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July 31, 2003
Calling all computer geeks
What is your opinion on the "patch" mentioned in this article? Should I install it on my computer? Please let me know before the end-of-all-as-we-know-it arrives.
Posted by David L at 07:40 PM | Comments (7)
The Best Version Of
Born To Be Wild I've ever heard.
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 10:47 AM | Comments (4)
July 30, 2003
A Daily Fox
Such carpenters, such chips...
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 08:59 AM | Comments (4)
I want to cry...
Posted by David L at 01:10 AM | Comments (2)
July 29, 2003
Ok, is this odd?
{two this week, to make up for missing last week}
Ultra-Realistic Male Penis and Ass
Posted by Lang Squal at 06:49 PM | Comments (6)
Take this quick art test!
Inspired by this: Rat-brained robot does distant art.
Posted by mccreath at 06:27 PM | Comments (0)
Is this Odd?
Posted by Lang Squal at 04:38 PM | Comments (3)
More data on the TG reunion gig
this was in my email from CTI (Chris & Cosey)
RE~TG ticket price and venue explained
As the event is basically a mini festival held over a weekend at a
holiday camp, the ticket price is £125 per person. BUT these can only
be bought in minimum qty's of 4. This is because you are buying
accommodation for the weekend along with your ticket. The accommodation
takes the form of a chalet, which is basically like a small motel room.
The chalets come in varying sizes, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 berth. Which means
a tickets will be £500 for 4 people, £1000 for 8 etc.
There is a message board set up ( https://groups.msn.com/retg ) so that
sharers can be found if you don't have enough people to fill a chalet
yourselves.
We understand that this isn't a typical way to sell tickets for shows
or events, but this won't be a typical event and this setting suits
both TG and the event we want to put on far more than anywhere else.
So that you know what you are getting for you money, the purchase of a
chalet will include entrance to the whole event for the 3 days, the
site has reasonably priced bars in each of the gig rooms, a pub, shops
and a basic restuarant, an amusement arcade, swimming pool and various
other tacky holiday camp activities. There will also be an exclusive TG
stall on site. Each chalet has beds for the appropriate number of
people, a TV, (with regular UK TV channels, some Sky channels and we
plan to have a special channel which we will programme ourselves), a
kitchen with a fridge, cooker, kettle, sink, table and chairs,
a bathroom with a bath/shower, toilet, sink and hot running water.
You will be supplied with a key for the chalet so it's secure.
The sea and beach is a short walk away, along with some basic shops and
bus service to the town. Travel instructions on how to get there can be
obtained from the Camber Sands web site
(https://pontins.com/pontins-cambersands.htm).
We will be sending update e-mails with any additional information on
the event as we get it.
Look forward to seeing you there
best TG
link to our previous discussion
Posted by Lang Squal at 09:45 AM | Comments (0)
July 28, 2003
Also dead
Erik Braunn, the Iron Butterfly guitarist who played one of rock's most recognizable riffs in the 17-minute anthem "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," died of cardiac arrest Friday. He was 52.
Posted by mccreath at 01:39 PM | Comments (0)
Fred Durst
is funny.
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 10:38 AM | Comments (2)
So Long, Bob
https://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-07-28-hope-obit_x.htm
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 09:29 AM | Comments (0)
July 25, 2003
More Online Listening
Posted by Lang Squal at 09:58 AM | Comments (0)
New Fake Name
This morning my pal Silky Smoov dubbed me with a new fake name, Lawrence LastName, which I like! I've been thinking it was time for a change anyway, and I've always liked the name Larry. Even though my wife is sometimes called that as well, I'm claiming it.
Y'all can still refer to me (please refer to me! [sob!]) by my many stupid fake names, including Stpl Rmvr, Dr. Lang Squal, Rictus Uranium, etc etc, just be sure not to mention that dum name my parents foisted on me, thanks.
And now, on with the show!!!!!!
