Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Fw: [CTRL] Henry Kissinger on T. Casey Brennan


----- Original Message -----
From: "T Brennan" <bankruptparanoiamagazine@YAHOO.COM>
To: <CTRL@LISTSERV.AOL.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 7:31 PM
Subject: [CTRL] Henry Kissinger on T. Casey Brennan

> -Caveat Lector-
>
> At the following URL is posted a letter of support
> from Henry Kissinger:
>
> http://danielfry.com/index.php?id=1905
>
> Some know me by my JFK work, some from the 1970s comic
> books I wrote. I was hit by a car; I need an
> attorney.
>
> Page about my JFK allegations from University of Rhode
> Island JFK researcher, Professor Kenneth Rahn:
>
> http://karws.gso.uri.edu/JFK/Conspiracy_theories/Brennan--Conjurella/Brennan.html
>
> This is my newest book (I receive no royalties):
>
> http://store.vampirella.com/vamcrimchron1.html
>
> I was hit by a car on February 1, 2003 in Ypsilanti,
> Michigan. Though seriously injured, and diagnosed
> with bleeding liver and post concussion syndrome, I
> was put out of the hospital the following morning,
> because I am homeless.
>
> Celebrity Homeless List w/my name...
>
> http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/lists/homeless.html
>
> (1) I just received this from my latest attorney, who
> is dropping my case...I MUST have a new attorney
> immediately. I have no home, no income, and my
> hospital bills are not even paid:
>
> From: "Peter John Collins"
> <peterjcollins@ameritech.net>
>
> Dear Mr. Brennan, April 3rd, 2005
> I have again reviwed your file. You were
> hospitalized fro a few hours.
> The injuries you suffered do not, to my mind, met
> the No-Fault automobile
> injuries that would allow you to bring suit against
> the driver who hit you as you were walking.
>
> Should you find another lawyer you MUST file suit
> before the third anniversary
> of the auto accident.
>
> I wish this could have been more favorable for you.
>
> I recall at our meeeting at the coffee house we
> reviewed the facts of this
> case together,
>
> Regards,
> Peter John
>
> (2) This was my PREVIOUS attorney, Ray Kohlman, who
> worked on the Martin Luther King assassination; the
> contact was arranged by ex-CIA agent, Leutrell
> Osborne. Kohlman called me, emailed me, then dropped
> all contact:
>
> : "Ray Kohlman" <raykohl@hotmail.com> Add to Address
> Book
> To: Leu@WashingtonDCmetro.net,
> tcaseybrennan2002@yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: Help me to connect- Leutrell Osborne
> Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:25:13 -0500
>
>
> Mr. Brennan,
>
> My e-mail address is above. I can be reached by
> telephone at (646)
> 785-0869.
> My address is 575 Madison Ave., Suite 1006, NY,NY
> 10022
>
> I would be pleased to discuss the situation with you.
> Ray
>
>
>>From: Mr.Leutrell Osborne <Leu@WashingtonDCmetro.net>
>>Reply-To: Leu@WashingtonDCmetro.net
>>To: "T. Casey Brennan"
>><tcaseybrennan2002@yahoo.com>,Leu@WashingtonDCmetro.net,
> "RAY
> KOHLMAN"
>><raykohl@hotmail.com>
>>Subject: Re: Help me to connect- Leutrell Osborne
>>Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:43:01 -0800 (PST)
>>
>>
>>Dear Ray and TCB:
>>Ray this is an electronic handshake and request that
> you follow
> through
>>this intro with Mr. T.C. Brennan and determine
> whether your legal
> skills
>>may assist him. You may send him your contact info
> so that he can
> follow
>>through per our telephone conversation today. Suggest
> you visit the
> webs
>>first so you have an idea of his background. I asked
> that he send info
> to
>>you so you can have an idea of his injury and case.
> Leutrell
>
> (3) This is from the Ypsilanti, Michigan police woman
> who handled the investigation:
>
> Subject: RE: 03-1874
> Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 07:22:10 -0500
> From: "Connie Koski" <CKoski@cityofypsilanti.com> Add
> to Address Book
> To: "T. Casey Brennan" <tcaseybrennan2002@yahoo.com>
>
> Mr. Brennan,
>
> Thanks a bunch for the email. I have not yet had a
> chance to review
> the websites you included, but it was fascinating to
> meet you and am glad
> to hear that you are up and about. I have no comment
> on your legal
> pursuits, but best wishes for a complete recovery. I
> look forward to
> checking your work out at the sites you forwarded to
> me. Have a great day.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Officer Connie Koski
> Ypsilanti Police Department
>
>
> (4) I receive no assistance from any relief agency
> because my family was tortured and killed. Social
> workers at the Ann Arbor homeless shelter issued that
> directive, however inexplicable it may be to anyone
> else. This is from the Port Huron, Michigam TIMES
> HERALD:
>
> Father, son tortured, robbed
>
> From the Times Herald, 12/4/75
>
> By John F. Brown
>
> An Avoca man and his son, who were beaten and robbed
> of more that $1,400 then bound and
> gagged and set on fire, were left to die in a
> flame-filled bathroom of their old farmhouse about
> midnight Wednesday.
> William J. Brennan, 72, of 4238 Bricker Road, and his
> son, Terrance Casey Brennan, 27,
> bound together with a pair of police handcuffs,
> electrical cord and tape, managed to free
> themselves to telephone a Michigan Bell operator for
> help.
> Sheriff Norman D. Meharg said Brennan and his son were
> admitted to Yale Hospital for
> treatment of second- and third-degree burns of their
> hands and arms and head and facial injuries.
> Young Brennan had been stabbed in the head several
> times by his attackers.
>
> Both men were reported in fair condition today at the
> hospital.
> Meharg said there have been no arrests made and so far
> there are no suspects. He has assigned
> Detectives Robert V. Quain and Donald E. Tuthill to
> the case.
> Meharg said the torture bandit were both white, armed
> with hand guns and had dark ski masks
> over their faces when they forced their way into the
> Brennan home about 9 p.m.
>
> "One of the thieves knocked on the door and when Mr.
> Brennan answered he told Brennan he
> had ran out of gasoline, then pulled the ski hat over
> his face, pointed a gun at Brennan and
> pushed his way into the house," Meharg said.
>
> "The Bandits used a pair of handcuffs to lock the men
> together. They set paper on fire and held it
> under the hands of the two men. Their hands were
> baked," Meharg said.
>
> Deputy Sheriffs James VanConant and Orrin Burgett
> arrived at the scene less than six minutes
> after the operator called the Sheriff's Department.
> "You could smell burning flesh when you entered the
> house," VanConant said.
> Brennan and his son told the officers their attackers
> pushed them into the bathroom of the
> six-room farmhouse after they had taken the money.
>
> They said sheets and bedding were put around them on
> the floor and the men poured them on the
> floor and the men poured some type of flammable liquid
> over them.
> One of the men tossed a lighted match into the sheets,
> closed the bathroom door and ran from the
> home.
>
> Brennan said he and his son managed to get the rope
> and cord off their feet and stamped out the
> fire with their feet and hands, which were free of the
> handcuffs. They forced open the door and
> stumbled to the telephone.
>
> "My dad thought it was a joke at first. He even tried
> to brush the gun aside from the man at the
> door, but I told him not to," Casey said.
> Every room in the house, except the kitchen, was
> ransacked as the robbers searched the house
> for money.
>
> Neighbors of the Brennan's heard nothing, deputies
> said.
>
> However, VanConant and Burgett said there were
> footsteps leading from the Brennan home
> through freshly fallen snow for about a block to an
> area where a car had been parked.
>
> The Brennan's were described by their neighbors as
> quiet people who "bothered no one."
> Neighbors said the Brennans had few visitors
> Brennan's wife, Mrs. Alice Brennan, was killed in a
> car accident two years ago in Ohio.
>
> (5) This is from Lee Harvey Oswald's ex-girlfriend,
> Judyth Vary Baker, who was the subject of a History
> Channel documentary, advising me to leave the country:
>
> From: "Judyth Vary Baker" <elect63@xs4all.nl>
> To: "T. Casey Brennan" <tcaseybrennan2002@yahoo.com>
> Subject: RE: Are you okay?
> Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 23:10:36 +0200
>
>
> Dear Casey,
>
> I have produced so much proof of that now that nobody
> argues it
> anymore.
> They are now at the stage of saying so what if we had
> an affair, that
> does not mean he told me anything, or if he told me
> anythig, that it
> would be the truth. So they are having to back off.
> McAdams and his
> groupo are looking silly now.
>
> I believe everyuthing you're saying as I had an FBI
> employee compolain
> and lost my teaching job. I was hit twice and had two
> brain
> concussions.
> I'm lucky to be alive.
>
> GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY. Get a passport and get out
> and start over.
> It's
> over unless you do.
>
> ===J==
>
> "Either the world can be an influence on you, or you
> can be an
> influence
> on the world."
> Lee Harvey Oswald, explaining his choice
> to go into military service for his country,
> rather than to become a Mafia soldier.
>
> (6) These are two emails from New Orleans mob boss
> Carlos Marcello's grandson, Steve Marcello, echoing
> word for word the threats made on me by social
> workers, regarding my statements alleging my own and
> my late parents unwilling involvement in the JFK
> assassination:
>
> This is the first email; I did not solicit him; he
> solicited me:
>
> From: omerta64@...
> Date: Wed Feb 7, 2001 3:32 pm
> Subject: Please Reply
> To: tcaseybrennan@... omerta64@...
> Send Email
>
> Reply to omerta17@... I want to know what you have to
> say
> about JFK's death. Carlos, Steve, & Tricia Marcello
>
> This is the second email from Marcello:
>
> From: Tricia or Steve Marcello <omerta17@...>
> Date: Wed Feb 7, 2001 6:06 pm
> Subject: Re: Please Reply
> To: "T. Casey Brennan" <tcaseybrennan@...>
> omerta17@...
> Send Email
>
> You are insane, the only thing I'm setting you up with
> is a visit from the feds,
> You need to be in a locked psychiactric ward. My
> grandfather is none of your
> business. I
> suggest you stop being a "wanna be" before you hurt
> yourself. Go take some
> fucking Thorazine, you fucking psycho.
>
> (7) Other JFK pages about ME;
>
> http://www.darkelfdesigns.homestead.com/conjurella.html
>
> http://www.popimage.com/industrial/conjurella092204.html
>
> http://www.angelfire.com/me/carcano
>
> http://www.mindcontrolforums.com/tc/tcasey.html
>
> http://pw1.netcom.com/~mthorn/0brennan.htm
>
> Now, will someone please help me find an attorney?
>
> -- T. Casey Brennan
>
>
>
> http://store.vampirella.com/vamcrimchron1.html
> http://www.darkelfdesigns.homestead.com/mkultra01.html
> http://tcaseybrennan.knows.it
> http://tcasey.inri.net http://www.angelfire.com/me/carcano
> http://www.muuta.net/Flo/WarrenFlo/AstrologyFLO.html
> http://www.anomalog.com/conjurella.html
> http://www.answers.com/t+casey+brennan&r=67
> http://www.muuta.net/Flo/WarrenFlo/GoldenSunDiskFLO.html
> http://onyx.gothicunderworld.com/darkendsoul/Conjurella.html
>
>
>
>
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Daily Kos: The Katrina Aid That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Daily Kos: The Katrina Aid That Dare Not Speak Its Name:

