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Saturday, April 06, 2002 :::

Jeez, I may have to boycott this site until it has more tasteful pictures.

::: posted by the boot at 12:19 PM

and besides, you're pissing cocaine; which seems highly lucrative in some way or another.
(sorry, my roommate is hardcore about trying to score some coke, or
even e, and, i live in ann arbor, which taints my views on drugs altogether. . .)

...Now that lj has informed me of the proper way of viewing this blog, i'm a much better
correspondent. . . went to see tanya donelly last night in detroit and was *shocked* believe it or not, at how
few people showed up. not that she's especially amazing but more that she's tied to so many
amazing bands - throwing muses, the breeders, belly. i felt a little age-d. it was a great show,
anyway, despite her playing to a 1/2 empty club.

so, nicco (a close friend of mine) has been contacted by Showtime about starring in a docu about f-t-m's and he's waiting on pins and needles about whether he's going to be included in it. he's
hoping they'll pay for his (chest) surgery, which is a big deal, but they're keeping him waiting. sounds a lot like the *real
sex* that did on drag kings to me. . .

::: posted by emma c at 12:32 AM

Friday, April 05, 2002 :::

On doing harder drugs because they leave your system faster...people on coke are very good employees. A. You're very productive and B. if your doing coke, your spending a lot of money which means you can't lose your job. The coke will show up in your urine but is ignored.

::: posted by Kurt Kistler at 6:49 PM

The most far-reaching gag order in 1st Amendment history...

IM from the viking who shares half my genes: I saw Howard Zinn speak today. i love college. Zinn cracked on Dubya...'"Terrorism will not stand on my watch." I wonder...what is he watching....and of what he watches...what does he understand?' it was crazy to be with 500-700 people cheering for Zinn and an anarchist folk singer. Dave Rovics is this super funny singer songwriter that played. songs have choruses like, 'Coke is the drink of the death squads'

I can't find any decent links this week, I'm losing my blog-flow. The Pinko sent me a story on human chip implants today, though. It came to mind when someone told me a story about being hired for a job this week, then being told he had to take a drug test the next day. Despite the efforts of a rapid-detox kit, he tested positive for THC and they withdrew the offer. Corporate policy, sorry. The guy who was trying to help him get the job, who is a cokehead, told him he should be doing harder drugs because they leave your system much faster. He says it's all mind control, corporate America's way of squashing free thinkers, he's scared that this is the new wave and he's going to become a drone for lack of any other career alternative. A friend of me and Debbie's was recently fired from Lilly when they found a drug paraphernalia misdemeanor from college on his record. Whatever. Feeling hopeless about the future today. Euro-fantasies, oui...

::: posted by alura allumeuse at 4:27 PM

thanks for the picture dedication, lovely.
just talked to the english department. am thinking i may
be able to leave the 24th or 25th. then i could meet up
with rebecca that first weekend + then we could go
to LA the next -- ? i have to make a decision by monday
because that's when she has to buy her ticket (meaning,
she needs to know whether to stay the weekend or not).
anyway, i'll keep you posted.
did anyone see maury povich "the hottest! sexiest! secret crushes revealed"
today? "MAURY plays a few tricks on Antoine before the truth is revealed
and when Antoine finds out that it's Monique that has the hots for him - sparks fly!"
yes! !

::: posted by emma c at 1:34 PM

anyone in the midwest coming to cincinnati this weekend? the march for justice* is on sunday -- starting at 3pm at fountain square. it's the one-year anniversary of the death of timothy thomas.

::: posted by kevin seal at 9:15 AM

Went to dinner with the lovely Debbie, whom I haven't seen or heard from in several years. Collins girl. Currently married and living in Indy, was here for a conference. Yay for corporate expense accounts and having things like "pink pussycat" (gin, grapefruit juice, grenadine and ginger ale) showing up on receipts to give your boss.

7 hrs of dozing sleep in 2 nights. Desperately want to go to a party happening right now but resisting. Want to go to Bunny Jam tomorrow (technically tonight? time bends for the overly occupied insomniac) and be all hip and artsy, but will see the theatrical re-release of Amadeus instead, since it doesn't require staying too vertical and I've got it mostly memorized anyway, in case I pass out. I'm a piss-poor social butterfly. Feh. (flaps wings weakly in direction of bed)

::: posted by alura allumeuse at 12:52 AM

Thursday, April 04, 2002 :::

Al-Qaeda recruitment video, from our old bosses at mondo media.

