Mr. Kinsley

After seeing the video, I would like to echo the dismay of whomever was complaining about those kids putting their green monster in CENTER. And do they really need a fence? It's wiffle ball fer cris'sakes! If they'd just ditch that I'm sure it would all be OK.

My brother in law on the other hand, is much more high-strung, sort of fearful, your typical first time parent. And his daughter, roughly five months older than Lily, is markedly less confident

Did this just come out? It seems like something like that would be on every network, morning show, talk show, etc.

Very, very cool. My 2 favorites were the Korean DMZ and Papau New Guinea (or which ever one had the natives jumping up and down as high as they could.)

If Wilco does play at the convention, I highly doubt that they'd be on TV. Unless of course they are the house band and back up Stevie Wonder on "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours."

I'm more of a boxer-brief guy. But believe me, they're tight...tight like Wilco's new album will be...

 

That mental image may have just ruined this album for me before it's ever made.

indeed, i dont want a cool president, i want good president

Wilco making one cooler or not is debateable. But it does show good decision-making skills.

Maybe Wilco will play at the convention. The days in between the SF show and the Ireland show are when it's going on. Hmmm?

 

(Probably not the 28th, since they'd need a little more time than that to get to Ireland and set up. Unless Phil Collins wants to loan them his Concord.)

For Obama and Wilco fans looking for insight into their schedule, Wilco is currently on a tour that conveniently wraps up its U.S. leg in San Francisco Aug. 24, the day before the start of the Democratic convention in Denver. The band doesn't have another show scheduled until Aug. 29, in Ireland, after the convention concludes -- so an appearance in Denver by Obama's favorite Chicago band is not out of the question.

Yeah. I called it.

Full story from the Washington Post

... a gorgeous tune called Let's Fight that I'm hopeful might make it onto the next album.

If they have as much ammo for a new album from what Jeff has just written, then I (unfortunately) doubt it.

Hell Ya! Yay! that just made my day

The album thing or the tight pants/boxers thing?

I was going to chime in on the "wow, the sewage plant name thing is lame" comments, but after A-man's post... maybe it is rather fitting.

BTW- Where is that story from? The Onion? Is that for real?

Maybe Wilco will play at the convention. The days in between the SF show and the Ireland show are when it's going on. Hmmm?

(Probably not the 28th, since they'd need a little more time than that to get to Ireland and set up. Unless Phil Collins wants to loan them his Concord.)

I put Neil Diamond in the minivan CD player the other day and discovered that my 2.5 year old twins love Sweet Caroline. When it gets to the part where he sings "Sweeeet Caaar- oooo- liiine" and then the horns go "bah bah baaaah!" the kids sing the bah bah bah part. They now request the bah bah bah song.

Their 2 other favorites are Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash. "Play Ba Deeelan!" "More Cash!"

I really don't see the big deal here. This is essentially what he's said all along, if you listen to more than the soundbites that get played on the news. He's always said 16 months. He's always said that we could have a small prescence in the region for strategic attacks, but not a full-blown occupation. And anyone who comes up with a strategy and sticks to it, regardless of the facts on the ground would be... well, they'd be George Bush.

I think we need to wait and see what comes out of the Iraq trip before we start flipping out.

If you're on Obama's email list, you got an email from the campaign about it today.

Ah! Of course, that would be the Chicago-area Obama's email list.

For those interested, the baby registry is at Target, Pottery Barn Kids and Zildjian.

Congrats Glenn!

Where are you seeing this? Not doubting, really. Just curious.

Thanks for the Expos (may they rest in peace... or D.C.)

I'll second the Rush sentiment, also. And Bob & Doug McKenzie.

6th: watch the red sox beat the yanks and drink bad wine.

It's a holiday weekend - splurge and get some wine that's at the very least mediocre.

what exactly is the big deal about mccain shaking a womans hand that is sporting an obama logo? i guess i've missed that story?

Big deal? Not really. I'm just stumped. If it's intentional, what's the logic? If it's unintentional (strategy-wise), was it somebody inside his campaign goofin' on him or did they just miss it completely? Seems like a bad strategy to give your opponent a subliminal plug in your own ad.

why is she smiling and mccain not?

A few seconds before this part she seems somewhere between slightly uncomfortable and pleasantly surprised to be face to face with JMc.* My guess as to why he's so somber is that this is footage from when he was at the Lorraine Motel on the 40th anniversary of MLK's assassination. He probably doesn't want to be too upbeat.

*I doubt I'm the first to refer to him as JMc (pron: Jay - Mack), but I'll take credit for it anyway!

Check out the :26 second mark in

- he's shaking hands with an Obama supporter! You can see the 'O' logo clear as day on her shirt. What should we make of this?

Clear as day? I couldn't even make it out when pausing it.

Maybe this will help:

Check out the :26 second mark in

Not only is there that, HERE is possibly the single funniest thing to come out of this election. McCain gave a speech the other day (for some totally insane reason) in front of a green screen, making it waaaaaay too easy for anyone with an iota of tech/video savvy to mess with the footage. Strike a pose Johnny!

EDIT: If you search around a little bit on the link, you'll see that one of the videos they altered is that one of the dancing Indian midget! El F, where are you!

What just absolutely kills me about this (the Iran thing, not the Jules vs. explodo thing - that I could give a shit about) is that because of our Iraq experience, we've screwed ourselves in terms of Iran. THEY seem to be the ones we should have been worried about in the first place. Sadam we could have kept in check with a few bombing runs here and there, but now if the current admin really is right about Iran what will we be able to do about them? Our military is over-taxed with a war on two fronts and the int'l community isn't going to jump on our bandwagon anymore, regardless of how good the intel might be.

Freedom ain't free, but we seem to be overpaying at the moment.

1. Wilco

U2 1987 Joshua Tree tour

LA Memorial Coliseum

Way the hell in the upper reaches by the stinkin' press box, on a cold, drizzly November night, with a bunch of high school girls sitting behind us screaming the whole time like it was 1958 and Elvis just walked on stage.

And it was STILL the best show I've ever seen! Yeah, Bono's kinda goofy, but when you're sitting where I was you need someone who can do the stadium-rock thing to get the people in the back into it. They ended with '40,' which they just sort of faded out while everyone sang the chorus, which we were still doing out into the parking lot. Literally. Never seen anything like it. It felt like a church service almost.

Is this a real newspaper?

Yeah. It's what I read growing up. I'm not proud of that, by the way.

Is this the new RTT?