![]() ![]() By the time they finished singing, people were tearing down the walls and launching things - cans of paint, small appliances, cinder blocks - through the windows and leaving a litter of glass and debris all over Western Ave. The Sharp Ease played their usual, drunken, high-energy set, and the crowd got pretty rowdy. The doors to many of the rooms had been ripped off the hinges and the graffiti-covered walls were pockmarked with holes and dents. The place was already very trashed from months of parties. Several other bands were playing as well, and throughout the show people were sporadically destroying the place, a set of abandoned apartments above a non-descript furniture store. We went because the Sharp Ease were playing. Apparently, the kids who were squatting there are about to be kicked out, so this was one last bash. Last night Derek and I went to a party at a squat on Western in a no-man's-land area of LA. I just hope that this is all over soon, and that we are doing the right thing. Does this accomplish anything aside from negatively affecting the lives of your fellow citizens. Not to mention the traffic that they backed up. All that this protest in LA really accomplished was the closing down for the day of many retail establishments along Sunset, which I'm guessing resulted in lost wages for the people working in the Staples, Jack in the Box, and Bank of America among others. And in the end, they have the force of law behind them anyway. They would do their best to report accurately because it pays off for them in increased viewership. The Constitution grants them the freedom to report what they please, and even if the government tried to stifle a major news story, CNN would have too mcuh to gain by being the first to break the story. In fact, they have no choice but to be the good guy. If they believe that the current government is the bad guy, then, thanks to the protections of the Constitution, the competition between the multitudes of news sources out there, and the ability of every citizen to seek out news from whatever source he or she please, CNN is one of the good guys. To claim that CNN spouts propaganda and is a puppet of the government betrays a fundamental disconnect about the very country in which these people live. I find it amusing and more than a little bit frightening that so many folks derive so much satisfaction from from deriding something like CNN. A good example of this was the anti-CNN rally that took place at Sunset and Cahuenga today. Here in Los Angeles, most folks are either uninformed and uninterested or are badly misinformed and delight in disseminating incorrect information and adding their own personal, implausible spin to things. I want to believe that we are doing the right thing, and so far I'm pretty sure that I'm not deluding myself. Some stayed at the extremes while others, like myself, wavered uncomfortably in the middle. ![]() In the long period that led up to this most folks quickly formed an opinion one way or the other and then as the barage of information and insights and new developments came to light, they adjusted their views many times. After months of banter and argument we attacked Iraq. ![]() To begin: It is a strange time right now. ![]() I'll be writing about music, sports, art, politics, and my unremarkable (but deeply fascinating to me) daily life. I want to use this as a place to put my writing "out there" into the world. This is my very first entry on my very first blog. The three people to whom you will ‘pass the musical baton.’ Five songs you have been listening to of late (or all-time favorites, or particularly personally meaningful songs)Ħ. When I do feel like listening to music at my computer, I’ll often listen 3wk.com, an Internet radio station that plays lots of great, obscure stuff.ĥ. I listen to more and more NPR-type stuff instead of music these days (All Things Considered at the moment). Accordingly, I last purchased a CD in October of 2004, Flight from Echo Falls by The VellsĤ. I used to spend a decent chunk of my disposable income on music, but in recent years I haven’t had much disposable income, and I definitely haven’t kept up with new music with the fervor that I once did. The title and artist of the last CD you bought. Total volume of music files on your computer.Īt the moment I’ve got a bit more than a gig, much of it the songs that have managed to follow me through the three computers I’ve been through since the Napster heyday.ģ. The person who passed the baton to you.Ģ. ![]()
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