Monthly Archive: July 2008
cjbickford
July 10, 2008
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…
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cjbickford
July 6, 2008
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)…
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cjbickford
July 4, 2008
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…
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cjbickford
July 4, 2008
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…
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cjbickford
July 4, 2008
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…
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