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The deteriorating job market

by Steve Benen on 11/20/2008 12:05:17 PM

THE DETERIORATING JOB MARKET.... I don't want to alarm anyone, but the job market appears to be in pretty horrendous shape. New claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to a 16-year high, the Labor Department said Thursday, providing more... Continue »

Change

by Steve Benen on 11/20/2008 12:05:17 PM

CHANGE.... We're still quite a ways from knowing what Obama's entire team is going to look like, but this debate seems to be increasingly common. "I think several individuals are very frustrated to think that President-elect Obama may just cut... Continue »

McCain Likes Napolitano As Homeland Security Czar

by Marc Ambinder on 11/20/2008 11:47:07 AM

Why anyone would want to take over DHS is a mystery to many in Washington, and it's not entirely clear that Gov. Janet Napolitano will get the job.But fellow Arizonan, Sen. John McCain, may have given us a clue. He called Napolitano today and emerged from the call with a statement of congratulations... Continue »

California Dreams Come True

by Marc Ambinder on 11/20/2008 11:41:51 AM

The biggest state in the union is finally its getting its due in Congress.Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker.George Miller, overseeing education policy.And now Henry Waxman, who officially ousted John Dingell today, will be a co-architect of the nation's health care and energy/climate change policies. Continue »

Ryan Adams Disses R.E.M., The Killers, Not Oasis

by Stereogum on 11/20/2008 10:16:30 AM

Ryan's unadulterated idolization of the Gallaghers is rubbing off on him in all the wrong ways. Unless you're a hot beef-craving blogger (nullus?) who scours the web for this sort of stuff, in which case nevermind, Ryan you're doing great. Actually reader Danielle did the scouring for us this time, ... Continue »

New ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - "Bells Of Creation"

by Stereogum on 11/20/2008 10:16:30 AM

Recently you had a mixed reaction to AYWKUBTTOD's soaring, piano-lined "Inland Sea," from the Texan rockers' forthcoming Festival Thyme EP. Another track's up for grabs at RCRD LBL, "Bells Of Creation." Conrad says it's inspired by School Of Seven Bells, and Mormons. One is more obvious than the oth... Continue »

The 'Gum Drop LXIV: Hear New Mark Kozelek, Win A Hello Kitty Guitar

by Stereogum on 11/20/2008 10:16:30 AM

Mark Kozelek's removed both his Sun Kil Moon and his earlier Red House Painters moniker for The Finally LP, a collection of ten covers including Low's "Lazy," Stephen Sondhiem's "Send In The Clowns," Will Oldham's "New Partner," and this week's 'Gum Drop, Hüsker Dü's "Celebrated Summer." Many of th... Continue »

Fountains Of Wayne For L.L. Bean

by Stereogum on 11/20/2008 10:16:30 AM

FoW's "Valley Winter Song" is featured in a new holiday-themed L.L. Bean commercial, which means you get to listen to it while watching a person dressed way better than you and who lives in a house much nicer than yours, play with an obedient pedigree dog, smile warmly as their private-schooled kids... Continue »

Stream Chinese Democracy

by Stereogum on 11/20/2008 10:16:30 AM

MySpace has it up now. Hurrah. Continue »

The fairness doctrine, paranoia, and right-wing self-pity

by Steve Benen on 11/20/2008 10:04:50 AM

THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE, PARANOIA, AND RIGHT-WING SELF-PITY.... I've been fascinated of late with the far-right hysteria about the reemergence of the "fairness doctrine," because conservative activists are gearing up for a knock-down brawl against an enemy that doesn't exist. Everyone... Continue »