Archives: November 2008
Election-Day Videos: Curtis Mayfield
What better soundtrack for the progressive soul than Curtis Mayfield? Cutis Mayfield – “Move On Up” (full album version) Categories: Music Tags: Curtis Mayfield, Election Day
Will I be fat when I grow up?
By CHARLES FERRUZZA A new blood test shows if your sweet, bouncing, bubbly bambino will grow up to look like this or this…. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink
Election-Day Videos: The Pogues
The only way I’m going to get through the afternoon without my nerves shattering is to have a wee dram and watch some videos that make me feel good, in my own strange way, about our country. So here goes. Installation one: the Pogues, “Body of an American,” live in 1986. Categories: Music Tags: Election Day, Pogues
ID demand leads to fit, embarrased spouse
By DAVID MARTIN My colleague Carolyn Szczepanski recently wrote about Phil Lindsey, an Independence man who takes bail money to the polls, figuring there’s going to be trouble. This morning, I felt his sense of aggravation. After watching the Obamas vote on the Today show, I grabbed a recent electric bill and headed out the door with my wife. We…
Missour-EE or Missour-AH?
By JEN CHEN The great debate about how to pronounce “Missouri” made national news yesterday. Check out this video from last night’s NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. In it, reporter Mark Potter concludes that the Democratic urban areas call it “Missour-ee,” while the Republican rural counties go with “Missour-ah.” Then, watch this video (via Jezebel) of Sarah Palin’s rally…
The Drive By Truckers: “Uncle Phil & Aunt Phyllis In the Months After the Election”
Drive-By Truckers frontman Pattersoon Hood has released a song he wrote and recorded four years ago in a depression after the 2004 re-election of W. “I was in a state of semi-shock and near-depression as my daughter’s birth was impending and I was depressed to think of her born into the world during a Bush Presidency,” Patterson writes on the…
Miles Bonny: “Soundtrack to a Presidency” Obama Mix
Kansas City, KS, producer Miles Bonny joins the ranks of Z-Trip and many others in offering up an inspiring, pro-Obama mix. Click here or on the image below to be directed to a download of the ’70s funk-and-soul-heavy mix. Categories: News Tags: Innate Sounds watch, miles bonny, MP3, Obama, politics
A look at the final polls
By OWEN MORRIS As voters turn out in scores today, we can already get a good idea of where this election is headed, thanks to 7-Eleven. Before you laugh look at this statistic: 2000 Election George W. Bush: US Voters: 47.9 percent, 7-Eleven Voters: 51percent Al Gore: US Voters: 48.4 percent, 7-Eleven Voters: 49 percent 2004 Election George W. Bush:…
Daily Briefs: Vote or Die or something
By CHRIS PACKHAM %{}%Okay, you guys, this is it. The Missouri polls close at 7 p.m., so please visit them. What with my busy morning of ab crunches and The View, we’re going to have to be quick today, so after the jump, I’ve provided some more things you can vote for if you didn’t get enough voting down at…
Stealing Time: Tuesday, November 4
By JUSTIN KENDALL It’s finally election day. I’m planning on milking those three hours The Pitch gives me to vote. Consider this my advance notice. I’m skipping out, but if you’re locked in your cubicle, here’s what you should be reading. Kansas City Star publisher Mark Zieman appears to be registered on both sides of the state line. Research fiend…
The world is ending! 20 more cents at a time!
%{}% By OWEN MORRIS Today is truly a historic day. I of course refer to the fact that McDonald’s is removing the double-cheeseburger from the dollar menu. The writing had been on the wall for some time but this still comes as a shock. Like when gas went over the four-dollar mark earlier this summer. The double-cheese will only cost…
“Calm Down, Baby:” New Mac Lethal Video with Behind-the-Scenes Action
By TIMOTHY PHILLIPS Mac Lethal – “Calm Down, Baby” Considering that the production of this video took up a considerable chunk of my life earlier this year, I’m rather embarrassed that I was not aware until today, Election Day 2008, that the finished product has been up on YouTube for a whole bloody week! Now, you’ll want to know how…
The Download: New Division of Laura Lee MP3
By ANDY VIHSTADT In 2002, Division of Laura Lee was poised to become a household name here in the States. The band’s proper debut, Black City, rode in on the same Swedish postpunk wave that launched international careers for acts like the Hives and International Noise Conspiracy. Unfortunately, the title of its dismal 2004 follow-up seemed to say it all:…
Free stuff for being alive
By OWEN MORRIS Originally, a bunch of companies had these great marketing plans with publicity kits about how they were going to promote democracy and give away free items to people who wore “I Voted” stickers. Whoops! Turns out that promoting that type of democracy is illegal. Sorry, some buzz-kill Secretary of State said you can’t trade votes for anything…
Graves gets dirty in election’s final days
By JUSTIN KENDALL Jeff Roe’s Source blog has been hitting Kay Barnes hard in the final days of her challenge to his client U.S. Rep. Sam Graves. In the last week, The Source has insinuated that Barnes taught “masturbation practice” when she was a sex therapist. But the fifth and final installment of “The Barnes Files” crossed the line when…
The cream cheese question
By CHARLES FERRUZZA I love any e-mail that starts with “First of all, I would like to say how wonderful you are …”! Especially after my so-called breakfast of black coffee and Nicorette gum. If I can’t have a big fat doughnut, damn it, I’ll take a compliment. But I’d really prefer a doughnut. Or a bagel slathered with cream…
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