thedailybeast.com
l3wis This is a new site by someone who used to work for The New Yorker.
It’s a mixed bag – cool stuff.
October 2008
South DaCola music club w/ Crash Test Dummies
Not sure why I liked this band? I have never thrown this tape out, and everytime I come across it I have to listen. Maybe it’s the singer’s weird voice like a combination of Fred Sanford and Mel Torme.
Review by Johnny Herring
The Crash Test Dummies have a really original sound. They have unique instrumentation, plus a bass singer as a lead vocalist. Singer Brad Roberts also writes songs that are different than anybody else’s. This, their second album, contains their unlikely hit, “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm”. If you heard that song and like it, you will probably enjoy the rest of their album.
McCain campaign following in Hillary’s footsteps
Republican Strategist Ed Rollins on CNN.
In the end, it’s not relevant who holds what title in the McCain operation, because it is not being run by campaign professionals, but by the Washington lobbying class.
And no one seems to be in charge, least of all the candidate. The end result is a campaign suffering from “schizophrenia.”
John McCain is saying one thing on the stump, his running mate another. But the worst sin is that his advertising campaign is incoherent and putting out multiple and inconsistent messages.
Johnny Roastbeef 