Archive for November 6th, 2012

Unbridled optimism.

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

Well, not really. But one of the things I’ve seen in the past few days that has given me some hope for civilization is Theremin World, your source for everything theremin related.

(I actually kind of want the Moog Music Etherwave Plus. But:

  1. I have no detectable musical talent. This has been confirmed by precisely calibrated instruments placed in orbit by NASA.
  2. I have limited space, so I’m not sure where I’d put it.
  3. I’m sure the people who live next to and above me would enjoy hearing me practice.
  4. $499 is a good Smith and Wesson. Or a sizable chunk of one, depending. (My local gunshop has some nice Model 10s that came in as police trade-in guns, complete with heavy barrel, for just over $400. It also has a 29-2 with an 8 3/8″ barrel for just over $800 that I’ve fallen in love with.))

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TMQ watch: November 6, 2012.

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

Sigh. Election day, and TMQ day. But before we begin, how about a diversion?

After the jump…

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And even more losers.

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

NBA teams that still have a chance to go 0-82:

Detroit Pistons
Washington Wizards
Denver Nuggets

In other news:

According to Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer, at least one member of the Eagles’ staff feels the decision to fire Castillo was a mistake. Per the report, one of the Eagles’ “decision makers” called the firing “a miscalculation.”

I still think Andy Reid and Michael Vick are out, and I don’t think the team is going to wait for the end of the season.

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Odd juxapositions.

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

Obit watch: Elliott Carter, noted contemporary American composer and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music.

“As a young man, I harbored the populist idea of writing for the public,” he once explained to an interviewer who asked him why he had chosen to write such difficult music. “I learned that the public didn’t care. So I decided to write for myself. Since then, people have gotten interested.”

In other news: remember 2 Live Crew? Remember Luther Campbell? Have you ever wondered what he’s up to these days? Answer: coaching high school football.

This is Luther Campbell now: married to a lawyer, raising a 3-year-old named Blake, living on a lake, starting his own line of rum. He loves the album “Jagged Little Pill” by Alanis Morissette and the song “Bitter Sweet Symphony” by the Verve. He is asked how this all ties together, Coach Luke and Uncle Luke and Mr. Obscenity turned molder of young minds, despite his past, the reputation, the rapsheet. He does not see this as a redemption story. He does not view himself as changed. Same guy, different job. Same play, next act.

I kind of wanted to snark on this story, but it actually turns out to be a story of a man trying to redeem himself, help kids, and make his little corner of the world better.

“If I never met him, I’d probably be dead or in jail,” said Marquise Blanchard, a defensive end. “He took me under his wing like I was his son. Most of us don’t got no dads. But he’s a daddy figure.”

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