Posted by Lang Squal at 09:25 AM | Comments (0)
July 23, 2003
Whole Foods Market Workers Unite!
what's this all about?
Posted by Mike at 06:42 PM | Comments (0)
Me and the Missus
...have been trying to come up with names for the future chicken-pot-pie. So far, the short list contains:
boy--Krokus, Baphomet, Beaudreaux, Ozzy, SeaBiscuit, Pussywillow, and Snoopy
girl--Peaches, Bjork, SeaBiscuit, Orgasmica, Phrank, and Clamydia.
Suggestions would be appreciated.
Posted by David L at 01:49 AM | Comments (3)
July 22, 2003
The Octodog
has some friends!!!!
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 07:55 AM | Comments (2)
July 21, 2003
Dear Mr. Septic,
Belatedly
Posted by mccreath at 01:10 PM | Comments (2)
Some Light Reading
https://www.thingsmygirlfriendandihavearguedabout.com/
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 10:32 AM | Comments (0)
July 20, 2003
RE-TG
Well. we have a year to save our money and fly to the UK to see Throbbing Gristle play.
The RE-TG shows will also have Coil, Carter Tutti (aka Chris & Cosey), Panasonic and host of incredibly cool acts over three nights.
I just have one question...
Who is this person sitting in with Thobbing Gristle?
My early guesses are either Martha Raye as Benita Bizarre from the Bugaloos:
or maybe Phyllis Diller to block:
Posted by King at 03:39 AM | Comments (7)
July 18, 2003
Heh, Heh, Heh
I stumbled across us while searching for something that, while I forget now what it was, must have been of an extremely intelligent nature to come across us in a search. Upon investigating our earlier posts, I have reached the conclusion that
WE'RE FUNNY! DAMN FUNNY! We make us lafff, harrrrrr, harrrrrr, haaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrr (choking, falling off cahir, dying)!!!!!!!!
No, really, I was laughing my ass off. Funny. Thanks, all.
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 06:36 PM | Comments (3)
The Fall live
me and my drankin buddy kortney saw the fall last night..
Having never seen em before, I had no idea what to expect. Ultimately I really don’t know many of their songs, and in this set I didn’t know a single one. Also, I couldn’t understand a single word that was said/sung by Mark Smith; not in the usual sense of “what is he talking about” but I literally didn’t comprehend a single word during the whole set, so it was really about presence and ROCK.
Their official website has live reviews of this tour from hardcore fans who clearly know every one of the fall’s one thousand albums and two thousand singles by heart, and their comments here tell that they experienced a lot of what we did. The set was good, but Mark looked old like old Johnny Cash, the Johnny Cash of about 3 years ago. (according to these reviews, he wears dentures- that’s a brit for ya- and that really explains the sunken old mouth and weird expressions Smith kept making, sucking on his falsies.) The band, who I assumed was just this year’s pick up but maybe they’ve been around, were good and tight, but sadly no chaos or hypnotism as described by several of these fans. But somewhere about the late middle of the set things just lifted off the ground for an amazing finish, but that’s also around the time the five drinks id had kicked in full, but whatever. They finished and split but the 17 year old girl who plays the casio on a barstool rushed back out and said something about they were going to play some more in the next room (the tipsy tea room has a small and a large, they were in the small), so every drunk one of us piled in there but there was nothing going on AT ALL, things were a mess and it could have been a weird prank, or maybe they did play an encore but a lot of people including us splitskied so who knows what happened next. We swung down to the expo lounge for more drinking, where I drunkenly introduced kortney to somebody I had just met as “one of my wives.” all in all a great thursday night
Posted by Lang Squal at 11:29 AM | Comments (8)
July 17, 2003
More online listening
Say what you will about Julian Cope (yes the dude from teardrop explodes), but he is dedicated to spreading the gospel of oddball/obscuro rock & sound, especially psychedelic and krautrock. He lovingly and meticulously researches, chronicles, and publishes (both on the web and in books/cds) information about otherwise missing music.
