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Entries from August 2007

Senator Larry Craig vs. Avenue Q, and Butch Otter Goes Shopping

Posted by Dave Awl on August 31st, 2007 at 4:24 pm

Proving that the Republican Party truly is just one big puppet show:

 
… I can’t find it now, but I swear that at some point in the 24 hours after the Craig story broke, there was a headline referring to him as “Toilet Sex Senator.”
And of course my first thought was that The Toilet Sex […]

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Tags: Politics · Culture · Media · Comedy · Theater · Performance · Video · Journalism

Roundup: Dinosaur Corsage Edition

Posted by Dave Awl on August 31st, 2007 at 11:01 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Science · LGBT · Media · Activism · Film · TV · Comics · Doctor Who · Peace · Health · Advertising · History · Human Rights · Foreign Policy · Energy · Nature · Pets · Healthcare Crisis · Law · Roundup

Review: Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin

Posted by Dave Awl on August 28th, 2007 at 4:17 pm


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Tags: Culture · LGBT · Film · TV · Books · HIV/AIDS · Lit · Fiction · Reviews

Daily Kos Diary: Gonzales Doesn’t Recall Resigning

Posted by Dave Awl on August 27th, 2007 at 12:55 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Blogs · Comedy

Video: Fox’s War Drums, Colbert’s Water Fight, and Stewart on Bush’s Magical History Tour

Posted by Dave Awl on August 26th, 2007 at 6:26 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Media · Comedy · TV · Peace · History · Foreign Policy · Video · Journalism · Pets

Saturday 8/25: Grigsby Award Ceremony for David Kodeski and Edward Thomas-Herrera

Posted by Dave Awl on August 24th, 2007 at 1:55 pm


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Tags: News · Culture · Chicago · Theater · Neo-Futurists · Fringe · Performance · The Partly Dave Show

Clip and Trailer for Todd Haynes’ New Dylan Movie, I’m Not There

Posted by Dave Awl on August 24th, 2007 at 12:06 am


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Tags: Culture · Music · Film · Video

Roundup: Fantasy History Edition

Posted by Dave Awl on August 23rd, 2007 at 3:29 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Science · Tech · Food · Blogs · LGBT · Media · TV · Climate Change · Apple · Books · Comics · Peace · Health · Business · History · Foreign Policy · Energy · Nature · Macintosh · Pets · Roundup · Racism

Jerome a Paris on the Politics of the Market Crash

Posted by Dave Awl on August 22nd, 2007 at 12:02 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Blogs · Media · Activism · The Economy, Stupid · Infrastructure · Fair Trade · Trade

Uganda Burning: Anti-Gay Bigots Rally to Keep Hatred Alive

Posted by Dave Awl on August 21st, 2007 at 1:15 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · LGBT · Media · Human Rights · Religion · Journalism

Review: Crowded House in Chicago, August 19, 2007, with Liam Finn

Posted by Dave Awl on August 20th, 2007 at 5:47 pm


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Tags: Culture · Music · New Wave · Video · Online Communities · Reviews

The Oingo Boingo Video Vault: Gong Show, Flaming Bathtub, and an Urgh! Outtake

Posted by Dave Awl on August 18th, 2007 at 10:47 pm


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Tags: Culture · Music · New Wave · Film · TV · Video

Mr. Blue and Kiwi: Exclusive New Photos!

Posted by Dave Awl on August 17th, 2007 at 3:45 pm


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Tags: Pets · Photos · Kiwi · Mr. Blue · Cats

Olbermann on O’Reilly, Colbert on Huckabee, and Stewart on Kristol

Posted by Dave Awl on August 17th, 2007 at 2:09 pm


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Tags: Politics · Culture · Media · Comedy · TV · Foreign Policy · Video · Journalism