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Barack Obama’s week-old victory has since revealed much else about the country. An astounding 46% voted for John McCain, proving once again the extent to which conservatism continues to rule this nation. Post-ideology appointment of Obama staff seems to have thrown both the decrying Left and the decrying Right into arrant confusion. More importantly, though, the country remains afflicted with tight-ass’d people who won’t let the soon-to-be President make Nancy Reagan seance jokes; while I’m at it, John Stewart’s Bill Ayers joke was funny—come on, what are we going to do with you freaking downers? In short, don’t be mistaken, annoying times lie ahead! But for now, we look back to that joyous night: we asked a few folks from the music world and the literary world, “What were you doing when the election result was announced?”
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Matt Ashby writes: Amid torrential rain, Happy Ending’s innovative reading series still managed to fill the room. Somewhere around 50 people sat or stood wherever there was space, on the floor, in the hall, at glittery tables inside the red velvet partitions. It was the first time I’d been to Happy Ending and, from the looks of it, I was pretty certain it wasn’t a very good place for a reading. There wasn’t enough space and everyone was holed off in little divots about the room, unable to view the readers without wrenching his or her back. I sat on a small, cushioned stool and rolled myself against the end of a partition in the space between two tables. I had a good view of the podium.
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