I think if I had a band I would call them “Dead Squirrels on Highway”.  I think that gives me a lot of leeway as far as genre is concerned.  Our first album would be full of your standard alt-country tracks, but then we’d mix things up with a bit of an electronica-tinged second album, which would be praised by Pitchfork and make our career.  People would get upset that we abandoned our roots, but I’d say to them, “Hey, I’m still a Dead Squirrel; this is what we do.”

I think our first single will be called “Roadkill”.

I’m confused by this NY Times post.

Obama said:

“John McCain says he’s about change, too – except for economic policy, health care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy and Karl Rove-style politics,” Mr. Obama said. “That’s not change. That’s just calling the same thing something different. You can put lipstick on a pig – it’s still a pig.”

So the McCain camp responded:

Palin campaign spokesman Maria Comella: “Barack Obama’s comments today are offensive and disgraceful. He owes Governor Palin an apology “

Does that mean that they’re conceding the idea that Sarah Palin is a pig?  Does she have a hidden porcine past that we don’t know about?  (Insert joke here about “bringing home the bacon”).

Why else would they take offense at an expression that, as McCain should know, is older than dirt?

As you know, McCain is one of the few things in the world older than dirt.