Monday, February 28, 2005
An aside
Blink O Rama
There is now officially a blog for everything.
Coming later this week: a two hour psychedelic disaster named Hunter S. Thompson v. Richard M. Nixon v. DJ Buck Wheaton.
It was recorded live on location in St. Louis, MO, on Saturday, February 26th, 2005. My parents were listening to it from a parked car in a hotel parking lot. An anonymous 52-year-old called it "the most creative radio [he] had heard in years." I don't believe him.
The aforementioned psychedelic disaster will be presented in .mp3 format, and it is suggested that you listen to it alone in the dark.
This always cruel month is almost over.
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Debunking Punk - What the Clash meant to rock 'n' roll. By Stephen Metcalf
great rock writing is a pleasure to encounter in a world of garbage reviews and limp glossy magazines.
Metcalf does a nice job tying the birth and death of rock and roll up in a bow shaped like London Calling, and driving a socio-historic highway from elvis to the clash passing directly though the beatles and the stones.
it's not the history of rock in 2500 words, but it's a nice picture, and it's worth your time.
Monday, February 21, 2005
Author Hunter S. Thompson Commits Suicide (washingtonpost.com)
what a jerk.
i thought he'd have the cajones to take whatever fear he faced like a man, to just deal with things getting weird or hard.
I guess he didn't.
what a jerk.
he talked such a big game......
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Major League III: A New Beginning
Everything I've been reading about the Nats, by which I mean everything I can find, reminds me of the movie Major League. A franchise that has been disrespected moving to a city that has been disrespected. A team that's actually a team, even though, or because, they've been written off and f'd with and told they don't even deserve to exist. And a city that is the seat of representative government that is unrepresented in that government. Even Larkin moving to the front office smacks of Tom Berenger managing the Indians in the embarrassing Major League II.
And even though Major League II sucked, I've got a feeling that this season, which I'll refer to from here on out as Major League III, will be awesome.
Monday, February 14, 2005
A good five minutes
I use a band-aid
as a bookmark
for the bukowski poetry
i read on the can.
it seems appropriate.
Sunday, February 06, 2005
Radio Free St. Louis Super Bowl Preview
There was yet another great Super Bowl on Sunday. But on Saturday, there was a great Radio Free St. Louis, a super bowl preview. Click the link above for an mp3. guests:
New England Bureau Chief: Mike Abbott
Philidelphia Bureau Chief: Joshua Lipes
Prime Minister of Fairy Tales: Selena Nelson
Senior Arlington, Mass. Correspondent: Matthew Rebholz
Chicago Bureau Chief: Adrian Trela
My highlight is the last 15 minutes, where Trela takes a look back at the 85 bears on this, the 19th anniversary of their super bowl run. He called this year's game for the Pats because they have more Italians on the squad, and named all 22 starters on the 85 bears, drunkenly, from a sidewalk outside some bar on Lincoln. Classic. More shows from last year will be put up in due time. Go Nats.
Thursday, February 03, 2005
Monkeys Pay to See Female Monkey Bottoms
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Another definition
comicide [cohm*ih*side] (v.): 1) slaying the vibe; 2) buzzkilling.
really, I'm making up new words like ghostface over here.