A historic day for civil equality in America
California Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
Fifty years from now, our grandchildren will never believe that a national debate and an effort to ban gay marriage — a complete violation of the basic civil principles our country aims to protect — could exist in the 21st century.
Yay California!
Day 3 of spring cleaning
I’m probably going into the GL office later this morning, but by tonight the apartment and my floors and closets will be done — just in time for us all to trash it all again this weekend during Meg’s birthday party.TV on the Radio - “Staring at the Sun”
TV on the Radio is one of those bands that languished in my library for a while before I sat down and truly listened to them. However, once I finally did sit down and listen, I began kicking myself for not doing it sooner. Always with a hint of the electronic, TV on the Radio’s sound can be difficult to pin down. They can sound a bit like fuzz-rock on one song, can border on jazzy the next, the song after that will be an a cappella number, and the next song will feel a bit like trip-hop. I know this sounds like TV on the Radio can be difficult to listen to at first, but repeated listens always reward with something I hadn’t noticed before.
As a band I overlooked for far too long, I can’t recommend TV on the Radio highly enough.
Note: We previously featured TV on the Radio’s cover of “Mister Grieves” (originally performed by the Pixies) on our muxtape.
I LOVE TV ON THE RADIO. Their live shows are even better.
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There is some major fucking spring cleaning going on in this apartment. I wonder how Goodwill handles all the winter clothing they must get swamped with every May.
I am going to treat myself later today by getting a new batch of fresh flowers for the coffee table.
I went to college to Indiana, Pa., where Jimmy Stewart grew up. During the holidays, the streets at twilight looked very much like those in Bedford Falls.
My favorite Stewart film (above) is “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” His most famous, of course, is “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
Back in 2001, before I was even a student, the Washington City Paper analyzed my college town and homage to Jimmy Stewart when a WaPo stringer happened to get an assignment there during the Christmas season, just after George Harrison had passed away (has it really been that long?). Anyway, Indiana celebrated the centennial of Stewart’s birth yesterday.