::: posted by kevin seal at 12:08 PM

Wednesday, April 03, 2002 :::

the IU kids rioted when the team made it into the finals, too. so, riot if win, riot if lose.

speaking of the knight riots, kerry from plan 9 (according to marty sprowles) has a two-hour video of footage from those riots. i'd like to rent it sometime. remember when the kids flipped parked cars at the park ridge apartments? uh-huh. apparently this video has no narration, and scant editing -- just a person walking around with a videocamera while all of the knight-riot shit was going down.

this made me laugh: not that i know anything! my country's got 21.7% unemployment! :(

found this stuff in lumpen (which, for you chicagoans out there, has some interesting -- albeit poorly edited -- content amidst the pretentious theory-babble and self-congratulatory scenesterism): in the '70s, george w founded arbusto energy. arbusto's connection to the BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International) scandal alone is worthy of whitewater-style investigation.

however, more scary is that one of arbusto's initial investors was (via the proxy james bath) osama's brother, salem bin laden. where are the special investigators when we need them?

::: posted by kevin seal at 2:33 PM

Another double post, Boot-licker. ;p Proof that we've all got info-amnesia.

First IU students rioted because Knight was fired. Now they rioted because IU lost, and got tear-gassed for their troubles.

Conversation between me and Rodrigo just now, as I munched an oatmeal raisin cookie to soak up the alcohol:
L: I ate African food last night!
R: Then what did the Africans eat?
(conversation about alura's constant struggle to like weird food ensues)
R: I could never be with you in a long-term relationship. Good food is right up there with sex!
L: (rolls eyes) I'm sorry my food tastes prevent us from being together, that I'm such a disappointment to you.
R: Well, there's plenty of other reasons.
(alura cocks eyebrow at perceived insult to her character)
R: No, no, reasons TO BE with you!
(alura goes off on a mock rant, and El Cid goes back to work laughing hysterically)

::: posted by alura allumeuse at 9:43 AM

Go to asile.org. Look for the item about whether or not an airplane actually did crash into the Pentagon, click on the link below the photo that says, "English." Look at the pictures and let me know what you think. I find this pretty compelling, though I haven't had a chance to debunk it yet.

::: posted by the boot at 9:05 AM

Yeaahhh. Jeff and I got shit.FACED. and danced to world beat. I'm 26! Gotta do this more often, what else is life about except moving by feeling, you know? Ah, it all makes sense in my drunk-ass skull right now.

But, the important thing...last year's photoshop effort was more detailed, but I shamelessly stole a graphic from a movie site a while back and was inspired to very quickly make this recently. (since I can't fabricate the beanie in real life for now) (reference to a movie that b-day boy likes)

::: posted by alura allumeuse at 1:38 AM

Tuesday, April 02, 2002 :::

OK, that one took a lot longer. I could only find it under 95 Theses. Here, I'll even give it to you in Latin. :p

::: posted by alura allumeuse at 3:25 PM

Thank you Laura, I think that is what I was looking for. Four things: The first link was good, although a bit too technical. The second link did not work. [ed note: it does now] Also any chance of getting am image of such a device? Finally I am looking for Martin Luther's 96 theses and I cannot find it. how about it?

[Funny, I love reading, like writing, hate research-]

::: posted by Rodrigo Diaz at 2:53 PM

Ha-HA! A challenge for the researcher wannabe! Is this what you were looking for? Info on Personal Area Networks and near-field intrabody communication.

::: posted by alura allumeuse at 2:20 PM

Here is a challenge to all you web sleuths:

I once saw an article about a piece of technology that is the size of a credit card that emits an electrical signal with any information you want. Essentially you carry this in your pocket, it holds information, and when you shake hands with someone else who has this thing, though body contact it transfers the information from your card to theirs. No one ever believes me about this. See if you can find it.

::: posted by Rodrigo Diaz at 1:53 PM

Butch might return to SF? About freakin' time.
Rodrigo is back from the Yucatan! And he's keeping his job next door til June! Upon my leaping into his arms and covering him in kisses, he said next time he was going to leave for two weeks and see how I reacted. Pfffbbttt! I think Jonathan is back from Japan, too. Dammit, *I* want to get outta here! Trip to L.A. is imminent, I can feel it. I even recently bought a glittery (I actually mis-typed "clittery" just then...what a fab word) 2-piece swimsuit in order to encourage me to get down there and to the beach. Butch, what say you and me have a glam Hollywood weekend when you visit? ;)

Online conversation between me and Jeff, re: DJ Cheb i Sabbah tonight, at a beer-and-wine dive in the Haight:
J: are we on?
L: yip yip...i've got a bottle of snapple and vodka in the car ;)
J: nice...i've got a flask of whiskey...drinking frugality for the new economy

A disturbing shot won the NPAA best photo this year. And a bookstore owner is refusing to turn over records that reveal what people bought. Why is this even a court battle? We aren't even free to read any more? Well, we certainly have to watch what we write. Zappa asked the same thing, I guess. And take a look at our new Third Reich 57-cent stamp. Also featured on the triangular "Homeland Security" armbands for "Neighborhood Watch" members. The plot sickens.

