December 2010
9 posts
More tea, anyone?
Historically significant as the first Republican President in ten years to complete whole sentences in English, President Obama’s extension of tax cuts for the richest Americans in a time of stupid war and calamitous recession illustrates the President’s commitment to the Republican position on social justice, which is: “You’re poor? Ew, that’s gross, go die.”...
Dec 18th
Dec 13th
Download Los Angelitos' Nightclub Mightiness
If you lived in the bay area in the mid 90’s, you either saw Los Angelitos live, or you did not go to nightclubs. Fearlessly fronted by bay area band leading legend Piero Amadeo Infante, this army of badasses on horns, keys, guitars, bass and every manner of percussion under the sun, blew all the doors off of venues and put them away wet. It has come to my attention that their “See...
Dec 9th
Cave-Fu
Mark Fiore illustrates President Obama’s unconventional fighting style.
Dec 9th
WatchWatch
Excellent coverage of Cancun climate change talks and related protests, + Wikileaks saga.
Dec 9th
Kate O'Beirne, Bad Person
I don’t know if Keith Olberman still does his “Worst Person In The World” bit, I haven’t tuned in lately, but here, here it is, without a doubt, this week’s no brainer pick for Worst Person In The World. Openly displaying standard Republican contempt for All People Who Are Not Them, we have National Review editor Kate O’Beirne, with this astonishing rhetorical...
Dec 7th
5 tags
New Uptones mp3 up!
I love this track. Paul had been playing with the main theme for years. We performed it live a few ways before settling into this reggae dub interpretation, and it all clicked. Mikey and Bennie dug a huge groove trench, which Adam, Jeanne and Scott filled with shining molten brass. A peek at our new recordings, and our first instrumental in a while. Happy Skalidaze! The Uptones - “Solar...
Dec 3rd
Meanwhile,
further securing their reputation as the Grinch, Uncle Scrooge, and Satan’s Evil Army Of Darkness all rolled into one, we have the GOP, Starring in Let’s Not Let The Children Have Any Food! Premiering this Christmas. Bring the family. Republicans block child nutrition bill By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press – Wed Dec 1, 6:26 pm ET WASHINGTON – House Republicans have...
Dec 2nd
The guy who invented the neutron bomb died today....
Dec 2nd