<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Yes, But, However! &#187; Rudy Grahn</title> <atom:link href="http://yesbuthowever.com/author/rudyg/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://yesbuthowever.com</link> <description>Leaning right, leaning left, YBH!</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 01:24:23 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>A Rockin&#8217; Spring Has Sprung</title><link>http://yesbuthowever.com/rockin-spring-has-sprung-8136675/</link> <comments>http://yesbuthowever.com/rockin-spring-has-sprung-8136675/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:57:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rudy Grahn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <description><![CDATA[Tis&#8217; a busy time for the indie music fan, with the SXSW pilgrimage underway, the Record Store Day exclusives shopping list shaping up, Coachella warm-up shows are popping up across the west, and a release calendar which answers the  question of whether or not some of the big debuts of recent years were mere flukes, [...]]]></description> </item> <item><title>Gridlock Isn&#8217;t Always The Enemy</title><link>http://yesbuthowever.com/gridlock-enemy-8136615/</link> <comments>http://yesbuthowever.com/gridlock-enemy-8136615/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:15:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rudy Grahn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Fixing&#8221; the filibuster is a suggestion that seems to be enjoying some high profile floating of late, including from two alphas from the &#8220;Heartland&#8221;, Senator Harkin of Iowa, and now (soon-to-be-retired) Senator Bayh of Indiana. As one who voted for Obama, and as one who finds himself frustrated at the impotence of the 2 branches [...]]]></description> </item> <item><title>Everything Old Is Old Again, But Updated</title><link>http://yesbuthowever.com/everything-old-8136505/</link> <comments>http://yesbuthowever.com/everything-old-8136505/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:22:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rudy Grahn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <description><![CDATA[It seems that rock music has a 20-25 year latency period after initial popularity before it is revived by the next generation and resold as homage-to or under-influence-of the originals. Sadly for me, when I was in my late teens, crap from the late 60s was being regurgitated, so I had to endure bad psychedelia [...]]]></description> </item> <item><title>Life Is Like Art Sometimes &#8211; The 2010 Music Calendar</title><link>http://yesbuthowever.com/life-is-like-art-sometimes-the-2010-music-calendar-813647/</link> <comments>http://yesbuthowever.com/life-is-like-art-sometimes-the-2010-music-calendar-813647/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:46:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rudy Grahn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[First Aid Kit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gorillaz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Johnny Cash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Owen Pallett]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spoon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vampire Weekend]]></category> <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (YBH.ME) &#8211; This being a great week for Massachusetts reactionaries, it really should be no shock to find that objects of indie love/hate, Vampire Weekend, have the #1 album in the country with Contra. 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I can only imagine the backlash in classic rock and hard rock power ballad circles &#8211; not to mention among squirrel eaters &#8211; which must surely be aimed at Mister Ted Nugent after his Dixie-Chick-On-Steroids Anti-Obama rant in Royal Flush Magazine.  During the interview Mr. Nugent said, &#8220;I think that Barack Hussein Obama [...]]]></description> </item> <item><title>Favorite Albums of 2009</title><link>http://yesbuthowever.com/favorite-albums-of-2009-8136362/</link> <comments>http://yesbuthowever.com/favorite-albums-of-2009-8136362/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:51:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rudy Grahn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <description><![CDATA[As I mentioned when counting down my favorites from the decade, I don&#8217;t want to confuse the idea of  &#8220;my favorites&#8221; with &#8220;the best&#8221;.  If you meet someone who says otherwise, DEMAND to see their ENTIRE music collection&#8230;and give no leeway for &#8220;guilty pleasures&#8221;.   Such solipsists deserve none! I think I have better taste [...]]]></description> </item> <item><title>Indie Rock Top 10 of The Oughts</title><link>http://yesbuthowever.com/indie-rock-top-10-8136321/</link> <comments>http://yesbuthowever.com/indie-rock-top-10-8136321/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:39:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rudy Grahn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <description><![CDATA[Coming up with a &#8220;Best Of&#8221; list requires one to make a lot of unhealthy assumptions &#8211; first among them being that the author knows the difference between fecal matter and shinola. I myself can&#8217;t bring myself to designate any music as being better or worse than any other music since I am just a [...]]]></description> </item> <item><title>Thanksgiving Thoughts On The National Health Debate</title><link>http://yesbuthowever.com/the-national-health-debate-8136280/</link> <comments>http://yesbuthowever.com/the-national-health-debate-8136280/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:39:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rudy Grahn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <description><![CDATA[To follow the health care debate up to now is to have heard that the public option is dead, it is alive and well, they&#8217;ve got the votes, they ain&#8217;t got the votes, no bill can pass with it, no bill can pass without it, the issue is behind a purge within the GOP, the [...]]]></description> </item> <item><title>So What Did Lou Dobbs Accomplish For The Grief?</title><link>http://yesbuthowever.com/dobbs-accomplish-grief-8136262/</link> <comments>http://yesbuthowever.com/dobbs-accomplish-grief-8136262/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:09:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rudy Grahn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <description><![CDATA[Before anyone starts getting out the bunting and blue ribbons for Lou Dobbs, I am not sure that anywhere in the (now largely complete) discussions of his departure from CNN that there is any clear evidence that he did anything to distinguish himself as worthy of all that discussion.  Can&#8217;t the chatter be in proportion [...]]]></description> </item> <item><title>Grahn: Ask Honestly, Answer Honestly</title><link>http://yesbuthowever.com/ask-honestly-answer-honestly-8136227/</link> <comments>http://yesbuthowever.com/ask-honestly-answer-honestly-8136227/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:43:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rudy Grahn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <description><![CDATA[The actions of Nidal Malik Hasan at Fort Hood cannot be explained rationally or defended, in whole or part, by any decent person. He is a coward, and those who look for some mechanism by which to rationalize, compensate for, or create some shade of nuance in his actions disgrace themselves, although not as much [...]]]></description> </item> </channel> </rss>
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