GOOGLE CLAUS
Some things you don't get to bargain shop for...:
Valves
Compare Valve Prices
and Products right here.
www.Construction-Guide.com/Valves
With the exception of Liz, the kid, and
The Blots finally getting it together in the the last quarter, 2004- it sure has blown.
My mom is having a valve replaced. In her heart. Sucks.
Google Search: Savior:
"Savior Aff. Everything to do with
Savior.
eBay.com"
GREAT, just in time for Xmas!
(note, any delay in the Sticky Blog in 2005 might be due to me being actually in hell)
Google Search: wives: "Wives
Aff. Everything to do with
Wives.
eBay.com"
Crikey, I thought I'd have to go to Thailand or Russia. Apparently I just have to pay the shipping costs.
Google Search: fetus:
"Fetus 600+ Popular Stores - One Website & One Simple Checkout - Shop Now!
SHOP.COM"
Heh, priced to move...see below, perhaps this will make more sense.
Can I now do stem cell research on my own? Oh I'd fancy a new liver in 2005.
Google Search: boredom: "Boredom
Aff. Huge selection, great deals on
everything Boredom.
eBay.com"
Yep. You read it here. Type some things into OURLORDANDMASTER (a/k/a: Google) and check out the adwords for it. See
Boing Boing for the complete story. As you can see I am fighting holiday ennui with the technology of the 21st millenium.../yawn.
my new favorite-ist actressista
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Please rent
Maria Full of Grace. It's a great flick. Thanks
Lisa for recommending this.
Also if ya like the Björk, check out "the inner or deep part of an animal or plant structure." It's the 'Making of' DVD that documents the process of creating the Medulla album. Info on
Medulla:
This album will be, mostly vocal, with many a capella songs. Björk has (Mike Patton, Robert Wyatt, Gregory Purnhagen, Tanya Tagaq, Icelandic + London choirs) but also beatbox artists - beats made with vocal sounds - such as Dokaka, Rahzel and Shlomo.
Makes me want to go look for that
Todd Rundgren album...
Well I went to my dermatologist today. Now I'm not one to have a dermatologist. But I had this pea sized lump onthe back of my neck. It turned out to be benign. In fact it turned out to be beneficial. Because if I had not been worried about that thing I'd lived with for about 18 months, I probably would not have been there to go, "hey, while you are nipping off things, this popped up since I made this appointment..."
I had this little scale of skin under the right side of my chin. It was like an in-grown hair or some evil pimple that would not heal. The shaved that freak thing off of the back of my neck and sutchered it up. Then they took off that little scale and sent them both to the lab. Aparently my shirtless childhood in sunny south Florida has come back to bite me on the...um throat. Also I learned that 80% of the skin damage you recieve in your life from the sun happens prior to age 18. So in the 60-70's when we didn't know any better I got lots of rads. In the 80's I didn't. In fact by the time I went to college in 1983 I was not likely to even try to tan. More importantly I spent way more time indoors. However the damage had been done.
So the "punched out" an 8mm chunk under my chin today. From the link (above in the title) I learned that in all likeliness I will get more of these. Oh joy. So mommies and daddies out there in blogland, be zealous in the application of sunscreen to your litluns. They need it NOW.
When, When We Were Young
We Had No History
So Nothing To Lose
Meant We Could Choose
Choose What We Wanted Then
Without Any Fear
Or Thought Of Revenge
But Then You Grew Old
And I Lost My Ambition
So I Gained An Addiction
To Drink And Depression
(They Are Mine
My Only True Friends
And I'll Keep Them With Me
Until The Very End)
I'd Choose Not To Remember
But I Miss Your Arrogance
And I Need Your Intelligence
And Your Hate For Authority
But Now You're Gone
I Read It Today
They Found You In Spain
Face Down In The Street
With A Bottle In Your Hand
And A Wild Smile On Your Face
And A Knife In Your Back
You Died In A Foreign Land
And They Found My Letter
Rolled Up In Your Pocket
Where I Said I'd Kill Myself
If She Left Me Again
So Now She's Gone
And You're Both In My Mind
I've Got One Thing To Say
Before I Am Drunk Again:
God Damn The Sun
God Damn The Sun
God Damn Anyone
That Says A Kind Word
God Damn The Sun
God Damn The Sun
God Damn The Light It Shines
And This World It Shows
God Damn The Sun
by the
Swans
Gimme Head(s), Lookwell/Citified, Mimi
First off. The Blots are not practicing this week. We are still trying to get some drums refitted. The old Tama Swingstar kit Joe Black left in my basement will have to do. We all agree we need new heads on the two toms/snare. The only problem is we have no real idea on how to change them. Kids, embrace the things you don't want to learn. Might as well do it of your own volition. It's less bad-tasting than when someone makes you do it.
