Phil Lee (second from left) and friends chillin' at Neil Young's (left) cribI've been planning a MySpaced Out column based on an array of oddball songs for some time now, and always planned to include at least one Phil Lee song because the Nashville headcase has beaucoup odd songs. But the other day I was listening to some of his new stuff and thought, "What the hell - Phil's got enough odd songs to do an entire column on."
Lee has always had a split songwriting personality, one minute co
Mairead Corrigan Maguire thought the hard part was over. Along with fellow Nobel Laureates Rigoberta Menchu of Guatemala, American landmine activist Jody Williams, and Iranian Shirin Ebadi, she had been in Guatemala, where the women had just co-hosted a three-day conference on democracy, human rights and peace that had attracted 150 female international activists.She was probably tired and ready to get back to Belfast, where her attempts to bring about an end to The Troubles in 1976 made her at
In yet another move that proves social media is more revered than the Dalai Lama, mayoral candidate Annise Parker's campaign team extended the olive branch to bloggers in an invitation-only lunch briefing on Wednesday afternoon. The event was touted as a part of the campaign's "new media strategy" to "run a 21st century campaign using both new media and traditional tools to reach out to voters." As part of this Obama-esque plan, members of Parker's strategic team intended to "re
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"Going from musician to politician is definitely a step down," says Kinky Friedman, who announced his Texas gubernatorial candidacy Tuesday morning. "But I'll take it for Texas."
Of course, it's a step that Friedman, author of songs such as "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Any More" and "The Ballad of Charles Whitman," as well as numerous mystery novels, took once before in 2006, when he took about 13 percent of the popular vote as an independent. Running as a Democr
Photos by Craig Hlavaty​
"Going from musician to politician is definitely a step down," says Kinky Friedman, who announced his Texas gubernatorial candidacy Tuesday morning. "But I'll take it for Texas."
Of course, it's a step that Friedman, author of songs such as "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Any More" and "The Ballad of Charles Whitman," as well as numerous mystery novels, took once before in 2006, when he took about 13 percent of the popular vote as an independent. Running as a Democr
​It happens to the best of us. One minute, you're singing its praises, zealously licking some of its naughty bits not otherwise visible to the sun, offering up your most personal information like free fellatio, and spreading your virtual legs, letting it have its way with you. And sickeningly, to both your horror and your fascination, you liked it. Every. Last. Oozing. Dripping. Sticky. Ounce of it.
And then? You came. To your senses, that is. And you terrifyingly realized that the Intern
