"...a sound and light show."
Nope, this isn't a description of a Pink Floyd tribute band from the back pages of the Illinois Entertainer...this is how General Killgore, er, Mark Kimmit describes the all out-offensive on Fallujah in the last 24 hours. Article
Wait a minute...according to the good General, it's not an all-out offensive.
Thanks for clearing that up. I'm sure the former residents of Fallujah are relieved to hear that! The green monochrome footage of explosions and fires I'm seeing on CNN must have been part of that stupendous laser-light extravaganza at the al-Tweeter Center. Cue the Wagner! Did those lucky Iraqis get to see The Wizard of Oz synched up with Dark Side as an encore, too?
It's like 1984, Fahrenheit 451 and Catch 22 thrown in a blender!
If you're not pissed off enough yet, try this link on for size. Enough outrage for everybody!
Will Rogers said, "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." The people responsible for this better pray there are no dogs where they're going...sick.
Nope, this isn't a description of a Pink Floyd tribute band from the back pages of the Illinois Entertainer...this is how General Killgore, er, Mark Kimmit describes the all out-offensive on Fallujah in the last 24 hours. Article
Wait a minute...according to the good General, it's not an all-out offensive.
Thanks for clearing that up. I'm sure the former residents of Fallujah are relieved to hear that! The green monochrome footage of explosions and fires I'm seeing on CNN must have been part of that stupendous laser-light extravaganza at the al-Tweeter Center. Cue the Wagner! Did those lucky Iraqis get to see The Wizard of Oz synched up with Dark Side as an encore, too?
It's like 1984, Fahrenheit 451 and Catch 22 thrown in a blender!
If you're not pissed off enough yet, try this link on for size. Enough outrage for everybody!
Will Rogers said, "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." The people responsible for this better pray there are no dogs where they're going...sick.
by at 9:04 AM
Thanks to everybody who came to last night's show at Double Door, it was a barn-burner! Thanks to Bobby Stratosphere and Gravitron, and special thanks to Supagroup for bringing their good-time rock all the way from NOLA. Let's do it again sometime!
I'll be lying low for the next week or two as I move into new digs, but I'll kick off my hermitage with tonight's show at the Pontiac with Bible of the Devil and Bloodcow. Miss it, and kiss it!
I'll be lying low for the next week or two as I move into new digs, but I'll kick off my hermitage with tonight's show at the Pontiac with Bible of the Devil and Bloodcow. Miss it, and kiss it!
by at 3:00 PM
IDIOT!!!
I can't believe this guy is president...last night should have removed all doubt that Bush is as competent as a wet bag of dog shit.
Even with the press pool's pre-screened questions, the First Idiot tripped, stumbled and sprayed a fine mist of mental diarrhea over everything in sight.
Pathetic.
I can't believe this guy is president...last night should have removed all doubt that Bush is as competent as a wet bag of dog shit.
Even with the press pool's pre-screened questions, the First Idiot tripped, stumbled and sprayed a fine mist of mental diarrhea over everything in sight.
Pathetic.
by at 3:23 PM
LIAR!!!!
Dude, Condi Rice totally stepped in it this morning...I don't see how she can keep up her know-nothing defense of her boss when the August 6, 2001 Presidential Daily Briefing memo stated BIN LADEN DETERMINED TO ATTACK INSIDE THE UNITED STATES. Holy shit. Transcript
Come on--after Richard Clarke's scathing testimony, are we really supposed to believe that the memo "contained no new threats to the US" with a title like that? And why is it still so classified when its alarming title was revealed a while ago? I'd rather make that determination for myself, if you don't mind. Time to come correct, Connie--people might start thinking you have something to hide!
Condi's lame "we never knew they'd use planes as missiles" excuse won't wash now. How could they NOT know...when Bush was in Genoa for the G8 summit in 2001, al-Q made a direct threat on Bush's life. The Italian military put missile batteries on the rooftops of buildings by the US contingent's hotel to shoot down any planes that may have been used in a terror attack!
So Bush went on vacation two days before the memo was issued. WHY WASN'T THIS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO BRING HIM BACK TO D.C? Seems like he was too busy cutting brush for his Reichstag fire to worry about stuff like that.
I have a feeling this is the first of many lies to come. Take the oath, you bastards!
And bring the troops home from Iraq!
