tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53230932012-02-04T12:51:33.332-06:00Mahatmamaever fall in love with someone you shouldn't fall in love with?Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.comBlogger1411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1141938391204717722006-03-09T15:05:00.000-06:002006-03-09T15:06:31.213-06:00you can say "light blue" or "light green" but doesn't it feel weird when you say "light red?" i move that we create new words for colors that you normally would just use "light" to describe them. for something to do.jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1141224491880499252006-03-01T08:42:00.000-06:002006-03-01T08:48:11.893-06:00yeah you would get jealous, wouldn't you? :)
sigur ros. i am experiencing my first listen of this band right now. yes. i am probably a bit late but i kind of enjoy that w/ bands that are, infact, great, and that many many many people love, but they hype, it really can turn me off to things that i probably would normally like. i think i just hate the idea of being told what to like, directly or jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1138421662943115462006-01-27T22:04:00.000-06:002006-01-27T22:14:22.956-06:00i got jealous when i saw comments on her posts but they're just spam... anywho, just floating about the radio station while others create meaning, a bit melancholy also... we're makin' a movie about domestic relationships for us kids in our 20's, really exposing nerves and souls bared, teeth clenched... settling in, trying to keep uncomfortable, still taste alcohol, not breeding revolutionaries (Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1130349259496054452005-10-26T12:50:00.000-05:002005-10-26T12:54:19.503-05:00all my other friends have blogs... i think i need to start doing a daily or every other day blog update on the goings on in my world, too. and to put up pictures of my cats daily as well.
and i am not being sarcastic with this. this i want to do, and this i shall do.
i will start off by saying that i am finally going to send off the items steven and i have planned to send off to mark as a jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1126790051438048982005-09-15T08:09:00.000-05:002005-09-15T08:14:11.443-05:00something lately is making me notice more melancholy or pondering or something... whatever it is, it's very chill, very low key, kind of deep i guess... maybe it's the music i am listening to (ohia) or the dream i had last night of my cat getting hurt in a pond by some fish, me thinking it died, but then seeing it sitting next to the pond as proudly as he could yet hurting w/ bloody matted fur onjrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1123189476239973342005-08-04T15:57:00.000-05:002005-08-04T16:04:36.246-05:00When you're left with nothing but the hood of a space van to look at, it stares right back at you. Why? Because Wally World is the new Exploding Plastic Inevitable, that is why. Countless manifestations of the same goo, like the universe if you trade plastic for God. You see, no one knows the chap quite like I do, never could. I push her buttons, rip his tickets, lick her sweet currency all day, Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1121465666485039662005-07-15T17:06:00.000-05:002005-07-15T17:14:26.490-05:00Currently working on my first film, "The King." I feel like there's a viable market for twenty minute silent short films in black and white, so... anyway, I work at a gas station now, which is glorious, as is the movie Onibaba. Matt's back from Japan, which feels normal, nothing special. Life is only meaningless if you decide it needs a meaning. I've been enjoying The Cure far too much recently, Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1119893729503018102005-06-27T12:34:00.000-05:002005-06-27T12:35:29.506-05:00i am too still alive... but hungry as fuck, so i'll talk more later.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1114462849573696942005-04-25T15:49:00.000-05:002005-04-27T14:44:15.386-05:00long time no see. much ado since we last spoke; listen up.
jessica and i now have a radio show called naive music. midnight to 2 a.m. the 2nd and 4th friday of each month, first night is this friday (technically saturday morning). airs on wrfn 98.9 or listen online at radiofreenashville.org.
i am also on the same station every week as a part of the truth and reconciliation project radio show, Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1112105493927084682005-03-29T08:08:00.000-06:002005-03-29T08:11:33.926-06:00sadly enough, i've been sucked into the myspace thing, for no other reason than that's where i can actually reach my friends, so that's where i've been blogging. here.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1109001758104850942005-02-21T10:00:00.000-06:002005-02-21T10:02:38.106-06:00Goodbye Hunter. You will continue to inspire countless generations.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1108568678461911972005-02-16T09:38:00.000-06:002005-02-16T09:44:38.463-06:00gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha!
of all the ancient buddhist texts, i find the heart sutra to be most profound. not necessarily the most, but it's up there.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1108226043628279952005-02-12T10:28:00.000-06:002005-02-12T10:34:03.630-06:00we desperately need some action in nashvegas... i'm talkin' artistic community, grassroots guerilla performances and activism... we need to blur the lines between action and pleasure, quit this compartmentalizing... seriously, i'm thirsty for a community of artists pooling their resources as a collective, with a space for free, all-ages shows, volunteer-run and barely surviving off meager Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1107883552915805702005-02-08T11:23:00.000-06:002005-02-08T11:25:52.916-06:00A New York Times article from September 4, 1967:
"U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote: Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror."
sound familiar?
