by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 21, 2009 | Asides
 Excellent opinion piece in today’s Wall Street Journal by NPR’s Juan Williams–Judge Obama on Performance Alone. Wise words, the best several paragraphs of which are quoted below… It is neither overweening emotion nor partisanship to see...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 20, 2009 | On miPod
Yesterday a friend of mine posted a link to U2’s new single Get On Your Boots, from their new disc No Line On The Horizon, on his Facebook page. The song is interesting, kind of atypical U2, yet with a certain familiar flavor to it. A Vertigo-esque sound...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 20, 2009 | Asides
 Can’t imagine being in these shoes, now, or ever. The most thankless and difficult job on the planet. Good luck, and God bless.
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 19, 2009 | Asides
 OK, so this isn’t 100% true. My boy wasn’t playing with The Boss, but he did spend the better part of last year singing with Pete Seeger at a multitude of  local venues. There’s also a photo of him in the liner notes of Pete’s new album.  ...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 19, 2009 | Asides
what he sort of said was, [he’s] taking a leave of absence. To me, you know, if that’s what he says then I take it at face value. It’s about time someone made a little sense on this matter. Wozniak on Steve Jobs’ health | via CNET...
