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by Jesse Walker
Friday, October 03, 2008
THE FOURTH FOLLIES: The playlist from yesterday's radio show:Hank Williams Jr.: I Just Ain't Been AbleBlind Boys of Alabama: Old Blind Barnabus Jean Knight: Call Me Your Fool If You Want To Clarence Carter: Looking for a Fox Slim Harpo: Mohair Sam Charlie Rich: Hey Good Looking James Brown: Your Cheating Heart Candi Staton: Sure As Sin Mother Earth: Cry On Doris Duke: To the Other Woman (I'm the Other Woman)Sammi Smith: The Rainbow in Daddy's Eyes Bob Dylan: If Not for You Lou Reed: Vicious John Cale: Pablo Picasso The dB's: AmplifierJohnny Cash: The L&N Don't Stop Here AnymoreTwink: Three Wishes Dolly Parton: JoleneThe Kinks: Money & Corruption/I Am Your ManAllen Toussaint: Soul SisterJohnny Taylor: Who's Makin' LoveTaj Mahal: She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to RideJerry Reed: Amos MosesFreakwater: Good for NothingThe Band: Bessie SmithLos Lobos: Angel Dance Iris DeMent: Let the Mystery Be Robbie Fulks: God Isn't Real Marty Stuart: Come Into the House of the LordRev. Louis Overstreet: Is There Anybody Here Who Loves My Jesus?The Mercy Seat: Let the Church Roll On/I Won't Be BackThe Klezmer Conservatory Band: Oy Chanukah, Oy Chanukah!Tom T. Hall: Me and Jesus Lyn Collins: Me and My BabyElvis Presley: I'm Movin' OnParliament: Mothership Connection (Star Child)Randy Newman: KingfishMavis Staples: Hard Times Come Again No MoreThe Kinks: Kentucky MoonDan Hicks and His Hot Licks: I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)Ry Cooder: Stand By MeCandi Staton: Stand By Your ManKirsty MacColl: There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's ElvisLeo Kottke: RingsWillie Nelson: Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm GoneSpike Jones & His City Slickers: The Man on the Flying TrapezeThe Bonzo Dog Band: Mickey's Son and DaughterCrystal Springs Ramblers: Fort Worth StompMerle Haggard: I'll Be a Hero When I StrikeAl Barlow: The Local Office Crier
posted by Jesse 1:32 PM
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
NONE OF THE ABOVE: You can divide last night's debate into two parts: the argument about the economy, and everything afterward. In the first section, my basic reaction was Both of these guys are full of shit. In the second, my reaction was Obama is a mixed bag. McCain is a trigger-happy lunatic. I guess I prefer Obama. I'm still trying to figure out how McCain thinks he can reconcile his fiscally conservative rhetoric with the aggressive and expensive foreign policy he prefers. Does that mean Obama "won"? Who knows? At some point in the last three decades, the modal pundit moved from frankly discussing how he personally felt about the positions espoused in a debate to second-guessing how the average uninformed voter might feel. This leads to a lot of projection, as writers mistake their preconceptions for the action actually transpiring on the screen. Here, for example, is Amy Holmes at National Review: McCain won, hands down, particularly when the conversation shiffted to war and national security. McCain was comfortable, fluent, principled and direct. Obama was weak and defensive. There are many words to describe McCain's composure last night, but comfortable surely isn't one of them. And maybe I'm just stuck on the contrast with John Kerry, but Obama didn't seem weak and defensive to me; he stood his ground and hit back. I didn't always agree with what he had to say—when it came to NATO expansion, he sounded as crazy as his opponent—but he sure seemed to believe it himself. They say the real winner of a debate is the man who exceeds expectations, so in that spirit I'll give the prize to Jim Lehrer. I haven't been a fan of his in the past, but I appreciated his dogged efforts to get a straight answer out of the candidates about whether they're backing the bailout. And it was good to see him encouraging the duo to engage each other. After the Blitzer/Matthews disasters, Lehrer acquited himself well; he was the only man on stage that I liked more after the debate than before it.(cross-posted at Hit & Run)
posted by Jesse 6:02 PM
