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Tangents for the Chasing

• Down Low March 5, 2010
  I'm always surprised at how many fiercely anti-gay politicians are not only gay themselves (that doesn't surprise me at all) but living at least relatively open gay lives without news of their sexuality becoming public until some fortuitous event brings it to light. Yesterday I noted the case of California state Senator Roy Ashburn, a big supporter […]
• Fred Schneider | Music | Interview | The A.V. Club March 3, 2010
  It is the first disco shoplifting song. That’s one of the philosophies behind The Superions. We’re going to go where no one else bothers to go, or where no one in their right mind would go.
• On The Media: Transcript of "Forever For Sale" (February 26, 2010) March 2, 2010
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• Ayn Rand, Moron Magnet February 27, 2010
  Teaching American literature, one of the key delights is running into the sort of student who's an acolyte of the selfish and moronic "philosophy" of Ayn Rand. As Dan just pointed out, Randians love to preach about responsibility and individualism, while living large on the fact that the rest of society provides them with all sorts of benefits […]
• No Enigma: A mix February 26, 2010
  At last, I offer a new mix -- almost 90 minutes of late-'80s/early-'90s midtempo dance music that I call: No Enigma (right click + download) It's so named because I could not bring myself to include anything from the weird drum-machine druids that helped define the sound I'm exploring here. They seem crucial and yet...well, go back and tr […]
• It’s All in the Editing - Music - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper February 24, 2010
  Really? Who would hate the Autoharp? What’s to hate about the Autoharp? It does take a long time to tune it.
• Essential mixes.net - Stream, Download and rate every mix since 1993, Free February 19, 2010
  Shared by Greg Time keeps on slippin .... The legendary Essential Mix website where you can download, stream, view tracklists and rate every mix Since 1993, FREE!
• Can living near a train station save you from foreclosure? :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Transportation February 15, 2010
  Can living near a train station save you from foreclosure? Mortgage defaults higher in neighborhoods dependent on driving, research shows - CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
• The Left in the Age of Obama | Slog | The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper December 22, 2009
  if the left were to become closed, focused, and univocal, it would no longer be progressive or radical. This is the core of the crisis and the source of our disappointments.
• Langjokull, Snaefellsjokull, Solheimajokull December 9, 2009
  The records were played once and now exist as three dvds. The turntables begin playing together, and for the first ten minutes as the needles trace their way around, the sounds from each glacier merge in and out with the sounds the ice itself creates. The needle catches on the last loop, and the records play for nearly two hours, until completely melted. […]