February 2009
38 posts
Watch“Erotic City” - Prince & Revolution - 1984 rehearsal footage.
Other clips from same rehearsal.
Watch now before his lawyers pull ‘em.
“When Doves Cry”
“Irresistable Bitch”
“17 Days”
“All Day All Night”
“Possessed”
“Something In The Water Does Not Compute”
January 2009
55 posts
Jim Walsh opens up my mystery journalist/actor question to MinnPost readers. Anyone else seeking to see Verne Gagne’s entire 1974 movie “The Wrestler” is directed to the $1.00 bin of 2-titles-on-1-DVD at Target.
“Sandra’s Song (I Felt The...
DFL legislator proposes ban on smoking in cars...
I groan and roll my eyes when DFLers roll out legislation like this while there are far bigger and more important issues to deal with this year. Are DFL legislators unaware of when they tip over into self-parody? Do they wake up in the morning and try to think of new things the MN GOP and other groups can use in their fundraising?
I’m not a smoker. I’m all for the current smoking...
If you ain’t watching clips at Kliph Nesteroff’s Classic Television Showbiz blog, you oughta be.
Steve Allen on Letterman (1982)
Jack Paar on Letterman (1986)
Johnny Carson on Letterman (1985)
I have always loved this song.
Mint Royale (feat...
Change is desperately needed.
“The team members, accustomed to working on Macintoshes, found computers outfitted with six-year-old versions of Microsoft software.”
- “Staff Finds White House in the Technological Dark Ages” Washington Post 1.22.09
Watch“I am personally big fans of many journalists, but there are some, I think specifically the New York Times is what has come under attack in the last election. And I think, like, we should just all come together, and probably go forth towards having more unbiased journalism in the next election, just for the good of America.”
- Meghan McCain on CNN 1.22.09. She is now a columnist for...
sounds about right.
“Many phones did not work, cell phones have yet to be distributed, and in a sign of the logistical disarray, the White House press office could not get its computers working to send out notices to reporters.”
(snip)
“The medallions and busts of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman have been moved out, and today there was a framed photograph of Mr. Bush’s swearing-in...
My favorite line of the day:
“What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them - that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply.”
- President Barack Obama, 1.20.09
“We’re not going to change our business model or our credit policies to accommodate the needs of the public sector…” - John C. Hope III, chairman of Whitney National Bank, regarding their $300 million federal bailout
“They didn’t tell me I had to do anything particular with it…” - Alan B. White, chair of PlainsCapital Bank of Dallas which received an $88 million bailout before...
“Vice President Dick Cheney pulled a muscle in his back while shredding documents and burying bodies moving boxes and will be in a wheelchair for Tuesday’s inauguration ceremony.”
- AP 1.19.09
“He specializes in playing the best in recorded music.”
- liner notes bio of DJ Gary Owens, from “Live! At The Ice House” by The Pair Extraordinaire
“It was as if Pawlenty took a hard look at the situation and decided the better part of valor was to ensure that he saves at least one Minnesotan—specifically, the one he sees while shaving—from long-term injury amid the chaos.”
- Steve Perry, PiM, 1.16.09
“It’s unconscionable that corporate taxes account for less than 5 percent of our budget,” noted one person, sparking a murmur of assent in the audience.
- MN Indy 1/14/09
“Land mines ahead for Hillary”
- Politico headline re: Clinton confirmation hearings
“Barring a bombshell revelation, all sides expect Clinton to be speedily confirmed as secretary of state.”
- Second paragraph of the same story
[Clinton is prepping for] “questions about her husband’s overseas entanglements, aides say.”
- Bonus sexy word choice in the first...
“If you want to hear the least sentimental voice in the history of pop music finally crack, though — shhhh — find the version of Frank’s ode to insomnia, “One for My Baby (and One More for the Road),” hidden on “Duets.” Listen through to the end and you will hear the great man break as he truly sobs on the line, “It’s a long, long, long road.” I kid you not.”
- NYT column by Bono...
"I saw Jack Palance buying a large fucking bowie...
posted by user “Shame Gravy” on the official Ween message board in a thread titled “things you saw and nobody believed you.”
“The Out Of Work Clown” by Talc (2008)
