<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</title><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 03:18:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Ozomatli Show [edit]</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/ozomatli_show.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/ozomatli_show.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ozomatli%5Fshow</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&quot;Ya se fue!&nbsp; Ya se fue! O-zo-mat-li!&quot;That&#39;s the chant the Los-Angeles-based, Grammy-winning band Ozomatli  delivers at the end of each show as they leave the stage, winding their way through the crowd in what seems to be an impromp]]></description></item><item><title>[Review] Harold And Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_harold_and_kumar_escape_from_guantanamo_bay.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/review_harold_and_kumar_escape_from_guantanamo_bay.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 11:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=review%5Fharold%5Fand%5Fkumar%5Fescape%5Ffrom%5Fguantanamo%5Fbay</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay]]></description></item><item><title>Kickball Update</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/kickball_update.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/kickball_update.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 20:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=kickball%5Fupdate</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My new team in DC Kickball  is Big Kids.&nbsp; We are currently 3-1.&nbsp; Interestingly, that one loss came when I was in California (coincidence?&nbsp; I think not!); we are 3-0 with me in the lineup. &nbsp; We beat Kiss of the Badger 2-1 and defea]]></description></item><item><title>Shows I knowz</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/shows_i_knowz.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/shows_i_knowz.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=shows%5Fi%5Fknowz</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I went to see Del The Funkee Homosapien on Easter evening, if I didn't write about it already.  His set was about 40 minutes, tops -- if there hadn't been 3 opening acts, I would have felt robbed.  Chip-Fu (of the Fu-Schnickens) totally upstaged]]></description></item><item><title>Some of the wines I tried this time around in Napa</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/some_of_the_wines_i_tried_this_time_around_in_napa.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/some_of_the_wines_i_tried_this_time_around_in_napa.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=some%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fwines%5Fi%5Ftried%5Fthis%5Ftime%5Faround%5Fin%5Fnapa</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[At V. Sattui I tried their zinfandel, cabernet and port for the first time.&nbsp; In total, I probably tasted about 12 wines.&nbsp; I got my tasting money back because I ended up buying 5 bottles of wine: a zin, a port, a madeira, a dry riesling, and]]></description></item><item><title>state of love and trust</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/state_of_love_and_trust.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/state_of_love_and_trust.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=state%5Fof%5Flove%5Fand%5Ftrust</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[How could I go to San Francisco, visit Seattle for the first time, and not name the entry after a Pearl Jam song?&nbsp; Answer: I can&#39;t.&nbsp; I took my first long vacation since July of 2006 for the past 10 days.&nbsp; Going back to San Francisc]]></description></item><item><title>Farmer&apos;s Wedding</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/farmers_wedding.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/farmers_wedding.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=farmers%5Fwedding</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Right before I left for the West, I watched my friend Farmer get married.&nbsp; He tied the knot at the DC World War 1 Memorial, a memorial that I didn&#39;t even know existed on the National Mall.&nbsp; It was a beautiful day, and I got to catch up]]></description></item><item><title>9 Media Myths That Endure Today [edit]</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/9_media_myths_that_endure_today.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/9_media_myths_that_endure_today.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=9%5Fmedia%5Fmyths%5Fthat%5Fendure%5Ftoday</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fark found an interesting article describing the 9 biggest media-fabricated business scare stories of recent years.&nbsp; Remember that Food Lion story that almost destroyed the chain?&nbsp; Yeah...that was bullshit. &nbsp; But the worst one was DDT]]></description></item><item><title>The Blog Is Back</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/the_blog_is_back.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/the_blog_is_back.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fblog%5Fis%5Fback</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Because of a mistake made by Blog-City, OP was down for a couple of weeks (including the time I was on vacation).&nbsp;&nbsp; Basically, I renewed my subscription, but they forgot to switch the site back on.&nbsp; Whoops.&nbsp; They&#39;ve solved the]]></description></item><item><title>In San Francisco and Seattle April 7-15</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/in_san_francisco_and_seattle_april_715.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/in_san_francisco_and_seattle_april_715.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=in%5Fsan%5Ffrancisco%5Fand%5Fseattle%5Fapril%5F715</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I will be in Berkeley/San Francisco through April 13.&nbsp; I will be in Seattle from April 13 to April 15.The conference is April 8-10.&nbsp; If we are friends, and you are out there, I hope we can hang out.&nbsp; It&#39;s been too long since I spen]]></description></item><item><title>Another Angry Black Man: Martin Luther King, Jr.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/another_angry_black_man_martin_luther_king_jr.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/another_angry_black_man_martin_luther_king_jr.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=another%5Fangry%5Fblack%5Fman%5Fmartin%5Fluther%5Fking%5Fjr</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here is an insightful article  that makes many of the same points made in the previous OP entry  about Obama&#39;s association with an angry pastor -- and elaborates on them.&nbsp; E.J. Dionne goes a step further than I did: he lists some quotes take]]></description></item><item><title>No Favorites...yet.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/no_favorites.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/no_favorites.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=no%5Ffavorites</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Obsidian Potency has thus far refused to play favorites in this election.&nbsp; But given the spirit of the site, there will be talk about race whenever it crops up as an issue in the coverage of this cycle.