04/27/2008
Who is Laura Berg and why is she getting an award? (in politics)
Better watch those letters to the editor, friend. Laura Berg is a VA nurse who wrote an outraged letter to a local New Mexico paper about Bush, his non-handling of Katrina, and the murderous bogosity of the Iraq war. Her bosses set the FBI o ... Read More
04/16/2008
The difference between lobbying elected representatives and bribing them. (in politics)
For 10 points on the exam, compare & contrast: Example 1 Political giving, Walker said, "gives us the opportunity to participate with elected officials and offer solutions to growing concerns within the energy sector." Example 2 Usin ... Read More
04/10/2008
At Nuremburg, the Nazi High Command were hung for the same things Rice & Cheney approved and directed. (in politics)
Oy & Oy. Oy twice. Once for this news, although ABC is right now the only place carrying this that I can find, and once for the quality of this newscast. I realize I'm out of the loop for "serious" programming on the major networks, but the deli ... Read More
Who knew? (in music & sound)
Thanks to DJ Food for scouting this little-known but essential link between the cocktail and the collie. Read More
04/07/2008
Lesson 3 Live At Roseland, 11/20/02 (in music & sound)
Douglas handed off this bit of Double Dee & Steinski history this afternoon: our first live performance ever. We opened for DJ Shadow's Private Press show in NYC on November 20th of 2002. With only 9 days to get ready (and running two unsynch ... Read More
Coming soon (in music & sound)
As soon as I work out the e-commerce stuff (currently in progress). Douglas did a great job on the mastering and the artwork. This is the set from the second night of the Hard Sell tour in NY, we opened for DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist. I mentio ... Read More
Money changes everything (in politics)
Truth, objectivity, and scientific integrity are so last century. The important thing is the bucks. Running those big universities costs so much money, and it's so hard to get government grant money because it's all going to fund the war. Be ... Read More
Democratic President or Republican President, Burson-Marsteller will be with us always (in politics)
If you read the paper today, you'll see that Hillary Clinton is shocked - SHOCKED - to find out that her lead pollster and political aide is taking money to support a project Hillary opposes. Mark Penn, a duplicitous schmuck who runs a huge c ... Read More
"So Steve, how was SxSW?" (in music & sound)
How would I know? I was sick the whole time, lying groggily in the hotel between gigs. But thanks to the diligent efforts of the crew at Fanatic Promotion, I did make time for a video interview. Ali Maclean did her best to make me sound lucid an ... Read More
Stein visits Zurich, investigates gnomes (in music & sound)
The kind folks at the Red Bull Music Academy are freighting my fat butt over to Zurich this weekend to participate in one of their info sessions. I'll be playing in Lausanne Friday night and Zurich Saturday night (no details, but if you're wi ... Read More