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My worlds collide: Progressive Politics and Progressive Rock

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If you are a regular reader of DailyKos, then you probably know of Bill in Portland Maine and his extremely entertaining and informative “Cheers and Jeers’ feature.  Today, he is interviewing one of the regular contributors to the DailyKos community – Malacandra a/k/a Miles Kurland.  He’s a web developer and designer with strong political feelings and, apparently, great taste in music:

What kind of music makes you feel invincible to the GOP horde?
Progressive Rock, of course!  These days, it’d be the Decemberists. As luck would have it, they were doing a gig in Pittsburgh during Netroots Nation, just a few blocks away from the conference center. I had the unforgettable experience of seeing both a rousing speech by Howard Dean and a kick-ass Decemberists concert all in one evening.

Two great tastes that taste great together!

(via UK70sProgRock and it’s kick ass twitter feed)

Narrowing it down

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I’m not going to rush my Kos diary entey.  I’ll post it (and take my abuse) when it’s good and ready.  Initially, I had wanted to rant against Comcast and TV in general – picking up on comments I made here and here.  And while all that is good stuff, I may want to use this as my opportunity to begin a discussion about child welfare law in Philly – which I’ve observed through Em’s work over the past several years.  The story of judges who don’t take the bench and kids dying (as in, not alive anymore) as a result of neglect.  Then you throw in the corruption and lack of accountability, and you’ve got a horrific tragedy one hell of a story on your hands.

I just registered over at DailyKos

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Everybody knows about DailyKos.  I’ve been reading the front page daily for ther past few years, and the folks over there know their stuff.  But at ATG’s suggestion, I figured I’d give it a try.  I’m not as politically motivated as I have been in the past, but this exercise and heightened scrutiny (there are lots of rules) will, hopefully, take the writing bug to the next level.  I figure, while I’m cranking out the columns, I might as well try to do something constructive.

Not that the process of emoting and expressing isn’t a good thing in general, but the difference is wirintg for me vs. writing for a purpose.  Let’s see what happens.  There is a mandatory one week waiting period before I’m aloud to diary, so I’ll have some time to get my shit together.