Month: September 2006

Locust Wind – Chad Engbers

Not to be missed is Chad’s song of ghost ships and ghost sailors.  MP3 at LocustWind.com.

You know the locust wind?  In it comes a rattle and hum.  Jacob wrestled the Angel, and the Angel was overcome.

BostonHerald.com – Music: Dolby gives us surround sound

This review of a Thomas Dolby show gives some interesting insight into what he’s about, why and how he’s touring again, how he performs, and where a couple song ideas came from. Neat stuff.

The Free Press — Independent News Media – Election Issues

Ohio election protection activists have won a landmark court battle to
preserve the ballots from 2004’s disputed presidential election, and
researchers studying those ballots continue to find new evidence that
the election was, indeed, stolen. Among other things, large numbers of
consecutive votes in different precincts for George W. Bush make it
appear ever more likely that the real winner in 2004 should have been
John Kerry. Meanwhile, indictments and prison terms are mounting among key players in that tainted contest.

Here we switch for a moment from the “are we… are we really sliding headlong into dictatorship?” posts I’ve been emitting lately, to talk about mac software.

Perian is cool, because it lets you play a wide variety of video formats. Like, for example, the flv format that youtube videos can be downloaded in.

David Corn has photos.  Check it out.  Waterboarding was a favorite method for the Khmer Rouge just like the Bush Administration’s goons.