Archive for 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 on the 30th floor of a high-rise in mid-town Manhattan, I am overwhelmed by a deep feeling […]

My Eyes Opened

Late in the eighties I was taking a course in American history after 1945. One of my fellow students was a bright, interesting Palestinian.

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.

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.

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