As I cruise the dregs of Napster and Rhapsody, Inc., I find the most interesting bands to be some that remind me of the hardcore punk that I dismissed as a young man in the seventies.
Trying not to sound like Hank Hill from The King of the Hill, something just ain't right with these youngsters, and I love it. I like this shit, i.e. music from the band Blackout Pact, more than I did in the seventies. This would be due to the fact I was trying to learn improvisation over bebop chord changes, which, musically, always remains a challenge. Three chord changes played at fulltilt volume didn't interest me musically. If I wanted somewhat of anarchy relating to music, all I had to do was put on Ornette Coleman, who blows me away each time I listen to the guy.
Anything, anywhere, anytime, for no reason at all. AAAFNRAA. It was an aesthetic concocted by Uncle Frank Zappa that I always felt I could identify with. He succesfully and wholeheartedly grasped this aesthetic to employ over the course of his career, sadly shortened by cancer. However, he celebrated life utilizing this aesthetic, resulting in seventy-five + albums, each with a touch of musical genius, some entirely pure genius. What a noble way to live.
Then I wretchedly peruse the front pages, landmarking the death of 200o troops over in Iraq, and I try to figure the aesthetic of a mind like George W.'s. It's unfathomable to compare or contrast these two individuals, however one must come to grips with the fact this man gained the trust of a majority of voters in our free country. He won the second battle, even after he displayed four years of the illegal idiocy we now wallow in daily.
It would follow this country must have an aesthetic, reflected by the society as well as the leaders they choose to rule them. Nobody's dog was shot voting for men like Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld. So what can be made of a free society that puts into office thugs like Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bunnypants? It's one I still choose to live in, so I can't bitch too much. But do these men remain noble as they lean toward a fascist society?
Yet artists and writers and poets could never get into office, not with the way society is currently focused. All important is TV image these days. Poofter hair with perfect white teeth is the norm for senators. I saw three men whom I have utmost respect for their intellectual prowess on C-Span 2. These men were on television for the sole purpose of satirizing the current administration. They were Kurt Vonnegut, Paul Krassner, Art Buchwald and another man I was not familiar with. But all of these men were not very "presentable", politically speaking. Vonnegut with his long wispy hair, sort of like Albert Einstein's hair. Paul Krassner, the original yippie, with his "Fuck Bush" t-shirt, and Buchwald's wide eyes staring into space, all were amusing in their own way.
They were quite the lot, but their collective wisdom superceded that of the current administration's wisdom by tenfold. Vonnegut served this country surviving the bombing of Dresden, Germany in World War Two. Krassner served his country as a radical in the sixties, coining the phrase "yippie", as well as helping end the Viet Nam War through constant hounding of the then-corrupt administration of Richard Milhaus Nixon. Buchwald has been a columnist/author since god knows when, possibly the advent of the typewriter.
And these men, their wisdom, their wit, their raw no bullshit allowed intelligence, dismissed due to deliverance of their speeches, tonal inflections, long hair, and t-shirts. Relegated to C-Span 2 instead of prime time, no measurable audience reported by Nielsen saw these men.
I saw Prince Charles, heir to the Brish throne, say he was the laughing stock of Great Britain due to his organic farming and speeches about throwaway societies, a mere 20 years ago. Now these subjects are relatively mainstream. Yet he was on target regarding throwaway societies. Think about forethought on our chosen leader's agenda in comparison to their vested business interests via the Carlyle Group and Halliburton. Think about their records in regards to the arts, the environment, and war. Then think how you voted, and how you WILL vote next election. It makes a difference, folks.
Back to the dregs of Napster and Rhapsody.com, and forward to throwaway societies mentioned by Prince Charles. The anarchy these guys have been singing about for the past twenty years may be closer than I thought. No one will serve a country or a war that is based on lies. No one will behave laws that are made by the richest one percent of people trying to control the other 99 per cent. Wait till the white man frat-boy becomes the minority. I think there will be a severe backlash that could result in anarchism, yet since chaos is the way of nature, maybe it should be for mankind as well. It's time for cold beer, yippy!!