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PAUL NEWMAN, RIP: Say farewell to the salad dressing mogul, Nation underwriter, and star of such fine films as The Hustler, Hud, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy, The Sting, The Verdict, and this: In each of those seven movies -- probably my favorites in his filmography -- Paul Newman plays either a rebel loner or a lovable loser. Is that enough to declare him an honorary libertarian?(cross-posted at Hit & Run)
posted by Jesse 3:15 PM
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Friday, September 26, 2008
BARACK OBAMA VS. FREE SPEECH: Here's an ad the National Rifle Association is running in Pennsylvania: The Obama campaign disputes the accuracy of the advertisement, which is fine. It has also threatened regulatory retaliation against outlets that show it, which isn't fine. Instead of, say, crafting a response ad, Obama's team had general counsel Robert F. Bauer send stations a letter [pdf] arguing that "Failure to prevent the airing of 'false and misleading advertising may be 'probative of an underlying abdication of licensee responsibility.'" And, more directly: "For the sake of both FCC licensing requirements and the public interest, your station should refuse to continue to air this advertisement." As a political move, this is stupid. Not only does it cast the campaign as a bunch of speech-squelching bullies, but it makes the ad itself into a story and thus guarantees that more people will see it. (A trivial example: I wouldn't have stuck it in a blog post if it weren't for the controversy.) But of course there's much more on display here than poor political judgment. Together with similar efforts elsewhere, the incident says something about how a President Obama might approach media regulation. In an article in the November Reason -- watch for it on newsstands! -- I point out that while Obama says he won't restore the Fairness Doctrine, he isn't opposed to other, more subtle ways the authorities can influence what is or isn't said on radio and TV. For those of us who are repelled by John McCain's lousy record on First Amendment issues, it's important to remember that his opponent might not prove to be any better.(cross-posted at Hit & Run)
posted by Jesse 11:06 AM
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
TITICUT THE THIRD: The playlist from today's radio show:Charlie Rich: Life's Little Ups and Downs Michelle Shocked: God is a Real Estate Developer James Carr: Row, Row Your Boat Wilson Pickett: Sugar, Sugar Wayne Carson: Soul Deep Jerry Lee Lewis: Revolutionary Man Lyn Collins: Baby Don't Do It Blind Boys of Alabama: Run On for a Long Time Mavis Staples: Eyes on the PrizeDuffy: Syrup & Honey Marianne: The Woman in Me Arlo Guthrie: I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler The Kinks: Did Ya Randy Newman: Last Night I Had a Dream Willie Nelson: Just Checked In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)Guy Clark: L.A. Freeway Loretta Lynn: One's On the Way Dave Alvin: East Virginia Blues Emmylou Harris: Leaving Louisiana in the Broad DaylightMickey Newbury: Mobile Blue Johnny Cash: Heart of Gold The Pogues: The Broad Majestic ShannonRichard Thompson: 1952 Vincent Black Lightning The Del McCoury Band: 1952 Vincent Black LightningUncle Tupelo: John Hardy Tennessee Ernie Ford: Sixteen Tons John Stey: Fifteen Animals Penelope Houston: Wild Mountain Thyme The Specials featuring Rico: A Message to You RudyThe Clash: Rudie Can't Fail Blondie: The Tide Is High Paul Young: Love of the Common People The Klezmatics: Come When I Call You Bob Dylan: We Better Talk This Over The Band: Blind Willie McTell Louis Armstrong: St. James Infirmary Duke Ellington/Herb Jeffries: Jump for Joy Firesign Theater: Sodom and Jubilee The Beatles: Back in the USSR Fairport Convention: The Deserter Karen Dalton: Something On Your Mind Bobbie Gentry: Penduli PendulumJim Ford: Big Mouth USA Steve Goodman: Somebody Else's Troubles Alejandro Escovedo: Evening GownSteve Earle/The Supersuckers: NYC The Clash: London Calling Merle Haggard: BarebackBrief comments about the bailouts were sprinkled throughout, especially in reference to the Shocked, Guthrie, Kinks, and Beatles songs.
