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so said ralph waldo emerson. but he couldn’t have been talking about the cat empire, because these guys are about as selfless as they come. their music is, stylistically speaking, wide-ranging and all-encompassing. and they invite the crowd to share in the fun from the opening sonic salvo. 2006 was a great year for [...]
not that anybody was missing me, but sorry for the month of silence. i’d like to say that i was so pleased by national political events that i didn’t feel the need to rant, but the reality is that there just isn’t enough time to do everything. so here’s a post i started back [...]
... is not one of these never-served-a-day-in-their-life neocon schmucks. no, the real mr. tough is a song off of the new yo la tengo album, i am not afraid of you and i will beat your ass. i had the pleasure of catching the middle night of a three-night run at the fillmore last [...]
after reading this, it’s a “no-brainer for me” to consider giving this draft-dodging assclown a little waterboarding adventure of his own. i actually find it incredible that there’s even a debate about whether torture is acceptable—it’s not, and it’s so clearly completely contrary to everything for which this country stands. that said, a piece [...]
i’ve had the great fortune this year of witnessing some really fantastic live shows in san francisco. last monday, i headed back down to the independent (which is rapidly becoming my favorite place to see bands) to catch the knitters. the knitters are a side project of john doe and exene from X that [...]
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