"United States officials were surprised and heartened today at the size of turnout in South Vietnam's presidential election despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting. According to reports from Saigon, 83 per cent of the Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1106943987452245562005-01-28T14:21:00.000-06:002005-01-28T14:26:27.453-06:00well, happy birthday (week) to jessica, a multimedia extravaganza featuring 45's, electric razors, and double cheeseburgers. meat-lovers nationwide will be happy to know that she will be halting her experiments in vegetarianism to indulge this evening at burger king and again tomorrow morning for some sausage balls. probably sumthin sunday too.
26. glad you're alive.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1106835469486965042005-01-27T08:15:00.000-06:002005-01-27T08:17:49.486-06:00more music/love:
michael jackson - off the wall
pink floyd - ummagumma (live record)
broken social scene - you forgot it in people
all of which are american dreams.
Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1106751310377619252005-01-26T08:44:00.000-06:002005-01-26T08:55:10.376-06:00becoming increasingly tempted by the iTunes music store and their handy $.99 per song price tag, i longed for an alternative... and an alternative i did find: 45's at phonoluxe for $.25 a pop. and that's for two songs!
jess acquired a nice vinyl by chairmen of the board... they had that song "give me just a little more time," which jessica listened to incessantly as a child, the original 45 ofStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1106252771155875222005-01-20T14:16:00.000-06:002005-01-20T14:26:11.156-06:00i never ever want to hear again about bush's pure motives in iraq, america or elsewhere... we all want to believe the best about our leaders, but a quick look at the numbers for this week's festivities proves otherwise...
$40 million: Cost of Bush inaugural ball festivities, not counting security costs.
$2,000: Amount FDR spent on the inaugural in 1945 ... about $20,000 in today's dollars.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1106237578248445432005-01-20T10:10:00.000-06:002005-01-20T10:18:24.290-06:00i’m only beginning to realize the extent to which our illusion of separateness is the core of most human conflict. i only harm others when i believe that i am an island unto myself and that my actions affect only me. this is especially acute when family members are involved, since our attachment to them is much deeper. my actions sometimes send gigantic mental and emotional waves that crash into Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1106165943428050342005-01-19T13:57:00.000-06:002005-01-19T14:19:03.426-06:00i know there's been much ado about this article recently, but i thought i'd post it here for those of you who haven't read it yet:
the coming wars: what the pentagon can now do in secret
alternet's interview with author seymour hersh
this information is crucial in understanding how the pentagon acts these days... when orders come from the top and go straight to the pentagon, they don't Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1106137244580375352005-01-19T06:04:00.000-06:002005-01-19T06:21:36.100-06:00alright.
just for the record, and if ANYONE else reads this and has not subjected themselves to the advice that steven gave a few days ago, being in love with that britney spears track is like being in love with nsync when they first came out. and i don't think it's even that good. i know i could put this in the comments, but i have power create a whole post. so i am getting back to exercising jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1106063010168024382005-01-18T09:42:00.000-06:002005-01-20T10:26:06.000-06:00
XTC tunes that i believe are swell:
chain of command
knuckle down
mermaid smiled
the world is full of angry young men
scissor man (live on bbc)
leisure
tissue tigers
outside world
seagulls screaming kiss her, kiss her
extrovert
that's all.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1105998492985384802005-01-17T15:35:00.000-06:002005-01-17T15:48:12.986-06:00it's a drag that people won't come out for marches like they did today on a regular basis. it's near impossible to get people to march for living wage, racial equality, nonviolence, or anything else king fought for; but they all march to commemorate his life, even though this accomplishes nothing. yup, it's a drag.
not to understate today's importance. my resolve is strengthened and my head Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1105916049674423712005-01-16T16:48:00.000-06:002005-01-20T10:20:19.263-06:00i'm in love with a britney spears tune. yeah that's right. it's no big irony in indierock-land; it's a hot track. toxic, that is. try it out.
i'm also currently ga-ga for: deerhoof, we ragazzi, low (the band and the david bowie record), the first dj shadow record (I know, eight years behind on that one), the first silver jews, the newest phoenix album, spiderland on vinyl, rilo kiley's video Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1105827592764851282005-01-15T16:18:00.000-06:002005-01-15T16:24:31.776-06:00migraines are no fun at all... big ouchies... cracker barrel, however, is a big fat bucket o' fun.
