Daily Archives: 28/09/2005

delay: precedent doesn’t mean it’s ok

Says Tom Delay about his indictment on criminal conspiracy: “I have done nothing unlawful, unethical or… unprecedented.” So what you saying is that “everybody else is doing it, so I should be able to be a crook, too.” Takes one to know one, Tom.

record labels: then and now

Music industry pundit Bob Lefsetz sums up the changed role of record labels very well in this recent posting at Rhino Records’ site: Used to be the label was a midwife, aiding the band in birthing their baby, and bringing it into the world. Today the label is a dictator, exacting conformity and killing art.

how’d i miss this?

Somehow, in the midst of preparations for the UK trip, I completely missed the fact that Cream – the 60s power trio of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce – scheduled three concerts at Madison Square Garden. These will be their only gigs on this side of the pond. Of course, tickets went on

post-mortem on the big anti-war rally

Back in August, I posted my reasons for not supporting the United for Peace/International A.N.S.W.E.R. D.C. Anti-War Mobilization. Aside from the fact that I was in transit from the UK back to the US, I simply did not want to associate myself with anything related to A.N.S.W.E.R. and its radical stances. Well, the rally happened

cheese!

sprite and I went to a preview screening of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit last night, and it was “a smashing good time.” The warmth and humor of the three Wallace and Gromit shorts is still intact in this full-length feature, with tons of great jokes for both kids and adults. Be