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Ties That Bind – Skankin’ Pickle I see at Salon an interview with Katherine Fenton, the woman who asked the gender equity question in the debate. It’s…an extremely frustrating read. She emphatically states she is not a feminist. This despite the … Continue reading →

Howl – The Gaslight Anthem Mae – The Gaslight Anthem 2012 is turning out to be a pretty good year for bands that sound like Bruce Springsteen. For one thing, Bruce himself came out with one of his best albums since the … Continue reading →

[Edit: I’m an idiot and swapped the debates.  The one tomorrow is actually the town hall, which will be about basically anything people ask questions about.  The explicit foreign policy debate isn’t until next week.  Still, my general points stand, … Continue reading →

It’s Not My Fault, I’m Happy– Passion Pit The new album from Passion Pit seems like a classic case of the sophomore slump. Gossamer mimics many of the patterns of the first record without delivering them at quite the same … Continue reading →

State Hospital– Frightened Rabbit It still seems like Frightened Rabbit is trying to find their feet a little bit. After the mind-melting beauty of The Midnight Organ Fight, anything was going to pale a bit in comparison. 2010’s Winter of … Continue reading →

Inside/Outside– Tica Douglas A synth line that unwinds itself slowly. It reverberates gently, and then is punctuated by a pitter-patter of drum beats. It’s got the deep cold feel of space, like a pop dream floating through the starry night. … Continue reading →

Vague Space– Stephen Malkmus Romney certainly won the debate as a debate. Stylistically, he simply looked and sounded better – pressing his points and speaking clearly forcefully. In terms of content, he won the debate in the sense that he … Continue reading →

Shorter Massimo Calabresi: LOL, liberals think that voter fraud isn’t a real problem, but look at Florida where a Republican organization was engaged in massive voter fraud.  Now let’s pass voter suppression laws!

Don’t Marry Her– The Beautiful South A new poll suggests that partisan antagonism has severely calcified in recent years.  The crucial finding: A pair of surveys asked Americans a more concrete question: in 1960, whether they would be “displeased” if their … Continue reading →

Paul Campos asks if there is any utilitarian case for voting. The context is a discussion in blog-land about whether single-issue voters (or ‘pox on both house’ voters) are being irresponsible for refusing engage in cost-benefit analysis about which candidate … Continue reading →