Dude, Condi Rice totally stepped in it this morning...I don't see how she can keep up her know-nothing defense of her boss when the August 6, 2001 Presidential Daily Briefing memo stated BIN LADEN DETERMINED TO ATTACK INSIDE THE UNITED STATES. Holy shit. Transcript
Come on--after Richard Clarke's scathing testimony, are we really supposed to believe that the memo "contained no new threats to the US" with a title like that? And why is it still so classified when its alarming title was revealed a while ago? I'd rather make that determination for myself, if you don't mind. Time to come correct, Connie--people might start thinking you have something to hide!
Condi's lame "we never knew they'd use planes as missiles" excuse won't wash now. How could they NOT know...when Bush was in Genoa for the G8 summit in 2001, al-Q made a direct threat on Bush's life. The Italian military put missile batteries on the rooftops of buildings by the US contingent's hotel to shoot down any planes that may have been used in a terror attack!
So Bush went on vacation two days before the memo was issued. WHY WASN'T THIS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO BRING HIM BACK TO D.C? Seems like he was too busy cutting brush for his Reichstag fire to worry about stuff like that.
I have a feeling this is the first of many lies to come. Take the oath, you bastards!
And bring the troops home from Iraq!
by at 2:03 PM
I almost forgot...it's been 10 years to the day that Kurt Cobain took his life. I've spend some time in that intervening decade trying to determine exactly what his life means to me, and I really can't find much worth celebrating.
As the Media-appointed spokesmodel for Generation X, Cobain is supposed to be my peer group's aesthetic Rimbaud, but his ambivalence toward everything--rock and roll, pop music, and art in general, and eventually, life itself--makes for music with all the appeal of a styrofoam cup, yet with an inversely proportional lifespan.
"Whatever, Nevermind," indeed.
As the Media-appointed spokesmodel for Generation X, Cobain is supposed to be my peer group's aesthetic Rimbaud, but his ambivalence toward everything--rock and roll, pop music, and art in general, and eventually, life itself--makes for music with all the appeal of a styrofoam cup, yet with an inversely proportional lifespan.
"Whatever, Nevermind," indeed.
by at 3:35 PM
Hey, I meant to post this earlier in the week, but who's been listening to Air America, here in Chicago on AM 950? You know, the new liberal answer to conservative talk radio?
I for one, have been. Pretty much non-stop. I love it. I can see why talk radio is such an opiate for the right. People love to hear people talk whom they already agree with. I'm drawn to this for the same reason. With all of the shady things our leaders have been doing lately, coupled with all of the news about how the polls indicate what a close race the next presidential election will be, it is nice to know that not everyone is getting on board with Dick Cheney's Amurica. I think there is a market for this kind of radio, and I'll be the first to hop on board.
How about the talent? I've read a few "radio reviews" and most have been pretty hard on Al Franken and a few of the other shows. I think the naysayers should give Al a little more time to get good at doing radio, and his show will be fine. And the morning show rules: Where else would you ever find Chuck D interviewing John Mellencamp? But the real star is Randi Rhodes. If you can get beyond her jewish New Yorker accent, she is very funny and witty. Even sexy. Wait, did I say that? My favorite joke of hers was that George Bush is going to testify in front of the 9/11 Commission sitting on Dick Cheney's lap. She was a little hard on Ralph Nader on her first day, but that was funny as hell too.
Most importantly, the network gives me hope for the future, something that's been in pretty short supply around here these days.
Any opinions, knaves?
I for one, have been. Pretty much non-stop. I love it. I can see why talk radio is such an opiate for the right. People love to hear people talk whom they already agree with. I'm drawn to this for the same reason. With all of the shady things our leaders have been doing lately, coupled with all of the news about how the polls indicate what a close race the next presidential election will be, it is nice to know that not everyone is getting on board with Dick Cheney's Amurica. I think there is a market for this kind of radio, and I'll be the first to hop on board.
How about the talent? I've read a few "radio reviews" and most have been pretty hard on Al Franken and a few of the other shows. I think the naysayers should give Al a little more time to get good at doing radio, and his show will be fine. And the morning show rules: Where else would you ever find Chuck D interviewing John Mellencamp? But the real star is Randi Rhodes. If you can get beyond her jewish New Yorker accent, she is very funny and witty. Even sexy. Wait, did I say that? My favorite joke of hers was that George Bush is going to testify in front of the 9/11 Commission sitting on Dick Cheney's lap. She was a little hard on Ralph Nader on her first day, but that was funny as hell too.
Most importantly, the network gives me hope for the future, something that's been in pretty short supply around here these days.
Any opinions, knaves?
by at 4:39 PM