Wonkette
Here’s one for the children of Washington, D.C., with Wonkette’s own Liz Glover interviewing famous local hero rock star Ted Leo of the wonderful elitist band Ted Leo & The Pharmacists outside a Black Cat show last week. He talks about some obscure album someone made once, because that is what indie rock people do whenever they hear a fleeting reference to anything music-related. Then Liz asks about Sarah Palin and he gets “all emo” and start talking about “bullets in bellies.” Why does Ted Leo hate the troops? [YouTube]
Sparrows in the Loft
Get a room.
No tight jeans and makeup.
Clearly not authentic emo.
All in all a pretty successful interview. No threats from insane directors ogling models or dogs eating microphones.
Well, if this doesn’t change Joe Six-Pack’s mind, I don’t know WHAT will!
Is Liz wearing an Ethiopian flag?
ManchuCandidate: I beg to differ - no interview is successful unless a dog eats the microphone.
Wow…that was inspiring?
Meh. Feelings are douche.
In what respect, Ted?
Liz should have been all, “Blake Schwarzenbach called and he’d like his schtick back.”
Next time let’s find out what the guy who plays the banjo at Straw Hat Pizza feels about middle-income tax cuts.
I am so gay for Ted Leo.
Musicians should never be allowed to speak about serious topics. Ever.
Poor Liz. Does she get hazard pay for these assignments?
You should interview the guys from [INSERT FAVORITE WILLIAMSBURG BAND HERE] to answer questions about politics and shit. You could improve your indy cred AND save the economy.
I’m so tight pants and high tops over this shit. My mustache just went all Walt Monegan.
Youthquake is Dead or Alive’s best album.
bitchincamaro: I love Liz’s jacket. I want one.
Ugh, I bet this dude eats Two Boots pizza and likes it.
When does Liz tell him that her daddy was a Green Beret who’ll judo chop his Metrosexual little butt into a Golden Oldies revival band?
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha, 53-39 obama
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/14/opinion/polls/main4522273.shtml
Is that David Cross?
Worlds End: I hope this holds true!
In fact, indie rockers share many of Sarah Palin’s gifts. They too can build entire sentences from cultural references [i.e. random nouns and adjectives], and make others wonder if they are having a stroke.
Poll: Obama Opens 14-Point Lead On McCain
CBS News/New York Times Survey Shows Major Swing Among Independents, Suggests McCain’s Strategy May Be Hurting Him
Bloomberg has BO up 9 pts 50-41
Obama’s liberal ideology is an example of ‘premature evacuation.’
http://offeringcommonsense.blogspot.com/2008/10/premature-evacuation.html
Worlds End: Oh, man. Hopey’s gotta be pissed about this part:
McCain’s favorable rating has fallen four points from last week, to 36 percent, and is now lower than his 41 percent unfavorable rating.
Hopey’s not winning because America loves him. He’s winning because America really hates Walnuts.
Still, a check mark in the W column, so he’s got that to console himself.
bitchincamaro: It looks like she’s wearing some CrossColors shit circa 1996. I’d still hit it.
ha, at 0:56 Ted’s clearly mocking McCain’s inability to raise his arms.
Yeah, fuck those fucking musicians that have opinions about stuff. They have no right to tell the world how they feel.
In other news, I, a random wonkette commenter, have an Important Opinion about Sarah Palin and her DraculaCunt. Discuss.
Baldeagle79: Hey dickhead! How’s it feel getting your conservative dick knocked in this year?
I hear Malkin’s got some krazee thread going about how Obama’s a “marxist” or something. Isn’t that the new GOP buzzword? You can’t get away with hating on gays and minorities anymore so fuck it…change the name right? Anyways, why don’t you go play with them? I bet they’d really like to read your shitty blog.
Baldeagle79: Are you some 12 year-old aspiring Nazi pervert? That was fucking retarded, you pervert.
Baldeagle79: Stop promoting your stupid, poorly-laid-out blog. Your green link text over a blue background makes me want to vomit more than the conservative drivel you pass off as “common” sense.
Baldeagle79: You need to explain why “common” is in scare quotes. Are you referring to Common, for instance?
HOLY SHIT CONSPIRACY!
Baldeagle79: Come on, baldeagle. You can tell us. We won’t judge you.. You have an ejaculation problem? So does Walnuts. It’s….okay.
What is Baldeagle79 still doing here? I thought we had a commenter purge yesterday. Were there 12 worse commenters out there?
Keram2: I fully stand by my right to make gross generalizations and blanket assertions both hypocritically and non-hypocritically as so I please.
