Fan mail and/or nude self-pix welcome: confusionball@gmail.com Elsewhere:twitterlast.fmdeliciousTumblr (3.0; @confusionball)http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P0GWs4oaoRY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P0GWs4oaoRY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, “Run Devil Run/The Big Guns”.</p>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/437524743http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/437524743Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:01:00 -0500<object width="400" height="255" id="delve_playerf41db15d64b449eaa0064d5529d83f23334260o" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://assets.delvenetworks.com/player/loader.swf" /><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashvars" value="mediaId=a99c79f49e4740248e4fdc4c5b08cb27&playerForm=88a26316a62d4655a806dda0da4e95ca&autoplayNextClip=false" /><embed src="http://assets.delvenetworks.com/player/loader.swf" name="delve_playerf41db15d64b449eaa0064d5529d83f23334260e" wmode="window" width="400" height="255" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="mediaId=a99c79f49e4740248e4fdc4c5b08cb27&playerForm=88a26316a62d4655a806dda0da4e95ca&autoplayNextClip=false"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Broken Bells, “The High Road” (live).</p>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/437477873http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/437477873Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:35:00 -0500<a href="http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/03/09/poll/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+salon%252Fgreenwald+%2528Glenn+Greenwald%2529">Obama sabotages himself with fake "pragmatism" - Glenn Greenwald</a>: <blockquote> <p>There’s a difference — a fundamental one — between (a) being pragmatic in trying to implement one’s principles and (b) having no principles at all and glorifying that unanchored emptiness as “pragmatism.”</p> </blockquote>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/437401793http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/437401793Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:49:00 -0500<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/03/how-a-new-jobless-era-will-transform-america/7919/1/">How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America - Magazine - The Atlantic</a>: <blockquote> <p>Whatever the reason, the fact that so many young adults weren’t firmly rooted in the workforce even before the crash is deeply worrying. It means that a very large number of young adults entered the recession already vulnerable to all the ills that joblessness produces over time. It means that for a sizeable proportion of 20- and 30-somethings, the next few years will likely be toxic.</p> </blockquote>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/436972951http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/436972951Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:33:15 -0500<a href="http://io9.com/5487646/being-human-creators-turn-their-attentions-to-superheroes">Being Human Creators Turn Their Attentions To Superheroes</a>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/435617648http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/435617648Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:31:33 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyxec50emA1qzog5uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/432834206http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/432834206Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:04:52 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G6Kspj3OO0s&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G6Kspj3OO0s&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The Cranberries, “Linger”. Thirty seconds into this and I’m twelve years old again.</p>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/431874697http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/431874697Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:46:00 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2mlpxOaQinE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2mlpxOaQinE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The Communards, “Don’t Leave Me This Way”. With all due respect to Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (and Thelma Houston) this is undoubtedly the definitive version of this song.</p>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/431853736http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/431853736Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:34:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyweuqoo881qzog5uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>To be honest, the only acceptable option is Sea Captain.</p>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/431826375http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/431826375Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:18:26 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ygOaNo3M_Hw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ygOaNo3M_Hw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The Who, “Love, Reign O’er Me”. Some songs demand your best headphones. This is one such.</p>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/431792562http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/431792562Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:59:00 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rztAPkkadQs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rztAPkkadQs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>“The Boy With The Thorn In His Side” from <i>Blackpool</i>. I have no evidence and could be completely wrong, but I would bet money that the idea of this scene was the genesis of the whole show, because it’s so on the nose it’s ridiculous.</p>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/429294825http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/429294825Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:03:32 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyu4xoahwp1qzog5uo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.abelboddy.com/?p=1207">Abel Boddy » Archive » #276 – “Gays of Future Past”, part nine</a></p>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/429171905http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/429171905Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:49:00 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyu3shFDJM1qzog5uo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Just another Friday night at my house…</p>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/429133293http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/429133293Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:24:17 -0500<a href="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/03/if-the-founders-had-wanted-a-supermajority-requirement-for-the-senate-they-could-have-put-one-in-the-constitution.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+matthewyglesias+%28Matthew+Yglesias%29">Matthew Yglesias » If The Founders Had Wanted a Supermajority Requirement for the Senate, They Could Have Put One in the Constitution</a>: <p>In other words, Judd Gregg is an idiot, and Barack Obama is an even bigger idiot for seriously trying to get this man to run any part of the executive branch.</p>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/429119532http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/429119532Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:15:41 -0500<a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/03/04/everything-you-need-in-downtown-grand-forks">Everything You Need Is In Grand Forks | Slog</a>: <p>i.e., lunch, chocolate covered potato chips, and porn. Also: the guy Dan is saving for me.</p>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/428987412http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/428987412Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:51:20 -0500<a href="http://popdose.com/the-friday-mixtape-3510/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Popdose+%28Popdose%29">The Friday Mixtape: 3/5/10 | Popdose</a>: <p>Today’s theme: covers.</p>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/428731247http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/428731247Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:51:12 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x2wET1OlK4Q&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x2wET1OlK4Q&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>R.E.M., “Exhuming McCarthy”.</p>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/428657904http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/428657904Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:51:52 -0500<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2010/03/04/texas-taliban/">Think Progress » Christian Hate Group ‘Repent Amarillo’ Terrorizes Texas Town, Harassing Gays, Liberals, And Other ‘Sinners’</a>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/427245778http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/427245778Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:23:00 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KQeTlxhhmEo&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KQeTlxhhmEo&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQeTlxhhmEo&feature=player_embedded">Mean Disney Girls</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/pinkwhig">pinkwhig</a>)</p>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/427192577http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/427192577Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:55:27 -0500<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2010/03/04/sovereign-citizens/">Think Progress » Indiana’s ‘sovereign citizens’ renounce their U.S. citizenship, claim to secede from the Union.</a>: <p>Unsurprising that right-wing extremists’ equivalent of “I’m moving to Canada!” is even lazier — why bother leaving? Just declare yourself your own country.</p>http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/426695111http://barbarismbeginsathome.com/post/426695111Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:57:56 -0500