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- Economy will not recover but will get far worse. (Prophecy 2008)
- Second and 3rd “bailout” will not help.
- Iran will become nuclear (Prophecy 2008)
- Conflict between Iran and Israel (See Proph 2)
- Russia is “surviving” the economy (See Proph 1)
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- Economy will not recover but will get far worse. (Prophecy 2008)
- Second and 3rd “bailout” will not help.
- Iran will become nuclear (Prophecy 2008)
- Conflict between Iran and Israel (See Proph 2)
- Russia is “surviving” the economy (See Proph 1)
- A “weak” Barack Hussein Obama” is dangerous for the world
- Danger of Barack Obama assassination
- Conflict with / by Russia - Vladimir Poetin
- Bad will get worse in 2009
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Here is to a tumultuous 2009!
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1504 points (Level 3) · 8/6/09 10:51pm
I'll be honest, I forgot what this mix was about. It was sitting in my mixes and it has a nice flow to it, or so I think, because I am a little drunk right now. Instead of a drunk phone call, think of this as a drunk mix. I am at that point where I can laugh one minute and then cry up a storm. I feel played, used, sucker punched and left for not dead, but unconscious. I am broke, skinny, and can't wait till I drink again. I know it sounds oh so wrong, but that's where I am right now, so please be kind and don't judge...until I sober up.
1426 points (Level 2) · 10/24/08 12:47pm
That's the beauty of being a psychic.
I am looking forward to celebrating Halloween more than ever this year. I don't know what I'll go as but if I had planned ahead I would dress up like Gary Spivey. I am intrigued by psychics, mediums for some reason. Sometimes they freak me out, and other times they crack me up. This mix is for them. Some I heard of and others I just looked up. I am sure they are going to try to fry my brain or send their ghost friends after me now.
I am looking forward to celebrating Halloween more than ever this year. I don't know what I'll go as but if I had planned ahead I would dress up like Gary Spivey. I am intrigued by psychics, mediums for some reason. Sometimes they freak me out, and other times they crack me up. This mix is for them. Some I heard of and others I just looked up. I am sure they are going to try to fry my brain or send their ghost friends after me now.
1650 points (Level 3) · 10/8/08 11:07pm
I am a sinner.
I am not sure you can live your life without committing a sin.
And it's not like all sin is that bad.
Covet? Sloth?? Vanity?? Oh come on--you are only human. Humans do that kind of shit--so shake off the guilt.
I have made plans for myself.
I have secured condo and a job down below. I know a lot of my friends will be there.
I will be waiting with a clip board and pen ready to check your name off and welcome you.
I am not sure you can live your life without committing a sin.
And it's not like all sin is that bad.
Covet? Sloth?? Vanity?? Oh come on--you are only human. Humans do that kind of shit--so shake off the guilt.
I have made plans for myself.
I have secured condo and a job down below. I know a lot of my friends will be there.
I will be waiting with a clip board and pen ready to check your name off and welcome you.
1951 points (Level 4) · 9/25/08 11:41pm
I don't do yoga, although I dream of twisting my body in cool positions and astounding all my friends at parties and ball games.
Then we would eat fondu, drink tom collins' and make prank phone calls. I am guessing the night would progress with someone skinny dipping in the pool and someone else freaking out because they were not prepared to see a "live pee-pee". Then someone would cry and complain that they showed up to the party to get laid and all they are going home with are fondu stains on their tropical inspired moo-moo dress. Everyone will pass out drunk on the carpeted kitchen floor. It will take months to clean out all the stains.
Years will pass and we will all laugh about that night and listen to this mix while playing mah-jong and wonder where all the time went.
Oh goodie.
Then we would eat fondu, drink tom collins' and make prank phone calls. I am guessing the night would progress with someone skinny dipping in the pool and someone else freaking out because they were not prepared to see a "live pee-pee". Then someone would cry and complain that they showed up to the party to get laid and all they are going home with are fondu stains on their tropical inspired moo-moo dress. Everyone will pass out drunk on the carpeted kitchen floor. It will take months to clean out all the stains.
Years will pass and we will all laugh about that night and listen to this mix while playing mah-jong and wonder where all the time went.
Oh goodie.
2080 points (Level 5) · 8/28/08 4:10pm
This is my West Side Story soundtrack.
Boy-Boy and Ginko. Their love was so good, so right , but also very very doomed.
Starring:
Tony---Boy-Boy
Maria--Ginko
The Jets--The Rock'n'Roll Soldiers
Gang Leader- Muncho
Sidekick--- Dippy
Other Gang Member-- Snark
Gang pet cat---Mr. Muffinpants
The Sharks--The Bastards
Gang Leader--Bert
Ginko's Brother- Acid-Wash
Ginko's Sister--Maple
Dance at the Jim owner--Jim
Officer Krupke---Officer Steamheat
Townspeople- Townspeople
Boy on Bike: Himself
**I spent an unnaturally long time on this mix. I mean LONG time. It was like I had no life or job or place to be. I didn't answer my phone, didn't pay my bills, never put the milk away. Now it's a carton of cheese. I think I need mental help or beer or some vitamins maybe. Hope you like my Wezt Zide Ztory.
Boy-Boy and Ginko. Their love was so good, so right , but also very very doomed.
Starring:
Tony---Boy-Boy
Maria--Ginko
The Jets--The Rock'n'Roll Soldiers
Gang Leader- Muncho
Sidekick--- Dippy
Other Gang Member-- Snark
Gang pet cat---Mr. Muffinpants
The Sharks--The Bastards
Gang Leader--Bert
Ginko's Brother- Acid-Wash
Ginko's Sister--Maple
Dance at the Jim owner--Jim
Officer Krupke---Officer Steamheat
Townspeople- Townspeople
Boy on Bike: Himself
**I spent an unnaturally long time on this mix. I mean LONG time. It was like I had no life or job or place to be. I didn't answer my phone, didn't pay my bills, never put the milk away. Now it's a carton of cheese. I think I need mental help or beer or some vitamins maybe. Hope you like my Wezt Zide Ztory.
1672 points (Level 3) · 7/11/08 8:58am
Another mix I had sitting around, added a few more tunes to make it somewhat complete. Don't remember what the original concept was, so I decided it would be a letter to myself last week.
Dear me,
Don't go ballistic on anyone. They are going to piss you off extremely on Friday morning by email. Remember, you just work with them, you don't live with them or have sex with them, nor do you share candies with them. Take it in and punch a pillow and don't buy cigarettes. I know you feel like it, but don't. Don't cry, you know how puffy your eyes get. Just continue with your day and enjoy some time outside. It's going to be a beautiful day, around 85 degrees. You will feel a lot better. Trust me. Oh and don't pick that zit on your chin, it's only going to get worse and scar. Talk to you (me) later. AND yes, you are crazy. xoxoxo B
This letter is to my future self next week.
Hi again,
Good thing you didn't go ballistic on those fuck-tards last week or you would be in jail for murder now. Can you imagine becoming someone's bitch right now? It's the last thing you need. LOL. I am glad you feel better because there is going to be a hell of a shit storm coming. I'll tell you about it next time.
xoxoxox B
ps- your skin looks good
This letter is to me present time:
Dear Me,
Quit slacking and get to work.
and you are crazy or something....
B
Dear me,
Don't go ballistic on anyone. They are going to piss you off extremely on Friday morning by email. Remember, you just work with them, you don't live with them or have sex with them, nor do you share candies with them. Take it in and punch a pillow and don't buy cigarettes. I know you feel like it, but don't. Don't cry, you know how puffy your eyes get. Just continue with your day and enjoy some time outside. It's going to be a beautiful day, around 85 degrees. You will feel a lot better. Trust me. Oh and don't pick that zit on your chin, it's only going to get worse and scar. Talk to you (me) later. AND yes, you are crazy. xoxoxo B
This letter is to my future self next week.
Hi again,
Good thing you didn't go ballistic on those fuck-tards last week or you would be in jail for murder now. Can you imagine becoming someone's bitch right now? It's the last thing you need. LOL. I am glad you feel better because there is going to be a hell of a shit storm coming. I'll tell you about it next time.
xoxoxox B
ps- your skin looks good
This letter is to me present time:
Dear Me,
Quit slacking and get to work.
and you are crazy or something....
B
2348 points (Level 5) · 3/4/08 10:39pm
You know lately I have been asking myself if I'll ever pass the test of time.
At the rate that I'm going, I don't know....I have picked up bad habits, so I hope they prolong my life.
Bad habits include:
-Crying at the bar with my friends when I have had too much to drink. Not sure what this is about. I think it's just my own made up drama and I need to get over it.
-Letting my face show how I truly feel when I am around people I don't like. My friend said that lately I have been an "asshole". WOW- wouldn't that make you cry?
-Burping out loud. Sorry, sometimes I forget where I am and yes, sometimes I fart. My concern for other people has totally gone out the window.
-I actually have started cursing at my cell phone before I answer it. So it goes something like this:
Phone: Ring ring ring
Me: Shut the fuck up bitch. Gosh I hate you. (pause,answer phone) Hello this is Bilgin.
-Not remembering peoples names or faces or even making an attempt to. You would think I would pay attention, especially since I have become overly sensitive on how people pronounce my name.
-Giving people directions. What the hell? When did I become so helpful?
-Making "sassy" comments. Makes me want to drink a key-lime rickie,chew bubblegum and wear my hair in a ponytail.
-Dreaming of doing karate chops on random people.
-Daydreaming. It's gotten so bad, that I daydream while people are talking to me.
-Dyslexic talk- The other day, I could not say "coin toss". I kept saying "toin coss."
-Getting bored easily and yawning out loud.---yeah other people's feelings, out the window.
I hope to acquire more so at this rate I should live till about 106.
At the rate that I'm going, I don't know....I have picked up bad habits, so I hope they prolong my life.
Bad habits include:
-Crying at the bar with my friends when I have had too much to drink. Not sure what this is about. I think it's just my own made up drama and I need to get over it.
-Letting my face show how I truly feel when I am around people I don't like. My friend said that lately I have been an "asshole". WOW- wouldn't that make you cry?
-Burping out loud. Sorry, sometimes I forget where I am and yes, sometimes I fart. My concern for other people has totally gone out the window.
-I actually have started cursing at my cell phone before I answer it. So it goes something like this:
Phone: Ring ring ring
Me: Shut the fuck up bitch. Gosh I hate you. (pause,answer phone) Hello this is Bilgin.
-Not remembering peoples names or faces or even making an attempt to. You would think I would pay attention, especially since I have become overly sensitive on how people pronounce my name.
-Giving people directions. What the hell? When did I become so helpful?
-Making "sassy" comments. Makes me want to drink a key-lime rickie,chew bubblegum and wear my hair in a ponytail.
-Dreaming of doing karate chops on random people.
-Daydreaming. It's gotten so bad, that I daydream while people are talking to me.
-Dyslexic talk- The other day, I could not say "coin toss". I kept saying "toin coss."
-Getting bored easily and yawning out loud.---yeah other people's feelings, out the window.
I hope to acquire more so at this rate I should live till about 106.
1909 points (Level 4) · 2/21/08 10:10am
This mix has nothing to do with the Snoopy snow cone machine, but I do have one.
I had these songs in my "My Mixes", so I thought I would put it out there. Forgot my original intention with these songs. Then I realized, "what are my intentions?"
I don't have any. so there it be....
I had these songs in my "My Mixes", so I thought I would put it out there. Forgot my original intention with these songs. Then I realized, "what are my intentions?"
I don't have any. so there it be....
2206 points (Level 5) · 2/11/08 8:25am
It's true, I thought that if I was Donna Summer's daughter, I would have a better life. Somehow it made sense in my head. Even though my mother would threaten to put me up for adoption many times, she never did, making it impossible for Mme. Summers (my real mommy) to adopt me.
I pretty much grew up listening to "disco". There were a lot of tunes I could not fit on the list. I also had to use the radio edit time for most of the songs because we know that those disco tunes lasted a long,long time.
I grew up with Ziggy, Zoom and I preferred Electric Company (when Morgan Freeman was The Count) over Sesame Street.
My parents went to Friday & Saturday night disco parties while my sister and I stayed up late to watch scary films.
I remember when Burger King first opened it's doors and my first film I sneaked into was The In-Laws.
When Elvis and John Lennon died, there was a silent vigil that was hosted by the TV news.
One Thanksgiving we ate Chinese food and saw the film Reds. I fell asleep and woke up wanting to puke. I got food poisoning that night. I blamed it on the eggroll.
I loved frozen dinners, Tang, Snoopy and disco.
I got over the whole Donna Summer being my mom thing--so did my mother.
I pretty much grew up listening to "disco". There were a lot of tunes I could not fit on the list. I also had to use the radio edit time for most of the songs because we know that those disco tunes lasted a long,long time.
I grew up with Ziggy, Zoom and I preferred Electric Company (when Morgan Freeman was The Count) over Sesame Street.
My parents went to Friday & Saturday night disco parties while my sister and I stayed up late to watch scary films.
I remember when Burger King first opened it's doors and my first film I sneaked into was The In-Laws.
When Elvis and John Lennon died, there was a silent vigil that was hosted by the TV news.
One Thanksgiving we ate Chinese food and saw the film Reds. I fell asleep and woke up wanting to puke. I got food poisoning that night. I blamed it on the eggroll.
I loved frozen dinners, Tang, Snoopy and disco.
I got over the whole Donna Summer being my mom thing--so did my mother.
2207 points (Level 5) · 11/29/07 10:31am
My pillow broke up with me. I am devastated. We were so good together. I thought I could make it work. I made sure I always smelled nice, made sure I was clean, I even would even wear a hair net when need be. It wasn't enough. I know my pillow is bedding someone else's head.
2654 points (Level 6) · 9/15/07 10:44pm
aka: So, you're saying we can't get do it because you're DEAD?!
I love the film The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. I don't know, it's one of those films that I can watch over and over again. I also like to watch Body Double, but that's another mix.
You have finally met the "perfect someone", but they just happen to be dead. Oh well...
I love the film The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. I don't know, it's one of those films that I can watch over and over again. I also like to watch Body Double, but that's another mix.
You have finally met the "perfect someone", but they just happen to be dead. Oh well...
2457 points (Level 5) · 8/22/07 9:39am
I have been playing a lot of my records and tapes lately. I remember how excited I got when I bought them and couldn't wait to play them. Well, now I get music every way I can. Download, borrow, buy, and maybe steal (but that's a matter of semantics). But gosh darn it, I hate reflective moments, I really do. Maybe we should hold hands and sing Kumbaya and eat sunflower seeds. What am I trying to say here? Get back to the point! All these songs are from so many different parts of my life..(oh-oh reflective) Oh fuck it...originally this was supposed to be my Drive mix, but I couldn't submit it in time. have a nice day.
2121 points (Level 5) · 7/13/07 12:17pm
ok a little late, but had fun putting this together.
2477 points (Level 5) · 6/2/07 4:53pm
I went on a search for Dippity-Do hair gel recently and it was no where to be found. I even asked for it and the girl behind the counter didn't know what I was talking about. After describing what it was, she recommended DEP gel. Now, it doesn't really matter why I was looking for hair gel, especially Dippity- do, but it really drove home how the term, "out of sight, out of mind" rings true. Same goes for music. Yes, there is a shit load of great music now, but there was great music back then, gosh it's really not that long ago. Well, now Dippity-do has new packaging and so do some of these bands, but Damn, weren't those good gel days. Now excuse me while I let my hair grow to my ankles and roam free with what's left of the buffalo.
2174 points (Level 5) · 5/3/07 1:31pm
sometimes I don't fell like talking. I just want to hang with friends and just chill out, eat, drink, and laugh. Yeah, you can laugh without saying anything. ok sometimes you can't.
1857 points (Level 4) · 4/27/07 6:23pm
These songs have touched me in many inappropriate ways. I am seeking counseling currently for all my problems. In the meantime, I am still allowed to eat jello and raisins and answer the phone by myself. No seriously, these songs are what I listen to when being dropped off at the hospital.
2748 points (Level 6) · 4/22/07 10:02pm
This is my mix for Monday. I need to start it on a positive note for a change so
I will imagine that Vic Mackey from The Shield will kick people's asses when I ask him to. That's all.
I will imagine that Vic Mackey from The Shield will kick people's asses when I ask him to. That's all.
2219 points (Level 5) · 4/18/07 10:34pm
I've been to weddings where I was like, no I am not dancing. well a few drinks later .....you know you have been here and you can't wait for the next one. anyway nothing better than those afternoon weddings where you leave at around 3 and you are totally trashed and you are dressed up fairly decent. it's a love hate thing...but dance till you puke, eat 4-5 slices of wedding cake, tell everyone you love them and then figure out who is going to drive you home.
1873 points (Level 4) · 4/2/07 8:23am
This week is going to be hell!!!!! This week is going to be hell!!!!!! This week is going to be HELLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2336 points (Level 5) · 3/20/07 10:41pm
Oren is a guy.
Margaret Machine is a machine.
This is the beginning of their adventure.
Ok, so maybe I have extra time on my hands. Wanted to try something new and different. It's just fun for me to put together, so I hope you enjoy it too.
Margaret Machine is a machine.
This is the beginning of their adventure.
Ok, so maybe I have extra time on my hands. Wanted to try something new and different. It's just fun for me to put together, so I hope you enjoy it too.
1899 points (Level 4) · 3/18/07 11:17pm
When I heard that Brad Delp of Boston had killed himself I was in shock. I always am when someone takes their own life. Heck, I have been there myself many times. What I find the most upsetting is how the sad and troubled go unnoticed or written off as just depressed or on drugs or whatever. It's a hard time for a lot of people. I don't know what to say, I don't know what to write. I am heartbroken.
1934 points (Level 4) · 3/14/07 11:49am
These songs represent some really good friends in my life who I lost contact with. I hear these songs and remember them quite often. SO....I will pick up the phone, email, write letters and hunt them down. If we connect- great, if not-well at least I tried. I will at least have the songs etched in my brain.
1809 points (Level 4) · 3/13/07 12:46pm
it's all good
1787 points (Level 4) · 3/9/07 4:20pm
When I think too much, I fall into a funk. A deep funk. The winds blows against my cheek and I burst into tears. I laugh at awkward moments and am completely doofy. I see myself from the outside and it's not good. You know, you tell yourself to shuttup because you hate the sound of your own voice. You do things and take things you shouldn't, say the wrong things... I am not perfect and I am perfectly fine with that.
1615 points (Level 3) · 2/20/07 12:25am
1. get yourself a bag of chips, make sure you are sitting on a couch and watching TV and listening to music on your stereo
2. shove the chips into your mouf and make sure your butt cheeks are bouncing to the beat of the music
3. laugh at something you see on the TV and almost choke on the chips, but don't stop moving your butt cheeks.
4. look around make sure no one is watching you, even if you are home alone
5. Chips should be packed into your teeth, now SMILE!!!
2. shove the chips into your mouf and make sure your butt cheeks are bouncing to the beat of the music
3. laugh at something you see on the TV and almost choke on the chips, but don't stop moving your butt cheeks.
