We All Dream Alone

8.24.2004


i was like wicked bored at work

you know how long it took to do this freehand in MS paint?
you don't wanna.

sometimes boredom taps some creativity.
sometimes shit like this happens.

number one in the hood, g!


(the logo is for real, though)


8.23.2004


you should click rodeohead

you really, really, should.
i've missed seeing these guys more than once at this point, and now that i've finally been able to listen to it, i'm kicking myself in the ass.

ow.

it's brilliant. a shitkicking work of staggering genius...

hard and phirm
(don't forget to click on rodeohead)


8.21.2004


van halen kicks ass

they made me proud to have been "the van halen" kid back in high school. i wonder where that jean jacket with the van halen patch is now?

so i saw them at the staples center earlier.

they fucking rocked.

i love the unpretentiousness (is that even close to a real word?) of sammy hagar. he's just a fucking goofball having fun, and he knows it. and he makes a damn fine tequila.

and eddie, man, the reason i picked up a guitar in the first place.
at one point during his solo, my thoughts wandered to the following place:
"i loved this slow blusey thing in live without a net, didnt he actually record this on an album later and dedicate it to his son? what was his sons name? wolfgang, how could i forget that? shit, that kid probably isn't a kid anymore, huh? i wonder how old he is now? i wond... is that actually him out there playing guitar with his dad? what the fuck?"
he came out and jammed with his dad.

michael anthony sang a lot, including all of 'somebody get me a doctor'. (which is on right now)
and played his jack daniels bass.

and alex.
sorry, misters peart, copeland, and moon, but it goes a little something like this:
bonham---> van halen ---> grohl

so it's 12:30 at night, i'm drunk and listening to van halen II. not the first time, probably won't be the last time.

oh yeah, i have DSL and a nice new computer at home now. I've never blogged from home before (except for the occassional saturday morning picture post)

I can now.

I am now.

y'all are fucked.

peace.

and light up the sky...


8.20.2004


monkey portraits

oh, this is awesome.

monkey pics

found it over at boing boing


8.19.2004


make like a tree, and paint!

Biff, we hardly knew ye.

some good stuff here

i love the viewmaster and pit bull paintings, and the FAQ is pretty faqing funny.
(sorry) (but it is)


8.17.2004


tuesday is martin scorsese day!

all of these will go great with prince spaghetti tomorrow night!
...well, actually after hours and alice would probably do better with a coffee.

today, finally, on DVD...

mean streets

alice doesn't live here anymore

after hours

and

goodfellas!!!

goodfellas and mean streets were out before, but shitty versions. this is the real deal. with marty commentary. if you love movies like i love movies, there's really nothing better than listening to scorsese talk about them.

i'd suggest checking these out too,

american movies

italian movies

just thinking about hearing the scratchy "be my baby" at the start of mean streets thru my stereo is giving me chills.

really.


8.06.2004


rick james is dead, bitch

miss him, miss him, miss him



i know it's just a poll, and its early...

but its interesting that if you watch the news, they say theres been no bump in kerrys numbers.

cautious optimism



the boss


THE NEW YORK TIMES
August 5, 2004

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Chords for Change

By BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

A nation's artists and musicians have a particular place in its social and political life. Over the years I've tried to think long and hard about what it means to be American: about the distictive identity and position we have in the world, and how that position is best carried.
I've tried to write songs that speak to our pride and criticize our failures.

These questions are at the heart of this election: who we are, what we stand for, why we fight. Personally, for the last 25 years I have always stayed one step away from partisan politics. Instead, I have been partisan about a set of ideals: economic justice, civil rights, a humane foreign policy, freedom and a decent life for all of our citizens. This year, however, for many of us the stakes have risen too high to sit this election out.

Through my work, I've always tried to ask hard questions. Why is it that the wealthiest nation in the world finds it so hard to keep its promise and faith with its weakest citizens? Why do we continue to find it so difficult to see beyond the veil of race? How do we conduct ourselves during difficult times without killing the things we hold dear? Why does the fulfillment of our promise as a people always seem to be just within grasp yet forever out of reach?

I don't think John Kerry and John Edwards have all the answers. I do believe they are sincerely interested in asking the right questions and working their way toward honest solutions. They understand that we need an administration that places a priority on fairness, curiosity, openness, humility, concern for all America's citizens, courage and faith.

People have different notions of these values, and they live them out in different ways. I've tried to sing about some of them in my songs. But I have my own ideas about what they mean, too. That is why I plan to join with many fellow artists, including the Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., the Dixie Chicks, Jurassic 5, James Taylor and Jackson Browne, in touring the country this October. We will be performing under the umbrella of a new group called Vote for Change. Our goal is to change the direction of the government and change the current administration come November.

Like many others, in the aftermath of 9/11, I felt the country's unity. I don't remember anything quite like it. I supported the decision to enter Afghanistan and I hoped that the seriousness of the times would bring forth strength, humility and wisdom in our leaders. Instead, we dived headlong into an unnecessary war in Iraq, offering up the lives of our young men and women under circumstances that are now discredited. We ran record deficits, while simultaneously cutting and squeezing services like afterschool programs. We granted tax cuts to the richest 1 percent (corporate bigwigs, well-to-do guitar players), increasing the division of wealth that threatens to destroy our social contract with one another and render mute the promise of "one nation indivisible."

It is through the truthful exercising of the best of human qualities - respect for others, honesty about ourselves, faith in our ideals - that we come to life in God's eyes. It is how our soul, as a nation and as individuals, is revealed. Our American government has strayed too far from American values. It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.




common people like kirk

oh.
my.
god.

now all we need is spock singing master of puppets

starring william shatner as jarvis cocker


8.05.2004


the mailers on america today

I wanted to copy a line or two, maybe a paragraph, and paste it here to get people interested in clicking on the link.
The problem lies in that almost every word written here is profound, and i wouldn't want to take one snippet out of it, because it just wouldn't be as powerful as it should be, separated from the whole.

take fifteen minutes or so out of your day, and read what a former angry young man, and his now angry young son, have to say about where we are as a nation today...

what i've learned about rage


8.03.2004


weapons of mass destruction... no, really!!

just read this over at yahoo. nice.

New N. Korean Missiles Said to Threaten U.S.

By Mark Trevelyan

BERLIN (Reuters) - North Korea (news - web sites) is deploying new land- and sea-based ballistic missiles that can carry nuclear warheads and may have sufficient range to hit the United States, according to the authoritative Jane's Defense Weekly.

In an article due to appear Wednesday, Jane's said the two new systems appeared to be based on a decommissioned Soviet submarine-launched ballistic missile, the R-27.

It said communist North Korea had acquired the know-how during the 1990s from Russian missile specialists and by buying 12 former Soviet submarines which had been sold for scrap metal but retained key elements of their missile launch systems.

Jane's, which did not specify its sources, said the sea-based missile was potentially the more threatening of the two new weapons systems.

"It would fundamentally alter the missile threat posed by the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and could finally provide its leadership with something that it has long sought to obtain -- the ability to directly threaten the continental U.S.," the weekly said.





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