Representative John Murtha’s appearance on Meet the Press over the weekend was articulate and powerful.

Tivo to your iPod. New service allows users to download recorded TV programming to their video iPods and PSPs. Also, here’s a recent SNL skit on the latest Apple products.

Santa Fe retirement community for gays ready to open: “It not only will have gourmet cooking classes, but also rowdy drag queen shows and gay pride parades. And it is seen less as a place to quietly savor the golden years than a place to boisterously savor the very way of life that many of the residents have spent decades fighting to have society see as acceptable.”

New musical based on the music of The Smiths gets Morrissey and Marr’s seal of approval. “Some Girls are Bigger than Others” has been touring the UK and has plans for New York soon. “It consists of a wild and witty series of gestures, tableaux, dance moves and video projections. The show features a cast of six (four women and two men) singing Smiths songs in Brechtian bellows while accompanied by a stark string quartet and a rash of disruptive drum loops.”