September 2009
8 posts
another speech that never had to be made
“Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace.
“These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice.
“These two men are laying down their lives in mankind’s most noble goal: the search for truth...
a speech that never had to be made
“Our landings have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops.
“My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available.
“The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do.
“If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone.”
This is what Supreme Allied...
Podcast Alert
Whizz-beep-click! Podcast alert! Sea of Clouds is featured on The Vinyl Experience, a Toronto-based indie podcast that places tracks within a bed of vinyl clicks and pops… its as if Sea of Clouds turned up in some dusty bin of 12”s in a Salvation Army store in Dearborn, MI, and its getting played for the first time in 38 years. Yeah.
Have a listen at http://bit.ly/B1KDo
I am in love with this passage
I can’t stop thinking about this bit of glorious sentiment…
Vignette #6 of “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman:
A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven. Or I guess it is the handkerchief of...
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it's the result of peer pressure
It’s all Bess Rogers’ fault that I now have a blog. She and Chris Kuffner sounded so lovely at soundcheck for the “From the Penthouse” series yesterday, which I was also playing as part of Rachel’s band. Shortly after soundcheck was completed, Bess whacked me over the head with a half-consumed bottle of Red Stripe and snarled in that delicious voice, “get a...