Comments on The Dark Stuff: Traitor Joe Gets To Keep His Chairmanship

Fair point, but he completely violated the trust o...

2008-11-19T12:31:44.344-06:00

Fair point, but he completely violated the trust of the Democratic caucus already, and did exactly what he wanted despite warnings and was not punished. What is going to make him think anything would happen to him if he "disobeyed" in the future. Plus, it would be disastrous politically to remove Lieberman shortly after a vote in which the Dems don't like how Joe voted. I think he will be "going rogue" as long as he wants to and the Dems will do nothing about it. The voters of CT have to get rid of Joe for us in 2012.

On the other hand...With the Dems closing in on a ...

2008-11-19T12:22:00.000-06:00

On the other hand...

With the Dems closing in on a super-majority, perhaps Reid (or maybe Obama) went to Lieberman and said, "Joe, it's like this: You want to keep your chairmanship, right? Good. Then here's how it's going to be...when we say, 'vote!' you respond, 'Yes sir! And just how would you like me to vote?' Otherwise, we will f*ck you like the big dog!"

You know what's weird, as I was reading your comme...

2008-11-19T08:55:14.869-06:00

You know what's weird, as I was reading your comment Rob Dickinson's solo album came up on my ipod, and his acoustic version of "Crank" played. Totally random. Or was it?

You know Rob Dicksinson is cousins with Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden. True story.

Also, I finally got around to looking into some of...

2008-11-18T21:22:00.000-06:00

Also, I finally got around to looking into some of your podcasts. Good stuff!

I have had a copy of My Bloody Valentine's "Isn't Anything" for a long time, but had never heard "Loveless" until recently. I've never heard anything quite like that one! It got me into all kinds of other music that has been (unfairly?) lumped into the "shoegaze" category.

I rediscovered Catherine Wheel, have been collecting their CDs over the last month or two, and have listened to little else besides that and...

Swervedriver!!! What an AWESOME band. I started with "Mezcal Head" from iTunes, then got an import copy of "Ejector Seat Reservation". Both have some incredible tunes. "Girl on a Motorbike" is amazing, and so is "Son of Jaguar E". Was Swervedriver ever noticed in the United States? I'll be listening to your Swervedriver cast for sure, I love that band!!

As for CW, I like the tunes "Crank", "Heal 2", "Broken Nose", "Satellite" and "I Want to Touch You". So far I have "Ferment", "Chrome", "Like Cats and Dogs" and "Adam and Eve" (still waiting for copies of "Happy Days" and "Wishville"!)My favorite album is either "Chrome" or "Adam and Eve" so far. I don't think Coldplay could have existed without Catherine Wheel being around first.

I also picked up some CDs by Ride and Slowdive. Might have to check out some more Lush and Chapterhouse. Love that "genre"... !

Once I get the rest of the CW discs I will probably write up some kind of band review on my blog. I love their guitarwork and Dickinson's voice.

Good points made. I think the guy needed more tha...

2008-11-18T21:09:00.000-06:00

Good points made. I think the guy needed more than the slap on the wrist that he got. He demonstrates party loyalty at times, but he didn't when it really counted. The party needed to take LIEberman out behind the woodshed, but for some reason they didn't... sigh...

Also extra points for having Robert Pollard's "Miles Under the Skin" and Wilco's "Shot In The Arm" on your lastfm list! 8-)