Losing My Edge

Setlist from The Ranch, 01.01.06
Soon to be a Major Motion Picture!

The party must continue.
And so it did...
Continue.
Brought back from the very deepest depths of Hades.
Right.
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Here is the set i played from about 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. Sunday morning (i think it was Sunday, hard to tell) at The Ranch, a damn fine labyrinthian place where artistry, craftery, and kickassery stand side by side to face the destructive forces of distraction. The first few tracks started off a little rough but we worked it out.

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SETLIST

Beastie Boys "Slow and Low"
Art Paul Schlosser "I Like My Mother"
Gary Wright "Love Is Alive"
Bebel Gilberto "Baby (Yam Who? Remix)"
Felix Laband "Miss Teardrops"
Solvent "An Introduction To Ghosts"
M83 "0078H"
M.I.A. "Amazon"
The Orb "Aftermath (feat. MC Soom T)"
The Hollies "Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress"
Led Zeppelin "When The Levee Breaks"
Ladytron "Sugar"
Mouse On Mars "Wipe That Sound"
Devo "That's Good"
The Donnas "Who Invited You"
Beastie Boys "So Whatcha Want"
Lo-Fidelity AllStars "Battle Flag"
Kanye West "Gold Digger (Diplo Final Remix)"
LCD Soundsystem "Losing My Edge"
Yes "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"
Go Home Productions "Let The Music Gimme Shelter" (Rolling Stones vs. Shannon)
Matthew Dear "And In The Night"
Bananarama & Fun Boy Three "It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)"
Loretta Lynn "High On A Mountain Top"
Brazilian Girls "Pussy"
Duane Eddy "Rebel Rouser"
Kelis "Trick Me"
Musical Youth "Pass The Dutchie"
Chicks On Speed "Wordy Rappinghood"
A1 People "The Reason"
T.H. White "The Way I Do"
Sharif "Shiraz"
The Books "Be Good To Them Always"
Stromba "Feed Her Procedure"
The Beatles "Back In The U.S.S.R."
Jane's Addiction "Mountain Song"
Def Leppard "Let It Go"
Led Zeppelin "How Many More Times"
The Guess Who "No Time"
Fleetwood Mac "Gold Dust Woman"
Beatles "Why Don't We Do it In The Road?"
Spirit Jack "Nano-X"
Aphex Twin "On"
Ulrich Schnauss "Between Us And Them"
William Orbit "Surfin'"
William Orbit "Spiral"
Boards Of Canada "Peacock Tail"
Beastie Boys "Something's Got To Give"
Troubleman "The Righteous Path"
The Chambers Brothers "Time Has Come Today"
Electric Light Orchestra "Mr. Blue Sky"
Unknown children's record "John Brown"

For Shame

Your tax dollars at work:
A Very Beazley Christmas
Very Beazley Christmas (4-minute Vers)

Funny, we have no money to spend on troop armor and such, but we find money for this idiocy.
It's good to see our leaders so committed to getting the job done.
Unbelievable

The story's origin:
White House Holiday Video with Bite
funny how Dan Froomkin thinks this whole lighthearted affair is just SO MUCH FUN!

All Twiddle, No Twaddle

There has been a lot of babymaking of late.
at least, in my world there is.
What's up?
Babies as far as the eye can see.

i guess what they say is true:

People really do like to fuck.
I mean, procreate.

Right.

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i've really been into this band Innaway lately.
specifically, this song "Stolen Days," which, for some reason, in my head i sing it "Golden Days."
odd.
nevertheless, they are playing Monday at the Fillmore, opening for Echo & the Bunnymen.
i've always been a bit ambivalent about echo. i mean, i like some songs, like 'the killing moon' and 'lips like sugar.'
but i dunno if i'd be up for a whole show.
on the other hand, why not.
could be good.
i weigh my options.
monday is several feet away.

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How i have i managed to gone on for this long and yet still haven't been to Antarctica?
it's TOTAL BULLSHIT.

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smarmy is a good word.

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When is someone going to take out Mark Chapman?
Not that i'm espousing violence (necessarily)... but i'm just sitting here thinking that i'm pissed that he killed John Lennon.
He was, by far, the best Beatle.
The most talented.
The weirdest.
The most sardonic.
And he said that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus.
Instead we're stuck with Yoko.

