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Key Words from George Saunders

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

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, [...]

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 [...]

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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How about a sales update?

In July, we made a whopping $7 from iTunes… followed by an additional $10.36 from eMusic! I can’t wait to tell our accountant!
If you add in the $29 we made off with from the Towne Lounge show, I’d say it’s never been a more lucrative time to be a member of Team DYM.  We’ve got [...]

99% of what they say is meaningless

And I was worried we wouldn’t have Karl Rove to kick around anymore!
Yeah, I don’t actually have anything to say about this.  I was just sick of seeing my damn ancient face.

Jimmy gets older

Happy birthday to Jimmy.

Remain Vigilant, Concerned Citizens

Another track for the Jimmy Kaufmann solo EP is up. One more to go.
This one I kind of feel bad about doing solo. It almost sounds like a sketch for a DYM song… but I still can’t quite shake the feeling that there’s something inherently shitty about it, so maybe all is for [...]

Some love for the Towel Boy

Photo courtesy of Pennystripe
Today’s the birthday of our Co-#1 Fan. He’s the guy who designed our logo. He’s the guy who designed the cover art for Roboctopus (and will be designing the art for Musicians of Sound). He’s the guy who has to defend us to his work friends when we’re complete assholes [...]

And you thought you had a tub!

What a big guy! 44 pounds of luv-able tub. Check it out:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25937546/

Jimmy’s Russian Doppleganger

I think this guy and Jimmy went to the same school of introducing your work, where they both majored in “Your Audience Is A Bunch Of Bumbling Half-Wits Anyway, So Why Are You Even Wasting Your Time Trying To Explain Your Brilliance?”
From the introduction to the Russian modern art museum ART4.ru, as highlighted by the [...]

They lied to us!

Should’ve seen that coming. They’re not called Leopold and His True Stories, after all.
No show on Thursday at the East End! Instead, we’ll be drinking fruity vodka drinks on various patios across the city.

If only we were playing Barnstock.

A cover song idea:

Customized version:
Jem switches to Dym
The “Misfits” change to whoever we’re playing with that night.

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Two more from the photo shoot

Yeah, yeah, I’ve been behind on my blogging. Bite me. But before you do that, here’s a couple more photos by Famous Artist Jedidiah Chavez:

DOGS IN THE PARK

TARDS IN THE PARK

Um,…….someone stole Jed’s idea


A message from KG to Pennystripe

IN YOUR FACE!

eMusic sales update

We sold two albums on eMusic, for a grand total of $12.58… WE ARE RICH.
Thanks to our album containing 17 tracks, that’s a lot closer to the $7/album we get from iTunes than I thought it would be.

Our lawn signs kill candidates

This election cycle, Eloise and I had two lawn signs. Here are the results of the elections:
Steve Novick
42% of the vote (221,402); lost to Jeff Merkley who had 45% of the vote (237,258)
Jim Middaugh
22% of the vote; lost to Nick Fish who had 62% of the vote
It’s a good thing we didn’t get around [...]

Take your time, enjoy

Because dressing up a cat is even funnier in Japanese.
1. You need to dress a cat. And you will say to a cat together with a family. “It has changed just for a moment”. [ "it being very dear" or ] You will pass pleasant one time.