Thursday, May 29, 2008

Keith Olbermann FTW, as usual.

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Bonaroo can kiss my ass.

more to come in the next few days on primavera.

Tonight I have planned:

The Microphones
Explosions in the sky
Dr. Octogon
Public Enemy
De La Soul
Portishead
Caribou
voxtrot
British Sea Power
Vapire weekend

ooooh di lally.




Watch Keith Olbermann on MSNBC he is the Edward Murrow of the 21st century

Yikes. This is incredibly terrifying. It's occured to me as well that this primary race rings a striking bell to the 1968 Democratic primary race between Sen. Robert F Kennedy (D-NY) and Hubert Humphrey, though things then were quite a bit more tense. Though there have been comarisons, the war in Vietnam and the war in Iraq are quite a bit different. Domestically, mainly because of the draft. Thankfully I am sitting comfortably behind this computer screen writing a blog instead of checking the US army website waiting for my lottery number to be called to fight. <br><br>

Though an unpoular war is an unpopular war. also there have been no race riots, or Assasinations of any Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s to speak of either. If you want a pretty good acount of just how horrific RFKs assassination was, watch Bobby.

Though littered with stars begging for oscar nominations, it acually does a pretty good job illustrating how terrible the assassination was. Further on this: I like Shia LeBouf. I also like the idea of Sean William Scott selling acid to Luis Stephens. Dude, where's my five bucks?


Maybe that's because of my affection for Even Stevens, but I think the amount of shit that gets spewn his way is a little uncalled for. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was pretty badass as well, and I can say without a drop of remorse that I have no problem with Henry Jones III.

Though I did have some complaints with the film. Actually no so much the film, rather just the Creator. If you ask me, Stephen Spielberg needs to pull his head out of his ass: the movie was a man paying tribute to himself for two hours straight, in a melodramatic overthetop spectacle...but...nevertheless all the magic is still there, regardless of Aliens, Gophers, Monkeys and Shia LeBouf playing tarzan.

I feel like I've been stuck locked in spanish class for three months straight. Jesus.

4 comments:

Cameron said...

look, I'm down for whatev. I'll have to postpone the S.America trip though, if you'd like me to go. I gotta wait till I have a fat bank roll. Oh and when you goin to Tenn?

Anonymous said...

please tell me you saw explosions. i can't find an adjective for how i felt during their set at firestone this past year, but i'm hoping you had a similar experience. i truly <3 eits.

it's funny you would bring up comparisons to the 70's. after watching so many documentaries on the 60's and 70's, i can't help but feel that our generation is complacent with our 'causes'. sure, yelling into firefox about certain cowboys while promoting someone who actually believes in change makes us feel like we're making a difference, but it is a fucking far cry from the motivation and heart of those past decades.

and yes, i know, circumstances are much different. we're not being shipped out against our will, but we are a part of something we don't approve of, and we're appauled with how parts of our government are operating, and have been for years, yet we sit around like it's just fine. i'm not one for truly believing that citizens have much control over what happens in the grand scheme of it all, but for fucks sake, have some spirit.

Anonymous said...

i just now watched that rant. i want to shake that man's hand.

also, i see that you did in fact see explosions :]

Parker said...

Seriously Ball...Keith Olbermann is a man worth shaking hands with. He's one pundit I trust with an opinion. He sometimes goes a little overboard and jumps on the conspiracy boat.. though the man can rant like a champ.

As far spirit goes, this is it. in the digital, politically and socially doomed generation this is it. this is our voice. It's only a matter of time before poeple realize just how much of a voice keeping a blog, or publishing a webpage gives them...with enough effort and enough yelling anything is possible. This free web space is esentially equivialant to the political paphlet of the 18th century. John Lock would have been a blogger. Two entries on Government.