are those of us who live in Virginia planning to vote?

Joester says the comments on my page are loading slowly. Does anyone else experience this?

100 Critical Mass riders got busted during an unusually large pre-Convention ride. That's the group I rode with (with Joester and Kristin) on New Year's Eve.

New route map for United For Peace & Justice march on Sunday. The City at the 11th hour allowed the march to go past the Garden, turn right at 34th, and march down 5th to Union Square. Not Central Park exactly but that's a pretty substantial parade route.

"Caution: Angry Artists at Work"
(Thank you Roberta Smith)

soft radio from EE Times

fmu's rnc remix



"Tune in to Public Television's live coverage of the convention (on WNET Thirteen in NYC) and turn down the audio - the RNC stream will provide the alternative soundtrack to speeches by Mayor Bloomberg, Rudy Giuliani and John McCain. With accompaniement of the dozens of 9/11 tribute CDs submitted to WFMU."

hey selma, anthems too :

"transpacific Sound Paradise unilaterally imposes a ban on all music except: Songs from around the world that are in some way associated with politics. These will include but may not be limited to: Anthems, political party songs, songs advocating policy, songs praising or lambasting political figures, and songs about famous political events or associated with political events or movements."

71 Clinton keeps it's 2 stars:

It has evolved since then, when William Grimes gave it two stars in The New York Times, and so has its setting. In that prettified picture, 71 Clinton now stands as a testament to how much a trailblazing restaurant can do for a neighborhood — and to a restaurant's ability to please and prosper on the far side of the initial hype.

tarrantino starts blog, or not.

Michael Brenson is coming out with a new book (September 2004). Table of content is here. I thought it might be relevant to some recent postings by tom moody and sally mckay (issues in criticism of voice, audience etc). But apologies if you have already posted(?).

all chaplin day on tcm

defense leaders faulted by panel in prison abuse

Barr the door.

scream and scream again

swiftboat accounts incomplete

munchs scream stolen again

seems appropriate that lizzie grubman would be representing fatburger on the east coast. first stop, jersey city.

famous curves index [via von bark]

Joseph Holtzman and his last issue. He makes a great story.

sellers market on friday.

sign up for your nyc protesters discount and dont worry about this, er this

free* ipod

* the small print

The Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School, New York most graciously invites you to:

Billionaires for Bush -- How to Rule the World for Fun and Profit

A timely performance and reading on
Wednesday, August 18, 2004 , 7 - 9 PM

The New School
66 West 12th Street, New York City
Dress: Moderate bling

Featuring:
- Nuggets of wisdom from the book of the same title
- Video footage of the Billionaires in action
- Live entertainment by the Bling Bling K-Ching Singers

For further information, please visit
http://www.nsu.newschool.edu/vlc
http://www.BillionairesForBush.com

Francis Fukuyama has a piece in The National Interest in response to the thinking of fellow neo-conservative Charles Krauthammer. It is a pay for view article, but has been copied in full into a comment thread at Matt Yglesias' blog (it's about the 10th comment or so.)

It's not so simple as Fukuyama switching sides, or turning against his neocon brethren, but still it's encouraging to me that there is debate and self criticism on that side of the fence. I don't agree with a lot of what he says, but I thought it was well worth the time to read.

question - i have an a/c that is leaking out the back and down the side of my building. is it likely leaking because the unit isnt level in the window or is it just a cheap piece of crap? i bought it last year so it isnt old.