Votes due by Wednesday 5/2 at 5:00 PM: Where dreams are made or broken. Yes, folks, for 3 out of 4 of our series’, Game 7 is where two bands enter and one band will definitely leave. But first, the results from the weekend games. Oh also, sorry Bruins fans- if it’s any consolation the Rangers made the Caps look pretty silly Saturday.
Facing elimination, Jenn decided to start flexing the big guns and Continue reading
...or the story of Adrock and Dan
NOTICE: Voting extended until 5 PM Monday, April 30th. Hi all- this format will be a little strange but bear with me, because I am off internet all weekend as soon as I put this up. We’ll have a shorter list of six songs (because the opponents did not get me their nominations. I forgot to get back-up songs for this situation, which is what Nos did when he was managing. Bear with me.) and we’ll do the last four along with whomever survives the weekend on Monday. First, however- the results. Continue reading
Check out part one, part two and part three of this series.
The 2013 Mayoral Democratic Primary is shaping up much like the 2009 Public Advocate race, and that’s a good thing for Bill de Blasio. In 2009, those of us following the Public Advocate race sensed that its front-runner, Mark Green, was coasting to a plurality win based on name recognition, and was actually not well-liked by large swaths of primary voters. In New York City Democratic primaries, if no candidate can take home 40% of the vote, the top two vote-getters advance to a run-off. Mark Green’s three opponents were all reasonably confidently that they could beat Green one on one. In the end, de Blasio’s late surge, fueled in large part by the labor-friendly Working Families Party, allowed de Blasio to advance to the run-off, where he thrashed Green, 62.5%-37.5%. Continue reading
(L to R): Yours truly, Deubs, Rohde
I don’t know when I’ll be coming back again,
It depends on how I’m feeling.
-Bob Dylan
Soon after getting home, I decided that I was going to write a book about my two months on the coast. I began the first pages on December 19, 2005, and this what I wrote that day: Continue reading
Zeppelin's chosen battleground for the last stand
Votes due by Friday, 4/27 at 5:00 PM: Alright kids- we are now entering Games 5 and 6, which means coaches are turning to their sure things and we get some pretty rocking playlists out of it. But before we get into that, the most recent results.
Staring at the brink, Coach Adrock played the Immigrant Song card and it worked out. Led Zeppelin staves off elimination for one more round with a 98.2-85.4 win over “As.” Continue reading
Levon grabs the win
Votes due by Wednesday at 5:00 PM: Apologies for the late post- had a whirlwind weekend including a stop in Indiana to see some old friends. Without further filler, the results of the last match:
I Was Made To Love Her (Stevie Wonder) over Wanton Song (Led Zeppelin), 98.2-94.7
Big Balls (AC/DC) over I’m Sticking With You (Velvet Underground), 88.2-71.9.
Spirit of the Radio (Rush) over Lift Her Pull Her (Atmosphere), 101.8-84.4.
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (The Band) over Kokomo (Beach Boys), 125.3-90.5.
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (U2) over Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden), 120.75-97.6.
You Wreck Me (Tom Petty) over Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’ (Allman Brothers), 92.6-92.3 (Squeaker!)
In this next round, both Led Zeppelin (1-3) and Velvet Underground (0-3) face elimination. Link is here, and good luck to all.
Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin) vs. As (Stevie Wonder)
Back In Black (AC/DC) vs. Femme Fatale (Velvet Underground)
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (U2) vs. Rusty Cage (Soundgarden)
Ophelia (The Band) vs. Wouldn’t It Be Nice (Beach Boys)
The Waiting (Tom Petty) vs. Ain’t Wasting Time No More (Allman Brothers)
Nobody’s Hero (Rush) vs. Millie Fell Off The Fire Escape (Atmosphere)
Check out part one and part two of this series.
Ever since she shepherded legislation permitting Mayor Bloomberg a third term through the City Council, Speaker Christine Quinn has struggled to shed her image as a Bloomberg deputy among the progressive base that will determine the 2013 Democratic mayoral primary.
Quinn had been considered (along with the now-disgraced Anthony Weiner) as a leading contender for the 2009 mayoral race prior to the change in term limits, and had been fundraising aggressively in anticipation of that race. Today we’ll take a look at who some of her biggest supporters have been. Continue reading
Round 3 votes due by Friday night at 11 PM: Game 2 results are in, and at this point I think Coaches Adrock and Jacob should be looking down the ladder in anticipation of the next Contender while evaluating their song stable accordingly. Something should be said for AC/DC, who are now 6-2 for the tournament and show no signs of losing electricity. In Game 2 of the Challenger Final, “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” powers past the Velvet Underground’s “Pale Blue Eyes,” 88.3-75.1. Coach Pete strategically turns to a more delicate selection for Game 3.
Marton(Beach Boys) v. Marton(The Band): This round easily goes to the elder, with “Sloop John B” over “Down South In New Orleans,” 102.3-84.8. Continue reading
The Indomitable T.C.
“I fell into a burning ring of fire,
I went down, down, down, and the flames went higher.”
-Johnny Cash
By the time we’d gotten to December, there were a few of us just trying to get through a few more weeks and escape for Christmas. I guess somewhere in the back of my head I still thought about going to law school the next fall, but that reality was far away and not the more apparent world of today. I hadn’t put much effort into my applications… Janos had, but I think he was more focused on it from the start. And whenever I took the time to think about the future (which wasn’t very often,) I kept coming back to the same question. Why? Why did I want to go to law school again? Did I want to be a lawyer, or could I not think of anything else to do? I guess in the reality of 21st century education, young adults that apply to law school because they can’t think of anything else to do are a dime a dozen. And I definitely fell into that category…I mean, I’d taken the LSAT because I had nothing else to do. All of that taken into account, I was very content with ignoring the future and attending to the present of just making it through productively Continue reading
Zuccotti Park in happier times.
Diving straight into number crunching would be a thrill, but for “Must Be The Money” to have legs, folks need to know a little background about the project, and about campaign finance reform in New York City.
During the summer of 2010 I helped civic groups fight for campaign finance reform in the wake of Citizens United. Our work resulted in zero traction, even from the progressive community, and was despondence-inducing even by the normal standards of fruitless activism. Then three things happened. First, Occupy Wall Street put Citizens United back on everyone’s radar as a classic symbol of 1% power. Then sugar daddies like Sheldon Adelson and Foster Friess single-handedly propped Republican presidential primary campaigns with millions of quasi-coordinated dollars. Finally, Stewart and Colbert brought the hammer down, and everyone realized what a mess we were in. Continue reading
Living the Dream 