lost highway

OMG I just figured out where this came from.

Huh.... this doesn't suck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOYdZ0GyQFQ It's actually pretty cool.

Am I the only democrat on the planet who's feeling the Bernie excitement, but not the Buttigieg hatred?

And to be fair, Democrats are good at enforcing rules upon themselves that Republicans have happily ignored.

You'd think some Senators will be in the hot seat having been on the record as voting against witnesses in a trial. They've really diminished their office, and I don't mean in the moral way you guys are already right about. If Congress votes to allocate funds and the President ignores it without explanation, that's diminished the Legislative branch. I wonder if these Senators feel comfortable with their actions being a precedent, should the Dems ever have an Executive who plays dirty and gets caught.

That new single is NOT what I expected. I can't see falling in love with it, but I'm excited that they're taking some new risks. They might pay off on some of the rest of the material.

He's really so good. I've been listening on public radio to and from work..... some really incoherent yelling Republicans (and a few sloppy Democrats too) have taken the podium in both the House and now the Senate steps of the process. He's so clear, and calm, and focused. If I say Atticus Finch-esque is that too much?

Still no Quiet Amplifier? I fear that song will never enter the rotation!

Yeah, me too. My buddy is down there now. I have a feeling the next two setlists will also have some treasures.

That's been my thing for the last few years, I want any kind of justice... if not legally, then cosmically. I'll take him being hugely embarrassed, or becoming frustratedly irrelevant, if we can't get him in jail, or throw out of office.

No matter what tepid album they're touring for, you should still absolutely go. If you've liked them for any length of time it will be worth a fair amount of cash to see them.... like our generation's Stones-level worth it.

Pearl Jam plans to release a new album inspired by the melting ice caps, heinous climate change denial on their facebook ensues. Not sure if that part was funny or sad. https://news.avclub.com/pearl-jam-are-finally-releasing-a-new-album-1840978410 I've learned to hope for the best and expect the worst in post 2010 PJ releases, but I always get curious. They have so much talent, they might use it right again.

Nice, The trailer captivated me. It's on the watch list for sure. I finally made it around to Barry and I'm binging it at 2-3 episodes a night. It's so good. Has the same worlds collide wackiness that Dexter had, but less campy, more cool. Also very funny.

This kind of speaks to recent points you guys are making: It's interesting to me that the scramble to support the assassination of Soleimani has only gotten messier and they haven't really put up anything to back their decision..... annnnd it seems like the media and the public has all but moved on in a week.

I seriously decompressed with some camp/trash/popular binge watching: The Witcher- cheesy in a self-aware way, gorey, over the top fantasy The Mandalorian- I liked it best when it was a series-long arc, there were a few one-off procedural episodes in the middle that felt a little too Xena Warrior Princess for me, but the high parts were high. I also watched His Dark Materials, and also thought it was an overall success. I've read all of the Pullman books from the series so I had pretty high hopes. My wife and I finally finished Orange Is the New Black. We agreed two seasons ago that it h

I agree, and disagree. Most anything in Bolton's spidery attic of neocon policies is abhorrent to me. Yet within that worldview is a form of patriotism (perhaps even nationalism) that however violent, still operates with a certain code of ethics. Bolton may celebrate the bombing of civilians to exert force on the world, but he wouldn't celebrate a U.S. politician pressuring a foreign government to investigate an American. By all accounts he was strongly against it. On top of that he has personal beef with Trump now. All of this coupled with the fact that he may be at the end of his career coul

I'm wondering if Bolton's willingness to testify is a result of his calculation that the situation in the Senate is so in the GOP's pocket that he'll never have to.

While this space continues to be an uncommonly civil place on the web for political discourse, we got awfully slow last year probably from exhaustion and burnout. The Trump years have taken their toll. The ongoing barn storm of this presidential term may render anyone to be understandably disinterested in analyzing every flaming turd of political news flying at us daily, but it does not change the sheer academic curiosity that is the impeachment proceedings. This is an experiment in American civics that threatens to test the very notion of checks and balances. In other news we have potent

Yeah, in a century the impeachment will be the main idea for Trump in a trivia question.... hopefully without a remarkable second term as part of that. It's funny how he had to shell out 2 million dollars for charity fraud a couple weeks ago on top of all of this. It was interesting when he screwed over the Kurds in Syria how the conservatives actually turned on him for a hot minute. Otherwise it seems they'll stick by him through anything. Meanwhile I keep hearing two reasonable, compelling and contradictory arguments: 1) you can't win a purple state with a radically progressive politi

Man, I want them to start playing that one live, even if it doesn't settle in for several shows.

^ Proof that this is successful parody: I heard the melody in my head while I read it, and I laughed.

Sunloathe- the Solstice Song

I'm a Dreamer In My Dreams of a White Christmas I'm Frosty the Snowman Who Loves You At Least That's What You Said You'd Get Me Born Alone (in a manger) It's too bad they don't put Wilco puns on Bob's Burgers.

I feel like I should use these for lyrics.

Oh yeah... also..... Reservations made me tear up just a little.