After a bit of legal wrangling, Bay Area DJ/producer Amplive‘s Rainydayz Remixes project is here to stay. (Rainydayz being the Zion I member’s reimagining of Radiohead‘s In Rainbows with assistance from MCs like Too $hort, Del the Funky Homosapien, Chali 2na, and his Zion I partner MC Zumbi.) And it’s available for download now by following this very link. [via PITCHFORK]
All Of This Happened While You Were Sleeping
SCOOBY DOOBIE DO: Snacks, Woody’s, Last Night [Photos by TIFFANY YOON/CLICK TO ENLARGE]
YES WE CAN: Obama Sweeps The Potomac Primaries
WASHINGTON POST: Sen. Barack Obama swept to convincing victories over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Democratic presidential primaries in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, extending his winning streak since Feb. 5 to eight. In a victory speech tonight in Madison, Wis., Obama declared “we’re on our way,” but warned that the job of brining about fundamental change in Washington was far from done. “We know it takes more than one night – or even one election – to overcome decades of money and the influence; bitter partisanship and petty bickering that’s shut you out, let you down and […]
FORECAST: Iceman Cometh
ACCUWEATHER: WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY…
BREAKING: Senate Hands Bush Blank Check For Spying On Americans & Blanket Immunity For Telecoms
NEW YORK TIMES: WASHINGTON — After more than a year of heated political wrangling, the Senate handed the White House a major victory Tuesday by voting to broaden the government’s spy powers after giving legal protection to phone companies that cooperated in President Bush’s warrantless eavesdropping program. The Senate rejected a series of amendments that would have restricted the government’s surveillance powers and eliminated immunity for the phone carriers, and it voted in convincing fashion — 69 to 29 — to end debate and bring the issue to a final vote. That vote on the overall bill was an almost […]
WORTH REPEATING: Cruel To Be Kind?
LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL: Editorial cartoons are designed to make sharp, immediate points, and they depend on caricature and exaggeration to make those points in weighing in on the news of the day. And make no mistake: The Democratic race is not only among the top stories of the day, it’s a story for the ages as the two front-runners vault over old barriers of gender and race in their history-making quests for the White House. If you’re an editorial cartoonist, are there any special guidelines or sensitivities when it comes to drawing Clinton and Obama? How do you use exaggeration and […]
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
FRESH AIR If there’s one thing the presidential primary candidates agree upon, it’s that the American health-care system could use some treatment — if not a complete overhaul. Political scientist Jonathan Oberlander diagnoses the problems with the current system and examines the remedies offered by each candidate. Oberlander teaches social medicine and health policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He’s the author of The Political Life of Medicare. RADIO TIMES Hour 1 What would take for a conservative comeback? We talk with DAVID FRUM author of Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again. In it he analyzes […]
THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS: Pepper
Some will die in hot pursuit In fiery auto crashes Some will die in hot pursuit While sifting through my ashes Some will fall in love with life And drink it from a fountain That is pouring like an avalanche Coming down the mountain –GIBBY HAYNES, 1996
MAYOR: 911 To Become Less Of A Joke
PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) — Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter announced plans to add additional medics and ambulances on the streets Monday. The national average for medics to arrive at the scene of a medical emergency is approximately nine minutes. A recent study found Philadelphia meets the average response time only about 60 percent of the time. During a Monday morning news conference, Mayor Nutter said he will approve $4 million in the city’s budget in order to pay for new EMS units and dozens of additional paramedics. “This is a significant programmatic investment and one of many initiatives aimed towards improving […]
Radiohead Announces U.S. Tour Dates, Philly MIA
May 5 – Cruzan Amphitheatre – West Palm Beach, Florida May 6 – Ford Amphitheatre – Tampa, Florida May 8 – Lakewood Amphitheatre – Atlanta, Georgia May 9 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre – Charlotte, North Carolina May 11 – Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge – Bristow, Virginia May 14 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – St Louis, Missouri May 17 – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – Houston, Texas May 18 – Superpages.com Center – Dallas, Texas
BILLARY: Fear & Loathing On The Campaign Trail
NEW YORK TIMES: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and her advisers are increasingly concerned that, after her victories in the Feb. 5 primaries, she could be on a precipitous losing streak in nomination contests this month that could endanger her competitiveness in the upcoming votes in Ohio and Texas on March 4, several aides said on Monday. Her losses last weekend in Washington, Nebraska, Louisiana and Maine have thrown the Clinton campaign into a state of anxiety not seen since her drubbing in the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3, with major donors and supporters saying for the first time that they are […]
NEWS CLUES: It’s Like Adderall For Your Eyeballs
Ex-Simpson Agent To Write How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder Tell-All Mike Gilbert, who served as O.J. Simpson’s sports agent for a reported 18 years, is writing a book for Regnery Publishing called How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder. According to a brief announcement published this afternoon on industry Web site Publisher’s Lunch, the book will “detail O.J.’s late-night confession” and offer new evidence showing that Simpson did kill his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her boyfriend Ron Goldman. The book also promises “information on Gilbert’s crucial role in obtaining the not guilty verdict and why he […]
OBAMA: On His Mama
EDITOR’S NOTE: Back when I was freelancing my way through the ’90s, health insurance was a luxury that, like 40 million other Americans, I simply could not afford. “I voted for Clinton — twice,” I would always say to the receptionist at the doctor’s office whenever they asked who my insurer was. “I thought that was my insurance.” RUSH LIMBAUGH: “But the reason for raising money for Hillary is because that apparently my party is relying on fear and loathing of Hillary to get the nomination, to unite Republicans, who are, some of them, off the reservation. The Republicans do […]