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  1. US 2004 election thread

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    Bush has also won the popular vote by a large margin, even if Kerry ends up winning Ohio! Votes for Bush 58,296,120 (51%), votes for Kerry 54,778,889 (48%).

    I guess that the increased voter turn out did not help Kerry as originally thought.

  3. US 2004 election thread

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    What a big surprise.

    from www.billboard.com

    Edited By Jonathan Cohen. November 02, 2004, 11:00 AM ET

    Rock The Vote, MTV Irk GOP

    MTV and the nonprofit group Rock the Vote, partners in a massive public awareness campaign to encourage young Americans to participate in today's (Nov. 2) presidential election, have come under fire from Republicans accusing them of pushing a pro-Democratic agenda and challenging MTV and Rock the Vote's assertions that their get-out-the-vote campaigns are nonpartisan.

    The charges stem mainly from a Rock the Vote campaign focused on the issue of a military draft. To get its point across, Rock the Vote sent out 660,000 e-mails in late September with a mock draft card signed by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

    "You are hereby ordered for induction into the Armed Forces of the United States, and to report to a polling place near you," read the draft cards.

    In addition, Rock the Vote created two public service announcements focused on the issue of the draft and a third celebrity-packed PSA that referred to the draft as one of many issues young voters might be concerned about. At least one of the draft-themed PSAs ran on MTV for 10 consecutive days in September. Rock the Vote also has devoted a significant amount of content to the issue on its Web site.

    Ed Gillespie, chairman of the Republican National Committee, sent a letter to Rock the Vote president Jehmu Greene on Oct. 13 warning her that Rock the Vote had an "obligation to immediately cease and desist from promoting or conducting" its draft campaign "as a nonpartisan organization that enjoys the benefits of being formed under 501©(3) of the Internal Revenue Code."

    Asserting that the "urban myth regarding a draft" had been "thoroughly debunked" by President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Rumsfeld, Gillespie wrote: "This is the sort of malicious political deception that is likely to increase voter cynicism and in fact decrease the youth vote, as well as raising serious legal issues regarding the political motivations of your efforts."

    Although the Republican Party's ire was raised by a Rock the Vote initiative, MTV -- which has been aligned with Rock the Vote for more than a decade and is one of the organization's financial supporters -- became a target as well. Viacom co-president and co-chief operating officer Tom Freston and MTV Networks chairman and CEO Judy McGrath are founding board members of Rock the Vote.

    Dozens of protesters from the California College Republicans demonstrated Oct. 22 outside MTV Networks in Santa Monica, shouting such slogans as "Pimp my ride, not my vote" and "Total Request Lies." Despite MTV's statements that it had nothing to do with Rock the Vote's draft campaign, many Republican critics refused to draw a distinction between the two organizations that have partnered to register young voters and educate them on issues before Election Day.

    "The draft scare has credibility because of MTV," said Michael Davidson, chairman of California College Republicans. "Kids know about Rock the Vote because of MTV." Davidson also alleged that MTV and Rock the Vote present young voters with perspectives on the issues that he described as "clearly left of center."

    MTV and Rock the Vote executives maintain that their campaigns are designed only to grab the attention of fickle younger viewers and have no partisan motivation.

    "We've never endorsed a candidate; we've never endorsed a party," said Fred Goldring, chairman of the board of Rock the Vote. "We just raise issues that young people have told us are important to them."

    Goldring said Rock the Vote had Republicans on its board that knew about the organization's plan to raise the draft issue as a legitimate concern of young people that needed to be addressed by the two major-party presidential candidates. And he said Rock the Vote removed Rumsfeld's signature from the draft card as soon as complaints were lodged.

    For its part, MTV said it has been fair and unbiased in its coverage of the candidates, doing its best to give equal time to Democrats and Republicans. While Kerry has been interviewed on MTV five times, MTV personalities have interviewed Bush surrogates like Gillespie, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman because the president has been unavailable, an MTV spokesperson said.

    "We are not biased in our coverage in any way, shape or form," MTV spokesperson Jeannie Kedas said. "We are very proud of our efforts in that regard, and we've been recognized by our audience."

    As part of its "Choose or Lose: 20 Million Loud" campaign, MTV has run a dozen long-format specials and about 120 news pieces about the election. Since the beginning of the year, its has aired nearly 4,000 public service announcements urging young people to vote, only a handful of which were produced by Rock the Vote.

    Rock the Vote, along with its partners, has spent about $40 million registering 1.4 million voters, nearly three times the number it registered in the 2000 election.