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The other day when it was raining a shit-ton i was so into Led Zeppelin's "The Rain Song."
It just so fits the delicious gloominess of dark clouds and rain.

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make love all day long.
make love singing songs.

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we've done four already and now we're steady, and then they went ...
1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4

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my pal Simon figured out last night i'd need at least three hard drives with a terabyte (1 terabyte = 1000 gigabytes) each of space to digitize my cd collection.
this isn't counting my vinyl.
and as you well know, my vinyl weighs a ton.
or so they say.

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one reason to dig living in the Mission:
The Atlas Cafe
It's never not busy there.
i've never seen it empty.
Even when it's closed.
Ghosts hang out there at night.
hot place.

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just to confirm:
haysi fantayzee and total ceolo are two different bands.
it's true.
recently i confused them.
haysi sang "shiny shiny"
total sang "i eat cannibals"
however, they are listed as similar artists on allmusic

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more beatles stuff:
when i was a kid and first discovered the beatles, i was really into their earlier stuff, with Rubber Soul and Revolver being turning points in the more adventurous Beatle years.
i recall getting the White Album and totally not getting it at all at age 10.
now, of course, i probably go back to that album more than any other Beatles album on a consistent basis.
maybe it's cuz it's really solo tracks by each of 'em.
'blackbird' is damn good, despite me being more of a lennon fan.
'glass onion,' 'happiness is a warm gun,' 'why don't we do it in the road?' - they rock.

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goddamn, i love the movie GoodFellas.
what is it about mobsters that i love?
that they're completely flouting the law?
that they don't give a fuck?
that they kill indiscriminitely?
well, maybe not that last one.
at least in theory...

"Funny how? Am I a clown?
Do I amuse you?"
- Joe Pesci

speaking of GoodFellas ...
Whatever happened to Ray Liotta?
he was in that other good movie, with melanie griffith.
Something Wild
i so love Jimmy Two Times in GoodFellas.
he's cool.

and Paul Sorvino is the shit in GF as Paulie Cicero.
He's a believable mob boss.

Even the soundtrack kicks my ass, bitch.
"Rags To Riches" by Tony Bennett, "Sunshine Of Your Love" by Cream, "Mannish Boy" by Muddy Waters, et all...

Though apparently , several songs from the film didn't make it to the soundtrack album

"Will you leave your father out of this?
He hasn't been able to digest a decent meal in six weeks!"
that's a great line, spoken by Lorainne Bracco's mother in the film.

So many peeps in GoodFellas are also in The Sopranos.
Lorraine Bracco
Tony Darrow
Frank Vincent (he's the guy in GF who gets beaten to a bloody mess and then tossed in the trunk still barely alive by Joe Pesci, Liotta and De Niro)
Chuck Low
Frank DiLeo
Tony Sirico, who plays Paulie

and of course, Michael Imperioli as the dude, Spider, that gets shot in the foot by Joe Pesci, then later killed by him.

good times.

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i've been told i'm a "loud human being."
which, is true.
but what can you do.
shit is fucked up sometimes.

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roller skate yo

if you make it more than 18 seconds, you are extra cool

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we missed it
please hammer don't hurt 'em.
i coulda been a contender.
sucks.

In case you forgot, The Shining was actually a romantic comedy
Maybe you just thought it was scary because other people told you that.

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I Made These
carl craig review
gilles review

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Fat asses need bigger needles

People who die die

Christmas blog with fruitcake and a wink

Fa La La La La La La
Fruitcake not included.

it's over for cds

Yay, bush is in trouble
poll numbers are cool.

Fairies wear boots

Everybody wants to be a DJ
too bad most people suck at it.

Pac-Man Fever
for real

Tweaked by Aphex Twin back in the day.
You remember Pac-Man, don't you?

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I like 'em round, thick and juicy
That's what the prophet Sir Mix-A-Lot said anyway.
about butts.

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Man, i Loved Space Invaders
Kinda boring now.
but you can still play.
it's pretty similar to Global Thermonuclear War. Essentially.

