Aug. 2nd, 2008

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Today is Art Fair Horror Day.

There's a vast cancerous art fair sprawled across Uptown. It's filled with suburban white women pushing perambulators and admiring the native customs, whilst fearfully clutching their purses, with a few of teh gay thrown in.

Then there's Powderhorn, the last bastion of aging hippies, who, lacking the energy of Uptown, gather close to the park's lake, hoping the stagnant water will ward off some of the hot August sun.

The rejects of the rejects cluster in Loring Park, bitter harpies trying desperately to believe they're still hip, and that they can make money with the leftovers of the left-over traffic from the other art fairs.

The whole city is filled with people from the suburbs cursed to wander endlessly for a parking space where their car won't get broken into, wandering mostly the wrong way down one-ways, with the glazed look of concentration on their faces, ignoring all the rules of driving, searching for that one magical spot where their O! Most Precious! car WILL BE SAFE.

On a brighter note, there's also the Minnesota Fringe Festival, and I've got ten free passes. Restrictions apply.

Back to the dark side, caught Batman last night. Just a wee bit dark and brooding. Just a wee bit too dark and brooding, and an hour too long. Oh, and did I mention the print sucked? The theater was freezing? I think I enjoyed Midnight Chronicles more. Less pretensions, and they didn't always talk in a really deeep voice... Oh, and Chris, next time, just take your clothes off. It'll be enough for me...
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Melissa McEwan
guardian.co.uk
Friday August 1 2008

This is a lesson in how dog whistles work.

If you're not familiar with the term "dog whistle," as it relates to politics, here's a quick primer: As a literal dog whistle emits a pitch that only dogs can hear, a political dog whistle sends a message that only a particular constituency will hear (or intuitively understand).

Bush has, care of his speechwriters, been dog whistling to his evangelicals for the past eight years; often, when we heathens think he sounds most nonsensical, it's because he's sending a coded message to his Jesus peeps. More

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