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Archive for March, 2007

“The internet is their CBGB”

Posted in Music, Punk, entertainment, pop culture on March 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »

In honor of her recent induction into the R ‘n’ R Hall of Fame Patty Smith’s Op-ed in the Times
…My late husband, Fred Sonic Smith, then of Detroit’s MC5, was a part of the brotherhood instrumental in forging a revolution: seeking to save the world with love and the electric guitar. He created aural autonomy [...]

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Young punks who don’t die…

Posted in Music, Punk, entertainment, gossip, pop culture on March 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »

become old curmudgeons who bicker over money and I suppose, conscience.
… Last week, frontman Jello Biafra [Dead Kennedys] blasted former bandmates East Bay Ray, Klaus Flouride and D.H. Peligro for licensing their song “Too Drunk to [Bleep]” to play during a rape scene in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s new “Grindhouse.” Biafra fumed, [...]

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Well, maybe March is trying

Posted in random thoughts, spring on March 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »

After all, it is spring now.

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March Sucks

Posted in random thoughts on March 21, 2007 | Comments Off

Saturday morning we had a deluge of rain, slush, freezing rain, and finally snow. Dutifully the neighbors and I all went outside and dug out our cars and walk ways. That night when I went out to walk the dog, this is what awaited me…

Granted, that’s not enough snow to really be any [...]

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Help me Obi-wan

Posted in random fun on March 18, 2007 | Comments Off

Hint, click the picture.
I’ve posted this on my other blogs as well. (After all I am a geek and it’s still making me laugh.) It seemed appropriate now that HBO is finally showing the Star Wars consecutively in from episode 1. (previously they’ve shown Eps.2-6 consecutively — without Ep. 1!) I’ll give them a [...]

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I’ve been staring at the computer so long

Posted in random thoughts on March 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I feel numb. I roke my camera lens a couple of days ago. That’s not helping my mood. Still, I got my Police ticket in the mail today, that should really be helping my mood. But no, I feel numb.

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Doh!

Posted in Minutia, random thoughts on March 7, 2007 | Comments Off

Just this very second while checking out the Roger Roger thread on the Straight Dope forum in a strange turn of webhopping events that found me websurfing for info regarding the 1933 apparent murder-suicide of Ernest & Julio’s (and Joseph’s) parents — don’t ask — I just know realized that the distress term “Mayday” comes [...]

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Revel in his… specialness

Posted in entertainment, random thoughts on March 5, 2007 | Comments Off

I recently wrote about the 60 Minutes segment on Sam Simon on iChihuahua. I have to admit though, that i didn’t divulge my full fascination with the segment. Repeatedly, to the point where it was nearly a mantra, Simon emphasized his inability to get along in the collaborative environment of TV production. Clearly he’s [...]

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Well, cigarette smokers now have one thing on their side

Posted in Movies on March 5, 2007 | Comments Off

I can’t say that I expect almost anything I see in the movies to be based in reality, but I have to admit that this story diffuses one of the cooler effects around.Petrol lit with a cigarette? Only in the movies
…if you find yourself tied up and doused in petrol don’t worry if all your [...]

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