Comments on: Monday Morning Music #17 (Observed)

By: Inauguration speech &#8212 Matt’s Waste of Your Time

Inauguration speech &#8212 Matt’s Waste of Your Time — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:23:43 +0000

[...] is the sort of pragmatism I’m looking forward to. Obama seemed to complete the thought I had on Inauguration Day (before hearing the speech). This speech used plenty of language with which conservatives and [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:12:05 +0000

Good to hear… the event sounds like the sort of thing that is not really empirically enjoyable on its own, but the symbolic and communal value is worth it.

By: Peyton

Peyton — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:39:04 +0000

Thanks Matt.. I was down at the inauguration today.. and at the end, there was an incredible temperature change— maybe from the body heat dispersing— it was really, brutally cold— anyway, one of the guys I was with said “damn, the weather’s changing”… and as a Dylan fan I, of course, remarked “the times they are a-changin”. It was really cold down there… but tons and tons of happy people. What impressed me most with this and the concert Sunday was how civil the crowd was… we were really jammed as close as strangers could be together… but there were a lot of “excuse me’s” and very courteous, helpful people. It was a great experience. Anyway… great song… “Please get out of the new one/ if you can’t lend your hand/ for the times they are a-changin’”. Dylan might be might favorite artist– definitely one of the tops– because the substance of his lyrics don’t really diminish over time. sorry if this seems rambling, but i’m still defrosting… -P