This just in from Gordon Jack Schultz: “I truly thought I’d become jaded, that nothing could surprise me. I owe a debt to Fox News and its doting parent for arousing in me true astonishment at how stupid Fox News thinks Americans are. I had really thought there was a limit to hypocrisy. Thanks, Fox, …
This I Believe” can often be a pulpit. Ustinov does not treat it as such. There is no proselytizing, no extolling, or drama; there is only a simple laundry list of his beliefs. Out of the secular comes spirituality, out of the irreverent comes faith. Some of the smartest people I know never went to …
So right-wing “Christians” are claiming that if American Muslims pray near the site of the World Trade Center Massacre radical Muslims around the world will cry “Victory over America.” I’m astonished at the sheer stupidity of people who call themselves “Christian” who think there is a monolithic Islam, that all Muslims march in lockstop–secretly or …
The folk band British Sea Power composed a soundtrack for the 1934 British film Man of Aran and performed it live during a showing of the film at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2008. Thankfully, the band recorded the composition in its entirety. This clip captures what became an exquisite mashup. – Mitch Hurst, Author …
From: John Ambrosavage To: East Portland Blog Subject: Bellhop at the Hilton Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:43:54 -0700 I sent this to the Mayor of Southern West Seattle – but I forgot to send it to you – I think – and I know how you love the 70’s – a friend of mine …
I’m tired of reading articles, mostly by secular press, about how bad and corrupt Christians are. The focus needs to be on Christ. If I have chosen to follow Christ, what does it matter to me if the whole world thinks I’m a hypocrite or my brothers and sisters are? Sure, it does to some …
This just in from the Mayor of Southern West Seattle: “I saw an episode of a series I had almost forgotten about, “Run For Your Life” – remember or ever see it? Ben Gazzara as a hip swingin’ lawyer… with only a year or so to live – wanders the country solving problems, smoking cigs …
Ten years is not long enough. The Cross is for the long view, the lifelong view. Ten years is just a beginning. Anne Rice– said to have quit Christianity after only a decade– should consider patience, take some time and find a better situation before declaring an end to the search. Disillusionment with people and …
Hostess Ho Hos are still out there. If there’s one product name that could have been pushed to obscurity by the rise of the hip hop nation, it’s this one. But no, the “tubular snack” persists, as “elegantly enrobed in delectable confectionary coating” as ever. And then there’s the Ding Dong. (With Ashton Kutcher pranking …
Is it a cop, or a male stripper dressed as a cop? If it’s the latter, when’s he gonna take it off? The action takes place in beautiful downtown Malmö.
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Brian Salisbury at Hollywood.com tries and fails to answer that very question, saying in part: “For all my (admittedly limited) fluency in critical analysis, I am stymied. I honestly don’t know if I think Jolie has real chops as an actress or if her eyes manage to trap me in some kind of sex trance …
Crime author James Lee Burke has a new Robicheaux novel out called, The Glass Rainbow. Here’s an interview with Mr. Burke, call him Jim, about the book at Blogcritics.org. A review from Oregonlive.com. A review from the Seattle P-I. A review from Detnews.com. Blog review from Tricia Weight. A review from Bookhound. A review from …
Frank Schaefer, author of “Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back” has a great piece about the “counterintuitive contradictions” of the tea partiers bringing down their movement: Thank God For Sarah Palin’s Picks! (Good …
University of Washington Alum Amanda Knox declares her innocence in an interview from prison with an Italian magazine: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
I have discovered a tersely excellent blog, Hands On, “Life and art in all their moving parts,” which is written by David Handelman, a journalistic veteran, an inked up old soldier, a printmag workhorse which rocks in it’s quality and rolls in industry access. Hands On is NOT about music, but Handelman did write for …
Bulldogs, pugs and similarly beautiful breeds tragically made up about half of cargo hold dog deaths in past 5 years. Never allow your dog to ride in the cargo hold of a plane. It’s that simple. For the full AP story, click here or on the photo below. ***************************************
Some Adventist pot sellers traveled from village to village across northern Madagascar. One Friday afternoon they arrived at a village and asked someone whether there was an Adventist church in the village. “No,” the person replied. “Does anyone in this village worship on Saturday?” they asked. “Yes,” the villager answered. “They meet in a house …
Here’s some bona fide, positive, East Portland news. Food trucks have opened for business at 43rd and Belmont in SE Portland, in the formerly vacant parking lot next to the Movie Madness DVD rental establishment:
This in from LA-DSH: I watched and enjoyed the pilot of this new show COVERT AFFAIRS on USA last night. I’ve met one of the writers, Chris Ord, a fellow Westsider here in LA. I’m sure they’re repeating it throughout the week, but it’s also STREAMable on their site. It’s quite entertaining and well-done, if …
Yankees owner George Steinbrenner dies at 80 – Yahoo! News So the ol’ goat finally kicked off. World will be a bit duller, sans doubt! I’ll never forget his greatest quote, offered up during the 1981 World Series, when I was amidst a ton of New Yorkers during my first month at Brown. That was …
Happy Slip underwear humor. Happy Slip is the Stan Boreson of Fil-Am culture:
7/01/2010 – from the great Tom Kipp: I always suspected ol’ Bob would bow out in the anniversary month of CG. [July 1969 seems longer ago than EVER right now.] And, after the conversation we had about Consumer Guide in 2006, driving back to his hotel from Greil and Jenny Marcus’ dinner party at the …
A/V script for presentation at the 7th annual Experience Music Project Popular Music Conference; Saturday, 12th April 2008, 4:00 to 5:45pm. By Tom Kipp [A/V deployed by Dan Mohr] [Slide 1: title] Just a few words of caution before I begin—much of the material you will see and hear during this presentation is disturbing, some …
Almost every Swede speaks English well. If, on a trip to Stockholm, you ask a question to a random Swede in American-accented Swedish, most Swedes will curtly answer in perfect English and remain a little frosty and miffed with you because you inadvertantly insulted them by not assuming from the very start that they speak …