4. look around make sure no one is watching you, even if you are home alone
5. Chips should be packed into your teeth, now SMILE!!!
1978 points (Level 4) · 2/8/07 8:26pm
I am tired of working late, which is quite often. I listen to music while working on the computer and these are songs that help me keep going.
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Team Robot Member
I miss talking to you on this thing. Hope you are ok
12/10/10 6:38pm
The 250th Album Badge
AH YEAH, thanks for the download link to that album. Cool album cover.
12/16/09 2:01pm
Team Robot Member
Hey friend,
Glad you got your show on. I would love to see video footage. i am not doing so well. I am waiting to get sent to UCLA medical which feels like going to the Supreme court. If you don't get satisfaction there, there is no place to go. I think I may have to give up plasying which is depressing to me. I know I am not that good, but it is my life. I sat in with a country band yesterday just to try and keep my hand oin and I feel like shit today. Sorry, I am just really down right now.
I am doing a lot of mixtapes but not here. I am doing a 50 cd series looking at British music on Zen Running Order if you fancy a look. What I am doing right now is to try and work on a solo cd so that if I do have to retire I will have at least finally got something out. On the plus side, I am seeing a publisher mext week about getting a book out.
Glad you got your show on. I would love to see video footage. i am not doing so well. I am waiting to get sent to UCLA medical which feels like going to the Supreme court. If you don't get satisfaction there, there is no place to go. I think I may have to give up plasying which is depressing to me. I know I am not that good, but it is my life. I sat in with a country band yesterday just to try and keep my hand oin and I feel like shit today. Sorry, I am just really down right now.
I am doing a lot of mixtapes but not here. I am doing a 50 cd series looking at British music on Zen Running Order if you fancy a look. What I am doing right now is to try and work on a solo cd so that if I do have to retire I will have at least finally got something out. On the plus side, I am seeing a publisher mext week about getting a book out.
12/9/09 4:18pm
The 250th Album Badge
Game recognize game. That's street lingo. I think it's a compliment to the speaker and the subject. Yeah, pretty sure.
Thanks for the add, OG.
Thanks for the add, OG.
12/8/09 3:50am
The Lotto Badge
You're the best, beel. I hope you're doing fan-damn-tastic!
Living on my own is bitching.
Living on my own is bitching.
10/30/09 12:34am
Team Robot Member
hey ho! Glad you have your show coming up, but sad that things have been tough also. I had more surgery on Spet 2nd and it proved a difficult one leaving a thirteen inch scar on my abdomen. My surgeon says that further abdominal surgeries are too risky. Weeks later I gigged despite being told not to because we needed the money and the result is that I have pain almost all the time and am trying not to be dependent on heavy duty pain killers. In other words, I am in a pretty bleak place myself although I am trying to keep busy. The book about my Dad's Alzheimers is coming on, albeit slowly. I would love for you to use some of my music. Give me some idea of what would suit you best (themes/vcl or instr, etc) and I could sendspace you some stuff to sift through. Back in the day I had built up some library music of instrumental stuff I had recorded, and some of that could work. Let me know. I keep my demons in a little box buried in the back yard but the little fuckers keep getting out. (I have no idea what that last sentence meant either.) Be well and let me know about the music. Speaking of music (you know, that stuff that used to be popular in the 60s) I had fun yesterday. A friend of a friend is writing a novel set in the early 80s London world of punk and proto goth bands and I spent an enjoyable 90 minutes on the phone yesterday helping fill in some background with my old man reminiscences, which was fun. Anyway, take care and let me know about the muzak! last thing, in a pitifully weakened state, I went and saw Fame last week. I am not going to livge forever but I am more than interested in learning to fly. Toodle Pip.
10/4/09 6:08pm
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lol, you seem like a person I'd like to have a few drinks with. :D
10/3/09 12:17am
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I did it! I finally did it! August 17 I MOVED OUT. FOR GOOD.
9/26/09 1:20am
Team Robot Member
The gigs should form the basis of a new story, and I shall write you such a beast soon. At the moment I am dealing with the fact that the "agent" I signed the band with is a compulsive liar who does not have the promised shows for us. When will I learn!!!!!
meanwhile, you keep on with the hanging in there thing!
meanwhile, you keep on with the hanging in there thing!
8/12/09 7:20pm
Team Robot Member
Yeah, I was sad about Jyohn Hughes. As for the futility one feels when trying to do something more than being a worker drone, I felt it too today. My band is acting like three year olds. A is upset by b while c won't deal with our agent because he doesn't like her. The whole fucking alphabet of them are getting on my nerves. It is a bar blues band for fucks sake...Yet, usually when we hit the stand, I remember why I do it. Dick, the sax player I used to manage said that to him the music stand was the safest place in the world. An environment he operated in at his best, doing what he wanted to do, where all the petty shite of life couldn't touch him. The sad thing is that you have to come off stage at some point, and thats when the crap starts up again. We are playing a Cancer benefit in Visalia tomorrow, and then straight off to a brew pub in Fresno where we are gigging in the evening. We sre going to do a new song I wrote for the benefit called "Fight It" and despite all the silliness I at least know I will be happy between 3 and 4:30 and again between 8 and 11, the time I will be on stage. It is 2:21 in the morning and I am doing laundry. oh the glamour. Keep on with your project. At my lowest of ebbs, I always thing "At least it's something to do" Take care friend.
8/8/09 2:23am
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I'm trying to move out; my mom drives me crazy and my father won't speak to me. All of this is because I have a boyfriend who is not what they had expected me to hook up with, aka. he is Danish. Oh beel, every minute away from him is hell to me, I desperately need to get out. I rented a friend's room for the entirety of July, so I had plenty of time to be with my boyfriend, but now I'm home again. FUCK SHIT FUCK.
I've thought so much about you, talk to me!
I've thought so much about you, talk to me!
8/7/09 12:44pm
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Hello. I am doing ok, tons of gigs for the next few months. Could do without the 100f + weather we have had for a month now. My band has a vid up on youtube if you fancy a look. http://www.youtu be.com/watch?v=mlgC7cy206k
How are you doing? How is your project coming along?
8/4/09 1:31am
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Just trying to survive. This economy has been hittin me hard. Havent had much time to do MTC things unfortunately. But, There are some exciting things in store for this little website, so dont give up on it quite yet.
7/23/09 7:03pm
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Hi there. I am doing well but the surgery proved to be dramatic in that I had stones in my bile duct as well as my gallbladder. The tests didn't find the bile duct ones, but the surgeon decided to look for them anyway. If he hadn't of found them, I would not be here now. I am feeling better than in years. I am still a bit weak, but I am back to gigging on the 18th.
i would be interested in trying to come up with music for your show. That would be a project I do out of interest rather than to pay the bills. The band have just hooked up with an agent who can get us lucrative Casino gigs all oer California. THAT I am doing for the money, although I enjoy playing just about more than anything. Did I ever tell you that my university thesis was called 'Music - The Forgotten Sign System" and dealt with how music has in mho been neglected in dramatic theater compared to other sign systems such as lighting, set, costume, etc. I don't know why I am mentioning it now, but it just came to mind. Anyhow, I am interested in your project. Keep me informed.
I had my time working in shops. I hated it, but also it did seem easier than fighting to spend my time doing stuff I actually wanted to do. There was something comforting in a bad way about9-5 living and not having to think too much.
Anyhow, things are mostly good here, but I am waging a battle with our landlord which may not work out well. He is due here in a moment actually. I call him 'Smiley Dave', one of those guys who acts like an automobile salesman the whole time. (Actually, he is an automobile salesman.) All teeth and no substance.
Well, I am off to deal with him now as well as continueing my fight to be crowned the new King of Pop.
Take care and get creative and let me know
i would be interested in trying to come up with music for your show. That would be a project I do out of interest rather than to pay the bills. The band have just hooked up with an agent who can get us lucrative Casino gigs all oer California. THAT I am doing for the money, although I enjoy playing just about more than anything. Did I ever tell you that my university thesis was called 'Music - The Forgotten Sign System" and dealt with how music has in mho been neglected in dramatic theater compared to other sign systems such as lighting, set, costume, etc. I don't know why I am mentioning it now, but it just came to mind. Anyhow, I am interested in your project. Keep me informed.
I had my time working in shops. I hated it, but also it did seem easier than fighting to spend my time doing stuff I actually wanted to do. There was something comforting in a bad way about9-5 living and not having to think too much.
Anyhow, things are mostly good here, but I am waging a battle with our landlord which may not work out well. He is due here in a moment actually. I call him 'Smiley Dave', one of those guys who acts like an automobile salesman the whole time. (Actually, he is an automobile salesman.) All teeth and no substance.
Well, I am off to deal with him now as well as continueing my fight to be crowned the new King of Pop.
Take care and get creative and let me know
7/8/09 10:56am
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Hi. No word on my great nephew. I am going in to hospital for surgery on Wednesday. 5 days in hospital and six weeks at home. it is just gall bladder surgery but I am in agony right now and because of all my other surgeries I have to be cut open the old fashioned way. I am a bit scared although I have done this dance many times. I feel like an old bicycle wheel that is going to have one last patch to try and get a bit more life out of it...but there is always music, friendship and shit sci fi to keep us all going. You'll get through all this and I might get through as well. You take care friend
5/24/09 9:31pm
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Priscilla was my wifes sister and lived in San Diego. There is a memorial planned for next week, and we will go down there then. We had a sad couple of days but things seem more positive today. This coincides with a somewhat unexpected influx of funds. I feel an inappropraite spending spree coming on
4/15/09 11:38am
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Awesome! Got your tag and now I'm doing even better! So good to hear about your dad.
I actually lost my grandmom last month, but I guess life moves on. I try to keep myself busy with all kinds of things.
I actually lost my grandmom last month, but I guess life moves on. I try to keep myself busy with all kinds of things.
4/15/09 9:53am
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Good, busy at work and trying to find new music. how about yourself little lady?
4/14/09 10:15pm
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Thanks, I'm having a blast! Woooeee
4/14/09 2:51pm
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Hi friend. I am glad you are back around. If you saw the state of my living room right now you would realise we subscribe to the same magazine. I am so glad your dad got his surgery, and I wish we had of had the chance to see your piece in LA.
Things are not good here. My wife is really ill, I am facing double surgery (gallbladder and spleen) and saddest of all, my sister-in-law Priscilla died on Saturday. We are reeling at the moment. I also have a 19 year old nephew missing in Italy right now. It is a mess! Amidst all this, my band has a flurry of activity in the next month including two dates in Fresno that represent a step up for us. It is a strange old year so far.
Things are not good here. My wife is really ill, I am facing double surgery (gallbladder and spleen) and saddest of all, my sister-in-law Priscilla died on Saturday. We are reeling at the moment. I also have a 19 year old nephew missing in Italy right now. It is a mess! Amidst all this, my band has a flurry of activity in the next month including two dates in Fresno that represent a step up for us. It is a strange old year so far.
4/14/09 8:37am
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It is not good, you not being around these here parts
4/2/09 3:34am
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Hi there again, love. How is your dad doing?
I miss you so much
I miss you so much
3/18/09 1:32am
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Whats up? Are you doing that show yet? When does LA happen? I am busy getting gigs for the band right now, but other than that not much happens. Tomorrow I will go up to the Indian Res in the morning as it is a lovely ride and you can see Eagles now and then. A few weeks ago I saw a stork which is awesome, it's wingspan is amazingly beautiful, but I was pissed that he or she wasn't wearing a postman hat and carrying a baby in a sheet!
2/22/09 12:14am
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well, i ended up in the ER on the opening night and attended night 2 full of morphine (which is actually the best way to see a teenage theatrical performance) but...the kids did great, people laughed at the piece I did (it was full of bad puns and pop culture bits) and booed and hissed the villain in the melodrama. I got some children's drama workshop work for the summer out of it which was cool. Also, there was one kid who is just a natural actor, it was exciting to see her develop as a performer and I hope I helped her a little. Some of the others showed promise too. I had the kids do everything, lights, sound, backstage, etc and although it got chaotic now and then, I think they all enjoyed it. We made a few hundred bucks profit for the community theater as well. This one, Lindsay, is much better than the other one. I am concentrating on band and writing now for a bit. I might put some of the show I wrote up on youtube at some point!
Glad you got to spend time with your folks and hope that your Dad gets his surgery soon. Let me know about the LA show. I am taking the afternoon off to watch bootleg DVDs, eat popcorn and generally veg!
Glad you got to spend time with your folks and hope that your Dad gets his surgery soon. Let me know about the LA show. I am taking the afternoon off to watch bootleg DVDs, eat popcorn and generally veg!
2/9/09 3:30pm
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Oh no, I'm sorry to hear! What's his condition like, is he alright?
Well, things are messy. My parents wanted to kick me out, now they don't speak to me and school is a mother fucking bitch. Nothing new there, but I also got dumped in such an odd way that it sent me right back to-- well, I haven't been this insecure about myself in a long long time. :-(
Well, things are messy. My parents wanted to kick me out, now they don't speak to me and school is a mother fucking bitch. Nothing new there, but I also got dumped in such an odd way that it sent me right back to-- well, I haven't been this insecure about myself in a long long time. :-(
2/2/09 4:25pm
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Hi,
The show opens in 2 days, I am sick to the point I should be in hospital, one of my band members who was helping me with the music pulled out because her Mum broke her hip but I like these kids and we are going to have a show if it fucking kills me which is an option. I am just getting ready to go to the theater now, but have lots to talk about so I will write when I get back. In the meantime, I saw Our Town in 1998ish in New York in the park with John Goodman. thought you might have been there?
The show opens in 2 days, I am sick to the point I should be in hospital, one of my band members who was helping me with the music pulled out because her Mum broke her hip but I like these kids and we are going to have a show if it fucking kills me which is an option. I am just getting ready to go to the theater now, but have lots to talk about so I will write when I get back. In the meantime, I saw Our Town in 1998ish in New York in the park with John Goodman. thought you might have been there?
1/28/09 1:30pm
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I am so sorry to hear about your Dad. Please know I am thinking of you and hoping he gets through ok.
Enjoying working with the kids a lot. These guys come without pushy rich parents which I like. I finished writing the short piece of mine we are doing yesterday. They already had the first two scenes and were keen to find out what happened. It is just a bit of hokum but they really liked how it turned out, and I have to say that made me feel really good. Coming with no experience or expectations of the theater has it's advantages I think. These kids have a wonder and fascination for what we can achieve on stage that restores my faith in the old "suspension of disbelief" thing. We open on the 29th and I am already feeling sad about the end of the run a week later. My excursions into theater are limited these days, but I am unexpectedly really enjoying this one.
If your project did hit LA could you let me know in case we could come and see it? I've been planning to meet up with Sledgy on one of my next trips to La La land and that could be the time.
We are ok, didn't get hurt in the RTA but it was a strange experience. A tire blew and we spun off the road towards an orange grove. We limped to a gas station a short way away and it was almost scarier than the crash itself, guys staring in our truck to see what we had, and the guy in the store telling us that we had about an hour window before someone tried to rob us. It was a bit like being in a basly acted sequel to "From Dusk To Dawn" and God knows there have been enough of them!
Enjoying working with the kids a lot. These guys come without pushy rich parents which I like. I finished writing the short piece of mine we are doing yesterday. They already had the first two scenes and were keen to find out what happened. It is just a bit of hokum but they really liked how it turned out, and I have to say that made me feel really good. Coming with no experience or expectations of the theater has it's advantages I think. These kids have a wonder and fascination for what we can achieve on stage that restores my faith in the old "suspension of disbelief" thing. We open on the 29th and I am already feeling sad about the end of the run a week later. My excursions into theater are limited these days, but I am unexpectedly really enjoying this one.
If your project did hit LA could you let me know in case we could come and see it? I've been planning to meet up with Sledgy on one of my next trips to La La land and that could be the time.
We are ok, didn't get hurt in the RTA but it was a strange experience. A tire blew and we spun off the road towards an orange grove. We limped to a gas station a short way away and it was almost scarier than the crash itself, guys staring in our truck to see what we had, and the guy in the store telling us that we had about an hour window before someone tried to rob us. It was a bit like being in a basly acted sequel to "From Dusk To Dawn" and God knows there have been enough of them!
1/13/09 10:04am
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Bonjour! Almost finished the short play I am writing for Kids to perform. Just as well as we open three weeks yesterday!
We had a car crash the other day, scary at the time, but like Gloria gaynor, we survived.
What's happnin' in Beel world?
We had a car crash the other day, scary at the time, but like Gloria gaynor, we survived.
What's happnin' in Beel world?
1/10/09 3:46am
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And to you, duck, I wish the most awesome happy new year of 'em all!
How do you dooo?
How do you dooo?
1/1/09 3:54pm
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Saw Dick Clark and he seemed like he was one of those Tim Burton animations
1/1/09 7:22am
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I linked up some youtube vids to my last blog piece and have two more pieces to post later. to post later. The ghost show will be filmed, and I will let you hear the (as yet unwritten) songs before that. Stayed in this noo years eve, going out now for breakfast up at the local Indian res then home to old movies, some writing and a lot. Not for a while though, I too have sugar rush
1/1/09 7:20am
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I just realised it is already New Year in NY so happy new year for 2010! HAVE A FAB GEAR AND GROOVY 12 MONTHS!
12/31/08 9:10pm
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oh yeah, and let's get story time going again. By the way, I will have some biographical writing up on my blog in the next day or so. I have put a couple of things up there in the last month.
12/30/08 6:37pm
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Hiya. Maybe you can find a drum teacher who isn't into real estate? The whole wagon thing is pretty serious for me, my not very good health anyway would be shot to hell by any full time return to fun substances and drinks. I have only fallen off a couple of times in 15 years and never for more than a day or so, but my first day of being good again, Saturday, was pretty fraught. We travelled back early from Ventura, and although I planned to rest in the day, it never really happened. When I went to the party to jam in the evening, a dickwad drunk racist got on my back about driving all immigrants into the sea, how Spaniards are educated Mexicans and how the English are a bunch of faggots. I tolerated this drivel for a while, but have you ever been in the scenario where the objectionable drunk insults and offends you on the one hand while thinking you are their best friend and constantly following you around on the other? That was my fate, and the only way out was to come home before 9, the earliest I have been home from a party since my age hit double digits! There was a big temptation on my part to play hide the contents of the tequila bottle but I didn't, and I seem to be back to my fluffy world of fruit juice and diet soda! (Yes, I know that's bad for me too!)
I wasn't a mad keen Pinter fan, but 'The Birthday Party' and 'The Servent' are very good. Joseph Lossey made a movie of 'The Servant' with Dirk Bogarde and (I think) James Fox which is excellent. I never saw Pinter on stage as an actor, but I have seen Krapp's Last Tape as part of a Beckett festival some time back. I think that the British actor Billie Whitelaw was in it, She was great as I recall, and comedy actor Warren Mitchell was in Godot.
