The next month should be filled with all sorts of excitement. But I should start off by mentioning the Air concert last week at the Greek Amphitheater. It hasn't rained all summer long and when it finally decided to we were driving to the concert. No matter. The rain just enhanced the experience even though we were sitting outdoors. Mountains and trees surrounded the theater and the night was beautiful. I had only heard one of Air's CDs so I wasn't sure if it was smart that I bought the 50-dollar tickets. Here are 3 of their videos so you can see the diversity of their music.







On October 1st, I'm going to go see Steven Pinker give a lecture at Borders. I actually disagree with about 55 percent of the stuff he says but he has popularized linguistics for general audiences, which is pretty amazing. I just found this clip of him talking about how violence has decreased not increased over the years. FINALLY! Everybody seems to live in this mythical fantasy that things are so terrible and crazy. This clip isn't about linguistics but I just had to show it. Again, I disagree with quite a bit of what he says but when he gets it right he really nails it.



On October 4th, I'm going to see Seymour Hersh at UCLA. I'm never really sure what I think about this guy. He's won the Pulitzer Prize in 1970 for uncovering the My Lai Massacre. He broke the original story on Abu Ghraib and is usually considered the best journalist along with Bob Woodward. Some of his stuff seems so far out but it usually turns out to be true such as the overthrow of the Chilean government. I started reading his book the Dark Side of Camelot, which chronicles the Kennedy's womanizing, lies, and plans for assignations (Castro and Lumumba).

October 15th, is my 30th birthday. We'll probably go see Rilo Kiley in concert.



October 25th is the Blonde Redhead concert. This is not one of their better songs.