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Sunday, November 12, 2006
Honey Come Quick With The Iodine
Gotta get down to the government mine
Cos' that's where I lately spend my time
Make good money five dollars a day
Made any more I might move awayy...yea
THE PROBLEM:
Me: The dead. That is smart.
Other: Yeah.
Me: That's really something. (How to sell sell sell this....)
Other: (seems to sense something in the air): Your'e not going to listen to that punk rock, are you?
Me: You know, sometimes I just -
Other: What? Wanna punch me? Is that it?
Me: No. That's two things you shouldn't have said.
Other: (Fairly seething)
Me: Do you know what you sound like? You sound like Nixon. And may I add?
Other: Yes.
Me: You are so far from being....(cool?)....(good?)...(dead?) What you want to be.
Other: I know.
Me: Let's chill.
Other: I said it first.
Me: You know, if Pearly Baker moved to Poland...?
Other: Ridiculous.
Me: For example.
Other: Mm.
Me: Mm. But; if people felt the support.....How do you say it in European?
Other: What? Cover band? Obstacles? Eurovision Song Contest?
Me: Ha. No. Contiguous express? Uncle Blah Blah? No. The universe was created not by God, but by work?
Other: No. Yes?
Me: Something. I really don't know.
Other: You said it first.
Cos' that's where I lately spend my time
Make good money five dollars a day
Made any more I might move awayy...yea
THE PROBLEM:
Me: The dead. That is smart.
Other: Yeah.
Me: That's really something. (How to sell sell sell this....)
Other: (seems to sense something in the air): Your'e not going to listen to that punk rock, are you?
Me: You know, sometimes I just -
Other: What? Wanna punch me? Is that it?
Me: No. That's two things you shouldn't have said.
Other: (Fairly seething)
Me: Do you know what you sound like? You sound like Nixon. And may I add?
Other: Yes.
Me: You are so far from being....(cool?)....(good?)...(dead?) What you want to be.
Other: I know.
Me: Let's chill.
Other: I said it first.
Me: You know, if Pearly Baker moved to Poland...?
Other: Ridiculous.
Me: For example.
Other: Mm.
Me: Mm. But; if people felt the support.....How do you say it in European?
Other: What? Cover band? Obstacles? Eurovision Song Contest?
Me: Ha. No. Contiguous express? Uncle Blah Blah? No. The universe was created not by God, but by work?
Other: No. Yes?
Me: Something. I really don't know.
Other: You said it first.
Precious Money
Precious money and the quality of life.
Today:Newbury Comics:
Echo and the Bunnyment: Crocodiles, Heaven Up Here
Afrika Bambaataa: Planet Rock, Zulu Grooves w/John Lydon
ex-Girl: Endangered Species w/"Pretty You Ugly"
The Who: The Who Sell Out ($7.99)
~$60
Yes!
Today:Newbury Comics:
Echo and the Bunnyment: Crocodiles, Heaven Up Here
Afrika Bambaataa: Planet Rock, Zulu Grooves w/John Lydon
ex-Girl: Endangered Species w/"Pretty You Ugly"
The Who: The Who Sell Out ($7.99)
~$60
Yes!
The 26 Letters Their Men Let Them Use
I have to write a feminist manifesto, or find a woman to explain it to so it's genuine. It's entitled "The 26 Letters Their Men Let Them Use", about how men systematically prevent women from reading the Chinese newspaper.
Feeling guilty, men? The way to solve this problem is to buy 1 (one) Chinese newspaper and leave it lying around the house. Cost = 60 cents. And you're done.
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Feeling guilty, men? The way to solve this problem is to buy 1 (one) Chinese newspaper and leave it lying around the house. Cost = 60 cents. And you're done.
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More Video From Yesterday
Entertain by Sleater-Kinney.
If you're the type of person who prefers Jim Rome over John Madden, I have two words for you: Ethel Merman. As in "After the Lawrence Welk show at the Wiltern, we all headed over to J-Stew's house to crank up the Ethel Merman. Some chicks made fun of us, can't figure it out. Are you with me, clones?"
No, I'm not with you, clone.
Although, in a funny, roundabout, obvious show business way, since I own no Ashlee Simpson records, it could be said that everything I know about Ashlee Simpson comes from hearing her songs played so repeatedly on the Jim Rome Show.
