Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

No Justins, No Peace

Biden: Oh no. We’ve upset Big Pharma again.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

When we show up, we win.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Republicans can’t even be trusted with their own money.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

“And when the Committee says to “report your income,” that could mean anything!

Not all heroes wear capes.

We’ll be taking my thoughts and prayers to the ballot box.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

“They not like us!” (that’s for sure!)

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

Be a traveling stable for those who can’t find room at the inn.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

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I’m onto my third gimlet, and I’m wingnutted out, so I bring you this – a wonderfully disconcerting little film by Charles De Meyer called Esther’s, which I was introduced to on Boing Boing and which has a very fine dubstep trip-hop soundtrack by Amon Tobin.

and this – a lovely remix of Florence and the Machine’s Spectrum by Calvin Harris

ETA: From the lovely Valvida, a song that:

Makes me jump up and down in dancy happiness. Even when I am not + anything.

EOATA: jl points to the surfeit of BJ talent in Cole’s Madonna thread from last night and amongst our various bloggy commenters.

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  1. 1.

    Bnut

    Best gimlet recipe is made with a good gin, some muddled strawberries, and a habanero simple syrup.

  2. 2.

    Valdivia

    I lucked out to see Sia last year at a little club here in DC. She is fucking awesome. And this song I just love. Makes me jump up and down in dancy happiness. Even when I am not + anything.

    Bring Night.

    Also too Florence rocks.

    ETA: @Bnut:

    I am all for good gin.

    /after too many gin drinks today.

  11. 11.

    jl

    The sound on my ‘puter is out and I haven’t had time to fix it, and I’m not much into driking. Hard likker except gin makes me feel sick after small amounts. And can’t take much more even with gin.

    So, everyone have fun tonight.

    One thing I will mention though. I did some clicking on commenters’ names that have links. After the SCOTUS decision yesterday, I was giddy and felt like checking out the winners.

    All of a sudden I started getting ads for criminal record searches with pics of gnarly looking people. Coincidence, or not?

    Will check back for any confessions.

  13. 13.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @jl: I don’t have a link in my name for a reason. Just sayin’.

    @Valdivia: I have no strawberries, alas. I used SP&T’s recipe.

    And it is never too early for embarrassing music links.

  14. 14.

    Baud

    @Valdivia:

    And is it too early for embarrassing music links or that only happens after 1 am?

    It’s 1 am somewhere on the Internet.

  17. 17.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Sarah, Proud and Tall: I have brandy, tequila, beer, and wine. Plus some homemade, illicit Romanian hooch leftover from when I was married – unfortunately, the hooch isn’t very summery. Oh, yeah, and rum.

    ETA: Anyway, there were about four shots in the gimlet. I’ll be fine for a few minutes.

  20. 20.

    ant

    @Sarah, Proud and Tall:

    a real gimlet is half gin and half Rose’s lime juice and nothing else

    back in the day, when i drank gimlets, i went something like 10/90. 50/50 is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too limey.

  21. 21.

    Sarah, Proud and Tall

    @Bnut:

    Best gimlet recipe is made with a good gin, some muddled strawberries, and a habanero simple syrup.

    I should add that I’m currently tracking down some strawberries and a bunch of chilis so I can make one of these.

  22. 22.

    Comrade Mary

    @Valdivia: Ooh, Sia — I like! I only knew her as JD’s (ex) girlfriend, but I like her sound.

    Speaking of JD: TKO time! Ah, there’s nothing like a girl with a moustache to make you question your vanilla straightness.

  23. 23.

    Valdivia

    @Sarah, Proud and Tall:

    my thoughts are: if it has gin it can be that bad right? Though I love the history of the drink and I also happen to love campari (to go with my love of bad international pop)

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Romanian hooch

    my world-wide drinking experiences have not yet exposed me to this. good?

  24. 24.

    jl

    I recommend going to ‘You Just keep on Pushing My Love Over the Borderline’ by one John G. Cole from last night and check out LT’s Aussie political snark blog. It is funny.

    Valdivia has awesome pics of buildings.

    Llbrtdiffrnt (sp?) I thought was a snarky young Brit dude, but she describes herself as a doty old English Woman, and has a beautiful garden blog.

    I thought Roger Moore was an old fogey but I think he is a young fogey with nice travel pics of The Nature.

