Haunting, primitive surf music, 1964.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Grooming
The best example of what it means to be a parent: Every time I clip my fingernails I also clip the nails of my two sons.
The task encompasses the loss of autonomy and intimacy that characterizes being a parent. What was once a private act (my own nails) is now public (others' nails). Clipping nails, though, also takes in the pleasure and sense of accomplishment that having children produces. They seem to feel particularly close to me as I clip their nails. And I'm proud of my well-groomed children.
Clipping nails also serves as the perfect metaphor for parenting. Done well it creates a well-served child; done with too much zeal or sloppily it causes injury and pain.
The task encompasses the loss of autonomy and intimacy that characterizes being a parent. What was once a private act (my own nails) is now public (others' nails). Clipping nails, though, also takes in the pleasure and sense of accomplishment that having children produces. They seem to feel particularly close to me as I clip their nails. And I'm proud of my well-groomed children.
Clipping nails also serves as the perfect metaphor for parenting. Done well it creates a well-served child; done with too much zeal or sloppily it causes injury and pain.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Tripsichord Music Box
Obscure late sixties psych.
"Tripsichord Music Box (name shortened to 'Tripsichord' in 1970) were one of the Bay Area's most enigmatic and amazing bands. Despite being one of the least documented and least commercially successful of the San Francisco Sound family of groups under producer Matthew Katz' control, the music they left behind is quite stellar (1968-70)." Chocoreve
"Tripsichord Music Box (name shortened to 'Tripsichord' in 1970) were one of the Bay Area's most enigmatic and amazing bands. Despite being one of the least documented and least commercially successful of the San Francisco Sound family of groups under producer Matthew Katz' control, the music they left behind is quite stellar (1968-70)." Chocoreve
Friday, May 9, 2008
Friday robot blogging
Zeno bot
"Zeno is coming! He is the smartest and coolest robot yet! He has everything he needs to become your friend; he sees, hears, talks and remembers who you are. He even walks and performs amazing stunts. His face is soft like yours so he can show emotions, just like you – happy, sad, puzzled, and lots more. Operate him by himself and see a few of his antics, or let him link to your computer wirelessly so he can have complete conversations with you! Plus, if you use your computer to help Zeno connect to the internet, he can keep learning and growing smarter. He’ll even help you learn about the world around you."
"Zeno is coming! He is the smartest and coolest robot yet! He has everything he needs to become your friend; he sees, hears, talks and remembers who you are. He even walks and performs amazing stunts. His face is soft like yours so he can show emotions, just like you – happy, sad, puzzled, and lots more. Operate him by himself and see a few of his antics, or let him link to your computer wirelessly so he can have complete conversations with you! Plus, if you use your computer to help Zeno connect to the internet, he can keep learning and growing smarter. He’ll even help you learn about the world around you."
Even Nixon didn't say white
From Peggy Noonan (whom I normally loath) on Hillary's comments yesterday.
White Americans? Hard-working white Americans? "Even Richard Nixon didn't say white," an Obama supporter said, "even with the Southern strategy."
To play the race card as Mrs. Clinton has, to highlight and encourage a sense that we are crudely divided as a nation, to make your argument a brute and cynical "the black guy can't win but the white girl can" is -- well, so vulgar, so cynical, so cold, that once again a Clinton is making us turn off the television in case the children walk by.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
What racism looks like
It's my Daily Kos moment here on the blog. I'm actually astounded by the depths now being plumbed by HIllary Clinton. How many ways is the message of Hillary's new stump speech absolutely unethical and wrong?
"Clinton said, 'I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on.' She cited an Associated Press article 'that found how Senator Obama's support among working, hardworking Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me.'"
Yep, bring the redneck, Mason Dixon vote back home. The odd thing is that the exit polls on Tuesday showed that Obama's appeal to white voters had strengthened, if not with those without a college education. But acknowledging demographics is different than arguing that these "hardworking Americans" won't vote for a black man. She's been using this appeal in various ways for at least six weeks or so. I'm fed up. Fuck her and all the racist rednecks. Shouldn't the democratic party be trying to marginalize their asses rather than trying to "appeal" to them? They'll end up voting for McCain anyway, just like they voted for Bush. Hopefully, this really does spell the end of the Clinton "dynasty" and the end of those self-serving cowards of the Democratic Leadership Conference (DLC).
"Clinton said, 'I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on.' She cited an Associated Press article 'that found how Senator Obama's support among working, hardworking Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me.'"
Yep, bring the redneck, Mason Dixon vote back home. The odd thing is that the exit polls on Tuesday showed that Obama's appeal to white voters had strengthened, if not with those without a college education. But acknowledging demographics is different than arguing that these "hardworking Americans" won't vote for a black man. She's been using this appeal in various ways for at least six weeks or so. I'm fed up. Fuck her and all the racist rednecks. Shouldn't the democratic party be trying to marginalize their asses rather than trying to "appeal" to them? They'll end up voting for McCain anyway, just like they voted for Bush. Hopefully, this really does spell the end of the Clinton "dynasty" and the end of those self-serving cowards of the Democratic Leadership Conference (DLC).
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