Jim Moore officially gets it:

Perhaps Howard Dean is not running for the same presidency as George Bush.  That is, perhaps in an era of online communication, combined with grassroots community organizing, we need a new form of presidency that itself encourages more peer-to-peer problem solving across our society.  Perhaps we need a movement to reverse the consolidation of presidential and legislative and judicial power at the center, because this consolidation of power makes it harder for the society to solve its most critical problems.

This is exactly what the Participant Movement -- which Dean epitomizes from a political standpoint -- is all about. It's about the redistribution and decentralization of power. First we do it here, then we do it for the world. It's utopia or oblivion, folks. Same as it ever was. Thanks to Jay McCarthy for the pointer.

You know, I get a funny and odd feeling when I look at the Music for America traffic report, and I realize something I had a hand in making was seen by 1000 people yesterday, and probably by 10,000 by the end of the month. Whoa. Traffic on the old OJ is also up, after being pretty much in decline since the summer.

More essay-like accretion of content by me: Part two of my three-part series over on the Blogging of the Presidency.

The budding movement of participation is about more than presidential campaigns; it's also about our role in the world as people, the meaning of life itself. It's about our culture, how we live our daily lives. Participation is what you get done in your short time in this universe, and it would seem that people are increasingly discontent to spend their time merely as spectators.

It's not quite as rousing as I wanted it to be, but I think I covered all the bases.

Had to drive down to the office to get supplies for tonight's shows. In the city, I tuned in to the pirate station on 87.9; all music, no commercials. That ended once I got around the hill to South San Francisco, and I had to switch back to commercial stuff. First thing I heard was Nirvana's All Apologies -- "I whish I was like you/Easily amused" -- and then the DJ came on live from the Metrion in downtown, talking about some awesome new digital toy that can get you video game, mp3s and music videos. Oh man.

And it was xmas for me from me. I got a digital camera and a bike. The bike really excites me. In fact, I'll take a pictures on a ride tomorrow. It's a sexy piece of aluminum; 62cm frame, weighs maybe 25lbs. Oh man indeed.