In celebration of the box set
The opening credits of “A Hard Day’s Night.” Neddie Jingo has a wonderful disquisition covering that opening chord and follows it up with some detective work here.
The opening credits of “A Hard Day’s Night.” Neddie Jingo has a wonderful disquisition covering that opening chord and follows it up with some detective work here.
What’s the only species besides humans which understands the meaning of a pointed finger?
Imagine that you work for a newspaper or magazine and your editor asks you to review the new boxed set of remastered Beatles CDs. How do you review the thing as music? The Lennon-McCartney songbook is better known than almost any other pop music collection I can think of. Give Chuck Klosterman credit for trying. …
And where’s Osama bin Laden? We’ve been in Afghanistan for eight years at the cost of 821 American lives. We’ve been in Iraq (which not even Bush/Cheney claimed as a hidey-hole for bin Laden) for six at the cost of 4343 American lives (Source). We’ve spent ~$900B on military actions in those two countries. We’ve …
Nobody could have predicted that shouting “You lie!” at the President of the United States while he’s speaking to a joint session of Congress might annoy people. And, being annoyed, they might go to Act Blue’s fund-raising page for the guy who opposed you in your last election and plans to oppose you again. And …
If you wondered why Republican Charles Boustany seemed to focus on tort reform in his response to President Obama’s speech tonight, wonder no more. He’s been found guilty of malpractice three times in his career.
This is the best sales pitch in the entire speech: What this plan will do is to make the insurance you have work better for you. Under this plan, it will be against the law for insurance companies to deny you coverage because of a pre-existing condition. As soon as I sign this bill, it …
When was the last time you read/heard of a Republican Senator or Congressperson who seemed to have the best interests of the country in mind, rather than partisan political advantage? Look at them. They are fighting furiously to preserve the status quo on health care, when even they must know that the current system stinks. …
Remember Pictionary? I want Senator Franken on my team next time I play. That is seriously impressive.
I wonder what César Chavez thought of this song.