This mashup is doing it for me tonight. I should advise ignoring the video unless you have an anime obsession – it’s the only youtube version of the track I could find.
What else should I be listening to?
by Sarah, Proud and Tall| 50 Comments
This post is in: Music, Open Threads
This mashup is doing it for me tonight. I should advise ignoring the video unless you have an anime obsession – it’s the only youtube version of the track I could find.
What else should I be listening to?
by Sarah, Proud and Tall| 29 Comments
This post is in: Music, Open Threads, Going Galt
I’ve had a nap, a bath, eight martinis, four lines of blow, two joints and my arse fondled by Marcus Bachmann, and my post from five hours ago is STILL at the top of the page.
Does no one else care that there is important political analysis to be written?
by DougJ| 65 Comments
This post is in: Music, Readership Capture
Trying to make it a fun Thursday evening with an early Song of the Week.
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Barbara Lewis, “Baby, I’m Yours” (1965)
Written by Van McCoy. Barbara Lewis was a singer who first caught on around Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the early ’60s. Her first and biggest hit she wrote herself, “Hello Stranger,” but I couldn’t find a YouTube version any better than the one below. (Here’s a Grooveshark version from Bob Dylan’s XM show with somewhat better sound.) I think this might be my favorite anyway, because I actually remember hearing it on the radio. It’s really a sweet one. She had two more hits, “Make Me Your Baby” and “Make Me Belong to You.” There might be a kind of story in them if you get the right order.
Big hit: “Hello Stranger”
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This post is in: Election 2012, Music, Open Threads, Republican Stupidity, Assholes
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Underrated humorist Dave Weigel at Slate wrapped up his coverage of T-Paw’s pining-for-the-fjords campaign with “the statements from Pawlenty’s rivals, bidding him farewell“. All following emphases & shorters mine:
Bachmann: This morning I spoke with Governor Pawlenty to express my respect and admiration for him, and to wish him and his family well. Running for the presidency requires enormous self-sacrifice. Governor Pawlenty brought an important voice and ideas to the campaign, and he served the people of Minnesota and our country well. Our party and our country are better as a result of his service and commitment.
Shorter: How blessed are we true believers that God has called his strong handmaiden, St. Michele, to make that enormous self-sacrifice… rather than some whiny little so-last-week ex-guv!
Romney: Tim Pawlenty and his entire team ran an honorable campaign. I admire his accomplishments as a two term Governor with a record of results for his state. I consider him a friend and I know he has a bright future ahead of him as a leader in the Republican Party.
Shorter: You know who else was a governor with a record of results? No, not Hitler — ME.
Huntsman: Tim Pawlenty is an accomplished Governor, a proud conservative, and someone of tremendous character. Our families became close while we were serving together as governors and we are honored to call the Pawlentys dear friends. I know this wasn’t an easy decision for Tim and Mary, and I wish them nothing but the best. Tim should be proud that he brought to this race ambitious solutions to turn around our nation’s economy and to tackle debt and spending. I hope that all of his supporters continue to stay engaged in this defining election and work with us to ensure that our party wins in November.
Shorter: I hope that by 2016, you guys will have gotten over your fascination with no-hoper novelty candidates and be looking for someone who might actually be able to win an election for the Republicans.
Rick Perry: Tim Pawlenty is a good friend and colleague who I have worked closely with over the years, including visiting our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. As a governor, Tim stuck to conservative principles despite leading a blue state like Minnesota. He and Mary are true patriots who are committed to our country, and ran an honorable campaign that reflected their integrity. Gov. Pawlenty’s common-sense conservative voice will remain prominent and influential as we work to beat President Obama in 2012 and get America working again.
Shorter: Buzzword BINGO — yee haw!
Johnson: Governor Pawlenty’s decision to end his campaign is his to make, and I respect that decision. He and his many supporters have put forth a great effort, and should be applauded for it. As Republicans survey a new list of candidates today, including the departure of a candidate who is credible, experienced and who had a real record to run on, it is appropriate to question the inflated role of an event like the Ames Straw Poll in the process. That a pay-to-play gathering in Iowa six months before the first real ballots are cast can be such a qualifying — or disqualifying — event is something the media and tens of millions of Republican voters need to think about. A lot of voices have not been heard yet, and it is far too early for the ‘system’ to be picking winners and losers. If there is a message from Ames, it is that this race is wide open and that the vast majority of Republicans and Independents are still looking for the candidate who can win the White House in 2012.
Shorter: Do you slack-jawed novelty-seekers and media enablers have any idea how embarrassing you are to us precious few smart people stuck with the “Republican” label?
Early Morning Open Thread: Runaway TrainPost + Comments (50)
by DougJ| 78 Comments
This post is in: Music, Readership Capture
From Can’t Explain.
