I now know who SHOULD be president

I'm not a conservative... that's pretty obvious. So I'm not even gonna consider the republicans as much as Ron Paul and John McCain are not bad guys. I even kind of like Huckabee... not as a politician... more like Bob Dole... he's just funny.

So on the the democrats... We have Hillary of course, she's shrewd and calculating and smart. But she's out of touch and sits on the fence way too much for me. Obama... the dreamer. He's got the heart you want from a democrat. But his oh so rosey view and flowery language seem a little naive. Yeah ,hope is great... but realistic answers are better. When John Edwards became the vice presidential candidate he turned into John Kerry's attack dog... someone should tell him he can stop.

So that brings me to who would they b=vote for if not in the election. Joe Biden.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbOa989IRYw&feature=user

He doesn't waft around issues... doesn't sit on the fence... and doresn;t have to attack everyone else. Cause he just gives a direct honest answer. And an answer that is taking into account the actual facts not the picture that we want... but the cold hard reality of the situation.

The 10 of you who read this take a look at Joe Biden if you can vote in the democratic primary. He needs help to become a national candidate.

Here's some of his debate answers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuOkXgZqofA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XberX_t-WvI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIHrkbnOikw

Lastly we need to change party politics... I can't vote in the primary cause I'm an independant... this whole primary general situation sucks... So right now off the cuff I'll offer a rough solution

Put all the candidates on one ballot. And then like survivor drop people off if they can't reach a certain level. Take any candidate that can win 7.5% of the popular vote... then have a second election if no one gets 50% have another... break the candidate list to the top 2 and have a third election. this way everyone in america gets to decide who's president not just jack-ass party loyalists.

Kevin!!!!!!

I had a friend mail you something overnight.... It will be at your door before 12 tomorrow.

Just cause I have long hair doesn't mean I want your drugs new york city.

I've been growing my hair out for a few months now... well since march... so It's gotten pretty long. Now this changes a few of my interactions with strangers here in New York. Especially in the Dominican neighborhood where I work, Washington Heights. Normally strangers don't talk to one another in New York, but now with my long hair I get to talk to strangers... well I get talked to by strangers.

At first it was hard to notice... then I realized that that guy who walked by me muttering "Bud... Blow" is talking to me. And he wants me to purchase his wares. At least twice a week for the last month I have had dudes trying to sell me drugs. Usually just weed or weed and coke... but occasionally I'll hear a meth, or a heroin reference.

So is it possible that the same style that makes drug dealers think you'll buy their stuff can make me look good?

Rumsfeld Snowflakes

This is ridiculous. Now it's obvious that the administration lied to the people and there's still 25% of our population who's fine with it. Go vote tomorrow.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/31/AR2007103103095.html

Band of Horses

Saw um last night at a new venue, terminal 5. First off Terminal 5 kinda sucks. They haven't even bothered to paint it and the sound pretty much sucks. Outside of that the band seemed flat. That's it flat band ... shitty venue.

What I learned last night at the Figurines show

So last night I went to see this Danish band the Figurines. Now if the group of Danes in the crowd and on stage at the show last night are representitive of the Danish people then I have learned a few things. One the Danish are tall, and they are loud and do not shut the fuck up. Their language is inhearently funny sounding, (yes some foregin languages sound funny... french and theat clicking language from Africa sound funny, German and Turkish do not) and the men have the most ridiculous stupid hipster hair ever. I think what happened last night is I ran into a particular breed of foregin hipster found in New York City that the locals refer to as "Euro Trash." I don't want to offend the Danish... in fact I'm related to the second most famous Dane, Hans Christian Anderson.


The Figurines were hit or miss. The new stuff did not have the clever rock aspect of the bands first album "Skeleton." The singers ridiculous hair, facial expressions, (guess which one he is in the picture above... yep he's the one mouth agape) and Tripping Daisy/Polyphonic Spree high pictched strange voice did not rwork with the new material. The old stuff rocked but wih a sound up front like this guy's voice, there is a need to offset with a particular style of music.

Opening for the Figurines was a Sydney band called Dappled Cities. I didn't know what to thisk... they are clearly talented... and they clearly are doing what they want almost embarrasingly so. Both singers hit high-pictched falsetto rumbles, and one alternates in Interpol like deep monotone with it. Up front and center is the pretty boy, on one side a guy who looks like he would be Wayne and Garth's friend, opposite side the other singer, a short haired bearded guy who dances around with his guitar in a way reminiscent of Kevin Bacon... when he was teaching Chris Penn how to dance in Footlose. So without any care to the hip crowd the band cooed and ahhed and rocked out. After the show I had a conversation with the singer with the kevin bacon dance, who seemed like a straightforward guy. Again confirming my ideas that Austrailians are like Midwestern Americans. I bought the CD and am interested to hear whether th recorded music will make me cringe or smile.

http://www.dappledcitiesfly.com/

http://www.figurines.dk/