Ok, so maybe I’ll relent and downgrade that former statement to most musicians should never be allowed to speak about serious topics. Ever. Mainly the famous ones. They seem to be the most passionate and the least informed.
Anonymous Office Zombie: I’m all for compromises. How about we put Bono in a cannon and shoot him into space. Deal?
Remember that racist lady, well here she is in her own words. All i can say is that woman is a fucking idiot.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-uptake/mccain-responds-to-arab-a_b_133820.html
Baldeagle79: Twat did you say?
When this “famous DC rock star” does that thing with his shoulders in response to the question about Palin, what is that? Is he channeling Ed Grimley? Decent impersonation, I must say.
“Equal Time Clause”? Is there a new Amendment?
What a tool.
LolCas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal-time_rule
Slightly off topic but I’m too old for indy rock anyway.
This photo just says so many things while saying nothing at the same time. Notice the tons of makeup on Cinny and Walnuts popeye imitation.
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/02_03/035McCain_468×518.jpg
Baldeagle79: I am becoming more convinced you are Jeff Gannon with every completely off-topic, random, bullshit post you make.
Walnuts strategy isnt working, so he must redouble his efforts at it. Sort of like the war on drugs. The evidence of its failure is proof that we must apply the same strategy harder.
“all I really need to do is find myself a brand new glover.”
Keram2: Deal. Yeah, Bono is pretty much the archetypical example that springs to mind.
I like ted and find his music politically smart for indie rock. He did get pretty excited there towards the end didn’t he?
Baldeagle79: Jesus Christ! Aren’t you banned yet? KEN!!!!!!
Once upon a time when I was a young, idealistic Viking, I used to play Positive Force shows with various and sundry Dischord record types…so I’m kind of sympathetic to DC musicians spouting off about politics. Go ahead, Ted…old time DC punks got your back.
I’m not sure, but I think just living in Brooklyn makes me more famous than this guy.
How is it that so few of you know who Ted Leo is?
Palin was on big fat bald DRUGGIE Limbaugh today. She said “she has nothing to lose and shes just a simple talker”
The dildo cam went blank for 5.3 seconds, you know he had Lil Rush out making a mess all over himself.
He must wear that smudge proof mascara, because it didn’t run at all when he did the “funky chicken” move miming “overwrought frustration” and his voice cracked and he was hoping Liz would throw him a mercy hug and stuff.
Better when he was in Chisel.
Iforgotohio: LOL No one knows who Ted Leo is! I had no idea Wonkette readers were 600 years old.
America. LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT.
Ted Leo fucking rocks. I actually saw him back in the summer of 2004 in Boston, just after the DNC Convention (which was also in Boston) and he said how basically that, honestly, pretty much everyone there was going to not vote for Bush, but how we can’t let the Dems just get away with whatever they want because of that.
Anyways, he’s got some great music, so go check it out (personal favorite solo album: “Hearts of Oak”).
No more baldeagle79
Iforgotohio: who the fuck is ted leo? any relation to howling’ wolf?
Suddenly the lyric “All the bourgeois social angels telling you you’ve got to change
Don’t have any idea. They’ll never see so clear.” takes on a whole new meaning . . .
I wish my lawn was Emo because then it would cut itself.
Next DC Rock Star interview: The Backyard Band.
C’mon Wonketters, stop hatin’ on the Ted Leo. Local boy makes good, no?
I’ve been told many times that I should like Ted Leo, but it’s pretty meh for me. I’d rather listen to his brother’s bands: The Van Pelt and the Lapse. Still, very wordy, though.
And just wait ’til you hear what The Dismemberment Plan has to say about McCain.
However, McCain could win my vote by wearing a “THIS IS NOT A FUGAZI T-SHIRT” shirt.
Dull to a little insulting video… I’d still hit on Liz though.
I love Ted, the only Notre Dame grad in the world who’s not a total neo-catholic douchebag.
I got seven powers in me
for to give me the cure
But when seven powers fail to spin me
I have to get me seven more
And when I say, “me” I mean my brain
And when I say “give me the cure” I mean to kill the pain
And when I say “kill the pain” I meant to get the devil out
And when I say “devil” I mean the manifestation of doubt!
What about you didn’t think they could hate you?
The world is in the turlet and we’re all gonna die.
Slim: well, I specifically offered up Baldeagle79 during the purge-fest but Ken claims there were no sacrificial offerings, sooo… Ken does not acknowledge my existence?
Also, I see Liz is wearing her John McCain jacket… get it!?!