Yankee Hotel Foxtrot online for free before releasing it on Nonesuch Records. ” /> Almost as if on cue, Wired News talks with Wilco about their decision in 2001 to walk away from their then-record label (Reprise) and release the album free on the internet. Now three years later, they are larger than ever and have a new label that …
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Adult Swim’s newest creation, Tom Goes to the Mayor, premiered tonight. In case you missed it this one comes to you from Executive Producer Bob Odenkirk, and Tim & Eric and uses oddly disconcerting, almost unanimated, photocopier-style cutouts as the characters. The first episode featured Odenkirk himself as a John Walsh-style TV host preaching to keep kids "scared straight" which …
Gates vs. Jobs: The Rematch
Business > Your Money > Gates vs. Jobs: The Rematch”>A relatively interesting New York Times article looks forward to the upcoming battle between Jobs’ already well-established iPod and Microsoft’s apparently planned entries into the portable audio market. "And Mr. Gates makes no secret that he expects to beat Mr. Jobs in that market as convincingly as he did in personal …
Software Switch
I’ve had to switch publishing software again on the site. The new webhost I had just recently switched to has announced they are shutting down within a couple months, so I wanted to switch earlier rather than later. The software I have switched to is Typepad which I may or may not stay with permanently. For the time being it …
Hack the Vote
Evidence Mounts That the Vote May Have Been Hacked In Baker County, for example, with 12,887 registered voters, 69.3% of them Democrats and 24.3% of them Republicans, the vote was only 2,180 for Kerry and 7,738 for Bush, the opposite of what is seen everywhere else in the country where registered Democrats largely voted for Kerry. In Dixie County, with …
A Quote from William Gibson’s Blog
William Gibson posted the following quote at his site tonight: "A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. "It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war …
“4 more years America”
Some brief thoughts on the election from a current US soldier and Iraq war veteran: If you voted for Bush, didn’t vote, or voted no on gay marriage, I hope you get drafted. I hope they stick you in my unit, and you go with me to Iraq when my unit goes back in September. I will laugh when you …
Did Kerry Concede Too Soon?
From the Guerrilla News Network: Why did a voting machine in Republican Gahanna, Ohio report 4,258 votes for George W. Bush when only 638 people cast votes at the New Life Church polling site? If Kerry had been the winner and an irregularity like this were discovered in his favor, all hellfire and brimstone would rain down upon the earth. …
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“My Modest Proposal”
From Boing Boing, My Modest Proposal: The U.S.A.R.� I feel bad for the Red States. Yes, they won the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court and most of the state houses. But they still can’t have the country they really want because the last few Blue States won’t roll over. So I am making a simple …
A Diebold Flashback
Courtesy of Boing Boing, here’s a timely flashback to a CNN story including statements made by Diebold CEO Walden O’Dell: The company came under fire last year for a letter that Diebold CEO Walden O’Dell wrote as a fundraising pitch to Republicans. In the letter, O’Dell said he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president." …