04/07/2008
Lesson 3 Live At Roseland, 11/20/02 (in music & sound)
Douglas handed off this bit of Double Dee & Steinski history this afternoon: our first live performance ever. We opened for DJ Shadow's Private Press show in NYC on November 20th of 2002. With only 9 days to get ready (and running two unsynch ... Read More
Coming soon (in music & sound)
As soon as I work out the e-commerce stuff (currently in progress). Douglas did a great job on the mastering and the artwork. This is the set from the second night of the Hard Sell tour in NY, we opened for DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist. I mentio ... Read More
Money changes everything (in politics)
Truth, objectivity, and scientific integrity are so last century. The important thing is the bucks. Running those big universities costs so much money, and it's so hard to get government grant money because it's all going to fund the war. Be ... Read More
Democratic President or Republican President, Burson-Marsteller will be with us always (in politics)
If you read the paper today, you'll see that Hillary Clinton is shocked - SHOCKED - to find out that her lead pollster and political aide is taking money to support a project Hillary opposes. Mark Penn, a duplicitous schmuck who runs a huge c ... Read More
"So Steve, how was SxSW?" (in music & sound)
How would I know? I was sick the whole time, lying groggily in the hotel between gigs. But thanks to the diligent efforts of the crew at Fanatic Promotion, I did make time for a video interview. Ali Maclean did her best to make me sound lucid an ... Read More
Stein visits Zurich, investigates gnomes (in music & sound)
The kind folks at the Red Bull Music Academy are freighting my fat butt over to Zurich this weekend to participate in one of their info sessions. I'll be playing in Lausanne Friday night and Zurich Saturday night (no details, but if you're wi ... Read More
Lawrence Lessig and his very good idea (in politics)
Following his decision not to run for the US Congress, Lawrence Lessig started an organization called Change Congress. The organization's aim is not to fix the United States, but to address what Lessig calls the first problem; the corrosive e ... Read More
03/28/2008
My friend Alex, his friend Pat, and a story about Jose Canseco (in thoughts on life)
Trust me, this will all make sense in a minute. 1) I have this friend, Alex. 2) Alex loves baseball (and Emily). 3) Alex has a blog about the Yankees. 4) He wrote a very well received book about Curt Flood. 5) He knows a really go ... Read More
03/27/2008
Charlie Rose gets his ass handed to him by two rather pissed off Iraqi gentlemen (in politics)
I'm just going to link to a great post by Glenn Greenwald that showcases Charlie Rose's "Fifth Anniversary Of The Iraqi Invasion" show. There's fantastic embedded video of a segment of Rose's show where he attempts to manipulate two Iraqi gue ... Read More
03/25/2008
Something to keep in mind while the media is handicapping the election horse race (in politics)
Isn't this an exciting time? Every schmuck pundit and self-absorbed talking head acts as if the election is a critical, head-to-head race. According to the media, it's neck and neck right down to the primary finals for the Dems, and then it'll b ... Read More