Brian Mackey

Ephemera, miscellany and other big words by Brian Mackey.

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This week on "State Week": tech problems, transmission issues, and a power outage during taping — none of which you'll hear. Radio magic! (at WUIS)

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Steam coming off Lake Springfield. Air temperature: 4° F. (at Springfield Lake Beach House)

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Sounds about right. If I had a job that didn't require frequent contact with government officials, my score would have been 66. On the other hand, had I not skipped the commercials (and Maroon 5 performances) on DVR-delayed SNL, my score would have been 31. NOW GET OFF MY LAWN. (via @braiker)

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Eagerly anticipating the release of Gone Girl?

Stream the soundtrack now from NPR Music’s First Listen. 

Illustration: Courtesy of Rob Sheridan

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Reznor & Ross did excellent work on the soundtrack for The Social Network.

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Justice looking down from the ceiling at this morning's pension hearing. (at Illinois State Capitol)

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All is calm, the night before the storm. (at Illinois State Capitol)

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Fall veto session. (at Illinois State Capitol)

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Beautiful setting for a wedding.

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Truffaut died, and we all felt awful about it, and there were the appropriate eulogies, and his wonderful films live on. But it’s not much help to Truffaut. So you think to yourself, My work will live on. As I’ve said many times, rather than live on in the hearts and minds of my fellow man, I would rather live on in my apartment.

Woody Allen, on immortality via art

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MDW (at Illinois State Fairgrounds)

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Illinois 1, Texas 0. (at Illinois State Fairgrounds)

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"Now he belongs to the ages."

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Encountered a certain chief executive on his Sunday afternoon commute.

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Happened on DC's pride parade when the Different Drummers were marching past. (at Foundry United Methodist Church)

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Solving unsolved crimes is a noble objective, but it occupies a lower place in the American pantheon of noble objectives than the protection of our people from suspicionless law-enforcement searches.

Dogs and cats living together, Justice Scalia voting with the liberals, mass hysteria!

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Springfield looks so peaceful the day after adjournment. (at Hilton Springfield)

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Dark skies over the Statehouse. (at Illinois State Capitol)