o.k.

so,
I'm just gonna keep writing for a while tonight,
and seeing what comes out...

Of all the pieces I've only half finished,
the one that I think is the most worthwhile
would require weeks of workshops and someone
over me with a lot more experience than I have doing
these things...
it's about cell phones,
and so much of the dialogue is abitrary
as long as certain points are hit
that it only makes sense
to let the actors have a hand
in setting the language...
or is that a cop out?

Right now
I'm not
doing the work
required of me,
in any area.

I keep saying,
"tomorrow,
Monday,
Wednesday,
Friday,
tomorrow..."

I am about as frustrated
in every area of life
as I've ever been...
high school...
college...
any of it.


I have
arachaic notions
of the way
things
are supposed
to go



If you ever wonder
what I'm thinking
assume the worst...

if you want to know for sure,
slap me...
if I don't ask,
"what was that for?"
you'll know you were right.


I don't claim
to understand
any of this.
I'm just
pretty sure
that this ain't
the way
it's s'posed
to go.


I have
no killer
instinct.
could never
be a salesman.
it's either
all the same thing
or it's
all nothing.
how
do you
sell that?




I'm not saying
it's all hell
in fact
in spite
of it all
I enjoy myself
quite a bit
drinking
dancing
playing
smoking
eating
thinking

(ah thinking
there's a double-edge
if'n there ever was one,
I mean, really,
don't you just wish
sometimes
that it'd stop
all of it
the words
and all their permutations
just dancin
around yr noggin'?
I know I do

and sometimes
I suppose it does

when I'm dancin'

or engaging
in the sort
of activity
that footloose
says that
dancin' leads to

I reckon
perhaps sometimes
dancin'
might stand
as a substitute
for somethin' else
I don't think
there's much
o' anything
that could stand
as a substitute
for dancin')


I had to waltz
a bit
in the last show

had it in rehearsal

know I did

lost it in performance

pissed me off

everyone else seemed o.k. with it

confusing.



sometimes I think
I'm barely
holding it together
sometimes I think
holding it together
is all I'm doing

the scariest thing I ever heard.
a friend and I.
we're having a conversation.
college.
late.
drunk.
I said,
"I think I'm gettin close to the edge"
he said (and this is it), "There is no edge."
he moved back to Ohio.
became a junkie.
I stayed here and became a pothead.
whatever.
the point.
no edge.
scary.


shouldn't we all be communists by now?
hasn't global capitalism failed yet?
it's failed me.
gotta be a better way than this...

o.k
I guess I should give up
for the night
try to get some sleep

oh yeah,

I did
make an investment
in my future today.

Bought one of them "Job" candles,
and lit it.

I should have a job
by the time
it burns down,
if not before,

and it
was only
99 cents.

so...

I haven't written a conversational update in a while...
still unemployed...
just got my LAST unemployment check...
bummer.
got a job?
preferably one with few hours and a lot of pay?

"Envy The Cockroach" rehearsals are going well...
I just need to get off book. I get to be several variations
on Johnny Asshole this show...
gonna be fun.


I drank a lot of brandy tonight,
thus the previous post...
whoohooo!


uhm,
let's see...
TDU is in flux...
we're trying a new bass player in a week or two,
we'll see how it goes...

The Mathletes (or some variation thereof)
have gigs on Nov 3-5...
and I doubt we'll have a full rehearsal before then.

I think I'm gonna go smoke a j on the porch...
maybe that'll help...

I doubt it.

grrrr...

drunk blogging

o.k.

so, when yr standing
in the kitchen
with a girl you
were only
so recently
crazy about
and she's
talking about
the new boy
and the girl
yr currenly fighting
being crazy about
has just locked
herself away
with another boy
from the bar
it's time
to down yr drink
and go home

ain't no other truth
about tonight
that's as important
as that

PopMatters My Favorite Thing | From Your First Cigarette to Your Last Dyin' Day: Schlong's Punk Side Story

PopMatters My Favorite Thing | From Your First Cigarette to Your Last Dyin' Day: Schlong's Punk Side Story:
"However, the Punk Side Story track that represents the greatest improvement over the original is 'Gee, Officer Krupke'. The comedic track -- a bunch of guys joking about their crappy lot in society and the universal detestation of their antics -- ceases to be a joke in Schlong's version, but instead becomes a more sinister expression of rebellion."

I have to agree. It was always my favorite.

Telegraph | News | Dolphin sounds 'aid brain growth in unborn child'

Telegraph | News | Dolphin sounds 'aid brain growth in unborn child':

"Dolphin sounds 'aid brain growth in unborn child'"

damn greys!

Boing Boing: Archie comics discover goth subculture

Via Boing Boing:
A recent Archie comic contains a story called "She's Goth to Have It" in which Betty throws off her preppie look for a goth lifestyle of chai-sipping and black-wearing and book-reading.

that's hot.
no, really.

though Veronica would make a better Goth,
being a brunette and all...