"This morning at the clinic I was paged to the phone to take a call that meant bad news for any low-income woman in this very large state who needs an abortion. Because of the huge additional burdens on its resources since the first part of September, the Lilith Fund has been completely wiped out and will no longer be able to offer help to any woman in Texas for at least the next one to two months. Nothing like this has ever happened before, because the Lilith Fund is a well-managed and extremely responsible organization, but providing care for the women of Katrina has overwhelmed us all, funders and providers alike. "

Give.

Sunday, October 16, 2005

Fafblog! the whole worlds only source for Fafblog.

Fafblog! the whole worlds only source for Fafblog.:

"FB: I bet Superman could stop a hurricane.
GOD: He could not.
FB: Could too. He can spin the earth around so time goes backwards. A hurricane’s nothin for Superman.
GOD: Well, y'know, I can do plenty of stuff. I can turn women into salt. I can make loaves and fishes - loaves and fishes like you wouldn't believe.
FB: Are you worried about the Draft Superman movement?
GOD: The what? There's no Draft Superman movement.
FB: Sure there is. They got like a blog an everything.
GOD: Huh.
FB: So did you ever tell the president to do anything about Valerie Plame? Cause I hear you got subpoenaed to testify in front a the grand jury.
GOD: I won't answer that without the advice of my attorney. Look, there's a ton of inconsistencies in the Superman gospels, ever notice that? One day he's got a fortress of solitude and a bottle city of Kandor and the next day he doesn't. Kinda makes you wonder, doesn't it?
FB: Pretty much everybody thinks you gotta resign if they indict. Does the line of succession make Jesus the Acting God then or does the Vice-God take over?
GOD: I mean, people aren't gonna pray to Superman! You can kill the guy with a freaking rock!
FB: It's been great to have you here, God! Stop by anytime."

YAY! FAFBLOG! YAY!

BLP! BLP! BLP! BLP!

WHOOHOOO!

the movie went over GREAT...
good turnout and evrybdy laughed.
alot.

also got my DVD copy of "Sound Piece"
a Pauline Oliveros composition I played on
a while back (2003?)...
it's amazing too...
yeehaw!

hope yr weekend was as good as mine...
if not,
sucks to be u.

M

Friday, October 14, 2005

Public Editor's Web Journal (Forum/Message Board) - The New York Times

Public Editor's Web Journal (Forum/Message Board) - The New York Times:
"The lifting of the contempt order against Judith Miller of The New York Times in connection with the Valerie Wilson leak investigation leaves no reason for the paper to avoid providing a full explanation of the situation. Now."

right on.

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Literature 2005 - Pinter wins Nobel - File Under: I'll drink to that!

Literature 2005

Pinter restored theatre to its basic elements: an enclosed space and unpredictable dialogue, where people are at the mercy of each other and pretence crumbles. With a minimum of plot, drama emerges from the power struggle and hide-and-seek of interlocution. Pinter's drama was first perceived as a variation of absurd theatre, but has later more aptly been characterised as "comedy of menace", a genre where the writer allows us to eavesdrop on the play of domination and submission hidden in the most mundane of conversations. In a typical Pinter play, we meet people defending themselves against intrusion or their own impulses by entrenching themselves in a reduced and controlled existence. Another principal theme is the volatility and elusiveness of the past.


You'll find more HERE.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

We made a movie! and I didn't even have to take my clothes off this time!

C'mon down to the axiom saturday night and see BLP's big screen medium length debut!!!
or something like that...
 
I'll be at the 11:00 show.
Hope to seeya there...
 
M
 
 
 
 
 
BRAZOSPORT LI'L PLAYERS PRESENT
WORLD PREMIERE OF MACBETH


-- Houston area theatre troupe pushes red button on camera and makes movie --

(HOUSTON) September 28, 2005 . . . Experimental theatre troupe The Brazosport L'il Players (BLP) will present its movie version of Shakespeare's classic play Macbeth at the Axiom, located at 2524 McKinney, on Saturday, October 15, with showings at 9 and 11 p.m. The price of admission is $5.

"Sure, we made a few changes," says Paul Locklear, who wrote the script and directed the approximately 50-minute-long movie. "We had to, cause we didn't want to bore the audience to death with all that Shakespeare business."

Locklear admits that the script follows the basic plotline of Shakespeare's classic tale of greed and tragedy, but with a few changes. "We wanted to place it in a setting that our limited fan base could relate to, so Macbeth works at the Wal-Mart in Brazosport."

Walt Zipprian, a Houston area theatre veteran who grew up in Brazosport, plays the title role. "This role is perfect for me. If I hadn't left town when I did I'd probably really be working at the Wal-Mart in Brazosport and plotting my pathway to the top."

Those in search of production values won't find any here; BLP made Macbeth for a little over $200. "Everyone worked for free and the only expenses were for digital videotapes, food and beer for a couple of scenes," says Locklear. "It took us a year to finish it though. I have the good fortune to know a lot of performers, but the down side of that is that because they are performers, they would go off into rehearsals for a show and sometimes we had to wait long periods before they were free to finish. Later when you're trying to sort through everything and remember how things are supposed to go together, it helps to have a boy genius in your camp."
 
Locklear is referring to Joe Folladori who served as director of photography and editor for the movie.

"Joe saved our butts," says Locklear. "I'm technologically challenged, and Joe just swooped in and took care of all at, which was a great weight off my shoulders."

Zipprian heads a cast that includes BLP regulars Kelly Manison as Lady Macbeth, Mike Switzer as Banquo, and Noel Bowers as Macduff, with cameo appearances by the Leopard Boy and Batman and fast-rising Houston-based classical music combo Two Star Symphony, who appear as the witches.

BLP was launched in 2002 when the troupe formed to present a 10-minute scene from the Glass Menagerie for the Slump Theatre fundraiser. They have gone on to perform at fundraisers for Mildred's Umbrella Theatre, dos chicas theatre commune and Theatre Illuminata, and appeared as featured performers in Jack Babylon's Cabaret. They performed the original piece Voices of America as part of Diverseworks Footfalls series and presented their first full-length play 32 Short Stories About Brazosport at the Axiom in January of 2005. The troupe's series of short customized movies include; Day in the Life of Two-Star; Actorman: Day in the Life of Jmiller; Thomas Goes to Brazil and Tamalalia 11.

For reservations or further information call the BLP Hotline at (713) 869-2294.

 
 

gang of four last night

it was great...
was gonna write more about it,
but I think it's naptime.

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Warrenellis.com � John Peel Day

Warrenellis.com � John Peel Day:

"October 13 is John Peel Day."

I'll go ahead and celebrate ahead of time...
tonight at the Gang of Four show.

The Globe and Mail: The world according to Kurt

The Globe and Mail: The world according to Kurt:
"But life is a series of cosmic disappointments and absurdities, which Vonnegut knows from first-hand experience. He saw his father's dreams of becoming a great architect foiled by fate and the Depression. His mother, who suffered from her own depression, killed herself on Mother's Day in 1944, when he was only 21. Nine months later, as a prisoner of war in Germany, he witnessed the firebombing of Dresden, which he later immortalized in Slaughterhouse-Five. His older sister Alice died of cancer at age 41, within 24 hours of her husband being killed in a train crash, leaving Vonnegut and his wife to adopt three of their children. After his son went off to British Columbia during the Vietnam War to start a commune, Mark went crazy and Vonnegut had to retrieve him and place him in an institution (which thankfully cured him). One of his daughters was briefly married to Geraldo Rivera. In the mid-1980s, Vonnegut himself attempted suicide, but failed. Who wouldn't see the world as a cosmic joke?"