I am not welcome at my local community theater anymore, nor would I want to go. There is one guy who would want to be involved in some kind of reading for Pin ter there, but I doubt it will happen. Back in the late fifties, this theater was actually cutting edge for it's status and location, they even performed some Beckett at a theater fest in 1959. These days it is Seussical the Musical and please check your creativity in at the door. I am directing some teenagers in a trifle at The Lindsay Theater, 15 miles away from here. The kids are so enthusiastic, I couldn't turn it down. We will be doing a short pre-show, a musical ghost story written by me. We start rehearsal on Monday and I have to finish writing my piece (not to mention four or five songs to go in it). These kids have had little or no exposure to Theater other than the enthusiasm of a local English teacher who also runs this theater. He is a whizz at Grant writing so the place has some useful lighting and sound equipment. The kids are up for this, and I will enjoy it I know. A month to rehearse and 4 performances is about the right amount of time for me. I will be out gigging with a changed and expanded band again by late February.I would love to read the piece you submit to the NY Fringe Fest. I will fin ally get another book out in 2009, I have two things on the go
Hope you have a festive New Year and that 2009 turns out to be one to remember for all the right reasons. Have a great year my friend.
I wasn't a mad keen Pinter fan, but 'The Birthday Party' and 'The Servent' are very good. Joseph Lossey made a movie of 'The Servant' with Dirk Bogarde and (I think) James Fox which is excellent. I never saw Pinter on stage as an actor, but I have seen Krapp's Last Tape as part of a Beckett festival some time back. I think that the British actor Billie Whitelaw was in it, She was great as I recall, and comedy actor Warren Mitchell was in Godot.
I am not welcome at my local community theater anymore, nor would I want to go. There is one guy who would want to be involved in some kind of reading for Pin ter there, but I doubt it will happen. Back in the late fifties, this theater was actually cutting edge for it's status and location, they even performed some Beckett at a theater fest in 1959. These days it is Seussical the Musical and please check your creativity in at the door. I am directing some teenagers in a trifle at The Lindsay Theater, 15 miles away from here. The kids are so enthusiastic, I couldn't turn it down. We will be doing a short pre-show, a musical ghost story written by me. We start rehearsal on Monday and I have to finish writing my piece (not to mention four or five songs to go in it). These kids have had little or no exposure to Theater other than the enthusiasm of a local English teacher who also runs this theater. He is a whizz at Grant writing so the place has some useful lighting and sound equipment. The kids are up for this, and I will enjoy it I know. A month to rehearse and 4 performances is about the right amount of time for me. I will be out gigging with a changed and expanded band again by late February.I would love to read the piece you submit to the NY Fringe Fest. I will fin ally get another book out in 2009, I have two things on the go
Hope you have a festive New Year and that 2009 turns out to be one to remember for all the right reasons. Have a great year my friend.
12/30/08 6:33pm
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Christmas was good, and featured an unexpected temporary return to booze which was both scary and nice. On the wagon again, back in Bumfuck, CA and getting ready to jam the night away at my bass players party. PLUS, I recorded three Bogart movies on TCM Christmas night so Sunday will be a black and white vision of happiness.
12/27/08 9:55am
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You're so full of YAY! I love you. You're so full of it.
12/26/08 6:33pm
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Happy Crimbo and a kickoutthejamstastic New Year!
12/24/08 7:56pm
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I download all the Mackey shows as I don't have FX on my cable roster, and I hadn't got round to watching it yet (Too many 'Sarah Jane mysteries' from the UK to get through) but some bastard did a verbal spoiler so I kind of know. I would have rather he was blasted to death by a swat team really. I knew a kind of Vic M in London, he was a cop on the take who had a reel to reel video recorder at home about two years before VCR's were commercially available. Nice guy though
12/6/08 7:16am
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Leaving my band maybe, but not playing. I have been asked to join an alt. country band who work a lot. Not exactly my music, but they are good at what they do and the money is very good at what it does. It can go a long way towards helping me pay legal fees so that I can get my residency problems sorted out. can also work on my own music and hopefully get a writing project going.
As for MTC, I have a backlog of mixes I want to do. I am doing a Henry VIII banquet one for the contest but I am nowhere near finishing it yet. Anyway, like I said before, it is good to have you back.
As for MTC, I have a backlog of mixes I want to do. I am doing a Henry VIII banquet one for the contest but I am nowhere near finishing it yet. Anyway, like I said before, it is good to have you back.
12/1/08 1:46am
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Just got back from a coastal trip myself. Drove all night so I am a bit spaced right now. It is very good to hear from you. I am a bit under the weather but that seems to be the way of it these days. A spate of Christmas gigs are coming in. I am leaving my band once they are done, but I need the money. I am glad you are going to get down to writing, that is what I need to do too. I did my first blog entry in about seventy years last week, but that is hardly going to be pulling in the Booker prize now is it! I imagine you will be glued to the telly tonight to see what happens to Vic M. I am hoping he gets away with everything but I suspect that it will all end bloodily.
11/25/08 8:48am
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Hope nothing else shit has happened. Things seem to be turning a corner for me, I seem to be getting offered music work from all sides, though I don't feel up to doing tons and tons. Take care
11/11/08 8:28pm
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Bloody hell. I am sorry about your friend, glad that your Dad is back home. A heart blockage was part of my problem when I was in hospital a year back. I had angioplasty and am doing much better as a result. As for your job, I have to ask, was any head kicking involved?
I am still not feeling too great, and am having the usual tests, X rays, faith healers etc. I am still playing, I have a gig tonight, although I just learned that my other guitarist is "unavailable" for three weeks. Ah well. Enjoy your new found freedom!
I am still not feeling too great, and am having the usual tests, X rays, faith healers etc. I am still playing, I have a gig tonight, although I just learned that my other guitarist is "unavailable" for three weeks. Ah well. Enjoy your new found freedom!
11/5/08 11:50am
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Can't wait to get my hands on Black Ice! It's apparently GOOD STUFF.
11/4/08 12:46pm
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How are you? Stayed in a haunted inn last night after a gig. The only thing that came back to haunt me though was last night's tri-tip sandwich!
10/30/08 11:52am
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There was this Indian girl at my school whose name was Priti Buch (pronounced Pretty Butch) On the first day of school my friend was standing next to her, and when a teacher asked "Are you pretty butch?" he said in a deep voice "No, but I am!" Priti was pretty cool too as it happens, very quiet, but a demon at racket ball.
10/28/08 7:03am
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I wasn't tripped, I wasn't kicked in the head, but I feel like a crap taco right now. My weeks are always fun and educational, hope yours are too!
10/27/08 12:00pm
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oh sweet beel, i am so broke i could cry. but i still don't wanna miss my shows. what are you up to these days?
10/25/08 10:17am
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Glad you are feeling better. as for your co-worker, my advice is to trip them up first and then as they fall the head will be that much more accessible for kicking!
10/24/08 10:28am
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How the heck are you? Feeling better I hope?
10/24/08 2:21am
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I am feeling a little better, same old story, waiting for blood test results to find out what happens next. I am doing ok though. I just got a wednesday night residency that I view as 4 paid bills a month, so that is good! Feel better
10/22/08 9:44am
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The whole EP http://www.s endspace.com/file/ypkyhw Hope you feel better
10/21/08 10:58am
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Built to Spill were here two weeks ago, and I didn't try and buy tickets until the very day they were playing - of course it sold out the same day. I'm really angry with myself. :(
10/21/08 4:47am
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Sorry to hear it. I too am sicker than sick. Getting checked out this afternoonl. Be well soon
10/20/08 9:27am
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John Hurt was great. Have a listen to Lightnin' Hopkins and Hound Dog Taylor
10/18/08 11:56pm
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http://www.s endspace.com/file/hci46i Hope you like this one as well. Sold a few 4 track EPs at a gig last night. I am also buying up cheap used copies of my first book from Amazon and selling signed copies at gigs. I seem to be a right little capitalist these days. I will send you the other 2 EP tracks tomorrow.
10/16/08 11:36pm
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http://www.s endspace.com/file/4x357l a track from my EP
10/16/08 3:24pm
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I hope I can change it one day. I feel like the dinosaurs at this point - propped up by the union's CBA in a soul sucking job, waiting for cheap Polish labor to take my job. At least it's cushy. It's hard to contemplate going back to school approaching 40 though.
10/15/08 10:54pm
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Oh, I'm sure my job is doing that. I just don't know of any alternative...
10/15/08 10:13pm
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I think I might relate to Gary Wilson a little too much. I havent heard that other guy. Will look into it.
10/15/08 11:32am
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Oh, too much to cover in my small allottment of zeroes and ones I think. Most urgently is a bit of mixtape anxiety, so much people are asking for mixtapes at the same time. And before you know it, I'm sure Sledge will start another contest, too. I wonder if anyone will notice if I send them all the same mix?
10/15/08 8:47am
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What traces of other artists/songs do you hear when you listen to Dr. Dog? Our casting crew will contact your agent when the sequel is scheduled, ok?
10/14/08 2:58pm
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Coyotes got rabies from me! No, didn't get home till Sunday, missed out on bucks I needed, and we have a concert launch of my CD EP tomorrow and I still have three tracks to finish, the art work to do, and I am late for a guitar lesson with a fifteen year old who thinks she is the next Whitney. But...I did give a coyote pack rabies so life is good. get into any fun trouble this weekend?
10/14/08 2:33pm
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Happy faces are good, yes? We like happy faces. My car need a little sunshine in its dreary life.
10/14/08 2:26pm
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weee, what a perky cat.
It must be the way Turks do it, then. My parents are exactly like you described yours.
It must be the way Turks do it, then. My parents are exactly like you described yours.
10/11/08 10:53am
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Actually, I like the whole staying in the bad part of town aspect to all this, and despite the disaster that might be just round the corner, I am kind of ernjoying the adventure!
10/10/08 10:36pm
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No snakes as yet, just dickheads. I should be home now but the truck broke down in the Mojave desert. We paid the AAA tow truck guy off the books to fix the problem and as soon as he left us in the aptly named Bullhead City, AZ our battery went dead and the weekend turned to post Vindaloo Poo. I am writing this from a hooker hotel in the aforementioned Bullshit city and have no idea if the truck (betsy to her friends) will get me home tomorrow. I am due to play a decent gig tomorrow night, one of the last with my current band, and I hope I get back in time. I would french kiss a rattlesnake at this moment just to welcome the change in pace.
Aaaaargh
Aaaaargh
10/10/08 10:34pm
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That was laugh out loud worthy, and I actually did. thx ;p
10/10/08 12:14pm
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Oh she did. She freaked out bad.
I'm joining a creative writing class for the autumn break next week, and I'm really looking forward to it - I don't actually love to write or anything, but I think it's going to be some fun anyway. Five days of nothing but writing, wow.
How about you? Oktoberfest treated you nice?
I'm joining a creative writing class for the autumn break next week, and I'm really looking forward to it - I don't actually love to write or anything, but I think it's going to be some fun anyway. Five days of nothing but writing, wow.
How about you? Oktoberfest treated you nice?
10/10/08 9:41am
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But not quite as happy as Captain Ecstactic of the planet Ecstaica during interplanetary Ecstacy month
10/7/08 11:51pm
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Laughlin Nevada is like Las vegas without the Las or the Vegas but they have 24 hour food, the rooms are less than 20 bucks a night and its not Porterville so I am happier than Captain happy from Happyland during Intercontinental Happy week.
10/7/08 7:59am
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Found the modem, ate tons of food, wallowed in the Ventura rain. (No rain toi speak of in these herte parts) off to nevada now. As well as the obvious I will be messing about on teh Colorado river a bit. I will tell you my sea anecdotes when I get to where I'm going. next week I have to go see the immigration people and it might be bad news but this week we play! I like whales
10/6/08 12:37pm
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I was out last night and woke up in my bed with puke in my hair! I'm such a pig, I probably just puked all over my pillowcase and then went to sleep. You have long hair too, imagine how that must feel.
10/4/08 9:22am
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Back in Ventura on the trail of the modem. This involves going to various restraunts and eating a lot.
Meanwhile, I am going to have a short vacation in Laughlin next week, a low rent Vegas on the Colarado River. Fun fun fun
Meanwhile, I am going to have a short vacation in Laughlin next week, a low rent Vegas on the Colarado River. Fun fun fun
10/2/08 8:50am
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Herllooooo. We played an open air gig on Friday and were on the front page of the local paper on Saturday. Go to www.recorderonline.com and put 'the stepsons' intop the site search engine. The article is shite of course. It said I introduced a number as a 'rookie' acoustic song. I wracked my brains trying to work out what the writer meant, trhen it came to me. For rookie, read 'rocky'!
Saturday Sunday I was in Camarillo, and dickhead that I am I left my wireless modem in a sushi bar in Vrentura, so I am having to use a fdriends computer to check my messages. I am going back down tomorrow to do some recording at a different studio and I will pick it up then.
Did you work this weekend or were you able to have fun? I saw Eagle Eye but it threw me. Vic Mackie as an honourable politician? I don't think so!
Saturday Sunday I was in Camarillo, and dickhead that I am I left my wireless modem in a sushi bar in Vrentura, so I am having to use a fdriends computer to check my messages. I am going back down tomorrow to do some recording at a different studio and I will pick it up then.
Did you work this weekend or were you able to have fun? I saw Eagle Eye but it threw me. Vic Mackie as an honourable politician? I don't think so!
9/30/08 3:33pm
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It's like a good piece of art - an artist should never explain his work. It's always up for interpretation. ;)
9/28/08 3:02pm
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I plan to get hold of a copy. I am starting up a cold reading group round here for those folk who don't want to appear in a string of Mormon musicals. This sounds like the kind of stuff we are looking for. We plan to cover non hoochie hidey holes too, but you gotta cover all the bases.
9/25/08 5:47pm
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I just came across this and had to share it with you and sledgy. http://en.wik ipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Toft
9/25/08 3:10pm
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Pants holding up so far but it is only noon here in sunny CA! Brilliant idea about the book, there does indeed need to be an MTC book
9/24/08 11:59am
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That massage therapist line reminded me of a thesb party I was at a millenia ago when a very pretentious and dangerously drunk drama queen declared in a very wobbly manner that "A young actress must remain at her best at all times" before throwing up and passing out all in one less than graceful movement!
9/23/08 6:14pm
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Well according to pitchfork, the new TVOTR is amazing, but those douche's love indie pop above all else. I like some soul. Not just the musical genre known as soul, but actual soul, you know? I even tried to listen to it after i read their review and I still didnt get it. Bland.
9/23/08 12:19pm
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Oh yeah, my jeans almost fell down at the Pow Wow due to lack of a belt so my Indian name was almost "Dances With Underpants"
9/22/08 2:38pm
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The Pow Wow was brilliant. It was up in the mountains in the local reservation. There were all these instructions for outsiders like not calling the Indian dress "costumes" but regalia, standing when the drum dances were on, stuff like that. The little kids looked so great in their cost... whoops, regalia, and it was so peaceful and moving. I bought a ton of drums and flutes and stuff, plus several books on the history of the Yakut, the local tribe. A very sad history it is too. As for the Indian tacos, they were like ordinary tacos except that the meat and salad stuff was on this huge Indian fried bread which must have taken yewars off my life but which was delicious. We took lawn chairs and fell asleep under a tree just like old folk are supposed to do at social functions.
Deep fried Mars Bars are a Scottish rather than English thing, but I did have one once. I like banana fritters.
Anyway, hope the biz trip has not been too awful and that the lip balm has helped keep you going.
Deep fried Mars Bars are a Scottish rather than English thing, but I did have one once. I like banana fritters.
Anyway, hope the biz trip has not been too awful and that the lip balm has helped keep you going.
9/22/08 2:35pm
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Apparently you sit up in bleachers and watch native american dancing, drumming, etc etc. A member of my band, Ben, is involved with the tribal council and I think he is doing something. I am really looking forward to it.
Ploughmans? Branston Pickle? Make me homesick why don't you! Can't get Branston's round here, and believe me I have looked. I so like the sound of a stoner chip shop. There is an English pub in Visalia that I haven't tried yet. Hope the business trip is not too horrible. I will report on the PowWow later
Ploughmans? Branston Pickle? Make me homesick why don't you! Can't get Branston's round here, and believe me I have looked. I so like the sound of a stoner chip shop. There is an English pub in Visalia that I haven't tried yet. Hope the business trip is not too horrible. I will report on the PowWow later
9/20/08 5:02am
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Welcome to my culinary world!
I am going to my first Pow Wow tomorrow. Well, it is not mine, it is the Tule Tribe's, but you know what I mean. I am told Native American tacos are good. I will report!
I am going to my first Pow Wow tomorrow. Well, it is not mine, it is the Tule Tribe's, but you know what I mean. I am told Native American tacos are good. I will report!
9/19/08 5:23pm
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If I had a quarter for every time I have had cold pasta for breakfast i would probably have $28.75 Touring I loved (except for the couple of years I didn't because I was burnt out) but business trips I never liked. When I was little and I had to go to the dentist, my Dad would always get me a bribe to get me through it. I have continued the tradition to this day and whenever I have to do something I don't like (like invasive medical tests, lots of those at the moment) I buy myself a treat afterwards. A big treat, usually musical or food related! Hang in there
9/18/08 4:05pm
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Story time: Geno Washington was on the roster of Motown in the early 60s, I think he had a minor hit or two, then moved to the UK where his Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band played R&B all nighters, covering the soul hits of the day. He was immortalised in the Dexy's Midnight Runners song 'Geno'. Well, by the 80s, he still haqd a version of the Ram Jam Band on the road, playing the London club and pub circuit. My sister had seen him in the 60s glory days and called me to see if I fancied catching his show. I had been away with a children's theater company for ages and hadn't seen her much, so I agreed.
My sister was going through a bad divorce at the time and it didn't take much to encourage her to drink. We were both pretty full of gin and tonic by the time Geno finished his set. As the band loped off the stage, Janice said that she wanted to go backstage to say hello, and promptly headed that direction. I thought I should follow her so I did. We found ourselves in Geno's dressing room, a cramped affair made all the smaller by our entry and Geno's at6tempt at concealing the line(s) of coke he was about to snort. Janice stumbled over to him and said that she used to see him a lot in the sixties. He lied and said he remembered her. Then she remembered me, and said, "This is my little bruvver, he is a mooshishan too!" At that Geno extended his hand. She went on, "He sings about Penguins to five year olds in the theater~? At that the hand was withdrawn again. And that would be that, except...
Two hours later, we are locked in at the pub, and Geno, Janice and some of his band sit in front of me joining in with vocals and hand actions as I play a borrowed guitar and sing..."Bedtime for Mr Penguin, Nighty Night, It's all here in black and white, Just enough time for a sleepy wish, For lot's of ice and some tasty fish!"
My sister was going through a bad divorce at the time and it didn't take much to encourage her to drink. We were both pretty full of gin and tonic by the time Geno finished his set. As the band loped off the stage, Janice said that she wanted to go backstage to say hello, and promptly headed that direction. I thought I should follow her so I did. We found ourselves in Geno's dressing room, a cramped affair made all the smaller by our entry and Geno's at6tempt at concealing the line(s) of coke he was about to snort. Janice stumbled over to him and said that she used to see him a lot in the sixties. He lied and said he remembered her. Then she remembered me, and said, "This is my little bruvver, he is a mooshishan too!" At that Geno extended his hand. She went on, "He sings about Penguins to five year olds in the theater~? At that the hand was withdrawn again. And that would be that, except...
