Hollywood Fever

Question: Who is this quote describing?:

"He doesn't want to be our congressman anymore. It's clear he's left the building. The guy's got Hollywood fever, and that would be fine if he was using his national stature to actually get things done."

That is a quote from Cleveland City Councilman Joe Cimperman, describing Dennis Kuchinich who is having some trouble holding on to his seat in Congress. Cimperman is running against everyone's favorite peacenik in the Democratic primary...and he is actually doing pretty well.

The Flaming Lips -- You Got To Hold On
From the W.A.N.D. single.

Hot Chip -- Hold On
From the Made in the Dark album.

Les Savy Fav -- Hold On To Your Genre
From the Inches album.

Jet -- Hold On
From the Spider-man 2 soundtrack.

Sam & Dave -- Hold On! I'm Comin'
From the Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration collection.

Sarah McLachlan -- Hold On
From the Hold On single.

Magnet -- Hold On
From The Tourniquet album.

Guided By Voices -- Hold on Hope (Live)
From a CD called The XFM Live Sessions from the great [but now defunct] British music magazine Select.

The Zombies -- You've Really Got A Hold On Me
From the Zombies collection Best of the 60's.

Gone Baby Gone

John Edwards dropped out of the Presidential race yesterday and I am sad to see him go. I would have loved an Edwards / Obama two-person race...I donated money to Edwards' campaign [and Obama's by the way] as part of my "any Democrat but Hillary" campaign...But in the end, Edwards lasted just six days longer than Dennis Kucinich and in the end will his candidacy have any more effect than Kucinich's?

I haven't gotten the chance to take part in the primary/caucus process so far this year but I would have seriously considered voting for Edwards again. I voted for him in the 2004 primary in Wisconsin and hell, I even had Edwards campaign staff staying at my house for free during that election. That being said, who Edwards supports doesn't mean anything to me. I will now support Obama and if Edwards supports Clinton, that's great for him but it has nothing to do with me.

Diana Ross & The Supremes -- Love Is Here & Now You're Gone
You can find this song on the great Motown compilation Motown Legends Volume 2.

Lynryd Skynryd -- Tuesday's Gone
This is from the Dazed & Confused soundtrack.

The Shins -- Gone for Good (Live)
This is from Live from the Morning Alternative Volume 2.

You Will Be Missed

Dennis Kucinich drops out of the Presidential race...Mrs. Kucinich, you will be missed:


Modest Mouse -- Missed the Boat
From the album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.

Searching...

Chess great Bobby Fischer died today of kidney failure. Fittingly, he was 64:

Noted French chess expert Olivier Tridon: "Bobby Fischer has died at age 64. Like the 64 squares of a chess board."

As a former chess geek who had a chess rating for a month or two, fantastically great chess players like Bobby Fischer operate on a whole other plain...and not that far from insanity. It's a lot like when Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul begin to sound like each other as the circle of politics comes around.

Bloc Party -- The Once and Future King
Join Bloc Party's fan club Marshals and you get this song plus a bunch of other rarities for free.

Dennis

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about Sam Brownback and wondering why conservative voters didn't find him appealing. Today Salon writes about Dennis Kucinich and asks why liberal voters don't find him appealing? The headline reveals all: "Stop lying to yourself. You love Dennis Kucinich"...

In early 2004 I travelled down to Iowa for the Iowa Caucuses and saw speeches from Howard Dean, John Edwards, and Dennis Kucinich...Edwards' speech was the best and he has essentially been doing the same speech in the years since...Kucinich's speech was very good as well and I hung around to get his autograph afterword...I agreed with almost everything he said but I would never vote for him. Why? Because of shallow reasons I guess...as we were waiting for Dennis to arrive we were subjected to the musical stylings of two neo-hippies with bad folk songs which were mainly original compositions. The group was named something like "John & Sunrise" or something similar...they were fine upstanding people I am sure, I just don't want them apart of anything close to running my country. Something was just off kilter about them if you know what I mean.

As a gigantic X-Files fan and a believer that there is probably intelligent life out there, I will not broach the subject of Dennis & UFOs, but the feeling I got when watching that musical group is the same feeling people get when they hear Dennis saw a UFO.

In our heart of hearts, didn't we already know he had seen one?

Mystery Jets -- You Can't Fool Me Dennis

Jens Lekman -- Jens Lekman's Farewell to Rocky Dennis

The US version [called Zootime here] of the Mystery Jets debut Making Dens is outstanding and can be picked up here. The Jens Lekman song comes from the Rocky Dennis EP which is out of print in CD form but you can download it from Amazon for only $3.61.