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Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Well done Elvis for attaching your own disclaimer to the ridiculously retro-McCarthyite FBI warnings that have popping up on CDs. And thanks for playing "Next Time Round" @ ACL. | Friday, September 17, 2004
The Decembrist rocks it again: "If I were running the issues department of the Kerry campaign, or any campaign, the sign above my desk would not be James Carville's 'It's the Economy Stupid': my sign would say, 'It's not what you say about the issues, it's what the issues say about you.' That is, as a candidate, you must choose to emphasize issues not because they poll well or are objectively our biggest problems, but because they best show the kind of person you are, and not just how you would deal with that particular issue, but others yet to rear their heads. The best illustration of that is John McCain. The most admired political figure achieved his status in large part by his crusade for campaign finance reform. I've seen all the polls on this for seven or eight years, and 'campaign finance reform,' as an issue, is of interest to at most 5% of the public. I'd like for it to be otherwise, but it's not. And yet, for McCain, campaign finance reform is the perfect issue. It's tells a story about his independence, and his persistence, and it gives him a populist message without having to embrace more liberal economic policies. Clinton's much-derided 'micro-initiatives' of the mid-1990s likewise sent a message about who he was: responsible, not extreme, neither a lover of government for its own sake nor a nihilist like Newt Gingrich. The insignificance of his gestures was a potent message in itself, and saved his presidency." Interesting and genuinely insightful post, like all of his. | Monday, September 13, 2004
Monday, September 06, 2004
I'm sorry, but I can't not be excited about this. As it stands, Suede have been more or less written out of the Britpop history (at least as far as Live Forever is the authorized version) and that's not right. Suede started Britpop. They were the ones who reinvigorated a music scene that had been about desperately dull dance-rock and charisma-challenged groups like The Wonder Stuff. They singlehandedly brought tunes, style and sex back into rock music, and those were exciting times for those of us who felt Nirvana were the only group worth a toss in the wholly dominant grunge scene (well, and the Whigs). 10 years older and the times have changed -- so Anderson & Butler can never mean what it once did. But hopefully they'll make it new. | |
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