Mediaite: AP Reporter Responds To Chris Hayes Panel Debate On Racism Of Droppin’ G’s From Obama SpeechThere's some fussing about how an AP reporter transcribed a quote from President Obama. In a recent speech, the president said: "Shake it off. Stop complainin’. Stop grumblin’. Stop cryin’." On one of those sunday morning shouting shows, the …
Tag Archives: music
Links for August 2nd
Aloha EditorI love this HTML5 WYSIWYG editor. They had me at the introductory paragraph, what with the editing of it. I haven't implemented it anywhere, but I love the concept. Slow Clap for CongressDear Congress, For your leadership, your maturity, and your inspiring ability to perform the basic duties of your job, We applaud you. …
Links for July 25th
New York Times: Policy Changes Under Two PresidentsThis chart of new costs versus savings under Presidents Bush and Obama is really striking. The total cost of Obama's new policies comes to $1.44T. Bush's? $5.07T. Just his tax cuts alone cost more than Obama's policies, at $1.8T. Once you figure in two wars, TARP, and the …
Links for June 16th
InterAction MagazineKen and Roberta Williams provide PDFs of every issue of Sierra Newsletter / Sierra Magazine / InterAction, from June 1981–Spring 1999. Not that anybody much cares about them past 1992-ish. Wikipedia: Hundred twenty-eighth noteTurns out they're a thing. Beethoven used them, as did Mozart. Much like the entire skill of drumming, I imagine that …
Links for February 16th
Washington Post: Ex-rep. Perriello might run for U.S. Senate in Va. if Kaine doesn’tGood. Kaine is my first choice, for practical reasons, but Perriello is my second. Library of Congress: Chronicling AmericaThe LoC has the complete contents of long-ago newspapers from all around Virginia, mostly from around the turn of the last century. The Richmond …
High, Wide and Handsome.
I’ve been enjoying the music of Charlie Poole for the past six months or so, and I was surprised to discover Loudon Wainwright III’s new album, High, Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project, just before I saw him perform some of the songs at The Paramount last month. If you’re an old time fan—or …
5 musical acts I’ve recently been surprised to find that I really like.
Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers Tennessee Ernie Ford Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys Stevie Wonder Swan’s Silvertone Singers
My top 2008 listens.
My ten most-listened-to artists in 2008: They Might Be Giants Hayes Carll The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis Tom Waits Dave Matthews Band Mike Doughty Cake Suzanne Vega Vince Guaraldi Trio I accidentally stopped using my tracking software for the middle half of the year, so this isn’t perfect. (This is …
Ol’ Virginia Soul.
WVTF is running a “Captive Audio” series, and they’ve been featuring audio that’s been unearthed from 60s Virginia record label Arcania. I loved today’s segment about Roanoke soul singer Junious “Bugs” Hughes.