Anyone else hear about this one? Gary Glitter got kicked out of Cambodia.
It seems that the British Empire's fave internet kiddie-porn subscriber decided that a six-month holiday in Cambodia was keen, since it is a haven for bombastic beer-soaked arena rock hymns and international pedophiles. But British journalists desperate for a seedy story tracked him down in Phnom Penh and alerted state officials that there is something foul in their midst. The Cambodian Minister of Culture was aghast, and promptly dispatched investigators to query his true intentions, seeing as how he was living there illegally. Gary's response to the federales? He was in Cambodia looking for a job.
No, Gary, you're thinking Bangkok. That's in Thailand, where hand jobs from underage minors are two-fifty a pop. Free rectal thumb, too.
Anyway, the Cambodian government ordered Gary to leave the country. Yes, that's right, the country that willfully and knowingly allowed Pol Pot-- the supreme supervisor and architect of the Khmer Rouge's flush of two million people-- to live scot-free until his natural death in 1998, found it proper to kick out some old pasty-faced kiddie-lover.
No wonder the United Nations pulled away from the war crimes negotiating table.
It seems that the British Empire's fave internet kiddie-porn subscriber decided that a six-month holiday in Cambodia was keen, since it is a haven for bombastic beer-soaked arena rock hymns and international pedophiles. But British journalists desperate for a seedy story tracked him down in Phnom Penh and alerted state officials that there is something foul in their midst. The Cambodian Minister of Culture was aghast, and promptly dispatched investigators to query his true intentions, seeing as how he was living there illegally. Gary's response to the federales? He was in Cambodia looking for a job.
No, Gary, you're thinking Bangkok. That's in Thailand, where hand jobs from underage minors are two-fifty a pop. Free rectal thumb, too.
Anyway, the Cambodian government ordered Gary to leave the country. Yes, that's right, the country that willfully and knowingly allowed Pol Pot-- the supreme supervisor and architect of the Khmer Rouge's flush of two million people-- to live scot-free until his natural death in 1998, found it proper to kick out some old pasty-faced kiddie-lover.
No wonder the United Nations pulled away from the war crimes negotiating table.
by at 6:46 PM
Lawless, just so you know, I'll purchase tickets for tonight's Double Door show with Spirit Caravan. Can't miss that!
I did a bit of cleanup here too. Archives work (thanks Norman!) and less posts appear on the main page, so it's going to load a bit quicker now. Yer welcome!
I did a bit of cleanup here too. Archives work (thanks Norman!) and less posts appear on the main page, so it's going to load a bit quicker now. Yer welcome!
by at 10:46 AM
Right on, Rusty! Fuck that money-grubbing, sperm-spewing, whack-ass hairy-toed goblin in the face!
Now, for a REAL show, go see Spirit Caravan at the Doulba Dong (Double Door) Friday April 26th. Guaranteed that Wino & company will never charge more than 8 bucks for a genuine rock and roll extravanganza. And if you're lucky you'll get to smoke up with the bass player!
Now, for a REAL show, go see Spirit Caravan at the Doulba Dong (Double Door) Friday April 26th. Guaranteed that Wino & company will never charge more than 8 bucks for a genuine rock and roll extravanganza. And if you're lucky you'll get to smoke up with the bass player!
by at 8:36 PM
david crosby can go fuck himself.
why? read jim derogatis' interview with him in today's sun times and figure it out yourself.
after the jump, dero tries to call crosby out on charging $244 a ticket for tonight's show at the united center. crosby doen't seem to care.
first, he tries to blame the promoter. then he defends himself saying that tickets are selling out anyway.
"i'm a capatilist," he says.
no you're not, cros, you're a pig!
what a prick. then later in the interview he tries to convince the reader that even one person can make a difference in the world. give me a break.
maybe someone should tell david how many meals for the homeless $244 can buy.
why? read jim derogatis' interview with him in today's sun times and figure it out yourself.
after the jump, dero tries to call crosby out on charging $244 a ticket for tonight's show at the united center. crosby doen't seem to care.
first, he tries to blame the promoter. then he defends himself saying that tickets are selling out anyway.
"i'm a capatilist," he says.
no you're not, cros, you're a pig!
what a prick. then later in the interview he tries to convince the reader that even one person can make a difference in the world. give me a break.
maybe someone should tell david how many meals for the homeless $244 can buy.
by at 6:38 PM
Party of the year this weekend! Bible of the Devil played their most impressive show to date, and in the process schooled us at our own song! Totally flattering if you ask me. Viva El Electric(o)! Viva Devil!
