The Thing I Think I'll Remember...

...is the image of Jesse Jackson crying. Of all the things, I can't imagine, it'd be having to wait this long, to fight that much to get to see a moment like this.

One less dream deferred. One less dream denied.

I don't know what else I could say about this moment and this victory, so I'll hush and enjoy history as it happens.

Here's looking forward to a better, brighter future!

Cinco De Mayo

Lumpenprofessoriat had a great idea for today's holiday: a little music. And since that post gave us a Los Lobos clip, I'll go with a different band.

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, here's a clip from one of the great all-time Texas bands: the Texas Tornadoes! For those in the know, the Tornadoes were a bit of a border-radio super-group, with Flaco Jimenez, Freddy Fender, Doug Sahm, and Augie Meyers, all of whom were pretty big stars in their own right.

Hope you're all having guacamole (of one sort or the other).