IsThisReallyHappening.gov
[ Comments Off ]Posted on November 7, 2008 by admin in Politics
Check out the new administrations site Change.Gov
Although I’m as full of hope as many are that our president-elect will bring positive change to America and the world, I’m keeping an eye on his follow-through, especially after the major disappointment he already delivered to me regarding the FISA bill. I’m glad to say he keeps surprising me. Check out the new government site Change.gov. In some ways it feels like I just got elected president. I said back in 2001 that I thought it would be great if we started a national service corps, since the country seemed to be so excited to put young people in uniform. Why not put them in uniforms and put them to work at home? Well, here we have America Serves, which includes plans for a Classroom Corps, a Health Corps, a Clean Energy Corps, and a Veterans Corps. And since so few shared their hope with Dissociated Press when asked, maybe you’d like to share your story, and vision directly with the incoming administration. Let’s give a big fist-bump to the next generation…
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – White Corolla
[ 2 Comments ]Posted on November 6, 2008 by admin in Music
Back in my day, we only had flip books and one channel of MTV…
It’s weird for me to hear so many bands that do music that sounds exactly like awful music I did in the 80′s. Music that I think even we knew was awful back then, while we were doing it (sometimes I think we did all the drugs we did just so we could stand to listen it). Anyway, it’s even weirder when I find myself kind of liking the stuff. In the case of the White Corolla video at left by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone , I’m sure the video helps. The animation was apparently provided by Julia Pott of London (web site, blog). Drowned In Sound has an interview with Owen Ashworth (who essentially is Casiotone for the Painfully Alone) which highlights why I’d never be able to get a job with the British pop press: whereas I would describe the music as “that plinky Casio stuff our manager wouldn’t let us include in the set list and IRS Records laughed at us for sending them“, DIS’s interviewer James Gracey describes it as “…simple yet incredibly addictive: a barrage of reverberated beats, shuddering with a raw, almost dirty intensity; melodic yet often lifting, blown-out chords wrapped around Ashworth’s baritone, guttural observations that form articulate, Raymond Carver-esque character studies…” I guess it’s not hyperbole if you’re British…
We’re Making The Change – Now What’s Your Hope?
[ 4 Comments ]Posted on November 5, 2008 by admin in Politics
I woke up with a hangover this morning. No, I didn’t get drunk last night, at least not on alcohol. I was drunk with the power of more than 130 million voters to change the world. That old Pointer Sisters song keeps running through my head: “We can do it if we want to, I [...]
I woke up with a hangover this morning. No, I didn’t get drunk last night, at least not on alcohol. I was drunk with the power of more than 130 million voters to change the world. That old Pointer Sisters song keeps running through my head: “We can do it if we want to, I know we can make it, I know darn well we can work it out”. So now what are we gonna do? I hope we restore America’s sense of self-respect. I hope we repair our reputation abroad. I hope we let the Iraqi people have their country back. I hope we focus on alternatives to petroleum for energy. I hope we get our middle class back and put people to work. I hope a black person feels a little more a part of the country they live in than they did on November 3. What do you hope for?
McFail
[ Comments Off ]Posted on November 5, 2008 by admin in Comics
Your Thoughts On Election Day?
[ 4 Comments ]Posted on November 4, 2008 by admin in Politics
Well, I voted. Now all I can do is sit back and trust America. Which worked so well for me in 2000 and again in 2004. So I’m just trying to float through the rest of the day with a sense of humor. On that note, four-year old Truett says to get out and vote, [...]
Well, I voted. Now all I can do is sit back and trust America. Which worked so well for me in 2000 and again in 2004. So I’m just trying to float through the rest of the day with a sense of humor. On that note, four-year old Truett says to get out and vote, pointing out that you’re lucky, because “I Nevew Kin Vote Fo Fo-teen Yee-wuhs“. On the other end of the age spectrum, apparently America’s remaining dial-up Internet users have already elected McCain in a landslide. As usual, The Onion has some good stuff in their “War for the White House” section like Bush: ‘Can I Stop Being President Now?’ and commentary on long voter lines like “If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you do it, too? And by that I mean I’m not voting.” And for a sort of odd time-filler, check out the New York Times’ Election Word Train, which lets you say how you feel and watch results of others’ input as a “word crawl”. We don’t have a Word Train on Dissociated Press, but I’d love to hear your experiences or thoughts about today…