At Home I'm A Tourist

At long last, i have a night at home, a night without plans.
oh sure, i'm resisting the urge to go see negativland at the Great American.
but they're playing tomorrow night too.
so i got that in my back pocket.

to be home before 8 p.m. is a nice treat.
indeed.

i realized that hardly anyone i know has concrete halloween plans.
god knows, i certainly shouldn't go to the Castro Monday night.
it's just too many idiots. you can barely even walk around.
sure, there are great costumes, but...i can see them online the next day.

or i can teleport there for a couple of minutes at a time and then teleport my ass on outta there, rescramble all my lovely molecules, and get on back home for some extended chill extravaganzas.

or i can dance on the ceiling. fuck gravity.
it's bullshit.

on the other hand, maybe i could go for a second.

.....
word from detroit:
my nephew Brayden is already walking, talking and getting into verbal arguments with the nurses.
just a couple days old and already he's rocking the party right.
my brother did a good job having that kid.
apparently heidi, his wife, was there too for moral support.
nice work, bro.
you put the wind beneath my wings.
.....


Ho Ho Ho, the voice of the Jolly Green Giant dies

More on the legendary Green Giant who happens to be green and especially jolly

Still more on GG

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It's about time people woke the fuck up, yo
For Reals

Mood is sour on Bush, Congress

like they don't have anything else to be worrying about ...

This sucks - Almost 70 Percent Of U.S. Casualties In Iraq Under Age 30

Oh, this is lovely ...
Young Singers Spread Racist Hate: Duo Considered the Olsen Twins of the White Nationalist Movement

I Made These
Adult. grows up, punks out
Boards Of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Audion - Suckfish


thanks to the always lovely boing-boing for the following:

lost camera film found

master of illusions

if Fox News had been around throughout history ...
... we wouldn't be here talking right now...

New Nephew In The House

A brief interruption into real-life stuff here today with the grand announcement of the birth of my newest nephew, Brayden Edward!
It is my brother's very first child, and as you can see below, he's pretty stoked!



whoo hoo!

Sanguine Shuttlecock Sandwich

So i've been away for a bit.

My birthday came and went. Well, actually it's my birthday week, so i can keep on celebrating till i'm ready for the week to be over.

There was a fleeting thought of telling you that i was kidnapped at knifepoint by Bloodthirsty Monks with an unhealthy obsession with Eric Sevareid hellbent on destroying all forms of news-gathering currently at our disposal.

it was a tough and turbulant time my friends.

a time of reflection.

of revolt.

and intrigue.

not that anything really happened.

actually, i've been busy as fuck -- or B.A.F., for you acronym-loving genderbenders -- reeling in the years, reeling in the knees, reeling in the thneeds, reeling in the trees.

it brings me back to my halycon days of yesteryear holed up in the quaint little family farm we called home on Rodeo Drive.

Ah, my, times certainly have changed since those hardscrabble days on the lam, dole and pickpocket circuit.

at least i have my gelatin mold to remember you by.

Fuck you and your famine bullshit.
How do you know what the famine was about?

You see those floods happening?
I gotta alert Noah and get the ark ready. That 2-by-2 shit is bullshit.

My birthday was an exciting day of pain.

Lo, i have spoken.

Hobo Gangs For Liberty
Bourbon soup rocks!
See pic up top of Sugar-Booger, the bestest spoon comber the world has ever known.

Body found in glacier believed to be WWII airman
You gotta watch the video. so intriguing.

what is up with Australia lately? i talked to and about australia more in the last two days than i have in a long time.
bring me the head of King Kangaroo!

puddlejump licker a.k.a Satan
he's such a dick, there's no way i could put his pic on my page.

Hackus Interruptus GREAT story, yo.

look up, up in the sky
it's a giant loofa!

HOW-TO: Rip DVD Movies To Your iPod Using Free Software

This is what they mean about preserving the sanctity of marriage

Get your kick-ass leather pants!

harriet may be toast after all
Maybe you should read Harriet's Blog

secrets of duct tape revealed
tom ridge doesn't want you to know about this shit.
neither does Michael Cherthoff.