Dennis Kucinich: Democrats: It's the War (inthesetimes.com)
Ending the war in Iraq is right for a lot of reasons. The war was unjustified, unnecessary and unprovoked. It is counterproductive, strengthening al-Qaeda and weakening the moral authority of the United States. It is deadly: Many Americans, and many, many more Iraqis, have been killed or injured as a result of the fighting. And it is costly: Well over $250 billion in taxpayer funds have already been spent, with no end in sight.
Peter Byrne: Believe It Not (metroactive.com)
The website IraqBodyCount.org conservatively calculates the number of murdered Iraqi civilians at 30,000. More than half of the civilian deaths involved explosive devices, and two-thirds of those deaths were caused by U.S. air strikes. In fact, less than 10 percent of dead civilians were killed by car and truck bombs. The U.S. military has killed 37 percent of all Iraqi civilians, including infants; criminals have killed 36 percent; anti-occupation forces have killed 9 percent.
Didn't add any new flags, so will save the bandwidth today.
Tonight, Thursday:
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'Survivor: Guatemala', followed by a FRESH'CSI: The Original One', then a FRESH'Without A Trace'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Bruce Willis and Santana.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Charlie Sheen, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Franz Ferdinand.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'Joey', followed by a FRESH'Will & Grace', then a FRESH'Apprentice: The Donald', followed by a FRESH'ER' (starts 1 minute before the top of the hour).
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Nicollette Sheridan, Al Franken, and Fiona Apple.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Jake Gyllenhaal, Xzibit, and Neil Young.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson Daly are Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Louis XIV.
ABC fills the night with the movie 'Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Billy Baldwin, Dane Cook, and strongman Mighty Gonzalez.
The WB offers a FRESH'Smallville', followed by a FRESH'Everwood'.
Faux has a FRESH'The O.C.', followed by a FRESH'Reunion'.
UPN has a FRESH'Everybody Hates Chris', followed by a FRESH'Love, Inc', then a FRESH'Eve', followed by a FRESH'Cuts'.
A&E has 'American Justice', 'Cold Case Files', another 'Cold Case Files', and a FRESH'The First 48'.
AMC offers the movie 'Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior', followed by the movie 'Young Guns', then the movie 'Young Guns II'.
BBC -
[1pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 48;
[4pm] 'Jonathan Creek' - The Coonskin Cap;
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[7pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 49;
[10:15pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Ep. 12 The Naked Ant;
[12:20am] 'Kumars at No. 42' - Charlie Dimmock;
[2:15am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Ep. 12 The Naked Ant;
[4am] 'The Persuaders' - Anyone Can Play;
[5am] 'The Persuaders' - The Old, the New, and the Deadly;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'West Wing', 'Beverly Hills, 90210', and a FRESH'Celebrity Poker Showdown'.
Comedy Central has 'Beavis & Butthead', 'Comedy Central Presents', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Comedy Central Presents', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and a FRESH'Showbiz Show With David Spade'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Robert Ray.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Bradley Whitford.
Scheduled on a FRESHAdam Carolla is Ozzy Osbourne.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Behind The Mask Of Zorro', and 'Axes, Swords And Knives'.
IFC -
[6AM] Albino Alligator (1996);
[7:45AM] Hoop Dreams (1994);
[10:45AM] The Grass Harp (1995);
[12:35PM] Dancing to New Orleans (2003);
[2:15PM] Amerikan Passport (1999);
[3:45PM] The Grass Harp (1995);
[5:45PM] Dancing to New Orleans (2003);
[7:15PM] IFC in Theaters(2005);
[7:30PM] Love & Sex (2000);
[9PM] Under Suspicion (2000);
[11PM] Frazetta: Painting With Fire (2003);
[12:45AM] Charming Billy (1999);
[2:15AM] The Festival #5 (2005);
[2:45AM] IFC in Theaters(2005);
[3AM] Frazetta: Painting With Fire (2003);
[4:45AM] IFC November Short Film Showcase (2005);
[5:45AM] IFC in Theaters(2005). (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has the movie 'Chupacabra: Dark Seas', followed by the movie 'Cerberus'.
