not dead yet
12:04 AM
"At one point early in the show, the temptation to check in on what’s happening on the other side of the curtain gets the best of Brian. He actually peeks through the blinds and describes the movement on the other side, performing a clunky, fry-like bacon jiggle to try and show to his blind audience what the other side is seeing. He gets so into describing what he thinks all this dancing is about that he ends up walking through the blinds and starts interviewing the dancers, poking a microphone at their faces while dodging their slicing arms and kicking legs."
Chunky Move kicks ass.
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You just want to mine those asteroids for minerals. The pirates? They want you dead. Who will win?
The Space Game is calling my name, even now.
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I met James Lee Burke at a book signing at Powell's about ten years ago. Dave Robicheaux is a different character than he was then, and that's what makes him great.
Buy Swan Peak now.
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Tuesday 9 a.m. Born 45 years ago. You know I only want you for your birthday haiku. (O.K., that's not completely true, but c'mon, give it up.)
5 / 7 / 5
April 05, 2009
newsflash: npr bent to the right
11:07 PM
Among the right wing, NPR (once renowned among major media as the gold standard of journalism), was reviled as part of the "liberal media". For those of us who have been listening since before the Bush regime, it is no surprise that the wingers no longer have cause for complaint.
"In simple terms, AEI is an excuse for producers to be lazy. Calling them means that you place a higher value on filling time than providing information. It means ignoring the many connections that the unscholarly 'scholars' have to other organizations and corporations. It means not minding that you're balancing progressive views with views that are simply and demonstrably wrong.
For public radio, who leans on AEI more than any other outlet, it's time to go on a diet. Really, these guys do not make you look good."
Daily KOS breaks it down in their analysis of NPR's unhealthy dependence on the so-called "American Enterprise Institute".