Sorry, Brownie's Gotta Eat some Din-Din first
Then we can start saving your sorry asses.
Or not.

say bye-bye to Cheney?
doubtful about Dick.
Dick.

I'm a new father!!....oh wait, maybe not














They were right, this is a damn good bassline
a damn good song too.

Talking Heads demo
nifty, neato and such

This Tiga remix of LCD Soundsystem's "Tribulations" fucking rocks

whoa, BRMC have like, changed
good track.

Gang Of Four versus Yeah Yeah Yeahs
weirdly ok.

But i love clanging pots and science room skeletons

make music with your excel spreadsheet!

John Peel is dead but you are not, so you should listen to this

George W. Bush sings about White Lines

When George W. Bush attempts to speak, people sort of listen

God Lives Underwater singer dead

Joan Armatrading was a bitch
or maybe i'm lying.

Listen up children.
Whoo Hooo Whoooo

i know you want this truck
(thanks be to Boing-Boing for this)

Absurdity is All

Random crap that has been compiled in this here place for the last couple days or so and i just haven't gotten around to publishing the damn thing.

George Bush doesn't care about black people
Kanye kickstarted a revolution. or something. anger, intensity... and activate!

New Boards of Canada track
BOC worshippers like myself, be warned...it's a bit of a step in a different direction.
ok, maybe a warning is a bit harsh.
it's odd though. different even chuckie.

cool four tet remix of Bloc Party track
i really like the Bloc Party, actually.

prediction: Morningwood is gonna be a big band
once their stupid record company releases their album, not till january! stoopid.

Good damn news about breakfast cereal
despite the fact i'm not a female.

Coppola returns to 'The Outsiders'
i really loved the S.E. Hinton book when i was a lad. I recall liking the movie but thought the book was much better. isn't it always like that anyway?

is this kind of fuN?

how weird is this? Animatronic DJ brings on the funk and stuff.

Headphone Use May Worsen Hearing Loss
well, this is just more bad news for me.

Beyond Comforting the Afflicted

2001: A Space Odyssey, explained
sort of, anyway

Jeff Goldblum is watching you poop

thighs wide shut
this site is pretty damn funny

photos to forget

guru of ganja takes on the feds
i love that name, guru of ganja.

earthquake preparedness kit
duct tape isn't a bad thing to have but you need more than that.

This IS Bullshit

So i leave for a week and i come back to find that the whole world has changed and is in complete upheaval.
While we heard about the disaster on the Gulf Coast out on the playa, the true depth of the situation didn't really hit me until coming back home and seeing the multitude of images flashing on the television screen.
The toll on humanity is really beyond the grasp of anything i've ever seen before in my life and while i have a much better understanding of what has happened now that i've returned to civilization, it's clear this is a monumental tragedy of epic proportions.
My emotions were already in a state of upheaval upon returning to my 'real life,' but seeing it all eventually caused me to break down in tears in sympathy for the costs on humanity this has wrought.
of course, i'm thankful that, thus far, nobody i know was killed or lost their home, (though i do have a friend who lived in New Orleans that i haven't heard from since this whole thing started, but we haven't spoken in several years, so i'm not necessarily surprised by the lack of communication -- still, i wonder...), but this could just as easily could have been here or in Florida, where my grandmother resides or...wherever.
I'm also very fucking angry about the lack of immediate response by my government and i'm heartened that people are speaking out and saying the things that need to be said - this administration completely blew it.
At least idiot FEMA director Michael Brown has been yanked but this administration needs to take responsibility for its disastrous handling of the situation.

Fuck you, "President" Bush, you uncaring slime. FUCK YOU.

Go Fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney. Go Fuck Yourself.
ADDITION: What happened to the guy who told Cheney to go fuck himself - Click Here
Scott McClellan is a Whore

Laura Bush calls Katrina Hurricane Corrina TWICE
(Thanks to Crooks and Liars for the above links - a great site to keep up-to-date on all the lies and spin being spewed by the Bush Assministration)

go fuck yourself barbara bush

.....
Other shit has been happening, you know.