Two hours later, we are locked in at the pub, and Geno, Janice and some of his band sit in front of me joining in with vocals and hand actions as I play a borrowed guitar and sing..."Bedtime for Mr Penguin, Nighty Night, It's all here in black and white, Just enough time for a sleepy wish, For lot's of ice and some tasty fish!"
9/17/08 3:09pm
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How's the weekend going? Had a good gig last night. Acoustic non blues murder ballad type things. Very different to what I have been doing, but pretty satisfying. I have eating and watching shite movies pencilled in for Sunday. What's going on in Beel city?
9/13/08 11:38pm
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Oh, by the way, I had a pet budgie when I was little called Joey who used to push a ping pong ball along the floor with his beak and into my hand. He also used to like perching on my hand and looking in the mirror. He was alright.
9/9/08 10:32pm
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I am so sorry but Nicole Kidman is so wooden in that movie that her stunt person must have been a tree. I saw her on the West End stage in London in 'The Blue Room' though and she was pretty good. She played opposite Ian Glenn who was great.
9/9/08 10:27pm
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the gigs were pretty good. Yeah, we had to get a new drummer. Our last one is facing jail time after his last gig with us. A long story. We have got gigs up till late October, then I am thinking of maybe looking for another band. Not sure about that yet.
It is still oppressively hot here, and likely to be that way for a couple of weeks yet. i yearn for a climate where you have to treasure the last few days of summer. Enjoy
It is still oppressively hot here, and likely to be that way for a couple of weeks yet. i yearn for a climate where you have to treasure the last few days of summer. Enjoy
9/9/08 9:18am
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How was the weekend? Mine was busy. The band had three nights up at the local indian Casino, four hours a night. I like playing there though as we get to be loud and I still like to do that. On Friday night, there were some girls dancing round their purses, even when when were playing murder ballads and stuff. (Hey Joe, Stagger Lee, etc) More recording this week, then another weekend of gigging, so I am tired but having fun.
I just watched 'Invasion' on HBO. one of those "two hours of my life I can never get back" deals I am afraid. Its 3:40 now and I am wide awake, so I might start another mixtape. TaTa for now
I just watched 'Invasion' on HBO. one of those "two hours of my life I can never get back" deals I am afraid. Its 3:40 now and I am wide awake, so I might start another mixtape. TaTa for now
9/8/08 3:42am
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Helloooo here is the link for the 78rpm mix http://www.s endspace.com/file/utx15u
9/2/08 10:56am
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Thank you friend. I am having a great day. Not that my happiness relies on consumer goods entirely, but I did get an amazing pressie, Pro Tools, which turns my computer into a studio. I am full of banana icecream, we are about to go to a jam in a dodgy bar and then on to my fave Mexican diner. Happy happy happy!
8/31/08 3:44pm
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Birthday is on Sunday, I was due to go to the Long Beach blues fest this weekend, but that has fallen through. I hope to maybe get out of town for 24 hours at least but it kind of feels like festivities have been cancelled right now. I am not in touch with any of my family back home and I know this sounds odd, but I am dreading not being able to talk to my Dad on my birthday. Things like birthdays bring into focus what you have lost as well as what you have. Miserable bastard aren't I. Actually, I will cheer up as soon as I get out of P'ville 2morrow, and end up having fun. I want to see a band but to see anything decent means a 175 mile trip to LA. We'll find something. Meanwhile, enjoy the long weekend. I am playing on Monday, so that will be fun.
8/30/08 1:09am
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Fab gear and groovy contest entry. It made me smile on a very non smiley day. You also made me think of The Dead Boys for the first time in an age. Some mixtapes do take over till they are done, don't they but I am glad you did this one. Meanwhile, my descent into my third childhood continues. I just got an early birthday pressie, 'Guitar Hero: Air Guitar" and the air round here is filled with 'Smoke on The Water". Nice!
8/28/08 9:39pm
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The recording is going well, but the engineer is a poobrained dung beetle. I keep saying that I want an old time natural reverb laden bluesy sound on the acoustic songs (he says "thats so old fashioned) and a Black keys/White Stripes attack on some of the amplified stuff. (He says those bands are shit and make bad records. I say "Who is paying for the bloody session!") That song is a story song. Little Willie John was an R&B singer in the fifties. He recorded the original version of 'Fever', 'Need Your Love So Bad' and lots of others. James brown was his support singer for a couple of years, and in the mid fifties he was big news, but the pressure/loneliness of fame got to him and he started drinking heavily, getting into a bar fight in 1964 that led to a manslaughter charge. In 1968, just as 'Need Your Love So Bad' was covered by Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac in the UK and got to no.1, he died in prison. The official verdict was that he had a heart attack, despite reports of ligature marks round his neck, a possible indication that he hung himself or somebody hanged him. Anyway, there is something about his story that really got to me. I had heard some of his recordings because of the Peter Green connection, but a few weeks ago, I found a web site where some guy has uploaded his huge old 78 record collection as mp3s and I heard a lot more of his stuff. You can hear his phrasing technique in a lot of singers who came just after him (including James Brown) but I haven't heard any before him who sing like that. He also had this huge chip on his shoulder about his height which could not have been helped by the name by which he was known. Anyhow, his story interested me and I wrote a Black keysish little ditty which will hopefully be on my CD which I am tentatively calling "Chimichunga's Revenge" although that might change!
8/21/08 8:47pm
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In the mid Seventies, I went to a guitar clinic held by Robert Fripp. I paid 30 pounds, at that time a lot, and turned up expecting some kind of souped up guitar lesson. What we got was a lecture on backwards tape and a brief history of Wimbourne Dorset. He did chat to the thirty or so of us at the end and seemed a quiet but nice guy. I saw Crimson around that time (Red was the latest album) when they were a three piece, Fripp, Bruford and Jon Whetton, and he stood onstage then, but just a year later he played in the band backing Peter Gabriel on tour, and he hid behind the curtain at that one, and most of the time since as far as I know. He is (at least was) married to Toyah Wilcox, a not very good New wave singer from the late 70s. She came from my area of North London and before she hooked up with Fripp she tried to buy one of the local movie theaters (Hendon odeon I think) to turn it into a home for her. The only other thing I have to say about her is that she once had to have a toe removed in a surgical procedure and she offered it as a prize in a fan club competition. I bring you the news nobody else gives a shit about!
8/21/08 8:34pm
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The Rezillos also recorded as the Revillos and they were great!
8/21/08 4:25pm
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I am rich in pretty lady points though, but last I checked I was only able to trade that in at one place.
8/21/08 3:09pm
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I am quite opposite of rich right now. Im 50 grand in debt. But if I was rich, I would let you HAVE some money.
8/20/08 5:47pm
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Gig was good. There were actually a few people listening. I am recording tonight, so I am up for that. Tonight it is a jolly number called 'The Death Of Little Willie John'.
The Crimson show sounds great. Fripp has been like that for years. I saw Crimson in the 80s, and my friend said he tended to play behind the curtains on the left, so we got second row right aisle seats so we could see him, and of course the bugger chose that night to sit on the right behind the curtain. I saw the League Of Crafty Guitarists which was a little up its own bottom but good too in its way. Glad you enjoyed it. Adrian Belew. Thats the geezer. I find his personality slightly overpowering but I also like those squeally noises his strat makes.
You were more coherent than a very coherent person.
The Crimson show sounds great. Fripp has been like that for years. I saw Crimson in the 80s, and my friend said he tended to play behind the curtains on the left, so we got second row right aisle seats so we could see him, and of course the bugger chose that night to sit on the right behind the curtain. I saw the League Of Crafty Guitarists which was a little up its own bottom but good too in its way. Glad you enjoyed it. Adrian Belew. Thats the geezer. I find his personality slightly overpowering but I also like those squeally noises his strat makes.
You were more coherent than a very coherent person.
8/20/08 5:27pm
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I want to eat those beautiful brains of yours. Hope you defeated the boredom.
8/16/08 5:30pm
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Lucky old you. I have been a fan of Crimson/Fripp for many a moon. If they do a number that is all dense guitars and pretty much nothing else called 'red' give a cheer from me as that is a favorite of mine. I would like to know what the lineup is. I would guess Fripp, Tony Levin, Bill Bruford and the bloke from Talking Heads/Zappa who did .Elephant; and whose name I can;t remember right now. Have fun. I am travelling to Oxnard to see my immigration attorny this weekend, and then back for a gig, mercifully in an air conditioned hall, I am just listening to old Black Keys, tortoise and Richard Thompson - Toodle Pip from the original 21stCentury Schizoid man!
8/15/08 12:29pm
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Don't get me wrong. I watch reality TV like everyone else. My current fave is 'The Two Corey's', although I will actually admit to watching 'America's Got Talent' now and then. On one desolate Sunday when I was recovering from a migraine I actually saw a whole season of 'America's Top Model' on MTV. True, in my pitifully weakened state I wasn't up to operating the remote but I watched it just the same. By the way, I had to look up who Mr Thicke was because I didn't know, so who is the dork now!
8/14/08 11:47am
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they usually give us a credit, we have been on several of those little Porterville recorder videos, but not that one, for some reason. There was hardly anyone at the event because of the heat. By the way, I did get my water turned back on so all is peace and light here in Happy V alley. I am not watching Project Runway but I am half watching 'the Maltese Falcon' on TCM for the 9 millionth time. Peter Lorre was a God! have you ever seen 'M'?
8/13/08 8:18pm
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Bad day. Forgot to pay the water bill, water got turned off, car is off the road till friday so I have to walk to the bank and then city hall to get it turned on again. Meanwhile, the local paper have a video of the event we played Saturday. We are on the last 40 seconds of it. http://www.re corderonline.com/video/index. php?bcpid=1155282116&bclid=11 73324681&bctid=1725276553
8/12/08 11:16am
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I haven't got any fiction up anywhere at the moment but when/if I do I will let you know. I must have got heat stroke or something on Saturday, I have been feeling crap ever since, but I feel a bit brighter today and I might write a blog entry or two. I have a mix on here I am working on as well. Then again, i might actually get down to some bloody work. I'll try not to though!
8/12/08 9:15am
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Oh, vacation is the kind of word I wanna hear! It sounds so... distant.
Don't worry, I'll only panic about the box until it's sent and delivered. What happens then is out of my hands.
Don't worry, I'll only panic about the box until it's sent and delivered. What happens then is out of my hands.
8/11/08 3:26pm
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Here is a link to Jimmy Boy http://www.divsha re.com/download/5145916-f46
enjoy batman
enjoy batman
8/10/08 4:09pm
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It has been a rough day today gigging in 100f heat and dealing with smalltown shit, but the last 30 minutes has been pretty good. I just read your blog. You tell stories and paint pictures with words. Also, I liked how the monologues had their own rhythyms. The Dad/Circus one was very beautiful, the football game one took a suprizsng turn but it was the one about Miki and Niki that really got to me. As I read it I kept thinking of this song that tells a similar story, 'Jimmy Boy' by Green On Red. Anyway, thankyou for letting me read that stuff
8/10/08 1:15am
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My midlife crisis (I call it that just in case I live to be 100) feels like the following:
The Fox News Channel is broadcasting misinformation from my lower intestines and there is nothing I can do about it...
While at the same time taking a reactionary position seems reasonable for the first time in my life...
I have given up wanting people to love me because time has told me this is an unlikely outcome...
Yet I resent the fact that people I meet don't immediately love me...
My ambitions seem more urgent...
The need to sleep 18 hours a day seems more urgent...
I am finally sure of my place in the world...
I am really fucked off at my place in the world...
But hey, everyone is different except for maybe Mormons and cloned sheep. Is there anything of yours anywhere I could read? I would really like to
The Fox News Channel is broadcasting misinformation from my lower intestines and there is nothing I can do about it...
While at the same time taking a reactionary position seems reasonable for the first time in my life...
I have given up wanting people to love me because time has told me this is an unlikely outcome...
Yet I resent the fact that people I meet don't immediately love me...
My ambitions seem more urgent...
The need to sleep 18 hours a day seems more urgent...
I am finally sure of my place in the world...
I am really fucked off at my place in the world...
But hey, everyone is different except for maybe Mormons and cloned sheep. Is there anything of yours anywhere I could read? I would really like to
8/7/08 4:42pm
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Glad you had a nice getaway. I just had a few days at South Mission beach, San Diego, visiting my closest friend from England who was over on a family vacawtion with his inlaws. It was great to indulge in 'Londonspeak' for a few days. I didn't even know that existed until I was away from it and didn't haqve it any more. Anyway, it was a real tonic.
Glad you liked the blog and that you are writing. I have decided to shelve the theater book, for the moment at least, and have set myself the deadline of self publishing something by Christmas. I am also recording next month with a view to putting out a cd of originals so either the last third of the year will be mega productive, or it won't. I was planning a couple of blog entries tonight, but ever since I got home from the coast yesterday and hit the hotter than hot weather again, I have just felt achey and sleepy. I will give in to it now and try again tomorrow.
Glad you liked the blog and that you are writing. I have decided to shelve the theater book, for the moment at least, and have set myself the deadline of self publishing something by Christmas. I am also recording next month with a view to putting out a cd of originals so either the last third of the year will be mega productive, or it won't. I was planning a couple of blog entries tonight, but ever since I got home from the coast yesterday and hit the hotter than hot weather again, I have just felt achey and sleepy. I will give in to it now and try again tomorrow.
8/4/08 10:45pm
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Did you have a fab, gear and groovy Birthday?
7/29/08 11:42pm
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I think I got it wrong, perhaps. I am anything BUT a sugar freak, missy. I actually began buying a lot more candy/chocolate almost a year ago when you proposed the idea to me (half joking, I know, but who cares, I decided to come around). And I still haven't collected A LOT, just enough to fill a medium-sized box, I reckon. I'm sorry if candy wrappers means CANDY and not just the paper - I have given up on my dictionary, I drive on instinct. Me so silly. Let me know what you had in mind, 'cause I can't get this off mine now!
Aw, that's sad. Really. I am holding on to my Will tee good, don't you worry.
Well, WOO FOR YOU once again!!! You have no idea how many Kahlua flavored drinks and shots I had in your name last friday. You're gonna rock the party in late August.
Aw, that's sad. Really. I am holding on to my Will tee good, don't you worry.
Well, WOO FOR YOU once again!!! You have no idea how many Kahlua flavored drinks and shots I had in your name last friday. You're gonna rock the party in late August.
7/29/08 2:32pm
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Sweet sweet Beel, I had no idea it was your birthday! I would've sent a package with the (empty!, beel, they're empty! no candy inside) candy paper a week ago then.
Get up on that horse and ride into the sunset! You rock, I love you. I hope you had a lovely birthday - I bet you celebrated grand at the Magnetic Field!? :)
Once again, Happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Much love,
Your #1 crazy fan
Get up on that horse and ride into the sunset! You rock, I love you. I hope you had a lovely birthday - I bet you celebrated grand at the Magnetic Field!? :)
Once again, Happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Much love,
Your #1 crazy fan
7/22/08 4:04pm
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Helloooo! I have a new blog http://john nyluddite.blogspot.com/ if you fancy having a look. Two things up so far with more on the way
7/22/08 12:05pm
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I knew of Timberlake Wertenbaker in the 90s, she is an American writer and her material then dealt with aspects of working class life, industrial life in particular, and she was percieved as 'a woman's writer'. The tutor of Sarah's that I knew was the only tutor I didn't like. We had this argument over an Edward Bond play and I found her a hard person to get along with. Trevor Griffiths (the Comedians) was head of our department, and David Hare (The Romans In Britain, etc) was a guest lecturer, so we had mostly great people. Apparently Sarah had a problem with her as well, that was the one thing we ever found out, but no specifics. Ads an odd aside, I joined the degree course late, they let me do it in two years instead of three because of my pro experience, etc, but if I had of been in the first year one of my fellow students would have briefly been Sinead O'Connor, who wanted to study theater and signed up for the degree course but dropped out after three months.
I will submit a play to direct, maybe one of my own, but I don't want to act at this level again. I was never that good or anything, but although I will play guitar with anyone just to keep on going years after I thought I had lost music for ever, amateur theatre here anyway can be so soul destroying. I did think of submitting 'Inherit The Wind' just to upset the religious loonies.
I will submit a play to direct, maybe one of my own, but I don't want to act at this level again. I was never that good or anything, but although I will play guitar with anyone just to keep on going years after I thought I had lost music for ever, amateur theatre here anyway can be so soul destroying. I did think of submitting 'Inherit The Wind' just to upset the religious loonies.
7/20/08 8:39pm
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I saw Cleansed when it opened ast the Royal Court in 1998. At that time, I was still doing my rather late theater studies degree at North London Uni, and one of my tutors had also taught Sarah Kane at Bristol Uni. Knowing this particular lecturer, I can understand the whole University as concentration camp thing in that play.
As for the community theater company, they do try and put on some newer stuff as well as the standards. I played the father in 'Proof' last year for instance, in what I intend to be my last acting role. I might submit something contentious for the 09/10 season. Maybe Frozen, or Bleacher Bums. Theater is in short supply down our way. You get Broadway touring companies in Fresno and Bakersfield, a little experimental stuff in Bakersfield, but otherwise, community theater all the way till you hit L.A or San Francisco.
Do you like Timberlake Wertenbaker?
As for the community theater company, they do try and put on some newer stuff as well as the standards. I played the father in 'Proof' last year for instance, in what I intend to be my last acting role. I might submit something contentious for the 09/10 season. Maybe Frozen, or Bleacher Bums. Theater is in short supply down our way. You get Broadway touring companies in Fresno and Bakersfield, a little experimental stuff in Bakersfield, but otherwise, community theater all the way till you hit L.A or San Francisco.
Do you like Timberlake Wertenbaker?
7/18/08 3:40pm
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Have you ever seen any of Sarah Kane's plays? I saw her last one before she died. I like Autobahn. I was going to do the part where the guy has cussed at his wife in the market and is trying to talk his way out of it, only to dig himself in deeper and deeper.
Thanx for the support about the test (MRI brain scan). I am being a tad panicky today. I have gigs tomorrow and Saturday, so something to look forward to
Thanx for the support about the test (MRI brain scan). I am being a tad panicky today. I have gigs tomorrow and Saturday, so something to look forward to
7/17/08 2:23pm
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All kinds of things are shaking here. Mormons tried to shut down the community theatre here (their move coincided with the opening of Neil LaBute's Autobahn which they hate!) It looks like they might buy the old theatre in town and want to stage musicals etc there. I suspect what they have planned is not what I would call 'community', i.e, theatre for and by the community.
My health is all over the shop right now. I have a test on Friday that is freaking me out but hopefully it will be cool.
I am working on a companion to my disappointment mix, this time the theme is satisfaction.
What's going on with you? Are you writing anything?
My health is all over the shop right now. I have a test on Friday that is freaking me out but hopefully it will be cool.