His website has samples of his radio shows, including guest djs like Thighpaulsandra of Coil, and Album of the Month featuring obscure lost records. Check it out!
Posted by Lang Squal at 11:55 AM | Comments (0)
Literary Bar Jokes
Corny, but what would you expect from something called "iowablog"?
Posted by mccreath at 11:39 AM | Comments (3)
July 16, 2003
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The late, great Bill Hicks!
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 06:14 PM | Comments (1)
Recently
(mid april) All My Children broadcast the first-ever lesbian kiss on daytime tv. (It was between Bianca & her girlfriend)
Can anyone here find a place on the www to viiew that scene? I didn't have any luck with my searches.
Thanks!
Posted by Lang Squal at 10:48 AM | Comments (3)
Provocative column
from Michael Kinsley of the Washington Post, July 3 2003.
Posted by Lang Squal at 08:30 AM | Comments (0)
July 15, 2003
Is this odd, or not?, pt.2
Clearly no-one seems interested in my Record of the Week posts. So, allow me to begin, with this second installment, a new weekly post called Is this odd or not?, which began accidentally last week with the reports of the baseball / sausage costume incident.
In Is this odd or not?, I will be posting things I have found that I am genuinely unsure whether they are odd, i.e. unusual, or if perhaps I am just misunderstanding these things. Maybe I’m just not seeing the bigger picture where in they are not odd, or I am just so removed from the “sub-culture” which produced them that I am baffled by something which those in the know take for granted. But enough explanation: and now, on with the show!
Is this odd, or not?
PFLAG fans, potholders, and Cookbooks
National Coming Out Day cd
(has tracks from Bob Mould, and Sam Harris from Star Seach)
Posted by Lang Squal at 04:29 PM | Comments (1)
The Illustrated Catalog of ACME products
Posted by Lang Squal at 04:26 PM | Comments (0)
July 14, 2003
Who wants to play a round of King is Nice?!
I'll start..
King is nice!
Posted by Lang Squal at 02:33 PM | Comments (5)
July 11, 2003
Honda's new Accord commercial
This thing is flying around the email-net, so y'all've probably all seen it already. The text that follows was in my email; I have no idea who wrote it (not the person who sent it to me!); maybe it's compiled from the links on the website or whatever, I don't know, I didn't read any of those. Nor can I account for the veracity of any of the statements/claims. Anyway, here it is:
"The New Honda commercial in the UK. Very important that you understand: There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in the film. Everything you see happened in real time exactly as you see it.
The film took 606 takes. On the first 605 takes, something, usually very minor, didn't work. They would then have to set the whole thing up again. The crew spent weeks shooting night and day. By the time it was over, they were ready to change professions.
The film cost six million dollars (holy!) and took three months to complete including a full engineering the sequence. In addition, it's two minutes long so every time Honda airs the film on British television, they're shelling out enough dough to keep any one of us in clover for a lifetime. However, it is fast becoming the most downloaded advertisement in internet history. Honda executives figure the ad will soon pay for itself simply in "free"
viewings. (Honda isn't paying a dime to have you watch this commercial!). When the ad was pitched to senior executives, they signed off on it immediately without any hesitation -- including the costs.
There are six and only six hand-made Accords in the world. To the horror of Honda engineers, the filmmakers disassembled two of them to make the film. Everything you see in the film (aside from the walls, floor, ramp, and complete Honda Accord) are parts from those two cars.
The voiceover is Garrison Keillor. When the ad was shown to Honda executives, they liked it and commented on how amazing computer graphics have gotten. They fell off their chairs when they found out it was for real.
Oh, and about those funky windshield wipers, on the new Accords, the windshield wipers have water sensors and are designed to start doing their thing automatically as soon
as they become wet. It looks a bit weird in the commercial."
Posted by Lang Squal at 01:28 PM | Comments (2)
Is this odd, or not? I need some help with this one..
