Thanks to James Hudnall for discovering “Gorbachov: The Music Video.” If this isn’t everything I’ve ever wanted in a music video….. Socialist realist imagery! Zombie Stalins! Super Conan the Barbarian Gorbachov! Russian folk music interlude! Conspicuous consumer glee! Tacky sexual innuendo! It’d be even better if the Russian singers were singing it in Russian, but…
Month: July 2008
Seven Songs I’m Into Right Now
Joel just tagged me to list 7 songs I’m into right now, or actually 7 songs I’m listening to now, whether I like them or not. I haven’t been listening to music as much as I usually do, since a) I’m driving a lot less, and b) I’m busy homeschooling Neil. But I could still…
Generational Attitudes Toward Homeschooling
Peter and I briefly toyed with describing the next few years of Neil’s education as “a classical education at home” or “going to a very exclusive private school.” We just wanted to separate ourselves from the unfortunate conception of homeschooling as forcing our child to be cloistered away from all society with only a Bible…
Americanized Europeans versus Europeanized Americans
During my trip to Germany, I noticed something which really should have been obvious to me years ago. Europeans who come and live in America for a while become rather perky, a quality that sets them off from their native countrymen. It’s not that they stop being German or Dutch or English or French, but…
New Neighborhood Stores: An Annoying Target and A Posh BevMo
Today I had a few errands to run, so I dared burn some gasoline to shop both at a new Target store on Curtner and another new store, a Beverages and More which opened up in the former Tower Records store on Santa Teresa Boulevard. The Target store happened to be across the street from…