Winding up this year in Blogdonia

I had a lovely New Year's Eve lunch with my Cousin Bethie today. (At left: Me and Cousin Bethie at her son's wedding party in 2009.)Time to look back at this Mayan year of 2012.The newest, remarkable thing in Feminist Blogdonia this year, has been the wholesale demise of old-school blogs. Small blogs (one author only) seem to have gone the way of the dinosaur, and only stubborn hold-outs like your plucky narrator remain. Where'd they go? Well,...

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Yearly round-up: books, movies, etc

At left, DVD cover, George Harrison: Living in the Material WorldI just loooooved Martin Scorsese's documentary about George Harrison, my favorite Beatle, incredible talent and just plain awesome individual. George introduced that old-time religion to the West, and for that, he got more karma points than you and I put together. The mind boggles. I appreciated the film's emphasis on George's spiritual journey, which was given all proper and due...

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Videos of the year

As in years past, my first choice is the one I listened to the most, after first posting it. In some ways, this doesn't really count, since the whole reason we listened to it over and over is that we also used it on the radio broadcast/online podcast, as our "Republican Update" theme, during the election and after. I mean, it was just SO perfect.They ARE, after all, living in their own Private Idaho. And so, without further ado, from 1980, here are the B-52s.Private Idaho - B-52s Get outta that state! Get outta that state!~*~As for videos I did...

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Merry Xmas Everybody

Merry Xmas Everybody - SladeThis song is a perennial pop-Christmas standard in the UK, and I have been on a five-year campaign to turn it into a Christmas standard here, too. I just love it! Look to the future now, its only just begun. Hope everyone is having a great holiday tonight!...

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Father Christmas, give us some money...

Father Christmas - The Kinks [via FoxyTunes / The Kin...

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Greenville DIY benefit at the Radio Room

I attended the benefit for Greenville DIY space last night at the Radio Room. I took some great photos! (As always, you can click to enlarge.)In order, Trublklet, Katalyst, Crocker, M.E.H., and the last three photos are Dables, who have a truly gifted drummer (hereby singled out for honorable mention). And a splendid time was had by all!...

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It's a hard day on the planet

Since this is the last day of the world, I chose this song; I figured it was perfect. Once again, thanks to WPCI ... and a very HAPPY SOLSTICE to everyone! Hard Day on the Planet - Loudon Wainwri...

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NRA press conference protester

....stole the show. He kept yelling as they hustled him out; it was almost a three-minute interruption on all the major news networks. There was also a second protester, but I missed that one. (You can click to enlarge.) For the record (everyone thinks I am this major peacenik), I am undecided about gun control and what laws are necessary. I am willing to listen to extended discussion on the issue. I do not trust the National Rifle Association,...

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Imitation leather shoes

Imitation leather shoes - Widespread Pa...

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General Petraeus and the Neo-Con connection

This is like something from one of us crazy conspiracy theorists. Seriously, you can't make this stuff up. From Chris Matthews at MSNBC:Fred and Kimberly Kagan are hawks. They share the ideology of those who backed the Iraq War. Why are they on the inside of an administration elected based on its opposition to the Iraq war?I am one of those who believed from square one that the war in Iraq was an ideological war pushed from the outset by those...

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The problem with the Men's Rights movement, continued

A hysterical, silly young feminist at a University of Toronto demonstration was caught on video, shrieking that men's rights guys are "fucking scum" and so on. The prominent Men's Rights blog A Voice For Men has identified her by name, and has commenced harassing her to the point that she has already shut down her Twitter account. There are 322 comments (as of this writing) applauding the stalking and harassment of this very silly, thoroughly unlucky...

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Waiting for the End of the World

~*~Waiting for the End of the World - Elvis Coste...

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Blogular Updates

WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK of my cool new blog banner? Fabulous Robert of BLUE HERON BLAST did this for me, and I have sent copious cyberkisses and hugs his way. IT'S JUST BEE-YOO-TI-FULL! Thank you, thank you, thank you!I did my last banner over 5 years ago, and couldn't even locate the website where I made it. Without the banner-making-for-dummies software, I had no clue how to proceed in conjuring up an updated banner. The few free banner-maker-sites...

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Tim Scott replacing Jim DeMint in Senate

At left: The man of the hour. I am off to WOLT-FM to plug our new venture on (yow) live radio. While I'm busy, Vogue model and sometime SC governor Nikki Haley will be appointing our next Senator, filling the empty (but still annoying) shoes of nightmarish Teabagger Jim DeMint.The Associated Press has confirmed that Congressman Tim Scott is the man, which I already figured. Haley blathered at length about bringing minorities into the GOP at the...

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Your latest Progressive Blogdonia Brawl

At left: The Five of Wands (strife) from the Rider-Waite tarot deck. In this corner, we have The Good Men's Project, a 'men's blog' that is not exactly a Men's Rights blog, but is not exactly NOT a Men's Rights blog. Some feminists blogged there... or used to. (Getting ahead of myself.) Last year around this time, there was a notable Twitter squabble among one of the male writers and several well-known feminists, which made the rounds. As a...

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You know why

Pearl Jam - Jer...

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Thursday music for your listening pleasure

Buddy Guy with David Myers (on bass) from the movie Chicago Blues (1970) --which I can not seem to locate, after much effort. Great 70s Chicago visuals! Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues~*~I know I've shared this one before. Time for a reprise!Cream - Born Under A Bad Sign~*~Grateful Dead - Cassidy (Unplugged- Live) - 09/24/94 - Berkeley BenefitOne YouTube comment says this was actually a "Phil Lesh and friends" performance that included Bob, Jerry and Vince Welnick....

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12-12-12

... was yesterday! I attended the Feast Day Mass for Our Lady of Guadalupe at St Mary Magdalene in Simpsonville. (photos at left) Liturgical dancing, mariachi music and singing, and they even gave us roses. It was a lovely celebration, which I have greatly missed attending. The spiritual significance of 12-12-12 is purported to be that it is a 'preparation' day for the upcoming cosmic day of 12-21-12. I figured if the Mayans are indeed in...

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Asylum Gallery

... is in Greenville's Far West End art district, also known as The Village. The distinct neighborhood was once the largest mill village in the area, and I used to troll the place back in the late 80s, where the Salvation Army and several other super-thrifty, extremely-cheap thrift shops occupied an entire block in what appeared to be long-defunct furniture and appliance stores. I loved the environment and felt so sorry that the neighborhood (with...

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Move to Amend

At left, David Cobb, 2004 Green Party presidential candidate, presents the persuasive case for Move To Amend. (Second photo includes your humble narrator.) MOVE TO AMEND:On January 21, 2010, with its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are persons, entitled by the U.S. Constitution to buy elections and run our government. Human beings are people; corporations are legal fictions.We,...

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Jesus

Watched "The Big Lebowski" again on Saturday night, for maybe the 40th time. Yes, I love Jesus! (aka John Turtur...

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Ratstorm

Photos from RATSTORM show, December 6th at Cabin Floor Records in Greenville. Ratstorm hails from Bloomington, Indiana. Lots of moshing, so I had to keep my distance for safety's sake. (Nobody over 50 was moshing, needless to say.) But I love how the photos came out, accurately reflecting the energy and chaos of the show. (as always, you can click to enlarge) ~*~...

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