Animal Collective's newest album (coming out in January 2009 - album cover above) is called Merriweather Post Pavilion and the released track "Brothersport" can be found for a limited time here as acbrothersport.mp3. Animal Collective hosted a listening party on October 28, 2008 up on 145th St.
Robert Goodman has a NY Times Op-Ed "Have You Driven a Bus or a Train Lately?," which suggests that if we bail out the auto industry they should be forced to be transportation companies that focus on transportation as a whole rather than just auto companies.
I watched the session on the auto-industry bailout last night and have to give the Rep. Senator from Tenn. a lot of credit. He asked tough questions. They all did. Rightly so, because it is the taxpayers money. He wondered aloud-why should we help all three-maybe one of the three big auto companies should fail! Perhaps we should consider funding alternative energy startup companies.
The recent subway grades reported on at the NY Times; "No. 7 and L Subway Lines Maintain Their C Averages."
