04/07/2008
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
Lawrence Lessig and his very good idea (in politics)
Following his decision not to run for the US Congress, Lawrence Lessig started an organization called Change Congress. The organization's aim is not to fix the United States, but to address what Lessig calls the first problem; the corrosive e ... Read More
03/28/2008
My friend Alex, his friend Pat, and a story about Jose Canseco (in thoughts on life)
Trust me, this will all make sense in a minute. 1) I have this friend, Alex. 2) Alex loves baseball (and Emily). 3) Alex has a blog about the Yankees. 4) He wrote a very well received book about Curt Flood. 5) He knows a really go ... Read More
03/27/2008
Charlie Rose gets his ass handed to him by two rather pissed off Iraqi gentlemen (in politics)
I'm just going to link to a great post by Glenn Greenwald that showcases Charlie Rose's "Fifth Anniversary Of The Iraqi Invasion" show. There's fantastic embedded video of a segment of Rose's show where he attempts to manipulate two Iraqi gue ... Read More
03/25/2008
Something to keep in mind while the media is handicapping the election horse race (in politics)
Isn't this an exciting time? Every schmuck pundit and self-absorbed talking head acts as if the election is a critical, head-to-head race. According to the media, it's neck and neck right down to the primary finals for the Dems, and then it'll b ... Read More
Larger piece of the Jeremiah Wright video from 9/11 (in politics)
Personally, I happen to agree with him, at least on the political stuff. Obama's speech about race was excellent, no doubt; the United States has avoided a lot of issues for a long time, and whether or not the country will ever confront them ... Read More
03/20/2008
I've been to a marvelous party (in music & sound)
Last week Alex e-mailed me about the links to my online mixes, and pointed me in the direction of a video piece he'd done. The description on Vimeo reads: In 2002, I was a big fan of Underworld, so I enjoyed The Divine Comedy's cover of a Noe ... Read More
Maybe ending the draft wasn't such a hot idea after all... (in politics)
I came of age for military induction during an intense period of the Vietnam War - 1969/70. Even though I was attending college, an academic deferment wasn't a certainty, and it was only through the lucky coincidence of receiving a barely-high-e ... Read More
03/19/2008
Credit long overdue (in thoughts on life)
As I role into Week 4 of the flu (somewhat better, but not really well, y'know whumsayin'?), I see where I stumbled into the new blog design without pointing out the fabulousness of the people at Gyro who made it happen. Michael Feldman can b ... Read More
03/18/2008
My kind of humor (in music & sound)
Sticker by DJ Intel, one of the guys I played with at SxSW. Read More