I've loved Vonnegut longer than any other writer.
I can still go back and read the first things I ever read of his and be filled with that same wonderful combination of joy and despair.

Gallup: Americans Now Support Interracial Dating

Gallup: Americans Now Support Interracial Dating:

"Gallup: Americans Now Support Interracial Dating"

I go further and support the Bullworth position:

All we need is a voluntary, free-spirited, open-ended program of procreative racial deconstruction. Everybody just gotta keep fuckin' everybody 'til they're all the same color.

alicublog - File Under : I'll drink to that!

alicublog: "Fuck Columbus. If it weren't for him I'd have government healthcare and seven weeks' vacation a year now."

Monday, October 10, 2005

Government Keystroke Loggers Hard-Wired Into All New Laptop Computers!

Any of you smart folks wanna debunk this one?

Government Keystroke Loggers Hard-Wired Into All New Laptop Computers!:
"I called the police, as having a keylogger unknown to me in my laptop is a serious offense. They told me to call the Department of Homeland Security. At this point, I am in disbelief. Why would the DHS have a keylogger in my laptop? It was surreal."

TOTAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS - Turn me on, dead man.

TOTAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS:
"
'The critics were asking questions like, 'Why is there so much red in the garden... and on the beach? It's macabre.' Call it art psychoanalysis, but the 'Paul is dead' rumour has started to spread."

If they were capable of replacing a Beatle,
don't you think they would have replaced John?

my weekend

Friday
4-6 : Mathletes practice - Joe, Jeff, Gie Gie and me.
6-7 : Dinner and getting ready for Bog o' Cats.
7-10:30 : Bog O' Cats
10:30-3:00 or so : Playing trombone with Pearl Laughlin and the Gutbucket Serenaders
3:00 or so - resist temptation to go to Andy's for enchiladas - go home and to bed.

Saturday

2-6 : Mathletes practice - Joe, Chris, Cathy, Me till 4, then replace C&C with Gie Gie and continue
6-7 : Dinner and getting ready for Bog o' Cats.
7-10:30 : Bog O' Cats
10:30-12 : House Warming Party (drinking Jameson's)
12-2 : The Dicks at Rudyards
2-4 : Octoberfest Party (missed the hostess in her bavarian beer wench outfit)

Sunday
10-11:30 or so - load up for Mathletes gig
11:30 - 11:45 or so, figure out what we're doing for a p.a. and have chris load his mixing board...
11:45 - on the road to Trader's Village
12:30 - Arrive for "noon" mathletes show and set up
1-3 : Mathletes rock the Village.
3-4 : eat corndog and fries and begin the drive back
4-5 or so : drive back
5-6: watch and episode of "smallville" - get back to Brainiac!!!
6-8: supposed to be TDU practice, ends up being more like a meeting...Charlie shows up after Ryan gave up and left, so me, Jim and Charlie sit around and talk about TDU, finding a new bass player (Joe has left to concentrate on The Mathletes and finding a job), and maybe a full time keyboardist, etc...

then it was just the usual insomnia gig...
whoohoo!

Sunday, October 09, 2005

morning comes too early

yes it does.

The Dicks were fanfuckingtastic last night...
really unbelievably rockin'


and now I'm up and preparing for a mathletes gig...
we just discovered yesterday that we're supposed to provide
our own P.A....
this is going to be interesting.

Saturday, October 08, 2005

Alternative Tentacles - Bands

Alternative Tentacles - Bands:

I love all of you,
but tonight I'll be at Rudyard's...

"The Dicks, a Commie Faggot Band, emerged during the halcyon days of Austin, Texas punk. The scene centered around the local dive bar Raul's frequented by local freaks, artists, and soon-to-be punk rockers. The band was the creation of Gary Floyd, a 26 year old from Palestine, Texas who had been a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War and was openly, flamboyantly gay."



I just played...

the best show I've played in maybe years...
at least since the last Last Bastions show...
Played with Pearl Loughlin and the West Alabama Candy Store Serenaders
at Helios tonight and it was truly magic...
 
If you ain't heard Miss Pearl singin' you don't know what yr missin...
it was inspiring and made me play like a monster...
yahoo!
 
 
 
 

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

HoustonChronicle.com - Review: Bog of Cats demands attention

HoustonChronicle.com - Review: Bog of Cats demands attention:

"Other players are variable"

HEY!!! THAT'S ME!!!

haha...

anyway, Everett gave us a positive review, and so did Walt...
what else ya want?

Here's the real highlight from the Chronicle review:

Mildred's Umbrella's Houston premiere is a rough-hewn, no-frills rendition, never as atmospheric nor tightly knit as it might be. Yet director Randy Symank and his cast capture the play's intensity and willful eccentricity, rising to its peaks of bleak humor, fierce confrontation and desperate lamentation.

Most crucially, Michelle Edwards anchors the production with her very strong performance in the marathon role of Hester. She's a maelstrom of bitterness, rage and despair, with an occasional calm of quiet desolation.


Michelle rocks!
It's true.

No Garlic Please � Blog Archive � Chameleon lamp

No Garlic Please � Blog Archive � Chameleon lamp

"All you have to do is pick up any other coloured object, hold it to the sensor on the lamp stand and the colour will be projected onto the inside of the shade automatically."

Wow...
the future is here,
and it's a lamp.

Body and Soul: More on Orleans Parish Prison

Body and Soul: More on Orleans Parish Prison

During Katrina I wondered what they had done about the jails and prisons in the area...
well, it turns out not much...

"We had no phone lines, no electricity," she said. "There was raw gas in the water ... If it wasn't for the deputies, a lot of people would have died."

She believes many drowned anyway, including inmates housed on the first floor of the Templeman 3 building, where Barnes said that in the chaos, some inmates may have remained locked inside.

Stay Free! Daily: Medication vs. Meditation

Stay Free! Daily: Medication vs. Meditation:

"I lay awake in bed at night. My mind wanders, sometimes for hours, and I don't sleep. I think about what happened that day, what I will do tomorrow, the past. Sometimes my mind just runs full speed going nowhere, but more often it's helpful (the concept for my last gallery show came to me just as I was going to sleep). In fact, I find these times are when I am at my most creative.

Finally, there's a drug to make this go away. I learned about it last night on TV. It's called Lunestra. It's touted as a prescription sleep aid for people with 'restless minds.' "


Hmmm....
maybe Tom Cruise is onto something.
"Restless mind" is a gift and a curse and wouldn't want a "cure"
so much as just an occasional nap.

Warrenellis.com � Actor Names Child After Superman, Somehow Does Not Get Child Taken Away By Social Services

Warrenellis.com � Actor Names Child After Superman, Somehow Does Not Get Child Taken Away By Social Services

Kal-El?
KAL-EL?!?!?

drunk blogging

instead of e-mailing all the amazing women I know
and saw tonight
I figured I'd blog instead...
haha...

had an interesting medicine show gig tonight,
after the pay what you will "bog of cats"...
Most of the fellas were still outta town,
so it was the Geoffrey show...
although Sheri sang a bit with us,
as did one other beautiful girl whose name I did not catch...


shifting gears...


I'm an impatient bastard,
which often leads to me being a bitter bastard...
but I'm working on it...

(edited for egotism and obnoxiousness,
here's for staying awake till ya sober up a bit!)

and on that note,
I go to roll a j,
and watch "Rome"

Monday, October 03, 2005

DeLay Faces New Charges in Texas

DeLay Faces New Charges in Texas:

"AUSTIN, Texas -- A Texas grand jury indicted Rep. Tom DeLay on a new charge of money laundering Monday, less than a week after another grand jury leveled a conspiracy charge that forced DeLay to temporarily step down as House majority leader."

I'll drink to that.

. . . Copyfight . Music (Download) Money Muddle . . File Under: Some of your friends are probably already this fucked.

. . . Copyfight . Music (Download) Money Muddle . .:

"Also, 'an artist needs to sell in excess of 1.5m units before they can show a profit.' Well, let's see. Who was it put the artists into this forced indentiture where they have to pay up front for production time, tour costs, etc? That would once again be the Cartel. Last time I looked, iTunes wasn't dictating the terms of artists' contracts."

This seems like a fine time to link to Albini's - The Problem With Music

Music on a certain level similar to all the big games,
in that, it is rigged.

Has been.
At least since there's been a "recording industry"
probably a lot longer.

Someone is getting rich off Itunes, but it's not artists.
in fact most of them will not see any more $$ from itunes
than they will from the various p2p services.

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: September 25, 2005 - October 01, 2005 Archives

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: September 25, 2005 - October 01, 2005 Archives:

"Just to refresh everyone's memory about what happened last week, three reputed mob soldiers were arrested in Florida for the February 2001 gangland-style murder of Gus Boulis, founder and one-time owner of Sun Cruz, the Florida casino boat line. Jack Abramoff and Adam Kidan muscled Boulis into selling them Sun Cruz. And it is for fraud in that acquisition that both were indicted last month.

That's all known."


As usual Marshall's on top of this stuff.

We've got right wing mobsters running the country.

That should scare you.

