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Monthly Archives: July 2006
A Doves Eyes Opened
(Listening notes: Dedicated to cussed Irish beekeepers everywhere: The Pogues, The Specials, The Fall, U2, and The Chieftains) Over at Captains Quarters I noticed this: Every time war footage from Lebanon flickers across the flat screen television in my apartment … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lance's Page
Tagged 1982, 1989, Ariel Sharon, backgammon, Berlin, cafes, Captain's Quarters, classmates, Enemies, fanaticism, forbearance, Gaza, George Bush, hawks and doves, hell, IDF, international reputations, invasion, Irish beekeepers, Israel, israeli conscription, Israelis, Lebanon, Manhattan, military, military prison, military service, New York, optional war, palestinian solidarity, peace, peace activism, peace demonstrations, phone numbers, political careers, Rome, sadness, scars, Sharon, soldiers, strangers, suicide bombers, television, The Chieftains, The Fall, The Pogues, The Specials, U2, uniforms, Zeev Avrahami
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The real thing
Usually mass produced, consumed and popular products are considered bad, or possibly just OK. I would contend that Coke is not only good, if it were not in existence and someone invented it and served it a restaurant, charged a lot for it as a unique item it would be considered a standard bearer of excellence. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Lance's Page
Tagged beer, beverages, bourbon, caffeine, coca-cola, cocktails, coke, cola, consumer products, David Bowie, Diet Coke, Dr. John, Dr. Pepper, Europeans, food, Iggy Pop, irony, Israel Kamakawiwo, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, mass production, Music, Over the Rainbowâ€, product development, rum, snobbery, soda pop, soft drinks, sprite, spy, Sunday Morning Coming Down, taste, The Clash, The Neutral Milk Hotel, The Saints, trendy foodies, performance
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Me, Greg, Andrew and the two Glenn’s
(Listening notes: Magnetic Fields, Husker Du, Queen, Soft Cell, Indigo Girls, The Smith’s, REM, Pet Shop Boys, B-52’s, Scissor Sisters. A homage to Andrew Sullivan of sorts.)
I am here to step into the breach and defend Glenn Reynolds from two people I admire a lot. Continue reading
Posted in Lance's Page, Uncategorized
Tagged ACLU, analysis, Andrew Sullivan, Ann Coulter, asymmetry, B-52’s, Belgravia, Belgravia Dispatch, Blairism, commissars, Dave Weigel, David Horowitz, decorative politics, detainees, doctrinaire libertarian, extremism, finance industry, fisking, George W. Bush, Glenn Greenwald, Glenn Reynolds, government sponsored illegality, Husker Du, independent integrity, Indigo Girls, Iraq, Israel, Law, libertarian, Libertarianism, lies, Magnetic Fields, Malkinesque, Malkinesque blogosphere, Michelle Malkin, New York Times, opinions, Pet Shop Boys, photographer, political distortion, Queen, R.E.M., Reason Magazine, Republican, Republican Party, right-wing, Rocco DiPippo, Scissor Sisters, Soft Cell, Tammy Bruce, Terri Schiavo, The Smiths, Tony Blair, torture, Travel Section murder plot, war
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