January 27, 2008
In the U.S. south, Canadian a new racial slur replacing the N-word
Insane. Time for some more Radical Reconstruction?
January 22, 2008
January 20, 2008
We Still Have a Dream
As has been my tradition, I am making available for today only the full audio recording of Dr. Marting Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech *[mp3] - all 16 minutes of this landmark speech. This is for educational and non-commercial purposes only.
I am featuring this for 24 hours because it is still copyrighted by the King family, but I believe that this monumental speech denouncing all hate and warmongering in the world deserves to be in the public domain. Rev. King's message is the most succinct voice for peace that graced America in the last fifty years.
* This audio recording was removed on Tuesday.
January 12, 2008
January 10, 2008
On large corporations stealing people's content: Hey, Isn't That . . .
January 8, 2008
YouTube - Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper
different tracks are pulled out and isolated on St. Pepper
Once Again, Thanks OSU
January 7, 2008
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Coach Tressel sent the OSU Punter to media day to answer questions; the punter - that is awesome! So Bucks!
January 4, 2008
2007 Music Listening Habits
DeVotchKa & Mermaid Accordionists, originally uploaded by plemeljr
Here is my top 25 top artists of the year 2008 according to LastFM (I was really smitten by the Amelie Sountrack):
- Yann Tiersen - 1,015 plays
- The Arcade Fire - 697 plays
- Led Zeppelin - 482 plays
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - 458 plays plays
- Beastie Boys - 378 plays
- The National - 344 plays
- John Lennon - 321 plays
- Devotchka & Mychael Danna - 308 plays
- DeVotchKa - 277 plays
- TV on the Radio - 277 plays
- R.E.M. - 265 plays
- The Kleptones - 262 plays
- Sufjan Stevens - 261 plays
- The Who - 252 plays
- Modest Mouse - 236 plays
- The Beatles - 228 plays
- Lyle Lovett - 213 plays
- Nelly Furtado - 189 plays
- Coldplay - 161 plays
- Wilco - 134 plays
- Ben Kweller - 133 plays
- N.W.A - 131 plays
- Counting Crows - 127 plays
- Cat Power - 127 plays
- José González - 117 plays
Below are my Top 25 Tracks of 2008 according to LastFM:
- DeVotchKa – You Love Me - 77 plays
- Yann Tiersen – La Valse D'Amelie (piano version) - 72 plays
- DeVotchKa – How It Ends - 71 plays
- Yann Tiersen – La Valse D'Amelie - 67 plays
- Timbaland Featuring Justin Timberlake & Nelly Furtado – Give It To Me - 66 plays
- Devotchka & Mychael Danna – The Winner Is - 65 plays
- The Arcade Fire – Intervention - 64 plays
- Yann Tiersen – Les Jours tristes (instrumental) - 64 plays
- Yann Tiersen – Comtine D'un Autre Ete: L'apres Midi - 63 plays
- Nelly Furtado – Promiscuous - 62 plays
- Nelly Furtado – All Good Things (Come to an End) - 61 plays
- Yann Tiersen – La Noyee - 61 plays
- Yann Tiersen – L'autre valse d'Amelie - 60 plays
- Yann Tiersen – A quai - 59 plays
- Yann Tiersen – J'y suis jamais alle - 58 plays
- Yann Tiersen – La Valse D'Amelie (orchestra version) - 58 plays
- Yann Tiersen – Si Tu N'etais Pas La - 55 plays
- The National – Fake Empire - 54 plays
- The Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies) 53 plays
- Devotchka & Mychael Danna – We're Gonna Make It - 52 plays
- The Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - 52 plays
- The Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) - 52 plays
- Yann Tiersen – LaValse Des Monstres - 51 plays
- The Arcade Fire – Une Année Sans Lumiere - 50 plays
- DeVotchKa – Til the End of Time - 50 plays
- Sufjan Stevens – Chicago - 50 plays
- Sinéad O'Connor – Untold Stories - 50 plays
January 3, 2008
Obama, Huckabee Clinch Iowa Caucus
Broad Channel graves, originally uploaded by me
Wow, it certainly is Christmas in January!
Barak Obama wins the Democratic Iowa Caucus with John Edwards and Hillary Clinton a close second, crazy Mike Huckabee won a decisive victory over Romney, Ron Paul beat Giuliani, and Giuliani was in 6th place!
It is clear who has the momentum in this race: Democrats. Just under 220,000 Democrats versus around 115,000 Republicans caucused tonight. All three Democratic front-runners would make excellent Presidents, compared to the whole field of Republican candidates.
Break out the popcorn on Tuesday and be sure to watch the New Hampshire Primary in order to witness the modern GOP implode. If Romney can't win in NH he is over and McCain will become the De facto leader of the race (the Beltway media is already doing this). Huckabee has little chance of winning NH, but if he comes in second, then the race will heat up between the evangelical Christians and the financial conservative coalitions.
As for the Democrats, Iowa has certainly given Obama momentum but if he doesn't translate that to another win in NH, then the narrative will become that he is untested and can't last. Edwards is best seated to take advantage of his "surprising" win in Iowa, where Clinton will be seen as fading as her numbers have nowhere to go but down.
Eight more months until the Democratic and Republican Conventions and anything can happen.
January 2, 2008
The Democratic Iowa Caucus - a ridiculous anachronism which shouldn't be deciding the fate of our next President (by a bunch of rural white people who don't reflect the depth and breadth of America)
A secretive, undemocratic process, that avoids democratic norms, and discourages participation?
2007 Flights by the Numbers
Per the Great Circle Mapper and my My Year in Airports 2007 list, I flew 91,710 miles in 2007.
That's a lot!