TV
Sam Shad Challenges Obama Campaign over Ad Footage
I wrote a really long post about this and then accidentally closed my browser window before saving it, so I really don’t have the stomach to retype the whole thing. All of this is thanks to commenter Ross and Anjeanette Damon. Here’s a summary with links:
Sam Shad has asked the Obama campaign to [...]
EFF Wins Another Battle for Fair Use and Free Speech
Danny O’Brien, a charming Brit who also happens to be the international outreach coordinator for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is someone else I met at BlogHer 08 (you’ll have to scroll down the EFF staff link above to see his bio). The EFF has been one of the best friends bloggers have ever had–Bloggers’ Rights! [...]
I Went To BlogHer 08 and All I Got Was This Lousy Cold
Kidding! It’s a week later, and I’m still recovering from my first BlogHer Conference experience as are many others (I’ve noticed many post BlogHer attendess/cold sufferers on Twitter this week which has turned me into an amateur epidemiologist.
I spent 3 1/2 days in San Francisco at BlogHer 08 and 3 1/2 days working in [...]
God’s Pottery Is Not Funny
Sorry God, Please take them off TV.
Top Chef Season Four Winner Is Dale Talde
That’s right, I’m predicting Dale Talde as the winner of Top Chef season 4 tonight. It’ll be a nice make-up for the loss of season 3’s Dale Levitski. I guess I don’t have to watch this season now.
John Legend Duet with Stephen Colbert
The Colbert Show re-aired the John Legend’s duet of Lady Liberty with Colbert. All I have to say to John Legend is, “I’ll be your lady liberty anytime.” Yummy.
Shut up Bjorn.
You Can’t Keep A Good Woman Down: Dana Jill Simpson
Some people think that women are easily intimidated. Not Dana Jill Simpson.We should treasure whistle blowers, not burn their houses down. According to Paul Kiel, her statements check out.
Alabama TV Station Censors 60 Minutes Siegelman Segment
From Scott Horton at Harpers:
I am now hearing from readers all across Northern Alabama—from Decatur to Huntsville and considerably on down—that a mysterious “service interruption” blocked the broadcast of only the Siegelman segment of 60 Minutes this evening. The broadcaster is Channel 19 WHNT, which serves Northern Alabama and Southern Tennessee. This station was noteworthy [...]
One Reason I Might Have Watched the Oscars
Glen the Houseboy has a nice ring to it. Once is an excellent film.
The Prosectuion of Don Siegelman
Tonight on 60 Minutes Scott Pelley reported 52 former state attorneys-general have asked Congress to investigate whether the prosecution of Don Siegelman was a politcal persecution directed by members of the state and national Republican Party, including Karl Rove.
Doug Jones, Siegelman’s lawyer, summed up the extremely problematic case this way:
“Well, you still have to investigate [...]
Late to Gustavo Dudamel Mania
The 60 Minutes piece tonight on Venezuelan conductor wonder Gustavo Dudamel was fantastic. I found myself tearing up over his obvious joy and passion. I felt the same way I did during the scene at the end of Immortal Beloved when “Ode to Joy” plays as the audience gazes at Ludwig van Beethoven [...]
Libertarians are for Hookers: Rabbit Bites
How did I miss this gem? Buns and Chou Chou are so cute, even when they are talking about guns, gambling, and prostitution.
Obama, Virginia, and the Legacy of John Adams
Photo from here via Andrew Sullivan
Obama has completed a sweep of this weekend’s primaries and looks good to win the “Potomac Primary” on Tuesday given the demographics of the region, not to mention the latest Mason-Dixon poll (polling close to the actual Mason-Dixon line).
I like Andrew Sullivan’s synopsis of the Obama and McCain campaigns but [...]
Paradise Hotel 2 Monday,Super Tuesday, and Barack Obama “Yes We Can” Video. Am I in Heaven?
I have a couple of things to say tonight as we heard into Super Tuesday. First. Paradise Hotel 2 made a somewhat staid comeback to semi-network TV on Monday night. Heretofore known as Drunk Asshole Hotel, Paradise Hotel as the single most amazing thing to happen TV since the Roots miniseries. Think [...]
My Best Friend Heath Ledger, an Iraq Veteran, and The Westboro Nuts
I believe it was on Thursday night that, after hearing some obnoxious television host refer to “Heath” ten times in two minutes that I realized I was watching Entertainment Tonight with Mary Hart–a show I hadn’t watched in years. For those that watch Entertainment Tonight all the time, you know that the [...]
