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Listening: Phil Ochs. Ten Cents a Coup seems as relevant as it did thirty years ago; one can only hope that Cheney and Bush ends up coming to as sticky an end as Agnew and Nixon; Cheney is certainly corrupt enough to embarrass even one of Agnew’s rather low personal standards. Also, the smarter-than-they-seem Transvision Vamp. Of course, they would have looked smarter if Wendy James hadn’t done her best Madonna impersonation around the time Madonna was busy dissapearing up her own arsehole and making bad music.

You know you’re prevaricating from Real Work when you spend your time wiring your new house with Cat 5 cable instead of unpacking, and thinking about how to represent which portions of the property you own on a Web page rather than updating the ol’ resume.

I’ve been discovering Phil Ochs over the last few days. Most excellent folk musician. Which may not be everyone’s schtick, but I’m fairly impressed. His adaptation of “The Highwayman” is very good indeed; and most of his social commentary songs are witty and amusing. Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon covered his “Love Me, I’m a Liberal” on “Prarie Home Invasion”. Aside from orthodox folk, he does a good line in ragtime and spoken blues.