When J. Edgar Hoover Wore a Dress

Great new album from my old friend Bob Pyle. His discs are usually a mix of topical novelty songs (he gets pretty frequent play on Dr. Demento!), old-time inflected tunes (he’s a pretty darn good clawhammer banjo player), and anti-meat nudges (yes, he’s an animal rights activist, too). If any of the three are up your alley, you should definitely give it a shot.

Bonus: if you click here, you can see a picture of me in my better days (I’m on the left).

Kos on the Commerce nomination

I’ve got an idea about what Obama should do with that post. It’s kind of crazy, but keep an open mind and try not to dismiss it out of hand, no matter how unconventional it might be in today’s political world:

Nominate a fucking Democrat.”

Hat tip: Avedon Carol on Eschaton

Don’t mourn for The Victor Mourning

We made it into the February issue of Budget Travel, in an article entitled ’25 Reasons We Love Austin:’

The Victor Mourning performing at Yard Dog

Wish I could say that we were one of the 25 Reasons, but in fact #19 is Yard Dog, the gallery where we’re playing in the picture linked above.

George has returned to Texas…

with flying monkeys streaming out of his ass. All y’all in the rest of the country, you owe us big time. Well, I mean, I guess after we pay you all back for having released him in the first place…

Okay, we’re even.

Happy 25th Birthday, Macintosh!

Thanks for 25 extraordinary years (and my livelihood).

I still can’t fully wrap my brain around it

OK, the coast is clear.

All together now: exhale…


Trying again with beta Blogo

Here’s an embedded video:


Wow. Just wow.

I love this country again.