Nice new clip by Bon Iver, shot in Iceland. The whole little-boy-wearing-Nordic-sweaters thing is a bit too angelic and over the top for my tastes (and Bon Iver has obviously been listening to and watching Sigur Rós clips very closely); but those landscapes are real, of course, and they look magnificent. Decent song, too.
The latest Republican presidential hopeful, Texas Governor Rick Perry, is, as should be clear by now, a complete lunatic. Possibly even a greater lunatic than Sarah Palin. But although Perry’s taken lots of flak the last few days, nothing beats this ad that was paid for by a Ron Paul supporter in the Austin Chronicle yesterday:
LOL. Wonder what that is all about. Note the Star Wars font too. More here.
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