Any music blog would be seriously remiss without mention of Wesley Willis, who passed away last Thursday, August 21st. Whether or not you liked Wes, you have to admire somebody who let nothing get in his way of playing the music he loved. We should all be so lucky.
There will be a service for Wesley 8/27 (Wednesday night) at John Rago & Sons Memorial Chapel in Chicago. Visit the AT Website for more information.
Rock over London, Rock over Chicago. Wesley Willis, I hope you're playing your good time music in a better place.
There will be a service for Wesley 8/27 (Wednesday night) at John Rago & Sons Memorial Chapel in Chicago. Visit the AT Website for more information.
Rock over London, Rock over Chicago. Wesley Willis, I hope you're playing your good time music in a better place.
by at 3:54 PM
I almost forgot to mention: eat a dick, Bill O'Reilly! Go stand in the corner with Manqueer Muller and the other cryptofascist bobbleheads.
Suffer!
Suffer!
by at 9:14 PM
Just an addendum to yesterday's post--now Alabama's own Supreme Court has ruled that the 10 Commandments must be removed from the rotunda of Judge Moore's courthouse.
Think about it--barely 40 years ago, JFK had to go before the American public and convince them he was beholden only to the US Constitution, and wasn't taking his marching orders directly from the Holy Father in Rome. Oh, the brain-numbing hypocrisy of it all. We shouldn't even be having this conflict!
Sorry, Roy, you don't get to play George Wallace. Nice try, but it looks like you're not going to get the "States' Rights" confrontation you prayed for. The first time was a tragedy...this time, it's a FARCE. Your own judicial peers are pulling the plug on your little insurrection...you should pray they not decide to permanently disbar you for this waste of taxpayer money. In case you haven't noticed your state is in the midst of the worst budget crisis in history. It may be blasphemy to say this, but given the choice between holding the line on frivolous government spending and keeping that ugly hunk of granite in your courthouse and paying $5000 every day you stupidly defy the order, it looks like most Alabamans would rather render unto Caesar what is Caesar's...
Don't forget what your Good Book says, Southern Man.
Think about it--barely 40 years ago, JFK had to go before the American public and convince them he was beholden only to the US Constitution, and wasn't taking his marching orders directly from the Holy Father in Rome. Oh, the brain-numbing hypocrisy of it all. We shouldn't even be having this conflict!
Sorry, Roy, you don't get to play George Wallace. Nice try, but it looks like you're not going to get the "States' Rights" confrontation you prayed for. The first time was a tragedy...this time, it's a FARCE. Your own judicial peers are pulling the plug on your little insurrection...you should pray they not decide to permanently disbar you for this waste of taxpayer money. In case you haven't noticed your state is in the midst of the worst budget crisis in history. It may be blasphemy to say this, but given the choice between holding the line on frivolous government spending and keeping that ugly hunk of granite in your courthouse and paying $5000 every day you stupidly defy the order, it looks like most Alabamans would rather render unto Caesar what is Caesar's...
Don't forget what your Good Book says, Southern Man.
by at 3:44 PM
Finally the Supreme Court grows a brain. Well, at least enough of one to cover for Grand Inquisitor Rehnquist, "Spanky" Scalia and his sidekick, "Uncle" Thomas. Too bad this ruling is only a temporary condition.
God was not available for immediate comment; however, celestial godhead spokesman Charlton Heston will be making an announcement shortly...
I have to laugh. Come on, if the laws of this country are really based on the Ten Commandments--completely ignoring the tradition of English Common Law, and the pre-Xtian Roman Law that inspired it--then why does the First Amendment directly contradict the First Commandment? While we're at it, the last I knew, I don't have to "keep the Sabbath holy" if I don't want to...and depending on which version of the 10Cs you're talking about, there'd be are an awful lot of people staying home from Wrigley and Soldier Field this year. And if you were really hell-bent on enforcing the "honor thy father and mother" decree, well, there would be an awful lot of two-bit politicians rubbing elbows with drug addicts, pimps and perverts in the pokey. Which isn't a bad idea, if you think about it.
Personally I'm sick of God being everywhere. Can't I go anywhere without being reminded that the Omnipresent Omnipotent Omnisient Almighty Eye in the Sky is watching and judging my every move, utterance and thought? It makes me paranoid--especially if I had to go to a courthouse to pay a fine. Cut it out, already, I'll pay the damn traffic ticket.
Come to think of it, why would we even need a system of courts anyway if our only laws were the Abrahamic dicta inscribed on those fabled stone tablets? There would be nothing to interpret...no juries of our peers would be necessary...only hangman judges would oversee the dispensing of harsh, Draconian punishments. Which is why these Xtian Xlowns freak me out so much! Their view of law, history and the U.S. Constitution is as recalcitrant and resolute as those ancient laws of stone.