I am working on a companion to my disappointment mix, this time the theme is satisfaction.
What's going on with you? Are you writing anything?
7/16/08 11:36pm
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Hi beel,
Things are barely all right, and yes, I do! My stack of candy wraps is growing fast, I've almost filled an entire drawer (paying my homage to Science of Sleep). Now I just need something gorgeous to throw in there and I'm ready to post it.
How are your days?
Best,
Bea.
PS.
Today, my younger cousin gave me a framed picture of Daria Werbowy cut out from Vogue, and I simply adore it - I've been drooling over that particular shot for some time. My grandmother however walked in, called the model a shameless whore and told me to replace the picture with something "decent". I'm going mad here.
Things are barely all right, and yes, I do! My stack of candy wraps is growing fast, I've almost filled an entire drawer (paying my homage to Science of Sleep). Now I just need something gorgeous to throw in there and I'm ready to post it.
How are your days?
Best,
Bea.
PS.
Today, my younger cousin gave me a framed picture of Daria Werbowy cut out from Vogue, and I simply adore it - I've been drooling over that particular shot for some time. My grandmother however walked in, called the model a shameless whore and told me to replace the picture with something "decent". I'm going mad here.
7/15/08 12:37pm
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Good to hear from you. I was offline for a bit recently, and it was pretty nice! Things have not been good here lately, and it is all too easy to disappear into the net to avoid all the crap that really needs to be taken care of!
One thing I don't miss about England is jerks on trains. The London underground is full of them! Once, there was this respectable looking old woman on the tube late at night who took offence to me for some unknown reason and promptly told me to get out of the country and to go back home where I came from. I helpfully tried to point out that I was born and bred about three stops down the line, but she was certain that I was some kind of undesirable alien who needed repatriating.
I actually think that watching a firework display on TV that was happening a few blocks away is pretty cool! It's shame we couldn't watch our work on TV so we didn't have to go.
As for the meaning of life, I tend to go with the one suggested at the end of Monty Python's Meaning Of life movie. Something about trying to read a few good books, travel a bit and try not to be too horrible to anyone. That probably isn't what it said at all, but it seems to work for me. As to why people suck, they suck because they can!
One thing I don't miss about England is jerks on trains. The London underground is full of them! Once, there was this respectable looking old woman on the tube late at night who took offence to me for some unknown reason and promptly told me to get out of the country and to go back home where I came from. I helpfully tried to point out that I was born and bred about three stops down the line, but she was certain that I was some kind of undesirable alien who needed repatriating.
I actually think that watching a firework display on TV that was happening a few blocks away is pretty cool! It's shame we couldn't watch our work on TV so we didn't have to go.
As for the meaning of life, I tend to go with the one suggested at the end of Monty Python's Meaning Of life movie. Something about trying to read a few good books, travel a bit and try not to be too horrible to anyone. That probably isn't what it said at all, but it seems to work for me. As to why people suck, they suck because they can!
7/13/08 12:35am
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Bonjour,
Yeah, I have the web pages but nothing on them as yet. I am working on a couple of mixes myself. Did you see my Bo Diddley mix. It was a spur of the moment tribute thing but it kept me quiet for an hour. I am exhausted. In the last twenty four hours I have gone from Porterville to Ventura to San Diego to Ventura and back home again due to family emergencies. It is approaching triple digits here and I have a four set gig this evening from six in the open air, or what passes for air in the Central Valley.
I am looking forward to next weekend more because a friend from London, Pete Brown, will be over working in LA for a couple of weeks. He is the guy who wrote the lyrics for Cream and Jack Bruce songs back in the day and he is a very rare thing in the music biz, an honest decent funny person. Anyway, he is over mixing an album and we will meet up. He is staying at the Chateau Marmot on Sunset which is very rock and roll but of course not as fab gear and groovy as the Econo Lodge I can afford! Anyhow, I am really looking forward to seeing him.
Meanwhile, have a great weekend, enjoy the mix making and I will try not to expire in the bloody heat.
Yeah, I have the web pages but nothing on them as yet. I am working on a couple of mixes myself. Did you see my Bo Diddley mix. It was a spur of the moment tribute thing but it kept me quiet for an hour. I am exhausted. In the last twenty four hours I have gone from Porterville to Ventura to San Diego to Ventura and back home again due to family emergencies. It is approaching triple digits here and I have a four set gig this evening from six in the open air, or what passes for air in the Central Valley.
I am looking forward to next weekend more because a friend from London, Pete Brown, will be over working in LA for a couple of weeks. He is the guy who wrote the lyrics for Cream and Jack Bruce songs back in the day and he is a very rare thing in the music biz, an honest decent funny person. Anyway, he is over mixing an album and we will meet up. He is staying at the Chateau Marmot on Sunset which is very rock and roll but of course not as fab gear and groovy as the Econo Lodge I can afford! Anyhow, I am really looking forward to seeing him.
Meanwhile, have a great weekend, enjoy the mix making and I will try not to expire in the bloody heat.
6/14/08 2:36pm
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Nope. No big freakin' bag. It's OK, though, jelly beans are just amazing.
Wow. That's very healthy and very Asian and very spicy, innit? I usually ignore the pickled ginger when I'm having sushi.
Wow. That's very healthy and very Asian and very spicy, innit? I usually ignore the pickled ginger when I'm having sushi.
6/9/08 10:40am
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i'm super! just about to go to training for this job that i'm not even sure about. oh wellll.
6/6/08 7:11am
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Yes, I like Blues Brothers very much. The first film anyway. The second one is a bit shite although the music is ok. I will seek out the people you mention because that is the kind of rock and roll animal that I am. As for data entry, I sympathize. The thing creative people do when they are not being creative or there are no substances to abuse. i once did a data entry job transferring tax details from a card system to a computer. The only thing it had going for it apart from the paycheck was that I got to learn who had the silliest names in my home town. My favourite two were Attila Klingsik and Selvin McBeady.
6/4/08 12:05am
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Hiya. How are you? I had a migraine all weekend but today I feel bloody good despite the ridiculous central valley heat. I am doing some recording tonight with a view to doing something with it which is exciting. Only a mere twenty six years between releases if I can mange to get something out.
Meanwhile, I feel like the old MTC is fading away, and it scares me a little. I spend about an hour a day on the net, mostly writing emails and checking out MTC plus a little music downloading. It would be a shame if this place just fell out of the electronic sky!
Just to end on a different note, a guy working in my local market today was the spitting image of Vic Mackie. Quite scary when all you want to do is to ask where they moved the cheese to!
Meanwhile, I feel like the old MTC is fading away, and it scares me a little. I spend about an hour a day on the net, mostly writing emails and checking out MTC plus a little music downloading. It would be a shame if this place just fell out of the electronic sky!
Just to end on a different note, a guy working in my local market today was the spitting image of Vic Mackie. Quite scary when all you want to do is to ask where they moved the cheese to!
6/2/08 6:07pm
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I don't work in a restaurant. Grocery shop. And it's boring. But only on weekends so far. Can't complain, though - it allows me to indulge myself. A few days ago it payed for a D&G purse. I know, I'm horrible.
It's same old same old with the folks - they are going away for the holidays, but they won't leave me with the keys, so I'm forced to spend the summer at my grandparents' house. That sucks a huge motherfucking cock.
Other than that, it's all good. I got my bag of $15 Jelly Belly jelly beans to last the rest of the weekend. Buttered Popcorn, anyone?
It's same old same old with the folks - they are going away for the holidays, but they won't leave me with the keys, so I'm forced to spend the summer at my grandparents' house. That sucks a huge motherfucking cock.
Other than that, it's all good. I got my bag of $15 Jelly Belly jelly beans to last the rest of the weekend. Buttered Popcorn, anyone?
5/31/08 1:17pm
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I am glad you had a relaxing weekend. The gig on Monday was, well, different. This was the last gig with our drummer who has left for another band. Like our other guitarist, he is a a member of the Yakut native american tribe, and he had fixed up for us to play at the Memorial Day lunch at the nearby Tule River reservation, which is up in the mountains above our odd little town. A lot of traffic goes up that way as there is a casino up there, and the road was crowded on the way up. As we got near to the res, what appeared to be a procession was coming down from the casino. To cut a long story short, our truck somehow became part of the veterans procession, with people out on the streets taking pictures of us, and us posing and waving back as those are the kind of people we are! After a very slow progression through the res, we arrived at the sports hall where the ceremony was to take place. Unlike most qausi military things I havre experienced, this was actually dignified and even beautiful, with Yakuts singing Indian songs in honour of their dead family members. Alongside the US, Californian and regimental flags, there was also the ceremonial tribal spear of the Yakut. I am an anti war kind of person, but as I say, the whole ceremonial side of this moved me a lot. Then, we had to go and break the mood by playing. The second set was nearly two hours long and I could hardly stand afterwards, I was that tired, but I got through it and in all it was a pretty good experience.
5/28/08 12:47pm
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Healing pretty well, but I am doing a 4 hour gig on Memorial day which will be a real test. How are things in sunny NY?
5/25/08 1:23am
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This is an audience story, but one that seems to stick with me. In the early 80s, I was working for a small touring theater company in Birmingham, England and also gigging with a Carribean blues and soca singer, so I tended to be busy. When I did get a night off, we tended to go for it. One night, we had gone to a pub in Birmingham where a new band The Jesus and The Mary Chain were playing. My friends and I were happily off our heads and missed the early part of the set because one of the people who was with us slid down a wooden bannister not noticing that one of the guys from the support band was leaning against it. It all ended in much shouting and pointing (from his one good hand anyway) but was finally resolved by the plying of much beer.
We finally got back to the gig, which I have to say was magnificent. The crowning glory for me though was that on the very last note and drum beat of the set, someone in the crowd (some feet away from the stage) projectile vomitted, the puke flying high above the crowd and totally hitting a very unhappy Jim Reid totally. It was the timing, right on the very last note of the set that impressed me. No million dollar pyrotechnics could have been any better! I know that the band had a reputation for being moody on stage early on, playing short sets, turning their backs to the audience, etc, and I have always liked to think that it might just have been because of this gig.
We finally got back to the gig, which I have to say was magnificent. The crowning glory for me though was that on the very last note and drum beat of the set, someone in the crowd (some feet away from the stage) projectile vomitted, the puke flying high above the crowd and totally hitting a very unhappy Jim Reid totally. It was the timing, right on the very last note of the set that impressed me. No million dollar pyrotechnics could have been any better! I know that the band had a reputation for being moody on stage early on, playing short sets, turning their backs to the audience, etc, and I have always liked to think that it might just have been because of this gig.
5/22/08 6:25pm
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I've been busy, too, that's why I can't find time to be on the Internet... School's kind of over, because all we do is talk about the forthcoming two exams and tests we have to do in June, then we're on break. So I've been busy doing good stuff instead. :)
Work is fine, as well. I'm covering all weekends from now on, and more shifts when school's off. I'm going to be loaded when summer break is over.
Strawberries are the shit! I'm craving Ben & Jerry's and Jelly Beans like mad! Very, very expensive obsessions of mine, the prizes are ridiculous over here.
What's new? Plans for summer?
Work is fine, as well. I'm covering all weekends from now on, and more shifts when school's off. I'm going to be loaded when summer break is over.
Strawberries are the shit! I'm craving Ben & Jerry's and Jelly Beans like mad! Very, very expensive obsessions of mine, the prizes are ridiculous over here.
What's new? Plans for summer?
5/20/08 4:36pm
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Hi! It has been a very strange week. I had my second procedure, results came in which were not as bad as they could be but enough to freak me out a little. We went to the coast to be with relatives over the weekend which was actually quite nice for once! I got back, still a bit sore, but generally ok. I was greeted by some shitty emails about my book, and then I found out two members of my band left putting 10 or 12 paid gigs in peril. Tuesday night I played with a pickup band at the local state hospital and it was perhaps the strangest but by no means worst gig I have ever been involved in. I am doing ok though. I bought things to turn my PC into a recording studio today and have been happily making noise and sticking to the male doctrine of not reading instruction manuals and then wondering why it took four hours to make everything work. A fun four hours now. How about you? What's shakin' as we geriatric Brits say? (Well, I am the only one who says it still, I think!) I shall come up with another story in the next day or so if thats ok.
5/15/08 10:57pm
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Part of it, yes. What have you been up to?
Purple potatoes, yum.
Purple potatoes, yum.
5/13/08 3:00pm
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I'm home, sore, miserable, but the Black Keys are blasting out of my pitifully weakened speakers, I am about to eat for the first time since Monday, and pretty much all is well with the world. Have a great day/evening/night (delete where applicable!) Toodle Pip
5/7/08 11:51am
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I am having even more horrible done at the hospital tomorrow which means I don't get to eat today. Then, by the end of the week, I should know what other horrible things they are going to do to me. I had a great weekend though. My band played to a bunch of rednecks on Saturday, but it was fun, halfway up a mountain. Then we took off for a couple of nights to Bakersfield, and spent the time eating Indian food (my favorite) and watching silly movies at a $1.50 movie house. I am glad you had fun at your friends show. I always liked to mess with friends and colleagues whether I was in the show or in the audience! I have to go drink something called "Golightly" which I presume will either do something unpleasant or else turn me into Audrey Hepburn!
5/6/08 1:27pm
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Story 4 the day:
1. In my brief time in music management, I shared an office with two old music biz sweats in Camden Town, which is a funky part of North London, home to most of the bottom feeding to mid range music biz. The two old guys were always regaling me with their war stories of what the biz was like in the 60s, and we used to mess with each other which was far more enjoyable than doing any real work. One day, I answered the phone, and it was Air Studios and George Martin's secretary saying that Mr Martin would like to speak to Stuart, my colleague. I told Stuart this and he took the phone, all the time believing that it was a practical joke on my part and that he would in fact be talking to one of the people in the music agency upstairs. The secretary told him Mr Martin would like to speak to him at which point Stuart said "This is a recording, please tell Mr Martin to kindly fuck off after the tone, beep beep beep!" He hung up, didn't believe me when I said it really was George Martin and kept on not believing me till a music biz friend of stuarts called him saying that Air Studios had called asking if he had the correct number for Stu as the number they had was answered by some drunk guy!
1. In my brief time in music management, I shared an office with two old music biz sweats in Camden Town, which is a funky part of North London, home to most of the bottom feeding to mid range music biz. The two old guys were always regaling me with their war stories of what the biz was like in the 60s, and we used to mess with each other which was far more enjoyable than doing any real work. One day, I answered the phone, and it was Air Studios and George Martin's secretary saying that Mr Martin would like to speak to Stuart, my colleague. I told Stuart this and he took the phone, all the time believing that it was a practical joke on my part and that he would in fact be talking to one of the people in the music agency upstairs. The secretary told him Mr Martin would like to speak to him at which point Stuart said "This is a recording, please tell Mr Martin to kindly fuck off after the tone, beep beep beep!" He hung up, didn't believe me when I said it really was George Martin and kept on not believing me till a music biz friend of stuarts called him saying that Air Studios had called asking if he had the correct number for Stu as the number they had was answered by some drunk guy!
5/2/08 6:05pm
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Hi. how you doing? I had an unpleasant surgical procedure today with another one on the way next week. More proof if I needed it that middle age sucks. I just want to fast forward through the rest of it and get to the second childhood stage!
Thought I might do another story this week if you are up for it.
Thought I might do another story this week if you are up for it.
4/30/08 9:54pm
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I have to say that the guy in question was very sleazy. It wouldn't suprise me to learn that he knew he was showing more than his harp playing onstage. I don't know about the chair, I am all for burning the theatre, but that might not be to do with him so much!
4/24/08 7:27pm
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Both those clips you saw were shot at 'Blues At the Barn' a fund raiser I organized for THAT community theatre in March 2007. I was still finding my way as far as playing again was concerned, but I did have fun. Now, that guy who played mouth harp on the acoustic song, there is a story to tell there. We shall call him Mr X although his real name is Dennis. He isn't that great, but my theory was that in keeping with my take on the whole community theatre thing, this should be a night for people who don't know what they are doing as much as for people who did. Dennis was limited to a few appearances on the two nights we performed. Now, he did strike me as a little odd, but odd is not odd when it comes to the folk you meet at the Barn theatre in particular and Porterville in general. However, the 2nd night we played and Dennis got up to play, I could sense some considerable disquiet in the audience. I didn't understand why, but at the interval a few people came up to me and asked me to make sure he didn't 'do that again'. One guy said his children were in the audience but failed to explain the significance. Finally, someone who was an actual friend of mine told me what was going on. Dennis the harp player wasn't wearing undies and when he sat down to play, legs apart, the first three rows were treated to candid views of his testicular areas. As my friend suggested, you need big balls to get up on stage, but that is taking things too far! I don't think there is anything exposed on that youtube clip but even so, the memory lingers on!
4/23/08 10:27pm
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It's crap when relationships are put in peril like that. I hope it works out for you sooner than you think it might.
The irony with my situation is that one of the main reason I got involved in this theatre here anyway was I was a new boy in a new town and country and I wanted to make new friends. I also thought that in some way I would be 'giving back!" Well, I have made some good friends, but at the moment they are outnumbered by the enemies. As for giving back, it seems that what I have to give is not what some of the locals want.
I didn't mention that other vid on youtube for a good reason, but now that you have seen it, that can become the next story...
The irony with my situation is that one of the main reason I got involved in this theatre here anyway was I was a new boy in a new town and country and I wanted to make new friends. I also thought that in some way I would be 'giving back!" Well, I have made some good friends, but at the moment they are outnumbered by the enemies. As for giving back, it seems that what I have to give is not what some of the locals want.
I didn't mention that other vid on youtube for a good reason, but now that you have seen it, that can become the next story...
4/23/08 7:26pm
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Sweet, and thx. I did drink quite a bit, well I drink quite a bit everyday, but I'm a functional alcoholic.
4/23/08 10:49am
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http://www.yout ube.com/watch?v=WrD1rHsZqSc
4/22/08 8:20pm
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Hi! I am sorry your play didn't win, and as for temperamental actors, I know all about them. One thing I have noticed concerning musicians and actors is that musicians can have the most disgusting petulant frenzy, but hours later it is all forgotten whereas actors can harbor grudges over relatively petty things for years! Now the play is done, what's next?
The book does look at Community Theatre in general, but it does deal specifically with the sixty years this particular one has been in existence. Speaking of voice overs, I was going through tons of old photos from the theatre when I found one of Mercedes McCambridge appearing at a benefit show in the fifties. She made quite a few movies in the late forties/early fifties, but she made most impact on my generation by doing the 'demon' voice on the original version of The Exorcist. I will still put the book out, and sales will be hit a little by all the crap, but I am really only expecting to sell a few hundred anyway. I just want it out and out of the way so I can concentrate on the new project.
I will send you links of the new videos on Youtube once they are up. There is one ok clip from the band I was in last year up there now. I will find the link and send it along! Toodle Pip
The book does look at Community Theatre in general, but it does deal specifically with the sixty years this particular one has been in existence. Speaking of voice overs, I was going through tons of old photos from the theatre when I found one of Mercedes McCambridge appearing at a benefit show in the fifties. She made quite a few movies in the late forties/early fifties, but she made most impact on my generation by doing the 'demon' voice on the original version of The Exorcist. I will still put the book out, and sales will be hit a little by all the crap, but I am really only expecting to sell a few hundred anyway. I just want it out and out of the way so I can concentrate on the new project.
