The new podcast - Last Bastions - points/songs

hey! not only does the main page for my podcasts work now,
but I've got a new one for ya...

this week it's Last Bastions "Points/Songs"

Two unfinished Last Bastions projects combined with one track from "Music for Bathing" (w/ Ben Lind).
Last Bastions are Kid Ornery and Charlie Naked.
Songs were meant to have singers, but we never found any...
The "Music for Bathing" track has vocals which makes it as songlike as anything in our catalog...
You'll get points as soon as ya hear 'em...
very process oriented pieces...

hope ya dig 'em...

here's the rss to subscribe.
http://kidornery.podomatic.com/rss2.xml


ran across the Sugar Shack cover Justin and I knocked out a while back when I was putting this one together,
so look for that and more Defenestration Unit, and maybe some really ancient stuff in the near future.

Daniel Johnston’s SPEEDING MOTORCYCLE

Daniel Johnston’s SPEEDING MOTORCYCLE

We have the preview tonight and open tomorrow...
but the preview and opening night are sold out.
You want to see this show?
of course you do.
I'd make reservations soon as I expect us to sell out most of the run.


here's more on the show:

Unrequited love is a major theme in the music of Daniel Johnston, a Texas singer-songwriter who is known as much for his erratic behavior over the years as his wonderfully ebullient pop songs. Countless articles and a recent full-length film documentary have recounted his personal demons. Throughout his life, Johnston has channeled his swirling emotions and desires into his music, which bears the mark of his daily struggle. Johnston’s prolific catalogue of songs is one of extremes; it is heavily weighted in both the depths of dejection and ecstatic joy. Recurring characters make appearances: Captain America, the Beatles, Joe the Boxer, Casper the Friendly Ghost, and the Devil.

Somewhere among these sprawling episodes, a narrative was lurking. The recurring episodes told a story about a boy who loved a girl, but everyone knows love can be an earth-shattering emotion, both hellish and heavenly—maybe even literally. In Daniel Johnston’s music, Heaven and Hell are very real places.

The supernatural is a realm quite suited to rock music and live performance. As longtime fans of Johnston’s work, Infernal Bridegroom Productions approached Johnston for the opportunity to set his music to stage and tell his passionate, supernatural love story. “I thought it sounded like a cool idea,” says Johnston, “and then I saw some videos of IBP shows, and my heart jumped for joy, because the shows were really entertaining and really put together well.” With Johnston’s blessing, IBP applied for, and was awarded, a prestigious MAP Fund grant by the Rockefeller Foundation to develop the production. After over a year of development, with Johnston supplying his songs and concepts and IBP founder Jason Nodler arranging the story and providing additional text, Johnston’s hidden narrative is ready to be told. And a tale born of rock music naturally demands the appropriate vessel: a rock opera. Its title, taken from one of Johnston’s songs: Speeding Motorcycle.

Daniel Johnston’s SPEEDING MOTORCYCLE
Preview performance May 24 Sold Out
Opening Night May 25 Sold Out
Remaining performances: Fridays and Saturdays, 8pm, May 26, 27; through June 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24 - $15
All performances at the Axiom, 2524 McKinney. For reservations, call 713-522-8443 or purchase tickets online

Warrenellis.com � For Joss’ Adoring Millions: BUFFY Season 8 Is Comics-Only

Warrenellis.com � For Joss’ Adoring Millions: BUFFY Season 8 Is Comics-Only:

"BUFFY Season 8 Is Comics-Only"


Whedon is writing 6 issues of "Buffy" that will take place post season 7.
Fray was great, but I hope the "Buffy" books stay on schedule, otherwise I'll just wait for the trade...

The Free Press -- Independent News Media - Molly Ivins

The Free Press -- Independent News Media - Molly Ivins: "Naturally, in Texas, National Laboratory for Bad Government, we do it all first and worst. We started with this dandy plan to outsource applications and enrollment for social service programs such as food stamps and Medicaid. In theory, we were to save millions -- though I never could understand it myself. You see, Texas has one of the cheapest state governments on the continent, but when we hire outside contractors, they expect to make a profit. Add profit, add cost. Oh well. "


Molly gets it all right,
and she calls folks out,
and just generally rocks
like the brilliant Texas
woman she is.

Yay!

Secret rooms, the entire internet? at Pandagon

Secret rooms, the entire internet? at Pandagon:
"But the big news of the day is Wired took the big step and published all the documents from the NSA whistleblower, and with that offered a big, fat fuck you to AT&T and their mewling about keeping secrets while they were invading your privacy. This shit is damning stuff, seriously. Room numbers, photographs of the secret room, detailed descriptions of exactly how the NSA was routing information and rifling through it, the whole banana. It’s tawdry, seriously. There’s so much in here that strikes me as even worse than I imagined."

So, reading all this stuff,
well, it hits me hard,
that maybe
this grand experiment
is over.

Goodnight America,
we barely knew ya...

Burnt Orange Report: :: Stagflation Lite on the Horizon?

Burnt Orange Report: :: Stagflation Lite on the Horizon?:

"Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke may be facing a central banker's nightmare this year: what Allen Sinai, president of Decision Economics Inc. in New York, terms ``a mild dose of stagflation.''"

Bush gets to be Nixon and Carter.
I find that funny.

VH1's 'Supergroup' Debuts May 21 - Starpulse News Blog

VH1's 'Supergroup' Debuts May 21 - Starpulse News Blog: "In 'SuperGroup,' Ted Nugent, Scott Ian (Anthrax), Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), Evan Seinfeld (Biohazard) and Jason Bonham, are poised to re-conquer the rock world (and hopefully spread a little debauchery in the process) in the ultimate musical experiment."

The best possible outcome:

Scott Ian kills Ted Nugent in a bow hunting mishap.

Eno Blogging:: My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts ::

missed the man's birthday...
to make up for it I'll make sure you all know about the gift him and David Byrne decided to give all of us...


go here and download the original multitracks for "my life in the bush of ghosts"
and then make something amazing with them.


:: My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts ::

go here and download the original multitracks for "my life in the bush of ghosts"
and then make something amazing with them.

Eno Blogging: the original soundtrack

via Warren Ellis:
the original soundtrack:
"Frustrated by this, I put on Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy), and as 'Mother Whale Eyeless' was spinning these lyrics flew out:

'Take me--my little pastry mother take me--there's a pie shop in the sky...'

The proof was in the pudding. The answer was suddenly crystal-clear: I had to see how Eno worked. Not in the studio, but in the kitchen. ("

More BLP madness...

just go watch...
leopardboy - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Polite Dissent � Lex Luthor Knows Musical Theater: comics, medicine, and medical comics

Polite Dissent � Lex Luthor Knows Musical Theater: comics, medicine, and medical comics:
"Apparently Superman’s not the only one with a taste for Broadway. Here’s Lex Luthor — in his battlesuit even — letting loose with a little improptu song from Oklahoma!"

Let me take this opportunity to say that while I am not enthused about a Batman musical I would be interested in a Lex Luthor or Dr. Doom opera.

Yes, I am a nerd.

podcast - Kid Ornery presents...

So...
I just spent a long time creating and then uploading this file...
and it should be available at the url below,
but I haven't seen it yet.
let me know if it's there.