TPMCafe || Saving Davis-Bacon

TPMCafe || Saving Davis-Bacon:
"It was announced today that the President will overturn his Gulf Coast wage cut on November 8. This was a direct result of intense pressure from Democrats and labor and religious leaders."

The tide is turning folks...

Deerhoof: Deermix!

Make Joe Mathlete happy.
Remix a deerhoof song.

Deerhoof: Deermix!

Stay Free! Daily: Saved Fundamentalist Christians Shouldn't Drive

Stay Free! Daily: Saved Fundamentalist Christians Shouldn't Drive: "I'm sure everyone here has been driving and seen the bumper sticker that reads 'In case of Rapture, car will be unmanned.' While this never fails to inspire some very action-movie style daydreams and exciting video game premises, it also brings up a far more practical issue: should saved Christians be allowed to drive?"

Indeed.

Center for Tactical Magic

Via Warren Ellis:
Center for Tactical Magic:
"Like bees making flowers bloom in the draft of their honey-making prep work, what we beckon forth are the spell-binding endeavors, encrypted and preserved in lost arts and artfulness, that leave behind the sensed effects of exchange and reciprocity, whether between individuals, communities, environments, or other systems of existence. Not a single magic flower, but a garden that nourishes through multiplicity and cumulative effect - this is the shapeshifting art of transformation. This is Tactical Magic."

some very interesting stuff...

It's funny, with the Fitzgerald indictments coming down, and DeLay's mugshot showing up, and Frist under investigation I've been allowing myself to look more and more at conspiracy and various other "nutjob" sites... great stuff...

REAL ART (and politics and culture)

REAL ART (and politics and culture):
"...the political establishment is stuck in a dynamic such that examination of American citizens-as-workers is all but impossible. That is, there is no public discourse about how people are being continually raked over the coals in terms of their employment or lack thereof. Nobody in polite society even thinks to fault the system. Nobody dares suggest that business' attitude toward workers is unjust, and such a problem might be solved by (gasp!) regulating business."

As usual, Ron gets it.

Wampum: Starting at Center, number 43, from SMU, Harriet Mieeeeeeeers

Wampum: Starting at Center, number 43, from SMU, Harriet Mieeeeeeeers:
"Conservatives are getting desperate to find a way out of the Harriet Miers fiasco. Earlier today, I noted Charles Krauthammer’s idea to gin up a dispute over the production of documents in order to find a way for the nomination to be withdrawn while allowing all Republicans to save face.

Rush Limbaugh has an even crazier notion:

My idea is this: The solution to the Harriet Miers issue. The president announce that he's withdrawing her from nomination to the Supreme Court because he's decided to appoint her to succeed Alan Greenspan at the Federal Reserve. He trusts her. She has filled out her own income tax forms all of her life, and she has done her personal banking all of her life. She knows banks, she knows tax reform, tax policy, and the president trusts her, so she could go to the Federal Reserve."

I'm one of those nutjobs that says let's get rid of the Federal Reserve System. However, until we wise up and return to the gold standard Big Boss at the Fed is one of the most important positions in our world. Greenspan becomes more and more hackish all the time, but he is still a smart and powerful hack. This is the stupidest idea I've heard in a long time...
congrats Rush!

Dohiyi Mir: Worse Than 'MMM Bop' - File Under: an example of this blogs motto

Dohiyi Mir: Worse Than 'MMM Bop':
"They may remind you another famous pair of singers, the Olsen Twins, and the girls say they like that. But unlike the Olsens, who built a media empire on their fun-loving, squeaky-clean image, Lamb and Lynx are cultivating a much darker personna. They are white nationalists and use their talents to preach a message of hate."

PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF ANYTHING.
this is not a compliment.


However, if I were a Nazi pedophile, I would think they were hot shit...

character?

Miers received 10 times the market value for a small piece of land she controlled from the state of Texas, awarded by a panel stacked with friends and allies. A mediator ordered Miers to repay $26,000 but she has failed to do so.

via Atrios.

the dolphins

there's always been folks
mostly hippie types
what say
the greys are related
to dolphins

I always thought
that was some kind
of crazy hippy talk
like beating
the reptiles with love

then I saw this thing
at the end of the daily show

a moment of zen

with some news ladies
talking about
how listening to dolphins
was good for unborn babies

now I don't know what to think

but even if the greys are related
to the dolphins
I don't think
that necessarily
means they're good people

The Love Bite

The Love Bite:
"The Love Bite is the title of my recent book 'The Love Bite: Alien Interference in Human Love Relationships'"

I only wish I could blame my love life on the aliens.

Abduct my wife, please!

(o.k,
that doesn't work on many levels...)

Amazon.com: Who Built the Moon: Explore similar items

Amazon.com: Who Built the Moon: Explore similar items:

"Scientifically speaking, the moon should not exist. It doesn’t obey the rules of astrophysics and no theory of its origin explains the known facts."