posted by Jesse 9:46 PM
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
HENRY PAULSON, REGENT DICTATOR: Sigh: The Bush administration asked Congress for unchecked power to buy $700 billion in bad mortgage investments from U.S. financial companies in what would be an unprecedented government intrusion into the markets. The plan, designed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, is aimed at averting a credit freeze that would bring the financial system and economic growth to a standstill. The bill would bar courts from reviewing actions taken under its authority.... As congressional aides and officials scrutinized the proposal, the Treasury late today clarified the types of assets it would purchase. Paulson would have authority to buy home loans, mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-related assets and, after consultation with the Federal Reserve chairman, "other assets, as deemed necessary to effectively stabilize financial markets," the Treasury said in a statement.... The plan would raise the ceiling on the national debt and spend as much as the combined annual budgets of the Departments of Defense, Education and Health and Human Services. Let me quote that last part again: the combined annual budgets of the Departments of Defense, Education and Health and Human ServicesFrom the occupation of New Orleans after Katrina to the financial socialism-for-the-rich we're seeing right now, the Bush Republicans' instincts in a crisis have always been to seize more power. And then -- just wait! -- to demonstrate how enormously unsuited they are to wield it. And the Democrats, those alleged alternatives? Maybe it's their innate affection for economic intervention, maybe it's just the same spinelessness they've brought to issues ranging from FISA to Iraq, but they don't seem to be objecting to the Paulson plan. ("The consequences of inaction could be catastrophic," says Harry Reid, according to the Bloomberg report I quoted above. The consequences of really stupid actions must not be up for discussion.*) McCain's position on these issues keeps evolving; I expect that at some point next week he'll call for parading short sellers through the streets in dunce caps. I'll exit with some cheery thoughts from Glenn Greenwald: Haven't we heard all these years that national health care was an extremely risky and dangerous undertaking because of what happens when the Federal Government gets too involved in an industry? What happened in the last month dwarfs all of that by many magnitudes. The Treasury Secretary is dictating to these companies how they should be run and who should run them. The Federal Government now controls what were -- up until last month -- vast private assets. These are extreme -- truly radical -- changes to how our society functions. Does anyone have any disagreement with any of it or is anyone alarmed by what the consequences are -- not the economic consequences but the consequences of so radically changing how things function so fundamentally and so quickly? Other countries are debating it. The headline in the largest Brazilian newspaper this week was: "Capitalist Socialism??" and articles all week have questioned -- with alarm -- whether what the U.S. Government did has just radically and permanently altered the world economic system and ushered in some perverse form of "socialism" where industries are nationalized and massive debt imposed on workers in order to protect the wealthiest. If Latin America is shocked at the degree of nationalization and government-mandated transfer of wealth, that is a pretty compelling reflection of how extreme -- unprecedented -- it all is. * Maybe he's expecting a bailout.(cross-posted at Hit & Run)
posted by Jesse 10:30 PM
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