i think the very worst fights you can have are the ones where you're both trying so hard to give the other everything they want, but you're both just failing miserably and screaming and not accomplishing much in the way of happiness at all. those are definitely no fun.
but forgiveness is nice.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1105737452157773122005-01-14T15:10:00.000-06:002005-01-14T15:31:27.603-06:00perhaps we should take time to reflect on the nature of blogs. these are essentially altars to our own mistaken sense of separateness and individuality, are they not? we seem to say, "here i am, here are my thoughts, this is what makes me 'me' and you 'someone else.'" are we still at the point where we believe that the thoughts in our head have never been thought before?
obviously, some blogs Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1105718614700208732005-01-14T09:50:00.000-06:002005-01-14T10:03:34.700-06:00enter the time of year where most nashvillains whine about the cold (though it is indeed unseasonably cold here)...
i find it helpful to meditate on the nature of what i call "the necessity of opposites." i.e. there is no night except in relation to day, there is no pleasure except in relation to pain, no heaven without hell, no bitter cold without glorious warmth... it helps me realize the Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1105465025538532772005-01-11T11:16:00.000-06:002005-01-11T11:37:05.536-06:00i recall looking at other people's writings (in much more impressionable days), reading what they said, and nodding my head, agreeing with it as i read it. ridiculous! who are "you" but a series of agreements, and how can you agree with something right there while you're reading it for the first time? does it "feel good" or "sound right"? I know we all do it, but at least take a little time for Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1105400748059006812005-01-10T17:36:00.000-06:002005-01-10T17:45:48.060-06:00found white light/white heat on vinyl yesterday, sweeeet... ready to rumble on art film/documentary/testimonial concerning youth violence if ya know what i mean... zazen kicks irish spring's tush for a zippy morning overflowing with reality and emptiness, everpresent energy...
for those of you paralyzed by decisions concerning what you should do with your life... i think you should just do. Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1105030097092573472005-01-06T10:44:00.000-06:002005-01-06T10:48:17.093-06:00well, happy birthday to me (yesterday)... i bought lotsa vinyl, some real classix - slint spiderland, dj shadow endtroducing, smog knock knock, echo & the bunnymen crocodiles, silver jews starlite walker, hot hot heat knock knock knock ep... barely missed a nice beefheart vinyl, but i'm getting ahold of a fall record i hope...Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1104728100879465442005-01-02T22:52:00.000-06:002005-01-02T22:55:00.880-06:00The aforementioned ranting will now be available at my Toxic Metropolis blog (they're too big for here)... written during a storm now calmed, please be forgiving, binge & purge...Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1103758632290359022004-12-22T17:22:00.000-06:002004-12-22T17:38:21.393-06:00Well, I think we're finally stable now... I kept editing my template at the library where it was subsequently deleted (the entire page... twice); luckily it saved the archives, which showcase the extreme moodiness and slow, uneven evolution to where we are right now - nowhere.
As for the aforementioned essays, they will be posted when I return from Minnesota around the new year, probably on myStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1103216103063819982004-12-16T10:51:00.000-06:002004-12-16T10:55:03.063-06:00i like kitties.you should go to mycathatesyou.comneither of my cats probably hate you, and i really doubt any of these cats will hate you, either, unless you are a hateful person. then beware.
jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1103209759883981222004-12-16T09:08:00.000-06:002004-12-16T09:09:19.883-06:00uh-oh... essays coming soon, beware, they're religious...
Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1099664153301344722004-11-05T08:13:00.000-06:002004-11-05T08:17:14.936-06:00It is immoral to lie.
It is immoral to kill any people (Or even injure them!).
It is immoral to subjugate any kind of people.
It is immoral to be acquisitive or greedy.
I hope I never have to experience something like this first hand... http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/thisiswar/
jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1099515463398347752004-11-03T14:57:00.000-06:002004-11-03T14:59:57.026-06:00I apologize to the rest of the world for what happened yesterday. I will do everything in my power to not let this happen again. What does a felony have to do with your right to vote? Why did so many people I talked to not receive their voter registration cards, which made them think they had no right to vote? Next election we need to fix that, push for instant runoff voting.
Four more years Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1097528119107837392004-10-11T15:54:00.000-05:002004-10-11T15:55:19.106-05:00Check out idealist.org for current activities... search for Truth & Reconciliation Project... I will speak at length soon when I have more time...
Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1095104025210751472004-09-13T14:33:00.000-05:002004-09-13T14:33:45.210-05:00Well, here I am posting. Read about things the corporate media shakes a finger at. (back to agitprop, calling too strong, need voices)Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1093977772857649252004-08-31T13:39:00.000-05:002004-08-31T13:44:21.156-05:00today's agenda:
1. create alternative to capitalism
2. tear down Vatican; give gold to homeless
3. save ___ from fear
www.timedollar.org
Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1087830301346200472004-06-21T10:02:00.000-05:002004-06-21T10:05:01.346-05:00shellac at the end two nights ago... mmmmm... if you buy the vinyl of their second album, they give you a copy of the album on cd inside, just to show how cheap and disposable cd's are... beautiful... metal guitar picks... il porno star...Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1087018419993165262004-06-12T00:22:00.000-05:002004-06-12T00:33:39.993-05:00i want to grow stuff. so. you get to read about the things that seem interesting to me.
for climbers you have the following that spark my interest...
climbing aster
yellow winter jasmine
maypop passion flower
yellow-net honeysuckle
that's all for now since i don't care to learn any more latin plant names at 1230am.jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1087009014020560082004-06-11T21:48:00.000-05:002004-06-11T21:58:52.726-05:00to celebrate this blog's 100th post, i'd like to say... this blog sucks. well, not really, but... i've been so lazy in updating it that most of the books and movies i recommend i don't even remember, most of the indie bands are super-famous, and most of the other sites are just pompous assholes with jaded worldviews (i.e., a majority of common dreams contributors, eek...). i'll overhaul it Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1086875389269113762004-06-10T08:42:00.000-05:002004-06-10T08:51:12.176-05:00last night i got to talk to my dad and find out that my aunt died. about 5-7 days ago. i think a heart attack? she had not been doing well for awhile now anyway. i think the last time i talked to her was maybe 1997? never thought about how long it had been. she lived in AZ. with my uncle. who was found a few days ago in the house on the floor, probably from a stroke, possibly had been jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1084568262255544182004-05-14T15:57:00.000-05:002004-05-14T15:58:26.976-05:00i think i have not posted for so long anywhere because i do not feel like i have anything coherant to say. my thoughts scatter the older i get. not that i am that old in a general sense. but the farther away from school i get, the worse it is to organize what i think/say. my convictions come from thinking initially, but after i think, i feel, and when i have to reiterate whatever i thought, ijrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1082989122370722882004-04-26T09:18:00.000-05:002004-04-26T09:22:48.670-05:00every so often, i feel all too realistic. i sit and take notice of the fact that i am a young white male born in america in this time period in tennessee blah blah blah... of all the places in history to be! it's amazing the knowledge i can attain as a... whatever i am. then i realize that all these divisions are just bricks in the walls we build between each other for no good reason. white/blackStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1082646491714497142004-04-22T10:08:00.000-05:002004-04-22T10:12:14.653-05:00these days, i'm so happy it hurts. just utterly, painfully happy. some days i sit paralyzed on the couch, not wanting to do anything because i know how much i'll enjoy it. overwhelmed.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1080483387064897112004-03-28T08:16:00.000-06:002004-03-28T08:21:05.763-06:00poke out your eyes; replace mine to see what i'm seeing.if a mouse were also a mousetrap, he'd be a human being.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1079994299719257982004-03-22T16:24:00.000-06:002004-03-22T16:28:20.076-06:00i get so confused by who would make all this. everybody says "join our religion, get to heaven." i say no thanks, why bless my soul? i'm already there.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1078351120968924002004-03-03T15:58:00.000-06:002004-03-03T16:01:42.450-06:00i had a lovely "dream" a couple of nights ago that an alien was standing at the doorway of the room i was sleeping in. but i only saw the end two feet of the gun-type thing he was holding. but i knew it was an alien holding the gun although i did not see him. the next day i found three small scabby dots behind my right ear in a straight line measuring about a half an inch. i hope that the jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1077800426381766492004-02-26T07:00:00.000-06:002004-02-26T07:04:35.420-06:00after an hour and a half of tuning different snares, i forgot i played bass. 0 songs down, mics positioned, ready to reluctantly rock. we'll stroll the fire off the casual street.simultaneously preparing falsetto clergy lp. first song is about steely dan & classic rock radio.found a tibetan buddhist group in nashvegas to study with. two brothers exiled from tibet in 1960 with their father; one Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1077206424135079012004-02-19T10:00:00.000-06:002004-04-26T09:24:18.310-05:00can't wait. recording new smartest monkeys record this weekend. perhaps the zazen practice will affect my playing, i can see it affecting my rhythm & concentration already. i think enlightenment is a stupid word. i wish buddhists would stop using it.i'm super excited to record the next falsetto clergy record. i think it shall be "phoenix the squirrel lp" or perhaps "pissed & distant lp." that Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1076434971119353792004-02-10T11:42:00.000-06:002004-02-10T11:47:07.983-06:00...and i return as well (as promised).
