Friday, June 18, 2004

Interblognum

I'm taking an actual weekend off, and heading up to camp with the kid at the Live Oak Music Festival. See ya later.

A lot less boring than a convention, fersure

Sheila Lennon: Bruce Springsteen vs. George Bush on TV? She goes deep. Good piece.

Gang up

On the air live (noon-1pm Pacific) with The Gillmor Gang. Today's gust is Mitchell Kertzman. More at IT Conversations.

Very interesting talk, by the way.

Here's the link to the show.

Or an idol with clay feet that go right up to the crotch

I'm on the phone with a Britt, who just called me "a legend in my own mind."

We'll see, I guess

So first I crap all over Michal Moore (it's okay, he can take it), and say I expect Fahrenheit 9/11 will be nothing more than a long negative campaign ad for George W. Bush. Then the Roger Friedman of Fox News, of all places, says

It turns out to be a really brilliant piece of work, and a film that members of all political parties should see without fail.

and

not seeing "F9/11" would be like allowing your First Amendment rights to be abrogated, no matter whether you're a Republican or a Democrat.

Thanks to Britt for the pointer.

Elsewares

Putting the Public in Radio and WTFone? are my latest guest blog posts at The Industry Standard.

Whitewashwater

In the Bonfire of Bill's Vanities, Micah says To my knoweldge, the Clintons have never acknowledged that their rise to wealth and power was paved, in part, by ripping off the old and semi-literate. In that, their lives are a perfect metaphor for the decline of the Democratic party.

Bonus link: Micah is also quoted in The Patriot amendment, a column by Molly Ivins.