There are many things to post. I've been remiss of late in regards to this blog, but I promise to be more vigilant about posting. Here are some things. I've divided them between house news and national news for your reading convenience. More to come soon:
House News:
- We had a very successful show a few days ago. First congratulations must go to Peter for a very excellent dinner. Second congratulations to the bands. Steve D'Agostino played a very fun set in the living room and Gerald et al were great, but I think special mention must go to our out-of-town guests, the Easy Tease, who I thoroughly enjoyed.
- We've got a house-only ice cream and pizza and rent-gathering social tomorrow evening
- Upcoming on the 7th and 16th are a pair of shows I'm very excited about. I'll post details soon. I'll keep you in suspense though, just know you should be excited.
- Jim and Kristin and Maeve (sp? somebody tell me if i'm butcheriing her name) and I pretended we were a rock band and 'played music' in the basement.
- Price and Tara visited. It was just like old times.
National News:
-obama destroys south carolina, performing decent to outstanding in every demographic except old white people. Old white people aren't really on board.
-economic stimulus package? what about health care, a sustained critique of consumerism, and a promotion of local and sustainable products? Oh wait, structural changes aren't really the sorts of things we go for. According to Nietzsche, in America, "actors become the real masters" and as this happens the "great architect" type becomes impossible. In summary the argument is that we can't plan for the future because our leaders are all only acting (self-consciously so) in roles of leadership that are necessarily short term and limited to the tenure of the role, thus our society lacks the foresight to build the kind of projects that will outlast us. (quote and summary taken from Avital Ronell's discussion of N's 'Gay Science' in her book the 'Test Drive')
- if you take chocolate, toffee, and a dead celebrity and you roll them all together, what do you get?
from the comfortable brown chair, goodnight and goodluck.
-ben
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3 comments:
1) Meave
2) What is the answer to your joke??
I think it is inconsiderate to all the people lacking access to ice cream and pizza to so publicly advertise said foods at this "house-only" meeting.
The punchline is: A "Heath Ledger Bar".
Too soon!
comedy waits for nothing
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