I had to turn off the radio on account of all the talking about Rep. Giffords getting shot in the head and how that kid was unhinged and some other guy calling in to say that the kid coulda just seen a Target advertisement and been inspired to go shooting and how everyone on the show rolled right over the other guy that called in to say something to the effect of: "Hey all you crackers! If that s#!t was done by a black man we'd be having a talk show about the spread of terrorism and orange alerts and ..." a bunch of other stuff that was, errr, dead on the money except that implicit in his point being essentially ignored was the notion that 'This is not the time for the race conversation. This is the conversation about how we have conversations in this country"'. And when Brian Lehrer is sitting there, on the radio, lamenting that if we do things like tone down the "eliminationist rhetoric" and/or have rational discussion using principles of logic or things that can be proved, that he worries about what will happen to our political discourse because he feels so strongly that "we need spirited debate in the United States" and "we need people being snarky about politics in the United States" and on and on as if no one listening to the radio in New York City knew that we were talking about the United States or that it would actually be a problem if people talked about political issues using things like logic or reason or generally stopped yelling and/or lying about one another.
Anyway, speaking of how long it's been since you've talk to your mom, there's a lot of speculation about just what iPhone Verizon will announce tomorrow. Some people think you'll actually be able to make a phone call, but rumor has it that Steve Jobs is really pushing back against that concept on account of it interfering with the longest running practical joke is technological history.
Oh, and since I've successfully distracted you from all the terrible news of the day, I should remind you that on this day in 2006, an Australian woman appeared in court charged with repeatedly stabbing her partner with a pair of scissors in the back, shoulder and thigh because he played Elvis Presley’s song “Burning Love” over and over again.
In related news, I'll be playing bass with Wes Hutchinson, this Friday night, on both sides of the velvet rope at Rockwood Music Hall. Click this sentence to be taken to Wes' website, which ingeniously provides no information about anything unless you count his name. Speaking of limited communication skills, my guess is that the website referenced in the preceding sentence was designed by this guy.
Mwah!
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