Arg! This makes me so mad! What good does it to do Blagojevich to appoint Roland Burris now, at a time when the corruption charges leveled agaisnt Blagojevich ensures his nomination will never see a seat in the Senate honored?
Former State Attorney General Burris isn’t a terrible choice, and he’s a choice that Governor Blagojevich could have [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Blagojevich defies all reason and logic and appoints Roland Burris to replace Obama for Illinois’s Senate seat
Posted in Celebrities, Obama, Politics, tagged Blagojevich, Caroline Kennedy, horrible injustice, Illinois, Obama, Politics, stupid Democrats on December 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I want Mike for Christmas!
Posted in Bands, Bubblegum, Christmas, Comedy, Personal Shit, Television on December 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Santa brought me the Young Ones on DVD, the OHM electronic music box-set, some cook books including The Veganomicon, and even winter snows! But perhaps my favorite gift of the modern era is the internet, where I can go back and see strange clips from things I saw on telly when I was ten!
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Slade beats Simon LeBon at Christmas!
Posted in Bands, Celebrities, Christmas, Comedy, Glam Rock, Performers, Television on December 25, 2008 | Comments Off
It’s fifteen minutes until Christmas! Enjoy it the Slade way. From The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer…
California wins lawsuit against Airborne
Posted in Art, Comics, LAist, Other Stuff, Politics, Soda Pop on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My buddy Greg has been saying this for years–a medicine “created by a school teacher” is not something to brag about and is no substitution for drugs crafted through the rigorous application of the scientific method.
And now Airborne just lost their case with the State of California, and is going to have to significantly change [...]
The Haunted House of Horror
Posted in Albums, Bands, Celebrities, David Bowie, Ghosts, Movies on December 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is one of those films that you know kind of sucks but you still have to see. I usually hate spoilers, but I just have to say it: Frankie Avalon gets stabbed through his dick in this movie! There is a crotch stabbing, and the Big Kahuna gets it! And you also get to [...]
Beverly Garland RIP
Posted in Los Angeles, Movies, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Obituaries, Television on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Beverly Garland died this week. The press remembers her mostly for her television work, and as a Roger Corman B-movie actress.
I remember her as both! Who can forget Swamp Diamonds on Mystery Science Theater 3000?
And let’s not be hasty and forget Gunslinger!
Milk and Sylvester and Neil Young!
Posted in Bands, Celebrities, Electronic Music, Gay and Lesbian stuff, Movies, Performers, Personal Shit, Politics, Songwriters, Soul Music on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just saw Gus Van Sant’s Milk last night. Of course it was great and moving and sad and informative. And of course Sean Penn wowed us with his performance, even though we already knew it was going to be good.
But amidst all the drama and sadness and history, I got a little nugget of [...]
I don’t believe a Zappa on a Sunday!
Posted in Albums, Alice Cooper, Bands, Celebrities, Comedy, Other Stuff, Performers, Personal Shit on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I want to stress that I have had some friends who were uanbashed Zappa dorks. Like, people who would claim his version of “Ring of Fire” was better than the Johnny Cash version. Or who would sit around watching Zappa dick around on stage in 1983 with a bunch of drums and chimes. I am not [...]
Tycho Brahe is not a train set!
Posted in Celebrities, Musicals, Politics, Religion on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
my brotha, the Brahe!
Today’s re-discovery of the space-light phantasma-echo of Tycho Brahe’s supernova (originally discovered in 1572) has sent me into a whirlwind of post-mortem mania over Tycho’s total awesomeness! This is the Renaissance man for me!
Not only did he use meticulous observation (without a telescope) to determine that the stars were not fixed to [...]
Bob Dole needs positive reinforcement
Posted in Other Stuff, Politics on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Isn’t Bob Dole just a lovable old coot? This touching tidbit from the Nixon archives released today shows that this former leader of the Party of Lincoln also had a frailty, a need to be commended by virtuous men such as Nixon. It really gets me misty-eyed reading this:
The material also shows a sensitive side [...]
