Author Archives: olneyce

Pay Me My Money Down – Bruce Springsteen So the stock market is collapsing, credit is virtually impossible to get, and a recession looms. And in several debates this series of facts has led the moderator to demand an answer … Continue reading →

Slow Down Csilla – The Spectacles There are a lot of audio-snobs out there, who disdain the tinny little earbud headphones and compressed MP3s everyone uses now. That’s never been me, but I can at least understand why certain kinds … Continue reading →

This is the best thing in the history of ever. Ford Prefect

I haven’t been particularly enthusiastic about anything John Darnielle has done since the marvelous The Sunset Tree a few years back. Still, there’s no denying that when everything goes right he is without peer in his ability to tell the … Continue reading →

Words Make You Tired – The Headlights Sarah Palin’s rare attempts to speak outside of prepared speeches sound like what would happen if you ran some Republican talking points through Babelfish from English-to-Japanese-back-to-English a few times. Individually, the words all … Continue reading →

So I’ll start by saying that my general reaction to every debate is that it’s a pretty poor way of judging whether to vote for the Blue Team or the Red Team. Their policy positions are available online, they’ve been … Continue reading →

3D – Internet Forever My theory is that for every sound there is another, equal and opposite, which lives somewhere just beyond the edge of perception. And that if you added up all those sounds that dwell just past the … Continue reading →

Some great new stuff from Ani Difranco. Ever prolific, she’s got another release due out next week, called Red Letter Year. I still haven’t heard the whole thing, but am excited to get ahold of it. My enthusiasm is particularly … Continue reading →

Scott Lemieux is normally one of my favorite writers, but on this issue I have to say that he’s not just wrong, but is dreadfully misreading a pretty reasonable (dare I say, important) point made by Jonathan Chait. First, he … Continue reading →

Shoulda Dropped Out – Gray Beast Following up on the “suspension” of the McCain campaign… Here’s a tip. If you’re going to take a nakedly political action under the guise of “setting aside politics and the campaign” don’t accidentally leak … Continue reading →