NY23: Next stop, Saranac Lake

By the time you read this, Ali Akbar and I will be running east on State Route 3, en route to the hometown headquarters of the Doug Hoffman campaign.

Since Sunday night, the National Desk has been located at the luxurious -- but surprisngly affordable -- Best Western Carriage House Inn on Washington Street near downtown Watertown, N.Y. We've kept our exact location a secret because, frankly, we were too busy to cope with the hordes of adoring blog groupies who would have descended on our room had they discovered our whereabouts.

For your road-time reading, we recommend (via Memeorandum) Dan Riehl's pushback against the latest Politico "GOP divided" spin job. Also:

• Larry Thornberry's takedown on Charlie Crist, whose Florida GOP primary defeat at the hands of Marco Rubio is beginning to look like a certainty.
• Dave Weigel's report on the "New Conservative Superstar" featuring the Quote of the Day: "For Biden to say that Rush Limbaugh picked Doug Hoffman is ridiculous. We all know it was Glenn Beck."
• And leave it to 73Wire's Eric Odom to ask the Exit Question: "Was the whole Scozzafava campaign a lie?"

Speaking of lies, the timing of this post is, necessarily, something of a diversion tactic. Maybe we left two hours ago, or maybe we won't leave until 2 p.m. If the New York State Police knew exactly what time we left Watertown, they'd be able to deploy radar-equipped high-performance pursuit vehicles to intercept us. We've eluded their dragnet this long only because of being secretive about about our plans.

Cell-phone reception between here and Saranac Lake is atrocious, but Ali has Sprint premium 3G service on his Blackberry World Edition, so everyone can follow our progress via Ali's Twitter feed.

Wish us . . . wow, I started to say "luck," but this isn't about luck, it's about skill. And prayer.

HOFFMANIA: CATCH IT!


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NY23: Hooah Mac reports at Red State

Money quote?

While here I met a fellow named Robert Stacy McCain, you may have heard of him . . .

Read the whole thing.

Update (Smitty) from Hooah's update:

It was Jeri Thompson who brought the Doug Hoffman - Dede Scozzafava race to Fred's attention. This is the one to watch. Jeri is every bit the ideological and intellectual match for her husband. She was gracious and gave me a quote to share with the readers of Redstate. "I heard Vice President Biden was here earlier today, I also understand that he revealed he was a lifeguard at one time. That surprised me. I didn't know you could swim with your mouth open."

Yeah, that's one for the quote log.

Avengers "K%R%O%Q Radio Interview, May 14th, 1978"

One of the greatest bands to ever emerge from San Francisco. 

Visionary vocalist messiah Penelope Huston and her band of punks The Avengers lasted a little over 2 years.  They never released an album during that time and becoming disenchanted with it, the band broke up.  After The Avengers demise, Penelope focused on a solo career and is still playing to this very day with the reformed Avengers.  

They also opened for what is now known as the Sex Pistols final gig at Winterland with the Nuns.  Huston's lyrics dealt with everything lost in American culture, race and being a marked pillar of society.  They originally released singles and the now infamous 12" on Go! Records produced by Steve Jones.  This is The Avengers radio interview on KROQ on May 14th, 1978, as well as the following artists interviews and music:

*Generation X
*Billy Idol
*Sex Pistols
*The Clash
*Kim Fowley
*X-Ray Spex
*Nuns
*Dils
*F-Word

Radio broadcasting when it mattered.


Be sure to get their recently reissued albums, CD's, singles and support this incredible artist.




Tracklist:

Disc 1:

1) Generation X "Wild Youth" / Rodney Intro
2) Sex Pistols "God Save The Queen"
3) Sex Pistols "I Wanna Be Me"
4) Sex Pistols "Seventeen"
5) Sex Pistols "New York"
6) Sex Pistols "EMI"
7) Sex Pistols "Belsen Was A Gas"
8) Rodney Talks - Interview With Lobotomy Mag
9) Generation X "Invisible Man"
10) Generation X "Listen"
11) Generation X "Too Personal"
12) Rodney Talks - Interview With Lobotomy Mag
13) The Clash "I'm So Bored With The USA"
14) Kim Fowley "Red China"
15) The Avengers "We Are The Ones"
16) The Avengers Interview
17) The Avengers "Thin White Line"
18) X-Ray Spex "I'm A Poseur"
19) Generation X "100 Punks"

Disc 2:

1) The Avengers "The American In Me"
2) The Avengers "Open Your Eyes"
3) Nuns "Intro"
4) Avengers Interview
5) Nuns "Decadent Jew"
6) Dils "I Hate The Rich"
7) F-Word "Do The Ninil"
8) Avengers + Billy Idol Interview
9) Generation X "Gimme Some Truth"
10) Avengers + Billy Idol Interview
11) Generation X "Ready Steady Go!"
12) The Clash "Clash City Rockers"
13) Billy Idol Interview
14) The Avengers "White Nigger"
15) Avengers Interview




KROQ Interview (Disc 1- Part 1) - Mediafire
KROQ Interview (Disc 1- Part 2) - Mediafire

KROQ Interview (Disc 2- Part 1) - Mediafire
KROQ Interview (Disc 2- Part 2) - Mediafire

**OR**

KROQ Interview (Disc 1) - Megaupload
KROQ Interview (Disc 2) - Megaupload