Archive for June, 2003

Bad News

I’ve been awake for almost 20 hours straight. It’s not that I have a bad case of insomnia or I’m just trying to see how long I can stay up until I start hallucinating. It’s that at 4 am I found out my cousin was in a car accident. She’s in a better place now, […]

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Summerfest Day 1 Reviews

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Here are some concert reviews of Day 1:

Weird Al Yankolvic

Blind Boys of Alabama
Peter Gabriel which featured Segways

Also, here’s video of last night’s Big Bang.

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Summerfest Day 2

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I heard from a radio news report that the first day’s attendence was down about 25% from last year. That surprised me since a lot of people from my store went to see Peter Gabriel.
Tonight’s line-up includes Jack Johnson and Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals at the Marcus Amphitheater.
After listening to some clips, […]

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Strom’s Dead

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Sen. Strom Thurmond died. To say he lived a long life is an understatement. He was governor of South Carolina, ran for President on the Dixiecrat segregationist ticket, and became the longest serving Senator in U.S. history. (His last two terms were probably two longer than he should have been in office.) I […]

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Big Gig’s Prestige Isolated to Milwaukee

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While Summerfest is Milwaukee’s big party, outside the area it doesn’t have the cachet locals think it should have. Also, the economic impact may not be a great as one would think.
“Big Kahuna Here, Small Potatoes Elsewhere”

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Paying for Music

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Since those college students who settled with Big Music have been receiving a substantial amount of donations it looks like people are willing to pay for music online. It’s just that they don’t want to pay the people who actually own it. They’re willing to pay copyright violators instead of the copyright holders. Part […]

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The Big Gig

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Today starts Milwaukee’s biggest party, Summerfest 2003. It’s 11 days of music, food, beer, and too many people wearing things they shouldn’t be wearing. As a service to my readers, all through the festival I’ll be posting news items and stuff about artists playing the Big Gig.
Tonight at the Marcus Amphitheater, Peter Gabriel will […]

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Sullivan Votes for Himself

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Dawn Olsen give Andrew Sullivan a righteous ribbing by mocking his vote of himself as most influential weblogger. Way to go Dawn. I too wondered about his pick. It sure takes a lot of gumption to vote for oneself.
[via Wizbang who had the sense to add TAM to his blogroll]

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Heaving Harry Potter

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From John’s context-less quotes from the latest book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix might contain as many double entandres as Hillary’s book.
They also have a thought provoking post on personal ownership of nukes.
And thanks to the guys at Catallarchy.net for the addition of TAM to their blogroll.
“From the Department of Naughty Innuendo“

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Liberty and Neo-Cons

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Cato’s Ed Crane and William Niskanen argue for a return to limited government. I’m on their side. Even with a war going on, that doesn’t mean the government can run rough shod over individual rights. I’m not going to go as far as Ronald Bailey by joining the ACLU, but I’m keeping an eye […]

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Hamas Must be “Dismantled”

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Good for President Bush to say a Hamas cease isn’t enough. Now, a first true step on the road map is for Palestine, Israel, and even the U.S. to take out Hamas once and for all. I know it would scare the anti-war crowd, but some, limited U.S. involvement could really set the stage for […]

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TAM Odds and Ends

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TAM is on a roll. For ten days in a row, visitors have been in the triple digits. Thank you all for coming by. Special thanks go to Aaron the Mad for linking to my Potter Mania post.

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Stalin World

Most of us love theme parks. It’s great to go to a place like Six Flags Great America or Disney World on a sunny day. Going on rides, playing games, and just have fun brings out the kid in everyone.
But if you’re bored of the same old roller coaster, ferris wheel, or carosel […]

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Boycotting Boycott Hollywood

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A George Clooney fansite is following in the footsteps of the vaunted Boycott Hollywood by calling for a boycott of Boycott Hollywood and other sites.

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White Guilt

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Cam Edwards comments on a leftist talk radio host’s (yes, they do exist) rather lame reasoning behind affirmative action. Edwards calls it “a classic case of white guilt.”

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