Archive for July, 2009
The Terrible Cost of Fame
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Emmylou Harris, Sunny Lucas on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Back To Work!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My back is still a bit sore, but I’m turning off this damn computer and headed for the front door! I honestly think I’ve developed calluses on my butt. Time for drastic measures. Here’s a little video I put together to commemorate my new paleo way of thinking.
And They Vote!
Posted in Nothing Says California Like, tagged Santa Cruz, WTF? on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Not The ’70s But Undeniably Cool: Jim Lauderdale
Posted in Not the '70s but undeniably cool on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jim, Alison Moorer and some old banjo player named Ralph.
The ’70s Were Cooler: Nick Lowe 1978
Posted in The 70's were cooler, tagged Nick Lowe, Carlene Carter, Dave Edmunds, The Jesus of Cool on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Jesus of cool and June Carter-Cash’s daughter get hitched!
A Moment Of Silence: Sunny Lucas
Posted in A Moment Of Silence, tagged Rachel Lucas, Sunny Lucas on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sunny Lucas has passed away. I can’t tell you how many times I was in the middle of a crappy day and surfed over to Rachel’s blog and LOLed . I sure did! That’s I’ll I can say right now.
Blue On Red
Posted in Nothing Says California Like, tagged California Latino Water Coalition, Joel Kotkin on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Joel Kotkin has written a timely article about Red vs Blue politics and economies. What really caught my eye was the following excerpt including a quote from one of my neighbors.
Perhaps the most searing disaster is unfolding in the rich Central Valley. Large areas are about to be returned to desert—due less to a mild drought than [...]
A Moment Of Silence: California
Posted in A Moment Of Silence, tagged Arnold Schwartzenegger, California, Gray Davis, Iowahawk on July 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Fans Flock to Mourn California, 1849-2009
…”California loves children,” said Vermont. “California loves children, because deep inside California is a also a child — full of innocent wonder, and the belief that any budget wish can come true as long as you just wish hard enough.”
True or not, the charges alienated many longtime fans, leaving California [...]
Ideological Inbreeds
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Campus Diversity, Dan Lawton, Jefferson Davis, University of Oregon on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dan Lawton writes in The Chistian Science Monitor
The University of Oregon (UO), where I study journalism, invested millions annually in a diversity program that explicitly included “political affiliation” as a component. Yet, out of the 111 registered Oregon voters in the departments of journalism, law, political science, economics, and sociology, there [...]