It seems germane to mention that in 1992 I lived on Serrano Avenue, which is one block east of Western Avenue, east on Wilshire. Two blocks north, sort of in the shadow of the Taiwanese government's west coast office building/consulate. Within easy walking distance of Hollywood, Melrose, and even downtown if you don't have a car. It's in the middle of Koreatown.
And while we're actually on the topic of sports, here's a dream:
New York Giants --> Honolulu Giants
Buffalo Bills --> LA Megas
Right. And then San Francisco will move to Buffalo and become the New York 49ers. Oakland will develop a Janus method to absorb the Frisko beat. Nice work, clone.
If you're the type of person who prefers Jim Rome over John Madden, I have two words for you: Ethel Merman. As in "After the Lawrence Welk show at the Wiltern, we all headed over to J-Stew's house to crank up the Ethel Merman. Some chicks made fun of us, can't figure it out. Are you with me, clones?"
No, I'm not with you, clone.
Although, in a funny, roundabout, obvious show business way, since I own no Ashlee Simpson records, it could be said that everything I know about Ashlee Simpson comes from hearing her songs played so repeatedly on the Jim Rome Show.
It seems germane to mention that in 1992 I lived on Serrano Avenue, which is one block east of Western Avenue, east on Wilshire. Two blocks north, sort of in the shadow of the Taiwanese government's west coast office building/consulate. Within easy walking distance of Hollywood, Melrose, and even downtown if you don't have a car. It's in the middle of Koreatown.
And while we're actually on the topic of sports, here's a dream:
New York Giants --> Honolulu Giants
Buffalo Bills --> LA Megas
Right. And then San Francisco will move to Buffalo and become the New York 49ers. Oakland will develop a Janus method to absorb the Frisko beat. Nice work, clone.
Y World - YFM
I am sure we have all deeply appreciated hip-hop, rap and the associated R & B in our time. Hey Ya - the perfect song. Air Force Ones by Nelly; 99 Problems by Jay-Z; the David Banner song about steak and shrimp; those old songs by De La Soul and Tribe Called Quest.
Since South Africa is the country with a more impressive pedigree than America in the department of "INTEGRATION", it will please the reader to know that in my research for the en:Wikipedia article "List of radio stations in South Africa", the station YFM in Jozi (Johannesburg) is definitely pretty good. It has a very similar mix, with lots of South African music added in. And comparatively, it is so funny how one can tune in, listen to lots of the same songs, in a very noticeably organized, purposeful and literary production value environment. It is a really nice environment, and it feels like one is in an important place. Like Pasadena, or a shopping mall, or standing in front of the 42nd Street library in New York. I am so used to the Manhattany, collegiate, American music environment.
The bottom line, of course, is that we cannot as a nation afford to let the South Africans just run away with the future of integration without at least trying to catch up. Direct link:YFM
Since South Africa is the country with a more impressive pedigree than America in the department of "INTEGRATION", it will please the reader to know that in my research for the en:Wikipedia article "List of radio stations in South Africa", the station YFM in Jozi (Johannesburg) is definitely pretty good. It has a very similar mix, with lots of South African music added in. And comparatively, it is so funny how one can tune in, listen to lots of the same songs, in a very noticeably organized, purposeful and literary production value environment. It is a really nice environment, and it feels like one is in an important place. Like Pasadena, or a shopping mall, or standing in front of the 42nd Street library in New York. I am so used to the Manhattany, collegiate, American music environment.
The bottom line, of course, is that we cannot as a nation afford to let the South Africans just run away with the future of integration without at least trying to catch up. Direct link:YFM
Recipes and Food
Recipes. Well, it is sort of like a recipe. I grew up with a lot of recipes. At any rate:Korean food purchased on the internet:
Curry Powder and Ottogi Hash Powder:
It is like this: One boils potatoes and some carrots in some water. When the potatoes are cooked, one doesn't discard the water; one adds the powder to the standing cook water to form the sauce. I had never really seen this method used in Western cooking, although I am sure it must exist.
Rice can be served with these dishes. Browned ground beef is commonly added. There is always a simple lettuce and tomato salad served with these curries in restaurants. I use frozen vegetables instead.
The curry we are talking here is Northeast Asian curry from the supermarket. It is similar to Indian restaurant curries in some ways. Growing up, we had chicken twice a week. If I had grown up in Korea, supermarket curry would have filled the same function.
Vermont House is one of the most popular brands of curry in Japan and Korea. It contains small fragments of apple, for sugar.
