2007 January | buzz twang

from the vaults…. emmylou and spyboy

January 31, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Emmylou Harris had a bit of a cold. Her throat was a bit sore, so we got her a hot tea with lemon and honey. And, like a trooper she sang her heart out. You can hear it in her voice a little, that shredded raspy thing happening. But, her great talent and pipes are [...]

The Secret Government

January 30, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

A Bill Moyer’s doc from two decades back that could have been made tomorrow. (c/o This Modern World and King of Zembla) Simbaud writes: FOR TOO LONG the full length 90 min. version of this documentary has been unavailable. Only a 20 minute version has been circulating. Here now as of January 10, 2007 this [...]

Holding hands with an "enemy of America"

January 28, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

It’s become pretty clear over the past few years that, like most of the warbling warbloggers on the right, Glenn “Instuputz” Reynolds is simply incapable of any type of intellectual honesty. His ideology is rock solid though. A Republican President in the White House is like his favorite sports team getting into the Super Bowl. [...]

star trek gets a facelift

January 28, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

The newly remastered versions of the original Star Trek television series include some pretty amazing alterations of certain scenes, such as the one above. You can scroll through a gallery to view some of them. It’s an interesting situation in many ways. Having grown up with the Kirk Enterprise, part of me waxes nostalgic for [...]

luther allison spells it out for you

January 27, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

There are blues artists, and then there’s Luther. Music that washes right through to your soul. Bad Love… buzz-twang : news and views : blog

"The Decider" decides he’s the "Decision Maker"

January 27, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

You can’t make this shit up: I hear the voices, and I read the front page, and I know the speculation. But I’m the decider, and I decide what is best. And what’s best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the secretary of defense. – President George W. Bush – Tuesday, April 18, 2006 [...]

Cheney speaks from experience….

January 26, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

VP Dick “Buckshot” Cheney, the leader of the gang that couldn’t shoot straight, whose foreign policy has led to the debacle in Iraq, quite likely the worst foreign policy disaster in the history of the United States, has said that Hillary Clinton won’t make a good president… Because she’s a Democrat. I don’t agree with [...]

how the wingnuts lost the war

January 25, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

In “Why did anyone support the invasion of Iraq?” Avedon Carol puts it into neat, well written paragraphs that even a wingnut should be able to understand: Any reasonably sane person over the age of 15 knows that war is dangerous, expensive, and terrible. You know that it kills lots and lots of people, leaves [...]

celluloid heroes and villians

January 25, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

All kinds of things to talk about… The Oscar nominations have been announced. The biggest ommision obviously, is Dreamgirls for Best Picture. It really is a fine film, much better than Little Miss Sunshine IMHO. (I liked LMS very much too.) But, the Oscars are little more than a public relations popularity contest… So, there [...]

smearing obama, beating nixon, and other wingnut feats

January 23, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Josh Marshall asks: So who will Fox News fire for peddling the Obama hoax? How about the Washington Times? Who will they fire? The thing is, we’re talking about ideologues who think like this: It is a tonic to have our government led by a man of principle – and we who support President Bush [...]

fascism is just another word for nothing left to lose

January 22, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Dinesh D’Souza has a new book out, it’s titled: “The Enemy at Home: The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11″. Over at Salon, Alex Koppelman interviews D’Sousa and rips his basic arguments to shreds. The obvious answer in the final analysis is that all sides bare responsibility for the state of affairs in the [...]

celluloid, music and other loves..

January 22, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Michael Wolff has a new album out. See him play if you can… You won’t regret it. Over at Media Rights: …we’re introducing a new article series called Shortlist, your opportunity to learn about the films that inspire intellectual, artistic and activist leaders. Leaders like Albert Maysles, a pioneer of cinema verite whose documentaries explore [...]