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Monthly Archives: September 2008

Speech and Debate

Three Salem Oregon high school outcasts who have previously never met are curiously connected by their affiliations with a local sex scandal whose introduction results in the school’s first Speech and Debate team. Would-be drama star Diwata posts a video blog implying that she knows something about the scandal. Howie leaves his phone number on [...]

Key Words from George Saunders

Keywords
Palin, Sarah (Gov.);
2008 Election;
Hockey Moms;
Élites;
Lipstick;
Country First;
Pigs

Side Projects!

While the world waits anxiously for the Homo Camp triple album, here’s the first salvo from Kaufmann on Kaufmann. Eloise and I recorded a cover of “Kaberet” as a back-up track for the For Supergrover project on the 61.
It’s just like “Mandy,” but without the terrible accordion playing!

Modesto

The latest incarnation of Modesto is now up at the SixtyOne.
People who don’t really like anything else I’ve written generally tell me that this is their favorite song of mine. I’ve often wondered what I’m supposed to do with that information. “Write more two chord songs” might be the answer. Then again, [...]

Back to school!

With a couple of brand new tracks chock full of edutainment:
1. Don’t let those damn leftists take hunting out of the classroom! Grab some pointers from Kill the Birds, our contribution to the For Supergrover project.
2. Ever wondered who was in line to succeed the President? Enjoy a very rough mix of The [...]

Remember that one thing I said?

You know, a while back, when I was telling you all about how Achewood is the funniest comic strip I’ve read in a good long time?
Read this and regret not taking me seriously the first time around.

Whoa! Bob Herbert is PISSED!

Well, for good reason. It’s gotta be a pain in the ass, that ever since 1982 he (or someone else) has had to write this kind of column at least once a year.
Ignorance must really be bliss. How else, over so many years, could the G.O.P. get away with ridiculing all things liberal? Troglodytes [...]

Sitting on your ass, Defending Oregon

Who doesn’t love sitting on their ass? And who doesn’t live to defend Oregon? Now you can do both! Check out the Election 2008 links over there on the right side of your screen.
Do your part, dammit!

Things you can do for people you’ve never met

For those of you on the SixtyOne, head on over and bump the hell out of everything that gets posted here. There’s a photo, and a story, and right now there’s one track by Glenn Case, who helped put together the project.
You can read more about the project here, from Michele AKA [...]

Well, Jerry Reed Died.

At the age of 71.
Strangely, for the past two mornings my iPod has been set to wake me up to “Eastbound and Down.”
Here’s this:

Bizarrely, Jerry Reed’s career (and self-image) was somehow able to survive this:

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