Sundance -
[6AM] Tribute: a Rockumentary;
[7:30AM] The Tesseract;
[9:05AM] Forbidden Wedding;
[10:05AM] Tyler Brule: My Life;
[11AM] Life Is Sweet;
[12:45PM] Purple Hearts;
[2:15PM] Heroes;
[4:15PM] Secret Honor;
[6PM] I Am NOT an ANIMAL: A Star is Hatched;
[6:30PM] Eat;
[6:45PM] Departure;
[7PM] The Big Empty;
[8:35PM] Hidden;
[9PM] The War Room;
[11PM] TransGeneration: Episode 7;
[11:30PM] Dogville;
[2:30AM] Life Is Sweet;
[4:15AM] Heroes. (ALL TIMES EST)
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen 'Borat' gestures at a photo opportunity after a news conference in Lisbon November 2, 2005. 'Borat' will be the main entertainer at the MTV 2005 Europe Awards in Lisbon's Atlantic pavilion on Thursday.
Photo by Jose Manuel Ribeiro
Aaron Brown, once one of CNN's most prominent anchors, is leaving the network after a shakeup that gives his prime-time slot to rising star Anderson Cooper and expands it to two hours.
Cooper's old 7 p.m. EST show will be filled by an expanded version of "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, the late afternoon program attracting attention for its arresting use of multiple video screens.
Brown, 56, went to CNN from ABC in 2001 and immediately was thrust into a major role with his heartfelt anchoring following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. It appeared he would become the face of the network but that never really happened; he was hurt by a widely reported story in 2003 that he didn't cut short a golf outing to come to work on the day the Columbia space shuttle disintegrated.
A flock of wild parrots that took up residence on a hill overlooking the bay, becoming the subject of a documentary and best-selling book, were nowhere to be seen after one of their perches was cut down and two others faced a similar fate.
Mark Bittner, who brought attention to the birds that have delighted tourists and residents for years, halted a crew this week before they cut down three cypresses whose owner wants them removed because they pose a hazard.
Workers with chain saws succeeded in cutting down one of the trunks before Bittner, star of the film "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill," and author of a book by the same name, stood in front of the other two trees and refused to move.
Talk show host and model Tyra Banks is shown in this undated publicity photograph as she is made up with prosthetics to experience life as a 350-pound (159kg) woman for the November 7, 2005 episode of her syndicated talk show 'The Tyra Banks Show.'
Photo by Mike Rozman
Rap feuds aren't usually about differing opinions on resident Bush. However, that appears to be the case between 50 Cent and Kanye West.
50 says he disagrees with West's infamous statement that " George Bush doesn't care about black people," proclaimed during a September telethon for Hurricane Katrina victims.
"I think people responded to it the best way they can," 50 told ContactMusic.com. "What Kanye West was saying, I don't know where that came from."
Instead, 50 said, "The New Orleans disaster was meant to happen. It was an act of God."
Of all the scribbled sentences that have converged to create the Valerie Plame affair, the most remarkable, in literary terms, may belong to Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney's recently deposed chief of staff. "Out West, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning. They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them. Come back to work-and life," he wrote in a jailhouse note to Judith Miller. Meant as a waiver of confidentiality, the letter touched off the sort of fevered exegesis more often associated with readings of "The Waste Land" than of legal correspondence. For even more difficult prose, however, one must revisit an earlier work. "The Apprentice"-Libby's 1996 entry in the long and distinguished annals of the right-wing dirty novel-tells the tale of Setsuo, a courageous virgin innkeeper who finds himself on the brink of love and war.
Like his predecessors, Libby does not shy from the scatological. The narrative makes generous mention of lice, snot, drunkenness, bad breath, torture, urine, "turds," armpits, arm hair, neck hair, pubic hair, pus, boils, and blood (regular and menstrual). One passage goes, "At length he walked around to the deer's head and, reaching into his pants, struggled for a moment and then pulled out his penis. He began to piss in the snow just in front of the deer's nostrils."
Homoeroticism and incest also figure as themes. The main female character, Yukiko, draws hair on the "mound" of a little girl. The brothers of a dead samurai have sex with his daughter. Many things glisten (mouths, hair, evergreens), quiver (a "pink underlip," arm muscles, legs), and are sniffed (floorboards, sheets, fingers). The cast includes a dwarf, and an "assistant headman" who comes to restore order after a crime at the inn. (Might this character be autobiographical? And, if so, would that have made Libby the assistant headman or the assistant headman's assistant?)