Hunter Thompson's near-suicide note
i call it his near-suicide note because it was written 4 days before he offed himself.
but it does ring with a bit of finality, to be sure.
maybe he did do the right thing, as fucked as that sounds.

I'm Out Baby

Exit, stage left.

Temple of Gravity, 2003

Delicious Again, Peter.

Mind your manners while I'm away or you may have to answer to her:
Godspeed.

I'll be back in a week.
Or so.

Don't forget to floss.

Bonus!: This is my 600th post of PaperSpray.
Coincidence?
Yes!

VMAs examined live, because you demanded it

VMAs
i need to contribute to society.
i need to be part of mainstream pop culture.
i need to be part of now, fuckers.

green day opened the show.
i can't help it. i like that song, boulevard of broken dreams.
good pop hooks, it happens.
who would have thought green day would have ever gotten so huge?
fucked up.
i've always been an indifferent fan.
i liked 'longview'.


ashlee simpson is such a joke. she's so desperate for approval, it's pathetic.
i don't care if she's successful, desperation reeks from her.
now she's a blond.
just like her big sister.
she's way more fucked up.
jessica is just hot and kinda dumb.

r. kelly is such a creepy wierdo.
what is up with this 'in the closet' crap?
horrible

Diddy just made a bit of fun of himself for changing his name so many damn times.
i think it was a smart move, actually.
good work, diddy's handlers. nice one.
thumbs up.

the killers just performed swathed in decadence on a clear stage above a pool.
so miami.
i've been to miami and for some reason, i can give miami some slack, because it's so brazenly superficial, it's hilarious.

jeremy piven just brought up the fact that lil' kim is about to go to jail, with lil' kim right next to her.
fuuuuucked up.
uncomfortable.
i sort of like jeremy piven, now hip because of 'entourage.'
jeremy is suggesting conjugal visits.
heh.
lil kim is a plastic surgery creation.
everything on her is fake.
hell, jeremy piven used to be very bald.
his piece/surgery looks real though.
remember, he was the guy who was playing George Costanza in the Seinfeld pilot they did for nbc in season 3.
hilarity ensues.

money money money money money.
that's what this awards show is all about.
ludacris just won best rap video.

i kinda like the setup where the winners have to walk amidst fans a long way.
shows they are worshipped.
reality is fucking hilarity.
or i should say, "reality."

"it's about damn time," says ludacris. and then thanks his Management Company first.
awesome.
popular music is a corporate creation now.
not that i should have said "now."

god bless my sandwich

6:41 p.m.
Snoop is on the stage right now with Diddy, trying to show his hugeness by pulling out his talked about 'surprise' performance, basically him conducting an orchestra with what i think is the Notorious B.I.G.'s lyrical goodness over the soundsystem.
Poor Puff Daddy. Always trying to seek approval.

now johnny knoxville is on screen with rapper Common.
or as he just said, 'my man johnny knox,' some random freestyle mix.
a bit weird.
weird reaction.
they showed 50 cent. listening.
weird.
uncomfortable.
Poor Common. Always trying to seek approval.

but yeah, that Diddy thing was odd. the whole B.I.G thing and his, um, guilt(?) about it?
i ain't saying anything.
i'm just tossing it out.

funny, a rock band just won viewers choice.
in a sea of hip-hopped-ness, the fallout boys won?
question: is hip-hop on the wane?
is it over?
yep.
i'm a writer.
throwing out random questions that actually mean nothing to society as a whole.
but dammit, i feel responsible for asking these so very important questions.
because, if i don't, how will you go on?
how can you continue to live?
this is all so very fucking important.
man.
i tell you that.
so very fucking important.
chew on that, sneaker eating bitches.

8 p.m.
green day is viewer's choice.
it's official.
i'm a journalist.
i fucking study this shit.
america is rock again.
that's it.
see.

your grandma hates me

i' ve been watching this show with the sound off of late.
see, i needed my own soundtrack.
here tis current soundtrack, yo: Atttention-Getting Ploy to See What I'm Listening to in Real Time.
you understand.
you being the 2nd person.
that i'm writing in.
dammit, don't you care about america?
racist.

Hard Times

Things have been extremely difficult in my world of late.
please stand by as i try to stay afloat.