Mood Swings is an animated online series about mom’s life when the kid’s aren’t around. In this clip, Janise, mother of Clementine and wife to Mathias, reconnects with her college days in a zany flashback.
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Neoconservatives accuse Barack Obama of leading the United States down the road to communism. In reality, mainstream Democrats have become more fiscally conservative since the Cold War era. Obama is no more economically radical than Richard Nixon, whose presidency produced the Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, increased . . . → Read More: WHY THE AMERICAN LEFT HAS BEEN LEFT BEHIND (NO MATTER WHAT THE AMERICAN RIGHT CLAIMS) By Ben Easher How many weeks does Rolling Stone, the magazine, have left? I hadn’t seen a copy in six years (which says something in itself) and now, perusing the 3/1 issue with Paul McCartney on the cover I’m shocked at how small and ad-less the zine is these days. How can they possibly be making any . . . → Read More: Does Rolling Stone Magazine Have Any Future at All?
[LISTEN, WHITEY! author Pat Thomas will be reading / presenting / playing music from the book and companion album on Sunday, April 22nd at Powell's Bookstore in Portland.] Over a five year period in Oakland, CA, archivist Pat Thomas befriended key leaders of the seminal Black Power Movement, . . . → Read More: Listen Whitey! Author Pat Thomas to Appear at Powell’s Bookstore in Portland April 22 Bobby B! I can’t imagine what Maya Rudolph, daughter of the late, great Minnie Riperton, is thinking and feeling right now. Her admiration for Whitney Houston showed through her iconic, over-the-top impersonations of Houston. Rudolph will host SNL 2/18/2012. – Steve Stav Publicists for Whitney Houston have confirmed that the legendary singer died Saturday at age 48. While there are no immediate signs of criminal intent, police are continuing to investigate the singer’s death, which took place in her room on the fourth floor of the Beverly Hilton. TMZ is speculating that a combination of . . . → Read More: A Voice for the Ages, Whitney Houston, is Dead at 48 On January 16, 2012, Mitt Romney tweeted that, “More Americans have lost their jobs under Barack Obama than any president in modern history.” I am so tired of hearing GOP Presidential candidates bash President Obama’s alleged folly. Instead, let’s focus on the last decade. First, according to the Wall Street Journal, the eight years . . . → Read More: Clarifying the Facts on Obama’s Job Creation Record, By Mark Erickson I was recently asked, “Did the Iraq War foment the Arab spring? Is this even a legitimate question?” To which I responded: Yes, absolutely a legitimate question. Although I would do the professory thing and say, well, do you mean it was the sole and exclusive catalyst/cause? or it was a factor? Maybe because . . . → Read More: Did the Iraq War Foment the Arab Spring? By Lawrence Spaulding Big Steve‘s definitely gettin’ it done! I enjoyed a wonderful steak dinner he and Tim Midgett prepared during my last Chicago visit in October 2009… – Tom Kipp Here’s, Mario Batali Voice, and here’s some commentary in the LA . . . → Read More: Steve Albini Starts Food Blog Called Mario Batali Voice, By Tom Kipp Go here. To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion, Virginia State Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax) on Monday attached an amendment that would require men to have a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test before obtaining a prescription for erectile dysfunction medication. Go here. Go here. The poor girl is addicted to Chicken McNuggets and eats only them. Here's How Stacey Irvine Looked in Happier Times Hi, I, along with Mr. Murphy, work at Franklin. While I appreciate everyone who went to the protest, the kind of language used does not help unify us, but rather divides. Specifically, to imply that if we didn’t go to the protest it means we don’t care is simply untrue, and very narrow-minded. I . . . → Read More: Seattle: I’m Interested in Bigger Education Issues Than Just Money, By Daniel Magill On Tuesday January 24th, Seattle Public School teachers and students were forced to leave school three hours early due to a negotiated furlough day. In protest, the Seattle Education Association organized picketing events at a handful of prominent locations around town. The location closest to where I teach was at the five corners where . . . → Read More: Seattle Teachers Hit the Picket Lines, By Holly Homan
Eric Melvin playing guitar real fast Tuesday evening after working, standing on a picket line, then working again, I headed to Seattle’s King Cat Theater. NOFX were headlining. I have only seen NOFX at Warped Tour and have been wanting to see them at their own show for ages. Unfortunately the last time they . . . → Read More: NOFX, Poison Idea, Old Man Markley and Rat City Ruckus Ignite a Sold Out Crowd at Seattle’s King Cat Theater, By Holly Homan Kearney Barton – The man who engineered the original Northwest sound when recording the Sonics and Kingsmen, amongst others, has died. Here’s someone who has that ubiquitous almost famous look, like he was in a band, or has been there/done that, but nobody can quite spot/identify him. I keep running into him, and then saw him on record store day leafing thru stuff at Sound Fix in the Village. Some fan stared at him . . . → Read More: Who Am I? By Dennis Shin Go here for the Wired magazine coverage of the decision. Here’s a background podcast on the case, made shortly after the oral arguments were heard by the Supreme Court in this case.
All walks of life On Saturday January 21st, 2012, several hundred people from all walks of life joined together in an event sponsored by Occupy Seattle. The occasion was the second anniversary of The Supreme Court of the United States declaring that corporations are people and have the right to free speech, and thus, . . . → Read More: Occupy Seattle Protests on 2nd Anniversary of Citizens United, By Holly Homan |
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