I will send you links of the new videos on Youtube once they are up. There is one ok clip from the band I was in last year up there now. I will find the link and send it along! Toodle Pip
4/22/08 8:17pm
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How are you? How is the play going? I resolved the stupidity with the community theater by severing most ties with them. It got very silly and stressful last week. There were wild threats going around and I am afraid I blew. I don't know quite where that leaves my book, but I have spent too long and worked too hard not to publish it. My band played Friday and it was a nice outdoor gig, a lot of fun. We play at a festival Saturday afternoon for two hours and then four hours in a bar later. I can't wait. We will have some videos on youtube soon. It is old man blues but played with passion, which I think makes a change. Anyway, just wanted to say hi. Take care.
4/21/08 6:49pm
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Thinking of 25 things to do with a follow spot that don't include lighting helped the whole shitstorm thing. It all got very ugly, but my band starts gigging on Friday, an open air Gazebo thing, so I am looking forward to that and trying to forget the silliness.
I am glad you are doing a bit better. Going back to old haunts that contain shared memories is tough, but good too. It is something I wish I could do. I am really in the mood for a mooch round the sleazier parts of London's West End. I am going to a sleazy dive here in Porterville tonight though, so that is good Take care
I am glad you are doing a bit better. Going back to old haunts that contain shared memories is tough, but good too. It is something I wish I could do. I am really in the mood for a mooch round the sleazier parts of London's West End. I am going to a sleazy dive here in Porterville tonight though, so that is good Take care
4/16/08 3:16pm
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Auntie Doris is a real good sort by the way!
4/14/08 2:16pm
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Quite alright by me. I hope your rehearsal goes well. I am facing a shit storm from the community theater I am involved in. I directed their silly musical as a favor, and now one of the 'stars' is addressing the board tonight saying I treated her unfairly. She was one of the few with pro experience in the cast and yes, we pushed her further than some of the others as she purported to know what she was doing, but this is very silly. Being summoned in front of the board does sound more dramatic than anything that usually happens on their stage so I will play the scene out!
4/14/08 2:15pm
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Yeah, I was an actor musician back in the day, then after I got sick I went back and got a theater studies degree. I directed Oliver recently at the community theater I am writing the book about. Not my cup of tea, but I did it as a favor and I did enjoy working with a large cast of kids. What is the play you are directing?
4/12/08 3:47pm
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How I made the transformation from bottom feeding musician to bottom feeding music biz person and back again is a story in itself...
I 1994 I got really sick and it took me three years to get anywhere near healthy. I went back to University planning to teach drama and music. The day I was leaving college (1998) I had arranged to go to a club in Camden Town to see my all time musical hero Peter Green play. Peter founded Fleetwood Mac in the Sixties, took too much acid, became a paranoid schizophrenic, left the music biz, made a brief comeback in the 80s and then returned again in the mid 90s. I was going to the gig with my best friend Bill and a friend from Wales, who I had met online as a result of a fansite I ran in Peter's honor. We turned up at the gig and were fairly drunk by the time we got inside the club. So much so that we felt the need to sit down. It was pretty much standing room only, but there were a few chairs vacant next to one table which had an old guy with a walking cane and a few very odd people in fishing hats sitting round. Someone who worked at the club (Dingwalls) told us we couldn't use the chairs, but the old guy with the cane said we were in his party. It turns out that he was Stuart Taylor, Peter's manager. He bought us more drinks, I wasn't supposed to be drinking at all at the time, and things got very relaxed. Peter played but I can't really remember much about the gig. My friend Bill had to get up in the morning so he went home, leaving the two of us there. It turned out that one of the guys in a fishing hat was Gary Moore, a rock guitarist of some repute, but I was not impressed. My Welsh friend was if anything more drunk than me, and she started telling anyone who would listen that I did a web site about Peter and that I should do the official site.
The gig finished and there were a bunch of people waiting for Peter to emerge from the dressing room. My friend just waltzed in there and came out with Peter on her arm. He came over to us and asked for coffee. This was overwhelming to me. I had met a fair few musicians over the years, but this was different, I had idolized this musician since I was 16. He took one look at me (I am somewhat rotund) and asked if I was one of the bouncers. I was crestfallen, and his manager Stuart explained that the only subjects that Peter would open up on were food, guitars and travel. I tried food and travel to no effect, but when I got on to guitars, and asked him about a specific concert the year before, he became animated and for a few minutes we had a real discussion. I was like a kid at Christmas. Then, he was gone, off up the motorway being driven to the next nights gig. We stayed talking to his manager some more, he took my number, but I had forgotten why he might have wanted it. I was keeping quiet that I had been a musician up till a few years before.
Finally my friend Jen and I got up to leave. We went out of the main exit, but there seemed to be a ramp that was not there on the way in. She was ahead of me, and she seemed to hit this wooden wall that stopped her from walking any further. She kept walking anyway. It was about this time
that I realised we had actually walked into the back of one of the equipment trucks that was about to be full of Peter's PA, etc! I just turned her around and she walked straight out of there.
I thought that would be the end of it, my one meeting with someone I had always admired. However, a few days later I heard from his manager, I was hired to do his official web site, and within a year I was sharing an office with his management, and in fact was managing another old Brit blues legend myself.
I actually once planned to write a book based on my dealings with Peter, I in fact wrote most of it, but I left it for other projects. Peter is a trip though. Some folk that meet him don't see beyond his illness, but he has a wicked sharp sense of humor. When asked once if he believed in life after death, he said he wasn't sure he believed in this one yet. Another time when he and Stuart were sitting outside a pub, a sad old fan liked me saw him and asked for an autograph. Peter looked up at him and asked "What's the alternative?" I could go on.
I 1994 I got really sick and it took me three years to get anywhere near healthy. I went back to University planning to teach drama and music. The day I was leaving college (1998) I had arranged to go to a club in Camden Town to see my all time musical hero Peter Green play. Peter founded Fleetwood Mac in the Sixties, took too much acid, became a paranoid schizophrenic, left the music biz, made a brief comeback in the 80s and then returned again in the mid 90s. I was going to the gig with my best friend Bill and a friend from Wales, who I had met online as a result of a fansite I ran in Peter's honor. We turned up at the gig and were fairly drunk by the time we got inside the club. So much so that we felt the need to sit down. It was pretty much standing room only, but there were a few chairs vacant next to one table which had an old guy with a walking cane and a few very odd people in fishing hats sitting round. Someone who worked at the club (Dingwalls) told us we couldn't use the chairs, but the old guy with the cane said we were in his party. It turns out that he was Stuart Taylor, Peter's manager. He bought us more drinks, I wasn't supposed to be drinking at all at the time, and things got very relaxed. Peter played but I can't really remember much about the gig. My friend Bill had to get up in the morning so he went home, leaving the two of us there. It turned out that one of the guys in a fishing hat was Gary Moore, a rock guitarist of some repute, but I was not impressed. My Welsh friend was if anything more drunk than me, and she started telling anyone who would listen that I did a web site about Peter and that I should do the official site.
The gig finished and there were a bunch of people waiting for Peter to emerge from the dressing room. My friend just waltzed in there and came out with Peter on her arm. He came over to us and asked for coffee. This was overwhelming to me. I had met a fair few musicians over the years, but this was different, I had idolized this musician since I was 16. He took one look at me (I am somewhat rotund) and asked if I was one of the bouncers. I was crestfallen, and his manager Stuart explained that the only subjects that Peter would open up on were food, guitars and travel. I tried food and travel to no effect, but when I got on to guitars, and asked him about a specific concert the year before, he became animated and for a few minutes we had a real discussion. I was like a kid at Christmas. Then, he was gone, off up the motorway being driven to the next nights gig. We stayed talking to his manager some more, he took my number, but I had forgotten why he might have wanted it. I was keeping quiet that I had been a musician up till a few years before.
Finally my friend Jen and I got up to leave. We went out of the main exit, but there seemed to be a ramp that was not there on the way in. She was ahead of me, and she seemed to hit this wooden wall that stopped her from walking any further. She kept walking anyway. It was about this time
that I realised we had actually walked into the back of one of the equipment trucks that was about to be full of Peter's PA, etc! I just turned her around and she walked straight out of there.
I thought that would be the end of it, my one meeting with someone I had always admired. However, a few days later I heard from his manager, I was hired to do his official web site, and within a year I was sharing an office with his management, and in fact was managing another old Brit blues legend myself.
I actually once planned to write a book based on my dealings with Peter, I in fact wrote most of it, but I left it for other projects. Peter is a trip though. Some folk that meet him don't see beyond his illness, but he has a wicked sharp sense of humor. When asked once if he believed in life after death, he said he wasn't sure he believed in this one yet. Another time when he and Stuart were sitting outside a pub, a sad old fan liked me saw him and asked for an autograph. Peter looked up at him and asked "What's the alternative?" I could go on.
4/11/08 11:56pm
Team Robot Member
I thought you might be fed up with my stories. I get like that every now and then. It has not been too good a few weeks here either. I have plenty of ancient stories to go, plus a few not so ancient ones.
4/11/08 11:26pm
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Thanks, it's good to back on MTC. :) I'm doing well, this week is Easter break from school and the week before that I was in Rome with my class, so I'm really enjoying life. Get this: Tomorrow my cousin (she's not even 19 yet) is getting engaged...she nearly forced her boyfriend to do it this soon, I don't get it.
I found shampoo with all kinds of 'flavors' when I was in Rome, and I was going to send you 'White chocolate' and 'Strawberry' but I was afraid the bottles would explode on the flight to New York (shampoo and such tend to do that, right?).
HOW ARE THINGS WITH YOU, FINE LADY?
I found shampoo with all kinds of 'flavors' when I was in Rome, and I was going to send you 'White chocolate' and 'Strawberry' but I was afraid the bottles would explode on the flight to New York (shampoo and such tend to do that, right?).
HOW ARE THINGS WITH YOU, FINE LADY?
3/21/08 12:45pm
The MTC Romance Badge
oh my goodness i forgot! that would be lovely
2/22/08 6:30pm
The Level 5 Badge
Alive and kicking. Back on the grid as well. Last.fm is good you on it?
1/21/08 3:25am
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
http://www.s pike.com/video/2785286
even more heartfelt truths from the master.
even more heartfelt truths from the master.
1/17/08 11:00pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
we all love the classics.
http://www.yout ube.com/watch?v=QfVMlvZYoX8
http://www.yout ube.com/watch?v=QfVMlvZYoX8
1/17/08 10:51pm
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Ow, shit, dear. That sucks... My grandmother is in hospital right now, and she may not get out of there in a long time. Plus Insomnia has kicked in my door. I think I know how you feel then.
1/17/08 12:39am
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The birthday was so-and-so, nothing fancy or exciting or anything. But I did get me some presents, so, you know, I managed. Haven't been to no concert recently, though...have you?
1/14/08 2:58pm
Team Robot Member
It's not very exciting. It's called "Raising The Barn" and is about community theater. The local community theater is 60 years old this year, and I am using that fact as a frame to hang a hopefully funny short book about the whole CT thing! My third book, which I hope to have out by Christmas is already half written and it is back to a music theme, a personal history of blues music in Britain. I certainly don't pick best seller subjects do I!
Anyway, I raise a glass of apple juice to you! Cheers
Anyway, I raise a glass of apple juice to you! Cheers
1/3/08 3:11pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
sorry, i forgot to point you to the playlist:
http://www.mixtapec ollective.org/mixtape/?mix=1730
http://www.mixtapec ollective.org/mixtape/?mix=1730
1/3/08 7:24am
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
Happy new year to you too! I'm feeling good about 2008. Feelin' good!
1/3/08 5:31am
The Lotto Badge
Not quite. My birthday is tomorrow, on the 3rd. No wait, it IS the 3rd now – half past midnight here in Denmark. Ha ha. Thanks a bunch, love.
Yeah, I feel ya. Diversity’s good.
Yeah, I feel ya. Diversity’s good.
1/2/08 3:40pm
Team Robot Member
Happy New Year. Have a bloody great music filled twelve months! If I still drank anything fun, I would raise a glass
1/1/08 3:14am
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Aw, you're so sweet. I just got home from the worst New Years Eve ever. Worst way to spend December 31st could be serving morons from 6pm to 2am. Morons with little kids, too.
Are you having a good New Years Eve? I'm pretty sure you are. Have a drink on/for me, love! May 2008 bring you nowt but happiness and awesomeness and all other good things.
Are you having a good New Years Eve? I'm pretty sure you are. Have a drink on/for me, love! May 2008 bring you nowt but happiness and awesomeness and all other good things.
12/31/07 6:52pm
Mixtape Contest XVII -- Third Place
Hi yourself!
You should be getting an e-mail about the FTOTZ club this week.
You should be getting an e-mail about the FTOTZ club this week.
12/30/07 3:21pm
Team Robot Member
I am doing pretty well, and am lifting up an imaginary hot toddy (they have to be imaginary these days I am afraid) to you. Cheers!
12/29/07 1:25pm
The Valentine's Day 2008 Badge
Thanks for the comment ... I agree with the Greensleeves. 'Tis perfect.
12/28/07 8:36pm
The Yay! Badge IX
Yeah! If they dont work anymore when you get around to it, just let me know and i can re-upload them.
12/26/07 12:04pm
The Lotto Badge
That's awesome. I like the Give Immediately Idea. I'm not doing much, work this week and then I'll take next week off because it's my birthday and I'm tired of work. Miss partying. So bad. And shopping.
Um yeah, the savin's goin' OK. I have to pay for the trip in a week, and I'm almost broke. I wish I could fucking zap to the day we leave, I suck at organizing ahead.
That said, MERRY CHRISTMAS, DEAR.
Um yeah, the savin's goin' OK. I have to pay for the trip in a week, and I'm almost broke. I wish I could fucking zap to the day we leave, I suck at organizing ahead.
That said, MERRY CHRISTMAS, DEAR.
12/25/07 2:33am
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man... i've been busy but was trying to get some songs your way for that mix of yours. i just couldn't get to it, so i apologize. i'm on a plane tomorrow and won't be back until the 27th. however, when i return i will be able to do it. i know it'll probably miss the giving of the mix, but at least you'll have some good music.
oh, and graphic designer.
oh, and graphic designer.
12/21/07 2:20pm
The Lotto Badge
Hm. Hope all's better. How are you spending your holidays?
12/20/07 1:17am
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
Yeah, man. I am all about bed-stuy. I didn't really fit in in brooklyn heights very well, lol. Plus my roommates hated me. Um, come down for drinks! When we're not having parties we do drinks and apps on the terrace (indoor heated terrace) and its super nice and way cheaper than dinner. I do it all the time! Get the cheese plate. Its fucking killer.
12/19/07 5:07pm
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
No way! I JUST moved out of a place on Cranberry and Henry! I work at the River Cafe down on water street.
12/18/07 8:12am
The Lotto Badge
I would pull the emergency break and grab that son of a bitch from behind. What is wrong with people? :(
12/16/07 8:42pm
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
Wait a minute... that pic of the brooklyn bridge was taken right outside my restaurant. Do you live in the heights?
12/15/07 2:30pm
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
Really? I feel like the 2/3 stresses me out. The F is hands down my favorite train to ride.
12/15/07 2:27pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
i can get you some stuff that i like from lutan, paula, sizzla, jah cure, fantan mojah, yabby you, buju, steel pulse, etc etc. let me know "yay" or "nay."
did i ever get my "...Studio One - Kingston, Jamaica" mix out to you? i can't remember at all.
did i ever get my "...Studio One - Kingston, Jamaica" mix out to you? i can't remember at all.
12/12/07 8:44pm
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Mh, I'm sure it will be lotsa fun, too. I'm just really, really no good at savin' up.
Why is that? What makes you so tired it robs you half the pleasure of sleepwalking?
Why is that? What makes you so tired it robs you half the pleasure of sleepwalking?
12/12/07 10:04am
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oh, and throw something by Paula Fuga on there.
my favorites from her album:
10. Loloiwi [i absolutely love this song]
03. Thought of You
08. Lilikoi
my favorites from her album:
10. Loloiwi [i absolutely love this song]
03. Thought of You
08. Lilikoi
12/11/07 10:01pm
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wow, that's great. is this an exclusive mix just for this person... or is there a chance i can get a hold of it too down the line? and, is there any feel or message or theme you're looking for? or just good stuff all around?
check out stuff from Jah Cure ...just one example:
http://youtube .com/watch?v=JHZrks9YSoI
also from I-Wayne ...just one example:
http://youtube .com/watch?v=U2cRn4MG_lA
from Notorious
from Warrior King
from Jah Mason
even Jah Sun...
http://youtube .com/watch?v=P9Cmt8E1NYI
and you gotta have some Sizzla in there. what stuff have you got so far? I can get some stuff to you. I was going to make a mix anyway.
check out stuff from Jah Cure ...just one example:
http://youtube .com/watch?v=JHZrks9YSoI
also from I-Wayne ...just one example:
http://youtube .com/watch?v=U2cRn4MG_lA
from Notorious
from Warrior King
from Jah Mason
even Jah Sun...
http://youtube .com/watch?v=P9Cmt8E1NYI
and you gotta have some Sizzla in there. what stuff have you got so far? I can get some stuff to you. I was going to make a mix anyway.
12/11/07 9:56pm
Level 14
I counter your inverted paradiddle with an open stroke roll.
I am dubbing you Beel Peart.
I am dubbing you Beel Peart.
12/11/07 6:30pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
Lutan Fyah w/ Josie Mel, "Rasta Still Deh Bout"...
http://youtub e.com/watch?v=c7WmOFUl1Nk
http://youtub e.com/watch?v=c7WmOFUl1Nk
12/11/07 1:09pm
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Fantan Mojah, "Hail The King"...
http://youtube .com/watch?v=1EYI0GRNsvY
(you may need to fix any spaces in the link)
http://youtube .com/watch?v=1EYI0GRNsvY
(you may need to fix any spaces in the link)
12/11/07 1:08pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
sounds good to me. check out Lutan Fyah... Fantan Mojah... Jah Cure.
if you haven't already. just a little taste of some modern roots stuff.
in fact...
if you haven't already. just a little taste of some modern roots stuff.
in fact...
12/11/07 1:07pm
The Lotto Badge
Little did it work. Maybe I don't really need them, then? I'm savin' up for a new pair of jeans, lovely! (Yeah, a school trip to Rome, but that isn't until March/April, so best I leave them dimes be 'til they're really needed).
By the way, when you get someone to explain to you the difference between love and lust, will you fast-forward it to me?
By the way, when you get someone to explain to you the difference between love and lust, will you fast-forward it to me?
12/10/07 3:29pm
TEAM 97 -- Team Badge
hola.
by culture, do you mean the former joseph hill led group?
by culture, do you mean the former joseph hill led group?
