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February 28, 2002
Who's willing to admit
that they get "choked up" when they hear a song or some kinda music? or just plain sob uncontrollably? and if so, what song was it?
Don't worry, you're all still real strong men, ok, protectin your families, workin the land, whatever. Just curious. [spit on the floor]
Any body? Show of hands?
Posted by Lang Squal at 02:04 PM
Catch Up On Your Reading
with Books in a Minute!
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 12:08 PM
February 27, 2002
Hey, you guys in Texas...
Have you heard/seen this band?
I saw them play about a year ago in Berkley as the opening act for Jad Fair. They were a lot of fun, and I bought a CD from them. I'm listening to it right now, and I was wondering if any of you old farts in Austin still got out to see bands and had anything to say 'bout them.
Posted by David L at 11:45 PM
Some one with a lot of time on their hands...
did this.
Posted by David L at 11:24 PM
Hey, King!
You're a professional musician. You're technically savvy. What do you think of this essay?
The future of music, by Matt Haughey
To me it seems to make sense, but I don't have to make my living selling music.
(Savvy! Now that was a great band. Fort Worth in the house!)
Posted by mccreath at 05:38 PM
Explain This, McDave
Anchorage Daily News | Two-headed moose fetus shocks Native community, baffles biologists
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 01:25 PM
weird
i just served black coffee to a fbi agent
weird
Posted by Lang Squal at 09:41 AM
February 26, 2002
Happy Birthday,
Johnny Cash!!! Remind me to kick my own ass for not taking the day off.
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 01:08 PM
February 25, 2002
A Nerdy Question For My Web Graphics Friends
So in the past month or so I've really have tried to learn as much graphic and web design as I can absorb, and have created a new home page that has Java button rollovers and an animated gif background...
I learned a lot doing it, but now there's 236k worth of data that has to be downloaded if someone wants to access the site (140k for the sound in the button rollovers, 96k in gifs).
I have crunched all the gifs and the sound files are 8kHz mono au files. There's no savings there. I can try shrinking the 56k background animated file to maybe a quarter of its size, but other than that I'm looking at bulky home page.
I know the size will be nothing much for high speed modems, but in the design world is there some rule of thumb but how big a site can be in order to be enjoyed by slower modems? Do most people in the US have 56k access?
I hate not being able to upload the new page, but if most people will give up on it before it can download then there isn't much of a point.
Posted by King at 05:48 PM
February 23, 2002
the world is a poorer place
god love mr. mike. nothing timely about this post, just got thinking about him is all.
Posted by tom at 12:16 PM
Chuck Jones, RIP
having a hard time not saying 'th-th-th-that's all folks.'
Posted by tom at 08:15 AM
February 22, 2002
This is where I'll be next Thursday evening.
Posted by mccreath at 08:51 PM
random thoughts
1] i been so into jazz recently that i forget how great OTHER music is that i like! the spinner:bluegrass is supergreat, plus there's always this: http://www.khyi.com/
2] speaking of jazz, thanks King n Craig for sending the jazzactuel box (and all them other ROCKs!), got it last night, im so excited i could
piss up a penny! lorn says she'll be droppin a check in the mail this week, plus a few extry goodies..!
3] ok the moon thing has me vexed. [not really but sorta] Do I believe the moon shot was a fake? Not really, but why should I believe we actually DID go to the moon? Both are absurd; and who says I HAVE TO believe FACTS? (isn't that FA[S]C[T]ISM?!) When the "evidence" is spurious, there' no telling what we can prove or disprove, or at least cause REASONABLE DOUBT. WAS the WTC attack a real "terrorist" attack, or just another CIA hit? There's plenty of "evidence" to "support" either claim, but neither would be conclusive. Is there wind on the moon? I dunno, never been there. Logic says no, but the filmclip says yes (and yes ive seen that clip elsewhere besides on that dude's website.) If I asked Jewel (the kitty who rules my house) she'd just yawn, stretch out her arm, and yowl at me to scratch her back. When we live in world where Eminem and Elton John make a record together, and it actually gets PLAYED, there's no telling what's real...
