A Moment of Clarity.
WORDS.
"...lobbyists have become a semi-permanent class with ever-expanding reach – they write legislation, they kill legislation. They have usurped many of the political functions that once belonged to elected officials, in part by adapting to new political ecologies faster than those who seek to counter their influence.
Insofar as they are protecting the status quo, lobbyists insulate calcified interest groups from challenge. They put up roadblocks that become ever-higher barriers to innovation. At a time when sectors of the economy ranging from health care to education to manufacturing are under more or less permanent siege, the tentacles of the lobbying community are choking off open exchange between officeholders and the voters they represent. They have created and now maintain a stifling stasis. It is hard to see how this ends well."
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Kill Bill
Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
I can make it good, I can make it hood, I can make you come, I can make you go! I can make it high, I can make it fly, make you touch the sky, hey maybe so!
Thursday, May 23, 2013
BUS-A-BUS!
WORDS.
"Today, Senator McConnell defended the status quo of gridlock and obstruction in Washington, saying ‘there is no real problem here.’ I could not disagree more. Senator McConnell may choose to ignore it, but the problem of gridlock in Washington is real and it needs to be fixed.
Presidents — be they Republican or Democratic — deserve to have the people working for them that they choose. The Senate’s role is to advise and consent. But Republicans have corrupted the Founders’ intent, creating an unreasonable and unworkable standard whereby the weakest of rationales is often cited as sufficient basis for blocking major nominees. Due to Republican obstruction, the de facto threshold for too many nominees to be confirmed has risen from a simple majority to a supermajority of 60 votes. On judicial nominees, Republicans’ obstruction is equally unprecedented…There is no reason to delay qualified nominees for so long except delay itself, and it is little wonder we have a judicial vacancy crisis in this country.
Despite the agreement we reached in January, Republican obstruction on nominees continues unabated. I want to make the Senate work again – that is my commitment." - Harry Reid
THE PLUM LINE: Harry Reid escalates `nuclear’ threat
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
SEMICOLON.
Starring The Lonely Island & Solange Knowles.
STEREOGUM: The Lonely Island – “SEMICOLON” (Feat. Solange) Lyric Video
STEREOGUM: The Lonely Island – “SEMICOLON” (Feat. Solange) Lyric Video
CHIC.
Random Access Memories played for the 1st time last night in my atmosphere. It started strong. Lost me in the middle. Felt a little repetitive. Made my Uncle two step during his brief kitchen interlude as Giorgio by Moroder played. Mostly, like that first meeting with JT's Suit & Tie, I found myself wondering, "Where's the pulse? Why aren't I sweating? This, this is... nice?.. Pleasant? A great homage, but it just doesn't feel, 'alive'." In other words, I let it give me a sad face (like it has hilariously given many of us it seems).
This morning I came back to it.
And I let it play.
This time around, Within hit like it should. This time around Touch was less silly and actually kind of majestic towards the end. This time around Get Lucky finally landed for me and I almost played it back when it ended. This time around I realized this album is meant to be played from the top to the bottom, and that is how I will largely come to enjoy it from here on out. Cause after this morning's stream I realized more than anything that you know what, I like this album. Like, really like this album. It grooves, it knocks, it makes me want to immerse myself and revel in nothing but great two stepping ass shaking beats of dance/electro/disco/funk music's present and past (As I did this morning, when I found myself going from Daft Punk to Van She to Hot Chip to Charli XCX to !!! to Daft Punk again).
And also, I agree with these statements:
PITCHFORK: Daft Punk: Random Access Memories. A Review
SEE ALSO:
ROLLING STONE: Daft Punk Bonus Track 'Horizon' Surfaces
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
False Priest.
A Moment of Clarity.
Words.
"...I know, I know: This “confluence” of “scandals” spells “trouble” for the Obama administration. Well, sure, this has been hell week for the president. But what spells trouble for our country is our apparent eagerness to avoid debate about discrete problems by sacrificing the particulars and the facts to the idol of political narrative. It’s a false god."
THE WASHINGTON POST: The false god of ‘narrative’
SEE ALSO:
THE WASHINGTON POST: In IRS and AP scandals, a frighteningly impotent government
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Scandalous vs. Scandal Lust
Words.
"...I know, I know: This “confluence” of “scandals” spells “trouble” for the Obama administration. Well, sure, this has been hell week for the president. But what spells trouble for our country is our apparent eagerness to avoid debate about discrete problems by sacrificing the particulars and the facts to the idol of political narrative. It’s a false god."
THE WASHINGTON POST: The false god of ‘narrative’
SEE ALSO:
THE WASHINGTON POST: In IRS and AP scandals, a frighteningly impotent government
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Scandalous vs. Scandal Lust
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