Favorite Albums of 2006

by Pete on December 29, 2006

As I mentioned earlier this week, 2006 wasn’t the best year for music in recent memory. However, that isn’t really a fair comparison, as the last five or six years have set a rather high standard. I hear a lot (…)

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Cloudsplitter – Russell Banks

by Pete on December 28, 2006

I just finished reading Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks. Originally published in 1998, Cloudsplitter is a historical novel narrated by Owen Brown, one of the few sons of radical abolitionist John Brown to survive the latter’s 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry. (…)

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Yes, pity the poor President

by Pete on December 27, 2006

David Ignatius has the following to say in his op-ed column in today’s Washington Post: Watching President Bush in recent weeks has become a grim kind of reality TV show. In almost every news conference, speech and photo opportunity, the (…)

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Most Overrated Albums of 2006

by Pete on December 26, 2006

This years wasn’t a bad one for music, but it wasn’t particularly outstanding. There were plenty of good albums released (more on that later this week), but most of them weren’t run-away obvious choices, and there was no single genre (…)

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Site News

by Pete on December 23, 2006

Posting will be light over the next few days, on account of I will be heading out for the holidays. There may also be some downtime—I have a new battery backup that needs to be installed. In the meantime, I’m (…)

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An Inconvenient Truth

by Pete on December 21, 2006

I watched Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth last night. It wasn’t half bad. Actually, it was pretty good. For the first ten minutes, I was concerned that the film would focus too much on Gore himself, rather than on his (…)

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Surge

by Pete on December 19, 2006

Surge. Surgity surge surge surge surge surge surge, surging surge surge. Surge, surge surge surging, surge surge surge surge surgity surge. Such is the talk of Washington these days. We’re going to send one final “surge” of troops to Iraq (…)

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The networks v. YouTube/Google

by Pete on December 18, 2006

After their initial and predictable reaction to YouTube (closing their eyes and hoping it will go away), major TV networks are now trying to figure out how to make money from the posting of their video content on the web. (…)

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Colin Powell, back for another round of shilling

by Pete on December 17, 2006

From today’s New York Times: Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said today that badly overstretched American forces in Iraq were losing the war there, and that a temporary increase in troop levels probably would not help. But, he (…)

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American Gothic

by Pete on December 15, 2006

I have recently been re-watching American Gothic. The show, which ran for one season on CBS back in 1995, is now available on DVD. Since I recalled liking it a lot when it was originally on the air, I thought (…)

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