CNN.com - Supreme Court enters Roberts era - Oct 3, 2005

CNN.com - Supreme Court enters Roberts era - Oct 3, 2005: "If confirmed by the Senate, Miers, 60, would join Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the second sitting female justice on the bench. O'Connor became the court's first female justice in 1981.

Miers, who has never been a judge, was the first woman to serve as president of the State Bar of Texas and Dallas Bar Association. She also was a member of the Dallas City Council."

You can't tell me there's not someone who has maybe BEEN A JUDGE before who might be just a little more qualified to be a SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.

Charles Mee

Wow...
The Library Girl and I were looking at doing one of Mee's pieces
before she left town...
and now some of my favorite folks
are working on 'em...
IBP is tackling Full Circle,
and Ron (REAL ART) is working on Big Love with LSU...
so I'll get to see some Mee at least.
The scripts are rich, funny, political, etc...
GREAT stuff for actors, designers, everybody
to really sink their teeth into,
get their head around, etc.
Exactly the kind of stuff I LOVE to work on
or see.

I'll see Full Circle multiple times,
and maybe I'll even try to get together
a road trip together for Big Love...
it'd be worth it.

Sunday, October 02, 2005

HandStamp: A punk string quartet.

HandStamp: A punk string quartet.:

"I admired the beautiful arms of the violin players, their muscles toned from the back and forth of the bow. One girl with lights in her hair undulated with the ebb and flow of the music in the midst of dozens of people standing perfectly still."

It's just a shame he didn't stick around for The Mathletes...
I have beautiful arms too. ;)

haha...
seriously, great mention of Two Star on the Chonicle's local music blog...

YAY!

by the bog of cats - pay what you will Monday night

We would love a big, receptive, audience Monday as Mr. Big City Newspaper Reviewer will be in the audience...
come show us yr love
(on the cheap...)
 
pass this along to anyone you might think would be interested
 
 
details follow -
 
 
 
Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company Presents:
 

 
 
By the Bog of Cats
 
By Marina Carr
 
Houston, Tx- Set in the mysterious landscape of the bogs of rural Ireland, Marina Carr's lyrical play tells the story of Hester Swane, a woman tormented by the memory of her mother, who deserted her, and enraged by a man who has betrayed her. On the brink of heartbreak and desperation, she travels a terrible path of vengeance that results in a tragic conclusion. With this play, brimming with dark secrets, tangled histories, spirits and black humor, Mildred’s Umbrella puts their unique stamp on this unforgettable journey of contemporary tragedy wedded with ancient myth.
 
Directed by Unhinged Production's Interim Artistic Director, Randy Symank, and produced by Mildred‘s Umbrella‘s Jennifer Decker, “By the Bog of Cats” opens September 30, at Midtown Art Center, 3414 LaBranch at Holman, and runs through October 22, Fridays and Saturdays and two “pay as you like” Mondays, (October 3rd and 17th).
 
Starring Michelle Edwards, Eric Doss, Patricia Duran, Christie Guidry, Shondra Marie, Stephen Foulard, Lyndze Duke, Karen Schlag, David Anderson, Darwin Miller and Mike Switzer.
 
 
 
For further information or reservations to this show, call 832-418-0973 or email mildredsumbrella@hotmail.com.
 
 
 
 
 
Who: Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company
 
What: By the Bog of Cats
 
When: September 30, Oct 1, 3, 7, 8, 14,15, 17, 21 and 22. at 8pm.
 
Where: Midtown Art Center, 3414 LaBranch at Holman
 
Price: $10 on Fridays and Saturdays. Two “pay as you like” performances on Oct 3 and Oct. 17. Cash or check only at the door.
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Saturday, October 01, 2005

god damn

god damn
the whiskey
and
the women

and the music
and the bars

let me get back
to the millstone
and the office
and the re-gret

and the bars

Friday, September 30, 2005

friday random ten

1. Working Class Hero - Marianne Faithful
2. Always - Clusone 3
3. Understanding Salesmen - Eels
4. Magic Bullets Theme - The Magic Bullets
5. Twee-Twee-Tweet - Cab Calloway
6. Venus - Nels Cline/Greg Bendian
7. Ourlilesiallana - Eugene Chadbourne
8. Lonely Town - Charlie Haden and Quartet West
9. I Stand Accused - Public Enemy
10. Shazam! - Beastie Boys

tdu update

looks like we're playing two sets at the amnesty benefit...
one about 6 and one about 9:30...
I'll make at least part of the 6 o clock set,
but I'll still be "By the bog of cats" at nine...

anyway, go support Amnesty and all that...

Feelin' Boggy...

So, when my director said,
"Everyone go get some rest tonight."
I thought he said,
"Go drink tequila until 4 a.m.
and then eat mexican food."

damn these ears...

Thursday, September 29, 2005

a play and some bands...chances to see me - aren't you excited?

This weekend "By The Bog of Cats" opens...
and both The Mathletes and The Defenestration Unit will be playing...
 
TDU is on the Amnesty Int. Benefit gig at Last Concert...  (http://www.lastconcert.com/))
so far nobody has been able to tell us when we're playing...
it'll be sometime Saturday...
(from looking at the website it seems like we'll be pretty late - after the play at least,
right before free radicals! YAY!)
 
The Mathletes are playing Friday night at Helios...
We'll be playing with Two Star Symphony and Landfall...
This is gonna be a fun show, and the debut of the latest mathletes lineup...
 
and of course before one of the shows you should come see
"By The Bog Of Cats"
 
cut and pasted info follows:
 
 
 

This show was playing in the London West end. Now you can see it in Houston.

Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company Presents:

By the Bog of Cats

By Marina Carr

Houston, Tx- Set in the mysterious landscape of the bogs of rural Ireland, Marina Carr's lyrical play tells the story of Hester Swane, a woman tormented by the memory of her mother, who deserted her, and enraged by a man who has betrayed her. On the brink of heartbreak and desperation, she travels a terrible path of vengeance that results in a tragic conclusion. With this play, brimming with dark secrets, tangled histories, spirits and black humor, Mildred’s Umbrella puts their unique stamp on this unforgettable journey of contemporary tragedy wedded with ancient myth.

Directed by Unhinged Production's Interim Artistic Director, Randy Symank, and produced by Mildred‘s Umbrella‘s Jennifer Decker, “By the Bog of Cats” opens September 30, at Midtown Art Center, 3414 LaBranch at Holman, and runs through October 22, Fridays and Saturdays and two “pay as you like” Mondays, (October 3rd and 17th).

Starring Michelle Edwards, Eric Doss, Patricia Duran, Shondra Marie, Stephen Foulard, Lyndze Duke, Karen Schlag, David Anderson, Darwin Miller, Mike Switzer and Dan Laden.

 

For further information or reservations to this show, call 832-418-0973 or email mildredsumbrella@hotmail.com.

 

 

Who: Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company

What: By the Bog of Cats

When: September 30, Oct 1, 3, 7, 8, 14,15, 17, 21 and 22. at 8pm.

Where: Midtown Art Center, 3414 LaBranch at Holman

Price: $10 on Fridays and Saturdays. Two “pay as you like” performances on Oct 3 and Oct. 17. Cash or check only at the door.


http://notacompliment.blogspot.com
 
 

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

RPS - 25

Utter madness via Misc. Heathen:

RPS - 25

Eschaton - Delay Indicted

Eschaton:

"A Travis County grand jury today indicted U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on one count of criminal conspiracy, jeopardizing the Sugar Land Republican's leadership role as the second most powerful Texan in Washington, D.C.

The charge, a state jail felony punishable by up to two years incarceration, stems from his role with his political committee, Texans for a Republican Majority, a now-defunct organization that already had been indicted on charges of illegally using corporate money during the 2002 legislative elections."


whooohoooo!
I'll drink to that.

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

unmotivated - file under: self-indulgent

Yeah,
so anyway,
I had a night
that ended
early this mornin'.
Later than usual.
and although
in many ways
it was
a great night
I feel
the reality
of
the devils inside
(sloth
inaction
two of the big ones)
and a real unwillingness
to, well, do much of anything.

eh.

unmotivated
moreso than usual
that possible?

going
to get fast food

Sunday, September 25, 2005

if'n there wuz a God...

I'd say
God bless
Rudyard's
Poison Girl
#'s
Notsuoh

and all the other
fine purveyors
of alcohol
and pub food
that have kept
us Houstonians
sane
drunk
and
fed
through
the great storm
that wasn't

I hope
you made
a killing

you got
all
my cash
anyway...





It's going to take
our city days
to recover
from this
whole lot
of nothing...

Saturday, September 24, 2005

Rita?

we lost power for a little while sometime after 3am...
it was back on by the time my roommate got up around 8am...
I only know we lost it cause my fridge was less than freezing this morning,
and my TV was off...
a few limbs in the yard, but no real damage anywhere that I can see...

Now if I can just find somewhere to eat lunch...
haha...
pretty sure everything is closed still,
although there's really no reason anyplace
that has power shouldn't be rocking and rolling
at this point...

Friday, September 23, 2005

so...

just been sitting on my porch,
drinking tequila,
and listening to music,
and the wind,
and I must say,
"It's great."

hope your night
is as good as mine.
a little more low key
than I though it might've been,
but nice...
real nice.

the tequila

the tequila
would like
me to tell you
we played chicken
with God
and we won.

well...

we still don't know what exactly is going to happen here...
the "official" pronouncement is that Rita'll hit closer to the LA/TX border,
but Dr. Neil is still talking about a possible
direct hit to Galveston.