    Rock the Vote's Greene said the organization never suggested that Bush favors the draft. "The issue is not whether the politicians want a draft," she said. "The issue is when does the draft become necessary, and that's what young people want to know and need to know. It's not a partisan issue when young people of this country need a fair hearing."

    -- Gail Schiller, The Hollywood Reporter

  5. Passion of the Christ

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    I thought the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan was as unnecessary and gratuitious as most sex scenes. Okay, we get it, they have sex. Okay, we get it, the guys brothers die. It's not a movie about how horrible d-day was, and shouldn't spend that much time and budget on depicting that.

    Pretty off topic. Sorry.

    Thing is, take away that scene and nobody would go see the movie.

    I completely disagree with you Velvet. I have seen many of inteviews by both Steven Spielberg and Mel Gibson on both of these films. They both discuss how the violence in the films conveys the suffering of the characters in each story.

  6. Passion of the Christ

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    As a Christian I was excited to see the "Passion of the Christ" and witnessed it in the theatre. I thought the film was excellent especially with the frequent flashbacks that Jesus had. To me the flashbacks brought some depth to the film that took it beyond Jesus Christs final days on earth.

    On the topic of the violence in the film, I thought it was meant to be on screan. I'm a big fan of realism in film and the violence in the "Passion of the Christ" reminded me of the opening scenes of "Saving Private Ryan." The violence depicted the physical pain that Jesus suffered during his last days. The film can convey physical pain easily, especiall since it is obviously harder to depict the spiritual and mental anguish that Jesus suffered through on screen.

    I have also seen the "The Ladykillers" and thought the film was hilarious. Tom Hanks looking like Colonel Sanders and talking like a university professor was a classic role for him. The whole cast was great.

  11. duo new years run with mike gordon

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    screw the if. If you CAN be in NY for NYE, just get tix for Benevento/Russo with Gordon...

    wow!

    There's a couple of road blocks (which I might mean literally). The first is that I don't know when the Wilco/Flaming Lips concert is scheduled to end, and that would be the number one reason for me to go to NYC on NYE.

    Second I don't know where the BB King Blues Club is in correlation to MSG and if I have to pass through Times Square to get from one to another there might be trouble due to the road blocks put up for the Big Apple drop.

    Hopefully I will have this sorted out before the Benevento/Russo with Gordon show sells out.

  15. Bridge Benefit XVIII Setlist

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    It's interesting that whoever compiled the setlist couldn't be bothered to list the Tony Bennett set...

    Here's Tony Bennett's set, just for you...

    Tony Bennett

    Watch What Happens

    The Best Is Yet To Come

    Maybe This Time

    I Got Rhythm

    If I Ruled The World

    I Wanna Be A Round

    I Left My Heart In San Francisco

    Steppin Out With My Baby

    It Don't Mean A Thing

    How Do You Keep The Music Playing

  19. Tony Levin, Jerry Marotta and Trey

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    Oysterhead, shmoisterhead. This I can really sink my ears into!

    wow!

    Down on the Oysterhead again, why Marc why? That being said this looks very interesting. I've been a lover of King Crimson, Peter Gabriel and Phish for a long time. And anyone who knows me I always wanted Phish to cover Crimson and/or Gabriel (though I've seen Trey cover Gabriel with Dave Matthews & Friends), and now he's playing with band members from these groups. Nice!

  21. Wilco. Flaming Lips. Sleater-Kinney MSG NYE

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    from www.billboard.com

    Edited By Jonathan Cohen. October 26, 2004, 10:25 AM ET

    Wilco, Lips, Sleater-Kinney To Rock NYC NYE

    Wilco, the Flaming Lips and Sleater-Kinney will team for a New Year's Eve concert at New York's Madison Square Garden. Tickets will be available via Internet pre-sale on Nov. 1 via Music Today and to the general public on Nov. 5 via Ticketmaster.

    For Wilco, the show will cap a successful 2004 that has seen the release of another acclaimed Nonesuch studio album, "A Ghost Is Born," and frontman Jeff Tweedy's victory over an addiction to painkillers. The set debuted at a career-best No. 8 on The Billboard 200 and is among the finalists for the 2004 Shortlist prize, to be handed out Nov. 15 in Los Angeles.

    As previously reported, the group will on Nov. 15 unveil "The Wilco Book," a volume of photos, essays and art bundled with an exclusive 12-track CD of previously unreleased music. Wilco will return to the road in 2005, with stints planned for North America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

    The Flaming Lips are busy with a variety of projects, including the completion of the long-in-the-works film "Christmas on Mars" and working on material for their next Warner Bros. studio album, tentatively due next summer.

