Author Archives: olneyce

Some things that I never commented on when they happened: – Go USA! Normally I don’t get too patriotic for international sports competitions but that all changes when it comes to soccer. Partly it’s because the US isn’t particularly good, … Continue reading →

March 4, 1831 – Balmorhea If you liked their last one, you’re absolutely going to love the new record from Austin-instrumentalists Balmorhea. All is Wild, All is Silent has all of dulcet beauty of their previous work, but also offers … Continue reading →

Graceland – Paul Simon So I was wandering in New York a couple days ago and was noting how great it is that you can just get flowers 24 hours a day. Someone we were visiting mentioned that the little … Continue reading →

Long time no posting. Even more than I was intending when I warned that I would be a bit incommunicado for the early part of June. To the extent that it’s now the end of June and I haven’t posted … Continue reading →

Out on the Streets – Dirt Road Logic The best Lucero song I’ve heard this year turns out to come from Dirt Road Logic, out of Michigan and probably playing soon (and loudly) in a Midwest bar near you. This … Continue reading →

“If eternal return is a circle, then Difference is at the centre and the Same is only on the periphery: it is a constantly decentred, continually tortuous circle which revolves only around the unequal.”–Gilles Deleuze, Difference and Repetition, p. 55 … Continue reading →

Racism – Chris Rock (from the Bigger and Blacker HBO Special) I was going to let it go. I was going to take Kevin Drum’s advice, and adopt the following approach the whole Sotomayor thing: After a few weeks of … Continue reading →

I really ought to like Bat for Lashes more. I’m a fan of Cat Power and the Cocteau Twins, and I tend to think that she stands somewhere amidst them. Of course, there’s a lot of Bjork and Annie Lennox, … Continue reading →

Hello Birmingham – Ani DiFranco William Saletan writes a column today with the title: Is it wrong to murder an abortionist? Yes. Yes it is. This has been another installment of simple answers to not-remotely-complicated questions. I guess I should … Continue reading →

Darkness on the Edge of Town – Bruce Springsteen This is so last week, but I finally got around to reading the recent piece by Matthew Crawford from the New York Times Magazine “The Case for Working With Your Hands” … Continue reading →