The debate rages on at the DoomPage! While we're on the subject of Ralph Nader (see the comments under my last post,) I took a certain amount of shit for voting for Nader in the last election. But I really liked Nader's attitude about his candidacy: How bad do things have to get before we, the "not-rich," demand change? Nader wanted to start down the road to getting the Green Party noticed and funded. You have to build up your party if it's going to even be able to compete with the BIG TWO in 10 or 20 years, and he was sick of waiting around. He felt that his run was perfectly timed: We had just, as a nation, experienced a period of tremendous economic prosperity. Who could have forseen that the country would have even THOUGHT of electing the underqualified Bush in favor of the party that brought home the bacon? Don't people generally enjoy the status quo? It never should have been that close that Nader would have done anything other than raised his needed 5%, much less knocked Gore out of contention in several states. I think everyone was shocked. (And in certain wang-shaped states, it didn't even fucking matter who you voted for.)
So if 2000 wasn't the right time for a Green Party run, what year will be? The seeds for revolution are generally planted when times are tough and the workers get sick of busting their asses for ever smaller pieces of the pie. That means we have to hit rock bottom in order for people to wake up and demand something else. This administration is sending us to rock bottom at an alarmingly quick rate. And if voters turn out in the record low numbers in the next presidential election as I believe they will, we probably will get another Bush term, and get ever closer to our boiling point. It's just too bad that, with the Green Party not receiving their 5% for adequate funding, we'll have no alternative, and people will have to resort to more violent means of making their voices heard. It's just too bad it will have to be that way. They'd better start building more jails.
The debate rages on at the DoomPage! While we're on the subject of Ralph Nader (see the comments under my last post,) I took a certain amount of shit for voting for Nader in the last election. But I really liked Nader's attitude about his candidacy: How bad do things have to get before we, the "not-rich," demand change? Nader wanted to start down the road to getting the Green Party noticed and funded. You have to build up your party if it's going to even be able to compete with the BIG TWO in 10 or 20 years, and he was sick of waiting around. He felt that his run was perfectly timed: We had just, as a nation, experienced a period of tremendous economic prosperity. Who could have forseen that the country would have even THOUGHT of electing the underqualified Bush in favor of the party that brought home the bacon? Don't people generally enjoy the status quo? It never should have been that close that Nader would have done anything other than raised his needed 5%, much less knocked Gore out of contention in several states. I think everyone was shocked. (And in certain wang-shaped states, it didn't even fucking matter who you voted for.)
So if 2000 wasn't the right time for a Green Party run, what year will be? The seeds for revolution are generally planted when times are tough and the workers get sick of busting their asses for ever smaller pieces of the pie. That means we have to hit rock bottom in order for people to wake up and demand something else. This administration is sending us to rock bottom at an alarmingly quick rate. And if voters turn out in the record low numbers in the next presidential election as I believe they will, we probably will get another Bush term, and get ever closer to our boiling point. It's just too bad that, with the Green Party not receiving their 5% for adequate funding, we'll have no alternative, and people will have to resort to more violent means of making their voices heard. It's just too bad it will have to be that way. They'd better start building more jails.
by at 3:48 PM
so aerosmith was transformed from mere rock band to rock icons last nite, thanks to mtv. thanks mtv! somebody had to it!
i didn't see that crap for two reasons. one, it's crap, and two i don't have cable. not even the ghetto kind where you just plug your hose in the wall and see what comes out. can anybody tell if eddie vedder showed up?
aerosmith as rock icons- that's so wrong on so many levels. i mean aerosmith had a great rock band when they were snorting truckloads of cocaine off groupies' titties and all. but once you get the face-lift (steven tyler), i think you're just too hollywood to be called "rock" anything. except, maybe, rock losers.
i didn't see that crap for two reasons. one, it's crap, and two i don't have cable. not even the ghetto kind where you just plug your hose in the wall and see what comes out. can anybody tell if eddie vedder showed up?
aerosmith as rock icons- that's so wrong on so many levels. i mean aerosmith had a great rock band when they were snorting truckloads of cocaine off groupies' titties and all. but once you get the face-lift (steven tyler), i think you're just too hollywood to be called "rock" anything. except, maybe, rock losers.
by at 6:25 PM
Once again, Sav, yer two steps ahead of me.
