Habanera For The End Of The Era

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Have A Happy New Year Folks!



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Bad Checks Tee

Errol Englebrecht design circa-1985

Happy Kiss My Ass, Horsley Style

Sebastian Horsley, my favorite irreverent Dandy, writes on his views of Christmas and what pisses him off about it.

"...Christmas we meet ourselves as we really are. That's why it's so hard to bear for the depressed. The day glows like a fire through dimpled cottage windows in an unforgiving season. But for those who can only peep through the curtains, for those who will never be invited in, it only opens even wider that empty gulf of yearning between other people's happiness and your own cold despair.

What about those on the inside? What about those who descend into the bunker of the family? It shouldn't take Christmas for us to recognise that Santa Claus definitely had the right idea. Only visit people once a year and make sure, while you are at it, that you don't actually meet them.

But aren't we forgetting the true meaning of this day: a joyful celebration of the birth of Jesus? Isn't it strange how the whole world observes Christ's birthday while absolutely nobody observes his beliefs.

Jesus was a great and radical philosopher. Here was a truly autonomous mind; here was someone who was prepared to do his own thinking, no matter what the price. A Jewish thinker enrolling in the school of the Greek cynics, he drew on traditions of outspokenness, shamelessness and unconventionality. He spoke of anarchy, anti-materialism and identification with the poor.

His message, quite simply, was that family and personal property must go. Only then could we have peace on earth and goodwill to all men. So we celebrate Christ's birthday by gathering our families together and stockpiling mountains of possessions to wage war on one another over TV schedules and who will clear up.

Gentle Jesus, meek and mild? No one made more trouble than this baby. The ass-like cult of Christianity that stands around his manger is the antithesis of the man. Christ was an anti-Christ. He was a true radical."

Carol of The Bells

OK, last post b4 Santa catches me on the computer... this version of Carol of The Bells, one of my favorite holiday songs, is a bit over-the-top with the Celtic Women here, but sometimes it's needed. I also like the claymation version.


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An Elf Song

I really like this song and thought I'd share - this one from Zooey Deschanel and Will Ferrel in Elf

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The Christmas Controversy

I have wondered about this particular image and sought out what I could find on the internets.

Huckabee and Stewart on Marriage

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Mike Huckabee Pt. 2

Barack Obama Interview
John McCain Interview

Sarah Palin Video
Funny Election Video

Personally I think legal marriage should be abolished but this video with Mike Huckabee is one of the reasons I love Jon Stewart and his interviewing style. I really appreciate the challenges he offers to Huckabee's antiquated way of thinking.

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Unknown Hinson

“Ever womern’s dream and ever jealous husband’s nightmare.”

NC Psychobilly artist, Unknown Hinson, will be playing New Year's Eve at The Lincoln Theater this year. Could be playing hits such as "Peace, Love and Hard Liquor", "Pregnant again", "Fishcamp Womern", or"Alkyhol Withdrawal".
Don't let the camp fool you, this guy can play!





Liquid Chicken!



Master Of Love's Advice

His music and his message are undeniably clear:
“Rawk is the devil’s music.
You youngerns need to burn yore hippie rawk rakkerds,
and learn how to act by listenin’ to the chart-toppin’ message of my lyrics
and show-stoppin’ sound of my guit-tar playin’.”

The Future Is Unknown

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I think I found -The One-

BUSH HOGGING FOR ?????? - $35 (Triangle)

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Reply to: sale-934750807@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-11-26, 6:51AM EST


Will bush hog for items of value or $35/hour. Love to bush hog. 919-201-1910

THIS is the person I've been wanting to hook up with! I have SO MUCH bush hoggin' to do!

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Land of the Lost and Sleestak Obsessions

Doesn't it look like the Sleestaks should be carrying Marilyn Monroe and singing "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend"?

More pictures coming in from the post-production of Land of the Lost remake. This was one of the most frustrating of my Saturday morning favorites from Sid&Marty Krofft - too many stumblings when the T-Rex was chasing, too many problems with Chaka causing trouble. Should have ditched the little furry guy long ago. Now the remake is with Will Ferrell and due to be released next June. But can they capture the magic of the original opening theme?


I love trolling for sleestaks in our modern society:




So I'll leave you with a holiday theme - they would have made nice Christmas cards..


