Saturday Morning Shards #4
The “Homecoming” Edition
Sore Winners by John Powers is a look at the Bush presidency through the lens of American popular. Unabashedly left wing, it’s also smart, funny and disarmingly unpretentious. Powers is the sometime film critic on NPR’s Fresh Air.
I think Zell Miller resembles a troll. And it’s not just his personality.
I an an unqualified Literature Abuser (via Jessa)
Political chat shows usually bore me stiff but watching The Daily Show coverage of the RNC was a riot. And Chris Matthews? I like the guy and I don’t even know his politics.
I missed Dave Chappelle on Fresh Air which made me mad. I think his show is comic genius.
I never in my wildest dreams thought out of myself as “indie rock” or anything like it. I’m just too happy a person. But on a recent trip to Amoeba, I left with albums by Death Cab for Cutie, New Pornographers. Next stop: A morose, ironic haircut.
Sick of politics alltogether? My man Baratunde breaks it down for you
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Death Cab for Cutie and the New Pornographers can be quite happy, actually. Poppy, even. Skip the haircut! (Have you checked out The Postal Service, yet? DC for C’s singer’s side project. Great!)
Death Cab for Cutie and the New Pornographers can be quite happy, actually. Poppy, even. Skip the haircut! (Have you checked out The Postal Service, yet? DC for C’s singer’s side project. Great!)