FUCK YEAH!
This is the kind of crazy I'm talking about here people...
the rest of you loonies?
amateurs!

Icke - I'm looking at you!
Reptiles are quaint
compared to
WHO BUILT THE MOON?

Alien Implants and Foreign Bodies

Alien Implants and Foreign Bodies:

"Once Ms. Damly was prepped and ready, Dr. Leir made an incision in her left big toe. It took him almost an hour to find the object. When he located and touched the object with his probe, Ms. Damly spasmed, almost jerking her foot off the table. Dr. Leir found this surprising, yet hypnosis is an unreliable method of anesthesia (which is why hospitals use drugs). After an hour, the local was probably wearing off. Dr. Leir seems to think Ms. Damly's sensitivity to his probing was preternatural."


o.k.

if this thing
this thing
this thing
up my nose

this thing
they tried
to warn me about
the last time
I was in the hospital

the reason they
could only
put the oxygen tube
in one nostril

well promise me
if this thing
if we think it might be
could be
some kind of
alien implant...

if it's up my nose
it could be directly attached to my brain
so please
please

knock me the fuck out
before you try to extract it

THE DAILY DELAY: Arrest Warrant File Under: I'll drink to that!

THE DAILY DELAY: Arrest Warrant

yes,
yes I certainly will...
and with the fitzgerald indictments coming down it may be time for a party...
soon!

Fw: [CTRL] EIGHTY PERCENT OF ALL GASOLENE IS WATER

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael B.Clark" <michaelb@BLUEBONNET.NET>
To: <CTRL@LISTSERV.AOL.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] EIGHTY PERCENT OF ALL GASOLENE IS WATER

> -Caveat Lector-
>
> I just found out from another researcher that the
>
> SECRET OLIGARCHY has been adding WATER to GASOLENE for
>
> over 60 years. In fact the OLIGARCHY has had a
>
> SECRET CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY since 1946 to add enough
>
> water to REAL GASOLENE so that EIGHTY PERCENT of
>
> todays gasolene is in fact water.
>
>
> The SECRET OLIGARCHY of course is hundreds of years ahead
>
> of us in technology. Technology that we are not supposed
>
> to know about.
>
>
> They ( the SECRET OLIGARCHY ) have a chemical so small
>
> that it is nothing put a pill that they add to a mixture
>
> of WATER and REAL GASOLENE so that the WATER COMBINES
>
> CHEMICALLY with the pill and is able to be burned in our
>
> automobile engines.
>
>
> The reason I'm not surprised to hear this is because a
>
> a chemical known as BERRYMAN'S B-12 CHEMTOOL does
>
> exactly the same thing. Lawnmowers can develop
>
> water condensation in gas tanks. By adding a few
>
> ounces of BERRYMAN'S the water is bonded chemically
>
> and goes right through the carburator and burns in the
>
> engines cylinders.
>
> http://www.midwayautosupply.com/detailedproductdescription.asp?11386
>
>
> A FREE ENERGY SCIENTIST found this out back in 1996. His
>
> name was STANLEY A. MEYER and the paper was entitled
>
> BIRTH of a NEW TECHNOLOGY: WATER FUEL TECH. BRIEF.
>
>
> Of course. The SECRET OLIGARCHY had him MURDERED.
>
> They've actually MURDERED THOUSANDS. And have THOUSANDS
>
> INCARCERATED in SPECIAL PRISONS and MENTAL INSTITUTIONS.
>
> Many have been LOBOTOMIZED.
>
>
> http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/1998/mar/m29-005.shtml
>
>
> http://www.stanleymeyer.com
>
>
>
> We ladies and gentleman are being S.C.R.E.W.E.D. on a
>
> collosal scale.
>
>
> The SECRET OLIGARCHY is charging us $3.00 a gallon for
>
> GASOLENE that is EIGHTY PERCENT WATER.
>
>
> My question is HOW MUCH LONGER are we going to take their
>
> MURDEROUS OPERATIONS and ABUSE.
>
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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
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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.

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

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.

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.

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

 

 http://www.infernalbridegroom.com/macbeth.html

 

 

 

 

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.

http://notacompliment.blogspot.com

 

 

gang of four last night

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

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."

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!

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.

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!

 

 

 

 

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"

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.

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.

 

 

 

www.mildredsumbrella.com

 

 

http://notacompliment.blogspot.com

 

 

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 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...

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 17^th).

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

 

 

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.

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

a quick note...

just to say,

"Rules are
for suckers."

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.

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.

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

World of Why?: The Fairway

World of Why?: The Fairway

This may be my new 2nd favorite webcomic.

My favorite of course remaining Achewood.

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...")

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!"

Oh Canada!

You can smoke dope,
marry the man of your dreams,
and/or fuck a teenager,

and THEY hate OUR freedom?

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.

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.

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.

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

 

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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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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.

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...