12/9/07 4:40pm
The Lotto Badge
The little girl put her money in the American piggy bank, but the piggy bank from the States has an unusually tight anus, which means it won't give back the little girl the big coins when she needs them.
12/9/07 1:32pm
The Lotto Badge
Nothing up, darling. It's going and hanging and doing alright, plus it's December 1st today, so I guess a lot of people having their x-mas spirit hanging out of their-- everywhere, for a while.
How you doing, beautiful? The treaty box is In Progress.
How you doing, beautiful? The treaty box is In Progress.
12/1/07 1:27am
The Lotto Badge
Nah, I'm just not allowed to go out when it's kind of late.. until Friday. I'm going out again, whether they disapprove or not.
11/14/07 12:03pm
The Lotto Badge
Totally. Election Day (Night) and I'm not going anywhere..
11/13/07 1:17pm
The Lotto Badge
Really briefly, because I think I might lose it completely otherwise: I came home very late on a Friday night, and because I didn't have a phone at the time (still don't), my parents couldn't reach me, and they got worried since I had told them that I would be home like 4 hours earlier than the actual time I arrived. They have also decided to cut off my Internet connection; I'm lost, really. So there. I just hate my parents.
11/11/07 2:17pm
The MTC Romance Badge
haha, i've come very close to buying them as well, if you can figure sendspace out I WILL HAS UR BABY
11/5/07 9:43pm
The MTC Romance Badge
i sadly do not have the shabutie disc, i just have a very very bad quality recording (bitrate: 128 T_T) of kinderwhore from good ol' lime wire that i got quite some time ago
11/4/07 12:11pm
The MTC Romance Badge
i'm pretty sure the saga has come to a definite close...i was a little disappointed by the conclusion of NWFT, seemed a bit anticlimactic. i was also disappointed to hear that chris pennie did not in fact play drums for any of the songs on the album...the guitars are SICK though, i definitely love "justice in murder"
11/2/07 1:52pm
Team Robot Member
I am hoping to promote a 'Night Of Surf Guitar' here in Porterville sometime next year with Dick Dale and Agent Orange as the main attraction!
11/1/07 11:21pm
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
That's ok. I enjoyed it. Especially the part about the homeless man.
I had my formal dress made because i had a completely bizarre taste in clothing in highschool and couldn't find anything i liked. i Picked this 50s pattern of halterneck dress which puffed out at the bottom and picked this horrid polka dot material to make it with. It was made poorly as well. It was hideous.
I shudder when i look at photos.
I had my formal dress made because i had a completely bizarre taste in clothing in highschool and couldn't find anything i liked. i Picked this 50s pattern of halterneck dress which puffed out at the bottom and picked this horrid polka dot material to make it with. It was made poorly as well. It was hideous.
I shudder when i look at photos.
10/31/07 5:43pm
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
Thanks. I want to burn my year 12 formal dress (that's the equivalent to your prom) as well. Yours sounds 80s and fun though
10/30/07 10:54pm
The Lotto Badge
Ow that sounds fierce.. You should've knocked him down
PSSST. It's almost weekend!
PSSST. It's almost weekend!
10/24/07 2:55pm
The Lotto Badge
That's very modest, sis. I can eat tons and tons of candy just for you! No shit.
10/23/07 4:29pm
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Where have you been? I'm doing well, I'm still looking out for something I can send to you.
10/22/07 12:30am
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Hiya. I don't know, are you a big fan of CocoRosie? Cause once again they posted this bulletin on MySpace, saying that they are playing a free concert tonight at that gallery...the one I sent you another bulletin on once. Anyway, they are playing in NY before they hit Europe...that's where I live!
10/19/07 3:54am
The Lotto Badge
You always hit the bull's eye with your descriåtions, even though I don't believe in taking drugs to ease pain. Well at least not when it's a headache or ... menstrual cramps.
10/16/07 11:42am
Team Robot - First Place
it's going ok... dropping a class b/c learning spanish, guitar, a/p & biology is a wee bit too much for my brain to handle..
10/14/07 9:55pm
The Lotto Badge
No way, no trouble. And don't be sorry, either. I'ma work out in da William shirt tomorrow, yiarh.
Throw me a quote, love! but an easily dog-tagable one.
Throw me a quote, love! but an easily dog-tagable one.
10/13/07 2:17pm
The Lotto Badge
My mom hates the shirt very much, because it has the word 'rak' (that's how she pronounces it anyway) AND a male person on it. She even made me leave the kitchen because I was wearing it one morning while my little sister was having her cereals. Appearantly I'm a bad influence. Gawd, I wish she'd fuck off.
I love all the stuff, the dog tags are amazing, even though I haven't made up anything smart 'to say' yet. Maybe I'll just stick with quoting Andy Warhol. All the bags are a-may-zing, I'm addicted to the lip gloss (I want to eat it), and the note books are so pretty, I'm afraid to write in them.
U R SUAVE. Now I must send you a treasure chest!
I love all the stuff, the dog tags are amazing, even though I haven't made up anything smart 'to say' yet. Maybe I'll just stick with quoting Andy Warhol. All the bags are a-may-zing, I'm addicted to the lip gloss (I want to eat it), and the note books are so pretty, I'm afraid to write in them.
U R SUAVE. Now I must send you a treasure chest!
10/12/07 9:48am
The Yay! Badge VII
Thanks, I'll look for Meiko, Marla Hansen, Jesse Sykes and the new Scout Niblett. I've been listening to a lot of Bat for Lashes, The Black Angels and (new to me) Primal Scream. Because of the intro theme to the show Damages, I've been turned on to the band The VLA. Love them too. Now I'll shut up... I don't think Bobby Bouche's mom would think you're the devil.
10/11/07 7:19am
The Lotto Badge
Thank you!!!!! YOU'RE EFFING GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :')
10/9/07 11:44pm
The Yay! Badge VII
Yes, I'm open to new music. Have you found something new?
10/9/07 7:45am
The Yay! Badge IX
I want to sell my birthing videos for money on the internet and put my kids on ebay.
10/8/07 11:19pm
The Yay! Badge IX
I wish I could give birth to babies while Brian McKnight was playing
10/8/07 11:14pm
The Yay! Badge IX
I forgot to write HOLLA! at the end of that
10/8/07 11:00pm
The Yay! Badge IX
I recommend watching videos of male seahorses giving birth on youtube. The cutest birth you will ever see. I have it in my favorites on my youtube profile.
10/8/07 10:59pm
The Yay! Badge IX
Because its only 10:54 here and I'm drinkin Tecate and watching random shit on youtube. Why are you up?
10/8/07 10:54pm
The Level 5 Badge
Yeah I'm sticking with the broom operator plan. Free tuition would be good than I can get that bullshit philosophy degree I always wanted.
10/4/07 2:58pm
The Level 5 Badge
"My main man"? Who knew. I'm hanging out at the wi-fi laundry mat before moving day tomorrow. Then the obsessive checking of e-mails/website profiles will continue. Boy I can't wait. Thinking of a career change from bartender to janitor at a college so I can get free tuition Good Will Hunting style.
10/3/07 11:40pm
The Lotto Badge
Sounds like a problem Detective Vic Mackey could sort out.
10/3/07 2:13am
The Lotto Badge
I hope so too! Maybe Warner Bros. Records is an evil exception that prevents you from getting your stuff on time, opposed to the USPS (in general?). Meh, whateverz. You have an even more fun weekend!!!
I will spend this Friday night watching Ally McBeal episode on Ally McBeal episode, and tomorrow morning go to work. It's 1am Saturday as we speak
I will spend this Friday night watching Ally McBeal episode on Ally McBeal episode, and tomorrow morning go to work. It's 1am Saturday as we speak
9/28/07 3:53pm
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Dope! Oktoberfest gotta be the biggest excuse there is to drink and drink and just drink. Alright, your weekend sounds killer fun. I missed a free concert tonight because of my younger cousin's birthday party, and tomorrow I'll probably go to the movies since it's Copenhagen Film Festival this week (I've missed out on SO many (great, I'm assuming) pictures), and then I'll do the same Sunday (maybe twice). So much happening downtown..
You think it'll be weeks or days, or perhaps months?, before I get le box? :o)
You think it'll be weeks or days, or perhaps months?, before I get le box? :o)
9/28/07 2:55pm
Level 14
Melting is good. It's even better in bed when it's cold out.
9/26/07 8:14pm
Level 14
I am swell. I burned the roof of my mouth on Poppy's killer chilli. I am tired from being up since 4am and working 16 hours. And I really just want to go home and watch "Heroes".
And you?
And you?
9/25/07 10:38pm
The Lotto Badge
How are things with you?
Your foe decided I'm a foe too..
Your foe decided I'm a foe too..
9/25/07 12:23am
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It's a Myspace bulletin I got yesterday from CocoRosie. Figured, since you live in NYC, I'd pass it on.
9/23/07 11:24pm
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From: CocoRosie
Date: 23 Sep 2007 3:09
Subject: Mad Vicky love you
Body: Come celebrate my art show with me
lets get high on tea
oct 6th 6-9 pm
deitch projects
18 wooster st.
ny ny
see u
Date: 23 Sep 2007 3:09
Subject: Mad Vicky love you
Body: Come celebrate my art show with me
lets get high on tea
oct 6th 6-9 pm
deitch projects
18 wooster st.
ny ny
see u
9/23/07 2:06am
The Lotto Badge
Spot on. But then again, this Tuesday gots you da Bronze Badge, yeah? That woulda made my Tuesday. Yo. And I'm almost not ill anymore. + it is Friday. Boom-boom.
9/21/07 1:39am
The Yay! Badge VII
I use the word "album". Just be careful around Sean Connery if you ask about "An Album Cover" he'll question, Anal Bum Cover?!?" Quelqu'un M'a Dit is amazing, and I like Camille, aussi. I don't think the new Bruni (nude Bruni *Homer J Simpson drool aside) has been properly released in The States. Dunno, but I'll get it when I can. Have a Romy and Michele day.
9/19/07 3:50pm
The Yay! Badge VII
Do you have the Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited album? I have four tracks from it, and it is pretty amazing. It was my introduction to Carla Bruni and I absolutely love her voice now.
9/19/07 8:20am
The Lotto Badge
PS. Your latest mix is raaad,
but I guess you knew that.
but I guess you knew that.
9/18/07 11:56am
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Fucking Mondays. I want it to be Sunday again, I wasn't ill until Monday morning. So yeah, fuck Monday very much.
9/18/07 11:54am
The Lotto Badge
beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel-ze-bubblelicious, how are you?
9/17/07 1:18pm
The Level 5 Badge
Yeah gotta keep movin' there's a hellhound on my trail. See I wanted to play guitar incredibly good so I went down to the crossroads and sold my soul because I'm too lazy to practice. Now it's time to pay up. And I'm sick of you stalking outside my house looking in while I'm in my delicates.
9/17/07 12:13pm
TEAM 97 -- Third Place
thanks, luv :) wouldnt it be well droll if we really could do such things!
9/16/07 7:11pm
The Level 5 Badge
yeah not too bad 2 trips. Doing it again it 2 weeks. yuck!
9/16/07 12:03pm
The Level 5 Badge
No I just have been in the process of moving. Wanted to change my address so you would quit throwing bricks through my windows.
9/14/07 9:19pm
Level 14
When I first heard "Look Now, Look Again", I loved it. Even if "Broken Radio" reminds me of an ex, It's still a great song.
And they rock live.
And they rock live.
9/8/07 3:34am
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No crazy gals this side of the laptop screen.
Must...finish....funeral mix for....contest
Must...finish....funeral mix for....contest
9/5/07 1:20pm
The Lotto Badge
Live band karaoke? Awesome, I'd love to hear the sound of your voice do that The Replacements song.
I'm looking so forward to get that box! A piece of your local hang? Man, I seriously can't wait. I must visit you in Brooklyn, but we won't tell them that you stole me a stripper pole from their bar.
I'm looking so forward to get that box! A piece of your local hang? Man, I seriously can't wait. I must visit you in Brooklyn, but we won't tell them that you stole me a stripper pole from their bar.
9/2/07 1:05am
The Patton Badge
how about we both play drums? i can actually play them well. that would be pretty sweet. a two-girl drum band. i'm in. i'm doing quite nicely. my roommate and i went and checked out this crazy old man's vhs emporium that's down the street from our house. i got about 100 movies for 15 bucks. i say, that's a good deal... even if they all are probably stolen. and how are you?
8/31/07 10:10pm
The Halloween 2007 Badge
it's going okay... i'm about to go to bed!
also, you can just call me (ben) or ben. or (b).
how're you?
also, you can just call me (ben) or ben. or (b).
how're you?
8/31/07 10:06pm
The Lotto Badge
Totally. That's what bums me about this site sometimes; when I feel like I wasted my day on absolutely nothing, you pplz in the States will still have nine hours (depending on where you reside of course) more than me to spend on something else than absolutely nothing.
Or you spending the day better than I have (school, tea and the Internets)?
Or you spending the day better than I have (school, tea and the Internets)?
8/31/07 8:11am
The Lotto Badge
No, not right now. It's only 5pm. Oooh, you mean... ...Yeah, I've been drinking for a year now. It's actually a bit late compared to everyone else, hee.
8/31/07 7:53am
The Lotto Badge
You shouldn't either. I'm getting drunk tomorrow night, and next Friday I'm--- getting drunk, that's right. Just like I am Friday after THAT Friday. The only downside to it is that I work on Saturdays from 12pm to 5pm, even starting at 10am sometimes.
8/30/07 11:25am
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Aw, hang in there, belle. Today is Wednesday and tomorrow is almost weekend, and Friday means get drunk and forget about it all.
8/28/07 11:42pm
The Lotto Badge
Interesting. :) Hey, where's your liner notes from? Is it a song perhaps?
8/27/07 11:25pm
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
HA! That's a pretty awesome story. What a dude. Crazy people are wonderful.
8/25/07 7:51pm
The Lotto Badge
What does sake taste like, by the way?
I ruined my friend's pants last night. Plus my own shirt. And brought home with me a stranger's cap. My own freshmen party last year wasn't nearly this......er, strange. I guess being in 2nd grade does a lot to your drinking habits. Or whut.
I ruined my friend's pants last night. Plus my own shirt. And brought home with me a stranger's cap. My own freshmen party last year wasn't nearly this......er, strange. I guess being in 2nd grade does a lot to your drinking habits. Or whut.
8/25/07 12:46pm
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Sounds gooood. What time is it in Brooklyn now? I need to take a shower and then get the hell going so I don't miss my first class. Which is so unfair, I was just putting your latest mix into a real tape for myself.
Otherwise I'm good. Crushed on my classmate. Again.
Otherwise I'm good. Crushed on my classmate. Again.
8/22/07 10:02pm
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You mean GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREAT. - I do.
YOU'RE THE BEST, FULL TIME. Thanks for the trouble. *smooch*
YOU'RE THE BEST, FULL TIME. Thanks for the trouble. *smooch*
8/20/07 10:36pm
TEAM 97 -- Third Place
ooh git it git it! haha, is journey's "any way you want it" playing in the background whilst you ravish inanimate objects? please oh please say yes.
8/19/07 8:44pm
The Lotto Badge
I can get a package sent with UPS, yes. :) :) They drive around the entire world, as far as I'm concerned?
8/19/07 6:29pm
The Lotto Badge
They had it sorted out, thank goodness. Turns out the supervisor hadn't told her about the perfume rule, which says that you must register any perfume (or something else that might look like it's from the convention) before you start working, every day, to make sure you didn't steal nothing. Unfortunately I don't know of Charlie...I mean, fortunately.
I'm all for a care package from NYC, big sis. Big sis. I love the sound of that.
I'm all for a care package from NYC, big sis. Big sis. I love the sound of that.
8/18/07 11:51pm
Level 14
Not much. Listening to The Mercury Program and looking for vinyl online and wishing I were wealthy to afford all I want.
And you?
And you?
8/15/07 9:51pm
The Yay! Badge IX
Thanks maam. Does that mean I can crash at your place when I go to New York?
8/14/07 10:13pm
The Lotto Badge
A care package from NYC? Aw man, you always know how to cheer me up. :) Word.
- A sales convention? Sounds interesting. My cousin has just started in a new job in that field as well. Today they 'caught' her with a Chanel perfume in her bag when she was leaving, and they have told her to come back in the morning and have a word with the supervisor. The thing is, that perfume is not stolen or anything. It belongs to her little sister, and she just brought it along to work, because, you know, I guess most girls carry their perfumes with them. I can't really blame them for suspecting her, though. I mean, she does work at the perfume counter, der.
- A sales convention? Sounds interesting. My cousin has just started in a new job in that field as well. Today they 'caught' her with a Chanel perfume in her bag when she was leaving, and they have told her to come back in the morning and have a word with the supervisor. The thing is, that perfume is not stolen or anything. It belongs to her little sister, and she just brought it along to work, because, you know, I guess most girls carry their perfumes with them. I can't really blame them for suspecting her, though. I mean, she does work at the perfume counter, der.
8/13/07 4:15pm
The Lotto Badge
I'm done with the full-time job thing. Now, cause school starts next week, I've gone back to the once-a-week shifts. So basically, I'm doing nothing at the moment. I can't even buy myself something nice, cause I gave all my money to my brother last week. I never knew what it meant to have a $ 2,000 hole in your pocket. Now I do.
How's work yourself? Still taking days off?
How's work yourself? Still taking days off?
8/11/07 2:22am
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We had rain today. I haven't seen the sun all day. Horrayyy.
8/10/07 10:20am
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Sounds like a good plan. Be sure to bring a laptop and an Internet connection - you know, just in case nature gets too overwhelming and you need to relax.
8/9/07 12:11pm
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
things are...well, i dunno really. i'm taking it one day at a time for now. what about you?
8/7/07 2:57pm
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Oh...right, I didn't realise that until now. I guess someone during some French class must have mentioned to me that Maine was part of Canada...and then it stuck. Anyway, their fault.
I must admit, I haven't read a whole lot myself this Summer. I'm barely finishing Hollywood by Bukowski before school starts next Thursday.
Echo Lake sounds and looks nice (I heard nature in the background when I opened that link). Lots of ducks, huh.
So...YOU'RE BACK. WELCOME BACK, YOU.
I must admit, I haven't read a whole lot myself this Summer. I'm barely finishing Hollywood by Bukowski before school starts next Thursday.
Echo Lake sounds and looks nice (I heard nature in the background when I opened that link). Lots of ducks, huh.
So...YOU'RE BACK. WELCOME BACK, YOU.
8/6/07 12:24pm
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*drool* Dummy is one of my favorite albums.
You're going to Canada? - Neat O. People don't lock their doors there, eh? You know, you should put it to teh test. With a camera in your hand.
I saw T-bag's mix, and I thought, Nah, I can't make a good road trip mix. True story. Oh, if you made a mix before you departed (have you gone yet, by the way?), that'd be sweet. Then I could imagine a trip to Maine for me... :)
YOU HAVE LOTSA FUN, BEEL. WILL MISS YA.
