Evangelicals

I finally got to see the Evangelicals earlier this month at the Middle East Upstairs… There were literally around 30 people at this show, and that’s counting the band members of two other bands that opened for them. That is absolutely tragic because the Evangelicals are amazing.  They have that Oklahoma City (read: Flaming Lips) sound and charm to their music and their lyrics, and their sound is perfect for Halloween. Here’s a great video for their song “Midnight Vignette”

My current obsession – Mirah, C’mon Miracle

Everybody should listen to this album.

Movies

I watched two movies this weekend, one old(ish) and one new.

First movie: Lars and the Real Girl

I think I liked this movie more back when it was called “Mannequin.”

Second movie: Synecdoche New York

This film is mad depressing. After watching it one reviewer wrote: “When I say Charlie Kaufman should be put on suicide watch, I’m not being facetious.”

I completely agree.

Charles Barkley has a way of explaining things

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/27/brown.barkley/

I don’t think I’ve ever heard Barkley being so careful with his words, so I guess he must be serious about running for governor of Alabama. “I can’t screw up Alabama”. Look at him argue for progressive taxation! The Obama campaign should put him out there more… not that they need help at this point.

Terrorist

Real America

I just want to point out that the only parts of America to have been attacked by terrorists have been the Fake, anti-American parts of the country: New York City and Washington, DC. What the fuck is Real America worried about? The way these idiots talk you’d think they’re all for it.

The most important part about Powell’s endorsement of Obama

Colin Powell will always be a fucking ass in my mind for giving that presentation to the UN and duping people into going along with this obviously unjustified war – but it is clear that he was used by the Bush admininistration and really, when you’ve got the most powerful person in the world personally assuring you that something is true, I imagine that it’s hard to argue against it. But whatever. This is something that’s needed to be said and that nobody important has said until now

I’m also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the party say. And it is permitted to be said such things as, “Well, you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim.” Well, the correct answer is, he is not a Muslim, he’s a Christian.  He’s always been a Christian.  But the really right answer is, what if he is?  Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer’s no, that’s not America.  Is there something wrong with some seven-year-old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she could be president?  Yet, I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion, “He’s a Muslim and he might be associated terrorists.” This is not the way we should be doing it in America.

I feel strongly about this particular point because of a picture I saw in a magazine.  It was a photo essay about troops who are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.  And one picture at the tail end of this photo essay was of a mother in Arlington Cemetery, and she had her head on the headstone of her son’s grave.  And as the picture focused in, you could see the writing on the headstone.  And it gave his awards–Purple Heart, Bronze Star–showed that he died in Iraq, gave his date of birth, date of death.  He was 20 years old. And then, at the very top of the headstone, it didn’t have a Christian cross, it didn’t have the Star of David, it had crescent and a star of the Islamic faith.  And his name was Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, and he was an American. He was born in New Jersey.  He was 14 years old at the time of 9/11, and he waited until he can go serve his country, and he gave his life.  Now, we have got to stop polarizing ourself in this way.  And John McCain is as nondiscriminatory as anyone I know.  But I’m troubled about the fact that, within the party, we have these kinds of expressions.

Damn fucking right.

This is the image Powell was reffering to, featured in The New Yorker.

Wait a minute… The New Yorker? Colin Powell is obviously an elitist liberal, reading that socialist publication named after an American city!

Debate Summary

Radiohead – House of Cards

This is probably the best video ever made

Jamie Lynn Possibly Knocked Up Again

The world’s most reliable source, The National Enquirer, is reporting that Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant again.  I have no idea if this is true or not, but if it is, that would seriously be insane.

According to the Enquirer:

“Jamie Lynn believed she couldn’t get pregnant while she was breast-feeding,” said the close source. “She’d expected to have her period by early September.” A home pregnancy test came back positive and Jamie Lynn cried her eyes out, said the source.

Do people actually believe that?  That you can’t get pregnant while breast-feeding?  I’ve never heard such a myth…but I also didn’t grow up in Louisiana.  Not to knock Louisiana, but I’m just saying, that’s where Jamie Lynn is from.  And that’s where she allegedly got pregnant…again.