Last night I mixed down the Lookwell performance at the
Eskimo Kiss Extravaganza. Hey, it's only taken me 2 years. I'd done the
Pacer show (Sunday) and sent that off to
Kim Ware yesterday at lunch. Well unfortunately a lot of these recordings are now posthumous. As
Mike McGinnis once put it, "that's what bands do, break up." The good news is that out of the ashes of
Lookwell comes
Citified. They just put out their debut CD.
Pick it up.
As you may or may not be aware, I am never about getting NEW stuff. Recently I acquired Mimi[Goese]'s 1998 release on Luaka Bop,
'Soak.' This takes off where
Hugo Largo left off. I think I want to have Ms Goese's (pronounced like 'Gacey') two-headed love-child.
Just go here: http://www.amica.co.jp/arakihiroshi/index.html
Charlotte Rep's "I Love You, You're Perfect. Now Change."
So. The show. We had a fine time. Mrs. Gordon took me to the Press Box. We ate a quick meal and had a couple of coctails. Then it was off to Booth Playhouse for "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" a musical comedy by Joe Dipietro and Jimmy Roberts. I had scored some tickets from work. Orchestra right. After the intermission we were even able to sit next to eachother. Woo. Anyway, the show was entertaining and not overly broadway~corny. The four vocalists could really belt it out. I'm amazed what you can do without amplification. The acoustics in Booth are super. The 'orchestra' was a simple piano+violin accompanyment. The drama unfolded the intracasies of male/female relationships throughout the different phases of dating/sex/marriage/divorce/child-rearing/death, etc... I found the title a bit misleading as it didn't seem to me that persons in the interpersonal relationships were actively attempting to change the other halves. Overall a good time was had. Kudos to Charlotte Rep.
International Human Rights Day is December 10th
Wow, I didn't even know such a day existed. And apparently neither did anyone in the US Media. Go to the link above for detailed links. I'm gonna try to be nice for a day or something. At least I won't be
'blowing holes in bandsmen by remote control.'
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!
I, yes ME. I am going to a
musical theatre (with an "re" not an "er") tonight.
I'll let you know how it was tomorrow.
Fornicatin' Hypocrite Update
Ok, take the CVS/Birth Control fiasco into your thoughts for a moment...
TEXAS, (where knucklehead STEVE MOZIER (sort-of pharmacist)) thinks that giving birth control pills kills fetuses)
ranks 2nd in teen parent rates out of the 50 states. In fact almost all of the red states that were voting on there "moral" high horses are screwing at phenomenal rates without the use of birth control. Full story from
It Affects You's Red State Project.
When you pair that with the fact that most teen minors aren't getting pregnant from their high school sweethearts in the throws of passion, but by men that are multiples of their ages... THEY HAVE NO DESIGNS ON MORALITY. Yeah, that's what I wanted to get across.
Stupid Pharmacist Update
See the
video (compliments of The Daily Show) that shows why that intellectually challenged fuqtard Steve Mozier would not dispense birth control pills. This is an update of a
previous story. Gee, now I think you should boycott CVS because obviously they are hiring complete idiots. I mean, do you want Mr Mozier really handling potential life or death situations? Shouldn't pharmacists have at least some understanding of biology?