Kid Ornery presents...
The Covers - Vol. 1


1. 1969 - The Stooges - Kid Ornery
2. I Save Cigarette Butts - Daniel Johston - Ornery (kid ornery, charlie naked, justin crane)
3. It's all over now baby blue - Bob Dylan -Kid Ornery and Jack Babylon
4. Caravan - Duke Ellington - The Defenestration Unit
5. Pretty Singing Boys - The Mathletes - Kid Ornery w/Charlie Naked
6. Penetration - The Stooges - The Slightly Nervous Boys w/Bliss Blood
7. Space is the Place - Sun Ra The Defenestration Unit
8. Anne - The Stooges - Kid Ornery
9. Venus in Furs - The Velvet Underground - Charlie Naked and Kid Ornery

Tested subscribing in Itunes via the rss feed and that seems to work...

the rss feed is : http://kidornery.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml

Why don’t grown-ups believe in Santa Claus? at Pandagon

Why don’t grown-ups believe in Santa Claus? at Pandagon:
"Actually, now that I think about it, there’s really only one real argument for religion, which is social control. The spirituality argument is really the inverse of the “nice soul, be a shame if something happened to it” argument. Hell is coal in your stocking, spiritual bliss in heaven is the new Nintendo system under the tree. Even in real world terms, your spiritual reward that you get belonging to the church is dependent on your compliance to community’s norms. But the post-death promises are important all the same because otherwise you might get the idea that you can have an empowered exchange of good behavior for social acceptance and for some damn reason, that’ll never do."

wait a minute...
there's no santa claus?

houstonpress.com | Music | Motorcycle Madness

more press for the show!
yay!

houstonpress.com | Music | Motorcycle Madness: "The most recent feather in Johnston's eccentric career cap is the brand-new rock opera Speeding Motorcycle, lovingly mounted by Houston's Infernal Bridegroom Productions. Two years in the making and funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, Motorcycle is a two-act musical narrative culled from Johnston's extensive body of work."

Think Progress � New Presidential Memorandum Permits Intelligence Director To Authorize Telcos To Lie Without Violating Securities Law

Think Progress � New Presidential Memorandum Permits Intelligence Director To Authorize Telcos To Lie Without Violating Securities Law:
"In recent days, AT&T, Bell South and Verizon have all issued statements denying that they’ve handed over phone records to the NSA, as reported by USA today.

There are three possibilities:

1) The USA Today story is inaccurate;

2) The telcos left enough wiggle room in the statements that both the USA Today story and their statements are accurate; or

3) The statements from the telcos are inaccurate.

Ordinarily, a company that conceals their transactions and activities from the public would violate securities law. But an presidential memorandum signed by the President on May 5 allows the Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte, to authorize a company to conceal activities related to national security. (See 15 U.S.C. 78m(b)(3)(A))"

This is the worst bunch of criminals we've ever had in office...
worse than Reagan's or Nixon's bunch.
No respect for the law whatsoever.
Insane.

The Telephone Call - my first and only music video

This is my only foray into film making.
A short experimental music video.
A week or two after I shot this my camera was stolen.

A short scene from "Asshole Parade"

Worst dick dancer ever! EVER!

This Modern World � Blog Archive � “The Conservative Nanny State” by Dean Baker

This Modern World � Blog Archive � “The Conservative Nanny State” by Dean Baker:
"For decades the media (and conservatives) have pushed a particular framing of political views on the economy: conservatives favor free market policies, while progressives want the government to intervene in the market. In fact, The Conservative Nanny State explains, this is completely untrue: conservatives are strongly anti-free market. They depend on the government to make the wealthiest people in America even more stupendously rich."

Baker's giving it away as an e-book...
go get it.

I've said again and again if you want to see an example of how the system is rigged you have to look no further than than the way the "free market" handles capital vs. how it handles labor.
Until labor is as free to move across borders and organize itself as capital is all talk of "free markets" is just so much hot air.

The game is rigged.

Speeding Motorcycle

speeding motorcycle
won't you change me?

Think Progress � Telcos Could Be Liable For Tens of Billions of Dollars For Illegally Turning Over Phone Records

Think Progress � Telcos Could Be Liable For Tens of Billions of Dollars For Illegally Turning Over Phone Records: "In other words, for every 1 million Americans whose records were turned over to NSA, the telcos could be liable for $1 billion in penalties, plus attorneys fees. You do the math."

If you have a land line you should be on the phone to your attorney right now.

Beckett Blogging

The Chronicle: 5/12/2006: Happy Days (and Possible Endgames) for Beckett Collections:

"Mr. Knowlson would make frequent trips to Beckett's Paris apartment and return with a briefcase full of manuscripts each time. Among them was an item that Mr. Garforth describes as 'one of the Holy Grails of Beckett studies': the Whoroscope notebook, named after an early poem of Beckett's. It holds jottings from the 1930s in English, French, German, Latin, and Greek on everything from the weight of the Eiffel Tower to musical notations from The Marriage of Figaro.

'It's devastating, the amount of material there,' Mr. Garforth says. 'All sorts of weird and wonderful facts and figures. Sometimes it can be decades later before they surface in another work.'

The notebook, which measures about 4 inches by 6 inches and has a burgundy cloth cover, doesn't leave its special case very often. It accompanied Beckett on an extended German trip in 1936-37. 'It's obviously been in his pocket the six months he traveled around Germany,' the archivist says. 'It looks beautiful. It smells beautiful. You could read it forever and find something new each time you look through it.'"

The more I read of and about the man the more I appreciate where he was coming from...

File Under: Ron is right!

REAL ART (and politics and culture): "Everyone who sees how fucked up things are has a patriotic obligation to rant and rave in people's faces until, well, forever. That's what being an American is all about."

but I wonder what we do when ranting and raving aren't enough? what do we do then? do we rest easy knowing we tried to klang the warning bell? Is voting enough? Is marching? How do we even know when we've reached that point?

things you learn when you finally break down and install sitemeter

1. Not only has someone from Dubai seen my blog,
but they found it searching for balloon animal tutorials.
That rocks.

2. That doing a google search for "bush and the lizard people"
is likely to bring you to my blog, as it did one lucky visitor
from Oklahoma!!!

3. People in Wisconsin are seaching for the "Married to the Mob" soundtrack.

4. If I wanted to stick to writing about the most popular items on the blog then "this is not a compliment" would soon be nothing but posts about conspiracy theory and Brian Eno.

I am learning so much.

wang dang sweet poontang shakin - Google Search

I've never been prouder to be #1!!!

wang dang sweet poontang shakin - Google Search

another poem about the devil

I'm worried...

about the devil.

He's been
a little down.

He shows
no joy in
accepted vices,
in his eyes
no hint
of the thrill
new temptations
usually bring.

He hardly
seems himself.

Perhaps a drink,
or a sacrifice...
maybe he needs a hobby?

I know,
I know,
it seems silly,
but still...
I'm worried
about the devil.
He's been
a little down.

Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.

A west memphis three movie is in the works.
I think ultimately, bad or good movie, this is a good thing.
Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.: "It's a frustrating case, where evidence against these boys were literally along the lines 'He reads Stephen King books and wears black.' The whole thing is twisted and one real life horrific figure stands above everybody else by the time you finish Berlinger and Sinofsky's second film... John Mark Byers, step-father to one of the murdered boys. Even if he had nothing to do with the murders of the kids, this man is scarier than any horror icon of the last half century."