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Wax Off
Pat Morita is dead.
Bummer.
The world wonders where to go next, now that Arnold's Drive-In is closed for good (not to be confused with THIS Arnold's Drive-In.

I bet you didn't know the real name of character he played in Happy Days.

It was Matsuo 'Arnold' Takahashi, mister.

And my, they so rarely played up typical Asian stereotypes, right?

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Before/After shots of your favorite movie idols
you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll not really care.
but at least you'll be able to look at how they age.
unlike you or i, since we don't have to worry about aging.
We're cyborgs and we rule.
There is a small problem:
"Thou shalt not have any false idols before me."
You might be violating one of the 10 Commandments.
But who has time to read those nowadays?
Plus it's only the 2nd commandment. At least you're not violating the 1st Commandment.
Then you'd have to answer to the pissed off God.
And nobody wants that.
Except maybe Charlie Daniels.
But he's stupid.

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Radiohead remixed
You too can enjoy things.
This is something to enjoy.

Boards of Canada vs. Slick Rick
This type of shit happens every day.

Blair is a bitch
i mean, Lisa Whelchel...
she's also a nutcase. or nutmeg. either/or.

Love lasts just one year
sorry to break this news to you.
Don't cry. Dry. Your Eye.

This is the car i need
BIG, ballsy and BIG.

She really wants to see that panda
cute people need to step up for the bonus rounds.

Watch out! Living room, dead ahead
I think i'd get sick of the exhaust fumes though.

New Beth Orton track
All the young girls love Beth.
Some boys too.

Q-Unit, yo!
Queen vs. 50 Cent
it's ON, bitch!

Extremely bad kitty!
Quite a journey for a cat.
i especially like the photo. Cats are awesome.
Fully.

Remember Marty McFly's older sister in Back To The Future? She was the one disappearing in the photograph.
How about the raspy-voiced bigger girl in Bosom Buddies and a trillion other TV shows?
well, she is dead.
it's too bad.
I liked her. Darn.

blah blah blah
That's right, you heard me.

I so need this
I used to have a drinking problem.
And then i got this.
No more problems drinking.
Drinking 24 hours a day is so much easier.

What a surprise - pete doherty, aka idiot 'baby,' in shambles
When is this dumb-ass going to overdose?

Coffee increases short-term memory
I got this going for me, which is nice.

i'm Pro Face Transplants
like i said, i'm a cyborg.
i'm pro-cloning.
We're on our way, yo.
And no, this isn't the same as that movie Face/Off

Xmas songs for America
Who took the Merry out of Xmas anyway?
Racist neocons with knives, that's who.

Christian poirier rocks the party right
Why don't you believe me?

Xmas time again, happiness, death and friends
wait, how did death get in there?
shit.

belle & sebastian wish you a very mopey xmas
X marks the spot, yo.

Xmas mix for the people
Hence, most dogs HATE this mix.

White Stripes live
Goddamn, these guys are good.
Plus Meg is pretty hot for a mute drummer/candystriper.

Doctor, i had Sexsomnia, see?
Sweet, a new ailment/excuse! Yes.
Not that i condone the behavior of the sexsomnia-afflicted person in this story.
I mean, that part sucks.

Inbetween sounds you must enjoy
Remember, it's not WHAT you say, but what you DON'T say inbetween what you ARE saying.
Got that?
Say it, don't spray it.


Wow, i love this art
did i mention i'm pro-art?
Too bad they're all sold or Not For Sale.
That is total bullshit.
I thought art was for the people.



Why do wealthy mules and donkeys get all the breaks?
Not fair.

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Bauhaus doing "Spirit in the Sky"
that's where i'm gonna go ... when i die...
When I die and they lay me to rest ...
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Gonna go to the place that's the best ...

Dedicated to the City of San Francisco

I'd just like to extend my biggest heartfelt FUCK YOU to the City/County of San Francisco's 's Department of Elections today for not allowing me to vote for the first time EVER in the history of my voting life.
I haven't missed a single election since i voted for Mike Dukakis in 1988.
And now, this streak has been broken.
By bullshit.

