Overheard on State Street

"And then what I want to sing is--have you seen Beaches?"

Good word

William Jefferson Clinton on Being and Time

Is "is" is, or is "is" ain't?
"Is" is is, with one constraint:
"Is" is never is, becuz
Once you've said "is" is, "is" wuz!

--Source unknown

In country

Candid snapshots of American GIs in Vietnam fascinate me, and you can find them on the Web. This is one of my favorites.

There are more here and here. And, doubtless, elsewhere.

Housework

A little blog perestroika: I now list shows I've got coming up over on the right there. I've also posted links to articles I recently wrote for Isthmus' Madison Music Project.

Enjoi.

Take me out

What is it about the playoffs that can get even confirmed baseball agnostics like me interested? These Boston-New York games have been thrilling. I have developed a crush on Red Sox reliever Bronson Arroyo.

Well I never

I learn from my new alumni magazine that Elvin Bishop, of "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" fame, went to the University of Chicago. Who knew?

At the movies

Yesterday afternoon I finally saw Fahrenheit 9/11 on the big screen. I laughed a lot. I would hate to be the woman who screams "Blame Al Qaida!" at the grieving mother whose son was killed in Iraq. I wonder if that nasty person saw the film.

There are a lot of sad people in Fahrenheit 9/11. After I saw it, I came home and popped in the screener of Wellstone!, a documentary about the late Minnesota senator that's playing at the Orpheum this weekend. There are lot of sad people in that film too.

It was quite a day for lefty documentaries with sad people.