::: posted by alura allumeuse at 10:04 AM

Yesterday I listened to a local NPR program called "Odyssey," it's a very NPR-ish show, pretty erudite, like nothing you'd ever hear on a commercial station; so it didn't surprise me that they were having a show on critical reinterpretation of works of art. As the show went on I began to pick up that certain details were a little too perfect: a cultural studies professor who LIVES in Branson, Missouri, another professor with the last name Pirkett-Lopez who ostensibly teaches at a university in Eau Claire, Wisconsin that I've never heard of (if it were real, I would probably have known someone who went there), etc. I began to understand that the whole thing was a scripted April Fool's joke. I listened till the end of the show, waiting for them to fess up to it, they never did. Anyway, I'd like to recommend this, you can listen to it on a real audio. So, if you've got an hour, check it out.

::: posted by the boot at 9:12 AM

Sunday, March 31, 2002 :::

also, if i ever get a solo act on the road, "south bay blonde bipolar musician" might be a name i might consider.
nice meter, easter-egg eater.

::: posted by emma c at 10:32 PM

hi all.
guess what : i may be coming to san fran on the 23rd!! it's still a little sketchy...won't be official until i buy the ticket, but wouldn't that be fabulous??
went to see le tigre last week. a fun show, especially after i made friends w/ a 'waitress' (large tips help with that, i think). you have to get drunk really fast to justify $5 miller lites. i came away knowing 2 things i'd never known for sure before: a) that kathleen hanna is really HOTT and b) that a crowd of predominantly white lesbians will cheer their heads off for angela davis, even if they've (presumably) never read her. johnny, rebecca, and i decided it would be fun to yell "totally!" (pronounced, "TOTE-A-LE," like a valley girl) after every song and/or comment from the band, which put us in the right spirit even if we annoyed everyone around us. i suppose we were trying to start a trend. as usual.
those of you in chicago (aren't there people in here from chicago?) should keep yr eyes open for the zine we're making (it's kind of a tongue-in-cheek production, tho i'm way into it). It's called "South of North" and is part of a larger enterprise the two of them started, and that i've more than happily jumped into, that of the North Paulina Rebellion (hence the title of the zine). i just finished a fine piece issued from NPR's 'Ministry of Fistocracy.' i'll be sure to post again once it hits the stands at Quimby's. . .(!).
lj, i love it that you "happened upon" the fact that IU made the final four (and now the championship) on a random piss. i must admit i'm not surprised to find that my media-whore friend steers clear of the sports pages!
also, not so sure i'm quitting school. i'm letting them bribe me at least thru the summer for a mere 4.5 g. this is after i decided not to apply for funding out of some vague sense of morals. once someone pointed out to me that morals don't necessary apply in grad school, along with the fact that i'm a slut anyhow, i happily accepted the university's generosity.
[a much-delayed response to das boot: i much enjoyed the gorillaz show, perhaps especially due to the fact that i didn't know i was going until about an hour before. believe it or not, i'd never heard of them. i was delighted by yr account of the show, however - you explained the "boo's" the introduction got, which i didn't understand at the time! i'm a bit of a chicago wannabe!]

apologies for my verbosity. i'm probably overcompensating for my few-and-far-between postings.

teehee...we're so prolific we've now reached the problem of the double post, Mr. Seal. ;)

So I was hanging out with this random south bay blonde bipolar musician journalist yesterday, and when he happened to see my driver's license, he groaned and said "I've written a song about you, and you don't even know it." His ex was named Lora Jean (and both her parents went to IU!), so he's got a song where the chorus rhymes her name with "beauty queen." Har har. Speaking of strange connections, Fri night I was talking to an electro musician and mentioned that I had a friend who did similar stuff who had a music studio in the Mission...he immediately knew it was Doug. How freaky is that? They dated the same girl and travel in the same sphere. And his best friend/bandmate contracts for Digi, so I mentioned it to Tad, and he was like, yeah, I see that guy all the time! This is a small fucking city.

I went into an Irish bar yesterday in the Haight to pee (which was entertaining because this Irish guy felt the need to stand there in the doorway and talk to his female friends in the bathroom...the accents made their conversation all the more humorous: "Where's your hoosband?" "He's at home, cooking dinner! Oi've got'im trained!") and saw that IU is going to the NCAA finals. I imagine Indiana must be rioting everywhere.

We (Fungus, her husband, and musician-boy) went to a birthday party in Half Moon Bay last night that was in a greenhouse, chilled-out music, plants and water fountains and pillows everywhere. The frogs were going wild. Fuck yeaaahhh. Tres sexy. That's where I want my next party to be.

And, music news for the usual suspect: the Beatles wanted to do LoTR in the '60s, and a weird little thing on a possible Pink Floyd enigma.

::: posted by alura allumeuse at 3:37 PM