January 2009
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WatchSir Paul knights Colbert, 5th Beatle.
Arrrr Meow
Pssst.. in these pages earlier this week I said the Uptones were going to play a set at Pirate Cat Radio 2nite. I lied! Turns out their studio is too small to fit the band, so we’re gonna sing a coupla song with gee-tars and perhaps some howling pirate kitties.
DJ Fuze burns even in Water →
Went to a party at Water in Oakland Saturday night with my bandmate Paul Jackson, and we were amazed to find ourselves sitting right across the bar from none other than David Elliot, better known as DJ Fuze - old skool Berkeley High mate and groundbreaking DJ from Digital Underground - on the turntables. He busted a set of hip hop and dancehall tracks, moving seamlessly from happy-ish dance...
NOTICE OF RESUMPTION OF SERVICE
Hehe.. I don’t know who wrote this, but it’s making the rounds via email and a million bloggies apparently. Had to re-post.
NOTICE OF RESUMPTION OF SERVICE:
Dear World: We, the United States of America, your top quality supplier of ideals of democracy, would like to apologize for our 2001-2008 interruption in service. The technical fault that led to this eight-year service outage...
Freedom Of Information Isn't Just For Journalists... →
48 hours in and looking good.
Wednesday’s announcement at the White House was good news. President Obama told the nation, “every agency and department should know that this administration stands on the side not of those who seek to withhold information, but those who seek to make it known.”
Obama Staff Arrives to White House Stuck in Dark... →
Hmm.. laugh? cry? laugh? cry?…
Watch“Blofeldian”
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iTones! Skankin' Foolz, Unite! →
Yay! I am totally thrilled that today of all days, the Uptones first studio album, Skankin’ Foolz Unite! on Fun Fun Fun Recordings is available at iTunes. This makes us very happy. However! It’s listed, as we feared, as “Alternative” music! How can they call our ska music “alternative?” It’s a travesty. Skankin’ Foolz Unite! is a SKA record by a...
Proud? Well, yeah.
In 2004 I saw as many of us did, Obama’s speech at the Democratic convention. In that terribly dark year, when the Rove/Cheney administration squeaked to a re-election that was only slightly less suspect than the blatantly fraudulent election of 2000, I was encouraged and inspired by Obama’s speech and saddened that he wasn’t running instead of Kerry. Well. Here we are. In 2006...
A peaceful transition of power
Who woulda thunkit =)
Wow.
I’m speechless. Very happy today. Humbled. Inspired. Little I can add that hasn’t already been said. But this is good. It’s good. Today is a good day.
WatchEnglish hippie druid musical comic genius?
Why yes. This live Bill Bailey performance from 2004 - the mid point in America’s 8 year spasm of idiocy - makes for an interesting look back today, a mere four days before the end of an error. It’s also just rippingly funny.
Tip o’ the hat to videosift.
Re: Alice Waters' Letter To The Obamas
Our local world famous epoch-changing chef and champion of healthy organic and orgasmic slow food, the one and only asparagus chef to the stars, Alice Waters, has sent the Obamas a lovely note with some very good suggestions for the culinary health of the White House, the nation, and the world. After all, we’re in this salad bowl together, and as I prepare some delicious local organic greens...
Safety Reliability Methods
You just have to love it. The pilot whose quick thinking and Jedi flying skills saved all 155 of his passengers, and hurt no one on the ground, by landing safely in the Hudson River, has a consulting biz called Safety Reliability Methods Inc. I’d say their credibility is good this morning! Kudos to Chesley B ‘Sully’ Sullenberger III, what a feat. And in New York, which had such...
Din Haz Moggy →
So I started a Mog recently, and yesterday put up a reflection on the end of an error with some musical highlights of our little 8 year Kafkaesque meltdown.
Today there is a warm wind - not a warm breeze mind you but a warm, fairly steady wind - blowing through the east bay and reminding of the perpeptual cycle of renewal and change, that nature does, regardless. I expect there are a lot of boats...
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WatchThe End of the Universe
In Praise Of Rain, Coffee, and the Strange World...
Ah, rain. And coffee. Praises. Um, right, the cat goes out, gets soaked, comes back in, meows, eats, attacks carpet. I attempt to dry the beast, he charges out the door again. What is his business, his agenda, this urgent appointment he must keep under the neighbor’s deck? I ponder this as ants invade. They do this when it rains, searching. If I leave them no crumbs they will eventually...
Oh What A Day! From Cyprus to Gaza by Cynthia... →
- A good read.
Hello 2009
Happy New Year! In 20 days we’ll have a president who can pronounce “nuclear” and was elected by actual votes. Who woulda thunkit?
Some are even saying the dark days of crap idiot right wing music piffle are also waning. Praise the lard.
On NPR this morning, I heard a report about a psychological study someone did in which it was determined that watching TV news regularly can...