At age ten the madam put the child in a cage with a bear trained to couple with young girls so the girls would be frigid and not fall in love with their patrons. They fed her through the bars and aroused the bear with a stick when it seemed to lose interest.
Electronic Arts Inc., News Corp.'s Twentieth Century Fox Television and Gracie Films on Wednesday announced a long-term deal granting EA exclusive rights to develop multiple video games based on the Fox television series "The Simpsons."
EA, the world's biggest video game publisher, said the first game resulting from the agreement will be for next-generation video game consoles. No release dates have been announced.
International salsa singer and actor Ruben Blades, right, of Panama receives an honorary doctorate degree from Berklee College of Music President Roger H. Brown, left, during ceremonies in Boston Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005.
Photo by Don West
Musicians for the Radio City Music Hall's famed "Christmas Spectacular" went on strike Wednesday, the day before the show was scheduled to open for the holiday season.
David Lennon, president of Local 802, said the Rockettes had walked out in support of the musicians' strike, but Radio City officials denied that. The unionized Rockettes, who agreed to a contract agreement last month, could not immediately be reached for comment.
The labor strife has created uncertainty for the Christmas show, which has entertained families for seven decades. People pay up to $250 a ticket.
A woman approaches an artwork called 'Big Chook', made of fibreglass and high gloss epoxy marine paint, on Tamarama Beach in Sydney November 2, 2005. Australian artist Jeremy Parnell says people frying themselves on the beach for a suntan inspired his piece which joins 100 artworks contributed by international and Australian artists at the annual outdoor Sculpture by the Sea exhibition which is in its ninth year.
Photo by Will Burgess
Former Denver Broncos star Terrell Davis is suing the operator of a bar in the famed Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, saying he was roughed up last month at an Emmy Awards after-show party.
Davis, who is black, said the trouble started when the Tropicana Bar's owner, Amanda Scheer-Demme, told a friend of his to stop talking with a white waitress.
According to Davis, the waitress stepped between him and Scheer-Demme and put her hand on his chest to push him aside, then made a derogatory remark when he asked her to move her hand.
At that point, according to the lawsuit, Davis walked away and began to socialize with other people when two bouncers approached and demanded he leave. One of the bouncers choked the retired running back while the other wrestled him to the floor, according to Davis' suit.
A confectioner makes vermicelli, for the upcoming Eid-al-Fitr, in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005. Muslims will be celebrating Eid-al-Fitr on Nov. 4, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Photo by A. Mahesh Kumar
Warner Bros. Entertainment said Wednesday it has fired between 250 and 300 employees as a cost-cutting measure.
The cuts come during a record year for the studio. But Warner Bros., like other entertainment companies, is bracing for lower revenue in coming years as the growth of the DVD market continues to slow and the TV syndication market shrinks.
Warner Bros. is a division of Time Warner Inc., the world's largest media company, which Wednesday reported an 80 percent increase in third-quarter earnings. Shares of Time Warner rose 33 cents, or 1.9 percent, to close at $17.90 Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange, where they have traded in a 52-week range of $16.10 to $19.90.
The Motion Picture Association of America filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Fred Lawrence of Racine, seeking as much as $600,000 in damages for downloading four movies over the Internet file-sharing service iMesh.
The suit was filed after Lawrence refused a March offer to settle the matter by paying $4,000.
The Racine man said his grandson, who was then 12, downloaded the movies out of curiosity, and deleted the computer files immediately. The family already owned three of the four titles on DVD, he said.
A fisherman sails his boat on the Hanjiang River in Hubei province on November 2, 2005. China is struggling to overcome what a minister called the world's worst water crisis caused by widespread drought, pollution, rapid economic growth and waste, the China Daily said on Tuesday.
Residents of the Mile High City have voted to legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana for adults. Authorities, though, said state possession laws will be applied instead.
With 100 percent of precincts reporting early Wednesday, 54 percent, or 56,001 voters, cast ballots for the ordinance, while 46 percent, or 48,632 voters, voted against it.
Under the measure, residents over 21 years old could possess up to an ounce of marijuana.