4] saw a great King of the Hill episode last night, with Willie Nelson in it, it ends at his picnic, and Anne Richards is playing tether-ball with one of Willie's roadies. Let us all take a knee, Hoyt-style, to King of the Hill.
5] One cup of coffee boys, one cup!
Posted by Lang Squal at 09:44 AM
Is that your foot in your pocket?
Posted by mccreath at 09:32 AM
February 21, 2002
Synergy or something
Not many conversations will you to a web site dedicated to Women in Philosophy and a web site dedicated to the Bugaloos, but Mike and I just had one.
Posted by mccreath at 04:42 PM
i just stred into the green laser light of our copier for about ten minute. s
i think my mentator is all lobotomushed
Posted by Lang Squal at 11:31 AM
When Will
Tyson bite again?
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 10:23 AM
February 20, 2002
Wind on the Moon...?
www.moonmovie.com
Posted by Lang Squal at 04:23 PM
February 19, 2002
Im feelin weird
cuz the Broken Spoke has a website, http://www.lnstar.com/bspoke/
is that right?
but I'm the one who looked to see if it did!
I kinda feel better that their site is filled with gramatical and spelling errors...
Posted by Lang Squal at 05:10 PM
Simpson's BB-Kettle
Mine arrived yesterday, it'll make you wanna fine it up right there in the living room!
I may just keep it there for the occasional emergency T-Bone, when I'm too famished to make it all the way out to the backyard to fire up the big grill and whatnot. Now for the emergency Simpsons beer fridge...
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 12:54 PM
Father Knows Best
TheLouisvilleChannel.com - First-Grader Crashes Family Car
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 11:02 AM
I went rootin around in the attic,
and look what I found!
http://www.post-literate.com/gerpunx/archives/00000509.php#comments
Posted by Lang Squal at 10:47 AM
February 18, 2002
What Would Freud Say
about this?
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 03:14 PM
Ouch...
Hey guess what... I broke my collarbone. I went to an aikido retreat in Occidental Ca this weekend, and on Friday night, during the first class, I got my feet tangled in my partners hakama (big black japanese skirt) while taking a fall, and instead of going feet over head, I went shoulder first into the mat. Next thing I know I'm coming back to the camp wearing a figure eight brace and pumped full of vicodin. I have a friend who works for a medical imaging company who said he can scan my x-rays. I'll make sure to post a copy for you guys to see.
Mmmmmmm...vicodin.
Posted by David L at 12:52 PM
Our New Dog
A couple of pics of our new dog Ella hamming it up with Hank...
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 10:06 AM
Russian Bear Calendar
Some mighty interesting bears they have...
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 08:01 AM
February 17, 2002
A Good Thing About Saturday Night Live Reruns
Not so much the show, but the mugging and shennanagins during the credits. Today I saw RuPaul, Charles Barkely, and Kurt Cobain standing on stage smiling at each other like it was the most normal thing in the world. Then Krist Novacelic walked over and was comparing heights with RuPaul. I don't know. I just liked it.
Posted by mccreath at 01:01 PM
February 15, 2002
Just a Reminder
Posted by Lang Squal at 03:59 PM
Speaking Of Dorky...
Hacking Big Mouth Billy Bass in Linux
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 12:56 PM
School makes everything so dorky!
Ok art scholars, help me out. I'm doing a presentation on bebop for my jazzhist. class next week, and I want to make a correlation between bebop and the later work of Jackson Pollock..
my question is, is this statement warranted? Does anyone know conclusively what music he listened to? I'm sure others have drawn the comparison between the music and his art- free expression but not CHAOS. I'm just wondering if it's real or just coincidental.
Thanks to all you who are smart!
[ps: King did you get my email a few weeks back about nabbing me a copy of the Jazz-Actuel boxset @ 33Degrees? email me!]
Posted by Lang Squal at 09:41 AM
February 14, 2002
Amen, Johnny!
To quote Johnny Cash: "Country music used to represent horses, railroads, land, judgement day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship,
marriage, adultery, separatism, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety, rebellion,
patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness, heartbreak, love, mother, and God."
