Brand Obama played his first gig in The Big Room tonight. We join what we think is the growing consensus: oddly vapid, vague, passive and timid. We expected something similar but still, its suckitude. Bono et al. probably liked it. One can … [Continue reading]
Run, Julian, Run !
Just this weekend we wondered what Daniel Ellsberg would make of the American hunt for Wikileaks' Julian Assange. The Daily Beast thoughtfully obliged: The Daily Beast: Could the release of the diplomatic cables said to be in the possession of … [Continue reading]
A Day On The Green
The Day on the Green was a late Bill Graham concert series in the Bay area in the mid to late 1970s. He featured the big acts of the day on a single large bill. Ho hum today but back then an innovation. Graham in part did so to help exhausted … [Continue reading]
Mercy, Mercy, Don’t You Wish Sometimes Your Heart Was Made Of Stone?
It's easy to forget the reality of human capacity for great evil in our meme-drenched, A.D.D. 'culture' [sic]. The only difference today and 1999 and sock puppets? 'Brandistas' are the new celebrities. Pepsi is hiring 'social networking' brand … [Continue reading]
Primary Election Open Thread
Share the atrocities, won't you? … [Continue reading]
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