You're going to Canada? - Neat O. People don't lock their doors there, eh? You know, you should put it to teh test. With a camera in your hand.
I saw T-bag's mix, and I thought, Nah, I can't make a good road trip mix. True story. Oh, if you made a mix before you departed (have you gone yet, by the way?), that'd be sweet. Then I could imagine a trip to Maine for me... :)
YOU HAVE LOTSA FUN, BEEL. WILL MISS YA.
7/28/07 12:48pm
The Bronze Badge
You must like Back of a Car!
I love those first 2 album!
I love those first 2 album!
7/27/07 1:39pm
The Lotto Badge
It don't work, babe.
Maybe if you change it to ZIP-compromised-map, like the others do.
Where are you going?? Have a nice trip!?
Maybe if you change it to ZIP-compromised-map, like the others do.
Where are you going?? Have a nice trip!?
7/27/07 1:35pm
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I don't know what a SIT-file is, but my computer won't have anything to do with it. :(
7/27/07 8:27am
The Lotto Badge
My last tag didn't make any sense. How are things with you?
7/21/07 10:18am
The Lotto Badge
I fuckin' won't. I'll put flowers on your ....... well, I'll come visit you twice a day! At least.
7/21/07 9:20am
The Festivus '08 Badge
I watched an episode where a producer or a P.A. gave Maury the "results" after it was indicated that "The results are in", He opened the manila envelope and I shit you not. There was a piece of paper that had everything he needed to say. I believe it was something like this.
When it comes to 13 month year old (Blank)
You ARE not the father.
Prettay amazing stuff. I have to say. Oh yeah and thats how the sheet of paper was typed, so Maury wouldn't read the results so fast or something.
When it comes to 13 month year old (Blank)
You ARE not the father.
Prettay amazing stuff. I have to say. Oh yeah and thats how the sheet of paper was typed, so Maury wouldn't read the results so fast or something.
7/19/07 12:57pm
The Lotto Badge
I miss the rain. All of a sudden the weather gods decided to smile upon beachies. Bitches.
I only work 5hours/day, but it's everyday this week, dangit.
I only work 5hours/day, but it's everyday this week, dangit.
7/19/07 3:45am
The Festivus '08 Badge
I love the follow up shows, The people are all doing well (?) after having embarrassing clips shown of them being complete idiots. Have you tried to get tickets for a live show? You should.
7/18/07 2:51pm
The MLK Badge
Yes... I don't know what I was thinking when I accepted that offer. Probably something like, "Well... we're only human." Lol.
7/18/07 1:48pm
Level 14
Keep with the lessons. It gets easier. Practice, practice.
7/18/07 11:58am
Team Robot - First Place
i had to make me some garlic & olive oil couscous last night... so delicious.
7/17/07 4:20pm
The Lotto Badge
My computer is bailing on me... The link works but for some reason the download fails. ARGH. I'll try again later.
I LOVE to eat corn out of the can. I don't do it as often anymore. Shame. :(
I LOVE to eat corn out of the can. I don't do it as often anymore. Shame. :(
7/16/07 3:30pm
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
That makes me really happy. Thanks for letting me know.
My doggie wasn't as lucky
My doggie wasn't as lucky
7/15/07 9:41pm
The Lotto Badge
I knoow. I want to kill myself.
Ooh, what's that? A new mix? Is it a new mix? Oh boy!!
Ooh, what's that? A new mix? Is it a new mix? Oh boy!!
7/15/07 11:43am
The Lotto Badge
Yeah, me too. My boss just called. And I just agreed to work every single day of the month...that means til August you know. :( And August equals school. Fuuu-uck.
7/14/07 1:39am
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
So he didn't die? Oh that's great news. Yey for you and Joe!
7/13/07 7:05pm
The Lotto Badge
The short stories are just as exciting as Jell-O is solid food... A.k.a. the short stories are shit. No details, no actual action, no fantasies, no juicy bits, no-thing. And they're supposed to be Italian, huh. W.A.S.T.E. of time. Stefan Zweig owns those Italian pricks any day.
Haha, I totally feel you. I have borrowed Les Miserables several times but I have never managed to get through it. So hopefully I will this summer.
How's your summer so far? :)
Haha, I totally feel you. I have borrowed Les Miserables several times but I have never managed to get through it. So hopefully I will this summer.
How's your summer so far? :)
7/13/07 9:08am
The Lotto Badge
You're such an inspiration, you know. :)
We should fight world population, I guess, but we don't have the exact same problems going on in the MTC, so I guess we're safe. Selfish, but true.
I have turned in to an Insomniac this Summer, yes. But I actually do stuff to keep me busy and to make me tired so I can get the fuck to sleep. I went to the library with my little sister today, and I brought home five big novels (including Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, yes) plus a book of erotic Italian short stories (I SWEAR I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THAT ENDED IN MY BACKPACK; my sister must've scanned it when I was doing something else). That's actually a quite embarrassing thing to write. I have no idea why I just did then. But hmm... I might as well give it a look, eh? ..... God, and she's not even six yet. =/
We should fight world population, I guess, but we don't have the exact same problems going on in the MTC, so I guess we're safe. Selfish, but true.
I have turned in to an Insomniac this Summer, yes. But I actually do stuff to keep me busy and to make me tired so I can get the fuck to sleep. I went to the library with my little sister today, and I brought home five big novels (including Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, yes) plus a book of erotic Italian short stories (I SWEAR I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THAT ENDED IN MY BACKPACK; my sister must've scanned it when I was doing something else). That's actually a quite embarrassing thing to write. I have no idea why I just did then. But hmm... I might as well give it a look, eh? ..... God, and she's not even six yet. =/
7/12/07 2:44pm
The Lotto Badge
Happy World Population Day!! I think you should populate MTC with a contest mix, dear.
7/11/07 10:03am
The Lotto Badge
Haha, you're lovely. At least the spokesperson keeps you company, I guess?
7/6/07 1:11pm
The Lotto Badge
How do you do it? I mean, you work at home since you can do that? ;)
7/6/07 1:01pm
The Lotto Badge
What does 'procrastinating' mean? 'Not-working'? :)
It's been cloudy and rainy all day here, and now it's 10pm.
It's been cloudy and rainy all day here, and now it's 10pm.
7/6/07 12:50pm
The Lotto Badge
Good point. I do that quite often. I just discovered some real good hip hop. You know ParYen on this site? He's real awesome, and so are his mixtapes. :)
7/6/07 12:37pm
The Lotto Badge
HELLO. :) hehe, you know, I'm not very tall or chubby, so you got it, dear.
Will we be seeing your dreamy contest-mix sometime soon?
Will we be seeing your dreamy contest-mix sometime soon?
7/6/07 9:17am
The Lotto Badge
Same here. You know when you have a few very good songs, and then you don't know what to do for the rest of the criterias? When I saw the 16 contest subjects, I could immediately cover four of them in my mind, and now I just look at the rest, and feel tired, because I can't decide on a movie song etc. etc.
7/2/07 9:50am
The Lotto Badge
8 years?
When I was four or six we went once, and then we went again 6 years later, and now we go every year, because my parents think they got something to catch up with, "neglection"-wise. I don't know. Soon I'll be able to say fuck you, and stay in Denmark or go somewhere else.
Have you looked at the new contest yet?
When I was four or six we went once, and then we went again 6 years later, and now we go every year, because my parents think they got something to catch up with, "neglection"-wise. I don't know. Soon I'll be able to say fuck you, and stay in Denmark or go somewhere else.
Have you looked at the new contest yet?
7/1/07 9:52am
The Lotto Badge
Yeah well, it'll work out in the end for all of us. Thanks for the concern, you. :)
I actually hate summer time, but this year is going to be different I think, because for once we are not going to Turkey or anything... And I totally got my paycheck today. Yay!
I actually hate summer time, but this year is going to be different I think, because for once we are not going to Turkey or anything... And I totally got my paycheck today. Yay!
6/29/07 2:48pm
The Lotto Badge
Well I really really hate mine... My father just kicked my brother out of his diner where he works, because he didn't show up sometimes due to his girlfriend who would be at home trying to OD herself or cut her wrist... My brother's chainsmoking like hell, and I feel like shit for him. He's got no job, no education (because he went for the job thing), he doesn't love his suicidal girlfriend anymore but can't really leave her like this either, and he's got himself into some serious dept. I'm really trying to raise a few bucks for him atm, so I'm not going anywhere as of now it seems. Unless he doesn't mind me moving in with him and helping him out a little. He lives ten minutes from my school anyway, I think it'd be perfect.
I type too much. I'm sorry. And no, that was not cheesy, but exactly what I needed to hear. I'll find my way. Heck yeah. :)
I type too much. I'm sorry. And no, that was not cheesy, but exactly what I needed to hear. I'll find my way. Heck yeah. :)
6/28/07 7:53am
The Lotto Badge
Man, you're right. Stupid turk parents. I'll probably end up an alcoholic and drug addict because of them. Or maybe not. When were you able to afford to move out? I'll be 18 in 6 months.
6/28/07 5:23am
Team Robot - First Place
thanks for the congrats :D
ive found this amazing thing called studying.. apparently it works! wish i had known about it 4 years ago, lol.
ive found this amazing thing called studying.. apparently it works! wish i had known about it 4 years ago, lol.
6/27/07 7:42pm
The Lotto Badge
I'm a poor student, you can't charge me that kind of money?
I feel a bit bad about my own situation when you put it like that. I live at home, and my parents basically got it all covered. I only pay for whatever I feel like buying for myself. But they never buy me any birthday presents or let me paint my walls or anything... Doesn't that sound totally fucked up? I fuckin' hate 'em, a comfy private cupboard box sounds heaps better. I just copypasted your borrowed-elsewhere artwork.
I feel a bit bad about my own situation when you put it like that. I live at home, and my parents basically got it all covered. I only pay for whatever I feel like buying for myself. But they never buy me any birthday presents or let me paint my walls or anything... Doesn't that sound totally fucked up? I fuckin' hate 'em, a comfy private cupboard box sounds heaps better. I just copypasted your borrowed-elsewhere artwork.
6/27/07 10:57am
The Lotto Badge
That's grreat to hear. I had my last exam Friday, so I'm basically doing things, I want to do, too. Currently downloading the missing tracks, so that I can have a complete mix called "beel's I will not crack...or pay for crack, unless it is free." Any ideas for the cover art, or should I just steal and copy yours?
At any rate, I am looking forward to the day we get a hang on Sendspace.
At any rate, I am looking forward to the day we get a hang on Sendspace.
6/26/07 1:05pm
The Lotto Badge
beeeeel. :)
You were right, Built to Spill are just my cup of tea, and There's Nothing Wrong With Love is brilliant-- well, the tracks I've heard off it. Thank you. So have you figured out Sendspace yet?
And more importantly, How have you been?
You were right, Built to Spill are just my cup of tea, and There's Nothing Wrong With Love is brilliant-- well, the tracks I've heard off it. Thank you. So have you figured out Sendspace yet?
And more importantly, How have you been?
6/25/07 2:01pm
The Lotto Badge
Omg, I look forward to that. [heart]
Sendspace is fucking weird, I don't get it. At all.
Sendspace is fucking weird, I don't get it. At all.
6/11/07 9:01am
The Lotto Badge
I can imagine. As I also tagged on your mix, your descriptions are so convincing. They get me each time, and I don't even know the songs then. I have a serious list of artists to discover, you've made me realise that.
- Thank you! I will have fun mixing, and hopefully fun entering the contest - which will be my first ever contest to enter, eep.
- Thank you! I will have fun mixing, and hopefully fun entering the contest - which will be my first ever contest to enter, eep.
6/8/07 2:10pm
The Lotto Badge
Oh sweet. I'll go have a look. I'm planning on doing '07, even though it leaves out a lot of great music...
6/8/07 1:46pm
The Lotto Badge
Owh, your pink eye is gone. *stroke stroke* Bless.
- I'll go iTunes that album rightaway! Also, have you done a mix for the new contest? I don't like to peep at others before I've made my own...if I make one at all.
- I'll go iTunes that album rightaway! Also, have you done a mix for the new contest? I don't like to peep at others before I've made my own...if I make one at all.
6/8/07 12:19pm
The Festivus '08 Badge
I've thought about quitting, it's been almost five years and I'd feel better if I'd stop...I'm not going to quit my Pog addiction though
6/7/07 8:36am
The Lotto Badge
I haven't heard any other Built to Spill songs...YET.
Omg. You got pink eye?, in both eyes? I thought cherry eye was something that happened to dogs only.
Omg. You got pink eye?, in both eyes? I thought cherry eye was something that happened to dogs only.
6/6/07 3:46pm
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
the poor little guy. if he's in pain it's probably for the best.
*sigh* it's just so fuckin sad though. i get sad just hearing about stories like that.
*sigh* it's just so fuckin sad though. i get sad just hearing about stories like that.
6/4/07 9:01pm
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
thanks man.
i'm very sorry about your little friend. if he's sick though,i will just say that putting him to sleep is an incredibly humane death. I had to do it to my 17 year old dog almost 2 years ago. it's peaceful and she looked happy.
i dunno. i found peace in that. i hope you do too.
i'm very sorry about your little friend. if he's sick though,i will just say that putting him to sleep is an incredibly humane death. I had to do it to my 17 year old dog almost 2 years ago. it's peaceful and she looked happy.
i dunno. i found peace in that. i hope you do too.
6/3/07 8:23pm
The Lotto Badge
Btw. I'm looking forward to Part Deux of your Oren and Margaret Machine story. :)
5/22/07 9:09am
The Lotto Badge
No way, YOU ROCK!!!
I just saw what I believe was your first MTC mixtape. Aww I wish I had great mixes like yours, cause I would simply LOVE to trade tapes with you... :)
I just saw what I believe was your first MTC mixtape. Aww I wish I had great mixes like yours, cause I would simply LOVE to trade tapes with you... :)
5/17/07 8:49am
The Lotto Badge
Yeah? Maybe I'll go in a few years time. And maybe I'd even try and get a greencard, so that I could study art or focus on something journalism concerned. Anyway, is Harlem really that great a place with all of its jazz clubs I mean? Do you live in Manhattan or ?
And thank you for being my friend, whoa! :)
And thank you for being my friend, whoa! :)
5/12/07 10:24pm
Team Robot - First Place
ill def check it out if it ever gets released here in the states..
5/10/07 3:49pm
Team Robot - First Place
what i meant to say was..
[heart]
Christine Jesperson: Whoa, what happened?
Richard Swersey: You want the short version or the long one?
Christine Jesperson: The long one.
Richard Swersey: I tried to save my life but it didn't work.
Christine Jesperson: Wow. What's the short one?
Richard Swersey: I burned it.
[heart]
Christine Jesperson: Whoa, what happened?
Richard Swersey: You want the short version or the long one?
Christine Jesperson: The long one.
Richard Swersey: I tried to save my life but it didn't work.
Christine Jesperson: Wow. What's the short one?
Richard Swersey: I burned it.
5/10/07 3:39pm
Team Robot - First Place
thats when you knows its a good movie ;)
my fav scenes are the Me & You Shoes, when she's in the deptartment store shining the light onto his face from her makeup kit thing, and the goldfish on the back of the car [the music for this scene still makes me feel like im going to cry]
my fav scenes are the Me & You Shoes, when she's in the deptartment store shining the light onto his face from her makeup kit thing, and the goldfish on the back of the car [the music for this scene still makes me feel like im going to cry]
5/10/07 3:27pm
Team Robot - First Place
Everyone We Know reinstated my wonder @ the world. and the soundtrack is the most amazing thing ever
5/10/07 3:20pm
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
Oh, not really my stomping ground. I'm one of those obnoxious shore locals who hate everyone.
5/9/07 5:01am
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
I was totally in town today, but I couldn't get anyone to come with me to Brooklyn!! I miss that neightborhood so much and it was sooo nice today! :(
5/5/07 6:26pm
The Lotto Badge
Neat O. And what did you say your name was again? Beel-ze-bub? ^^
Can I say how much I envy you for living in New York. I so wanna go there sometime. :)
Your mxtapes are absolutely class.
Can I say how much I envy you for living in New York. I so wanna go there sometime. :)
Your mxtapes are absolutely class.
5/5/07 1:39am
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
Wow! What a small world. I loved that neighborhood! What's your cross street?
5/3/07 7:23pm
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
oh my god, I used to love the promenade when I lived in Brooklyn! I lived just a couple blocks away on Henry Street. Awww! I miss it!
5/3/07 3:14pm
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
Hey, time out. Your "procrastination bench." Am I mistaken, or is that the promenade in Brooklyn Heights?
5/2/07 7:47pm
The One Year Anniversary Badge
Thanks, I never really thought of my liner notes notes as much to remember really. But then, I guess that's the way with just saying what you feel. I tried so hard to please the person I was special to that I lost who I was in it, and thus everything about me she loved. Being just who you are, and doing it for nobody seems to be the better road.
5/2/07 2:42am
Team Robot Member
Thanks for the nice comment on my last mix. It is up on sendspace now.
http://www.s endspace.com/file/51egpk
http://www.s endspace.com/file/51egpk
4/29/07 8:29pm
The Patton Badge
oh so tired. the weekends are death for me. but good, otherwise. great mixes, btw - the last two were sweeeeeeet and made me laugh.
4/29/07 11:54am
The Halloween 2007 Badge
THANKS, DUDE!
I'LL HAVE HIM BACK TO YOU BY FRIDAY FOR SURE.
I'LL HAVE HIM BACK TO YOU BY FRIDAY FOR SURE.
4/25/07 8:45pm
The Halloween 2007 Badge
I WOULD LOVE TO BORROW DETECTIVE MACKEY!
I'M SURE HE'D KICK THE STORM'S ASS SO HARD IT WOULD NEVER RAIN AGAIN.
I'M SURE HE'D KICK THE STORM'S ASS SO HARD IT WOULD NEVER RAIN AGAIN.
4/25/07 8:34pm
The Bronze Badge
Christopher Cross sounds like terrible bacne. Terrible, terrible bacne.
4/21/07 2:51pm
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
she sounds like my type of bride. girl power, yeah
4/21/07 7:32am
Team Robot - First Place
im sorry i havent noticed you before, but your liner notes alone get you a +4. lovely!
4/9/07 7:49am
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
Weird, cause I feel like I did leave you a message, but I can't remember what it was now. I'm sorry. How are you?
3/24/07 12:28pm
The MLK Badge
Sweet! I come from the land of Linens 'n' Things ^.^
3/18/07 1:37pm
The Festivus '08 Badge
You...I adore---I know, it was a rushed, spur of the moment mix---sorry to dissapoint
3/16/07 5:50am
The Level 21 Badge
Thanks. That mix has gone largely unnoticed. I think it's pretty good.
3/12/07 11:51am
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
oh did i? why did i do that? lol. that's very strange
2/21/07 2:46am
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
"I don't know who I is?" - sorry? i don't know what you're talking about...
2/20/07 4:13pm
Mixtape Contest X: First Place
hi! i really like your tapes. maybe this is of no importance to you, but what do you think of ex-smiths johnny marr joining modest mouse?
2/20/07 12:47pm