More Monet-style paintings of sleestaks

Keith Norval Opening Tonight at Artspace

Keith Norval
is having an opening reception during this evening's First Friday Gallery Walk.
It's entitled "The Corporate Art Show".
Keith was a face I often saw pulling odd shifts at Pullen Arts Center and now he has his residence at Artspace and the opening will be in the Upfront Gallery. I love his work!

December 5 – 27, 2008
Opening Reception: December 5, 6-10pm

"This new series of oil paintings by Keith Norval explores the theme of business through animals. With the current state of things (environmental destruction, factory farming, extinctions) it seems animals would be better off if they had some kind of representation. Piggy lawyers, corporate crocs, rhinos in suits, business monkeys, motivational chickens, and mad cows - this show aims to give them their own voices."

Southern Culture On The Skids

Am going to try and catch them tonight at the Lincoln Theater in Raleigh.
If not, they'll still be in hometown territory December 13th at
The Cats Cradle on the other side of the tracks in Carrboro.
For Trailerbilly RocknRoll, Rick Miller's guitar really says it all.
For a sneak listen to a couple of tracks, tune into my playlist.

"Affectionate, banana pudding-loving look at white trash culture"

IndyWeek

DVD Rentals in November

Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
SpongeBob SquarePants: Who Bob What Pants
Flubber
Harold and Kumar...Guantanamo Bay
Californication: Season 1: Disc 2
Strings
The Triplets of Belleville
The King of Kong
The Point

New Tequila Bar Downtown Raleigh

Opening maybe this weekend?? Creative menu, chilled atmosphere, reposados and anejos!

Misery Loves TV

One of my favorite reads, SFGate columnist, Mark Morford, has captured questions I had myself after the release of a recent study by the General Social Survey on the correlation between unhappy people and their TV habits.

"...Why are studies like this not more accurate? Why are studies like this not more comprehensive? They manage to get 30,000 people on the phone and all they ask them is, "Are you unhappy?" followed by "How much TV do you watch?"

And then they hear this heavy sigh and a long pause as the person on the other end of the line pours himself a giant tub of gin and flicks something hard and yellowish from the corner of his consciousness, and says:

"A lot, actually, especially reality TV -- gotta love reality TV, especially those shows that make you feel soiled and sad and are so debasing you'd have to be a tree fungus not to feel a little bit better about yourself after watching them -- which I don't, actually, feel any better that is, which is pretty sad, so the answer is yes, I'm unhappy, and I watch a lot of TV."

"Very good, sir. Thank you so much for your ti--"

"Wait. I also dream about being eaten alive by giant angry candy corns, and then being reborn as a small squash, fated to be chopped up and boiled in a vat of peasant soup in rural China. Who's calling, please?"

Mark Morford's article

It's Official!

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Monday, December 1, 2008 -- 12:32 PM ET
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It's Official: U.S. Economy in Recession

The National Bureau of Economic Research, a panel of academic
economists charged with the official designation of business
cycles, said that the United States economy has been in
recession since December 2007, when economic activity peaked.

Read More:
NY Times Article

Blog Personality Typealyzer

Ha, found on Wonkette a reference to a site that analyzes your blog, catagorizing its author as one of the 16 Myers-Briggs Personality Types.

Typealyzer.com

Psychocosmos is an

ESTP - The Doers

The active and play-ful type. They are especially attuned to people and things around them and often full of energy, talking, joking and engaging in physical out-door activities.

The Doers are happiest with action-filled work which craves their full attention and focus. They might be very impulsive and more keen on starting something new than following it through. They might have a problem with sitting still or remaining inactive for any period of time.

Analysis

extraverted-sensing-thinking-perceptive

Outgoing
Diplomatic
Charming
Witty
Fun
Generous
Observing
Socially sophisticated
Resourceful
Troubleshooter
Unpredictable
Action oriented
Clever

but, but.. I consistently test out as the polar opposite of the Perceptives, INFP??

introverted-intuitive-feeling-perceptive

Quiet
Sensitive
Perceptive
Creative
Idealistic
Committed to people and causes
Spiritual or Philosophical
Capacity for deep caring
Likes harmony
Guided by strong inner sense of values