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New music for ya - inspired in no small part by the ongoing nonsense, which gets worse with each passing moment. I'm so mad I had to play drums. In 6/4 time on the chorus no less. Pseudo-snare and can-drum courtesy Zoe's toy collection.

Kick | Download MP3 - 5MB



And the next time former President Clinton or former Rep. Ferraro make every effort to assure you that they're not dog-whistling, that they're just "stating a fact", that hell, some of their best offices are in Harlem, please ask yourself how their so-called facts might resonate with this activist Democrat:

J. K. Patrick, a retired state employee from a neighboring county, wore a button on his shirt that said "Hillary: Smart Choice."

"East of Lexington she'll carry seventy per cent of the primary vote," he said. Kentucky votes on May 20. "She could win the general election in Kentucky." I asked about Obama. "Obama couldn't win."

Why not?

"Race," Patrick said matter-of-factly. "I've talked to people - a woman who was chair of county elections last year, she said she wouldn't vote for a black man." Patrick said he wouldn't vote for Obama either.

Why not?

"Race. I really don't want an African-American as President. Race."

What about race?

"I thought about it. I think he would put too many minorities in positions over the white race. That's my opinion. After 1964, you saw what the South did." He meant that it went Republican. "Now what caused that? Race. There's a lot of white people that just wouldn't vote for a colored person. Especially older people. They know what happened in the sixties. Under thirty - they don't remember. I do. I was here."

Yes, he "thought about it."

And yet after eight years of George W. Bush excreting on the Middle East, the Constitution, the Department of Justice and the global economy, Mr. Patrick (a Democrat!) is more worried about the vague threat of "too many minorities in positions over the white race" than he is about Sen. McCain going full speed ahead with four more years of Bush policy.

And Mr. Patrick is not alone.

God. Bless. America.

PS: Analysis here.

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Good stuff in today's Times Union, via Mr. Eck:

This musician rarely misses a beat
By MICHAEL ECK, Special to the Times Union
First published: Sunday, April 13, 2008

He's certainly best known as the hairy guy holding the mandolin (and occasionally the banjo) in the popular upstate porch-rock group the Kamikaze Hearts. But local music insiders also know Matthew Loiacono as the former drummer in saxophonist Brian Patneaude's jazz combo and singer/songwriter Bryan Thomas' lean, tight band; or they've seen him hitting skins or strumming strings with a host of others....

Loiacono spent February writing and recording new music as part of the nationwide February Album Writing Month project. He'll release the results, a collection called Kentucky, online later this spring...

TU Article | Kentucky Record & Contest | Matthew's Blog

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She's home!

And she's Maya Elizabeth Thomas. Finally.

Latest. Photos. Here.

Zoe's due date in 2003, coming so close to the Fourth of July holiday, inspired this song on the 'Babylon' record - doubly appropriate for our little droppin-on-a-holiday-like-her-daddy-April-fool... a.k.a. Maya.

'Holiday'


Thanks to everyone for the love and well-wishin'.

B, C, Z and M

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FLICKR: Photo Set | Slideshow


Zoe has a little sister! We haven't settled on a name yet but she came in this morning (April 1) at 7 lbs 9 oz after 30 hours of labor and about 55 minutes of pushing... 18 days overdue. Cindy and the baby are doing fine. We'll post photos soon. Thanks y'all. B.

PS: Yup. The hair is red. Yup.

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The kid's here!

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To say that the path to pushin' is slow-going is the understatement of the century. But we're steadily getting to the big push party. By "steadily" I mean probably several more hours. And by "we" I mean Cindy.

The legislators down the road may have a state budget before we have this child.

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