The War on Peons Fucking at Pandagon

The War on Peons Fucking at Pandagon: "So there you have it–anti-choicers are anti-sex all right, but they’re also anti-marriage, anti-child and anti-woman in real life terms, not in airy, abstract religious horseshit terms. They want sex to be a point of tension, not joy, in couples’ lives. They want children to be so numerous they can’t be cared for properly. And they want women to be resigned to a choice between being treated like whores or treated like incubators. The religious nuts in the anti-choice movement are deeply un-Christian, siding with the powerful against the weak, accepting whole-heartedly the idea that happy coupling and sexual pleasure should be privileges granted only to the wealthy."

yes! yes! yes! the anti-choice movement is anti-women and anti-sex. So maybe some of my friends are right that "keep your laws off my body!" isn't the right approach, but when you are in a battle for control over half the human race why pretend it's a battle over something else? The bad guys need to pretend it's about "the culture of life" because if they said it's really about control, they'd lose. We can only profit by pointing out the reality of the debate.

Daily Kos: May 5th, 1886 - Rounding up the Haymarket martyrs

Daily Kos: May 5th, 1886 - Rounding up the Haymarket martyrs: "Parsons believed that the voice of the people was more powerful than the voice of the corrupt establishment. He feared not because he was sure that there would be many more leaders to take his place.

He was wrong.

The execution of the Haymarket martyrs effectively stalled the American labor movement for decades.

Moreover, their memories were erased from the history books. Parsons et al are barely footnotes in American history."


I didn't do any May Day blogging this year,
but this looks like a good series on DailyKos...
so go edumacate yrself already!

Last.fm - The Social Music Revolution

If you want to read every mention of DJ on last.fm then go here:

Last.fm - The Social Music Revolution:

"If you get stupid songs like Daniel Johnston's 'Had a Bad Day' stuck in your head, that's a good sign that you have low input-security. Don't worry though, this does not mean you're retarded. It just means you're going to have to learn to discipline yourself, like I did, if you ever plan to get to my level of sophistication."

Fw: [IPCUSA] Is The Earth's Net Going To Catch On Fire This Month?

Subject: [IPCUSA] Is The Earth's Net Going To Catch On Fire This Month?

Is The Earth's Net Going To Catch On Fire This Month?
By Sherry Shriner
http://sherryshriner.blogspot.com

"So here's the gist, if somehow our atmosphere catches on fire, and this is
the lifting of the veil, or the destruction of our electromagnetic net we
would
probably see a red haze over earth, our skies would be red...i.e. red sky."

The Crisis is coming!!!

catchin' godamn up

jesus fuckin' christ
bloody elbow
bloody knee
a desperation

home and facin'
another night
another mornin'

and more
and more
of the
god damned
same

grrr
rawr

and
more weed
and
a nap

and
fuck
all those
that say
the whiskey
don't help
the weed
don't help
the sleep
don't help
the anger
don't help

jesus
fucking
christ

Boing Boing: Montanans arrested for sedition during WWI - stories and pix

Boing Boing: Montanans arrested for sedition during WWI - stories and pix: "On April 19, 1918, Johnson said in Missoula that the United States Liberty Bonds were no good. That government would not back them up. That the man that bought them would never get his money back. That he would lose it. That the U.S. government was no good. Sentence: 2-5 years"

isn't this the same thing Bush was saying during the social security debates?

www. Michael Righi .com

www. Michael Righi .com: "I’m responsible for the purchase of eight Dell computers for myself, friends and family in the past few years. After this ordeal, I will never again purchase a Dell. I will never again recommend that anybody else purchase a Dell. In fact, from this point forward I will go out of my way to recommend that people looking to purchase a computer avoid Dell altogether. I doubt that I’m alone. With practices like these, Dell shouldn’t be surprised to hear its customers say, “Dude, you’re getting a boycott.”"

I've started running ad-aware se pretty much daily.
My machine still acts funny sometimes, but it's running a lot smoother after I removed the first 5 or so spyware apps running...
Dell gets to battle it out with Sony for the grand prize in stupid evil!

Here and There � Blog Archive � Daniel and Me

Here and There � Blog Archive � Daniel and Me: "From there, it was hearing bits and pieces…Austin lore. This “crazy guy” Daniel Johnston, who made these tapes and sold them at Sound Exchange or bartered them for comics or music. I never got to hear the tapes, mostly out of my own laziness. But I was also in the early stages of a vinyl addiction that, thankfully, has receded. Tapes were out of the question."

Daniel's Visual Art

the aquarium - now on: "Daniel Johnston is a visionary artist whose work in both music and visual art has made him a cult legend. Despite being better known for his heartrendingly honest songs that tell tales of unrequited love, cosmic mishaps and existential torment, Daniel did in fact study art and his work is currently on show at the Whitney Biennial, New York. This, along with a major feature on Daniel’s visual art in the New York Times newspaper, marks a shift from his underground status to a wider acceptance in the fine art world, but we won’t let that get in the way of a show at The Aquarium. We are delighted to have an artist of such creative fervour and inspirational talent joining our ranks of other art desperadoes. Chiefly - James Cauty, Billy Childish, Sexton Ming, Jamie Reid and STOT21stCplanB."

SHEEPSHANK: chance meeting of the year...

SHEEPSHANK: chance meeting of the year...: "this one is a 'lil bit melancholy. been listening to the great DANIEL JOHNSTON lately. he always put me there...

back in late '03, i had a damn near complete nervous breakdown. 'near' complete cause i'm sitting here alive and typing this today. was having many problems and my relationship at the time was going less than swimmingly. so, one particularly miserable day, after a hard 10 spent giving 90 minute narrated historical tours to the obnoxious denizens of clueless walking checkbooks known as tourists (nothing against all tourists, but i met a lot of dicks,) i hit the KHYBER, downed a dozen shots of bourbon plus countless beers under the company of ultra kind barman and local underground cartoonist 'flip,' bounced into a tattoo shop and plunked down $100 clams to get my lady's name in a heart inked on my right wrist, went back to the bar for a few more, and staggered home over the crunching leaves of the booze soaked autumn twilight to tell her that i was too crazy for our relationship to work and that we were through. "

Platitudes and Plutocrats: Hanging upside down inside of a pop song

Platitudes and Plutocrats: Hanging upside down inside of a pop song:

"I listen to the Silver Jews and go, oooh, ah, someone jabs a fork in my guts and unzips the front of my skull. I listen to Daniel Johnston and fall over my typewriter into a dried up well. I listen to my old albums and am transplanted in time and space. Bob Dylan to a friend's bedroom at fourteen."

Shame this guy is not in Houston.

Nothing: Daniel Johnston Friday 14th April - Barbican London

Nothing: Daniel Johnston Friday 14th April - Barbican London: "Then it's Jason Pierce from
Spiritualised.
He seems reverential in regards to Daniel's songs, and performs 'True Love Will Find You in the End',
and 'Funeral Home'. The string quartet and gospel backing singers are a touch too much, the tenuous nature of the songs are rendered
bloated and overblown. The words 'Funeral Home' are repeated ad infinitum to tedium.
Then as the stage is emptied it's the moment we've all been built up for, the Brian Wilson-like, mad, obsessive songwriting
genius - Daniel Johnston. "


Look forward to lots and lots of Daniel blogging as the "Speeding Motorcycle" approaches...

The Chronicle: 4/7/2006: Dancers as Living Archives

The Chronicle: 4/7/2006: Dancers as Living Archives: "There are other ways of preserving the most ephemeral of the arts: film, video, various forms of notation; the visual record provided by painting, sculpture, and photography; sometimes written accounts. But whether a work's vocabulary is the flexed feet and filigreed hand gestures of South Asian dance, the straight spines and pointed toes of classical ballet, the contracted pelvis and floorbound movement of traditional modern dance, or the arm-swinging walking and running of postmodernism, there is no more viable way to transmit it than dancer to dancer."

pandora

so, I finally went and started playing with pandora today...
pretty damned cool.

"Over the past 5 years, we've carefully listened to the songs of over 10,000 different artists - ranging from popular to obscure - and analyzed the musical qualities of each song one attribute at a time. This work continues each and every day as we endeavor to include all the great new stuff coming out of studios, clubs and garages around the world.

It has been quite an adventure, you could say a little crazy - but now that we've created this extraordinary collection of music analysis, we think we can help be your guide as you explore your favorite parts of the music universe. "
from - http://www.pandora.com/mgp.shtml

I've added links to some of my stations down at the bottom of the sidebar.
any of you web wiz's out there tell me how to format it properly and I'll move it up to the top.
I also finally broke down and installed sitemeter...
whoohoo!

M

The case for onstage violence. By Zachary Pincus-Roth

The case for onstage violence. By Zachary Pincus-Roth: "How about this: Hamlet slashes Laertes across the chest. Blood oozes. Cue the John Williams score. Laertes clutches a goblet and smashes Hamlet over the head. Hamlet throws a plate of hot coals in Laertes' face. Laertes kicks Hamlet in groin. Hamlet doubles over in pain. But watch out—he's grabbed a candlestick!"

AMEN!
more craziness and fights onstage!!!!
more blood and more horror!!!!!

File Under: The ancient prophesies! They are coming true!

Warrenellis.com � The Ancient Musical Code Cut Into A Church: "“In the ceiling is this jump of an augmented fourth, in fact it opens up with an augmented fourth,” says Mitchell. The Catholic Church had banned this interval (seven semitones) from medieval music as it was believed to be disturbing and therefore diabolical… perhaps this explains why carvings depicting the green man, essentially a pagan image, exist alongside carvings of Christ in the chapel…"

COME TO THE PARADE!!! WE GOTS US A REVIEW AND EVERTHING!!!

just like one o' them fancy theatres!!!

 

http://www.houstonpress.com/Issues/2006-04-27/culture/encore.html

 

the reviews from most folks I've talked too have included the word "funny", and a surprising number have included some variation on the phrase, "I think I peed a little".

 

It's a funny show folks...

and only $5.00...

so come on out to the axiom this friday or saturday at 9pm and laugh yr ass off at the

ASSHOLE PARADE!!!

http://notacompliment.blogspot.com

 

 

got out of rehearsal early...

so I just finished watching
"South Pacific in Concert" with Reba McEntire
and the talented Baldwin...
and now it's some special on Broadway and the Boston Pops...
Bernadette Peters introduced it.
They haven't broken in to beg for money yet,
but it must be pledge week...
think I'm going to watch the news.
whoohoo.

Caprica!!!!

Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.: "From executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick ('Battlestar Galactica'), writer Remi Aubuchon ('24') and NBC Universal Television Studio, this new series is set over a half a century before the events that play out in 'Battlestar Galactica.' The people of the Twelve Colonies are at peace and living in a society not unlike our own, but where high-technology has changed the lives of virtually everyone for the better. But a startling breakthrough in robotics is about to occur, one that will bring to life the age-old dream of marrying artificial intelligence with a mechanical body to create the first living robot - a Cylon. Following the lives of two families, the Graystones and the Adamas (the family of William Adama, who will one day become the commander of the 'Battlestar Galactica') 'Caprica' weaves corporate intrigue, techno-action and sexual politics into television's first science fiction family saga."
It looks like the sci-fi channel has a whole lot of interesting things coming up, but if they cast "Caprica" as well as they did "Battlestar Galactica" they'll likely own the two best hours in television from week to week.

Pitchfork: Daily Music News

Pitchfork: Daily Music News: "Unrequited love is a bitch, but as many a musician/patron of the arts/human being knows, it also serves as a muse. Recently, the Houston, Texas-based Infernal Bridegroom Productions have taken hold of this lack of reciprocation, utilizing it as the theme to a rock opera based on Daniel Johnston's life and music"

hopefully this is just the start of the "Speeding Motorcycle" media blitz!!

Horkheimer, Adorno, and The World's Greatest Comic Magazine

Motime Like the Present:
"The Bakhtinian carnival within the lettercols finally spilled over into the main feature in early 1963. The cover of FF #10 depicts the artist and scripter standing with their backs to the reader, marvelling at the raucous situation they’ve concocted this month. An arrow-shaped blurb drives home the point, announcing: “In this epic issue: surprise follows surprise as you actually meet Lee and Kirby in the story!!” The much-anticipated event comes to pass on page 5, which shows the pair in their Marvel office, surrounded by images of the company’s other properties and sacks labelled “fan mail”. The diegetic Lee and Kirby agonize over their incapacity to create a more interesting villain than Dr. Doom, a character they regret exiling to space in a previous issue (a footnote—the first of its kind, and destined to become a trademark aspect of Marvel continuity-consciousness—reminds the reader that this event occurred in issue #6). Their problem is solved when Doom himself wanders onto the scene, barking: “you are searching for a story—well, I shall give you one! Here, phone Mr. Fantastic—say what I tell you if you value your lives” (FF #10, 5). Naturally, they do, and the rematch proceeds apace."

I miss college.

Scholars Discover 23 Blank Pages That May As Well Be Lost Samuel Beckett Play | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Scholars Discover 23 Blank Pages That May As Well Be Lost Samuel Beckett Play | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: "The 23 blank pages, which literary experts presume is a two-act play composed sometime between 1973 and 1975, are already being heralded as one of the most ambitious works by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Waiting For Godot, and a natural progression from his earlier works, including 1969's Breath, a 30-second play with no characters, and 1972's Not I, in which the only illuminated part of the stage is a floating mouth."

brilliant!
God bless the Onion!

Good News! The Rich Get Richer

Good News! The Rich Get Richer:
"There are, of course, obvious reasons the majority of Americans dissent from the White House’s rosy presentation of the economy: Most American households are not, in fact, seeing their economic fortunes improve. GDP is up, but virtually all the growth has gone into corporate profits and the incomes of the highest economic brackets. Wages and incomes for average workers, adjusted for inflation, are down in recent years; the median income for non-elderly households is down 4.8 percent since 2000 (Economic Policy Institute, 8/31/05). The poverty rate is rising, as is the number of people in debt.

But rather than confront these realities, and explore the implications of the White House’s efforts to deny them, most mainstream media instead assisted the Bush team’s PR by themselves feigning confusion over the gap between the official view and the public mood."

Linus Pauling Quartet Blog: Another fascinating intellectual discussion by the LP4...

How are great rock songs writtne?
For The Linus Pauling Quartet it's all about the process...Linus Pauling Quartet Blog: Another fascinating intellectual discussion by the LP4...: "Charlie:

How do YOU know there are no sword metal pirates? I mean, we can probably all agree there are no sword metal astronauts or sword metal traffic cops, but no sword metal pirates? What were the damn Vikings??

