06/30/2009
Now, I'm not saying I know anything about this, but... (in thoughts on life)
...but if I did, I'd think this site was rather amazing. Blotter acid artwork. Lots of it. Hold my calls, please. Read More
06/21/2009
Nauseating self-promotion (in music & sound)
1) I'll be performing at the Roskilde Music Festival in Denmark (Cosmopol Tent) on July 4, around 8 PM. I plan on presenting a different sort of set, rather than play a dance set more appropriate for a club than an early evening festival per ... Read More
Expanded liner notes for the "Beat Rock" comp I did for Vibrations Magazine (Under construction, not even 1/3 done, but I wanted get something out there) (in music & sound)
The very first thing I'd recommend you do is immediately get hold of a book called Unsung Heroes Of Rock'N Roll, by Nick Tosches (who's also written several other outstanding music books, among them Where Dead Voices Gather, about the extraordin ... Read More
06/02/2009
Bottle caps (in thoughts on life)
That's right; bottle caps. Found by Accidental Mysteries. Read More
The American military's religious crusade against Islam, and everyone else. For real. With video. (in politics)
Jeff Sharlet, writing in this month's Harper's, writes calmly and well about the scariest shit you can imagine: the takeover of the United States military by evangelical Christians. "When Barack Obama moved into the Oval Office in January, h ... Read More
05/28/2009
A short interview with Republican spin doctor #1 (in politics)
Meet Frank Luntz, the man who puts the twisted words in the mouths of the Republican Party (when their feet aren't in there). Excerpted from the NY Times: Your new 28-page memo, "The Language of Health Care," was sent to Republicans in Con ... Read More
Indoctrinating children about "idea theft" (in copyright)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation alerts us that several large, well-monied organizations are placing propaganda material in schools about the evils of "copying": Recently, the Copyright Alliance Education Foundation unveiled its plans to di ... Read More
05/18/2009
Republicans building strong team of candidates for 2010 elections (in politics)
And you thought it couldn't get stupider than Sarah Palin? from the AP: GOP Senate hopeful from Arkansas quoted calling NY's Schumer 'that Jew'; apologizes ANDREW DeMILLO | Associated Press Writer 3:48 PM EDT, May 14, 2009 LITTL ... Read More
A meditation on multitrack recording (in Films)
More about the recently passed Sid Laverents. Read More
Proof that Bush had the mental capacity of a challenged 11 year-old (in politics)
And I mean no offense to challenged 11 year-olds. Perhaps you've heard how Rumsfeld and the other slimeballs helped jolly Bush along as the Iraq war began to fail? Bush's daily briefings (mostly BS, as it turns out) had covers made up of "ins ... Read More