Today, country consists of "artists" that sell-out in an effort to act and sound like pop groups. Currently, country music is only concerned
about fitting in and staying "popular."
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 03:36 PM
February 13, 2002
Damn.
Pour a little tonight, homies.
Posted by mccreath at 06:26 PM
JJ Offender, 2002 style
I don't know which is more surprising, the reunion show or a slick website:
The Official Offenders Site - Home
Posted by King at 12:12 PM
February 12, 2002
dentures out, por favor.
Posted by Mike at 11:18 PM
What's Bob been up to?
(Along the way, I got sidetracked for 7 months in late 1999/early 2000, assuming the role of Creative Consultant at the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling branch of AOL/TimeWarner. Being part of the team that, each week, created 4 to 7 hours of live episodic television watched by 3-4 million households per show was a childhood dream come true, and perhaps the hardest work I’ve ever done. I learned a lot about life from that job, and it also took months to decompress from the experience. But I digress.)
Posted by Mike at 08:23 PM
It's About Time
we acted our age(s) and posted some porn!
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 01:50 PM
from alaska
pioneer wisdom to young women concerning the out-of-balance male:female ratio in alaska:
the odds are good, but the goods are odd.
Posted by tom at 12:25 PM
February 11, 2002
arthur, interupted
just as the tick was REALLY beginning to grow on me... they cancelled it.
Posted by tom at 05:41 PM
I Offer As Proof
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 02:14 PM
MY First Culturally Radical Statement of the New Year:
Britney Spears is, by far, more talented that Diana Ross ever was.
Comments?
Posted by Lang Squal at 11:56 AM
February 09, 2002
now thru my store: if you were putting it off
now's the time.
the simpson's weber grill is now only $10 from amazon.
Posted by tom at 05:32 PM
February 07, 2002
Gene Simmons Takes On
If you're looking for the interview mp3, read this:
Send an email to gene@post-literate.com, and he'll send you a note back telling you where to find the file.
Sorry for the hassle, but we get a lot of requests for this file, and it would eat up our bandwidth, which is why we don't just post it. That and Gene Simmons specifically refused to let Fresh Air post the interview on their site.
thanks!
David McCreath, post-literate.com webmaster
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 08:41 AM
February 06, 2002
Two cultural notes
"That 80's Show" uses "Eighties" by Killing Joke as a them song. I'm so saddened by this realization that I can hardly speak. I hope the band is at least getting some money. Surely they could have found some bad, meaningfully eighties song to ruin. Anyone have any suggestions?
On a much happier note, I have discovered "Samurai Jack" on the Cartoon Network. It rules. I heart "Samurai Jack". If I could make a cartoon, it would be very similar to "Samurai Jack". Here's an interview with the creator.
Posted by mccreath at 10:16 PM
"Because non-traitors have nothing to hide"
Posted by King at 06:25 PM
THINK TANKard..
From: Hoyt
We're not fat, we're prepared for the worst! When we were younger, we were slimmer because we were too naive to think of the future. Now that we're wise MEN, we have a built in emergency rationing system. We's SMART, ya see?...
--
"Flowers, Phil" wrote:
OH OK! Give me some of that smart-chicken-fried-chicken, some that learnin-gravy, and a whole lot more of that brain-beer!
--
From: Hoytungen
Oh, the "Think-Pak®", comin' right up! I'd also like a Thinkin'-Fried Steak, Fletcher's Corn-Thoughts, and a dissertation of Enchiladas!
Posted by Lang Squal at 09:55 AM
I have GOT
TO GET OUT OF HERE!
Posted by Lang Squal at 09:20 AM
February 05, 2002
PATTI SMITH'S LAND 1975-2002, the first compilation of her career, is set for March 19th release.
