a few things I've been reading and thinking about lately

[heresluck]

• MayDay.us. Many of you will have already seen this, but in case you haven't: Lawrence Lessig (pro-creativity lawyer of Free Culture and Remix fame -- you may have seen his TED talk -- who's turned from copyright reform to campaign finance reform) has founded the Mayday Political Action Committee, which "aims to elect a Congress committed to

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[anonymous]

Have we ever talked about Nashville? Because we should. I love it in the way that I love trashy soaps, but it seems to have more going on in some interesting ways. I would welcome your thoughts on it!

the grrly grrl

[heresluck]

I'm not sure we have! Maybe briefly last summer during a "so what are you watching?" check-in...?

Nashville definitely has its soapy qualities, but what I like about it, as I wrote last summer, is its emphasis on creative ambition -- and in the few eps I've watched in S2, what happens when those ambitions get fulfilled or thwarted.