It seems increasingly fashionable to dump on capitalism, a trend I heartily encourage. In particular, Michael Moore’s latest film can be expected to accelerate this trend, “Capitalism, A Love Story.” Check out the trailer here. While it hasn’t opened yet in theaters, Michael Moore has already started making the rounds, appearing on Amy Goodman’s Democracy [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2009’
Uncivil Disobedience
“You lie,” yelled the white South Carolina Congressman whose-name-really-isn’t-Joe in one of the more disgustingly racist moments in recent memory. Demonstrators in front of the White House chant “liar liar, pants on fire” culminating a summer of tea party fusillades railing against such absurdities as the claim that we have a socialist in the White [...]
Apple 9.9.09
Yoko announced it yesterday, we’ll see if The Beatles actually show up on iTunes shortly.
There have been rumors that the new iPod Touch will be delayed..
Appleinsider noted a iPod price drop just before the store went down.
Before it took its online store down Wednesday, Apple lowered the prices of many of its iPod offerings, with [...]
Bad Art, Good Art: canon fusillade over the invincible bow of the royal ship of Modernist art
On June 7, 2001, Fred Ross chairman of the Art Renewal Center addressed a crowd of over 700 portrait artist and gallery owners at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. What followed was the first canon fusillade over the invincible bow of the royal ship of Modernist art.
His attack was a response to the “merciless [...]
Give Me That Old Time Religion: Native American Sacred Places
Ben Yahola, Muscogee, Tiger clan (Tecumseh’s people), was haunted by Muscogee graves dug up in Wetumka, Alabama, for a new casino in 2000. In the years following, Ben began having dreams of the ancient ones telling him what he must do to protect these old burial sites today. He formed the Sacred Sites Run (SSR) [...]
On the Demise of Radio…finding blame.
Responding to: “I’m told by a media expert that listenership is down at night on ALL radio stations…” from someone on the SaveKUTAustin Committee…
OH YEAH! We are witnessing the slow, steady, seemingly irreversible demise of radio listenership in America. Blame it Clear Channel’s consolidation, a thousand+ stations! Blame it on Bill Clinton for the biggest [...]
Air America dumps Maron and Seder, slides further into centrist, bland mush.
For those who missed it, for a brief time Air America had one of the most entertaining political comedy shows on the little screen. And I say “little” because I downloaded it using iTunes and watched it on my iPod. Who knew that talking heads work well on such a little screen? This show was [...]