Monthly Archives: July 2009

Argus Hamilton On Barack Obama Killing A Fly

Pres­i­dent Obama was ripped by ani­mal rights activists for killing a fly dur­ing a TV inter­view. It was grim. He slapped it bare­handed and it fell dead to the Oval Office car­pet, where it lies next to the pres­i­dent of GM and three Inspec­tor Gen­er­als.” — Argus Hamil­ton on Barack Obama killing a fly

Argus Hamilton On The Space Shuttle Atlantis

The Shut­tle Atlantis blasted off Mon­day at Cape Canaveral. The Astro­nauts were told to dis­re­gard the engine warn­ing light that came on after launch. It’s not clear at this point if the gov­ern­ment took over GM or if GM took over the gov­ern­ment.” — Argus Hamil­ton on the Space Shut­tle Atlantis

Taylor Swift At The 2009 Country Music Television Awards

I want to thank Sha­nia Twain for always mak­ing such the­atri­cal videos, and Garth Brooks for always putting the fans first. I take my cues from you.” — Tay­lor Swift at the 2009 Coun­try Music Tele­vi­sion Awards

Fanfarlo — Reservoir (2009)

For those that splurged on the internet-only deal (you can only get the self-released LP at the Fanfarlo’s home­page) were treated with a sur­pris­ingly enjoy­able album full of indie good­ness that only an abun­dance (although not over­abun­dance) of instru­ments (key­board, vio­lin, cello, man­dolin, trum­pet, and more) could produce.

David Letterman On New York City’s War On Geese

New York City is at war with Cana­dian geese ever since the whole US Air­ways land­ing in the Hud­son. Mayor Bloomberg is seri­ous about this. He’s so seri­ous, he’s bring­ing in Dick Cheney.” — David Let­ter­man on New York City’s War on Geese

Elizabeth & The Catapult — Taller Children (2009)

Taller Chil­dren is an inter­est­ing and enjoy­able debut album from New York-based three­some Eliz­a­beth & The Catapult.

David Letterman On Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin has accepted my apol­ogy. She also accepted a $500 gift cer­tifi­cate from LensCrafters. I though that was a nice touch.” — David Let­ter­man on Sarah Palin