Comparisons to the viewership-heavy month of October 2004 -- just before the presidential election -- led to apparent declines in viewership among the cable news channels, following an up month in September due to hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Fox News Channel averaged 1.7 million total viewers and 392,000 among the adults 25-54 demographic, down 29% in total viewers and 53% in the demo. Total day declined as well in both measures.
CNN's primetime also fell, down 21% to 824,000 and down 35% in the demo to 229,000. The network was up 1% in total day, however.
The 'Stavros S Niarchos' competes in the Tall Ships Match Race in the Solent waters off the southern England coast near Portsmouth November 1, 2005. Two identical traditional 60 metre brigs, the 'Prince William' and 'Stavros S Niarchos', are competing in the world's only Tall Ships Match Race in the two-day event. The vessels are run by a national charity -The Tall Ships Youth Trust - aimed at developing life skills for young people through sailing.
Photo by Toby Melville
A small-town judge who has three wives should not be removed from the bench because his private behavior has not tarnished the office he holds, the judge's attorney told the Utah Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Judge Walter Steed was found to be a polygamist by the state's Judicial Conduct Commission, and the panel issued an order seeking his removal from the bench in February.
Steed has served for 25 years in the southern border town of Hildale, handing down rulings in drunken driving and domestic violence cases.
Steed legally married his first wife in 1965, according to court documents. The second and third wives were married - or "sealed" as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints refers to it - to him in religious ceremonies in 1975 and 1985. The three women are sisters.
The state Supreme Court's chief justice, Christine Durham, opted not to place Steed on administrative leave during the investigation. The court has 90 days to make a decision.
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Oct. 24-30. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
1. (1) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 24.2 million viewers.
2. (3) "Without a Trace," CBS, 21.8 million viewers.
3. (X) World Series Game 4: Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros, Fox, 20 million viewers.
4. (4) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 19.9 million viewers.
5. (7) "NCIS," CBS, 18 million viewers.
6. (9) "Survivor: Guatemala," CBS, 17.4 million viewers.
7. (12) "Two And a Half Men," CBS, 16.8 million viewers.
8. (6) "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 16.7 million viewers.
9. (X) World Series Game 3: Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros, Fox, 16.7 million viewers.
10. (16) "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," ABC, 16.5 million viewers.
11. (7) "Commander in Chief," ABC, 15.6 million viewers.
12. (14) "CSI: N.Y.," CBS, 15.3 million viewers.
13. (10) "NFL Monday Night Football: N.Y. Jets at Atlanta Falcons," ABC, 14.2 million viewers.
14. (2) "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 14.1 million viewers.
15. (29) "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," NBC, 13.7 million viewers.
16. (15) "60 Minutes," CBS, 13.6 million viewers.
17. (13) "Cold Case," CBS, 13.2 million viewers.
18. (20) "Out Of Practice," CBS, 13.1 million viewers.
19. (23) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 12.8 million viewers.
20. (19) "Medium," NBC, 12.8 million viewers.
Michael Piller, "Star Trek" veteran and co-creator/executive producer of USA Network's hit series "The Dead Zone," died early Tuesday at his Los Angeles home after a long battle with cancer. He was 57.
Before co-creating "The Dead Zone" with his son Shawn, Piller was head writer on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," leading the show to a best drama Emmy nomination in 1994, the first for a syndicated series. He went on to co-create the following two "Trek" installments, "Deep Space Nine" and "Voyager." Both series ran for seven seasons.
In 1998, Piller wrote and co-produced "Star Trek: Insurrection," the ninth installment in Paramount Pictures' successful Star Trek feature franchise.
Piller began his career in broadcasting, working for TV stations in Charlotte, N.C., and Chicago.
Veterinarians at the San Diego Zoo hold up an unnamed female giant panda cub during her weekly health examination November 2, 2005. At three months old the cub weighs 8.8 pounds (4kg). Based on a Chinese tradition the cub will be named on November 10 when she reaches 100 days old. San Diego Zoo officials are now tallying more than 70,000 electronic votes submitted through their website during a naming poll that closed Monday.
Photo by Ken Bohn
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As I cruise the dregs of Napster and Rhapsody, Inc., I find the most interesting bands to be some that remind me of the hardcore punk that I dismissed as a young man in the seventies.
