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Matt Yglesias is, once again, wrong about Battlestar Galactica. This time, he responds to the paranoid rantings of Dirk Benedict, who played the original Starbuck, by emphasizing precisely the wrong thing. Benedict’s complaint: “Re-imagining”, they call it. “Un-imagining” is more … Continue reading →

I’m watching CNN and the Republicans have decided that today is the day to come out against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, branding it the “trial lawyer bailout” and accusing Obama of trying to overturn the Supreme Court decision … Continue reading →

I’m becoming increasingly convinced that I was blinded by the absolute genius of two songs on that first Wolf Parade record. While “Dear Songs and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts” and “I’ll Believe Anything” – both penned by Spencer Krug – … Continue reading →

So I posed a wonderful youtube clip yesterday – of hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the Mall, singing “This Land is Your Land” – including the ‘radical’ verses about private property and the like. It was touching and … Continue reading →

I know in the grand scheme of things it’s pretty small, but I really, really appreciate that two days before the inauguration, hundreds of thousands of people stood out in the freezing cold to listen to some music, to be … Continue reading →

People Got A Lotta Nerve – Neko Case It took a long, long time for Fox Confessor to grow on me, but in retrospect it was a truly phenomenal album. Based on the evidence of this song, there’s every reason … Continue reading →

I haven’t been writing much about politics lately, because, well…it doesn’t seem like there’s actually that much to say. We’re in a holding pattern for the next week (less than a week!!!), and even when Obama is actually inaugurated, there’s … Continue reading →

You Had Time – Ani DiFranco One of my favorite things about Ani DiFranco is that – despite being a huge fan for more than a decade – there are still TONS of her songs that I haven’t really listened … Continue reading →

Boing Boing features a video from Microsoft, touting their new program Songsmith. It may be the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen. Or the saddest. I can’t tell for sure. I want to stress that this is a real promotional … Continue reading →

Puzzles Like You – Mojave 3Mystery and Misery – Rainer Maria This weekend is the MIT puzzle hunt, something which I had heard about for years but never actually took part in until last year. It was a major mistake. … Continue reading →