Ottogi Hash is a food that seems to be the same as something I ate growing up, "Whiffenpoof Stew", made with beef and onions in a mild soy flavored sauce, served on rice. I am not sure I understand this term, but there it is anyway. I suppose Bart Simpson would call it something like "Siberian Power Food".
As far as worrying about whether pre-packaged curry is a quality food, the packaged mixes, which when prepared and served contain mostly fresh cooked ingredients, can be compared to our concepts of "homemade chicken soup" vs "Campbell's Chunky Chicken Soup." I am sure we've all eaten a lot of Cambell's soup in our lives. A jumbo 17.6 oz bag of curry good for at least 5 pounds of potatoes costs about $4. And, I can recommend "KGrocer" in Los Angeles as a Korean internet food store.
Curry Powder and Ottogi Hash Powder:
It is like this: One boils potatoes and some carrots in some water. When the potatoes are cooked, one doesn't discard the water; one adds the powder to the standing cook water to form the sauce. I had never really seen this method used in Western cooking, although I am sure it must exist.
Rice can be served with these dishes. Browned ground beef is commonly added. There is always a simple lettuce and tomato salad served with these curries in restaurants. I use frozen vegetables instead.
The curry we are talking here is Northeast Asian curry from the supermarket. It is similar to Indian restaurant curries in some ways. Growing up, we had chicken twice a week. If I had grown up in Korea, supermarket curry would have filled the same function.
Vermont House is one of the most popular brands of curry in Japan and Korea. It contains small fragments of apple, for sugar.
Ottogi Hash is a food that seems to be the same as something I ate growing up, "Whiffenpoof Stew", made with beef and onions in a mild soy flavored sauce, served on rice. I am not sure I understand this term, but there it is anyway. I suppose Bart Simpson would call it something like "Siberian Power Food".
As far as worrying about whether pre-packaged curry is a quality food, the packaged mixes, which when prepared and served contain mostly fresh cooked ingredients, can be compared to our concepts of "homemade chicken soup" vs "Campbell's Chunky Chicken Soup." I am sure we've all eaten a lot of Cambell's soup in our lives. A jumbo 17.6 oz bag of curry good for at least 5 pounds of potatoes costs about $4. And, I can recommend "KGrocer" in Los Angeles as a Korean internet food store.
The Progress of Authority
Recent Wikipedia articles written include Rusal, List of radio stations in South Africa, and some categories in Chinese Wikipedia.
In re: Rusal, if you're a fan of Roman Abramov, I think he is going to go all the way again in the Russian steel industry, as he did in the aluminium industry. Those aluminium companies are so usefully organized now, it would boggle a warehouse keeper in Shanghai.
And how about the divorce? It's interesting how British pounds are greater than US dollars; as in "The divorce settlement is expected to approach 5.5 billion pounds." It is comforting to know that that money can be sourced to the very vast pool of successful speculative investment funds, rather than to "My family's vodka and black bread bills." It is important, and opportunistic, from a Public Relations standpoint, to express the function and process at work here.
In re: Rusal, if you're a fan of Roman Abramov, I think he is going to go all the way again in the Russian steel industry, as he did in the aluminium industry. Those aluminium companies are so usefully organized now, it would boggle a warehouse keeper in Shanghai.
And how about the divorce? It's interesting how British pounds are greater than US dollars; as in "The divorce settlement is expected to approach 5.5 billion pounds." It is comforting to know that that money can be sourced to the very vast pool of successful speculative investment funds, rather than to "My family's vodka and black bread bills." It is important, and opportunistic, from a Public Relations standpoint, to express the function and process at work here.
Well, it's better than poetry?
If you have every gotten jacked by a senior management man quoting Robert Frost or somesuch, you may appreciate this.
In accounting, "Cost Centers" are sometimes used to organize a large body of financial information. For instance, these drilling equipment invoices should be entered in cost center "DRILLING EQUIPMENT".
In life, the concept of Cost Centers can be used to organize one's activity. The Cards-Tigers World Series could be attached to cost center "PIT". The Colts-Pats game last week could be written to cost center "HOLY SHRINE". The Democrat victory could be sent to cost center "VALUABLE OPEN LAND". Tiger Woods' career re-alignment could go to "SPRINGBOK".
There are 16 NFL games this weekend. I live in the New England - New York general area. Today's Cost Center is "RODEO". As in "I sure couldn't figure out what was going on with Jets-Pats until I figured on Cost Center:"RODEO". I have achieved peace and life is now ......as peaceful as a rodeo."