    David Koch appears sometimes to be a private personage and other times the actual Koch corporation. A mole in our midst? I dunno.

    I did not understand one thing about Geoduck’s blog, It was all, totally totally over my head.

    I fear SPaT, who I believe has special powers of some sort, but I recommend her blog.

    Everything I saw looked better than my sucky blog and pics I had a few years ago, which is why I have no link on my name either.

    I will not mention the computer nerd blogs. I fear cleek also. Does he live in that spooky old house? Or not?

    Hey Cole! Hey! We gots talent here. Otta have another arts and crafts fair, and maybe computer widgets from the talented BJ crew.

  28. 28.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Valdivia: Too kinds. One is the product of sour cherries being steeped in grain alcohol for months – pretty good. The other is this. What I still have a bit of is the very strong kind.

  29. 29.

    Valdivia

    @jl:

    I am blown away that you actually looked!

    And what a great summary of the people that comment here. You have now inspired me to go back since I do try and click on links but haven’t this week!

    @Baud: now you too are making me blush no end! thank you. I look up a lot and drive police men crazy (I almost ended up in jail once, but that is another story!) thanks again.

    /see we’re all not felons!

  31. 31.

    Anthony

    You scared the shit out of me. Don’t say Amon Tobin made a dubstep track unless you mean it, enough artists are selling out as it is.

  35. 35.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Valdivia: I don’t, and I doubt I ever will, understand Eurovision. I categorize as I do the German fondness for Hasselhoff. Weirdly, the French thing for Jerry Lewis makes sense to me.

  36. 36.

    Valdivia

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    that sounds like serious business. like something I would drink at 2 am when experiencing existential angst.

    and I truly had no idea people looked. thanks.

    Eurovision: I can’t explain. I grew up with it so it’s kind of in my bloodstream. That music plays and it is irrepressibly danceable
    to me.

    @SarahPAT: not Eurovision exactly but this totally grabbed me last summer and it is in that vibe. Mr Saxobeat:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAhHNCfA7NI

  38. 38.

    Anthony

    @Sarah, Proud and Tall:
    Amon Tobin is usually Trip-Hop, though he’s more experimental now than anything else. Anyway, it’s not important, but dubstep is what’s popular now, so when you said that, I just had this terrible vision of Amon Tobin making some Skrillex type crap.

  41. 41.

    Valdivia

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    should add also Eurovision is a way of discovering new singers or classics, if you go into the archives. The song Sarah linked form Spain is great and powerful. A singer to watch.

    I never got the french Lewis thing! :)

  49. 49.

    burnspbesq

    Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. Two pianos, nothing else. Recorded live in 1978. The genuine article.

  56. 56.

    Omnes Omnibus

    I just found out my high school reunion was canceled. I was debating whether or not to go; I guess I found my answer. The scheduled it for July 21, but didn’t send out a notice until last week. Apparently, I was supposed to discover, randomly, that there is a facebook page for my class.

  77. 77.

    Gravenstone

    I was concerned when the music thread took a detour through liquor-land (not necessarily a bad place, I’ll be visiting frequently in the coming week of vacation). So I wanted to toss out a couple videos of the bands I’ll be seeing on the 4th at Summerfest.

    I’m 18

    The Evil That Men Do

  78. 78.

    Comrade Mary

    @Wag: I am a terrible David Byrne fan because I never saw True Stories. Based on that clip, I must rectify this.

    And to make things come full circle: this. And yes, that’s where they got their name.

  82. 82.

    Comrade Mary

    OMG THE WHOLE THING? GAAAAAAAAAHHH!

    (Why did Google have to threaten Dirpy? Any decent YT downloader for video or mp3s out there?)

  85. 85.

    Gravenstone

    @Omnes Omnibus: They both put on great shows.Plus the last time I saw a show at the venue around the 4th, it was accompanied by the Milwaukee city fireworks (Rush Time Machine tour in that case), so it’ll be a nice addition. With the added bonus of many scantily clad ladies wandering around in the summer heat, a good evening is anticipated.

  88. 88.

    Comrade Mary

    @Wag: Hey Wag, looking for a replacement wife? Just askin’ :-)

    That clip with Spalding Gray made me sad, because I can’t think of the man any more without thinking of his end. Somebody once said it reminded them of this song, and I have to agree.

  90. 90.

