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'Staying up with the blue screen glow...
Nov. 5th, 2008 10:31 am...NOT forgetting everything you ever dreamed years ago!'
I wonder if the US election results mean that Calexico will produce more cheerful music.
I watched the election results unfold, snuggled into the couch in my common room, with three of my American housemates. It was a strange, surreal experience. When I watch Australian election coverage, all the words are like markers of meaning. When someone mentions the outcome in a particular Australian electorate, I can evaluate what's going on against my knowledge of the political landscape of the country ('Wow! Howard's lost the "mortgage-belt" seats in suburban Sydney. He's kind of doomed,' or 'Well, you'd expect that from a Canberran electorate'). The US election, despite the saturation coverage both in Australia and the UK, was a bit more enigmatic. I cheered the results, but lacked the background knowledge to be able to interpret them in any meaningful way.
( I'll leave it my favourite tappers-into-the-muse-of-American-despair, Calexico )
Let's hope that we're able to tear it all down and build it up again.
I wonder if the US election results mean that Calexico will produce more cheerful music.
I watched the election results unfold, snuggled into the couch in my common room, with three of my American housemates. It was a strange, surreal experience. When I watch Australian election coverage, all the words are like markers of meaning. When someone mentions the outcome in a particular Australian electorate, I can evaluate what's going on against my knowledge of the political landscape of the country ('Wow! Howard's lost the "mortgage-belt" seats in suburban Sydney. He's kind of doomed,' or 'Well, you'd expect that from a Canberran electorate'). The US election, despite the saturation coverage both in Australia and the UK, was a bit more enigmatic. I cheered the results, but lacked the background knowledge to be able to interpret them in any meaningful way.
( I'll leave it my favourite tappers-into-the-muse-of-American-despair, Calexico )
Let's hope that we're able to tear it all down and build it up again.
