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RNC Not Welcome

Sticker on a bathroom door at the Parkside Lounge on Houston Street: Dear President Bush, If Crawford, Texas, is ever attacked, I promise not to come there and throw a party.

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Guitar Heroines, Or Lack Thereof?

bobhowe pointed me to a piece in today’s Washington Post, by David Segal: “No Girls Allowed? In the World of Guitar Boasts, Few Women Let Their Fingers Do the Talking.” The author cites the presence of only two women on … Continue reading

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“People Who Fix Saws”

The Saw Doctors played an all-too-brief free outdoor show at Lincoln Center tonight, and as usual completely tore the place apart. The audience was a strange mixture of hardcore fans singing all the words and waving Galway football colours, and … Continue reading

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Digital Horseshit

I ranted about this to friends (and on amazon.com) a while back, but I continue to run into people who think Digital Fortress, by Dan Brown (author of The DaVinci Code, which as much as I despise the Catholic church, … Continue reading

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For the Sour Dissonant Chattering Revue

Taking a page from ‘s book, a note to the two Ladies of a Certain age who are, as I write, raising their voices so their conversation will be audible over the sound of Emmylou Harris, Gillan Welch and Patty … Continue reading

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Village Finds Its Idiot

M. Night Shyamalan’s latest starts well, with a compellingly creepy atmosphere and hints of something Very Wrong in a small rural town. But once he exposes the central plot trick, it’s all downhill from there.

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A Sane Libertarian?

This is extraordinary: John Perry Barlow, the former Grateful Dead lyricist and EFF board member who was for years a steadfast Libertarian and actually worked on one of Dick Cheney’s campaigns, has finally realized that perhaps the unfettered rampaging of … Continue reading

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CIA Nominee: “I’m Not Qualified”

Porter Goss apparently told Michael Moore during an interview for Fahrenheit 9/11, “I couldn’t get a job with the CIA today. I am not qualified.”

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I Better Enjoy This, Right?

The Washington Post published a great interview with Prince today. The best quote: Man, I get to cue Maceo Parker in? I get to say, ‘Maceo, blow your horn’? Are you kidding? I better enjoy this, right? Do me a … Continue reading

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