...and then, almost on cue, half the country listened to Sam Cooke's "A change is gonna come" and breathed relief. The other half went to bury a copy of Animal Farm with the other hidden books in their backyard.

I went to city hall. San Francisco's city hall. I needed to figure out how I can vote in person in the city I'm registered as a permanent absentee. I walked through the Civic Center farmers market*, and then past the City's fake farm installation outfitted of circular bails of hay, tagged for school children field trips, past the plaza where the ( Read more... )

Grandmaster Melle Mel lip syncing to his new childrens rap record with a chorus of 4th graders behind him doing the backup vocals..... while he's wearing a bullet proof vest.

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The worst part about coming into Oakland Airport past midnight isn't that you might get stranded, or even that you might have to take a price gouging gypsy shuttle van. No, the worst part is that the driver may force you to listen to piano concertos mixed with songs of the dolphins. Flipper Fur Elise.

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When will the ghost of Leigh Bowery come and wipe our 5-cd changer nightlife all away? This video reminds me of the store in Soho that sold nothing by giant Silver Spoons sized stuff. I wonder, are there still people in New York with 6 foot tall pencils in their homes? When you spend $900 on a measuring stick the size of your entire wall, do ( Read more... )

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happy everything to everyone.