Like many my age, I first noticed Suzanne Vega through Luka. That song made Vega the first of the "New Folk" movement of early 80s New York to become a household name ( Read more... )

On the last track of Paul Simon's great Live Rhymin', just before he starts to play, some guy yells out "say a few words". Simon is taken aback and says, "Say a few words- well let's hope, let's hope that we continue to live ( Read more... )

since the election ( Read more... )

This isn't over yet.

I can visualize Kerry winning.

http://www.clowntech.com/win04/vote.htm

Over the past week, I've felt increasing confident about this election. The polls (for what they are worth) are going Kerry's way, the Osama bin Laden tape isn't helping Bush among independents, there was no October surprise, and the pundits are starting to talk about the possibility of a Kerry Presidency ( Read more... )

The Gallup poll after the second Bush/ Kerry debate just said that the respondants basically called it a tie, with 47% for Kerry and 45% for Bush ( Read more... )

Remember that Time magazine poll that showed Bush with a "double digit" lead over Kerry. Seems like it was all the so-called liberal media could talk about for awhile ( Read more... )

Chuck Klosterman is right about Billy Joel - Joel is one of the most underrated singer-songwriters of his era. Klosterman is also wrong about Joel when he says that The Nylon Curtain was Joel's last great album. That was The Bridge.

After the artistic lull of An Innocent Man - yes, he is happy with Christie; yes, he grew up on doo-wop - Joel ( Read more... )

but it can sure get some people to think it is the truth ( Read more... )