http://www.lumberjackthief.com Background music for political junkies. Politics 101 for music geeks. Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:27:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fresh off his most recent stint as Sen. Hillary Clinton's "chief worrywart" and #1 public defender, Howard Wolfson is now re-making his name as a media triple threat. The most prominent Dem in the lion's den of Fox News, Wolfson has been described by the New York Times as "a ... http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2008/09/21/interview-mix-howard-wolfson/ I knew this guy when he first discovered he was "Prescient." Now he's gone and proved it: I've Never Even Meta: Prescient Moments in Bedbug History, Vol. 1 This one's from May, 2006: Songs that need more airplay [on Radio Disney]: "SOS" even though I'm on overload since about March...this should go to #1. ... http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2008/07/26/dave-skye-engaged/ Currently a fast-rising media hound at the Sunlight Foundation, Elizabeth Nolan (Lizzie to those who have spoken Spanish with her) is an original inhabitant of the City of No Illusions. Before gracing this government city with her open-government agenda, Lizzie made the "east west connection" come alive on local TV ... http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2008/05/03/interview-mix-elizabeth-nolan/ Sometimes the manifestos you commit to record in the 90s just don't stand up to the political realities of the next millennium. Case in point: Get Off The Internet: It feels so 80's Or early 90's To be political Where are my friends? (Get off the Internet!) I'll meet you in the street (Get off the Internet!) Destroy the ... http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2008/03/31/kathleen-hanna-netroots/ New to the Washington, D.C. area, Kiehl Christie is the perhaps future Mr. Prezbo, who is currently making his beard known in the backroom of Pfeiffer's Hardware in Mount Pleasant. A veteran of battling punk gangs in China, Mr. Christie has most recently braved death as a website designer ... http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2008/03/22/interview-mix-kiehl-christie/ Though I tend to disagree with her from policy perspective, I can't disagree with Condoleezza Rice's call that today's bombing in Baghdad represents a form of "bankruptcy and brutality": Iraqi security officials said the women were mentally impaired, but offered no conclusive evidence. The Iraqi officials said the bombs were ... http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2008/02/01/swell-map-bombing/ The combination of Obama's South Carolina win and Caroline Kennedy's endorsement in the New York Times tomorrow goes well with this Bob Dylan original. Bob Dylan - Pressing On (buy) http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2008/01/26/obama-kennedy-pressing/ John Gibson: Asshole. Dark Meat - Well Fuck You Then (buy) http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2008/01/23/john-gibson-asshole/ Two sides of the same dynamic at play. Cold War Kids - Electioneering (Radiohead Cover) (info) Also, I have a new favorite album of the moment. In terms of D.C., it's like the second coming of Pacer for me. The Glands - Swim (buy) http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2008/01/21/glands-flick/ I consider this song my trump card defense against any right-winger who tries to dismiss Allen Ginsberg with the conservative truism that hippies are soft on communism. Key graf: I don't like communist Censorship of my books I don't like Marxists complaining about my looks I don't like Castro insulting members of my ... http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2008/01/14/ginsberg-capitol-air/