We should start seeing rain and tropical storm level winds in the next few hours...

I know several people who tried to leave yesterday only to turn around...
those who did get out spent a lot of time in their cars...
stories of crossing 3 miles in 4 hours or 6 miles in 45 minutes...
One friend nearly passed out in her car,
got rearended, eventually pulled over,
got herself and her 4 cats cooled down,
and drank some ice water provided by a friendly local merchant,
and then turned around and went home.
Another left last night (talked to her as I was biking to Rudyard's...
bars are the only things open...Rudz, Poison Girl, #"s, and Notsuoh were up and running last night...) She said there was no traffic all the way to intercontinental and she wasn't worried. Talked to her later - when she hit 1960 it came to a DEAD standstill, and after an hour or so of that, she turned around and came home.
Lots of folks I know are staying, and most of them were at Rudyard's drinking last night...
I've got some neighbors I know across the street, and down the street that are riding it out here in the neighborhood.

so, I'm just sitting here waiting, freezing water, and filling tubs...
got my canned goods and my candles...

ahhh, good times.

I'll try to update again before I lose my connection or power...

Thursday, September 22, 2005

Brian Udelhofen

Brian Udelhofen

Wow...
this is cool...

looks like

I'm riding out the storm...
my family left last night while I was at rehearsal,
and my other possible ride out has decided to stay.
Still have a few options for getting a little further into the city...

we'll see.

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Monday, September 19, 2005

there's just something

about biking
around this city
after every one else
is in bed,
or before they've gotten up...
the sounds,
the smells,
the empty streets...
coffee
and water
running underground,
fresh bread
and circles
in the
middle of the street

Sunday, September 18, 2005

a quick note...

just to say,

"Rules are
for suckers."

Friday, September 16, 2005

Daily Kos: Lights in New Orleans. For Bush.

Daily Kos: Lights in New Orleans. For Bush.:
"... the power came back on for blocks on end. Kevin Tibbles was positively jubilant on the live update edition of Nightly News that we fed to the West Coast. The mini-mart, long ago cleaned out by looters, was nonetheless bathed in light, including the empty, roped-off gas pumps. The motorcade route through the district was partially lit no more than 30 minutes before POTUS drove through. And yet last night, no more than an hour after the President departed, the lights went out. "

wtf? If they don't want us to assume the worst they better explain this one.

Thursday, September 15, 2005

HoustonChronicle.com - Bring Back the Guns

HoustonChronicle.com - Bring Back the Guns:
"'We really like it here,' Brownlie says. 'I'm influenced by the strange, awesome, gimpy music scene we have here and the way it functions. The fact that Houston is overlooked as a music scene means that people are making uncompromised music with no ambition toward a career. They're making the music that matters to themselves and their 20 closest friends.'"

YES.

EDISON HATE FUTURE: The Poll PLUS All EDISON's So Far - File Under: That is a shirt I would wear.

Go vote for your favorite "Edison Hate Future":

Warrenellis.com � EDISON HATE FUTURE: The Poll PLUS All EDISONs So Far

The winner will end up on a t-shirt,
and that is a shirt I would wear.

defective yeti: Roberts Continues To Stonewall On Logan v. Wayne

This bit of funny brought to you via Bookslut.

defective yeti: Roberts Continues To Stonewall On Logan v. Wayne:

"'Powers?' interjected committee Chairman Sen. Arlen Specter. 'Batman doesn't even have any powers. So my colleague's implication that Batman is even in the same league as Wolverine is nothing short of wishful thinking, wouldn't you agree, Mr Roberts?'

Refusing to take the bait, Robert again declined to answer."


I can't believe Roberts is gonna be the next chief justice.


Tuesday, September 13, 2005

What we dug about Maynard - Los Angeles Times

What we dug about Maynard - Los Angeles Times:
"But the difference between Maynard's brand of slacker — and with his famous aversion to work, he was certainly among the first of the slackers — and today's acne-ridden layabout is that Maynard, for all his silliness, was inherently wise. His sense of justice arose directly out of his cultural interests, not in spite of them. His character was the result of what he dug rather than what he didn't dig. His love of Thelonious Monk didn't preclude his friendship with the straight-laced Dobie. A hippie, with all of his circumscribed cultural baggage, would probably have dismissed Dobie as an incorrigible square. Maynard was nuanced enough to have friends on both sides of the radio dial."

Operation: Ceasefire

Operation: Ceasefire

Sept. 24, 2005 - A FREE MUSIC FESTIVAL TO STOP THE WAR IN IRAQ!

THIEVERY CORPORATION - BOUNCING SOULS
LE TIGRE - THE COUP - STEVE EARLE - TED LEO + THE PHARMACISTS
WAYNE KRAMER OF THE MC5 WITH THE BELLRAYS
Sweet Honey in the Rock and The Evens.
HEAD-ROC - HOSTED BY JELLO BIAFRA


Now that is a music fest I would go to....
and it's FREE!!!

HoustonChronicle.com - For AstroWorld, the ride is over

HoustonChronicle.com - For AstroWorld, the ride is over:
"For AstroWorld, the ride is over
With attendance sinking and the land's value up, the park will close at season's end"

This makes me sad...
maybe I should try to go Saturday...
and ride some of the rides for the last time ever...

I worked at Astroworld one summer...
saw a TON of concerts there - short list:
The Cure
Depeche Mode
Howard Jones
Adam Ant
Paul Young
Dee-Lite (w/the Happy Mondays)
The Judy's
Cheap Trick


I miss McFey and the other original mascots that I barely remember...

I haven't gone in a few summers because, well, I'm old, and I figured it'd always be there...
that's what I get for figurin', I reckon.

anyway,
what a bummer.




so...

wrote this at rehearsal tonight during a bit of downtime...
revising, drunk, as I type...

A: I feel a bit like a predator tonight.
Do you feel even a bit like prey?

B: I do not.

A: Fair enough.
But you must recognize
that just because
you don't
feel like prey
doesn't mean
you're not.
Maybe not mine,
but these woods
are full of wolves.
full of them.

B: And how do you know
I'm not one?

A: Maybe you are. Maybe you are.
Still, a she-wolf at best...





so, there's that bit of rubbish...

what else?

gave some folks who were walking along taft a ride to their
hotel on alabama and dowling on the way home from the medicine show tonight...
a very nice woman in a wheelchair and her man...
he repeatedly told me not to stop for anybody between there
and my house...
I assured him I lived around there and would be o.k....


things are rough all over...

still incredibly unmotivated on the job search front...
been spending my t10 money on whiskey, women, and what not...
it's going pretty far
so far
and so far
so good...
so good...
really is.

I bitch a lot.
A LOT.
(if you know me
you can back me up
on this one)
but things could be worse,
in fact,
they probably are.

I'll realize it
in ten minutes
or
in the morning.


Rehearsals for "By the Bog of Cats" are going well...
I just got another small part handed to me a few days ago,
so I've got a little more blocking, and a few more lines to learn...
and I get to do a little dancing again, which is good...


so, i'm about sobered up
enough to get some sleep
so I reckon I will
and I'll see you when
I see you, and I reckon
you'll see me too...

till then,
I'll say only this,

"Buy me a drink!"

Kid Ornery

Monday, September 12, 2005

World of Why?: The Fairway

World of Why?: The Fairway

This may be my new 2nd favorite webcomic.

My favorite of course remaining Achewood.

Sunday, September 11, 2005

so...

I just shaved off my goatee and my SIDEBURNS!!!

I'm in rehearsals for the next Mildred's Umbrella show
and the director wanted me to get rid of my facial hair...
I could've waited but I figured I'd let the rest of the cast
get used to seeing me as I would look in the show...

I shave off the goatee/beard a couple of times a year usually,
but I can not, literally can not remember the last time I didn't
have sideburns...

this feels very weird...

hmm...

Go see The Rx Medicine Show at Cosmo's on Thursdays...
Same great music you can hear at Helios on Mondays
without all the smoke and sweaty young people...
just in case you have something against sweaty young people.
I went last Thursday and had a great time.

Also saw a show at Barnevelder last night...
Fallen Sindhur
really cool stuff...
mix of classical indian, modern, ballet, etc...
They used the music of Jason Moran and Tabla Beat Science...
I dug the TBS but not so much the Moran stuff.
The jazz made it hard to focus on the dance for me,
not entirely sure why...
Tabla Beat Science however worked perfectly...
Somehow it actually focussed me.
Anyway, it's a cool show and you should check it out.

there were a few other misc. tidbits I was gonna post about
but now I'll be damned if I remember what they were.

Police in Suburbs Blocked Evacuees, Witnesses Report - New York Times

HOLY MOTHER FUCK!
the people runnin' shit are SO fuct I don't know how we're expected to keep our sanity at all...
via Atrios (eschaton)

Police in Suburbs Blocked Evacuees, Witnesses Report - New York Times


Police agencies to the south of New Orleans were so fearful of the crowds trying to leave the city after Hurricane Katrina that they sealed a crucial bridge over the Mississippi River and turned back hundreds of desperate evacuees, two paramedics who were in the crowd said.

drunk blogging

so here it is,
3 a.m.
two birthday parties
3 birthdays
(maybe more)
and at least
four whiskeys,

and I'm giving
my ego
free reign.

Every missed opportunity
is like a needle
in the eye.

