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OK, I’m not a particularly outspoken political person. I find the discourse fascinating in its frequent lapses into reductiveness, just like (apparently) everyone else does. I haven’t even a thing to say about the scarily well-timed political seppuku of Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota’s own Girl Hitler other than I hope she enjoyed her time helping Gov. Sarah Palin pick out $75,000 worth of Sunday morning officewear. (Maybe they can team up for 2012 as the Real-Housewives-of-Funny-Accent-Hinterlands ticket.)

That said, this PBS clip (which is almost as “too good to be true” as the clip of Shakopee’s own Gayle Quinnell excitedly and publicly dropping the bombshell of Obama’s true racial … and, I guess, moral qualifications with the declarative “he’s an Arab”) has captured my fancy with its public television-hewn mercilessness in the guise of intellectual generosity. If nothing else, Tracy Kerlee (pronounced “curly,” in case you wanted to know) provides the wrathful Christian soldiers with the official inflection for “President Obama.” Tucking lips into chubby maw while rolling eyes back into your secret third eye mandatory.

Underrated moment: The fact that the YouTube author chose to let Tracy’s husband have one telling sentence before she ambles onto the setup, and it’s that his only solid economic wish is that his business lasts long enough to allow him to retire. Screw those who aren’t ready for retirement when it goes under.

Locked & Loaded

Posted by Eric on September 8th, 2008


Locked & Loaded, originally uploaded by Eric Henderson.

So, how was your week last week?

The Disappearing Dog

Posted by Eric on September 1st, 2008


IMG_0071, originally uploaded by Eric Henderson.

Jazzy

Posted by Eric on August 24th, 2008


jazzy, originally uploaded by Eric Henderson.

I was recruited to take a few back-up senior portraits of my cousin Jazz at the lake a few weeks back, and this was (paging Tyra) his best shot.

Hamilton Bohannon, “Foot Stompin’ Music”

Posted by Eric on August 12th, 2008

Hamilton Bo-Han-Non’s most cited song is undoubtedly “Let’s Start the Dance,” a synth-heavy concoction that sounds like a golden retriever shaking off after diving into a pool of glitter. It’s great, but if there was one constant in my voting patterns for Slant’s old and triflin’ dance list, it was that I was the one constantly advocating for unapologetically testosterone-fueled funk-dance tracks. More on that later, no doubt, but for now try and unpack this mostly inscrutable YouTube video for an earlier, equally-chuggable Bohannon rhythm exercise.

My hunch is, if visible, those cards would read something like: