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

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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