They talk about the high incidence of voter apathy in this state, how people blow off voting -- especially in an off year, a special election year thanks to our prick Governor -- and here i am, somebody that really wants to vote!
I WANT my voice heard, even if in the grand scheme of things, one single vote may not mean a whole hell of a lot.
But it's my fucking right, nonetheless.
and i'm denied?

See, i only moved to the City of San Francisco this summer, after living for four years in Oakland.
I never had a problem voting in Alameda County.
Never.

I made all the correct address changes. With the City. With the DMV. With the Post Office (twice).

I printed out the correct Elections registration form from the SFGov website.
i filled it out.
i mailed it with PLENTY of lead time to ensure my registration form would arrive on time, before the deadline, which is 12 days before the election.

I never received any sort of confirmation in the mail, which was my first clue that something was awry.

So today, i call my local Elections rep to inquire of my polling place whereabouts, since the message received on the SFGov website was: "Due to unforeseeable circumstances, your polling place may be relocated prior to the election. Please check the website again or call 554-4375 to verify your polling place on Election Day."
And they have no record of me.
No record of my registration.
Trying to tell me i didn't do it in time (which i did), or that "doing it online doesn't always work" (i didn't DO it online, i printed out the fucking form from YOUR website) or whatever else.
The person on the phone knew next to nothing.

So i go to my polling place anyway.
No dice.
No record of me.

See, what the hell is that about?
If we're so fucking free, why can't i register to vote day of the elections, especially if i have more than one form of ID AND a bill with my name on it addressed to my current address?
Why is registering to vote so difficult?

It's complete and utter bullshit.

So
FUCK YOU SF Dept. of Elections.

I'd love to vote.
But you fucked up.
And now i can't.

Thanks for this exercise in futility.

Fright Night Videos For Temporal Purposes Only

I'm in a rock mood today.
I mean, shit, i pulled out The Wall by Pink Floyd and listened to the entire thing front to back (interrupted briefly with an AC/DC break - yes, it was "Thunderstruck"), and i haven't listened to that entire album in several years, i'd estimate.
that's what i love about music.
no matter what your mood, there's some music to match the mood.

So in a highly impromptu manner, i'm creating a little rock mix to keep me going through the hard long slog of the day/week.
i got a kitty resting her paw on my right forearm as i type this...now she's licking me.
i got the apartment to myself.
it's Friday night.
I got a good pal coming over.
i got the whole night/weekend in front of me.

Here's what i'm spewing out emotion-wise via my favorite emoter - music - right this second.
if a few peeps pipe up about wanting some audio to match this textual i'm about to unroll, hit me somehow and say 'dammit tim, make me a mix.'
and it shall be done.
or my name isn't ted.

actually, i am the eggman.
or ... wait.
am i the walrus?
goo goo goo g'choob.

sexual chocolate mix for the people
friday, nov. 4, 2005
started between the hours of 9-10 p.m. PST

1. "Here Comes Everybody" - Autolux (from Future Perfect)
2. "Losing My Edge" - LCD Soundsystem (from LCD Soundsystem, CD2)
3. "Natural Grace" - Ride (from Carnival Of Light)
4. "Too Many Mornings" - Mojave 3 (from Spoon and Rafter)
5. "Bluebird Of Happiness" - Mojave 3 (from Spoon and Rafter)
6. "Acrid Avid Jam Shred" - Aphex Twin (from I Care Because You Do)
7. "Baby (Uptown Safari Jazz Mix by Yam Who?)" - Bebel Gilberto (from Bebel Gilberto Remixed)
8. "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" - Yes (from 90125
9. "Two Worlds Collide" - Inspiral Carpets (from Revenge Of The Goldfish)
10. "Season" - Kiln (from Sunbox)
11. "Alternative Biology" - Egg (from Don't Postpone Joy)
12. "Burning Up" - Alpinestars (from White Noise)
13. "Mine Is In Yours" - Mouse On Mars (from Radical Connector)
14. "Wipe That Sound" - Mouse On Mars (from Radical Connector)
15. "I Hate Milk" - Air Miami (from me. me. me)
16. "World Cup Fever" - Air Miami (from me. me. me)

As you can see, i didn't necessarily follow the total rock path.
Though i did try.

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.

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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.
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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)