Posted in Music, Procrastination, Uncategorized on May 31, 2008 | No Comments »
…for taste, I suppose. There are certain videos that I never tire of, no matter how many times I watch them. This is one:
On the other hand, at any given point in my life, there’s always been a pop star or musician who becomes the object of irrational, intense, dislike. For the moment, it’s [...]
Posted in Blogging, General Thoughts, Sociology on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Why does Memorial Day always feel like New Year’s to me? It’s about now that I both want to waste time and attempt to atone for all the things I failed to get done over the past nine months…ah, might as well blog.
So, in any event, over the holiday I finally got a chance to [...]
Posted in Asian Studies, Music, Okinawa, Sociology on May 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Thinking about the forms of musical genre led me, once again, to YouTube, where I ended up spending an unhealthy chunk of my day watching videos of Okinawan music - especially the contemporary stuff, which provides a case study, I think, in the importance of hybrid form and spiraling trajectories rather than clear progression. Even [...]
Posted in General Thoughts, New York City on May 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The news that restaurant Florent is closing on June 29 doesn’t come as a complete surprise; the Meatpacking District has been utterly transformed over the past ten years by the influx of high-end boutiques, restaurants, and fashion stores. But at the same time a part of me feels aghast at the disappearance of this little [...]
Posted in General Thoughts, Uncategorized, tagged Obama, Politics on May 15, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m breaking a long-standing ban on political announcements on this blog to let it be known that Union Street has endorsed Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Press conference, 9am tomorrow. What, no interest? Ok, geez, never mind.
I voted for Obama in the Democratic primary. However, I didn’t mind an [...]
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