible for creating the environment that is leading to rising rates of home foreclosure in the subprime mortgage market, I urge you immediately to convene a homeownership [...]
What People Should Know
October 6, 2008 – 11:49 am
From Rolling Stone’s Five Myths About John McCain: “Top gun or spoiled brat? Contributing editor (and this blog’s author) Tim Dickinson separates the facts from the fiction on the Republican presidential candidate.” [VIDEO]
Take 20 Minutes To Read This
October 3, 2008 – 05:32 pm
From the New Yorker’s The Choice: “Never in living memory has an election been more critical than the one fast approaching -— that’s the quadrennial cliché, as expected as the balloons and the bombast. And yet when has it ever felt so urgently true? When have so many Americans had so clear a sense that [...]
The Candidates’ Tech Policies
October 2, 2008 – 03:07 pm
From Slate’s Obama vs. McCain on media policy: “Both campaigns have ‘tech plans’ that include plenty of feel-good generalities. But behind them lie fundamental differences between the candidates and a rift between their main advisers. The essential difference lies in the view each candidate takes toward private power over the public media. McCain and his [...]
Warrants Mentioning
October 2, 2008 – 03:04 pm
From Salon’s The big veep showdown: “As Palin and Biden take their places behind their dueling lecterns on Thursday night, it is worth remembering that this is the debate almost guaranteed to raise the ire of both Democratic and Republican partisans alike. Democrats are primed to see in every Palin answer evidence that she is [...]
