January 2012
5 posts
Elizabeth Warren for Senate →
Here’s a link to a Democrat I find worthy of our support. She should be in the senate, and I think she will be.
Folitics
Of course now the fun begins and they screech about cutting taxes on the rich or there wont be any Christmas. And closing schools and opening jails or baby Jeebiz will haz sad. It’s a special season, the GOP primary, a great upwelling of generosity and joy. I just hope they can find a way to “cut” taxes on the rich, that would be a trick, seeing as the richest of the rich...
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Some East Bay Rubbish I Liked in 2011
Lae Charles and DJ Dave. What’s not to love about this?! The SoCal Whole Foods Parking Lot track and vid, and the Berkeley answer to it, and then the Berkeley Enough thing are as hilarious and fun as they are well crafted and original. Instant classics all, and it’s great to see these guys pop. There’s an article and interview in Berkeleyside that covers the story. Hey they even...
December 2011
1 post
Any moment we are not amazed and grateful for the simple fact of our existence on this lovely, improbable planet, is a moment we are not paying attention. It happens to all of us. I judge no one. We live, as we dream, alone. And that’s why friends are the greatest, sweetest miracle. My “God” is: the totality of all of us, and all of nature, and the whole infinite,...
November 2011
5 posts
Talk about the best of times and the worst of times. We have the coolest tools and toys humanity could ever dream of. Science fiction is reality as we video chat and anyone can publish what they want and make it available to the world in the time it takes to type this. At the same time, the transfer of wealth away from those who most need it, into the hands of those who need it least, has...
Please sign and pass on, why not? Can't hurt.
Yay, let’s tell the Obama administration not to give more cookies and flowers to the mega-banks who have ruined everything. Then, after the Obama administration delivers the cookies and flowers, let’s tell them it was wrong! Oh my, and when it’s re-election time, and we are presented with a crazed wingbat right wing pro-apocalypse bigoted insane war-pig, let’s vote...
October 2011
3 posts
I have read a few friends’ comments recently, in which they question why people are saying “elections are not viable solutions” to our urgent problems. Here’s the most articulate answer to that question that I have found yet - by U of O professor Gordon Lafer. A good read. And indeed, after the Democrats proved when they had a majority in both houses and the...
”The people are too big to fail.” Excellent sign. The “too big to fail” line is in the disgraced dustbin of history now and forever. What good came of it? And what small part of it is fair or intelligent? No small business I’ve ever seen - no band, no tech startup, no private contractor - ever got bailed out with public funds. If a company fails, it fails. I...
http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/ →
Brilliant.
September 2011
4 posts
It is important, when protesting ANYTHING, to NEVER, EVER chant “Hey hey, ho ho, (some shit) has got to go,” EVER! Because it makes you sound like a fucktarded cheerleader or trust fund anarchist. Who ever started that, and why does it persist? If CIA plants did it, they deserve bonuses.
Gardening at night. No, not the REM song. Actually gardening. At night.
The GOP position on health care and aging remains: “You’re sick? You’re old? That’s gross. Go die.” The GOP position on Social Security remains: “That money they took out of your paycheck so you’d have some bene’s when you get older? You can’t have it, we need the money to pay for tax cuts for the rich. What are you, some sort of...
Those who can’t do, teach, those who can’t teach, biyach?
August 2011
1 post
Egad. Why do people use the word “intimate” to promote concerts, ever? Gag me with a telephone pole. Intimate is fine and dandy with friends and lovers. If I come to your concert, put on a freakin show. I don’t want to know your issues and problems. I paid the cover, entertain me. Gawd.
July 2011
3 posts
Millions of Americans are sharing opinions about an entertainment product which was kindly provided by our court system to the media for the purpose of monetization. They thank us for our interest, and expect our cooperation in monetizing the next spectacle of human tragedy they bottomfeed. Meanwhile, all manner of creative souls fell trees in the forest, and try not to cut off their ears.
June 2011
4 posts
Posh Boyos
Posh Boy was one of the best record labels of the early 80’s US punk rock scene. I just found their catalog online at IODA, and now I’m having spasms. Made a coupla mp3 blog posts -
Here’s one from Pariah called “After The End.” They live the DIY ethic, and they rock.
Here’s one from Channel 3 called “I’ll Take My Chances.” They were a...
Is Horsey-Bell Riding, British-Warning, Gotcha-Gal...
Sarah Palin loses ground within GOP
Actual quote from article:
Some of the reluctance may be that voters don’t think Palin is qualified.
Ya think????
Captive Wild Woman: The Monsters of Big Man Japan →
Monsters. Big monsters. Big Japanese movie monsters! Discussed and exposited upon by super great giant blogger Miss Lisa. Clicketh.
