(note: my new blog at gregoryharbin.com is now up and running. This will slowly transition to a more personal page, with gh.c being for my articles)

I put together my first electoral map, based on survey data from SurveyUSA which was released yesterday. Rather than assigning delegates in the states that were close, I went ahead and designated a ' ( Read more... )

I really should have been posting about Idol before now, but, here goes ( Read more... )

OK, the press is reporting 'Hillary's Big Three Wins.' Let's be clear here. Hillary netted exactly four delegates. Four. That's four (4). That's fewer than Obama netted in ANY of the previous eleven contests, save the Virgin Islands, which had but three (3) delegates to give him ( Read more... )

Much happier with this version of 'Falling Slowly.' Still nowhere near perfect, but I'm happier. Comments appreciated.

http://www.gregoryharbin.com/FallingSlowly.mp3

And for the record, no, I will not be attending a Primary Results Baratch Obamarty tomorrow, no matter ( Read more... )

Inspired by JoCo mentioning on Twit that he's recorded everything on a Mac Mini, I sprung into recording action today, choosing for my attempting Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová's glorious, Oscar-winning 'Falling Slowly.'

My version falls short of theirs on every level, but at least I finally recorded a song with guitar, voice, bass, and piano. ( Read more... )

Selected songs from Radiohead's 1997 masterwork "OK Computer," examined as an allegory for the 2008 American Presidential election:

AirbagThe "next World War" is our current War on Terrorism, and the unpopularity of the Iraq Invasion has led America to look for a 'jack knifed juggernaut,' a leader who stood up against the war even before it was ( Read more... )

I have now seen most of the films nominated in this year's Oscars (yes, even you, Atonement; Atonement, how you thrill in the first fifty minutes, and then fall into almost complete squalor for the rest of the running time, Atonement, whom I hope the novel, whose beginning is almost more utterly rapturous, does not fall apart as well upon entering ( Read more... )

Am I now a member of a more august class, a higher order of supporters? I feel the odd need to subdivide myself into a smaller group. "Bearded White Guys For Obama," perhaps.


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Three things:

1. I have Radiohead tickets!

2. I heart heart heart Questionable Content!

3. Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' is absolutely fantastic.

Some notes from tonight's primaries in Virginia, Maryland, and the Federal City:

• Obama is now winning by ten more delegates than I had predicted in my post-Super Tuesday prediction.
• He increased his lead over Clinton 54 delegates, a blow out by any standards.
• He is now (not including super delegates) 883 delegates away from the nomination.
• He would ( Read more... )