Author Archives: olneyce

No One Mourns The Wicked – from Wicked Sometimes I really wonder about what makes it into the primetime as a Big Story.  Of all the loopy things that have been said by major Republicans candidates this cycle, I struggle … Continue reading →

Perfect Drug – Nine Inch Nails Kevin Drum has a strange post today on Prop 19 (legalization of marijuana in California).  He first points out that a standard criticism (it would provoke a conflict with the federal government’s laws on … Continue reading →

So let’s say your an idealistic progressive voter.  You were excited about Obama, but wary of the fact that he seemed to speak in generalities but never seemed truly committed to the left.  You’ve grown increasingly aggravated over the last … Continue reading →

Landslide – Smashing Pumpkins I’ve got tons of other more significant things running through my head about politics (including a particularly scathing one about the insanity running around the country around the concept of deficits), and about 10 album reviews … Continue reading →

Don’t You Want To Share The Guilt – Kate Nash Early Christmas Present – Kate Nash I complained yesterday about some records that I was really looking forward to which left me feeling a bit disappointed.  In an effort to … Continue reading →

Recognizing that the pace of posting here is unlikely to give me a chance to issue full reviews of records that didn’t quite tickle my fancy, here’s a short post to offer a one or two line review of a … Continue reading →

Little Lion Man – Mumford & Sons Technically released in 2009, but new to the states, and (more importantly) to me in 2010 comes Sigh No More, a brilliant little record from Mumford & Sons. My tolerance for this sort … Continue reading →

Pivotal – Rai Knight Self described as “Trip Pop with Soul” and living up to that in every way possible.  It’s slinky and cool, and lodges itself deep in your psyche.  You can feel the beats in the unthinking movement … Continue reading →

It Can’t Hurt – Mighty Mighty Bosstones Things that are aggravating me today 1. People who equate ‘pain’ with ‘correct’ when it comes to political decisions. Slate is full of such people, but it’s a pretty common meme: that you’re … Continue reading →

Try – S I’m reading Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals tonight.  It’s a very good book, that doesn’t feel the slightest bit dated despite having been written 40 years ago. It’s a great book, mostly for the way that Alinsky … Continue reading →