Important first date movie advice →
Top 10 Worst Movies To See On A First Date
My favorite is #9:
Titanic
Don’t see a movie about two people who are far more in love than you and your date will ever be. It’s just awkward. Especially if that movie is four hours long and sucks.
May 2011
2 posts
Dude.
In Michael Valladares’ Two-Stone Killers studio last night I played an 80’s metal oodly-oodly two handed hammer-on riff without a trace of irony. Of course we retired to the Hotsy afterward. Now I am ready for judgment day.
Observation
The silence, the quiet, the perfect emptiness of midnight. Raccoon ambles unhurried, across major avenue. Wild fur shimmering in coastal urban moon. In search of what, only she knows. And away she goes.
December 2010
9 posts
More tea, anyone?
Historically significant as the first Republican President in ten years to complete whole sentences in English, President Obama’s extension of tax cuts for the richest Americans in a time of stupid war and calamitous recession illustrates the President’s commitment to the Republican position on social justice, which is: “You’re poor? Ew, that’s gross, go die.”...
Download Los Angelitos' Nightclub Mightiness
If you lived in the bay area in the mid 90’s, you either saw Los Angelitos live, or you did not go to nightclubs. Fearlessly fronted by bay area band leading legend Piero Amadeo Infante, this army of badasses on horns, keys, guitars, bass and every manner of percussion under the sun, blew all the doors off of venues and put them away wet.
It has come to my attention that their “See...
Cave-Fu
Mark Fiore illustrates President Obama’s unconventional fighting style.
WatchExcellent coverage of Cancun climate change talks and related protests, + Wikileaks saga.
Kate O'Beirne, Bad Person
I don’t know if Keith Olberman still does his “Worst Person In The World” bit, I haven’t tuned in lately, but here, here it is, without a doubt, this week’s no brainer pick for Worst Person In The World. Openly displaying standard Republican contempt for All People Who Are Not Them, we have National Review editor Kate O’Beirne, with this astonishing rhetorical...
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New Uptones mp3 up!
I love this track. Paul had been playing with the main theme for years. We performed it live a few ways before settling into this reggae dub interpretation, and it all clicked. Mikey and Bennie dug a huge groove trench, which Adam, Jeanne and Scott filled with shining molten brass. A peek at our new recordings, and our first instrumental in a while. Happy Skalidaze!
The Uptones - “Solar...
Meanwhile,
further securing their reputation as the Grinch, Uncle Scrooge, and Satan’s Evil Army Of Darkness all rolled into one, we have the GOP, Starring in Let’s Not Let The Children Have Any Food! Premiering this Christmas. Bring the family.
Republicans block child nutrition bill
By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press – Wed Dec 1, 6:26 pm ET
WASHINGTON – House Republicans have...
The guy who invented the neutron bomb died today....
November 2010
4 posts
Important petition →
Please tell congress not to extend the tax cuts for the wealthy put in place by the Idiot Administration. And pass it along, wont you? Thanks.
Precisely.
A friend emailed me this screed. I don’t who the author is. Googled it - it’s been republished from here to the moon. One site attributed it to “anonymous recently retired priest.” Whomever articulated this, did it well.
“Now You Get MAD??????????
After 8 Years Of The Bush/Cheney Disaster, Now You Get Mad? You didn’t get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a...
Well that's sorted =)
The Giants are rock stars.
October 2010
7 posts
Texas Tea
Ah! Now we haz contest.
Seriously, Whirled
That was redonkulous. A complete massacre. Who’s this great Texas team the Giants are supposed to barely hang in against, and when do they show up?
Whirled Serious
Farce. The notion that the SF Giants are motley crew this, misfits that, can’t hit, all rookies and no depth, blah blah. Nicely done, letting people think that. Actually it was all true. But, while everyone else may have believed that, seems the Giants didn’t get the memo. They figure they’re a great team. I figure it’s been quite impossible to say otherwise, in this...
Of course
much of the more concise, intelligent and relevant political commentary and news analysis in America continues to come from.. a comedy show.
Here’s the mortgage / bailout scandal / crisis, in a nutshell.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Foreclosure Crisis
Daily Show Full Episodes
Rage Against The Sewing Machine
Min. Im. Al. Ism.
New song we wrote has more less in it than any less is more we’ve ever lessed. It’s sweet. There’s nothing in the way of the something. So the something is huge, even though it’s really small.
September 2010
3 posts
Frogger
The fun never stops. Yesterday saw a young lady on her bicycle, texting with left hand, right hand on handlebars, in the left lane of a busy street, with earbuds in, just cruising along. Cars avoiding her, cursing, honking. She oblivious. Long may her guardian angels prevail. This morning saw a man driving a forklift, texting away on his i-Thingy. What has become of the monkeys? Clearly we are...
Conspiracy Theory
It is indeed a grand conspiracy. So grand in fact, that every single last one of us is involved.