I ve posted some photos from the Concert on my blog nbsp And if you didn t see any of the concert here s one of the great moments nbsp
Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott writes about pop culture at jimmcdermott.substack.
Blogging the Inauguration: The Concert
How to describe the event at the Lincoln Memorial today hellip it was clearly part rock concert with Bruce Springsteen Bono Stevie Wonder and Beyonce heading up the excitement that had people even out at the Washington Monument dancing and jumping around At times the playlist also veered ndash
Blogging the Inauguration: Overheard Outside the Concert
Obama T-shirts 5 nbsp T-shirts 5 nbsp Get them now — they re gonna be 10 tomorrow nbsp Obama T-shirts 5 nbsp How can there be VIP tickets to a free event It s lucky my father-in-law is not here nbsp If my father-in-law were here he would have those line jumpers han
Blogging the Inauguration: Obama’s Train Speech
Obama s speech from Baltimore yesterday nbsp Here s a link to the transcript nbsp
Blogging from the Inauguration: From Around the Horn
Slate com this morning reports on the news being reported around the country Among its offerings is Maureen Dowd s column in the New York Times today which nbsp compares the incoming president with the outgoing one nbsp One seems small and inconsequential even though he keeps insisting he
Blogging from the Inauguration: Statistics #1
On Saturday in DC I find myself being bombarded with statistics nbsp How many people will be here how many police how much it s costing nbsp Here s a first glance with due nod to Harper s Index nbsp 0 ndash Official cost of a ticket to attend the Swearing In of Barack Obama as Pr
Blogging from the Inauguration: Entering DC
I arrived in Washington last night on a bus out of New York nbsp It was already dark as we entered the District of Columbia even inauguration weekend the road we took into the city gave little indication that we have just entered our nation rsquo s capitol nbsp It rsquo s just a congested tw
Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum: Fifth in a series for Advent and Christmas
Bing, Bowie and that catchy Christmas carol
Future Imperfect: The TV season in sci-fi
Writing about science fiction to a general audience is the kiss of death. The self-designated fanboys already know ten times more than you, and the rest of your audience, which unless you’re writing for Star Wars Insider or Wizard Magazine is most of your audience, wish you’d grow up.
Epiphany Resources
T S Eliot and W B Yeats both wrote poems about the visit of the three kings They re notable for the stark challenges they pose Eliot s poem particularly in the last verse shows the whole world of the three kings challenged radically just by the birth of Jesus Yeats has them seeking the