Thanks to y'all that came out to the Note last night. Hope yew all had a good time. I took a shower when I got home and as of this writing I still reek of Jack and Leinie and everybody else's smokes. Special thanks to the drummer from Redneck Exorcist for lending me his bass drum pedal when mine crapped out on me: you're a kind gent and I owe you a double. BTW, if you've never seen Redneck perform, do so at yer earliest convenience! They rock mightily. Ya gotta love drummers who can scream-sing and still bash out a fat beat. Also, much love to Bible for playing a tasty show despite the endeavors of the gutless putz working the soundboard. That wormy schmuck was an uncaring prick from the get-go and remained beligerent the entire night; untrained monkeys could have done a better job than he did. Listening to the PA mix at mid-bar was like listening to the discman of the guy sitting next to you on the el. Most unfortunate, but Redneck and Bible gave him the mighty middle and played as hard and loud and good as they rightly ought to. "Acting like a maniac!"
I'm such a dunderhead that I forgot to get a copy of BOD's new CD at their CD release party! Savage, if yew think yer head is up yer ass, I'm up to abdomen in fudge.
BTW, Sav, sorry about the soda can to the head. I honestly didn't think it would have hit you. At least it was empty, though, right? And I'm very, very sorry to hear about your cat. I know the hurt you're feeling. Keep yer chin up, brah.
Thanks to y'all that came out to the Note last night. Hope yew all had a good time. I took a shower when I got home and as of this writing I still reek of Jack and Leinie and everybody else's smokes. Special thanks to the drummer from Redneck Exorcist for lending me his bass drum pedal when mine crapped out on me: you're a kind gent and I owe you a double. BTW, if you've never seen Redneck perform, do so at yer earliest convenience! They rock mightily. Ya gotta love drummers who can scream-sing and still bash out a fat beat. Also, much love to Bible for playing a tasty show despite the endeavors of the gutless putz working the soundboard. That wormy schmuck was an uncaring prick from the get-go and remained beligerent the entire night; untrained monkeys could have done a better job than he did. Listening to the PA mix at mid-bar was like listening to the discman of the guy sitting next to you on the el. Most unfortunate, but Redneck and Bible gave him the mighty middle and played as hard and loud and good as they rightly ought to. "Acting like a maniac!"
I'm such a dunderhead that I forgot to get a copy of BOD's new CD at their CD release party! Savage, if yew think yer head is up yer ass, I'm up to abdomen in fudge.
BTW, Sav, sorry about the soda can to the head. I honestly didn't think it would have hit you. At least it was empty, though, right? And I'm very, very sorry to hear about your cat. I know the hurt you're feeling. Keep yer chin up, brah.
by at 5:23 PM
Oh hey, thanks for everyone who came to the show. For those that didn't, you missed out on some fine rock. I also had the pleasure of seeing Redneck Exorcist for the first time. Another good local band that I've been ignoring. Time to get my head out of my booty, but give me a few days. It's been a very, very rough week.
Head on over to Danny's Booze Cabinet on the DoomPage. I also noticed the Tribune article about sanitizing history from the blunders of this horrible administration. He beat me to it, but I pretty much feel the same way, so you can head over there. This shit goes on all the time. Even in music. If you get the original Rolling Stone magazines from the 70s and 80s and such, there are certain albums that got very low stars, like two, in the reviews. Many of REMs early albums were panned by critics at the time. However, if you look at those compilation books of Rolling Stone reviews, you'll notice that although the text of the review might be the same, every album from REM now has at least 4 stars. The same is true for Zeppelin and Black Sabbath albums. Think of what must have been done to the bible.
However, I have trouble believing that Bush will be elected again. So far, he's accomplished nothing. And let's not forget the fact that the economy is in the shitter right now, we didn't get that bin Laden guy who was supposed to be the root of all of our problems, that Bush has abandoned his pledge to be the "education president," and that there are scandals swirling around his head more numerous than anything the Clinton-bashing brigade could have come up with in their wildest dreams. I have faith that something will bring him down, that something will finally stick to this doofus. But the one sure fire thing that can sour a happy electorate quicker than anything is the economy. Unfortunately, that seems to be he only issue that most of us care about.
Head on over to Danny's Booze Cabinet on the DoomPage. I also noticed the Tribune article about sanitizing history from the blunders of this horrible administration. He beat me to it, but I pretty much feel the same way, so you can head over there. This shit goes on all the time. Even in music. If you get the original Rolling Stone magazines from the 70s and 80s and such, there are certain albums that got very low stars, like two, in the reviews. Many of REMs early albums were panned by critics at the time. However, if you look at those compilation books of Rolling Stone reviews, you'll notice that although the text of the review might be the same, every album from REM now has at least 4 stars. The same is true for Zeppelin and Black Sabbath albums. Think of what must have been done to the bible.