Ramon:

Dude Vikings are not Pirates. Pirates are hoods who sail along the warm Caribbean drinking rum. Now while I will admit that's pretty frikkin cool, Vikings come from the Dark and frigid coasts of Scandinavia where they would probably kick anyone’s ass just because there is nothing else to do but kick someone’s ass when you come from the dark and frigid coasts of Scandinavia. If a pirate dies, he doesn't get to go to Valhalla he goes to Davy Jones' Locker. A hall of mead drinking warriors is cooler than any locker I saw in high school. But most important of all for the sword metal tradition - while Pirates probably would get hotter chicks they were also a lot gayer.

Clinton:

I would only partly disagree: though Vikings engaged in behaviour that was undeniably piratical (such as sailing into France or England, carrying off women and food and gold, etc.), and therefore should be considered pirates, they are a special sub-class of pirates. Pirates, I don't think, are worthy alone of Sword Metal, whereas Vikings clearly are.

I challenge each of you to come up with your Icelandic Saga name by the end of this day, and you will henceforth refer to me as Clinton 'Helmsplitter' Heider."

go read the rest of the hilarious exchange, and then go download "wating for the ax to fall"...

national poetry month - I've lost count

my old man
never
drank in the afternoon
in the dark places
or in the light
he never
raised his hand to me
was always civilized

and now
I run
from
respectability.

Posthuman Blues

Posthuman Blues:
"The Fourth Purpose made the point of mass schooling to serve big business and big government by extending childhood, replacing thinking with drill and memorization while fashioning incomplete people unable to protect themselves from exhortation, advertising and other forms of indirect command."

I was going to post the lyrics to my school song,
but even google couldn't help me remember them...

The Ultimate Fighting Anarchist -- In These Times

The Ultimate Fighting Anarchist -- In These Times: "“I’m not some sort of conspiracy theorist,” Monson says of his political leanings. “I’m not talking about how the government is trying to hide UFOs. I just want to do away with hierarchy. I’m saying that our economic system, capitalism, is structured so that it only benefits a small percentage of very wealthy people. When I was traveling in Brazil, they had us staying at a really posh hotel. Outside the hotel there was a mom sleeping on the sidewalk with her two kids. That’s when reality hits you. What did that woman ever do? Who did she ever hurt?”

Monson wears his politics on his sleeve, as well as the rest of his body. An anarcho-syndicalist star is tattooed on his chest, an anarchy sign on his back and another “A” on his leg. While he loves his sport, he also feels a responsibility to use whatever exposure he receives for a larger purpose. “I don’t think I’m more important than anyone else, but since some people are paying attention, then I’m going to use this as a vehicle to express myself,” he says. Some fans have labeled him anti-American, but he shrugs off such criticism. He was slightly taken aback, however, when three Secret Service agents showed up at his gym in Olympia, Wash., last fall."

awesome!
ANARCHISTS UNITE!

The Stanford Prison Experiment: A Simulation Study of the Psychology of Imprisonment

The Stanford Prison Experiment: A Simulation Study of the Psychology of Imprisonment:

"How we went about testing these questions and what we found may astound you. Our planned two-week investigation into the psychology of prison life had to be ended prematurely after only six days because of what the situation was doing to the college students who participated. In only a few days, our guards became sadistic and our prisoners became depressed and showed signs of extreme stress. "

went and read up on the Stanford Prison Experiment after watching the documentary "Obedience" - the film Milgram made of his classic "shock the man to death" experiments...

UP WITH PEOPLE!!!

We do what we're told...

<a href="http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/04/stanley_milgram.html">WFMU's Beware of the Blog: Stanley Milgram's Obedience Movie (video)</a>: "A lot of bad art has come out of Stanley Milgram's Obedience to Authority Study, not the least of which was the 1975 William Shatner TV movie The Tenth Level (with John Travolta, Ossie Davis and Lindsay Crouse) or the April 2000 episode of Seven Second Delay, in which Andy and I called local merchants to see if they would press a button on their telephone, causing one of us to be shocked, which almost all of them did gleefully [streaming realaudio archive]. And then there's Peter Gabriel's 1986 song We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37). I'll stop there, but trust me - there's more.

 

With so much dreck inspired by what was possibly the greatest social psychology experiment of all time, it's no surprise that Milgram's own 1965 documentary Obedience was lost in the shuffle."

 

Imagine me in a white coat telling you to follow the link and download the documentary.

http://notacompliment.blogspot.com

 

 

BREITBART.COM - LA Woman Hospitalized With Bubonic Plague

BREITBART.COM - LA Woman Hospitalized With Bubonic Plague: "Bubonic plague is not contagious, but if left untreated it can morph into pneumonic plague, which can be spread from person to person. Bubonic plague is usually transmitted to humans from the bites of fleas infected by dead rodents."

and why are we talking about the bubonic plague you ask?
because a woman in L.A. has it...
via Warren Ellis

Warrenellis.com � Turn Up The Music, My Heart Feels Like A Fucking Rabbitfish

Warrenellis.com � Turn Up The Music, My Heart Feels Like A Fucking Rabbitfish:

"The poisoning can start to cause vivid hallucinations within minutes of eating a poisonous fish and may last for days, often with no other effects. There is no antidote."

maybe it's time to reconsider my feelings about seafood?

Rep. Joel Dykstra: Rape is an undefineable buzzword | Clean Cut Kid

Rep. Joel Dykstra: Rape is an undefineable buzzword | Clean Cut Kid: "“I think ‘rape and incest’ is a buzzword,” said Rep. Joel Dykstra about not including those conditions in the abortion bill. “It’s a bit of a throwaway line and not everybody who says that really understands what that means. How are you going to define that?”"

I just can't believe there are people still trying to convince me Repulicans aren't evil.

pretty dumb things: son of letters they've written

pretty dumb things: son of letters they've written: "My fantasy, you ask? A world with good grammar and spelling."

poetry?

land ownership
is a crime
the powerful
making victims
of us all




most violence,
these days,
is economic




my shirt
looks better
on you

it is
probably
the breasts





not one more sandwich
not
one
more
sandwich




this whole
time thing
is really
really
not working
out for me

can we try
something else?



so,
they missed this one.
you have a right
to disappointment,
but you haven't peaked.
have you?
nothing to do,
but keep doing.
is there?
is there?





should be asleep
here I am
awake

COME TO THE PARADE!!!

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COME TO THE PARADE!

 

gonna be a fun show...

 

http://notacompliment.blogspot.com

 

 

TPM Muckraker April 13, 2006 02:25 PM (Printable Format)

TPM Muckraker April 13, 2006 02:25 PM (Printable Format):

"Newsweek's Mark Hosenball has an interesting and important new article noting that the Pentagon is considering the merger of two security offices, raising fears that they are creating a 'military secret police' with too much information and too much power."

Welcome to the 21st Century America!
Go back to bed.
Your government has everything under control.
Here -
watch "America's Next Top Model"...

If only Bill Hicks were alive to see how much worse things have gotten...

TPM Muckraker April 14, 2006 11:50 AM (Printable Format)

TPM Muckraker April 14, 2006 11:50 AM (Printable Format):
"In a bulletin issued yesterday, the Homeland Security Department warns U.S. businesses of the threats they face from animal rights group and 'eco-terrorists.' Such radical extremist groups may use several tactics -- each devastating in its own way -- including:

- 'organizing protests'
- 'flyer distribution'
- 'inundating computers with e-mails'
- 'tying up phone lines to prevent legitimate calls'
- 'sending continuous faxes in order to drain the ink supply from company fax machines'"

beware the flyers of mass destruction!!!

Come to the Parade!

I'm not just in rehearsal for "Speeding Motorcycle" right now...
I'm also rehearsin a show that can only be described as "bad-ass theatre".
That's right kids! The BLP is back! with "ASSHOLE PARADE!"

If I had to describe it I'd say I already said, "It can only be described as 'Bad-Ass Theatre'" but if you needed more I might say, "it's something like Adult Swim meets Hee-Haw...
but really it's so much more...
(and less, I mean it's not animated and does not feature Buck Owens,
but there is singin and dancin and actin and all that fancy theatre stuff
except without the stuff that sucks except for the parts that might suck,
but I don't think there'll be many, mostly I think it'll rock...
whatta you think?)"

so, anyway, the official line is:

A marching band comes to town and people have emotions.

so, yeah, there's that, but, wow, there's like so much, ya know? ya know?
of course ya don't know...
but you will
if you

COME TO THE PARADE!!!!

national poetry month - catching up again...

I would've thought
you were a dancer
is all

me
I can't help myself
James Brown
Parliament
Public Enemy
and a million more
MAKE me move

there is no other choice








like
a small scale
rashomon
the party
disaster
success
depends
on who
you ask




just cause
I ain't
articulate
don't mean
I ain't
got things
to say
just that
sometimes
it's easier
not to
ya know
say em

Income Gap More Like a Chasm - Los Angeles Times

Income Gap More Like a Chasm - Los Angeles Times: "
What this means is that we've got $20-million houses offering spectacular views down the hill and into the Third World. If not for the fact that it takes forever to get anywhere on the bus, we'd have a revolution on our hands.

So the question I've been asking public officials and civic leaders is what we can do about the income gap that runs like a fault line through the land, dividing the haves from the help."

right on.

national poetry month - a bit late

fuck that!
a mantra
not divine
but useful
in times
of stress

placing blame
and expressing outrage
and just generally
blowing up

fuck that!
a mantra

Prima Facie: Disagreement and the Reasons for Agreement

Prima Facie: Disagreement and the Reasons for Agreement: "People hold beliefs for non-rational reasons all the time, and to think that philosophers only take up certain philosophical beliefs because reason has led them there is expecting more of them than perhaps we should."

yay!

national poetry month - catching up

slept late
too late
later than I'd planned

things to do
too late
I could sleep for hours
later than I'd plannned

slept late






the mess under my bed
is mine
in ways real
and metaphorical
it parallels other messes
mind, body and soul
I'll never clean it up





if something terrible happened
maybe I'd have some excuse
for my beahvior
or lack thereof
as it is
i got nothin
nothin but two pillows
and clean sheets
and an overwhelming lack
of motivation

national poetry month

I owe ya three poems
you'll have them before
I get out of bed
tomorrow,
which may be
an excuse
to stay
in bed.

does this
count as one?
probably not.

M

national poetry month

o.k. clown,
o.k. devil,
I'm not on the porch,
howling at the moon,
at the sky,
at the woman
whose neck I didn't
I'm not
nibbling on
right now
I'm in my bed
room spinning
just glad
I'm not
howling
at the moon
at the sky
at the woman
whose neck
I didn't
I'm not
right now
in my bed
room spinning
just glad
i know
when
sometimes
is when
just glad
room spinning
not howling
just spinning
just glad
good night
still spinning
good night

Theatreport.com- Theatre in Houston, Tx - Forum - General Discussion - Theatre Odin Notes

Theatreport.com- Theatre in Houston, Tx - Forum - General Discussion - Theatre Odin Notes: "We each are responsible for cleaning one part of the theatre. I mention this over and over, because it is the single most transformingly binding force I have encountered. To make a theatre belong to someone, give it to them. Make it their own. Even if it is only the stairs, as I had during Odin Week. Or the library/dining room, as I have now. Every wood floor in this theatre is clean enough to eat off."

brilliant.
although no amount of cleaning would have me eat off the axiom floor.

The Academy of American Poets - National Poetry Month

The Academy of American Poets - National Poetry Month

ok...
in honor, think I'll try one a day...
owe ya 6...

here goes:

12
13
14
15 hours a day
may be
a bit
too much




lacking the motivation
to do more than quack
golden eggs
backing up
inside


yelling at friends
in my head
and being glad
they can't hear me



who hasn't?
I mean who hasn't?
done the one
and said the other
said the one
done the other
that's pretty much
how it works


shoulda went out
stayed in
frozen chicken
and processed plots
and not one smile
and not one drink
and not one,
but many, smokes
shoulda went out
stayed in



If I'm angry
it's not at you
and it's not at
this
or any
situation
it's self-directed,
I assure you
and it
is not
stengthening
it is what it is
and why can't
I just be?
a little melancholy
never killed nobody
it'll pass and
one day it'll
be nothing but smiles (right.)
haha.
see, I'm feeling
better already.

[sic] - pay what you will performance Monday night

Hey all...

this is the show I did sound design for...

Monday is another pay what you will performance.

Read the Press review below, then go see it...

really.

you won't regret it.

 

 

Mildred's Umbrella Theatre Company presents [sic] by Melissa James Gibson.

The show is running now through April 15 on Friday and Saturday nights @ 8pm.  Tickets are only $10!  There is a special pay-what-you-want performance THIS MONDAY, APRIL 10 @ 8pm.

The show is at Midtown Art Center, 3414 LaBranch at Holman.  Please email mildredsumbrella@hotmail.com for more info or to make reservations...seating is limited!

 

Check out what the Houston Press has to say:

 

[sic] In the old days, Melissa James Gibson's comedy of manners would've been called experimental and avant-garde because of its overlapping dialogue, non sequiturs, intimate asides to the audience, flaccid plotline, linguistic flourishes, time bends and slacker characters not knowing which way to turn. It's still that -- the play's even written without punctuation -- but the old-hat unconventionality of its literary pretensions seems fresh and breezy in Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company's winsome production. Three loser friends live next door to one another on the third floor of a ratty apartment building in a nameless big city. These empathetic sad sacks, whose failures are ingrained within them, are joined at the soul; they're thirtysomethings who can't make anything work in their lives. Their constant bickering, teasing and dreaming only draw them more tightly together. Pining for what they can't have, they feed off one another. Hack musician Theo (Eric Doss) stumbles over composing a theme song for the Thrill-A-Rama ride at the amusement park; overly analytical writer Babette (Jennifer Decker) can't finish her magnum opus of "20th-century outbursts"; gay Frank (Alan Hall) obsesses over his ex-boyfriend, who introduced the three to one another, and practices to be an auctioneer by reciting tongue-twisters. Adding to the enchanting disenchantment of their lives are the disembodied angry voices rising from the air shaft and the surprisingly frisky -- and also unseen -- Mrs. Jorgensen down the hall, who may be dead, sleeping or sleeping around. This clever, brainy, constantly amusing play, superbly acted and gracefully directed by Michelle Edwards, may be about failure and dashed hopes, but it succeeds like gangbusters. Through April 15. Midtown Art Center, 3414 La Branch, 832-418-0973.

 

Guardian Unlimited Books | News | Newly discovered letters show Brecht's talent for offending

Guardian Unlimited Books | News | Newly discovered letters show Brecht's talent for offending:

"'You have to forgive my bitterness at your injured manner, when I suggested that you were 'bought',' Brecht wrote two days later, in September 1943. "

Sounds like this'll be a good read...

BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY: Radio Sound Effects

How they made sound effects on the radio:
BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY: Radio Sound Effects

Websnark: Why do we keep talking about the Great Outdoor Fight? Because it's *good.*

If you haven't been following The Great Outdoor Fight get yrself on over to www.achewood.com and catch up!

Websnark: Why do we keep talking about the Great Outdoor Fight? Because it's *good.*: "Ray Smuckles, in September of last year, was a coward who would desert a dying man. He had sought his father and found him. But more to the point, he had sought something in himself. And now, he was confronted with destruction if he didn't do what was expected. Beef, who had guided and encouraged and enabled him, was helpless. Terrified. His father, who was his inspiration, had nothing to help him."

Dr. Frank wrote a book

Dr. Frank? from The Mr. T Experience? a book?
blog | Reviews index

and it sounds good, but could it be as good as my favorite Mr. T. Experience song?

Love American Style:

You're an anomaly
that's a thing without a name
you're worming it out of me
and this worm you cannot change

I want to drive you up the wall
I want to treat you like a doll
I want to write it out in blood
I want an oriental rug

on a star spangled night my love
you can rest your head on my shoulder
and by the dawn's early light my love
I will defend your right to cry

I want to be there at your trial
I want a Love American Style
cause I'm a former young american
and I don't know if it's real or re-run
there's something you ought to know
before you think you understand
I'm invisible and I've got a robot friend
I want to tie you to a post
I want to make you tea and toast
I want to be there at your trial
I want a love american style.

Bob Ostertag free digital downloads

Gpod: "I have decided to make all my recordings to which I have the rights freely available as digital downloads from my web site.

These works are now covered by a Creative Commons “Attribution Non-commercial” license that permits you to freely download, copy, remix, sample, manipulate, fold, spindle, tamper with, defuse, detox, or deconstruct - as long as you credit my work as a source, and the work you make is not marketed commercially."


ok...
now go discover some amazing music!
go!

Ask a Hill Staffer: Hagiographic Content - Wonkette

Ask a Hill Staffer: Hagiographic Content - Wonkette: "If you could paint a mural on one of the Capitol walls, what would you paint?

I would paint a mural of Ronald Reagan, because he doesn’t have enough shit in his honor around Washington. The Capitol would make the perfect place for a new memorial to our 40th President. I’d paint it of his life: the son of a hard working New Deal union man who grows up to become President of the SAG. This would segue into the part of his life where he stabs his fellow union members in the back by negotiating sweetheart deals with the mob and outing the Communists. His dad would be watching in the background with an “I�€™m disappointed in you, son,” look. You know, like when your dad doesn�€™t yell but makes you feel really bad? And then, I would move on to the part where he divorces his first wife and estranges himself from his kids. Oh yeah, then on to the part where he marries Nancy so he can run for office. I would end it with him going batshit insane with Alzheimer’s and Nancy ironically lobbying the Republican party that he built to allow for more embryonic stem-cell research. But don’t worry, the lobbying would be interpretive so as not to be offensive. And Reagan would be smiling. How much room do I have for this mural? I forgot Iran-Contra!"

If I win the lottery I'm paying someone to paint this.

Lance Mannion

Lance Mannion: "Most people, to get back to my original point, change their sleep patterns during adolescence, because of the simple fact that teenage bodies and brains are growing and changing wildly and the whole process is mentally, physically, and emotionally exhausting.

Everybody knows this.

Everybody except, apparently, school administrators who schedule their districts' school days exactly as if the opposite was true, starting their high schools' days at the crack of a winter dawn. There is absolutely no good reason for this."


Kids need sleep
and I'm a night owl.

sidebar and last.fm

added a few
new links
over to the right
and reorganized
a bit...
everybody above Eschaton
are friends
or acquaintances...
maybe one day
I'll actually
divide the rest
into categories,
but probably not...

oh yeah,
and you can see
the last few tunes
I've played on Itunes
up on the top now,
thanks to last.fm...

whoohooo!

Boing Boing: Alcohol, Red Bull, and perception of buzz

Boing Boing: Alcohol, Red Bull, and perception of buzz
Red Bull doesn't make me feel less drunk...
more awake? yes, but not less drunk...
it DEFINITELY helps with the hangovers...

M

eBay Motors: Mercedes-Benz : 400-Series (item 4624891589 end time Mar-29-06 12:53:25 PST)

Ya know, I really regret not buying Redd Foxx's Cadillac a few years back...
anybody wanna loan me the $$$ for Stan Lee's Mercedes?

eBay Motors: Mercedes-Benz : 400-Series (item 4624891589 end time Mar-29-06 12:53:25 PST)

REAL ART (and politics and culture)

YAY! It's like a dialogue...
REAL ART (and politics and culture)

So the question is how do we start holding the fire to corporate criminals?
If we could reduce/eliminate the benefits of hiring illegal aliens wouldn't that be half the battle?

Ken-Welch.Com - Russian Nuke Traced to Texas

Happy Easter!!!

Ken-Welch.Com - Russian Nuke Traced to Texas: "
During the summer of 2005 it was decided go ahead with plans for America’s second 9/11.

The decision was not made in a torch-lit cave in Afghanistan, nor in a nondescript safe-house in Iraq. Implementing the plan would involve the highest officials of the United States government. The centerpiece of the plan is a portable nuclear weapon manufactured in the former Soviet Union. A tame “terrorist”, destined no doubt to be an eventual patsy, arranged for the bomb’s transport by sea, and the ship carrying it entered Galveston Bay on January 25, 2006. At this time the device remains hidden on board the ship that brought it, a freighter docked in or near the port of Texas City, about thirty minutes south of Houston, and only ten miles from the island city of Galveston."

file under: HAHAHAHAHA!!!

reading this made me smile...
Chron.com | Indicted DeLay fights to regain gun license: "RICHMOND - U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, a gun rights supporter under indictment on charges of laundering campaign money, is fighting to regain his Texas concealed handgun license, which was suspended because he is accused of a felony."

ChomskyTorrents.org v.2

Documentaries, lectures, etc...
not just chomsky, but all kindsa lefty media goodness:
ChomskyTorrents.org v.2

The Left Coaster: Rubber Stamp Republicans show their commitment to....

Every time I think the crooks running the show can't get any more brazen, I run into something like this:
The Left Coaster: Rubber Stamp Republicans show their commitment to....: "Apparently this entire 8 page colloquy--which is scripted to read as if it were delivered live on the floor of the Senate, complete with random interruptions from other Senators--never took place"

Can we get these senators up on perjury charges now?
please?

and here's a play you might wanna see... pay what you will tonight - Monday Mar. 27

I did sound design on this show,

and have been thoroughly entertained everytime I've seen it...

great performances, a funny, sharp script,

and the sound design ain't too shabby either.

 

pay what you will show tonight

at midtown arts center.

 

 http://www.mildredsumbrella.com/

 

Sic
by Melissa James Gibson

Three young urban failures navigate the slippery allegiances of their triangular friendship. Babette , a frustrated editor; Theo, a terribly blocked, classically-trained composer; and Frank, an aspiring but tongue-tied auctioneer, share a world of quicksand needs and fickle urges, where a vast landscape exists between what is intended and what is construed, and where ordering Chinese food is a deeply personal matter.

