when you wake up feeling old

supergrass is a seriously underrated band. i remember hearing "late in the day" way back in high school and loving it. i've bought all their albums since. actually i don't have diamond hoo-haa. i hear it's awful. but i don't know so i can't say for sure. i only mention this because i'm listening to road to rouen right now. good stuff.

i'm going to see blind pilot in a couple weeks. but i'm totally excited about the opening band too. they're the low anthem. wow. they have a sweet sound.

food prices are set to up again this year.

this guy had a guy at a bar tell him the reason for the economic collapse was due to smart guys making it to wall street instead of the slower guys. maybe he's right.

goldman sachs is still making money. tons of it.

new documentary coming out called floored. check out the trailer here.

laura

there's a band called girls. they have an album called album. it's really, really good.

here is the video for laura.

check it out!!

kick in the teeth

i emailed several people last night about the pbs frontline program on the afghanistan war. the war that is in its eighth year, longer than WWII. the war with no end in sight. the war with no clear understanding or reason. the war that has boys dying half way around the world while trying to win the hearts and minds of the afghan people. really? did we train soldiers or did we train day care teachers? war is frustrating and in most cases unnecessary. this one is both. has this war accomplished anything? the soviets marched in afghanistan and got beat. of course john rambo helped, but still. they got beat and they live right next door. we live across oceans.

foreignpolicy.com says get nasty or go home. i'm not so sure that's not exactly right. i don't think we need to be there. but we are. so we need to accomplish our mission and come home. otherwise, we're lost.

bill black was speaking about james galbraith's book the predator state. he had several good points. you can find them here about midway down the page.

and mish is getting on board with the financial coup d'etat.

geithner's aides seem to be able to still make money. lots of it.

"i believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. if the american people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around (the banks) will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. the issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs."

- thomas jefferson

remember when....

remember when obama was going after those tax loopholes that let billions of dollars go unchecked and untaxed from overseas investments?

well, nah. apparently, we're not going to do that.

and even our buddy jeff skilling is getting an appeal from the supreme court. this guy is fraud personified. but, we let the others go. why not him too?

ghostmouth

there are some terms floating around out there that need some definitions.

excise tax

VAT tax (which is kind of redundant, because it's value added tax)

memo to investigators. dig deep!

companies are going after the unbanked. look at the dude in the picture. where do you think he hides his savings?

the clientele. very nice. i bought suburban light used at waterloo. great album.

the blessed breeze

man. wilco was incredible. two encores. both with like 5 or 6 songs each. the concert was held in a minor league hockey arena. my feet were completely numb by the end of the show. but what a show. i think sarah enjoyed it too and enjoyed hanging out with her. i kind of felt like a cooler, older brother, which i've never been. my sister was older than me. it was nice hanging out and getting to know her. after the show, we hung out with rock stars legs against arms and drank their beer and hung out. friday was kind of a busted day, but it quickly turned into an awesome day. and it was cold. and it was wet. but it was fun nonetheless.

this is an amazing article with gore vidal. i highly suggest it be read.

bill moyers does a follow-up on the financial crisis with marcy kaptur, who was a great part of capitalism: a love story and simon johnson. that video is here.

the financial times weighs in on a possible 2nd coming of the current recession.

iceland is continuing to be hit very hard by their economic collapse.

is a lower dollar value the answer to our economic situation? i was just reading last night how roosevelt took us off the gold standard to improve our situation during the great depression.

the flaming lips have a new album out. it's called embryonic. here is a review.