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    Calgary Folk Festival

    in After The Show

    Posted

    I got home early this morning after watching Ani Difranco close the festival. I had an amazing weekend and wanted to share all the great music that i discovered with you guys (this is gonna be long, so bare with me). I wasn't able to get enough time off of work, so I missed the Thursday night mainstage acts, but I caught most of the other mainstage acts.

     

    Thursday July 24

    5:30 - 10:00 pm

     

     

    Vibes!!

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Envision that car, and particularly it's engine, wrapped in white light. Seriously.

     

    :lol

     

    i am hoping to hear some good news ( :nailbite ) about my car tomorrow. thanks for all of the happy car vibes!

    Fear

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Well, yeah, but your reasoning for it makes it sound altruistic. Democrats are politicians too, and they'll do as much to take advantage of a situation as republicans (and you are fooling yourself if you think otherwise).

     

    again, i agree with you here.

     

    i don't care about your democrats and republicans. MOST politicians will latch onto an issue and make speeches/pronouncements about it just to get more votes or further their career . yeah i know that.

     

    but IN THEORY, it should not be seen as a negative thing when a politician or party is responsive to the concerns of their constituents and therefore start speaking out on an issue or putting policy initiatives forward that would reflect those concerns. do i think that this occurs perfectly in most systems of government, no i don't. but i wish it did.

    Fear

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    I hope you don't criticize the right for 'exploiting' people's terrorism fears.

     

     

    And I don't agree that the right made it a political issue. Both sides actively took sides on the issue.

     

    my main point was just that i disagreed with your initial statement about how politicians change their tune only because the voters do. to me, that is EXACTLY a politicians job. to represent people and their views, which are not static things. when issues like global warming start to be major concerns for citizens, then it is a politicians job to represent their constituents views and concerns within the government apparatus.

     

    but i do agree with you about the left manipulating the fears about global warming and turning it into a left/right divide. just as the right have exploited peoples fear of terrorism.

    Fear

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    It didn't become the party's pet issue until it became a big thing amongst voters.

     

    to me, that is a sign of good government/responsible representation. the government should work for the people. the governments job is all about representing the people and talking about issues/policy that concern citizens. a responsive government is a sign that citizens interests and concerns are being listened to and being taken seriously. much of the time, the government is unresponsive to the concerns of citizens, and I see that as a much larger problem.

    Vibes!!

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Eeeeks! I need some major car vibes people! yesterday, just as i backed out of the driveway and put my car into drive, it just died on me. :( it just rolled back into the driveway, and i couldn't get it started again. i was on my way to work, so instead i tried getting my mom's pathfinder started, but it too is having battery problems. so after several tries boosting the pathfinder, it finally started and i was able to get to work.

     

    tomorrow morning i will call the towtruck and get it taken into the shop to see what's wrong with my little car. i have a fear that it is something big, like the transmission. i only paid $1900 for my car (its a '97 dodge neon) 3 years ago, so i might end up just having to get a new car. this will seriously dent the "wilco" fund i have going on, and would probably require a major loan from the bank of mom and dad.

     

    think happy car thoughts people!

    Via Chicago's Top 100 Albums of All Time: Summer 2008 edition

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    i just submitted mine. here it is:

     

    1. A Ghost is Born- Wilco

    2. Nighthawks at the Diner- Tom Waits

    3. Stop Making Sense- The Talking Heads

    4. After The Goldrush- Neil Young

    5. London Calling- The Clash

    6. Live 1966: The Royal Albert Hall Concert- Bob Dylan

    7. Kid A- Radiohead

    8. Bringing it all Back Home -Bob Dylan

    9. Sky Blue Sky- Wilco

    10. Yell Fire!- Michael Franti and Spearhead

    11. ( ) - Sigur Ros

    12. The Mysterious Production of Eggs- Andrew Bird

    13. Ys- Joanna Newsom

    14. The Boxer -The National

    15. Funeral- Arcade Fire

    16. The Band- The Band

    17. Nights Fall Over Kortedala- Jens Lekman

    18. You Forget it in People- Broken Social Scene

    19. The Blue Notebooks- Max Richter

    20. Let it be...Naked- The Beatles

    Things you're looking forward to

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    - Calgary Folk Festival July25-27 (ANDREW BIRD!!!!!)

    -Camping at Writing On Stone

    -Camping/kayaking/picnicing in Waterton

    -BBQ's every saturday night

    -Wilco roadtrip to Boise, Idaho and Spokane, Washington in August

    -Seeing Sigur Ros with my brother and sister in Vancouver

    -swimming in the rivers/lakes

    -sleeping with the windows wide open

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