Sunday Morning Comin' Down

It's cold and overcast outside, but the tea is warm and the fire hot. A great morning for listening to Teddy Thompson's Up Front and Down Low. One of the pleasing developments in popular music is the respect accorded to classic country music. Of course, Bob Dylan and the Dead  knew it all along, here and here...

Incidentally, the inclusion of Dylan and Johnny Cash singing "Girl From The North Country" on this is by itself worth the price of admission. The charisma, talent, mutual respect, and commitment leap off the screen. The great man's jam with Derek and the Dominoes is pretty cool, too. As his his duet with Joni Mitchell. As is his...oh, hell, would you just get it already?

Guess which "preposterous man prancing arm in arm around with the king" Robert Fisk is writing about? For those who aren't familiar with Fisk, he's perhaps the only western correspondent able to write about the Middle East from a Middle Eastern perspective...

Last night, the talking heads of CNN and MSNBC blathered on about what they perceived as Mitt Romney's comeback. I don't claim to have gold ear when it comes to Republican party politics, but I know a little about geography. As I see it, the former governor of Massachusetts couldn't even compete in the New Hampshire primary, which would normally be a slam-dunk for a New England politician. His victories have been in his home state of Michigan and Wyoming and Nevada, two states on Utah's border and with significant Mormon populations. There, somebody needed to say it...

These Colors Don't Run Dept: You can't beat The Green and Red of Mayo... Maybe we're purple after all: These cardograms are fascinating...