Archive for December 2004

Tuesday 28 December 2004

a flood

By spaceneedl | News and Talk ~ Nature & Weather

excerpt:

there was a time when other people’s disasters had little effect on me. that time is over.
i’m not sure it’s a change for the better.
since i became a parent it has been much easier for me to put myself in someone else’s place. to imagine how i would feel if it were my son and […]

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Thursday 23 December 2004

rum punch

By spaceneedl | Law & Politics ~ War & Peace

excerpt:

frick. i said i wasn’t going to write about rummy…but apparently i can’t help myself.
where to begin?
as secretary of defense, donald rumsfeld is smug, incompetent and indifferent — classic characteristics of a bush cabinet member.
on rummy’s watch, the war in iraq has devolved from unjustified and ill-conceived to a daily train wreck of immorality and […]

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Tuesday 21 December 2004

post holiday letdown

By spaceneedl | Ink & Pixels ~ Travel & Holidays

excerpt:

ha! i’ve stolen a good idea from my friend gonzo. all the posts i would write if it weren’t for the holidays.
thanks, gonzo. your royalty check is in the mail.
no, really.
1. rummy and the egg nog all over his face. any question what this post would’ve been about? i didn’t think so. so let’s just […]

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Monday 20 December 2004

X-Mas List

By Gonzo | Ink & Pixels ~ Travel & Holidays

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I guess you could say this a wish list — a list of all the posts I wish I could write, but due to a number of forces beyond my control, I am simply unable to. The question is: Will Santa come to the rescue of this increasingly desperate Jewboy?
1. Review of U2’s How To […]

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Sunday 12 December 2004

Missing Muse Revisited

By Gonzo | Ink & Pixels ~ Finance & Trade

excerpt:

Back in September, I reported on experiences shopping for cell phones and rate plans that so consumed me I was unable to post here at Transcendental Floss as regularly as I care to. This initial post was followed by this post, reporting that the solution to the problem was to not get a cell phone […]

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Tuesday 07 December 2004

war is swell

By spaceneedl | Media & Advertising

excerpt:

during the viet nam war, photographers and journalists were all over the theater of battle, documenting the horrors and sending scalding images back to the evening news in the u.s.
where are those journalists and images today? what do americans know of the events being waged on their behalf?
take the recent fight for fallujah, for example. […]

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the game is afoot…in somebody’s mouth.

By spaceneedl | Law & Politics ~ Media & Advertising

excerpt:

let’s play a game.
it’s called, “who do you believe?”
the board and pieces for this game are provided by our country’s current adventure in iraq. the players include the cia, the bush administration, the media, and you.
here’s how to play:
something happens in iraq. it doesn’t matter what. something momentous, something small. an individual something (we’ll call […]

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Wednesday 01 December 2004

Farewell, Tom!

By jekyll | Media & Advertising

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Tonight, I watched network news on a weeknight for the first time in so long it may be the first time this millennium. Network news seems obsolete to me. But tonight NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw signed off for the last time. I decided to watch. Here’s a blow-by-blow report with commentary.
First off, Brokaw […]

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FlossQuotes

And where we are met with cynicism and doubt and fear and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of the American people in three simple words - yes, we can.

Barack Obama

Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
What can I say? I'm a diehard Wilco fan. One of my earliest posts here at Transcendental Floss was in response to their previous record, and their latest, Sky Blue Sky, has captivated me just like everything they've ever done. Of course, it's been out for awhile and everyone's digested it and reviewed it to death, but still I can't keep my mouth shut about it. At this point, with their six albums sandwiching two Mermaid Avenue volumes of collaboration with Billy Bragg, I'd go so far as to compare their run of recordings to pretty much any of the great bands in history. Seriously, it's been one revelation, one evolution, one highly listenable album after another spanning twelve years! This latest offering continues to be drenched in references to their musical influences, and here the 1970s reign supreme. With nods ranging from Steely Dan to Led Zeppelin, this is a record that has that classic vinyl sound all over it.
— Gonzo

Loudon Wainwright III - A Live One
Here's a likely obscure one for many of you. Loudon, father of Rufus, was one of many post-Dylan singer-songwriters whom, if they didn't intentionally try to follow in Dylan's footsteps, ended up labeled as having done so during a surge of public interest in people who could simply sing songs and play an acoustic guitar. Loudon is a quirky writer and performer, and his songs range from very funny to shockingly raw and personal. I'm particularly fond of Clockwork Chartreuse, which plays around with a little of the old ultra-violence. If you watched as much M*A*S*H as I did when it was on, you might remember Loudon, who appeared as Captain Spalding, the singing surgeon, in three episodes in its third season.
— gonzo

Once
This low budget "musical" (I'll explain the quotes in a second) knocked me out and inspired me to quit my job, take off for Europe with my guitar, and spend the rest of my days busking, but then I remembered that I'm married and have a 10-year old son, both of whom I like an awful lot. Sigh. Anyway, Once has been labeled a musical only because songs are performed in the film from start to finish. But, the songs aren't obviously contextual, the actors don't just break into song to backing music coming from nowhere, and there are no dance numbers through the Dublin streets where it was filmed. The chemistry between the two leads is wonderfully sweet and funny, the music is at times lovely and tender, other times deliciously melodramatic and passionate.
— gonzo

Ode Magazine
Here's a twist, our first ever magazine recommendation in the Brain Candy department. With the tagline "To People - To Passion - To Possibilities", Ode is a breath of fresh air, good news for a change and lots of it. Articles are easily digestible without being dumbed down, and they regularly highlight ideas and people I later hear about via other media sources. Co-produced in The Netherlands and the U.S., there's a decidedly European feeling to the zine that I enjoy immensely. From science to spirituality, sustainability to the arts, I love getting my hit of optimism every issue. If you aren't a magazine reader, the Ode website offers a lot of the content from the magazine, as well as reader blogs and social networking interactivity.
— gonzo

Lick your chops and chip through the nuggets of past Floss Aid recommendations.
— floss aid

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Tuesday 28 December 2004

a flood

Thursday 23 December 2004

rum punch

Tuesday 21 December 2004

post holiday letdown

Monday 20 December 2004

X-Mas List

Sunday 12 December 2004

Missing Muse Revisited

Tuesday 07 December 2004

war is swell

the game is afoot…in somebody’s mouth.

Wednesday 01 December 2004

Farewell, Tom!

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