nothing to say really, politics became exhausting, music is grand. check out my new project, falsetto clergy, and stay tuned.
p.s. wow, my last post was in july...Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1069356738459696352003-11-20T13:32:00.000-06:002003-11-20T13:33:33.043-06:00ah. finally. i am back.
(and maybe people will come??)
anyway. recent minor obsession with bob dylan (musically, of course) which is kinda ironic since i think it would have been more beneficial to have had BEFORE i went to see him live... but its all good... better late than never.
went to the tell us the truth tour with steven on friday... and i must say... tom morello is quite the jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1063759905919798632003-09-16T19:51:00.000-05:002003-09-16T19:51:46.466-05:00just wanted to put something up to show that this blog isnt totally dead...
if it means anything, i at least have ideas of what i want to say...jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1058716351608156612003-07-20T10:52:00.000-05:002003-07-20T10:52:31.580-05:00For a while, I was starting to get linked to by many political blogs, and being cited as a source for much information that the progressive community was unaware of. But what's funny to me is that many of these sites have erased my blog from their links column (yes, I do like to check on these things) simply because the content is inconsistent.I started this blog as a focused vehicle for peace, Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1058133338583540322003-07-13T16:55:00.000-05:002003-07-14T16:20:31.853-05:00If the kids love Sunny D so much, why is it always in the back of the fridge, behind the grape stuff, the orange stuff, and the cola? The only explanation is that the parents drink cola and set it in front of the Drink of the Century, setting a terrible example for their children. So ultimately, drinking Sunny Delight is a sign of rebellion, anarchy.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1058109544387728082003-07-13T10:19:00.000-05:002003-07-13T10:19:04.353-05:00despite the horror i experienced at the movies yesturday, i also found something wonderful
a dread (for more dread info, go here)
(i believe my mother would be mortified)
its not huge and it hasnt had that much time to "grow"... but its there :)
now i gotta think up a name...jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1058072955598975382003-07-13T00:09:00.000-05:002003-07-13T10:24:25.166-05:00today i experienced something horrible
i went to a movie and you know, i am used to previews... although i hate them... im at least used to them... but for some reason, some idiot realized that they could insert commercials before the previews... horrid long commercials... not just for tropical sprite remix (which is a horrid horrid creation) but also joe boxer at k-mart and some hair care jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1058024441980514422003-07-12T10:40:00.000-05:002003-07-12T10:50:56.430-05:00Coca-Cola is in trouble in India. Communities have been fighting the multinational for depleting the groundwater and contaminating what's left. Coca-Cola's global website carries their position on the issue and claims that the "local communities have welcomed our business as a good corporate neighbor." Way to cover your ass, Coke, but this doesn't sound like a small group of protesting extremistsStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1057869124291857972003-07-10T15:32:00.000-05:002003-07-10T15:32:04.163-05:00I have always thought that Europe was somewhat liberal... and according to the shrubbery talked about in this article, I believe my suspicions have been confirmed to be correct... at least partially??? jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1057724753871851212003-07-08T23:25:00.000-05:002003-07-08T23:29:08.230-05:00My kitty is super.I feel bad for her when she kneads her paws into my blue blanket.I feel bad that she treats it like her mama and she acts like a brand new kitten.When she curls up next to me, I know she is being as sweet as she can be.My kitty is super.jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1057678335497761502003-07-08T10:32:00.000-05:002003-07-08T10:32:15.493-05:00Members of the First United Unitarian Church of Poultry are boycotting KFC after they gave up on fighting war, death, famine, and other less important causes. Jason Alexander tried to call and comment, but I didn't accept the charges.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1057603920927543332003-07-07T13:52:00.000-05:002003-07-07T13:52:55.693-05:00It is nice to know that at least *someone* is willing to openly admit why they REALLY want to stick their nose and whatever else into Iraq... jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1057557509420297432003-07-07T00:58:00.000-05:002003-07-07T00:58:29.383-05:00coming back from grocery shopping tonight I saw a rainbow. one of those massive full rainbows that touch two parts of the earth. and for some reason, it *really* amazed me. in a way that it never had before. the fact that color can curve like that in the sky... how it fades in and out... how you cannot feel something you can clearly see... and how that sight is what creates a feeling... the jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1057415896238990242003-07-05T09:38:00.000-05:002003-07-05T09:38:16.120-05:00Orlando... what a sweet popsicle stand. Or at least it is now that a gang of three sweatband-sportin' kings rocked Church St. last night. Dozens gathered as these fools sweated behind the aviators, jivin' today's mediocre hits with yesteryear's fresh moves. Hopefully, pictures will come soon.