uncool2pillow

So I saw my 1st 97's show last night. A bigger crowd in Des Moines than I would've expected, and a pretty good crowd. Many do they rock! Phillip Peeples is a better drummer than I realized. So many great songs, so little time. The opener was great, a band called The Spring Standards. A trio w/ no drummer. The each play a different part of the drum set while playing their other instruments (guitar, bass, keys, etc). Great 3-part harmonies. Their new CD is co-produced by Rhett Miller. The show was at a bar on the 3rd floor of a building. Afterwards, the band rode a freight elevator d

Point taken, and it is a good point. But what about the businesses that provide jobs that the kids you serve (and seriously, bless the work your shelter provides)? Does the shelter provide a more valuable service than employment?

Isn't the Book of Revelation 500-600 years older than Islam? It's too bad there are 1000s of people who just eat this stuff up. I probably won't vote for Obama for political reasons (still doubt I can vote for Palin for VP, so I'm undecided), but this kind of thing is just insane.

I agree with about everything you said here. I teach in the public schools (don't let anyone tell you there aren't conservatives in the school system) and would love to see more funding for everything you cited. Here's the problem: It's a lot easier to increase taxes than it is to appropriate wisely. To claim that not wanting to pay more taxes before any changes in appropriation are made is putting county ahead of yourself is just plain wrong. Who's to say that untaxed money (like Gates, Buffet, and many more anonymous wealthy people) won't be better served in philanthropy or being invest

This thread has sunk to new lows and I wasn't going to post, but now I feel compelled. I'm pretty sure my 91 year old grandmother is a millionaire. I haven't asked, but she's tucked away a ton of money in her lifetime. She grew up on a small farm in eastern KY during the depression. She went on to become a small business owner, a farmer, a president of a small, rural bank. Is it patriotic for her to pay more taxes?? She's not spending it on "bling". Has she taken some vacations in her lifetime? Hell yes! But through her WORK she put other people to work, made safe, secure loans that a

It sorta did a few years back at a benefit for Soul Asylum bassist Grant Young. Norton wasn't there and Grant wasn't playing drums, but it's the closest we're ever going to get, guaranteed. Their short time together only opened old wounds between Bob & Grant. Here's visual proof:

I like many of hos movies too, but I have to take issue with this statement. When you send out curriculum materials in the hopes that your movie (JFK) will be shown in class, it ceases to be just entertainment. That movie has twisted the minds of millions of people too lazy to do their own research and see just how full of holes and contradictions it is. I saw Stone's interview on Colbert Report last week. I'll give him this, it was funny!

Vikings win 2 weeks in a row. Neither win gives me much joy, though!

Oxymoron?

Just for the record, I jinxed it. I flipped on ESPN News and saw that Dice-K had a no-hitter through 6, flipped on the game, about 3 minutes before the first hit. Sorry Sox fans.

I know, just sayin'. 2 groups of people need to heed the same message.

Didn't your namesake put it this way? "Everybody be cool! Just be cool!" Wall Streeters should do the same.

My Morning Jacket - Okonokos

White Stripes - White Blood Cells

To me, this is such a trivial issue that I don't pay it much mind. I do flip around radio stations a lot, though. I constantly hear Sean Hannity refer to Ayers as an "unrepentant" terrorist. I know he's an education professor now, but has he gone through a Saul --> Paul conversion including a full repentance? Just asking, don't know.

No, but it does for this guy...

Haven't you seen his reality show? Okay, I haven't does he rock and roll all night and party every day? I bet he did when they wrote the song. In all seriousness, no I don't think John Lennon is not a phony for not living up to the lyrics in Imagine. I would think someone like you who has expressed a lot more passion for those lyrics than I might think he was though. I guess my interpretation of our dialogue is that I appreciate Imagine (and 1000s of other rock songs and other works of art) as a work of art. The unicorns and rainbows were a little belittling, but I stand by the point.

Wow. Real Clear is a conservative Web site too. Doesn't look good for McCain.

BTW, I agree that McCain should respect artists' wishes regarding the use of their music. I think it's a conservative view to respect property including copyright. I like much of Rage Against the Machine's music. Leftist lyrics aside, it's great music. I think it's somewhat shallow just to say you disagree with someone that they're not saying something worth listening to. Good Old Neon has cited several examples of conservative thinkers he like. I doubt he usually agrees with them. I'd take Tweedy's over Farrar's. I know I'm in the minority on that one.

Yet another musician whose music I love more than his politics.