Daily Archives: October 31, 2006

Slacker generation kids…

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 31, 2006

The Foo Fighters were farging fabulous. Fine musicians, totally on, acoustic foo… ten great songs in the set including a pile of them from the soon to be released “Skin and Bones” CD. Petra Hayden Haden (late of “That Dog”) joined them on violin, mandolin and vocals… her mandolin work was extraordinary. Acoustic is kind [...]

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Another f’ing nazi…

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 31, 2006

Senator Allen, accompanied by Brown Shirts, appears to have prematurely adopted a policy of violent confrontation when approached by the press. Hopefully Stark will sue his pants off. And their shirts. And the right-wing lout will lose the election. hopefully.

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…one big sit-com

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 31, 2006

Tamar summarizes American culture in a few well chosen words. Well, I’m off with a pencil, a tablet and a couple of expensive tickets to the Foo Fighters and Bob Dylan. Beth is under the weather so it looks like one of the tix will go to waste. It’s a pity that Papa Golby is [...]

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The offending text…

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 31, 2006

Here then is the excerpt from the Bishop’s “personal and confidential” message to his subordinates that I find so offensive: Please listen to the enclosed message: it deals with the marriage referendum, the death penalty referendum, and the issue of embryonic stem cell research. The message is educational in its purpose, and is certainly nonpartisan. [...]

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