I can do anything.

Fuck you.

I can.

and I sit on the sidelines
and I hear people bitch
about the work
when I'd love to be doing it.

and
I'm working towards it
but,
I am an impatient bastard.

having
no faith
in the future
(quality or existence)
will do that.

right now,
you're right,
it is
none of your business,
but I am
drinking too much,
and doing too little,
and raging against
things over which,
I have no control.

I'm letting my ego
make decisions.
questioning loyalties.
losing faith.

yeah,
I know,
I'm not a big faith
one anyway...

I was thinking about it,
and I totally buy
the whole
existential
born alone
die alone
the closest
I can get to you
is one man deep
thing

at the same time
I perceive you
and I'm stuck with that.

we're stuck with that.

we're stuck here together.
perceiving each other.
and it's not easy.
but can't we
make the best of it?

do I have to sit
here
3 a.m. and rage
about the things I'm not doing?

why can't just celebrate
the things I am?

poison I reckon...
it's got me somewhere deep.

not sure if I's born broke,
or just grew wrong

haha

see how quickly the ego deflates?

nothing like grand delusion
with a side of self-loathing

so,
once again,
let's hear it for the whiskey
and the ego
and the hate

may they fuel me for years


M

(yeah, it's self indulgent crap,
but it's a blog...
as they say, "ya get what ya pay for...")

Friday, September 09, 2005

HoustonSoReal: Well, Maybe this is why more rappers don't speak out on the issues... They Want Scion Money!

HoustonSoReal: Well, Maybe this is why more rappers don't speak out on the issues... They Want Scion Money!:

"Bavu Blakes received an affidavit stating that he was in the Top Ten – chosen by DJ Premier, Green Lantern and Sean Cane, and that voting would commence, online, Monday August 29th on the website www.scionnextup.com.

Today, he received a call, again from Jay Cortez, stating that he had been removed from the contest because of the political lyrics in his song “Black Gold.” The lyrics in question are:

1. 'Now Bush and bin Laden got so much they rotten'
2. 'Texas home of the real death row'
3. 'What'd we really go to Iraq fo?'"

File Under: Houston Proud! - soul sides: K-OTIX MOS DEF: RIGHT ON TIME

soul sides: K-OTIX MOS DEF: RIGHT ON TIME

Go check out K-Otix - "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People"

If yr into Houston hip-hop I suggest you check in here regular-like.

Subdivided We Stand: I Read Leviticus So You Don't Have To

Subdivided We Stand: I Read Leviticus So You Don't Have To:

"But hey -- who has time to sit around and read Leviticus these days?

That's where I come in. I want to help you, my red state friends, in your mission of becoming even more judgemental. So from time to time over the next few weeks, I'm going to read and summarize Leviticus for you. By the end of all this, you'll know just who's an abomination, who you should smite, who's unclean, etc. Think of all the new folks you'll be able to seethe about!"

Thursday, September 08, 2005

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Mike Sterling's Progressive Ruin

Mike Sterling's Progressive Ruin:
"'Shame about what happened to Wonder Woman's team,' Spider-Man said sadly. The offices of the Daily Planet, usually bustling with busy reporters, was now a makeshift command center in the battle against the unknown forces that threatened the planet.

'There will be time to mourn later,' noted Shrinking Violet. 'We must think of something to do right now.'

'What she said,' chimed in Kojak. 'Supes and that other guy can only hold out for so long. We're licked if we can't come up with a pl....'

Suddenly a door slammed open, startling everyone. The Black Knight drew his sword. Frodo instinctively pawed for his ring, only to be stopped by Samwise. Jesus reached for his lightsaber.

A figure stood in the doorway, tall with flowing hair, features obscured by shadow.

Firestorm whispered 'that...that can't be who I think it is, can it? I thought he was just a myth!'

'Oh, I'm much more than a myth,' said the mysterious figure. 'I'm also...your only hope.'"


and it get's funnier.

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

AP Wire | 09/06/2005 | Bob Denver, TV's Gilligan, dead at 70

AP Wire | 09/06/2005 | Bob Denver, TV's Gilligan, dead at 70:
"As Krebs, Denver's only desire was to play the bongos and hang out at coffee houses, and he would shriek every time the word 'work' was mentioned."

Discovering Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Love of Dobie Gillis on Nick at Nite was like discovering my archetype, or a fun house mirror, or something...
While he was not the first slacker, and only a parody of a beat, he stands as a shining example to all of us who only want to play bongos and hang out at coffee houses,
and grow goatees,
and not work.

It wasn't too long ago he was busted for marijuana possession (Denver, not Krebs)...

I light this one for you Maynard,
you will be missed.

Monday, September 05, 2005

Warrenellis.com � Used Panties For Katrina

Warrenellis.com � Used Panties For Katrina:

"Whether you’re a horny housewife, the girl next door or a diva fetish model, your dirty underthings can help! Strip, send and save lives!"

Click opera - September 3rd, 2005

Click opera - September 3rd, 2005

Berlin's a pretty tolerant town, but whenever I wear my white Moroccan robe (and the weather this week has been Moroccan in Berlin) I get the strangest reactions. Something doesn't compute. The wild looks you see here all tend to follow fairly rigid patterns. The industrial goths wear long black leather skirts, for instance, but you can always tell what tribe they're part of. But a white man dressed as a Muslim... what tribe is that? Whose side is he on? What's he playing at? Is this the start of some trend we'd have to call something like "Fashion Muslim"?

While I'm much more of a "nothing's gonna change my clothes ever anymore" kinda guy now I still appreciate fashion freaks...
Back in Jr. High I was all about Hawaiian shirts, and then in High School I was some silly new wave/goth/punk/poseur...
Sophomore year I was easily they gayest little straight boy.
Hair permed in the front.
A broach.
Polo shirt.
Trench coat.
Beatle boots.
Plaid pants.

Now I'm mostly a jeans and t-shirt guy.
Cowboy boots.
Occasionally Overalls...

although a nice white robe does sound comfy.

Sunday, September 04, 2005

New Orleans Independent Media Center

New Orleans Independent Media Center
go here for updates on New Orleans.

Fw: [CTRL] People STILL dying trapped in New Orleans

 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 4:46 AM
Subject: [CTRL] People STILL dying trapped in New Orleans

-Caveat Lector- < http://www.total411.info/2005/09/people-still-dying-trapped-in-new.html >


From the livejournal blog of someone working inside a datacenter still operational in downtown New Orleans :
URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED.

First of all, many thanks to the kind and courageous folks currently staffing Outpost Crystal. Their compassion and honesty are unparalleled.

I am writing this to describe a horrific situation in NOLA that few are aware of, and those who are aware are doing little or nothing. As many of you have likely observed, the national media outlets are suggesting that hurricane relief is finally leading to vast improvements with each hour that passes. Food and water are being delivered, power restored, levees repaired, water drainage plans developed, and those still living successfully evacuated. Many are reporting that the final areas are being checked for survivors, as well as those who have passed at the hands of Katrina (and more often, neglect). Unfortunately, this is not the case. As demonstrated on nola.com's blog section, many individuals know the exact locations and WORKING telephone numbers of family members, most of whom are elderly, sickly, starving, and in serious need of medical attention. When able to get through on emergency telephone numbers, a feat not to be taken lightly, they are dismissed or told that dispatch would be sent immediately, yet no one has come, even though calls have been placed for days. Many do not require full evacuation, but basic medical attention and/or supplies. Many are completely immobile, and unable to access the limited relief sites or food drops. I spoke to one such individual, Ms. Lee Livermore, who was still trapped in her home earlier this evening (around 6:00pm EST).

Her nephew, living in Michigan, explained to me that she is diabetic, has difficulty moving, and he has been in contact with the coast guard, emergency services, and even the governor's office, yet nothing is being done. Stranded on a 3rd floor apartment, with little food, no sweets, and low blood sugar, her outlook is not promising. This is just one case out of hundreds, probably thousands. Incredibly, much of this information is available through nola.com, a resource many of the media are utilizing, yet remains unreported. The television broadcasts refer to none of this, simply stressing the importance of financial contributions, encouraging National Guard membership for potential volunteers, and emphasizing the positive direction the situation is headed.

For more information on these people who are stranded and requiring immediate assistance, please visit
http://www.nola.com/weblogs/nola/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_nolaview/archives/2005_09.html
Note: specific contact information and locations ARE provided

Some of these people, primarily those in high profile areas, such as universities and hospitals, have since been rescued. Others, however, are being ignored, even though their situation and status is easily discernable and their telephone contacts are reliable and consistent.


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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Relaxed, Calm, Rampage!!!

Relaxed, Calm, Rampage!!!:
"At the end of the day, Superman has to go sell Underoos and Batman gets his head planted on the top of a Pez dispenser. It is difficult to even begin to explain the ways in which this fundamental truth necessarily dominates and regulates character and story development. No one ever mentions it, but it is the financial driving force of the industry and ultimately influences every decision ever made about a superhero comic book. The next time you catch yourself balling your fists in frustration over a story line and yelling 'Why don’t they just – ' I can almost guarantee you that the answer is 'toothpaste.''"

File Under: That is a shirt I would wear.

Threadless T-Shirts - Fight, by Joe S Barnes

Televangelist Jack Van Impe called Robertson "a ... [Media Matters]

Televangelist Jack Van Impe called Robertson "a ... [Media Matters]

I love Jack Van Impe.
Bible Prophecy Today is hands down my favorite religious TV show.
Is anyone torrenting any of the good televangelicals?