However, I have trouble believing that Bush will be elected again. So far, he's accomplished nothing. And let's not forget the fact that the economy is in the shitter right now, we didn't get that bin Laden guy who was supposed to be the root of all of our problems, that Bush has abandoned his pledge to be the "education president," and that there are scandals swirling around his head more numerous than anything the Clinton-bashing brigade could have come up with in their wildest dreams. I have faith that something will bring him down, that something will finally stick to this doofus. But the one sure fire thing that can sour a happy electorate quicker than anything is the economy. Unfortunately, that seems to be he only issue that most of us care about.
by at 3:40 PM
Fuck Fox and Rupert Murdoch for giving Bill O'Reilly a job other than peeling potatoes. Fuck CBS and David Letterman for thinking it's a good idea to invite John Ashcroft for a late-night visit. Fuck the Beatles for being so innocuous and peppy that the likes of Ashcroft and Ozzy Osbourne can put aside their ideological differences and bob their heads to "She Loves You (Yeah, Yeah)." Fuck partisan party politics-- after the mud-slinging of the recent Democratic & Republican primaries, I fully anticipated an "every-man for himgoddamnedself" attitude that in reality manifested into "let's hug and win one for the party"-- Paul "Chicago Kids Were Stupid Until I Bought Them Glasses" Vallas and the entirely flaccid & useless Yugoslob Blogovich should have punched each other senseless instead of embracing like two newcomers to a Turkish bath. Fuck NBC for airing something as vacuous and tepid as "Fear Factor"-- I should have kicked Joe Rogan in the balls when I had the chance on Sunset Boulevard two years ago. Fuck baseball for being such a waste of time and beer. Fuck Jenna Jameson, if you're lucky enough to. Fuck the Middle East, there's too many problems (SOD, people).
But above all, fuck our illustrious President George W. Bush. Slowly but surely we're widening our deep-pockets war on terrorism while the biggest corporate terrorists (Enron, GE, Tyco, et al) are sitting back and reaping the benefits of having bought (campaign financing) their assured safety from prosecution of any shape or form, since the EPA, the FBI, the ATF, the IRS, etc are much too busy finger-banging the everyman, you and I. Yup, the egregiously overpaid corporate execs America can produce are livin' like Al Capone: The Untouchables, only this time the accountant(s) are the ones under indictment. You know, the only Republican that should ever be in the highest office of the land should be Theodore Roosevelt. Even though he's bonedust, his bigass stick would've packed a mighty wallop of Kenneth Lay's ass.
Oh well. At least we can still watch Sam Peckinpaugh movies.
But above all, fuck our illustrious President George W. Bush. Slowly but surely we're widening our deep-pockets war on terrorism while the biggest corporate terrorists (Enron, GE, Tyco, et al) are sitting back and reaping the benefits of having bought (campaign financing) their assured safety from prosecution of any shape or form, since the EPA, the FBI, the ATF, the IRS, etc are much too busy finger-banging the everyman, you and I. Yup, the egregiously overpaid corporate execs America can produce are livin' like Al Capone: The Untouchables, only this time the accountant(s) are the ones under indictment. You know, the only Republican that should ever be in the highest office of the land should be Theodore Roosevelt. Even though he's bonedust, his bigass stick would've packed a mighty wallop of Kenneth Lay's ass.
Oh well. At least we can still watch Sam Peckinpaugh movies.
by at 8:41 PM
did anybody go see paul mccartney last nite? or tonite? yeah, i don't blame you for passing that one over.
especially when tickets were as high as $200! what a rip off. but people are paying that kind of money to see a crusty csny laster this month, too. and the who, with the king of all cheesballs, robert plant opening, will cost you a good $150.
what's up with these washed-up old fogies trying to grab all the cash they can these days? they must realize how much money baby-boomers have. that's my inheritance you're stealing you pricks!
what's really disturbing is these dudes are just becoming the exact thing they were fighting against when they started out. poor bastards. why don't they just retire and play vegas?
i hope i die before i get old.
especially when tickets were as high as $200! what a rip off. but people are paying that kind of money to see a crusty csny laster this month, too. and the who, with the king of all cheesballs, robert plant opening, will cost you a good $150.
what's up with these washed-up old fogies trying to grab all the cash they can these days? they must realize how much money baby-boomers have. that's my inheritance you're stealing you pricks!
what's really disturbing is these dudes are just becoming the exact thing they were fighting against when they started out. poor bastards. why don't they just retire and play vegas?
i hope i die before i get old.
by at 6:31 PM
OH, another plug: Our old web buddy and general pain in the Haas, Palmer Haas has started his own Blog. Go over there and check it out. It's also in the links section.
by at 11:54 AM
I don't want to depress anyone out there (OK, well maybe I do) but you should check this out. These are accounts and journal entries relating what's going on with the Israeli occupation. There are some gruesome, gruesome stories about what's going on there, updated pretty much up to the minute. And remember, those are our tax dollars at work.