    Comrade Mary

    @Wag: Hey Wag, looking for a replacement wife? Just askin’ :-)

    That clip with Spalding Gray made me sad, because I can’t think of the man any more without thinking of his end. Somebody once said it reminded them of this song, and I have to agree.

    @Omnes Omnibus: … although if you find that movie, I may have to retract my offer to Wag.

  93. 93.

    Comrade Mary

    @Wag: Hey Wag, looking for a replacement wife? Just askin’ :-)

    That clip with Spalding Gray made me sad, because I can’t think of the man any more without thinking of his end. Somebody once said it reminded them of this song, and I have to agree.

    @Omnes Omnibus: … although if you find that movie, I may have to retract my offer to Wag.

  97. 97.

    Bnut

    @Omnes Omnibus: That is to say, cut the hab in quarters add it to water w/the sugar when making. Remove the pulp when the sugar water has blended. I would hate/love to know what it is like if you minced the peppers and left them in.

  100. 100.

    Wag

    @Comrade Mary:

    Sorry Mary, you’re a few years too late.

    And yeah, Spaulding’s end was sad in its predictability. I don’t think he did a single monologue without bringing up the possibility of suicide. Your song reminds me of his eternal quest for “the perfect moment.” A Quixotic quest, like listening for the stillness of a cone of silence in the somniferous ether.

  101. 101.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Bnut: Thanks for the tip. I almost spat my drink when I read your comment. I probably would not have removed the bits – ‘cuz I trusted you. Fucking jarheads.

  104. 104.

    Bnut

    @Omnes Omnibus: Also, I tried to post the link, think it might be a no-no, but check Pirate Bay for the Great Rock’n’ Roll Swindle. Never heard of it till tonight, but downloading it as we speak.

    If I was still a 20 year old Marine I would have posted something about Ghost Chili gimlets.

  105. 105.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Bnut: I found several iffy sites with it. The movie is insanely brilliant or brilliantly insane. Sid’s versions of the Eddie Cochran’s C’mon Everybody and Something Else are really good.

  106. 106.

    Yutsano

    @Bnut:

    If I was still a 20 year old Marine I would have posted something about Ghost Chili gimlets

    So just out of curiosity what’s stopping you?

  109. 109.

    Yutsano

    @Omnes Omnibus: I’m healing really well. PT won’t start until the 10th of next month and I’m with the fratboy sadist. Why are the quiet clean-cut ones the worst?

  111. 111.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Yutsano: After my ACL surgery, I had a a stunningly pretty pregnant woman as my PT. No sympathy given. OTOH, my knee works almost perfectly now.

  112. 112.

    Bnut

    @Yutsano: Usually I have the best BS meter among people I know. Probably not so much here. Might as well play it straight.

    And bide my time for the long con….

  114. 114.

    Yutsano

    @Omnes Omnibus: I’m in trouble with Kyle if he rubs his chin. That means he’s formulating new strategies for increasing the hurt. I bet he’s not even aware he does it.

    @Bnut:

    And bide my time for the long con….

    Sun Tzu, we hardly knew ye.

  115. 115.

    Bnut

    @Yutsano: Been re-reading all the Dune novels. It’s been affecting my thinking. Just hope I don’t turn into a God sand worm.

  122. 122.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Bnut: I figure I am the Kwizach Haderach, but I need some sleep. BTW, if I am and you fuck with me, you will be sorry.

  128. 128.

    Linus Pickle

    Amon Tobin’s music is tough to classify. If I had to attach a label to this track, I’d say it’s experimental drum n’ bass. Certainly NOT dubstep, though.

  129. 129.

    dance around in your bones

    I am always late to these threads due to life, the universe, and everything – but I always make a point to listen to all the music links……how would I ever have learned about AVUNTO via currants? And though I’m not much of a fan of Spanish language pop music (or English language pop music, for that matter ) , Valdivia totally redeemed herself with the Lagrimas Negras clip. Gracias, mi amiga ;)

    Gawd dang, I love Balloon Juice.

  130. 130.

    dance around in your bones

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    This was the very first music video I ever bought (yes, it was VCR format) – ok, I bought Dances With Wolves (NOT a music video, but a VCR format) before that, but only because McDonald’s was selling it for $4.99 or something.

    But Stop Making Sense remains one of the best music video/movies ever. Thanks for the chance to see it again.

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