Hope it's super duper!

Posting because omg it's hilarious and awesome - but also because I'm proud of the title of this post and want evbdylvsmkrmnd to be proud.

NY Governor David Patterson at the convention last night:

"If John McCain is the answer - then the question must be ridiculous!"

He delivered it with perfect timing, and it might be the funniest line I've ever heard in a political speech.

A close runner-up from last night was Ohio Gov Ted Strickland:

"It was once said of the first George Bush that he was born on 3rd base and thought he'd hit a triple. Well, with the 22 million new jobs and the budget surplus Bill Clinton left behind, George W. Bush came into office on 3rd base. And then, he stole 2nd."

Ha!

So, I've been doing a bit of freedying lately and wanted to share the goodness. If you like 'em then go buy some of their shit the legal way pretty please.

First up is by my-default-LJ-icon-inspiring Clem Snide. The song is from Early Home Recordings, Vol 1 and it's a sub-two-minute, raucously strummed, fidelity deficient, sardonically-soaked slice of freedy fodder. Also - shuffleboard is mentioned not once, but twice - for which you've really got to give them big-ups.

A Parable - Clem Snide

The 2nd object of my freed, is off a sadly-E-not-L-P called One Day in the Desert by Shawn Fogel. I learned of him recently when he opened for Eef Barzelay. Someone online described his music as alt-power-country-pop which I gotta say is pretty fitting. There is Clem Snide-ness, Jon Brion-age, and Gigolo Aunt-ism all present. PLUS - there is some heavy-duty-bussboy-ishness. This song in particular reminds me of some of D's work.

What's Mine is Mine - Shawn Fogel

Hope you like.

And, yes, I get paid by the hyphen.

I had forgotten how awesome Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is. It is making me sad that I dismantled the 6 channel analog setup at home. The 5.1 version will kick your ass.

What other albums have I forgotten the awesomeness of?


Overheard this morning near Washington Sq Park:
"When you come down off of a coke high you chew the fuck out of your cheeks."
"Yeah, but that's not a cold sore."
"Well, it's a HOLE IN YOUR CHEEK."

And look who wanted to stop by to wish him a happy one...it's NY Giants quarterback and Superbowl XLII MVP Roger Manning, Jr.





Happy birthday UPLAT.

Ok - I know at least 2 of you are acappella nerds who may find this interesting.

The acappella group I used to sing with at VT, Juxtaposition, was just nominated for 3 Contemporary Acappella Recording Awards! Whoooo! The nominations were:

Best Male Collegiate Album - Anomaly
Best Male Collegiate Song - Touch The Sky
Best Male Collegiate Arrangement - Blurry, arr by my man Brent Yoder

It was a pretty competitive year I am told - so I'm not sure what the likelihood is of winning any of the categories - but I can say this album is definitely the top one ever put out by the group.

Fucking kudos, y'all!

FYI - the song nominated for best song is the one featured in this adorable video of the catshark:





shacid's a bitch

The new song & video from the Mountain Goats, Sax Rohmer #1. I may be too much of a fanboy to judge - but I fucking LOVE this video. So damn cool! Even if you don't usually dig tMG, please watch. I think you'll like. Lemme know.

note the addition of superchunk's jon wurster on drums. rock.

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Today I voted for my first Republican. Angela deemed this blogworthy. He was listed on the ballot as a Conservative as well so I actually voted for him on that line.

For some insane reason, Brooklyn Democrats thought that an anti-choice-racist-homophobic-3rd-rate-politician-with-no-law-practicing-experience-who-twice-failed -the-bar-exam would make a good civil court judge.

No thanks. I like my anti-choice-racist-homophobic judges to at least have some kind of legal qualifications.

Of course, this is Brooklyn, so the Democrat will win. And Brooklyn will have lost. Fucking hell.