In the end, this has nothing to do with God or Jesus or Christianity...it's all politics, and an issue like this is juicy red meat for the followers of Robertson/Fallwell/"Doktor" Dobson and other theocrats...and for Moore's constituency as well. Judges in Talibama are elected, so they are de facto politicians, competing with governors, assemblymen and senators for power. In true demagogic fashion Judge Moore will play Daniel to the Evil Government's Lion and claim (absurdly) that Christians are a persecuted minority in America. Hear that sound? It's the combined sound of Irony choking and the Founding Fathers slowly rotating in their moldering caskets.
Even though it's one more battle in an ongoing battle, it's still nice to know the Christian Taliban has been routed in at least one battle to destroy America. The ball is fully in Pharisee Moore's court now, so to speak. Will he let the cranes and chisels tear down that two-ton misuse of masonry...or will he pull a Wallace and resist?
God bLess America.
God was not available for immediate comment; however, celestial godhead spokesman Charlton Heston will be making an announcement shortly...
I have to laugh. Come on, if the laws of this country are really based on the Ten Commandments--completely ignoring the tradition of English Common Law, and the pre-Xtian Roman Law that inspired it--then why does the First Amendment directly contradict the First Commandment? While we're at it, the last I knew, I don't have to "keep the Sabbath holy" if I don't want to...and depending on which version of the 10Cs you're talking about, there'd be are an awful lot of people staying home from Wrigley and Soldier Field this year. And if you were really hell-bent on enforcing the "honor thy father and mother" decree, well, there would be an awful lot of two-bit politicians rubbing elbows with drug addicts, pimps and perverts in the pokey. Which isn't a bad idea, if you think about it.
Personally I'm sick of God being everywhere. Can't I go anywhere without being reminded that the Omnipresent Omnipotent Omnisient Almighty Eye in the Sky is watching and judging my every move, utterance and thought? It makes me paranoid--especially if I had to go to a courthouse to pay a fine. Cut it out, already, I'll pay the damn traffic ticket.
Come to think of it, why would we even need a system of courts anyway if our only laws were the Abrahamic dicta inscribed on those fabled stone tablets? There would be nothing to interpret...no juries of our peers would be necessary...only hangman judges would oversee the dispensing of harsh, Draconian punishments. Which is why these Xtian Xlowns freak me out so much! Their view of law, history and the U.S. Constitution is as recalcitrant and resolute as those ancient laws of stone.
In the end, this has nothing to do with God or Jesus or Christianity...it's all politics, and an issue like this is juicy red meat for the followers of Robertson/Fallwell/"Doktor" Dobson and other theocrats...and for Moore's constituency as well. Judges in Talibama are elected, so they are de facto politicians, competing with governors, assemblymen and senators for power. In true demagogic fashion Judge Moore will play Daniel to the Evil Government's Lion and claim (absurdly) that Christians are a persecuted minority in America. Hear that sound? It's the combined sound of Irony choking and the Founding Fathers slowly rotating in their moldering caskets.
Even though it's one more battle in an ongoing battle, it's still nice to know the Christian Taliban has been routed in at least one battle to destroy America. The ball is fully in Pharisee Moore's court now, so to speak. Will he let the cranes and chisels tear down that two-ton misuse of masonry...or will he pull a Wallace and resist?
God bLess America.
by at 5:03 PM
it makes me sad to think of ted williams' severed head floating in a cylinder of frozen nitrogen, waiting to be thawed out hundreds of years from now, only to NEVER bat .400 again.
i mean, good god! that no way to treat a war hero!
spooky stuff in this week's sports illustrated (at least that's what i'm reading in the newspapers. i don't actually read that shit-rag). i have a friend down in phoenix. maybe i'll take a trip and say "hi" to ol' ted.
and that no talent assed john-henry. he always seemed like a hustler to me, making a living off his old man's name, fame and accomplishments. i would never treat my dad like that. no respect.
anyway, if anyone has a copy of this week's si, i'd like to borrow it. sounds like some stuff in there is too freaky to be true (ted's head has thawed when it's been moved... gimme a break. you can't do that with a steak, never mind a severed head).
and to everybody out there reading - when you pop dies, don't ted williams him.
thanks.
i mean, good god! that no way to treat a war hero!
spooky stuff in this week's sports illustrated (at least that's what i'm reading in the newspapers. i don't actually read that shit-rag). i have a friend down in phoenix. maybe i'll take a trip and say "hi" to ol' ted.
and that no talent assed john-henry. he always seemed like a hustler to me, making a living off his old man's name, fame and accomplishments. i would never treat my dad like that. no respect.
anyway, if anyone has a copy of this week's si, i'd like to borrow it. sounds like some stuff in there is too freaky to be true (ted's head has thawed when it's been moved... gimme a break. you can't do that with a steak, never mind a severed head).
and to everybody out there reading - when you pop dies, don't ted williams him.
thanks.
by at 6:52 PM
Californians, meet your new governor. (And if Orrin Hatch gets his constitutional amendment, our future president.)
I'd personally like to thank the Republican party for lowering the bar on candidate eligibility so far that anybody can become a politician. Jeezuz, you don't even have to dig very deep to find dirt on this lugnut!
by at 11:09 AM