Archive for July, 2007
And ever since a long time, I felt the rain…
Sunday, July 29th, 2007When I heard the opening strains of Gonna Fly Now (the Rocky theme), I wondered what in Hades was going on. The crowd at the 9:30 Club was anxiously waiting for headlinder Travis to take the stage after a solid acoustic set by opener John Paul White. Then the back doors to the music hall [...]
The Swell Season is upon us
Sunday, July 29th, 2007Frames frontman Glen Hansard, with Czech singer/pianist Marketa Irglova, brought a cool European respite to the sweltering DC summer when their group, aptly named The Swell Season, descended upon the 9:30 Club last night. Opening up for them was the very capable Amy LaVere, who wowed the audience with her stand-up bass technique. The Memphis [...]
Hey Leonardo!…and Fun with Government Salary Figures
Sunday, July 15th, 2007Mad props to John Rogers, the screenwriter for the Transformers movie, for reclaiming a pro-America, pro-military viewpoint from the clutches of right wing conservatives in his blog Kung Fu Monkey. With just five words (and four embedded links), he swiftly deconstructs the wistful imaginings of Libertarians with cold, hard facts. He even throws down the [...]
The City that Care Forgot Again
Thursday, July 12th, 2007I used to dread it when people asked me where I was born. Inevitably, I would be greeted with comebacks like “Mardi Gras” and “Bourbon Street” when I mentioned that I was from New Orleans. True, the Big Easy is best known for its never-ending party scene, but there’s much more to the city than [...]
Lacuna Matata Means….Oh, I Forget
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! -Alexander Pope (and not Pope Alexander) I listened to the most interesting episode of Radio Lab on WAMU the other night. The topic of the show was memory and forgetting. What is a memory? Can [...]