lost highway

You have a fixation and it's weird.

Edward Snowden may go to Ecuador, or maybe Cuba, or somewhere else. It is most important that we note at this time: who freakin cares?! Yes, there is some foreign relations gossip to come out of that, but I can't believe how little energy the main stream media has devoted to processing the implications of what he leaked, and the civil liberties issues that are in question here.

I'll say the limited audience skills in the U.S. seem to be a bigger problem every passing year. Everyone likes to have fun and talk to each other, and for this reason they do it a lot. I don't think an unceasing, stoic silence during a rock concert is appropriate, but holy shit if some people don't talk through some of the better musical experiences. There's an art to being receptive and only taking things in, without having to throw your personality out of your mouth. I find movies, live music sets are the best types of places to hone this skill. I can blab almost everywhere else.

I would say if plain old alt-country is not your thing, then you might be more swayed by Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, or Middle Cyclone. They're a good mix of alt country, chamber pop, rock and roll, lots of imagistic lyrics. Amazing albums all around.

Bummer. I wasn't at the show. I did see a conversation that looked like "Man I'm so disappointed in that set." "You're crazy, it was a once in a lifetime opportunity." "So I guess you can't have an opinion on here." It seemed to me like people who enjoyed themselves were countering the complaint with their own opinion. Maybe it was expressed in a less than caring way. I find if this kind of stuff gets on your nerves it's best to avoid most any internet forum, because people's words tend to come out strong on these things. T hat said viachicago is a pretty nice place, nicer than some

I picked up The Pale King, by David Foster Wallace. It was posthumously published with his editor having to kind of decide how to assemble his notes and various writings intended for it in a way that worked. It's weird, but for a book about working for the IRS, the nature of boredom, and without a centralized narrator, perspective, or even a definitive ongoing narrative it's totally accessible and enjoyable. It reminds me of how some of the Calvino stuff is structurally so out there, yet unpretentious in the sense that it's not really about being difficult. It's like an entertaining colle

I'm calling unnecessary snark on that.

I agree with that. And not to sweep East German history under the rug, but overall the way Japan, Germany and Italy progressed in the decades that followed was pretty singular. I think some of the social, political and economic successes there have forever hypnotized the American mind about what greatness can come out of a war. American reluctance to engage with Germany (and the continued commercial exchange between us), rampant domestic racism against Japanese, allying with Stalin, and the use of two atom bombs are where it gets complicated.

It's no conspiracy theory. It's a complicated war. Read about it. People have romanticized it to the point of mythology, but "the only good war" line is pretty bunk.

Until you dig deeper.

"I never saw it as being a hero, brother. It was just doing what needed to be done. Now my friend can live." Holsters gun and looks pensively across the horizon.

So what are the chances of an immigration bill getting through? The GOP seems to be feeling awkward while trying to suck up to the Latino vote.

I find gun owners tend to fantasize the most about someone breaking in (it gives a feeling of political legitimacy to their power hobby). It reminds me of when my buddies and I were 8, and we would do "ninja training" with a broom handle for when the robbers came. It's fun to feel like a hero. When someone broke in to my house I wasn't home (they made sure of it) and it was probably around 3PM. They took my camera and my change jar. Now I have an Australian cattle dog and an alarm system. No gun was ever needed.

By the way, I totally just bought this guys. It has better high end response than the stock Fat Head II because of the Lundahl transformer. It's totally in my rights to buy it as an American. I have a bumper sticker of it on my car that says "Don't Tread on Me". Back to your original conversations.

Those are sweet hobbies. I'm not trying to down on you or anything, but come on.... you didn't somewhere inside of you want to start something by posting a picture of your new gun, without any attached comment to contextualize exactly how it enhances the general political thread conversation? It seems a little disingenuous to pretend otherwise.

Also, Jim is still totally making music. He has a new album out this week that got reviewed in Pitchfork this morning. I think he talked a lot about being less interested in working on music, and more interested in film in a couple interviews years ago when he moved to Japan. That impression seems to have stuck in everyone's mind. His musical output has been limited, and a bit more obscure than his Drag City hay day.

Notice I wasn't a big enough dork to post a picture of my compound miter saw to try and troll a thread about the political climate. You have a fetish. That's why you're posting pics in a political thread. That's why LouieB responded to you. It's what you wanted. That's why I said it was lame. It's like we're having a conversation about legalizing marijuana, people are comparing risks, benefits etc. Then I post a big picture of a bong and am like "Check out my new bong! Anyone got a problem with that?" Immature.

Lame.

The performances are up now at www.thedailyshow.com They did the two tunes that have been released so far. Tweedy and Spencer were not along, looked like some of the same band Mavis was performing the You Are Not Alone record with. Coolest part, is they're streaming another single exclusively at the Daily Show sight. It's called "Far Celestial Shore", slightly folkier and less funky than the other stuff we've heard so far. Really pretty.

I'm reaching for an unfair prejudice word for stoners, but I keep laughing them off. You're being stonerist? Stonerphobic? Sober supremacist?

Here's why the NSA business has not kept this thread active: it's non-partisan fascism. The finger pointing doesn't work, it hasn't really even gotten action on the dumb-dumb news. This whole business started under Bush with the Patriot Act (double speak nomenclature) and has continued, and really been extended under Obama. It isn't a democrat vs. republican issue. It's a federal government overreach in the name of safety issue. The fact that everyone is so in shock over what Snowden said shows how naive this country has gotten. Call me a cynic, but my response is "Well yeah.... I'd ki

The trailer had the least "rockin" song she's done in recent memory. This might be the most "rockin'". I am interested in both.

I'm sure if it's anything like the last two it will blow my mind, and make most other people's music seem dumb.

Wait, I mean Funkadelic. Those two get mixed up in my head.

So much Parliament influence on this record from what I've heard (obviously a Parliament song too). But the gnarly fuzz guitar, and grindy bass over spare funky drums on "I like the things about me." Very cool.