Uncategorized

Via Pocket Litter, onanism for the conflict averse: Attack your crack, not Iraq! You Can’t Beat Off with Nuclear Arms War is Mean, Flick Your Bean War is wrong. Whack your schlong. If you pound it, peace will come Give bush the finger My ‘friendly fire’ harms no-one Semen cleans …

First Bobby Brown, now Saddam leeching off of Whitney’s good name. Hussein, 65, who has run Iraq since the mid-1970s, has not done any campaigning in person. In fact, he has not been seen in public by diplomats or foreign journalists since December 2000, when he stood in the cold …

So I am looking at this guy Scott’s site, and I check out his blogroll to get a sense of his constellation placement in great virtual universe, and I recognize about two: one of which is this site (yay!!), and the other is Michael Moore (boo!!). Who are the rest …

I received a notice from Mrs. Fat Guy, the ever effervescent Cindy Chaffin, about the Rockzillaworld Music Awards: Sunday, February 16, 2003, 7pm at the Top Rail Ballroom Dallas, Texas The first 2 were successful beyond anything we ever expected, and we’re planning on this one being even better. We …

We neglected Columbus on Columbus Day (other than a discussion of Mayor Bloomberg’s decision not to march in NYC’s parade). Gary Farber points us to a rather grim assessment of Columbus in the New Yorker: Columbus was one of history’s great optimists. When he read in Marco Polo that the …

The all-Cal World Series is here. Variety reports that the value of the Angels may have gone up as much as 25%, from $200 to $250 million, with their impending appearance in the Fall Classic: Behind the scenes, Disney has made no secret of its attempts over the last three …

Bowie double DVD to accompany new hits collection: David Bowie’s often groundbreaking videos have been collected for a new DVD, Best Of Bowie, due out November 19. The 47-song, two-disc set is designed to complement the two separate Best Of Bowie CD releases–one single-disc set and one double-disc set–coming out …

Conniff, a trombonist and big band leader who made a remarkably prolific and successful transition to orchestral pop composer, leader, and arranger, died at 85 after injuring his head in a fall: A top-selling big band leader and trombonist, Conniff made more than 100 albums, 25 of them reaching the …

Joni Mitchell latest to dump on recording industry: The veteran singer/songwriter, on the promotional trail for a new album, says she is “ashamed” to be part of the music business and may stop recording. “I just think it’s a cesspool,” the 58-year-old folk-rock icon said in the latest issue of …

I was unaware that there is a Delta Blues Museum, but there is and it has a new attraction: The Delta Blues Museum has a new attraction – and it isn’t a musical instrument. “It’s a very vibrant, very entertaining piece,” museum director Tony Czech said recently. “It’s not a …