TITICUT FOLLIES #2: If my playlist for last week's radio show intrigued you, you're in luck: Hugh Stimson posted a recording of the program (plus the end of the jazz show right before it) on his site. Meanwhile, here's what I played today:Aretha Franklin: Son of a Preacher ManClarence Carter: Making Love (At the Dark End of the Street)Bob Dylan: A Satisfied MindBen Harper/Blind Boys of Alabama: A Satisfied MindTony Joe White: They Caught the Devil and Put Him in Jail in Eudora, ArkansasLarry Jon Wilson: Ohoopee River BottomlandWaylon Jennings: Love of the Common PeopleBlondie: Here's Looking At YouAlberta Hunter: Miss Otis RegretsLouis Armstrong: King of the ZulusAndrew Bird's Bowl of Fire: Minor StabBlue Ridge Playboys: Gimme My Dime BackMerle Haggard: Lonesome DayJohnny Cash: I've Been EverywhereRick Moranis: I Ain't Goin' NowhereThe Everly Brothers: T for TexasKinky Friedman: We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to YouThe Temptations: Psychedelic ShackLove and Rockets: Ball of ConfusionGladys Knight and the Pips: Midnight Train to GeorgiaTony Joe White: Rainy Night in GeorgiaTanya Tucker: The Night the Lights Went Out in GeorgiaThe Robins: Riot in Cell Block #9Joe Tex: Papa Was TooBobby Womack: Across 110th StreetMarlena Shaw: Woman of the GhettoConnie Smith: If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)Wilco: That's Not the IssueJosh Graves: Little MaggieHazel Dickens: Coal TattooTexas Rubies: Blue Diamond MineSteeleye Span: Blackleg MinerThe Kinks: Gallon of Gas (acoustic version)Solomon Burke: I Got the BluesJohnny Cash: SpiritualDolly Parton: Early Morning BreezeCowboy Junkies: Sweet JaneTwo Nice Girls: Sweet Jane (With Affection)The Velvet Underground: Stephanie SaysBeausoleil: It's a Sin to Tell a LieFats Waller: It's a Sin to Tell a LieBenny Goodman: Sing, Sing, SingKool & the Gang: Jungle JazzMadness: Night Boat to Cairo
posted by Jesse 3:51 PM
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
BATTERED BY IKE: There's a popular stereotype, fed by films and other media, that says that natural disasters are almost invariably followed by looting. But in the real U.S., theft and violence are extremely rare in such situations. In Texas right now, as Hurricane Ike moves northwards, you'll find reports of people fretting about looters as they refuse to leave their homes. Yet when you look at how neighbors in the storm's path are actually behaving, you see cooperation instead: The water was rising at the Summerset Apartments in Galveston at 5:30 a.m., according to residents, who said they had been through a long night with little sleep, like many who stayed in the area to meet Hurricane Ike. After the ceiling caved in on her mother's bedroom in their second floor apartment, Vee Thrasher moved into the bathroom and took in some neighbors from the first floor, which had already flooded. And then there's this intriguing report from Houston: The Black Panther Party says it deployed 17 of its members to area gasoline station convenience stores to protect them from theft in the hours before and after Hurricane Ike makes landfall.Owners asked the group to provide private security for their property, said Major Kenyha Shabazz, chairman of Peoples Party No. 3, the Houston affiliate of the Black Panther Party. "These are the places that service our communities with food, water and fuel," Shabazz said. "We don't want these places torn up." During the daylight hours, Panthers were standing guard at boarded-up convenience stores in the East End, North Houston and Third, Fourth and Fifth wards. They planned to spend the night in the stores and be back out front at dawn. "We hired these Black Panther people to take care of our two stores, one here on Dowling and the other one on Elgin," said Nabi Chowdhury, manager of a Mobil station on Dowling Street. "We have confidence in them because for a long time we have known them, and their attitude and everything, we like," Chowdhury said. That isn't the Black Panther Party, of course -- that group disbanded three decades ago. But whoever these new Panthers are, they're apparently more interested in keeping the peace than offing the pigs. Also revived: the rumor mill. Yesterday afternoon, at a Circle K in southeast Michigan, an employee told me confidently that gas was going to go up to $6 this morning. He was wrong, though it did hit an impressive $4.05. That's higher than fuel costs in Houston right now. (In Galveston, on the other hand, TexasGasPrices.com gives me this message: "No gas prices found. Please choose another area." Note: If you're trying to drive in Galveston today, the lack of gas will be the least of your worries.)(cross-posted at Hit & Run. for friends and relatives reading this: my parents, grandmother, brother, and sister-in-law are all safely holed up in College Station, waiting til it's possible to return to Galveston and survey the damage. thanks for your concern.)
posted by Jesse 2:06 PM
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