CD Mixchange Tribe Volume XIII
1.
Superchunk - Foolish. Of the many cool bands to come out of Chapel Hill, NC. These cats have been about the most prolific. Not only having one of the most energetic live shows, but also rockin' the DIY effort as their own label:
Merge Records. Foolish is my favorite track off of 1994's The First Part EP. But Included the other two songs as they definitely merit a listening.
2.
Tobin Sprout - E's Navy Blue. From the 1996 'Carnival Boy' album. Tobin Sprout is probably best known as the sidekick to Rob't Pollard in
Guided By Voices. Another ex-Matador alumnae (like Superchunk). This album shows that he's just as competent a recordist,painter, photographer, and rock-n-roll front man.
3.
Portishead - Elysium. For a song that begins with:
"No one has said what the truth should be"
and ends with,
"And why should you decide for me,"
you have to give them credit for putting forth a great message AND a great medium. This is off of their 2nd eponymus CD. I prefer 'Dummy.' But I think this fits in with the other tracks nicely.
4.
The Wolfgang Press - Fire Eater. This is probably the first song ever I heard from TWP. One of the early eighties oddities from
Ivo Watts-Russel's 4ad label. Produced by the
Cocteau Twins' guitarista
Robin Guthrie this is from
'The Legendary Wolfgang Press And Other Tall Stories' compilation of their early EPs. A must have.
5.
D'arey October - Fighting the Moon. I can't tell you a whole lot about this band, named for their frontgirl. I caught them several years ago (when she was probably 16) playing in a Charlotte Auto Parts store that had recently converted to a rock club. Shortly after this show/tour they went back to Pennsylvania and broke up. They were great. I bought both of their disks that night.
6.
Hugo Largo - Second Skin. This is the most normal song on the seminal Michael Stipe produced 'Drum' EP. Singer
Mimi Goese seems to have a somewhat blessed/cursed luck with great production/label/etc... The first Hugo EP produced by REM's frontman. Stipe even sings a bit. In a time when they had just started (1988) playing to a global audience. Their next issue 1989's
'Mettle' went out on
Brian Eno's short-lived
'Opal' records. Since Hugo Largo busted up Mimi has released
'Soak' on
'Luaka Bop,' -
David Byrne's groovy global house of music.
7.
Julee Cruise - The Swan. The enigmatic singer from many a
David Lynch project. She is probably best known for the television soundtrack to 'Twin Peaks.' I'll always remember her voice from 'Industrial Symphony.' But that's probably because I didn't have a TV when 'Twin Peaks' was airing. This is from 1990's
'Floating Into The Night.'
8.
Frazier Chorus - Storm. Showing
4ad's penchant for alternatively using instruments not found in the pop mainstream, FC rock out with the 1988 EP 'Dream Kitchen' later released on Virgin's
'Sue' album.
The clarinet and flute ne'er replaced guitar and bass so well again.
9.
Marianne Faithful - Strange Weather. From one of her many retrospectives (
Island Anthology). One of many covers (Kathleen Brennan/Tom Waits) issued in her lengthy career.
10.
Superchunk - Connecticut. 2004 is the 15th anniversary of Merge Records. All hail MERGE!.
11. The Wolfgang Press - Mother Valentine. From their 'Queer' CD.
"Life is a state of mind," is quoted at the onset of this song. It's from the truely wonderful Peter Sellers movie 'Being There.' [from the short book by Jerzy Kozinsky]. This album recorded with the assist of ex-Throwing Muses bassist Leslie Langston. The quote at the beginning reminds me of the quote in 'Filagree & Shadow' (This Mortal Coil), I forget which song..."Billy, we just had a baby" also from a film...[Montana Wildhack to Billy Pilgrim in Slaughterhouse Five (Vonnegut novel)]. I don't know why I shared that with you. Another thing I remember about TWP is that they re-use some audio from other songs (and so did Xymox). If you listen to them for long you'll hear some 'Burning Blue Soul' era Matt Johnson.
12.
