2008 June | buzz twang

Seinfeld reflects on Carlin

June 25, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

Jerry Seinfeld writes an obit for George Carlin in the NY Times: Dying Is Hard. Comedy Is Harder. JERRY SEINFELD Published: June 24, 2008 THE honest truth is, for a comedian, even death is just a premise to make jokes about. I know this because I was on the phone with George Carlin nine days [...]

bo

June 24, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

Had meant to post this video… Bo Diddley passed away two weeks ago… Watch the video. And, yes, that’s James Brown doing the intro… buzz-twang : news and views : blog

George Carlin defines the First Amendment

June 23, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

George goes onto the next. Here’s one of his best known routines. The 7 words you can’t say on TV. Thanks George: buzz-twang : news and views : blog

the boss and escovedo

June 20, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

Nice video of Springsteen and Alejandro Escovedo performing “Always a Friend”. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

the iraq war follies get serious

June 17, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

This paragraph from Cursor is pretty historical: Iraqis put the brakes on negotiations for a status of forces agreement, with Prime Minister Maliki even floating the idea that ‘Iraq might ask the U.S. to leave,’ and the shadow of ‘America’s Ziggurats‘ looming ever larger in the background. So, this is where we’re at: The Bush [...]

bush a liar or incompetent

June 17, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

In the LA Times, James Kirchick writes that Bush didn’t lie about the run up to war. He was simply given bad intelligence. So, Bush wasn’t lying, he was incompetent? Personally, I think it was both. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

nypd cool

June 16, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

What I see in NYC. the nypd musle car. for those starsky and hutch car chases we see all the time. nice though. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

the elitist menace among us

June 12, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

Ridicule is the best weapon. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

what would lester say?

June 12, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

Richard Hell writes about Lester Bangs. Stuff to keep the sanity fire burning. Bush says “Fuck Sadaam!“, starts a war, destroys a country, people die, the world doesn’t like it, and five years later Bush says he regrets that people don’t understand him and mistakenly think he was a “guy really anxious for war”. You [...]

the obama is the antichrist list

June 12, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

The wingnut faithful have been amassing a pretty impressive list of what they see as “proof” that Barack Obama is evil incarnate. It’s the usual exercise in what the right wing does best: fear mongering. The concept that Obama is the “antichrist” has been a popular meme for awhile. It’s rather fascinating, because they can’t [...]

the eliminationist tactics of falafel bill o’reilly

June 12, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

Watch the two videos, contrast and compare. It speaks volumes: O’Reilly’s version of it: Note the fear mongering, the obsfucation, the cherry picking. Most of his viewers eat it up as the truth. Nuff said. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

the dubya syndrome

June 8, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

this sign is now posted on a good deal of the construction sites on the upper east side. after the recent spate of crane collapses and tragic and very likely preventable deaths, the sign gave me pause to think. first, it’s a bit too close to closing the barn door after the cow is gone [...]