I even have Van Impe's 1972 (?) record -
MARKED FOR DEATH:
Can America Survive?


I assumed I'd be able to find a description of this classic,
but no luck...
so let's just say he talks at length about the MC5, The White Panther Party, and Dope, Guns and Fornicating in the Streets...
It's a classic.

Monday, August 29, 2005

REAL ART (and politics and culture)

REAL ART (and politics and culture)

one more from real art...
just cause I'm from Pasadena...

REAL ART (and politics and culture)

REAL ART (and politics and culture):
"Never Enough

Another aspect of how our lifestyle tends to erode our culture is that people are trying extremely hard to keep up -- not only with their neighbors, but also just the two jobs they have.

There's an amazing outbreak of amphetamines across the country that you've probably heard of. It's rampant across the country now. Everybody talks about marijuana being the problem. That's not the problem -- it's individuals who are essentially hijacking their pleasure centers, trying to stay awake."


this is mostly just a reminder to go visit Real Art regular like...
Ron's running from the storm, and I'd say he's in my prayers,
but neither of us believe in that stuff,
so I'll just use my super powers I've gained
by clearing my body of thetans to keep him and his safe,
or maybe I'll light a candle...

"We've got to face the fact that the accumlation of things is simply not a desirable goal: getting off of the parental teat years ago and realizing that I was poor was probably one of the best things that's ever happened to me--once I could no longer afford them, I realized that I didn't really care about all the crap I had been buying at the mall for years on my folks' credit card. Happiness is about family, community, and friends, and you just can't buy stuff like that."

Ron...
good luck, stay safe, etc...


Saturday, August 27, 2005

Fw: [CTRL] PPOX GENOME: THE VAMPIRE GENE


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael B.Clark"
To: <CTRL@LISTSERV.AOL.COM>
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] PPOX GENOME: THE VAMPIRE GENE

> -Caveat Lector-
>
> The REPTILIANS ( ANNUNAKI ) created a race of surface
>
> dwellers to handle affairs for them so they would not
>
> have to put themselves in harms way.
>
>
> This RACE of SURFACE DWELLERS is known as MEROVINGIANS.
>
> Sometimes also known as EUROPEAN BLACK NOBILITY.
>
>
> They all carry a GENETIC TRAIT known as PORPHYRIA VARIEGATA.
>
> Otherwise known as the VAMPIRE DISEASE.
>
>
> Forget almost everything that Hollywood has told you about
>
> vampires. Only about 50 percent of it is true.
>
>
> Those persons carrying the VAMPIRE GENOME ( PPOX GENE )
>
> are deficient in FOUR ENZYMES. And from time to time
>
> they have to go replenish those enzymes they are missing.
>
>
> http://srs.sanger.ac.uk/srsbin/cgi-bin/wgetz?%5Bomim-ID:600923%5D+-e
>
>
> This replenishment is done by drinking human blood.
>
> Throughout thousands of years they have done this by
>
> the willingness of CERTAIN BLOODLINE FEMALES known
>
> as STARFIRE VIRGINS. These STARFIRE VIRGINS willingly
>
> allowed the vampire to drink of their blood.
>
>
> One of the primary fallacies promoted by Hollywood is
>
> that the FAVORITE DRINK of VAMPIRES is HUMAN BLOOD. This
>
> could not be further from the truth.
>
>
> The FAVORITE DRINK of the VAMPIRES is known as ELIXIR
>
> of STARFIRE.
>
>
>
> Get ready for this one.
>
>
> ELIXIR of STARFIRE is the MENSTRUAL FLUID of the STARFIRE
>
> VIRGINS. The vampires obtain the FOUR NEEDED ENZYMES
>
> plus TWO MORE. The two additional enzymes are SEROTONIN
>
> and MELATONIN.
>
>
> Just a few of my sources on this matter are as follows.
>
>
> January 6 1968 BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL which had a 100
>
> page article on vampirism.
>
>
> January 13 1968 BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL which had an
>
> additional 6 articles on VAMPIRISM and EUROPEAN BLACK
>
> NOBILITY.
>
>
> A book entitled " The PURPLE SECRET " by Dr.Martin Rohl
>
> ( when European Black Nobility turn into vampires their
>
> urine turns the COLOR PURPLE. I'm not making this up )
>
>
> A book by Nicholas De Vere " The DRAGON RACE ".
>
>
> Sir Laurence Gardner's various books:
>
> " Genesis of the Grail Kings "
>
> " Realm of the Ring Lords "
>
> " Bloodline of the Holy Grail "
>
>
> Stacy Twyman editor of Dagoberts Revenge Magazine in her
>
> most recent book " THe MEROVINGIAN MYTHOS ".
>
>
>
> If you want I could provide you with over 500 references
>
> to the CONNECTION between EUROPEAN BLACK NOBILITY
>
> ( the MEROVINGIANS ) and the vampire disease.
>
> www.ctrl.org
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rock and what?

so, what have I been up to?
Tamalalia, karaoke, and, um, whiskey...

ok...i was about to type that I had set my alarm for noon today,
and I didn't know why, when I remembered why...
hopped in the shower, grabbed my leftover Star Pizza outta the fridge, stopped got a red bull and a bottled water and rushed to rehearsal...
of course it turns out we're not running the act I'm in,
that I'm just there to work with the vocal coach,
which takes all of say 2 minutes,
and now I'm back home, and won't be able to get a nap in cause I had a damned red bull...
so whoohoo!

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Saturday, August 20, 2005

Googe Video - MacBeth and The Mathletes

Do a search for MacBeth
and see the trailer for
the Brazosport Lil' Players movie.
It's "MacBeth" like you've never
seen it before. Really.


and then you can do a search for
The Mathletes and watch a few of
Joe's fine music videos.

Ok.

Friday, August 19, 2005

DIAL B for BLOG

DIAL B for BLOG:

"This was the real purpose of Presley's trip to see Nixon -- he wanted to be declared a Federal Agent so he and his bodyguards could legally carry small arms in every state in America. Nixon’s badge allowed them to do just that. Now, Elvis was legally empowered to protect himself, and carry on the fight for justice and 'respecting the flag' -- just like his boyhood hero, Captain Marvel Jr.!"

All the times I've heard this story I've never heard this explanation...
it makes perfect sense.

Friday Random Ten

Been meaning to steal this from Tbogg(actually I'm sure I've seen it lots of place's...just see it there most often)

1. Charles Mingus - Jack The Fieldstalker - Complete Debut Recordings

2. Willie Nelson - Something to think about - Countryman

3. Jad Fair - Leaders of the Trend - Sunshiney Sunshine

4. SOA - Riot - Dischord 1981 The Year in 7 inches

5. ENON - Gimlet - On Hold

6. LCD Soundsystem - Yeah (Pretentious version) - LCD Soundsystem

7. Ornette Coleman - Kaleidoscope - This Is Our Music

8. Talking Heads - Who is it? - The Name of This Band is Talking Heads

9. Charlie Haden's Quartet West - Scenes from a Silver Screen - The Art of Song

10. NRG Ensemble - Wouldn't Want to Eat it - Bejazzo Gets a Facelift

R.I.P. Randy "Biscuit" Turner

got this through myspace and I couldn't find a link...
but this is some SAD news...


Big Boys singer put funk in punk

Musician found dead in South Austin home; police investigating

By Joshunda Sanders, Joe Gross
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Friday, August 19, 2005

Beloved punk icon Randy "Biscuit" Turner was found dead in his home Thursday afternoon, the same day a feature story about him appeared in the The Austin Chronicle.

Marc Savlov, a Chronicle reporter who wrote the cover story about Turner, told a group of neighbors who stood outside of Turner's South Austin home that he was the person who went to house, looked inside and called police. "I opened the door, and it was dead silent," he said, his hand shaking as he held his cell phone. He said he had just come from giving a statement to police.

Police investigators at the scene did not release details about Turner's death Thursday night. Investigators from the Travis County medical examiner's office did not return calls. Kevin Buchman, an Austin police spokesman, would not confirm the identity of the body Thursday night. He said it was not being considered a suspicious death.

Nationally, Turner was best known as the frontman for punk-funk pioneers the Big Boys. With the Big Boys, Turner subverted the rapidly entrenching dogmas of American hardcore punk in the late 1970s and early '80s with humor, eclectic songwriting and outrageous costumes.

With guitarist Tim Kerr, bassist Chris Gates and drummer Rey Washam, the Big Boys, which lasted from 1978 to 1984, became known for explosive and funky live shows. They slowed down punk tempos to allow for syncopated rhythms and played with nonpunk bands such as the Washington, D.C., go-go act Trouble Funk. The Big Boys can be seen as a direct precursor to funky rock acts such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Fishbone. The band's encouragement of audience participation made them iconic punk rockers.

"It's hard to overstate how huge they were in Austin," Butthole Surfers drummer King Coffey said Thursday evening. "They weren't just a punk band. A really wide spectrum of people would check out the shows. It was due in a large part to Biscuit. Everyone in the crowd would be dancing and having so much fun, and Biscuit was like the ringleader of this band that would sometimes have a full horn section on stage. The band's motto was 'fun, fun, fun,' and that was Biscuit to a T.

