Monthly Archives: February 2008

Gobama, indeed.

Posted on 29 February 2008 by db

Pitchfork reports that the Arcade Fire are busking for their chosen candidate on Sunday and Monday in Ohio. Yay, AF! (Although personally, I think he should be asking Interpol for permission to use All Fired Up as a theme song.)

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And

Posted on 29 February 2008 by db

Happy damn Leap Year Day. Werchter announcement aside, I definitely got out of bed on the wrong side this morning. No particular reason (aside from Choobie pawing me awake with his stupid-ass claws that he won’t let me clip, SCREW … Continue reading →

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Werchter’s up.

Posted on 29 February 2008 by db

€75 per day (€165 for all but I won’t be going to all). Friday so far includes Neil Young (cool) Moby (decent show, seen him before), The Verve (not my thing), Babyshambles (NMT), Digitalism (noncommittal), and Duffy (no idea). Not … Continue reading →

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Shout out

Posted on 28 February 2008 by db

to my number one fan. *waves* *blows kiss* *growls* Rock Werchter are supposed to be selling tickets on Saturday.  And yet, they haven’t announced which bands are playing which days, or how much tickets will be. This is T minus … Continue reading →

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And in Ohio…

Posted on 26 February 2008 by db

“Leading Democrat” Senator Chris Dodd has endorsed Obama. Aw yeah. 54%-38% nationally. *** I’m listening to Thom Yorke’s The Eraser, which I think will always remind me of May-May, and the summer I turned 40. ^_^

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Circularity

Posted on 24 February 2008 by db

William Gibson has blogged about Die Ärzte, the band my college bf Rodrigo is now in…and whom I’m seeing in Berlin this summer when he plays the same venue as Radiohead a few days later. Another Gibson boardie from Berlin … Continue reading →

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and in a way,

Posted on 23 February 2008 by db

I’d like to protest the sexism of spam. Not sure if it’s because they think women are canny enough not to click on their retarded links, but fer chrissakes, I don’t need a 9 inch cock. Well, not to make … Continue reading →

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Patriotism?

Posted on 23 February 2008 by db

I came across this in my surfing this morning. The interesting thing to me about that article is his quote: In October, Obama told Iowa television station KCRG that he decided to stop wearing a U.S. flag lapel pin during … Continue reading →

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Telecommunication

Posted on 23 February 2008 by db

is blowing for me right now. (As Shanny would say, you’re a big girl now: suck, don’t blow. But that’s beside the point.) I’m hearing from people I don’t care to hear from (well, not so much), and then the … Continue reading →

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What a week.

Posted on 21 February 2008 by db

Well, not really, I guess. I’m just tired and sleeping a lot. Weather’s been nice. Serbia and Kosovo situation is alarming to say the least. Obama won the “Democrats Abroad” primary which is pretty cool. Tonight, another debate. Oh, after … Continue reading →

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