I have been neglecting Aristeia of late, and to be honest it has everything to do with what I was writing about. I am 28 years old, and have been following politics closely since at least the 2000 election, in which my anger over John McCain's treatment caused me to cast a vote for . . . wait for it . . . Ralph Fucking Nader. Then again in '04. Yeah, I know. At least in 2000 I could blame it on my obsession with Leon Trotsky, Mao and Che Guevara. I have no excuse for '04. Now, in 2008, I have become so thoroughly disgusted with the Swiftian atmosphere surrounding the election I refuse to follow it. Jonathan Swift, not Swift Boat - if that is what you thought, then you, too, are watching way too much cable news. It is a farce, and I am not even going to vote. I am disenfranchising myself, and I am damn proud to boot. But I seriously miss writing here, and miss the emails from the literally dozens of loyal and anonymous readers I cultivated. So we are going to shift the focus here, and I hope that it not only re-energizes my desire to share, but brings in a different crowd. All things genre, literature, pop culture, music, television, movies, some baseball - you know, the more important things in life - these are the things we will be tackling here now. I am contemplating a name change as well, so stay tuned. If you have a bookshelf full of Pynchon and Stephenson, own every season of Farscape on DVD, and are waiting patiently for the ridiculously delayed Giant Sized Astonishing X-Men#1, this will be the place for you. I hope you all enjoy, and thank you for your patience. Music today . . . how bout some At The Drive-In? My favorite modern band. We have here Rolodex Propaganda - with guest vocals by IGGY POP! - from Relationship of Command and This Night has Opened My Eyes, a Smiths cover from This Station is Non-Operational. Modern punk at it's finest.
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