"People like Biscuit created an amazing community here," Coffey continued. "The Big Boys were the heart and soul of it, and he was the heart and soul of the Big Boys. He meant so much to the music scene here in Texas and to punks throughout the U.S."

Influential punk rockers such as Coffey, Minor Threat and Fugazi frontman Ian MacKaye, and producer Steve Albini paid tribute to the Big Boys in essays included in the band's two anthology CDs, "The Skinny Elvis" and "The Fat Elvis." The East North Loop record store Sound on Sound is named after a Big Boys song. Turner went on to sing with Cargo Cult, Swine King and was working on new projects, including visual art.

Neighbors said that Turner was an artistic, off-beat personality who often retreated into his house for days to work on visual art. His neighbors gathered at the corner where his house was and reminisced about the Austin Music Hall of Fame inductee that they knew as a character who took pride in the tree full of plastic blue bottles in his yard, being quirky and creating art.

"He brought such a touch of humor and life to the block," said Robert Goyer, 46, who lives across the street. "He's irreplaceable."

Goyer said Turner would do things like paint snakes on the road. Last year, he hosted an open house where everything in the house was orange — right down to the Cheetos and soda. Other neighbors said that he would offer to watch their animals when they were away. Goyer said that Turner had been looking forward to an art show in Nacogdoches and was excited about the Chronicle article.

"It's my world, and sometimes I retreat to it knowing full well that beyond that front door right there is horror and destruction and death and mayhem," Turner said in the Aug. 19 cover story. "But I know I can't control any of that, and so this little world that I've created here, well, I can barely control that, too, but it's much more fun."

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Slashdot | V For Vendetta Delayed until March 2006

Slashdot | V For Vendetta Delayed until March 2006:

"According to Sci Fi Wire, V for Vendetta, originally slated to open on Nov. 4, has been pushed back to next March."

They can push it back all they want.
They still won't have a good movie when they're done.
Sad really.

Stay Free! Daily: Beer for kids

The Japanese even do bad better than us...

Stay Free! Daily: Beer for kids:

"'Even kids cannot stand life unless they have a drink,'"

This is bad, right?

Bill Clinton's Post-Presidency - A Plan for World Domination

Bill Clinton's Post-Presidency - A Plan for World Domination:

If I was one o' them New World Order Conspiracy types then this would worry me...

"Five years after his presidency, Clinton still thinks like a world leader. In some ways, it’s more complicated: He thinks like the leader of the world. While there’s no official means to be president of the planet, other than as U.N. secretary-general—a prospect constantly floated by Clinton supporters, though it’s practically impossible—he certainly seems to be trying hard to invent one. On September 15, the former president will be hosting the grandly titled Clinton Global Initiative, a conference timed to coincide with the World Summit at the U.N. The guest list features an impressive and eccentric mix of moguls, heads of state, and problem-solvers—from Sonia Gandhi to George Soros to Rupert Murdoch—who, after three days of panel-going and furious rubber-chicken consumption, are expected to sign pledges to do something about bettering the world."

I'm actually pretty ambivalent about Clinton...
He was far from ideal but he did make a real difference for the working class.
I could actually go look up data and make the argument,
but I'm lazy,
and it's not my job...
eh...

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Fw: [CTRL] Raw intel: Charleston Naval Base in Aug. 17 drill

 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 12:09 AM
Subject: [CTRL] Raw intel: Charleston Naval Base in Aug. 17 drill

-Caveat Lector-  

Raw intel: Charleston Naval Base in Aug. 17 drill

(Total411.info) -- RAW INTEL UNVERIFIED -- Someone claiming to be in the Navy posted the following comment to total911.info. This website has communicated further with the source, who seems credible. This is what the source posted:
I am navy here in charleston....i know for a fact that the nurses in charge of the clinics in the hospital in north charleston, which is just a few blocks away from the harbor have "freed" up the doctors sched tomorrow so they can attend said drill. i was talking about this to a fellow corpsman and one of the head nurses said we weren't to talk about it, and that he had just freed up the docs to attend the drill. its not to be common knowledge he said. there where no other details discussed.
Interviewing further the source, one of the games being played military spokesmen becomes apparent. You see, the Charleston Naval Base is based in the city of North Charleston, South Carolina. So when NORTHCOMM told the Charleston Post and Courier there were no drills scheduled for Charleston -- that didn't include North Charleston, which is a different city. North Charleston contains the Naval ports -- "ports off Charleston."



The Charleston Naval Base has been majorly downsized the past 15 years, so the largely abandoned facilities would be perfect for a "drill" like this.

Moreover, the Charleston Naval Base in North Charleston, did pick up one major program since the downsizing, according to GlobalSecurity.org:
The military remains a major industry in the Charleston area today, despite major downsizings. The 1995 round of Base Realignments and Closures resulted in the decision for Charleston to receive the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command transferring from Orlando, Florida, bringing with it 500 permanent active military jobs as well as 2,500 transient students attending the school each year. The Navy expects to have an estimated 7,800 active and civilian employees after the April '96 closure, with the 500 Power Training Command employees to be added by 1999.
The NNPTC is in the Naval Weapons Center in Goose Creek, which is north of North Charleston and was originally established as the Charleston Naval Ammunition Depot. Very interesting.

So, despite denials in the Charleston print and electronic press, indications are that military facilities in the Charleston area are drilling on Wednesday August 17th. Here are some contact numbers to ask people if they're aware of the danger that the nuclear drill Wednesday could "go live" with the help of an inside job:

  • Naval Weapons Center - (843) 764-4094 ; (843)764-7000
  • Naval Hospital Info Desk - 843 - 743-7000
  • EPA Charleston / North Charleston Community-Based Environmental Protection Project:(404) 562-9649 ; 803-935-6592 ; 843-792-1669 -0- ask if they know whether or not the Navy will be playing with live nukes Wednesday.
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    Fw: [CTRL] Raw intel: Ft. Monroe / Charleston nuke drill rescheduled for Aug. 18 (Thursday)

     
    ----- Original Message -----
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    Subject: [CTRL] Raw intel: Ft. Monroe / Charleston nuke drill rescheduled for Aug. 18 (Thursday)

    -Caveat Lector-  

    Raw intel: Ft. Monroe / Charleston nuke drill rescheduled for Aug. 18 (Thursday)

    August 17 8pm EDT -- UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE -- Naval source says U.S. Navy drill scheduled for Charleston Harbor today, Aug. 17, has been RESCHEDULED for Thursday afternoon, at approximately 3:30pm .

    Source confirms drill is tied to NORTHCOM nuclear terror command drill at Ft. Monroe.

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    DIAL B for BLOG - Elvis and Captain Marvel Jr.

    This is just weird.

    DIAL B for BLOG

    ReadyMade: Feature - How did you get your f*&%ing awesome job? - Daniel Clowes

    I''ve been reading Clowes since..well..a long time...
    great stuff. Can't wait to see "Art School Confidential"...
    he gives good interview too,
    so go read already.

    ReadyMade: Feature - How did you get your f*&%ing awesome job? - Daniel Clowes

    Tuesday, August 16, 2005

    k-punk: IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE ALL DIE: THE CURE'S UNHOLY TRINITY

    Maybe you remember a while back when I referred to The Cure as "psychedelic".
    Well here's a lot more from somebody who thinks about The Cure too much.
    My friend Ted e-mailed me the link to this really great write-up of the big three Cure records.

    k-punk: IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE ALL DIE: THE CURE'S UNHOLY TRINITY:
    "Goth morbidity arose in part from a Schopenhauerian scorn for organic life: from Goth’s perspective, death was the truth of sexuality. Sexuality was what the ceaseless cycle of birth-reproduction-death (as icily surveyed by Siouxsie on Dreamhouse’s ‘Circle Line’) needed in order to perpetuate itself. Death was simultaneously outside this circuit and what it was really about. Affirming sexuality meant affirming the world, whereas Goth set itself, in Houllebecq’s marvelous phrase, against the world and against life. By the early eighties, it was possible to posit a rock anti-tradition that had similar affiliations, an anhedonic, anti-vital rock lineage that began with The Stones – with the neurasthenic Jagger of ‘Paint it Black’ rather than the cloven-hooved demonic-Dionysus of ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ - and passed through the Stooges and the Pistols, before reaching its nadir-as-zenith in Joy Division. But Goth suspected that rock was that always and essentially a death trip. This was the gambit of The Birthday Party, who hunted rock’s mythology back to the fetid, voodoo-stalked crossroads and swamplands of the delta blues. After all, isn’t Blues the clearest possible demonstration of the discrepancy between desire and enjoyment, and therefore of the validity of the theory of the death drive? The Blues juju – or jou-jou – relies upon the enjoyment of desires that cannot be satisfied."

    haven't been posting

    go see the dos chicas show...it's funny...
    that's the goal...
    it succeeds..

    and go see the freneticore show too...

    (hopefully I'll update with links in the a.m.)

    uhm, other than that there's this:

    I'm a devil
    devious with desire
    honest with anger
    thwarted by the righteous
    and confused by the rest




    and this:

    these are the bohemian days
    days of sleep
    and hangovers
    and nights of drinking
    and dancing
    and yes,
    women,
    and song...

    a time not just for old bad habits,
    but a time to explore new ones!

    a time to be

    to eat when I'm hungry
    and sleep when I'm tired

    so maybe I don't
    have the time
    or the inclination
    to do all the things
    I used to do

    but I'm still here.