i sometimes feel like i get a bit like rainman with the constant political blogging.
but this is sort of different.
why do democrats register as democrats and republicans as republicans?
by being a registered democrat(or republican)it means that you can vote in your parties primary.
doesn’t it make more sense to register for the party that you don’t appreciate and then try to screw up their primaries?
for example, suppose you live in iowa and you’re a democrat. wouldn’t it make more sense to switch and register as a republican and vote in the primaries for the candidate who has almost no chance of winning nationally, thus making it easier for the democrat to win in november by running against an un-electable republican(like newt gingrich, for example)?
or vice versa?
i’m a registered democrat, but i live in nyc which is one of the bluest of the blue states, so registering as a republican wouldn’t do all that much(plus the new york primary is late).
just a thought.
ok, i’ll take a break from the politics for a while.
but that leaves me with virtually nothing else to write about.
except…nope. nothing.
long songs?
why are songs usually less than 5 minutes?
in the olden tymes it was because you could only fit 4 minutes on a 7″ 45 single.
but now with technology you could easily make a 3 hour song, and with your happy ipod you could easily play a 3 hour song.
maybe i’ll start making 3 hour songs.
i’m sure that’s exactly what the people at the record company want to hear…
but why not a 3 hour quiet ambient piece of music that repeats and repeats and repeats and is calm and quiet and soothing?
that would be nice.
don’t worry, my next record will not be comprised of 3 hour songs.
in 1994 i did release a version of ‘hymn’ that was 33 minutes long.
it goes without saying that it was not, uh, one of my more successful releases.
i don’t even know if anyone apart from me ever listened to it.
-moby
