A song for our times and an open thread

6 thoughts on “A song for our times and an open thread”

1. Yeah, 87 dead kids is a serious bring down. If you need a little pick me up try Dick Dale and Stevie Ray Vaughn playing “Pipeline”. You get to hear two great guitarist and see the epitome of cool and the epitome of not cool in one video.Report

2. It’s not the end. Maybe it’s the beginning of the end or possibly even the middle of the end, but not the end. Although I love that song I’ve always thought it was cool how REM could say absolutely nothing while at the same time making it sound like they are saying something deeply profound.Report

3. Here’s a nice story about the first same-sex married couple on New York City: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/24/new.york.same.sex.marriage/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

   I’m waiting for someone to say that this union of a 76-year-old and an 84-year-old isn’t a real marriage because it won’t produce children.Report

   1. At least they’re both white.Report

      1. And not Muslim, unless they’re two of those those light-skinned Muslims with Jewish names you read about.Report

         1. We will not be free until there are gay marriages in the Ground Zero Mosque.Report

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