Consummatum Est

Ladies and gentlemen . . .

Please rise for the National Anthem.

Twice.

from Mr. Jimi Hendrix, for the years past . . . with pain and suffering . . .

from Mr. Bruce Springsteen, for the future . . . with reconstruction and healing . . .

Last night's party at The Brick was one of the coolest, happiest, joy-i-est I've been at in a long while. There's an offical fuckload of shots and words for y'all behind this cut - not the world's greatest pictures, but there as a reminder for those who were at the party last night or those who wish they were, and to remind me of what it felt like, there and then.

( Election Night '08 at The Brick, Williamsburg, Brooklyn )

And now, a word from Mr. Lee Dorsey & Mr. Allen Toussaint:

A few more from The Chambers Brothers:

And a final word from Mr. Sam Cooke:

All that said, the dark side of the day is that a number of heinous anti-Gay Propositions (notably, California's Prop. 8) and state Constitution rewrites have gone through. Fuck you, the majorities of California, Arizona, Arkansas, and Florida.

The Great Work continues, folks . . .