August 2011
13 posts
“When I was a kid there was this thing called the Soviet Union. We were all...”
Let It Burn by The Common Men
Sacramento is mainly a punk and metal town. Marshall amps. Tattoos. Aggressive, straightforward rhythms. Personally, it is not my thing. I like post-punk. There’s the originals like Joy Division and Echo and the Bunnymen and the current adherents like Interpol and the National. I like those bands, and clearly so do the Common Men. Let it Burn is a post-punk album; Kevin plays raincoat...
Rich Guy Takes a Shit
It was coming. Following the call with Flabz Burper he felt the contents of his intestines moving closer to his anus. His shit needed to be free. It was marching down his descending colon waving poorly lettered signs and shouting slogans, some inspired some half-hearted.
His shit would be free.
Did he have any good magazines? A good shit needs a good magazine. Something to turn the minutes...
“A downside of not drinking is my brain is all exposed wires. As low of a...”
“911 was an awful tragedy, and the fact people use it in this marketing campaign...”
“I am no Obama apologist, far from it, but despite his failings he seems a...”
My New Blog: Small Town 2022 →
I have created yet another blog. This one is about taking a small, semi-abandon town and bringing it into the 21st Century
“Is it wrong that I don’t like upbeat music? I can’t stand the song...”
eg Bell U f***ing douchebag and things not related...
I am waiting to find out about a job. Consequently, my guts are in knots so I need to distract myself a bit.
Bell is a historical figure I loathe with rare intensity. Why? Because he is associated with the telephone*, which is one of the few I things I allow myself to say I hate.
Why do we have to talk on the phone? Why do you need to hear my voice? Can’t we just email? Call me....
“There a lot of theories that a lot of the works of Shakespere were written by...”
Dispatches from a walk in closet
Why am I here?
I am fortunate enough to have the luxury for existential thinking. Lots of people around the world and even in this town do not have that luxury. I live in a situation that is far from ideal, but I have a roof over my head and lots of people do not have that. I still have UE benefits, so I can pay the day to day bills including having cable. Lots of people do not. That...
Seems like most bands have four good albums in...
This begins with a cruel, pointless joke at the expense of Hootie and the Blowfish:
Whatever happened to Hootie and the Blowfish? I bet they’re wondering that, too.
You know, they seemed like nice guys. If they were smart and had a solid contract, they made a lot of money.
A band would be smart to just agree to put out three or four really good albums and quit after the last one is...
The Greatest Turn Off Ever
It’s a rivalry. in lunacy
Just a thousand pinches of self-pity
Like an ingrate, or a creaking gate
Isn’t wallowing great?
Is the picture on the wall crooked
Or are you in the throes of a lean?
So mean, the edge of desperation
Logic congestion
Forgetting how to breathe
You think it’s clever
Wish it’d last forever
The greatest turn off ever
Every thread you...