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1057371387965178092003-07-04T21:16:00.000-05:002003-07-04T21:17:55.143-05:00um. happy fourth of july. the holiday in which i have spent the last three years at a music festival where fireworks are set off on friday night no matter what day the fourth happens to land on, and in the two years before that i made sure i wore my toronto canada shirt.id rather celebrate memorial day or labor day instead of today. although fireworks occasionally amaze me (as i watch them on tv.jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1057162557367338312003-07-02T11:15:00.000-05:002003-07-02T11:15:57.340-05:00Read Michael Moore's most recent letter to Bush:Sorry, I still can't get that padded flyboy suit out of my head. I know, I need help. But when you landed on that carrier, and that banner read, "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED," just what mission was that that was accomplished? 'Cause by my count, more than 50 of our young soldiers have died since you said the mission was accomplished. Anarchy still reigns Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1057091502429162882003-07-01T15:31:00.000-05:002003-07-01T15:58:16.846-05:00i never thought about flushing the toilet with my foot until a few years ago... but my friend and i decided to try it and now it seems quite normal... but i guess not that many other people find it that normal... i do not feel like a "germaphobe" though because of my public restroom habit... and doesn't mother nature got a crazy sense of humor?#1
#2jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1057088500281123232003-07-01T14:41:00.000-05:002003-07-01T14:41:40.263-05:00i am wondering... should i go see the violent femmes this thursday for 3$?thats a serious question... i do not think i have ever paid attention to their music before...jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1056998434622761892003-06-30T13:40:00.000-05:002003-06-30T13:43:45.713-05:00After working at Starbucks, seeing something like caffeinated soap creeps me out (thanks for the link, -m-)but i guess it at least saves time in the morning, and makes the morning shower that much more... useful?jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1056916318843708152003-06-29T14:51:00.000-05:002003-06-29T15:06:58.546-05:00All kinds of sweet music news today:Indianapolis-based metal band Scumgrief will headline their annual metal festival, Scumgriefest, featuring an "anti-Metallica demonstration" for Metallica fans who are disappointed with the band's new album, "St. Anger". Festival attendees can trade in a copy of "St. Anger" for a CD featuring unreleased and demo material from each of the bands on the bill. The Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1056802677889531042003-06-28T07:17:00.000-05:002003-06-28T07:23:45.296-05:00*From WhiteHouse.org* Strom Thurmond murdered by shock of Supreme Court integrationist sodomy ruling: President decries judicial slaying of heroic Senator: "Now I know it's not proper for men folk to weep like a toddler girly baby who done dropped her pure, vanilla ice cream cone on a sizzling-hot patch of filthy black asphalt, but upon hearing the tragic news of Strom's cold-blooded killing, I Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1056799159421031272003-06-28T06:19:00.000-05:002003-06-28T07:33:35.803-05:00why is it that when i know i have to get up at an "early" hour (before 6am) that there is no possibility for me to sleep through the night? its like this anxiousness shakes me every hour to make sure i have not passed "the" hour yet... at least i have dreams like my roommate's phone gaining an hour whenever she goes into a local rundown mexican restaurant which happens to share bathrooms with jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1056752810795366332003-06-27T17:26:00.000-05:002003-06-27T18:09:49.376-05:00Smoking marijuana will certainly affect perception, but it does not cause permanent brain damage, researchers from the University of California at San Diego said Friday in a study. Dr. Igor Grant said the findings are particularly significant amid questions about marijuana's long-term toxicity now that several states are considering whether to make it available as a medicinal drug.Disney, eager Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1056724893831501832003-06-27T09:41:00.000-05:002003-06-27T10:20:04.443-05:00Radio Free Iraq! I am aware that this is probably the only positive post I've ever indulged about the Gulf War, but I'm working on that. An independent media explosion is so, so beautiful... Of course, in the capital, what is left of the Iraqi national station is being taken over by the Iraqi Media Network (IMN), a radio and TV station sponsored by the coalition (Propaganda TV, anyone?). "What doStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-1056642912470042702003-06-26T10:55:00.000-05:002003-06-26T10:55:12.293-05:00A Knoxville area church is being sued for $2 million by a young girl's parents for injuries she received at "a dangerous, cult-like event unlawfully and deceptively conceived, sponsored, promoted and supervised by Forest Hill Baptist Church." Apparently, the activity was designed to help kids understand persecution, and was an overall positive event, including men dressed as soldiers with gas Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-960164352003-06-25T09:28:00.000-05:002003-06-25T09:44:22.000-05:00Hans Blix says "I told you so," 20 questions answered on the current state of Iraq, and another nice blow to Big Fast Food: KFC drops Jason Alexander as spokesman after info from PETA led Alexander to pressure KFC for a more ethical treatment of animals. KFC claims they wanted to go in a new creative direction. Big props to Costanza. This is rather exciting news shortly after McDonald's announcedStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-960047152003-06-24T23:38:00.000-05:002003-06-24T23:40:56.000-05:00In today's news, authorities send 15 cops, squad cars and motorbikes to arrest three men for feeding a tortoise; Rumsfeld lobbies locals to celebrate the invasion of Iraq this 4th of July; Criminal goes berserk in courtroom, judge vaults the bench and kicks his ass. Bush chews sugar-free gum and laughs at geese pooping.Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-960024522003-06-24T22:14:00.000-05:002003-06-24T23:18:31.000-05:00I had seen an article concerning tongue-splitting a few weeks ago, but this one (thanks, Tia... assuming you would like to be thanked for this article) seems to have a bit more information than i had read before.and for my opinion concerning this procedure... I find it somewhat icky... and yeah, I'm sure it isn't the safest body modification a person could do, but for crying out loud, having jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-959793312003-06-24T08:06:00.000-05:002003-06-24T08:07:07.000-05:00This just in: Richard Gephardt is a stupid asshole. For more on this breaking story, check out his sweet quote in this article...Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-959468462003-06-23T09:50:00.000-05:002003-06-23T10:21:45.000-05:00A proliferating form of alternative expression in the Islamic Republic, blogs are a fascinating insight into a closed society, airing issues that may be taboo in public and revealing the underground lives of many young Iranians. Check out Hossein Derakhshan's English weblog on Iran, technology and pop culture... an Iraqi shepherd sues Donald Rumsfeld and Tommy Franks for $200 million for the Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-959302132003-06-22T21:00:00.000-05:002003-06-22T21:27:12.000-05:00I knew it I knew it I knew it... The sentimentalism wore off and now it's time to capitalize: Showtime is making a movie based on the events of 9/11. It apparently follows Bush through his "dramatic" journey back to Washington, blah blah blah... obviously the rage that welled up inside of me when I read this was considerable, but now I feel that it's not even worth blogging about since the Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-959193582003-06-22T12:18:00.000-05:002003-06-22T12:18:02.326-05:00I think it is quite stupid that I have been freaked out by "natural" medicine and "natural" food remedies because they are just as valid, if not more valid, than prescriptions that you can buy to fix whatever you feel needs fixing (which I'll rant about below this)... and my reasoning for this is that prescriptions are owned by drug companies who ultimately are out to make money... but when it jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-959148482003-06-22T08:48:00.000-05:002003-06-22T13:40:33.000-05:00Uh-oh, change of plans... Jesus W. Bush (right) told me that WMD's were looted before the war... but everything up til now was just a joke... unless we find some, then it was all true...Also, don't forget to register to vote in the MoveOn.org PAC Primary... In most presidential primary processes, pundits, pollsters and wealthy donors determine the outcome long before the actual primaries. By the Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-959000502003-06-21T15:37:00.000-05:002003-06-21T16:05:38.000-05:00...from losingmyreligion.com...
"God says do what you wish, but make the wrong choice and you will be tortured for eternity in hell. That sir, is not free will. It would be akin to a man telling his girlfriend, do what you wish, but if you choose to leave me, I will track you down and blow your brains out. When a man says this we call him a psychopath and cry out for his imprisonment. When GodStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-958948152003-06-21T11:17:00.000-05:002003-06-21T11:17:29.683-05:00Ronald McDonald = The Marlboro Man i realize that it might be old news.this was of interest to me as well though...jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-958666692003-06-20T11:09:00.000-05:002003-06-20T11:12:37.000-05:00from a Wendell Berry article early this year...
