Author Archives: olneyce

Drunks and children they always tell the truth

Posted on April 27, 2013 by olneyce

Drugs And Kittens I’ll Drink To That – Mighty Mighty Bosstones Today is National Drug Take-Back Day.  The idea is that you can dispose of your expired or unused prescription drugs in a safe manner. Let’s compare that idea to gun … Continue reading →

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Cover my skin with your sunkissed light

Posted on April 26, 2013 by olneyce

Texas – Magic Man I don’t miss the 80’s.  It was a terrible decade mostly full of terrible people.  And on the whole, the music wasn’t great either.  But every rule has exceptions, and in this case it’s synth pop.  Sure, … Continue reading →

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I wanna be your best friend

Posted on April 25, 2013 by olneyce

Best of Friends – Palma Violets It’s got that messy garage rock feel, but I can also hear a lot of Springsteen in the guitars and the shouted chorus.  And it sure sounds like they consumed a fair amount of Strummer … Continue reading →

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When 90% isn’t really 90%

Posted on April 24, 2013 by olneyce

So we all know that 90% of people support background checks.  A fact which has caused Maureen Dowd to become a parody of herself (seriously, that column has to represent the exact moment when we hit Peak Dowd, right?).  But … Continue reading →

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Nobody actually wants to be forgiven they just hate to be wrong

Posted on April 24, 2013 by olneyce

Sunglasses – Saturday Looks Good to Me Am I crazy for thinking this song basically sounds like someone laid an indie-pop vocal track on top of an old ska song and then threw a bunch of old girl group harmonies into … Continue reading →

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Do you feel the love? I feel the love

Posted on April 23, 2013 by olneyce

San Francisco (Little Daylight Remix) – The Mowgli’s This is such an exuberant song. I’ve probably listened to it 30 times or more in the last week. I just can’t get over how good it feels to hear “Do you feel … Continue reading →

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Was the 2012 result inevitable?

Posted on April 19, 2013 by olneyce

Last weekend I was at the Midwest Political Science Association conference in Chicago. While there I attended a neat roundtable on the 2012 election, featuring blog-stars Nate Silver and Ezra Klein, as well as some political science folks with pretty … Continue reading →

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I’m looking for one thing real tonight

Posted on April 16, 2013 by olneyce

One Thing Real – Dan Bern Matt Yglesias is unhappy that a Diet Coke ad is not properly representing the division of labor in the production of pop music. Yes really. Apparently the ad depicts Taylor Swift writing the lyrics to … Continue reading →

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Shrouded in the red white and blue with the stripes

Posted on April 3, 2013 by olneyce

Houses on the Hill – Whiskeytown It’s a terribly sad song, about the things that are just taken away from us.  More than that, about the things we can never even find the words to talk about after their gone. A woman … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Paul Simon songs

Posted on March 29, 2013 by olneyce

I’m calling this a list of my favorite Paul Simon songs, but these are almost exclusively Simon and Garfunkel songs. To be honest, I’ve never been a particularly big fan of Simon’s solo work. He’s got plenty of nice songs … Continue reading →

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