Wilma

The damage from Hurricane Wilma has left houndreds of thousands without power. It might be two weeks before everything's completely restored. That said I'll post pictures from Wilma at that time.

Check out matthewgood.org, Oxfam, and Amnesty in the meantime to find out what real crisis is.

K

Music

Albums I should own:

David Gray-White Ladder
The Roots-Phrenology
Stroke 9-Nasty Little Thoughts
Cake-Prolonging the Magic
Cake-Comfort Eagle
Foo Fighters-In Your Honor
Esthero-Wikked Lil’ Grrrls
Moby-Play
Tom McRae-Self Titled

The list is much longer, I’m sure of it. I wanted to get those down before I forget.

K

Wake

This entry from mblog on matthewgood.org is the most important thing I’ve read in days

One of the few things that I despise about being on the road is the infrequency with which I have online access. I feel disconnected when I don’t have access to daily information and am unable to process it as it happens. That said, today and tomorrow look a little better, so.
Cracks. The American sloth is beginning to wake up to the difference between rhetoric and deception. If only it hadn’t taken three years and cost the lives of tens of thousands of people. It is an arrogance afforded the great nations of the world, to be able to sacrifice their young and innocent strangers before coming to the realization that their trust has been abused and that the agendas of heartless opportunists have prevailed in their name. It is a crime in itself, even though many refuse to entertain such an accusation. But the truth of the matter is that silence breeds complicity. To witness a crime and do nothing may not be as bad as the crime itself, but it must be factored into that crime’s success.
When faced with the results, some must be asked why their courage failed them at such a crucial moment. Any fool can pull a trigger. Having the guts not to is far more difficult.
Not since Watergate has a White House been submerged in such negativity. All one can do is hope that it produces the same sort of critical mass. That’s not to say that the fight will be over, just that the people of the United States will be provided an opportunity to do something about the state of their government and their place in the world. Ultimately, it’s up to them to introduce the sort of revolutionary democratic change that is needed to spark similar revolts in other nations populated by sleepwalking automatons. God knows trying to ‘bomb’ democratic change into others doesn’t work.

Load me up

The song "Load me up" by the Matthew Good Band played a huge role for me during a very confusing, very painful time in my life. It gave my anguish a voice, and is very quickly becoming my own personal anthem.

Picture yourself
Sleeping on a plane
There's something ticking in the overhead
And inside your brains
There's bodies in the water
And bodies in the basement
If heaven's for clean people, it's vacent
And hey are you know
And hey are you being careful
And hey are you luke warm
And yeah you are

I'm frantic
So load me up
Whatever puts me all the way out

Picture yourself swimming in an ocean
A million miles from nowhere and the nearest phone
There's bodies in the water
Floating all around you and they're comedians
And hey are you know
And hey are you special
And hey are you deformed
And hey there you are

I'm frantic
So load me up
This seems so practiced
Me fucking this up
Whatever puts me all the way out

Picture yourself
At the MGM Grand
Murphy's fighting Hokem
You're in the stands and
there's somebody in the water
In the middle of the ocean
A million miles from nowhere
And they're alone
I'm there alone
So so deformed

I'm frantic
So load me up
this seems so practiced
So take me all the way out
Whatever puts me all the way out

Henry

I saw Henry Rollins for the third time in West Palm Beach, FL on Wed. Highlights of this show brought to you by: TRIP(S) TO IRAQ AND ALSO THE TRANS SIBERIAN EXPRESS. Fucking awesome show!

K

Escape

Shopping for auto insurance sucks!

“15 minutes could cost you more than you ever thought possible on car insurance.”

I’m gonna go to my happy place for awhile and forget that living costs more than ever. My escape this week is “The Tattoo Artist” by Jill Ciment. So far it’s just as Howard Zinn put it; fascinating.

K

30,000

The death toll from the earthquake in Pakistan is now over 30,000. Men, women, and children are being pulled from uder the rumble leaving thousands of families without their loved ones.

All my heart goes out the poeple effected. May God push my needs aside, becuase theirs are infinitely greater than mine ever could be. 

Speak Dubya Speak

This has got to be the funniest thing I’ve watched in a while. Enjoy.

http://gprime.net/video.php/presidentialspeechalist


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50 Billion

And to think where else that $50 billion could be used had 51% of American voters not been so dumb. President Bush's approval rating is now at 37%. All I can say is "WOW". That's really bad. Maybe people are coming around. Stop listening to Sean Hannity and Russ Limbough and get your dial on Air America Radio for more truth and less BS. I recommend Randy Rhodes. 

Two Disasters, One Day

An estimated 3,000 are believed dead in South Asia today due to a massive earthquake, and a town of 1,400 in Guatemala was washed away in a mudslide caused from the powerful rains of Hurricane Stan. I encourage everyone following the tragedies that enfolded in Pakistan and Guatemala to give in any way they can to those in need.

Please visit Oxfam or the BBC for more information.

K

Lazzzzzzzy

I’m such a lazy ass. My new site has been on the back burner for over a week. Work has got me by the short hairs. I’ll try to post within the coming week. Thanks.

Also, check out Ladytron. They rock something fierce.

K

new site &...

Mouth is up and running. It's not much yet but check back for updates. I'm also considering book reviews and music reviews in addition to poetry and beatnik lyrics.

Also Fiona Apple’s new CD hit the shelves today. I’ll be back later to tell you how great it is.

K

Sad sad story

This is just unbelievable. If people think it's okay to do this to an animal, I eagerly await the day those bastards are on the receiving end.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005450117,00.html


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Work

Looking for work is a full time job, especially since our economy is in the crapper. Hang in there America or in three or four years you’re all welcome to come visit it me on my new home island just off of Greece. Read its lovely there.

K