Robert Pollard - Release The Sun. 1996 release (Not In My Air Force) by omnipresent Guided By Voices frontman. Uncle Bob is the weed king. What can I say? I think I'll just quote Pollard from his 11/3/2004 Post Electorial 40 Watt Club appearance.
...all politicans are fuckheads...
13.
The Germs - What We Do Is Secret. Every comp needs some seminal punk rock. This was Darby Crash's band. He died in typical punk fashion. Heroin overdose at the ripe old age of 22. Sometimes Nirvana guitarist
Pat Smear was also part of this crew. I want to read:
Lexicon Devil before I make any other comments.
14.
Superchunk - The First Part. I caught these guys last about 1999. This song epitomizes their trademark sound. Recently Mac's other band
Portastatic opened for
GBV on the farewell tour show in Chapel Hill.
15.
Mogwai - With Portfolio. Scottish space rockers. This is one of the REALLY wierd songs off of 1995's 'Young Team.' I saw Mogwai in Atlanta
last fall. Definitely I'd say I enjoyed their album more than their live show. It was all right, just kind of too spacey for me. Not enough rock....
16.
The Wolfgang Press - Christianity. From their
'Funky Little Demons' CD.
17.
David Bowie -
Sense of Doubt. Ambient Eno/Berlin period Bowie. This version is from the
'Christiane F' soundtrack.
18.
The Rosebuds - Make Out Song. New Merge Records superstars. A guitar, synthesizer, drums trio that re-infuses the airwaves with jumpy rock diddies. One of the coolest bands to come out of Wilmywood/Raleigh,NC. I've been trying to get everyone into this band. Go see 'em!
19.
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Silver and Gold. Posthumous release by ex-Clash frontman Joe Strummer. This is probably the strongest of the three post-Clash releases by Strummer. Beset by legal vultures Joe was kept out of the musical realm for about 9 years. Just when he started contributing new material he died all too quickly of natural causes. RIP Joe.
Still True
Apparently we are not capable of development. Some
people are still using hatespeak. This (above) editorial was published back in October. Yet the name-calling continues. Let's just repeat Fannie Flono's words together ok. You don't have to hold hands and sing Kumbayah.
Kids need our help, not name-calling. Demonizing them and their parents is divisive, destructive and distracts us from the work we must do to build this community into the place we want it to be.
"Art Against Slavery" Charity Auction
(from:
iAbolish Freedom Action Network)
Our holiday fundraising drive is underway, and we have already received over $10,000 in pledges and donations - more than a quarter of the way to our goal of $40,000. Over the next few weeks, we'll be unveiling several meaningful ways you can support our efforts.
Today, we are proud to announce that several African artists are donating portions of the proceeds from the sale of their artwork to benefit the American Anti-Slavery Group. This charity auction is made possible by Zizini Gallery, and artists are donating anywhere from 10% to 100% of the proceeds from this eBay auction.
The auction for these six pieces of art (one work is pictured above) has just gone live on eBay. Please spread the word and place your bid. Visit the links below to begin bidding. Thank you so much for your support!
"Sharing Freedom" - Tanzanian Artist
"Massai Warriors" - Camaroonian Artist
"Cycle of Life" - Tanzanian Artist
"World Beat" - Tanzanian Artist
"Rest of our Souls" - Camaroonian Artist
"Ritual" - Tanzanian Artist
Ebony and Ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh Lord, why don't we ?
We all know that people are the same
wherever you go
There's good and bad in everyone
We learn to live, we learn to give each other
What we need to survive
Together alive
Ebony and Ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh Lord, why don't we ?
Ebony, Ivory, living in perfect harmony
Ebony, Ivory, ooh
We all know that people are the same
wherever you go
There's good and bad in everyone
We learn to live, we learn to give each other
What we need to survive
Together alive
Ebony and Ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh Lord, why don't we ?
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh Lord, why don't we ?
Ebony, Ivory, living in perfect harmony
Ebony, Ivory, living in perfect harmony
Ebony, Ivory, living in perfect harmony