In accounting, "Cost Centers" are sometimes used to organize a large body of financial information. For instance, these drilling equipment invoices should be entered in cost center "DRILLING EQUIPMENT".
In life, the concept of Cost Centers can be used to organize one's activity. The Cards-Tigers World Series could be attached to cost center "PIT". The Colts-Pats game last week could be written to cost center "HOLY SHRINE". The Democrat victory could be sent to cost center "VALUABLE OPEN LAND". Tiger Woods' career re-alignment could go to "SPRINGBOK".
There are 16 NFL games this weekend. I live in the New England - New York general area. Today's Cost Center is "RODEO". As in "I sure couldn't figure out what was going on with Jets-Pats until I figured on Cost Center:"RODEO". I have achieved peace and life is now ......as peaceful as a rodeo."
Saturday, November 11, 2006
A long day spent sorting through Bratmobile and J Church material yielded some results.
Couldn't find "Sticks Diary" by Angelic Upstarts, a song with a plot from "Last Train To Clarksville" that is funny in a very Elvis Costello/Buzzcocks kind of way...Cloyishness For Dummies....like a good Elvis or Pete Shelley song, Sticks Diary reveals both vulnerability and mild meanness, in a likable way, in the context of a long, slightly serious, over-the-top story of a guy who really likes Karen, the sister of the band as narrators of the song....
Here's one I actually found, Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, which also displays a very uncanny way of producing politically correct results. It is so odd; to deal with the fox hunt, one must be very slightly clunky in order not to offend! It takes a great deal of political intelligence to deal with the issues in this song. If Massachusetts were in England, Angelic Upstarts would be from Metro West. A few moments of onstage behaviour, in a clip added at the end, gives the lie to the serious, straight MOR nature of the video.
Couldn't find "Sticks Diary" by Angelic Upstarts, a song with a plot from "Last Train To Clarksville" that is funny in a very Elvis Costello/Buzzcocks kind of way...Cloyishness For Dummies....like a good Elvis or Pete Shelley song, Sticks Diary reveals both vulnerability and mild meanness, in a likable way, in the context of a long, slightly serious, over-the-top story of a guy who really likes Karen, the sister of the band as narrators of the song....
Here's one I actually found, Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, which also displays a very uncanny way of producing politically correct results. It is so odd; to deal with the fox hunt, one must be very slightly clunky in order not to offend! It takes a great deal of political intelligence to deal with the issues in this song. If Massachusetts were in England, Angelic Upstarts would be from Metro West. A few moments of onstage behaviour, in a clip added at the end, gives the lie to the serious, straight MOR nature of the video.
SSKHKH
Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her - Sister Sister - I had read about this band a long time ago on the internet, and just looked up a video on YouTube. I had read that the band had an Iggy Pop sound, but Sister Sister sounds a lot like Young Marble Giants. The video has something I like - unorthodoxy with solid results; it is a portrait of a normal woman.
You Come To Me This must be the simple hard rock sound the band is famous for.
You Come To Me This must be the simple hard rock sound the band is famous for.
Well, I looked for Kettle Lake by Steve Albini and Zeni Geva on YouTube, but I couldn't find it.
Viva la Revolucion/Joker in the Pack Why do I like this band so much? Every time I put on an Adicts album, I start thinking about how it transplants the thoughts of small potatoes street hoodlums into an hilarious Clockwork Orange musical format. Furthermore, if Bad Religion captures what it's like to be in the Southland (LA), the Adicts could be considered to do the same for the city of London. There is nothing like hearing about someone on the subway looking at one's Chinese food while singing "I want a Chinese takeaway" 20 or 30 times. One gets such a sense of the incredible command of the English language there, like Jay Leno likes to talk about on the Tonight Show. I think I saw this band listed with De La Soul and some others on a bill for a Prince's Trust Street Concert in London two years ago. If you think Bill Gates is doing good things with his money, providing billions in vaccines in Africa, then you will probably appreciate the work that the Prince's Trust is doing. The band likes to use material from Pachibel's Canon and The Sound of Music to highlight its message.