Posted by Lang Squal at 08:46 AM | Comments (3)
July 10, 2003
ping pong
Posted by Mike at 03:06 PM | Comments (1)
Rounding Out
the "terrifying visuals posts" theme of today, I offer this. Em and I are going to get remarried just so she can wear it!
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 02:47 PM | Comments (3)
he came for the getting pissed on, he stayed for the wife sleeping with..
Posted by Lang Squal at 02:35 PM | Comments (0)
I just won this..
from https://www.shopgoodwill.com
It's a bargain basement ebay type auction. I spent $20, plus $7.19 on shipping. Here is the page with more pix
If that seems high to yall, I have wanted a Hugo doll since it came out, when i was 7 or 8. I saw the commercials (love to see that again!), saw him in the Sears christmas catalog, asked my parents many times, but no luck. So finally, I'm 39, I'm getting a beat up old used one, at nearly the same price it was originally, so I'm happy! [weeping]
Posted by Lang Squal at 02:27 PM | Comments (2)
Introducing......
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 09:39 AM | Comments (4)
July 09, 2003
Art comes to Alaska
If you happen to be in Anchorage this week...
My friend Kevin is having an art show. You should go, cause how many nights in a row can you sit at home watching Trading Spaces anyway.
Friday, July 11, 6-8 PM
7/11-31
Snow City Cafe
1034 W. 4th Ave.
There will be an article about him in something called the Anchorage Weekly. It come Thursday.
Posted by Mike at 02:44 PM | Comments (3)
July 08, 2003
She's up the pole
Hey fellas, Looks like I'm gonna be a pa.
Posted by David L at 10:32 PM | Comments (9)
July 07, 2003
If'n I Ain't Mistaken,
Happy belated birthday, stpl rmvr!
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 11:19 AM | Comments (6)
RIP, Jed Clampett
https://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/07/obit.ebsen.ap/index.html
Man, enough of this, already!
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 08:58 AM | Comments (0)
July 04, 2003
Barry!!!!
They'll be makin' seet, sweet love in heaven tonight.
Posted by Mike at 07:02 PM | Comments (0)
Sauna Pants
I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT ALL MEN, EXCEPT A HOLY FATHER AND A REVEREND, SHOULD WEAR SAUNA PANTS WHEN THEIR TESTICLES ARE FACED WITH HEATING.
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 10:21 AM | Comments (1)
July 02, 2003
404
Cannot find Weapons of Mass Destruction
Posted by Mike at 06:20 PM | Comments (0)
I Am So There!
https://j-walk.com/other/conf/index.htm
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 02:24 PM | Comments (2)
A Few Random Links to Keep it Interesting
Upcoming Horror Movies
Fangoria
Posted by Lang Squal at 09:18 AM | Comments (0)
Looners
Phil asked me for more porn. Such a dirty word. Such a teenage quest for photos of 'pussy.'
Sad Phil. I give you BUSTERS WORLD.
Sophisticated erotica for the distinguished gentleman. With ballons!
Posted by Mike at 08:54 AM | Comments (3)
July 01, 2003
Space Management
Space management is the cornerstone of category management. An easy-to-shop, consumer-appealing shelf can be a key factor in keeping your shoppers happy. Space-to-sales, turn rate and GMROI analyses can help create the most profitable planogram. In addition, our digital image capabilities can help you visualize the set and help drive compliance down to the store level.
Posted by Lang Squal at 09:41 AM | Comments (1)
Happy (Late) Birthday to Kong
Happy (late) birthday to Kong,
Happy (late) birthday to Kong,
Happy (late) birth day to Ko-ong,
...and this "chick" has a green dong!
Happy late birthday KONG!
Posted by Lang Squal at 08:10 AM | Comments (5)
So Long, Buddy
https://abcnews.go.com/wire/Entertainment/ap20030701_347.html
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 07:59 AM | Comments (0)