Thoughts while listening to NPR this afternoon
- Debbie Harry was on Soundcheck and was asked for her advice to young artists. I'm pretty sure the interviewer expected some kind of punk rock stay true to your sound and fuck the label answer, but what she said was, "Don't sign anything without good legal advice."
- Thom Yorke is awesome, and everyone loves Terry Gross.
- ATC on what Al Gore was doing after he conceded the presidential election in 2000: Then he traveled the world, gained some weight, grew a beard for a while, and put together a powerpoint presentation on global warming. I mean, you can't really argue with that as a summary.
- Re the Anderson trial: Are you fucking kidding me? An all-white jury? Did we walk into 1937 when I wasn't paying attention? I'm with the family's lawyer: "You kill a dog, you go to jail. You kill a little black boy and nothing happens." At least the state of Florida did the right thing, giving money to the family and shutting down the camp.
- And then the kid from Jena goes back to jail. I swear to god, some days I wonder why I even bother.
- And then I see the crazy Yuletide thing going on and I realize that I HAVE to bother or maybe no one else will. NOT ON, FANDOM.
I'm annoyed because someone sent me a text asking me if I was home at 2:15 but I didn't get it until 6:15. And I was home! Drat!