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Bratmobile
Viva la Revolucion/Joker in the Pack Why do I like this band so much? Every time I put on an Adicts album, I start thinking about how it transplants the thoughts of small potatoes street hoodlums into an hilarious Clockwork Orange musical format. Furthermore, if Bad Religion captures what it's like to be in the Southland (LA), the Adicts could be considered to do the same for the city of London. There is nothing like hearing about someone on the subway looking at one's Chinese food while singing "I want a Chinese takeaway" 20 or 30 times. One gets such a sense of the incredible command of the English language there, like Jay Leno likes to talk about on the Tonight Show. I think I saw this band listed with De La Soul and some others on a bill for a Prince's Trust Street Concert in London two years ago. If you think Bill Gates is doing good things with his money, providing billions in vaccines in Africa, then you will probably appreciate the work that the Prince's Trust is doing. The band likes to use material from Pachibel's Canon and The Sound of Music to highlight its message.
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Bratmobile
Girls Get Busy Not In The Way
Eating Toothpaste - Bratmobile. Bratmobile and Bad Religion - how can two bands so completely typify Northern California and Southern California and be so smaht?
I don't have a girlfriend at this time, so I listen to Cibo Matto and Bratmobile, that remind me of people I know.
Typical Northern California urban scene, from liner notes of J Church "Palestine" cd.
What a nice place! I think I remember walking by here in the summer of 1996. I remember that the neighborhood was very very.....how shall I say this?...it was very 定. I remember it because it reminded me of a Japanese neighborhood I had been walking through in 1993...You know the word 定, even though you may not think you do...it is something like "Smooth Control"...like owning your own plinth, as the government of the City of Mexico does....like a young version of Seymour Skinner's mother....like Gang Green's cover of "Voices Carry"...like the concept of Secondary Modern from Elvis Costello...like a cafeteria for zombies is a secure investment...like what Martha Stewart has....
I don't have a girlfriend at this time, so I listen to Cibo Matto and Bratmobile, that remind me of people I know.
Typical Northern California urban scene, from liner notes of J Church "Palestine" cd.
What a nice place! I think I remember walking by here in the summer of 1996. I remember that the neighborhood was very very.....how shall I say this?...it was very 定. I remember it because it reminded me of a Japanese neighborhood I had been walking through in 1993...You know the word 定, even though you may not think you do...it is something like "Smooth Control"...like owning your own plinth, as the government of the City of Mexico does....like a young version of Seymour Skinner's mother....like Gang Green's cover of "Voices Carry"...like the concept of Secondary Modern from Elvis Costello...like a cafeteria for zombies is a secure investment...like what Martha Stewart has....
Atomic Garden During 1992 - 1998, Bad Religion was by far my favorite band. I had bought the album All Ages after seeing so many reviews of the band in Maximum Rock n Roll.
....I hope there's nothing wrong out there. I'm watching from the room inside my room...
....I hope there's nothing wrong out there. I'm watching from the room inside my room...
Don't Bring Me Down, Bruce!
J Church didn't have a video on YouTube, so this will have to do.
J Church fans, don't worry; this sounds just as good as the version recorded on the "Meaty Beaty S** Sounding" cd...ha...
And here is The Diary of Horace Wimp, a song I hadn't heard before today. It is a lush live version recorded for television. I wonder if J Church will be able to cover this one...
J Church didn't have a video on YouTube, so this will have to do.
J Church fans, don't worry; this sounds just as good as the version recorded on the "Meaty Beaty S** Sounding" cd...ha...
And here is The Diary of Horace Wimp, a song I hadn't heard before today. It is a lush live version recorded for television. I wonder if J Church will be able to cover this one...
Friday, November 10, 2006
So you want to play with the big boys
As the New York Jets and the New England Patriots prepare for Sunday's game, I find myself attracted to the music of Elvis Costello, whose music I "trend with" 100%.
From the Chinese Wikipedia: Good luck, "Jet Steam Machines" and "Love Country Gamblers"!
From the Chinese Wikipedia: Good luck, "Jet Steam Machines" and "Love Country Gamblers"!
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Hey Kids! In Memoriam...
Basketball fans, do yourself a favor and grieve: YouTube: Song: Raging Red: by Dear Leader
From Boston, Mass....Price and Pride, together again...I first heard this song on Newbury Comics' 2003 Boston Music Sampler, which cost $1.99.
celtics image; lakers image
and more of the same: ATP: YouTube: Song: The Sheila Divine: Sideways
.. who are you, Aaron Perrino?
From Boston, Mass....Price and Pride, together again...I first heard this song on Newbury Comics' 2003 Boston Music Sampler, which cost $1.99.
celtics image; lakers image
and more of the same: ATP: YouTube: Song: The Sheila Divine: Sideways
.. who are you, Aaron Perrino?
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