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Jimi at Monterey

February 24, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

In many ways, Hendrix’s version of Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” exemplifies Jimi’s mastery of performance and rock and roll and his place within history. At the time, Hendrix was known to most musicians for his London club shows, but not too well known to the general public. In the summer of 1967 the [...]

Otis at Monterrey

February 24, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Back in school, a friend had the old double sided LP, one side was Otis Redding at Monterrey, the other side was Jimi Hendrix at Monterrey… Here’s some Otis. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

watching the wingnuts and other games

February 23, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

It was only a matter of time before Glenn Reynolds self combusted. Not that it will slow him down one bit, or give him reason for pause and reflection. Much be nice always being right and having all the answers all of the time. As an “ex-Liberal” he must have sworn off the intellectually elite [...]

little ice age

February 20, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

My sister sent me some photos of the aftermath of an ice storm in Versoix, Switzerland which are pretty extraordinary. Thought worth sharing some of them. There’s a VW microbus behind that ice… buzz-twang : news and views : blog

Arcade Fire at Judson Church

February 20, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

One of the reasons I miss living down in the Village is having access to shows such as this. Manhattan is a tiny island in many ways, but also a very large island in others. Arcade Fire played at Judson Church and the entire concert is available at NPR.Give it a listen. buzz-twang : news [...]

Global warming follies

February 18, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Personally, I have to wonder whether Curt at Flopping Aces (and all those who think like him) are intentionally getting it wrong, simply refuse to engage the facts of the science, or just don’t get it. Because they continually get it wrong. Something is surely amiss. It’s become so ideological they are blinded. Curt’s latest [...]

Murder is bad. Genocide not so much.

February 18, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

“A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.” – Josef Stalin A recent study suggests what many of us have always known to be true: the human race has difficulty dealing with large numbers of deaths. Paul Slovic, a psychologist at the University of Oregon, said his research found that mankind [...]

A Liberal, a Rapist and Satan walk into a bar….

February 16, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Joel Surnow, the creator of “24″ as well as the new and extraordinarily bad “1/2 Hour News Hour” (deep satire that) says the following in an interview in TV Guide: …I think the one thing we target more than anything else is hysteria. The hysteria over global warming. The hysteria over Barack Obama. College kids’ [...]

Wingnut Icon Rush Limbaugh goes for a twofer

February 16, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

El Rushbo must be feeling the heat from his abysmal performance in the awful new “satire” show offered by Fox. Even wingnuts hate it. Here’s a clip: The canned laughter alone is horrible. This review pretty much sums it up. So, what does Limbaugh do for an encore? He says that Barack Obama should just [...]

Fighting terrorism with terrorism

February 16, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Glenn Reynolds watches way too much “24″. Now he’s advocating fighting terrorism with… terrorism. The Carpetbagger puts him straight. The hypocrisy is really but one symptom of the total mess that the GWOT has always been from a rational perspective. The wingnut propensity for calling anyone who disagrees with their idea of going after terrorists [...]

blogging onto itself

February 13, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Some thoughts on the recent “blogroll amnesty” where some “A List” bloggers thinned and or added to their blogrolls over at If I Ran the Zoo. (c/o Skippy) What’s at stake here is the egalitarian and democratic nature of the blogosphere. If traffic and linkage are concentrated among a relatively few extremely popular blogs, then [...]

fish in a barrel

February 11, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Poll says Arabs don’t like Bush. What’s to like? From their perspective he’s overseen the invasion of two sovereign nations and is actively pursuing a third. Everyone likes to strive for self rule and independence, devoid of “outside influences”. Forcing “freedom” on on nations is about as successful a policy as trying to get American’s [...]