Archive for October, 2010

Won’t get fooled again..

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

We rate the 2010 campaign Barely True
By Bill Adair
“Fiorina’s plan would mean slashing Social Security and Medicare.”
Barbara Boxer, Friday, October 15th, 2010.
Ruling: Barely True | Details
Delaware Democratic Senate candidate Chris Coons “thought that a 911 call should be taxed.”
Christine O’Donnell, Monday, October 11th, 2010.
Ruling: Barely True | Details
“Joe Sestak … even wants to bring back [...]

Jonathan Franzen – “America is almost a rogue state…”

Monday, October 25th, 2010

“the right is still as angry as ever..” “the system itself is so screwed up..”

Mackintosh Braun – Could It Be video

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

Where We Are is out now via Chop Shop Records, and you can see Mackintosh Braun live at the Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland on November 13.

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

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Why I will not be voting for the Democrats

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

Why I will not be voting Democrat
Growing up in a proud working class family in the north of England I was under no illusion that when it came to be my turn to vote I would be voting for the Labour party. Everyone of voting age that I knew was a Labour supporter. And so, [...]

Arvo Pärt – The Sound of Spirit

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Emigrating from the Soviet Union to the West in January 1980 with his wife, Nora, and their two small sons, the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt was stopped by border police at the Brest railroad station for a luggage search. “We had only seven suitcases, full of my scores, records and tapes,” he recalled recently. “They [...]

Warpaint – new album The Fool out Oct 25th

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Warpaint – Undertow

Why there will never be another David Bowie

Saturday, October 9th, 2010

Lady Gaga has got it wrong: the Thin White Duke’s brilliance cannot be reduced to his ability to strike a decent pose