2008 November | buzz twang

delta bes

November 30, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

What I see in NYC. :Head of a Bes image. Egyptian God. At the Metropolitam Museum of Art. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

song and dance man

November 30, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

What I see in NYC. Music in Central Park. Thoth. #end Mobile post sent by snafuprinciple using Utterli. Replies. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

shave and a haircut two bits

November 29, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

What I see in NYC. The York Barber Shop on Lexington Avenue. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

For Schmulik on a cold Tuesday. Great song by CSNY. The first time I heard this song, (really listened to it) was sometime in the early 80′s, I had my first Walkman, and was standing in the rain waiting for the bus. I can still see the headlights reflecting off the shimmering wet street… buzz-twang [...]

street dog

November 24, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

What I see in NYC. Hot dog stands in front of the Apple store on 5th Avenue. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

heart attack & vine

November 22, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins covers Tom Waits’ classic Heart Attack & Vine… One of the greatest songs ever… buzz-twang : news and views : blog

wingnuttia in shambles

November 13, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

Been quietly absorbing much of the reaction and continuing reaction to the Obama election and the unfolding reality of an Obama presidency. And, am (as always) probably overly fascinated with the reaction of the right wing extremist crowd. It’s interesting that the dyed in the wool “Obama is a Terrorist/Marxist/Muslim/Arab/Negro/Liberal/Socialist/AntiChrist/Manchurian Candidate/Traitor/Not One of Us” crowd [...]

sweet virginia

November 11, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

The Rolling Stones, from one of the great rock and roll movies ever… Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones… I saw it for the first time when I was 18 at the now gone 8th Street Playhouse, where the Rocky Horror Picture Show (yup, saw it there too.) became famous… buzz-twang : news and views [...]

fist bump

November 11, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

Yeah. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

where we go from here

November 8, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

Dougas Rushkoff has a forward looking post up on his blog regarding Obama and change and the hard work that lay ahead and he makes a number of important points, including: No, the opportunity is not to create the next great website for modeling bottom-up community activity, but to go and actually do the stuff. [...]

one vote for obama

November 5, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

What I see in NYC. The antiquated circa 1950's voting machine where you turn the lever to vote then move the red handle to ppunch the card. A volunteer then turns another lever outside the booth to reset as you exit. whew. Not too crowded but a line is begining to form. buzz-twang : news [...]

election day: truth and shenangians

November 5, 2008 by DJ Lanphier

Am off to vote very soon, and will write a short report on that, but wanted to address a few issues for the record. The word of the day for the next few years will be “legitimacy”, as the ideological right wing bottom feeders who’ve been in power the past seven and a half years, [...]