30 Oct 2008 04:28 pm 2
wha'? ..election...? huh?? i feel like rip van winkle - somebody just woke me up and whoa, all of a sudden it's hallowe'en eve, and an election's happening. i've been running lately, that's my excuse. running with the wolves. running with the great tits. running under a canopy of falling leaves. running with the rooks in south london. of course running to La Casa Azul, what else is new! ok, sometimes running to morton feldman can you adam and eve it!? this sunday, half of pipas will take hearty part in a post-hallowe'en, pre-election special run for the RAINFOREST! 10 km around Finsbury Park (my own little homage to what was once home to the one and only Pidg!). all… Read More
28 Oct 2008 08:20 am 6
dear pennsylvania,
don't you dare vote republican. a vote for the republicans is a vote for a campaign that is driven by using and feeding hatred of race, difference, otherness. plus as a bonus if you look at the republican platform (and john mccain's scornful words) - women.
they are exploiting your fear. "he's not who you think he is" - a confused message but one that ultimately leads the target audience to the worst of their fears; the ones that the republicans have been stoking.
so vote positive. vote for hope. for change (as cliched and co-opted and unspecific as that sounds now). thanks pennsylvania. i know you can do it!
mark
p.s. california - vote no on prop… Read More