Thomas Frank

author of The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule on the Colbert Report.

friday reads

Georgia claimed today to have downed two Russian warplanes over its territory after the former Soviet neighbours came into direct conflict over the breakaway province of South Ossetia.


As U.S. military casualties mount in Afghanistan, a retired four-star Army general, who just returned from reviewing the six-plus-year war effort, said the country "is in misery" and describes the war as "a 25-year campaign."


McCain campaign rewarding trolls and spammers.


Murray Waas: Special prosecutor a possibility as U.S. attorney and DOJ politicization probes reach into the White House?


Because the world doesn't have enough stupid people.


Countdown: Nothing About the FBI's Anthrax Story Adds Up

friday random ten

Photo by Ryan McManus



No Sé
No lo soporto
No lo soporto (2006)



Yellow Moon
Don't Be a Stranger
Frutti di Mare (2007)



Boxer
Mi and L'au
Mi and L'au (2005)



The Catch
Forget Cassettes
Salt (2006)



Rabies (Baby's Got the)
Duchess Says
Noviciat Mère-perruche EP (2006)



Jesus at McDonalds
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper (1985)



All Over Again
Jay Reatard
Night of Broken Glass EP (2007)



Lead Me to a Quiet Cell
The Mai 68s
Froth on the Daydream (2008)



Honey You're Wasting Ammo
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Sport Fishin' (1993)



Sports Car
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Tangle (1989)


Bonus tracks:



Fuck you estie
MC La Sauce
Québec Émergent (2007)



ちはるの恋 (Chiharu-no-Koi)
ミドリ(Midori)
あらためまして、はじめまして、ミドリです。
(Hello everyone. Nice to meet you. We are MIDORI.) (2008)