&nbsp; Naturally, there&#39;s one candidate]]></description></item><item><title>Obama&apos;s Race Speech</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/obamas_race_speech.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/obamas_race_speech.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=obamas%5Frace%5Fspeech</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Barack Obama gave perhaps the most honest speech on race in America that I&#39;ve ever read.&nbsp; And The Rob wrote a sublime summary and analysis  of Obama&#39;s speech over on his weblog.&nbsp; Michael Gerson&#39;s Post op-ed  entirely]]></description></item><item><title>(Bass) Guitar Hero</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/bass_guitar_hero.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/bass_guitar_hero.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bass%5Fguitar%5Fhero</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Our Detroit recording session on March 1/March 2 went amazingly well.&nbsp; We got 7 songs done, and I will eventually go back to work on 2-4 more.&nbsp; I gotta say, studio work is HARD!&nbsp; The odds of everyone playing an entire song mistake-free]]></description></item><item><title>Male African-American Express?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/male_africanamerican_express.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/male_africanamerican_express.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=male%5Fafricanamerican%5Fexpress</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve mostly avoided talking about America&#39;s bizarre presidential election process, because I feel that it drags on way too long and the coverage gets worse with each passing year.&nbsp; But once in a while, somebody says something that&#39;s]]></description></item><item><title>Alive and Kicking</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/alive_and_kicking.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/alive_and_kicking.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:32:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=alive%5Fand%5Fkicking</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After an internal debate, I decided to rejoin kickball for my third season..and I'm going to remain on the same team I've been on since I started.  I'm not sure when the season starts, but I'll probably miss some games for playing music.   Will we st]]></description></item><item><title>You Gonna Eat That?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/you_gonna_eat_that.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/you_gonna_eat_that.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=you%5Fgonna%5Feat%5Fthat</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I finally tracked down a story  on the Metro&#39;s new ad campaign discouraging riders from eating and drinking on the Metrorail.&nbsp; It&#39;s a BIG picture of a rat with the words, &quot;You gonna eat that?&quot;&nbsp; The first line of the ad say]]></description></item><item><title>Shady In Seattle</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/shady_in_seattle.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/shady_in_seattle.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=shady%5Fin%5Fseattle</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Why is this happening, you ask?  Because Seattle refuses to use taxpayer money to pay for a new basketball arena in Seattle -- even though taxpayers spent 200 million dollars renovating Key Arena for the Sonics just 12 years ago, and all the fans are]]></description></item><item><title>Giving Black</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/giving_black.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/giving_black.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=giving%5Fblack</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I took a day off work to speak at Northwood High School in Silver Spring last week.&nbsp; I friend of mine who works for Montgomery County Public Schools sent me a flyer about the opportunity.&nbsp; It was part of an assembly at the school in recogni]]></description></item><item><title>Dreams</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/dreams.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/dreams.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dreams</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Last weekend, I was in Michigan to participate in practice sessions for a friend&#39;s third album.&nbsp; I participated in NELP with this friend (Google it if you want to know - it&#39;s connected to University of Michigan), but we hadn&#39;t seen e]]></description></item><item><title>I voted yesterday</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/i_voted_yesterday.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/i_voted_yesterday.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=i%5Fvoted%5Fyesterday</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I had never voted before this election for a couple of reasons: one, I never thought it would make that big a difference who was president; two, I didn't think local politics were that important.  In my mind, Maryland ran itself pretty well,]]></description></item><item><title>Super Bowl and Redskins Coaching Reactions</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/super_bowl_and_redskins_coaching_reactions.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/super_bowl_and_redskins_coaching_reactions.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=super%5Fbowl%5Fand%5Fredskins%5Fcoaching%5Freactions</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I went to a fun Super Bowl party - the same one I went to last year.&nbsp; Good times, except I wish my brother had the opportunity to see the game.&nbsp; As you might recall, I used to be a casual Patriots fan until their running up the score became]]></description></item><item><title>Curtains Up</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/curtains_up.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/curtains_up.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=curtains%5Fup</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My moratorium on not posting about ultimately-meaningless shit is officially over.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Assassin is back.]]></description></item><item><title>Last Ride, Last Son</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/last_ride_last_son.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/last_ride_last_son.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=last%5Fride%5Flast%5Fson</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Before Friday&#39;s funeral, there was Thursday&#39;s visitation.&nbsp; My parents -- all three of them -- were there.&nbsp; I encountered friends of my brothers that I had never met before, most of whom I never knew existed.&nbsp; Two former next-do]]></description></item><item><title>Arrangements</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/arrangements.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/arrangements.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=arrangements</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My brother&#39;s visitation day is Thursday evening, and his funeral service is Friday morning.&nbsp; From the looks of thing, many of his friends have received word (basically because I called a bunch of his friends using his cellphone and told them]]></description></item></channel></rss>