Love, American Style
Posted on September 20, 2005 - Filed Under Politics | Comments Off
In a curious (read: lame) opinion, the CSM’s Michael Tanner writes, "In fact, in the Bible, the Greek word translated as charity is agapeo, which means love." Immediately, two questions come to mind: The Bible was written in Greek? Does agapeo only mean love in Greek when within a Bible translation? For example, if I [...]
Read More..>>Mulva?
Posted on September 20, 2005 - Filed Under Books, Turf Wars | Comments Off
Here is San Francisco, Leah Garchik reports: someone had covered the "Dolores” street sign at 24th Street last Thursday with a facsimile of standard signage reading "Lolita.” The novel by Vladimir Nabokov was published 50 years ago on Sept. 15, and Dolores Haze was Lolita’s formal name.
Read More..>>Saddle Creek Red Cross Benefit CD
Posted on September 16, 2005 - Filed Under Charity, Music | Comments Off
A Number of Saddle Creek bands (including latest addition Two Gallants) have recorded a CD with all profits going to the Red Cross. You can order from their online store, or download at iTunes. The tracklist: Cursive – “Ten Percent to the Ten Percentâ€Maria Taylor and Andy LeMaster – “Breatheâ€Criteria – “Booketaâ€The Elected – “San [...]
Read More..>>A Whole Lot Of Walking To Do
Posted on September 15, 2005 - Filed Under Charity | Comments Off
Through Oct 1st, I’ve reserved top billing on the web site for information of my participation in the Walk For Hope. I ask you to consider joining my walking team or making a donation. More information can be found at the top of the main BMK page, or after the jump here.
Read More..>>All God’s Money
Posted on September 14, 2005 - Filed Under Vagaries of the Heart | 1 Comment
Pardon the somber mood at BMK as I pause to remember loved ones no longer with us. [Today's soundtrack: Jesus, etc...]
Read More..>>Don’t Meet Me In St. Louis
Posted on September 13, 2005 - Filed Under Money, Music, Stickin' It To The Man | 1 Comment
Bright Eyes has cancelled a show in St. Louis because "they" found that the site has an affiliation with Clear channel. From the Saddle-Creek web site: The Bright Eyes show at The Pageant in St Louis on November 12 has been cancelled after finding that there was an association between The Pageant and Clear Channel, [...]
Read More..>>Andrew Sean Greer Q&A/Reading
Posted on September 12, 2005 - Filed Under Books | 2 Comments
Andrew Sean Greer, who will be reading at A Clean Well Lighted this Wednesday, along with Michael Chabon (get there early), fills out SFist’s boilerplate Q&A. Nothing terribly enlightening here, but you can get a chance to win a copy of The Confessions of Max Tivoli. I have found/sold/bought the following on craigslist: Left a [...]
Read More..>>Arcade Fire Video
Posted on September 12, 2005 - Filed Under Music | 1 Comment
Once again, Brooklynvegan has a plethora of links & info on The Arcade Fire, this time for their performance with David Bowie at Fashion Rocks. So this seemed as good a time as any to encode & upload another one of my AF videos from this year’s Coachella performance. This installment: Neighborhood #1(Tunnels). I didn’t [...]
Read More..>>A Modest Proposal
Posted on September 9, 2005 - Filed Under Money, Sports, Weather | Comments Off
I’ve come up with my own gimmicky Red Cross donation tie-in. As some of you may know, football season is upon us, so I’ve decided to donate $1 for every point scored by my favorite team this season, and am asking you to consider this as well. Unless they exceed all reasonable expectations, I likely [...]
Read More..>>Cursive “Secret” Shows
Posted on September 9, 2005 - Filed Under Music | Comments Off
From the inaugural Cursive mailing list dispatch: ALL SHOWS ARE ALL AGES. Ticket Prices will range from FREE to $5 or $8 Sept 12 – Chicago, IL – at Beat Kitchen – $8 (EARLY SHOW 6pm) – w/ Criteria and Ladyfinger Sept 13 – Columbus, OH – at Bernie – $5 – w/ Ladyfinger Sept [...]
Read More..>>Fire Up Jane’s Addiction
Posted on September 9, 2005 - Filed Under The Man Stickin It To Us | Comments Off
Because nothing’s shocking: The GOP budget also calls for $35 billion in trims in entitlement spending, mainly in Medicaid, which is the health insurance program for the poor, and farm programs. Republicans insisted they will press ahead, after a pause, arguing that tax cuts are needed to sustain economic growth after the hurricane and that [...]
Read More..>>I For One, Would Like To Play The Blame Game
Posted on September 9, 2005 - Filed Under Stickin' It To The Man, The Man Stickin It To Us | 1 Comment
Jon Carroll: It is my understanding that good managers often seek to discover who was responsible for what. (The function of bureaucracy is to disguise the origin and nature of a mistake, so CYA procedures are always fully in place.) You’d think that if the mistake at hand involved many dead bodies, it might be [...]
Read More..>>Bourbon St
Posted on September 9, 2005 - Filed Under Tempests In Teacups | Comments Off
Here is a pretty impressive photo timeline from someone in the midst of the mess down south.
Read More..>>Papa’s Casa, Casa in Cuba Cuba
Posted on September 9, 2005 - Filed Under Books, Turf Wars | Comments Off
Jeff points to an article on Hemingway’s house in Cuba: They have left the home as he left it – windows open to the humid breeze, half-drained rum and Cinzano bottles handy on the bar, the table set for guests, 900 classical, jazz and Latin records ready to be played and his Royal typewriter propped [...]
Read More..>>A vote for virtue?
Posted on September 9, 2005 - Filed Under Politics | Comments Off
Perhaps a little too New York-centric, but here goes. We have a democratic primary coming up, arguably in a battle to lose to Bloomberg. So the other night, and maybe it was the roses, but the campaign video for Giff Miller, sure looked a lot like the trailer for the 40 yr old virgin. Perhaps [...]
Read More..>>We report, you decide
Posted on September 9, 2005 - Filed Under Perception | Comments Off
Read More..>>Without Comment or Context
Posted on September 9, 2005 - Filed Under Food | Comments Off
the meat was actually that of donkeys, flavored with tiger urine to give the dish a "special" tang
Read More..>>Fringe Toast
Posted on September 9, 2005 - Filed Under The Stage | Comments Off
Announcing the arrival of the 14th annual San Francisco Fringe Festival. It kicked off on Wednesday and runs through September 18th. Sayeth their site: "The unjuried format of the Fringe Festival allows the artists to have total creative freedom when producing their work and provides for a unique theatre going experience. As a result of [...]
Read More..>>Note the respectful use of “Mister”
Posted on September 8, 2005 - Filed Under Pain | Comments Off
Dick Cheney: "The progress we’re making is significant" Local (off camera): "Go fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney. Go fuck yourself" But don’t take my word for it, watch the video [MOV].
Read More..>>Starbucks On The March
Posted on September 8, 2005 - Filed Under Caffeine, Turf Wars | Comments Off
On a recent trip to Seattle, I noted some similarities between that city on the sound and my hometown, Omaha. Population: check [both in the 550,000s neighborhood, though Seattle's metro area being much larger]Music "Scene": check. Seattle: early 90′s grunge. Omaha: late 90′s Emo (wince)Coffee: No Check. Seattle is, of course, the home of Starbucks [...]
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