Patti Smith's, LAND 1975-2002, the long-anticipated first compilation of her career, is set for a March 19th in-store date. A double-CD package, LAND 1975-2002, presents one disc of single sides and album tracks that were chosen by her fans, and a second disc consistingentirely of material previously unreleased, including demo and alternate takes, live tracks, poetry, rarities and her recording of Prince's When Doves Cry. The collection will be graced by liner notes written by Susan Sontag, philosopher and educator, novelist and journalist, winner of last year's National Book Award for In America, as well as a 36 page booklet featuring previously unavailable photos, notes, original lyrics, artwork, and drawings from Patti Smiths archives. Additional unavailable material from Patti Smith's career will be available exclusively at her website, www.pattismithland.com, launching in March 2002.
The selections on disc one were finalized from more than 10,000 votes cast by fans during Pattis recent club and concert tours, as well as votes solicited over the Internet. The bulk of these songs originate on the 8 original albums that she has recorded for Arista:
Horses (1975), Radio Ethiopia (1976), Easter (1978), Wave (1979), Dream Of Life (1988), Gone Again (1996), Peace and Noise (1997), and Gung Ho (2000).
Fans can expect LAND 1975-2002's disc one to include Dancing Barefoot, Gloria, People Have the Power, Because The Night, Pissing In A River, Free Money, Summer Cannibals, Frederick, Glitter In Their Eyes, and more. The release of Patti Smiths, LAND 1975-2002 will coincide with a national tour with her band featuring Lenny Kaye, Oliver Ray, Tony Shanahan, and Jay Dee Daugherty.
Patti Smith - singer and songwriter, poet and rock shaman, mother and sister, activist and humanitarian, is a primal force of social conscience and has been one of the
cornerstones of Arista Records for its entire 26-year existence. Just as it is virtually impossible to separate Patti's mystique from the record company's identity, it is just as difficult to imagine the evolution of rock - especially the politically-charged factions of alternative rock - without her presence.
Of course I'm thrilled with this news of more unreleased stuff coming out- hopefully the Piss Factory/Hey Joe single will finally be released on cd- but of course i'm officially appalled at th enotion of BONUS TRACKS, which haunt my every living day.
That's also cool about her tour! Whatever, I'm a dork!
Posted by Lang Squal at 02:50 PM
Oh Well, Didn't Work...
Here's some religion for Phil, our prodigal son...
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 02:12 PM
How Great Thou Aren't
It seems to me that our pal Triztan Tzara was very close to an understanding of the eternal tao, when he was speaking of dada:
[from http://dept.english.upenn.edu/~jenglish/English104/tzara.html]
"Dada is a state of mind. That is why it transforms itself according to races and events. Dada applies itself to everything, and yet
it is nothing, it is the point where the yes and the no and all the opposites meet, not solemnly in the castles of human
philosophies, but very simply at street corners, like dogs and grasshoppers...
...Perhaps you will understand me better when I tell you that Dada is a virgin microbe that penetrates with the insistence of air into all the spaces that reason has not been able to fill with words or conventions."
Posted by Lang Squal at 01:10 PM
Something About This
just makes me laugh and laugh and laugh.....
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 08:55 AM
February 04, 2002
Axes to Grind
Passed Over, Syria, China, Libya Form Axis of Just As Evil
Posted by mccreath at 12:23 PM
Hoyt,
looks like we got some competition whose ass needs kickin'!
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 11:11 AM
DJ F-A B-O L-O U-S!
Hey DJ, there's a hiphop song out now where I swear Fabolous is rappin
"holla back Jungen!"
maybe one of you Gs who are ballin outa control, and keepin it crunk on the wheels of steel can hook a brother up with a mp3 of this joint!
[7 white guys shrugging shoulders, shifting uncomfortably]
Posted by Lang Squal at 08:47 AM
February 01, 2002
More Pressing Issues
So, Phil tells me that the Mexican flag raised at the table at Pancho's for more sopapillas has been replaced by a Pancho's corporate flag. I offer this 
as a substitute, as it combines my love of enchiladas, and Big Boy, master of all foodstuffs. Raise it with pride, and pass the honey!
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 04:44 PM
Some New (?) Books
Enjoy taking this through the airports!
http://feralhouse.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=feral&Product_Code=1046
I'd like to read this, although his whole campaign was based on NOT WINNING. And where is Nader now?
http://www.crashingtheparty.org/
comments...?
Posted by Lang Squal at 11:40 AM