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Ultravox!, “The Man Who Dies Every Day” (1977)
Somebody, maybe a record store clerk, sold this to me as punk-rock back in the day, but in retrospect it’s much easier to see it as late-breaking glam. It’s hard to imagine anyone playing it without a face caked and streaming with makeup. It’s cartoonish, but irresistible, with its dramatic dynamics, rubber-ball tempo, harmonies at the top of the lungs, and all the B-movie pseudo-noir spy subterfuge affect and gesture. If it’s practically stalking around in a trench coat and fedora, to me that just means it’s in character: “Someone stood beside me for a moment in the rain / A silhouette, a cigarette, and a gesture of disdain,” etc., etc. In the ’80s, Ultravox experienced some personnel changes, dropped the exclamation point from the name, and went New Romantic. That worked too, although maybe left a few purity questions
Pretty: “Reap the Wild Wind”
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by Sarah, Proud and Tall| 46 Comments
This post is in: Balloon Jobs, Music, Open Threads, Rare Sincerity
Yesterday’s job thread is still going, and there have been some good posts yesterday evening and overnight from people with job opportunities and suggestions and some more people who are looking for work.
I don’t know if it will do any good, but you never know. If you folk think it’s a good idea, I’m happy to make it a semi-regular thing.
In the mean time, this is yet another open thread.
ETA: I’m bringing over a few of the more interesting posts. If for some reason you don’t want your post on the front page let me know and I will take it out. Sorry if I didn’t pick yours – I’m just sticking in what caught my eye in a quick scan of the second half of the thread. There is lots more good stuff on the original thread or feel free to repost on this one. Squeaky wheel and all that…
PigInZen – August 10, 2011 | 9:10 pm · Link
I work for Wiley Publishing, publisher of For Dummies, Betty Crocker Cookbooks, Frommers Travel Guides and numerous other professional & trade and higher ed titles. We currently have numerous job openings in various locations around the US (and internally as well). Check here for starters.
Currently, by location:
SF, CA: 3 openings
Indianapolis, IN: 2 openings
Malden, MA: 4 openings
Hoboken, NJ: 36 openings (headquarters)
Somerset, NJ: 1 openingField operations: 5 in the following locations
Tallahassee, FL
Raleigh, NC
Milwaukee, WI
Atlanta, GA
Northeast USAJobs vary from editors, sales reps, marketing, IT functions and graphics/art direction. Great company to work for, been around over 200 years. Board of directors still has many Wiley family members and is run like a family business. Mostly Progressive/Liberal (at least here in Indy!) employees.
MazeDancer – August 10, 2011 | 6:59 pm · Link
… Idealist.org has jobs all over the world, and it’s free to look, so anyone looking – why not peruse?
Earl in CA – August 10, 2011 | 6:59 pm · Link
any balloon juicers looking for a gig in the san jose / monterey / salinas california areas in the field of autism support / behavioral health? our company is always looking for good candidates who want to work with children on the autism spectrum or those children with developmental disorders. reply to this thread and we can exchange information.
Robert Green – August 10, 2011 | 7:28 pm · Link
i do what you see at the link. i produce a ton of web and movie and TV content. i’m always open to people who are self-contained (have their own HD camera, including but not limited to the canon 5 or7 D, the ability to edit, and the ability to shoot non-narrative stuff).
i often need people who are “on the ground”. for instance, i’m looking right now for someone in the west virginia/tennessee area for a job. pay is usually shitty but not nothing. depends on the client.
i’m also always looking for work, so this one works both ways!
Evelyn – August 10, 2011 | 7:31 pm · Link
I’m a freelance graphic designer and illustrator in Chicago (you might recognize my stuff, since I drew all the stuff in the Balloon Juice store). Things are pretty tough right now, much tougher than they’ve been in years, and I’m not the only person I know in my field who is crying for more work. I’m at the point where I think I might have to find another part time job just to make my rent.
eric – August 10, 2011 | 7:44 pm · Link
@Evelyn: are you interested into working on some childrens books? is there a way to contact you?
Chris – August 10, 2011 | 8:17 pm · Link
Oh, yes –
@Cheryl from Maryland:I noticed some one mentioned foreign language skills. If you are fluent, check out registering at an interpreter with your local courts or even hospitals. It’s not a regular job, but some of my friends who do this say the money isn’t bad.
I’d never even heard/thought about this. Silly of me, but, fantastic tip, so thanks! I don’t imagine they get much demand for French, but it’s worth checking out and at least now I know a couple places they need interpreters that I’d never thought of before.
burnspbesq – August 10, 2011 | 11:59 pm · Link
@Nutella:
Hell No! Deadly serious! The one thing keeping the iPad from being a serious tool for professionals is crappy word processing capabilities. And for professionals who collaborate on documents, track changes is an absolute must.
The person who nails this will have more money than he or she can possibly spend.
Yutsano – August 11, 2011 | 2:35 am · Link
I just glanced at my old workplace job board and there’s a few things open around and about. Decent employer with great benefits and growth potential (when the economy sucks we did better) so I do recommend it for other people. I just got sucked into ebil gubmint work. :)
jwest – August 11, 2011 | 8:18 am · Link
TK-421,
I do business with Gazprom and Rostnef and I’m always looking for something new. Post a website let me know what your company does.
by John Cole| 42 Comments
This post is in: Music
August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995:
“If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously. “
Gone but not forgotten.