Since the end of World War II, when the terrors of industrial warfare had been fully revealed, many people and, by fits and starts, many governments have recognized that peace is not just a desirable condition, as was thought before, but a practical necessity. But we have not yet learned to think of peace apart from war. We wait, still, until we Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-957962432003-06-18T11:45:00.000-05:002003-06-22T21:27:34.000-05:00How far will a mega-brand go to protect its copyright? Welcome to Masset, a village of 700 on the Haida Gwaii islands off Canada's North Pacific coast. There, four young men from the Haida native band - "bucks," in local slang - opened a cafe called HaidaBucks. Then came the letter from Starbucks lawyers claiming that the indy cafe's name "results in a clear association with our clients' Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-957952472003-06-18T11:15:00.000-05:002003-06-18T11:15:08.236-05:00i have something good to say... but i have yet to word it so that it actually sounds good... jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-957803912003-06-18T00:17:00.000-05:002003-06-22T21:41:37.000-05:00It's easier to turn on the television and watch some lame, brain-dead, pseudo-comedic sitcom than it is to think about the world around you - and to think about the part you'll play in it. It's easier to hit the drive-thru on your way home from work than it is to think about what it is you're supporting every time you pull out your wallet. It's easier to go to the mall and buy some new clothes toStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-957602132003-06-17T12:35:00.000-05:002003-06-17T12:35:24.780-05:00(i started to comment but ran out of characters... how silly is that?)
do you think that the persistence of looking for what seems to be irrelevant correlations in this amazing idea for a movie/etc. could in any way be similar to what you guys were talking about concerning reality tv?
what i am meaning is... well... lets say that someone has *something* inside of them that prompts them to jrwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14603287361601164677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-957463682003-06-17T03:04:00.000-05:002003-06-17T03:04:09.320-05:00I can't help but feel that, in a frightening way, the Matrix is having the opposite from the desired effect. Rather than people opening their eyes to what is happening all around us in "the real", they persist in investigating the numerological or theological significance of a piece of well crafted fiction. People want to think they have escaped the Matrix because they understand all the nuances Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-957351542003-06-16T19:37:00.000-05:002003-06-16T19:43:08.000-05:00A brief philosophy on the sanctity of human life:
The acceptance of war in the mind of a human with theistic faith is blasphemy.
1. War is a political tool.
2. Politics is an idea, not a tangible object; you cannot hold politics in your hands.
3. If politics is an idea, it must have been created by the mind of man.
4. War kills men.
5. Thus, for politics to kill men is to elevate the idea Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-956969052003-06-15T18:34:00.000-05:002003-06-15T18:34:48.483-05:00...check out my new short story at Toxic Metropolis if you like...Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-956685192003-06-14T15:28:00.000-05:002003-06-14T15:36:00.000-05:00What Would Jesus Drive? (not for SUV owners)&an excellent interview with Al FrankenStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-956448792003-06-13T17:54:00.000-05:002003-06-14T15:23:31.000-05:00OK, I'm back from the road for a little while... on the way back from B'ham saw a billboard with a dead baby on it that read, "God Bless America? Abortion is a sin, it must end." Hmm, guess that changes my mind; I love when people confuse moral law with civil law... I think i need another blog to write short stories on... props to Flannery O'Connor...Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-955185242003-06-10T14:37:00.000-05:002003-06-10T14:42:06.000-05:00...sick of gloomy posts about death and destruction...everyone take a deep breath and remember we're human...haven't meditated in a while, but nonetheless am in a sublime mood...The Tao of Bob Dylan..."the silver saxophones said I should refuse you"...props to the kids with catering services...oh, to be a suffering servant under the reign of a gloomy tyrant; only then could humility be recognizedStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-954848002003-06-09T18:22:00.000-05:002003-06-22T21:35:44.000-05:00What a fantastic night! This was more of a party than we expected; Abu-Ali got an execution stay Thursday (go here if you have no clue what I talking about). Nancy Griffith and Beth Nielsen Chapman performed, along with special guest STEVE EARLE! I'm starting to reconnect with my roots after hearing that acoustic guitar/harmonica/poetry combo; This man is a focused, passionate individual who Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-954155032003-06-07T16:43:00.000-05:002003-06-07T16:44:31.000-05:00Fantastic Q&A with Saul Williams at Alternet... check out the new TSM website also...Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323093.post-953481742003-06-05T19:00:00.000-05:002003-06-05T19:32:13.000-05:00“Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death” broadcast for the first time ever in the US: eyewitnesses testify that US troops were complicit in the massacre of up to 3,000 Taliban prisoners during the Afghan war... and while we're on the topic [Jessica], plug in to the Republican Matrix...Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15666688960393919394noreply@blogger.com0