Mildred's Umbrella is right at home with Melissa James Gibson's [Sic] , winner of an OBIE Award and the Kesserling Prize, with its quirky, off-beat script full of wordplay and oddball characters.

Directed by Michelle Edwards and featuring Alan Hall, Eric Doss, and Jennifer Decker, [Sic] opens March 24, 2006 and runs through April 15, each Friday and Saturday, as well as two “pay as you like” Monday shows, March 27 and April 10. All shows are at 8pm .

For further information or reservations for this show, call 832-418-0973 or e-mail mildredsumbrella@hotmail.com .

Who: Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company
What: [Sic] by Melissa James Gibson
When: March 24, 25, 27, and 31, and April 1, 7, 8, 10, 14 and 15.
Where: Midtown Art Center, 3414 La Branch at Holman
Price: $10 on Fridays and Saturdays. Two “pay as you like” performances on March 27 and April 10. Cash or check only at the door. Credit cards may be used via PayPal (charges are non-refundable) on our website.

 

 

 

Interview with Philip K. Dick

Interview with Philip K. Dick:
"I believe that the establishment churches have lost the keys to the kingdom. They don't even know what the Kingdom of God is.

It's like some guy who loses the keys to his car. He knows he had them a second ago but now they're gone. The churches, however, don't even know what the car looks like anymore. They can't even give a description of it to the cop.

Organized religion is crooked, dumb, and it's lost the keys. I mean, it's OK to be crooked and dumb, we're all crooked and dumb. But the tragedy is that they've lost the keys. They can't even point us in the right direction much less take us there."

HERMENAUT: Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)

HERMENAUT: Philip K. Dick (1928-1982):
"Also that year, the scholarly journal Science-Fiction Studies published a special issue devoted to his work; full of New Left and neo-Marxist analyses of Dick's Laingian, existentialist, and anti-capitalist themes, it provoked even more unwelcome visits from French intellectuals-whom he drove away by blasting Linda Ronstadt at top volume, and whose words of praise he invariably reported to the authorities."

Reading about Philliip K. Dick today...
leading down some interesting roads...

The Defenestration Unit - March 31 - Brasil - and, oh yeah, it's my birthday...

March 31 around 9:30 or so

The Defenestration Unit

Cafe Brasil (Westheimer and Dunlavy)

 

http://www.myspace.com/thedefenestrationunit

 

it's free.

 

TDU is currently, mostly, kinda:

 

Bill Savoie - Drums

Jeff Miller - Bass

Jim Otterson - Guitar

Ryan Goodland - Keyboard, Trumpet, Bass

Tom Zermeno - Percussion

Charlie Naked - Saxophones, whistles, etc.

Mike Switzer - Trombones

 

I think Candace V. might be sitting in for  a bit after midnight,

and who knows who else might show up and join in...

 

Welcome Jeff Miller to TDU!

He's the new guy on bass...

Mathlete left and Miller stepped in...

I think he's still figuring out exactly what he's stepped in,

but so far there's been no effort to wipe it off his shoes...

 

In the finest TDU tradition Ryan Goodland

will be going on hiatus after this show,

so this might well be the one show with

this particular group...who knows?

anyway, we're pretty damn good at the moment,

if I do say so myself...and I do.

So, come see the show,

and oh yeah, you can wish me a happy birthday too,

since I'll be turning 36 that night...

whoohooo!

http://notacompliment.blogspot.com

 

 

BBC NEWS | Americas | US 'Zombie party' killings probed

BBC NEWS | Americas | US 'Zombie party' killings probed: "They were killed, and two others wounded, when a fellow guest went on a gun rampage before finally killing himself when confronted by police.

They were at a 'zombie party', where guests wear make-up to make them look dead, in the city's Capitol Hill area."

Look, who thought a "zombie" party was a good idea to begin with? isn't that just asking for trouble?

Adult Webmaster Resources, Articles, News, Help Guides, Sites

Adult Webmaster Resources, Articles, News, Help Guides, Sites: "Maybe that's why you chose to escape the rat race and become an adult webmaster. You realized that we're in an age where dependable jobs are almost legend. Many of you became proficient on computers only to discover that your skills aren't needed thanks to the wonderful concept of outsourcing. Could be, you just wanted your destiny back. You decided to claim your piece of the future and you chose one of the only products in existence that hasn't (and hopefully won't ever) become obsolete: Porn."

The first few paragraphs in this article are about "the adding machine"...
really.

Art in Real-Time: Theatre and Virtual Reality

Art in Real-Time: Theatre and Virtual Reality: "One of the first scenes to ever be staged with VR technology remains one of the best examples of its potential; scene 2, in which Zero is fired by his boss. At the beginning of this scene, the characters of Zero and Daisy are working at the office, Daisy reading numbers wile Zero adds them. Behind them is a representation of the office and what appears to be the actors’ shadows on the screen. As Zero and Daisy grow weary of the monotonous task and begin to daydream, the actors leave their positions and. move about the stage while speaking their dream monologues. However, the shadows remain in their original positions. This effect was used to visually demonstrate that the characters have not actually left their work and the movement of the actors is only psychological. At the same time the virtual office is moved into the far background as another sigh that the character’s minds have traveled far from their jobs. Later in the scene Zero interacts with his Boss, portrayed by an actor who performs off-stage in front of a video camera. The video image of the boss was then superimposed into the computer generated office. By zooming the camera, the boss was be made to 'grow' during the scene appearing larger as he becomes more of a threat to Zero. In the end, the Boss fires Zero and his laughing face fills the entire screen. "

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Science (Blonde Extinction)

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Science (Blonde Extinction)

someone just told me this the other day...
I replied with the bullworthian idea that hopefully one day we'll all be roughly the same shade of brown...
but the blondes aren't going anywhere...

bill hicks

<a href="http://frequency23.org/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,104/page,view/catid,4/key,4/hit,1/">frequency23.org</a>

 

Ok...the above link SHOULD take you to the bill hicks d/l....
if not just click on mutant media on the frequnecy 23 homepage and search for Hicks...
grabbing the track for real now...

http://notacompliment.blogspot.com

 

 

� Bill Hicks Historic Track Found & It’s Free - RINF Alternative News

� Bill Hicks Historic Track Found & It’s Free - RINF Alternative News: "Free Download of the first Bill Hicks post-Letterman audio recording that’s surfaced after 13 years. A few days after being censored from David Letterman, Bill Hicks did a few shows around NYC ranting harder than ever before. Bill was terminally sick and knew it, but never shared this outside his family and closest friends. These shows have long been thought uncaptured. This last week, one of these shows has emerged…dated 10/5/93."

I'm downloading it now...
can't wait to hear it.

drunk blogging

not even last call
wondering what
why and where
and everyone I know is crazy
spent more on whiskey
in the last two days than
I've spent on groceries
in a month
if I see the light
at the end of the tunnel
it's cause I can see
the end of the tunnel
and I ain't so sure
that's good
so for what it's worth
I do what I can
and I try
to do it right
but till these particular
clouds lift
it's all I can do
to lift my head
so if I manage a smile
try not to judge
too harsh
it really don't
mean so much
it's just that
sometimes maybe
I'm not so quite
out of touch
no reason to
get out of bed
till the sun goes
down
we'll see
how it all turns out


show I did sound design for opening
Friday...

www.mildredsumbrella.com

M