    Sleater-Kinney recently played three shows in its Portland, Ore., hometown to stage test new songs intended for its next Kill Rock Stars album. "Now that we've played the songs live, we can't wait to get into the studio and mess with them," the band writes on its official Web site. "Only two more weeks until we head to the East Coast to record. We'll spend this interim time penning a few more tunes and tightening up the ones already written."

    -- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

  24. DMB Pay for Bus Dumping

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    I've seen two Dave Matthews & Friends shows with Trey Anastasio this past year and I have to say they were absolutely amazing shows! The Dave Matthews solo album is excellent and their choice of covers was great with songs by The Band, The Beatles, Peter Gabriel, etc.

  25. Bridge Benefit XVIII Setlist

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    Damn, I wish I saved my money better this year, so I could of made it to this! Neil Young performing Buffalo Springfield's "Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It?" Wow! And Neil and Paul McCartney performing "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" together, that would have been one of the highlights of my life and I missed it!

    from www.hyperrust.org

    Bridge Benefit XVIII Set Lists

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Saturday Show, Oct. 23, 2004

    (tentative order of artists)

    Neil (show opener)

    Sugar Mountain

    Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It?

    Field Of Opportunity

    Tegan & Sara

    I've Got You

    Walking With A Ghost

    Monday Monday Monday

    Not Tonight

    I Know I Know I Know

    Living Room

    Eddie Vedder

    Soon Forget

    Better Man

    You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

    Masters of War

    Los Lonely Boys

    Crazy Dream

    Hollywood

    More Than Love

    Senorita

    My Loneliness

    Real Emotion

    Heaven

    Sonic Youth

    I Love You Golden Blue

    (w/ Lee on pump organ + Jim on piano)

    Stones

    Unmade Bed

    Paper Cup Exit

    Rain on Tin

    Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

    Wicked Man

    People Lead

    She's Only Happy In The Sun

    Where Could I Go

    Burn One Down

    With My Own Two Hands/War

    Red Hot Chili Peppers

    By The Way

    Lotta Love (Neil Young cover)

    Otherside

    Parallel Universe

    Road Trippin

    Desecration Smile (new song)

    Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)

    Under The Bridge

    They're Red Hot

    Tony Bennett

    .

    .

    .

    Neil Young

    Pocahontas

    Harvest Moon (with Eddie Vedder)

    Journey Through The Past

    On The Way Home

    Human Highway

    Old King

    Comes A Time

    Four Strong Winds

    Paul McCartney (order of songs unconfirmed)

    Drive My Car

    Til There Was You

    In Spite Of All The Danger

    Blackbird

    Here Today

    *new song* (title?)

    Only Love Can Break Your Heart (with Neil Young)

    Michelle

    Yesterday

    Get Back

    Let It Be

    Lady Madonna

    Hey Jude (with everyone)

    Sunday Show, Oct. 24, 2004

    (tentative order of artists)

    Neil (show opener)

    Sugar Mountain

    Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It?

    Long May You Run

    Tegan & Sara

    You Wouldn't Like Me

    Monday Monday Monday

    Walking With A Ghost

    I Know I Know I Know

    Not Tonight

    Living Room

    Eddie Vedder

    I Am Mine

    Man of the Hour

    I Believe in Miracles

    Baby Beluga

    Here's to the State of Mississippi

    Last Kiss

    Los Lonely Boys

    Crazy Dream

    Hollywood

    More Than Love

    Senorita

    My Loneliness

    Real Emotion

    Heaven

    Sonic Youth

    I Love You Golden Blue

    (w/ Lee on pump organ + Jim on piano)

    Stones

    Unmade Bed

    Paper Cup Exit

    Rain on Tin

    Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

    Oppression

    Homeless Child

    Where Could I Go

    Diamonds On The Inside (with Eddie Vedder)

    Amen Omen

    There Will Be A Light

    In The Lord's Arms (with Ben's mom)

    Red Hot Chili Peppers

    By The Way

    Lotta Love

    Otherside

    I Just Wanna Have Something To Do (Ramones cover)

    Parallel Universe

    Road Trippin'

    Brandy

    Under The Bridge

    They're Red Hot

    Tony Bennett

    .

    .

    .

    Neil Young

    Pocahontas

    Harvest Moon (with Eddie Vedder)

    Journey Through The Past

    On The Way Home

    Human Highway

    Old King

    Comes A Time

    Four Strong Winds

    Paul McCartney (order of songs unconfirmed)

    Drive My Car

    Til There Was You

    In Spite Of All The Danger

    Blackbird

    Here Today

    *new song* (title?)

    Only Love Can Break Your Heart (with Neil Young)

    Michelle

    Yesterday

    Get Back

    Let It Be

    Lady Madonna

    Hey Jude (with everyone)

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