The finale of Pictures as performed by Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The beginning isn't clean, but what the hell.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Scott Walker - Bish Bosch (Album Trailer)
Heard a track from this last night. It's been a long time since Scott Walker's music sounded much like anybody else's. Now he's moved even further away. Nice to actually see how some of these sounds are made.
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Friday, January 4, 2013
The Rolling Stones - Winter
A song that's been in my head for some reason. As usual with these sorts of fan-made clips, the images tend to be rather literal. Ah well.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay
From the Joe's Garage concept album (thus the spoken-word portion of this track), one of FZ's most memorable guitar pieces.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Ezra Klein on What Happens After the Cliff
EK says things have changed in Washington's atmosphere, but we still aren't sure how. So what happens when the debt ceiling legislation comes up in a couple of months?
If we take the lessons of this negotiation, here’s what will happen: The White House will negotiate over the debt ceiling. They’ll say they’re not negotiating over the debt ceiling, and in the end, they may well refuse to be held hostage over the debt ceiling, but the debt ceiling will be part of the pressure Republicans use to force the next deal. The White House fears default, and in the end, they always negotiate.
That said, the Republicans aren’t quite as crazy as they’d like the Democrats to believe. They were scared to take the country over the fiscal cliff. They’re going to be terrified to force the country into default, as the economic consequences would be calamitous. They know they need to offer the White House a deal that the White House can actually take — or at least a deal that, if the White House doesn’t take it, doesn’t lead to Republicans shouldering the blame for crashing the global economy.
If we take the lessons of this negotiation, here’s what will happen: The White House will negotiate over the debt ceiling. They’ll say they’re not negotiating over the debt ceiling, and in the end, they may well refuse to be held hostage over the debt ceiling, but the debt ceiling will be part of the pressure Republicans use to force the next deal. The White House fears default, and in the end, they always negotiate.
That said, the Republicans aren’t quite as crazy as they’d like the Democrats to believe. They were scared to take the country over the fiscal cliff. They’re going to be terrified to force the country into default, as the economic consequences would be calamitous. They know they need to offer the White House a deal that the White House can actually take — or at least a deal that, if the White House doesn’t take it, doesn’t lead to Republicans shouldering the blame for crashing the global economy.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Krugman on The Deal
Krugman gives his opinion on the deal to steer clear of the fiscal cliff.
OK, now for the really bad news. Anyone looking at these negotiations, especially given Obama’s previous behavior, can’t help but reach one main conclusion: whenever the president says that there’s an issue on which he absolutely, positively won’t give ground, you can count on him, you know, giving way — and soon, too. The idea that you should only make promises and threats you intend to make good on doesn’t seem to be one that this particular president can grasp.
OK, now for the really bad news. Anyone looking at these negotiations, especially given Obama’s previous behavior, can’t help but reach one main conclusion: whenever the president says that there’s an issue on which he absolutely, positively won’t give ground, you can count on him, you know, giving way — and soon, too. The idea that you should only make promises and threats you intend to make good on doesn’t seem to be one that this particular president can grasp.
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