As the prez describes his enemies I have to remark that his delineation of an implacable enemy of liberty, driven by a narrow and inflexible ideology which celebrates the sacrifice of humanitarian value in the pursuit of an hegemonic dominance under the banner of a fundamentalist creed, I hearken to what appears to me a thoughtful self-portrait of the worldview that hears these words and agrees with the president.
Band-aid
Maybe I’m wrong, but I swear I just heard that incompetent fuckwit propose to solve the US health care crisis by making employer-provided health-care insurance into a FUCKING TAXABLE INCOME ASSET!
Sweet
I am so digging king-fm’s broadcast of Alan Hovaness’ Guitar Concerto, Op.325 (performers currently unknown by me). I’m just starting a non-fiction bio about the American West, circa 1840-1880 and the contrast between the solo guitar and the lush symphonic passages, and the loose timing of the solo parts contrasting with the slightly serialist framework of the orchestra make it an evocative soundtrack.
That, and my sweet kitty’s quiet, happy snoring.
(Update – I may very well have linked to the performance I just heard as the recording cited featured the concerto and additionally the composer’s Symphony No. 60, as this Naxos release does.)
Wikipedia Brown
Zirkonium Crawl
Attention Hillians:
Orkestar Zirkonium: Capitol Hill Pub Crawl
Sat, November 18, 2006
9:00 pm, FREE!
Cal Anderson Park and down the Pike/Pine corridor
Seattle, WACome drink and dance away the winter cold and the sorrows of this world–meet in Cal Anderson Park at the fountain at 9 pm to join a roving, barhopping street party with purveyors of Balkan-brass fun Orkestar Zirkonium! Warm clothes are recommended; formal wear is much appreciated.
A License
P-Frank notes “that while The Who has lost a drummer and a bassist, the only surviving members of the Beatles are a drummer and a bassist,” and describes the obvious solution as “a license to print money.”
I link to this only in the interests of supporting any subsequent lawsuits seeking remuneration for Mr. Frank as the originator of this world-threatening concept, and not by any means as an endorsement of the concept, as mash-up friendly as it indeed is.
Misterioso
El Misterio de los Pantalones Festivos, at AskMe.
Ghost sheets
Haunted Paper Toys, including coffins, a skeleton marionette, and much, much more.
Trainwrecks
Trainwrecks trolls the net for unseemly social interactions among the text fora. I’m sorta jealous of the idea.
LyricWiki
LyricWiki. Lots o’ lyrics, no tabs.