http://www.lumberjackthief.com Background music for political junkies. Politics 101 for music geeks. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:10:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In October 2006, Mark Halperin and John F. Harris -- two of the DC establishment's most influential political reporters and some of the most plugged in guys in town -- published their blueprint for electoral victory in the 2008 presidential election, The Way To Win. For a book that doesn't mention ... http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2009/03/30/way-to-be-wrong/ The Lumberjack Thief's small group of friends knows that he can be quite the evangelist for The Feelies. But like Ted Haggard, the Thief had a dirty little secret buried within his proselytism. You see, for pretty much the entire time I've been a Feelies fan, I'd only listened to the ... http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2009/02/24/feelies-good-earth/ Just sent this e-mail to some friends from college: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/world/asia/22diplo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all She thanked Mr. Yang for China's "continuing confidence" in the United States, as the largest foreign buyer of Treasury securities. He offered a noncommittal statement that China would decide where to invest its foreign-exchange reserves on the basis of safety, value and ... http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2009/02/21/clinton-china/ On an unrelated note, I fell in love with the band Sparks last week. Louden Wainwright III - Good Ship Venus (buy) http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2009/02/16/good-ship-venus/ Saw Wendy and Lucy this morning with the male roommate. It's a film that doesn't aim to do much, but it hits its mark with great, subtle accuracy. Wendy Carrol's tale definitely resonates with the continual news of an economy tumbling down. Here's the HD trailer: Arriving home after the film, ... http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2009/01/31/wendy-and-lucy/ Google alerts informed me early Friday morning that an era had ended. Like one "hip" web rag, the Thief also questioned the authenticity of David Berman's declaration of the dissolution the Silver Jews. I truly do believe it's over now, but I'm not so sure about this attack dog father ... http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2009/01/25/berman-quits-lobbying/ The porn industry, as represented by Hustler's Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild's Joe Francis, is now asking for a government life line. Though I doubt they'll get what they're asking for. But that doesn't matter at this point. The real important thing is the puns to which their request ... http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2009/01/07/porn-bailout/ Aziz Ansari is a man who follows through on his word: So, believe him when he says that he has "never seen anything like" Bobbe’J Thompson's ability to improvise: This kid is like ten years old, and his comedic instincts are far beyond what any kid should be, and was improvising ... http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2009/01/03/aziz-krugman/ It's been a while since I watched a movie review show. This is why I had never heard of Ben Lyons before. But I know who he is now. And I understand that not too many people respect him: In the four months since the fresh-faced 27-year-old "movie dude" for the ... http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2008/12/30/ben-lyons/ This is perhaps my favorite attempt at a Christmas song by a rock band. Baby Jesus, born to rock. Eels - Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas (buy) http://www.lumberjackthief.com/2008/12/24/christmas/