And for the record, fuck the IRS in the face. When I'm paying more in taxes this year than Enron, something's got to give. I will live tax free one day.
And for the record, fuck the IRS in the face. When I'm paying more in taxes this year than Enron, something's got to give. I will live tax free one day.
by at 11:50 AM
i just want to give a big shout out to "dangerous" dan dietrich over at columbia college's audio technology center. we went there this weekend, all weekend, to put some songs on tape, and dan did a great job.
we're all really excited about the way it's come out, and we can't wait to share it with you, the loyal knife of simpson fans.
expect to see a lengthen "1776...the year the shit went down" ep in the near future. three new songs will be added to the three we already have on tape for a good 30 minutes or so of ass-blasting rock'n'roll.
thanks again dan, for all you've been able to do to help us out!
we're all really excited about the way it's come out, and we can't wait to share it with you, the loyal knife of simpson fans.
expect to see a lengthen "1776...the year the shit went down" ep in the near future. three new songs will be added to the three we already have on tape for a good 30 minutes or so of ass-blasting rock'n'roll.
thanks again dan, for all you've been able to do to help us out!
by at 1:59 PM
With the execrable "God Bless America" fast usurping the equally insipid "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the USA's #1 drinking song, I think it's high time to nominate a new national anthem.
Francis Scott Key's song is damn tough to sing, let alone remember. Let's be honest: it sucks. The melody always seems to be just beyond every singer's range, even when transposed. It's is so awkward that musical accompaniment is nearly impossible--there's nothing to the tune BUT the melody, come to think of it! There are also too many words, and syntax of the lyrics is closer to epic poetry than conversational English, which trips everybody up. Scarcely a year goes by without some poor doofus mangling the SSB on center ice, the 50 yard line or the mound, though I think anybody would have a hard time trudging through such a pretentious tune.
I think a better anthem would be Woody Guthrie's This Land Is Your Land. It has everything going for it: centered chords, a simple, original melody, and plenty of shout-outs to our favorite parts of the USA, without brazen appeals to militarism or god that corrupt the message.
What I find interesting is the last verse, which was noticeably absent from the songbooks I remember from grade school:
In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.
No need to corrupt young minds with secular notions of liberty, equality and justice--or even the inkling that all is not perfect in the Promised Land, I reckon. Praise the lord and pass the ammo, then. Anybody got any better ideas?
On a less serious note, I just got back from an Easter tour of the Miller brewery in Milwaukee. My girl and I arrived too late for an inspection of the Pabst facilities (it closed in 1996, and we were reading a map from 1989), but the chance to down free suds across town was too great to pass up. Leine's Honey Weiss was the best of the three I sampled, thoroughly trouncing Swill Lite and MGD. A footnote: Leine's is a native Wisconsin brew & isn't available nationally, so rejoice that Chicago can enjoy such a quality product. Cheap beer über alles!
Francis Scott Key's song is damn tough to sing, let alone remember. Let's be honest: it sucks. The melody always seems to be just beyond every singer's range, even when transposed. It's is so awkward that musical accompaniment is nearly impossible--there's nothing to the tune BUT the melody, come to think of it! There are also too many words, and syntax of the lyrics is closer to epic poetry than conversational English, which trips everybody up. Scarcely a year goes by without some poor doofus mangling the SSB on center ice, the 50 yard line or the mound, though I think anybody would have a hard time trudging through such a pretentious tune.
I think a better anthem would be Woody Guthrie's This Land Is Your Land. It has everything going for it: centered chords, a simple, original melody, and plenty of shout-outs to our favorite parts of the USA, without brazen appeals to militarism or god that corrupt the message.
What I find interesting is the last verse, which was noticeably absent from the songbooks I remember from grade school:
In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.
No need to corrupt young minds with secular notions of liberty, equality and justice--or even the inkling that all is not perfect in the Promised Land, I reckon. Praise the lord and pass the ammo, then. Anybody got any better ideas?
On a less serious note, I just got back from an Easter tour of the Miller brewery in Milwaukee. My girl and I arrived too late for an inspection of the Pabst facilities (it closed in 1996, and we were reading a map from 1989), but the chance to down free suds across town was too great to pass up. Leine's Honey Weiss was the best of the three I sampled, thoroughly trouncing Swill Lite and MGD. A footnote: Leine's is a native Wisconsin brew & isn't available nationally, so rejoice that Chicago can enjoy such a quality product. Cheap beer über alles!
by at 9:28 AM