"…something like the supervisor of an entire team of political agents…"
Here’s a sleepy little tune-let to add to the Virtual LP. I’ve been messing around with these changes for a few days now and wanted to see tonight whether I could get a few takes recorded around the margins of a work eve. One program note: following Shonny Vortex’s recent vocal debut, Lullaby marks the … Read more
Been twittering a bit more than blogging of late. Thought I’d pull together a few recent (mostly) political tweets, in the popular 140-character or less Twitter format…. Ever notice how Twitter turns people who are otherwise not even slightly Larry King into something Larry King-ly? “Don’t remember Gore, Kerry, Dukakis, or Mondale wrapping things up … Read more
Whole Foods feels like Disneyland today. I’m at the “Deli” ride. No one curses. The cheese is free. The clerks have dressed up like cauliflower and they’re giving out organic autographs.
A while back, I wrote a little thang called “Shaved My Beard”. And, you know, there was a lot of hullabaloo. I remember, I got a letter from Shaquille O’Neil about it, which really surprised me. I wouldn’t have thought he’d have the time. Shaq hasn’t written in a while. So this weekend, with help … Read more
Here’s the latest in the ongoing project the cognoscenti likes to call the Virtual LP. I love the cognoscenti. I just can’t let myself get too attached. You know how they are. This tune marks the “World Wide Web” debut of Shonny Vortex, who turns in a, I’ll say it, stellar performance on backup vocals. … Read more
I posted an interview this evening over on the O’Reilly digital media site with Jesse Thorn, the host of “The Sound of Young America” (an excellent radio show that’s distributed by Public Radio International.) Thorn’s launching an intimate convention/vacation/education/entertainment extravaganza this summer called MaxFunCon. Most of the conversation was about that event — where the … Read more
“Were McCain elected to the presidency, he would be the shortest president in 120 years.” John McCain: More of the same. Only shorter.
it’s a matter of asking that tape recorder, are you gonna spool this? Do you want to take a sec? hold a sec? paste that moment across some plastic? Cuz I don’t wanna let you go, sec. I want to throw you in a drawer next to some passports and a picture someone drew of … Read more
His pals don’t need much, ya see. They wear snappy hats. Elbow each other at the sight of something, hey! Hey look at that snappy hat! All they want is a patch of dirt to trash. To take off their hats. To scrum. They’ve got cleats, ya see. Underneath them fancy pants. And cleats beget … Read more