Tomorrow I leave town to go to the lovely Fla. panhandle and soak up some countrified rays on the beaches of PC and Destin - it's the place me and my high school buddies spent spring breaks puking up warm, funnelled milwaukee's best on fine-grained white beaches. it's the place where you were allowed to momentarily OD on something cheap, like whippits or even glade. the last time I was there I was pretty interested in catching the bikini contest at club la vela, especially after rumors of MTV being there. that was a while ago.

this weekend, as my good friend adam williams is tying the knot on the beach to a wonderful lady, I will reflect, I'm sure, of the good times spent in atlanta and, occasionally, when the parentals permitted and the time was right, those lovely and disgustingly wasted moments baking in the sweltering sunlight of the redneck riviera -- all of us young, really really dumb, and shiny.

Mark Woodhouse Homepage Dr. Woodhouse is perhaps the most interesting professor I ever had.

"He works collaboratively with the BAND OF MERCY, an interdimensional group of angels and etheric surgeons, whose mission includes clearing, healing, and integrating energies on whatever level clients may require -- both locally and at a distance. His hands, heart chakra, and toning are tools of healing."

so I was opening the dictionary to look up the word maudlin. It's a thick book, ya know, but I open it and the first word I see is maudlin. it is perhaps the most emotional moment in a while for me, and it reminds me of my grandmother and her amazing vocabulary and it brought me just short of tears - but that's what a maudlin moment will do to you.

gastastic

don't live in LA ? don't really blame you, but I must say this town has some of the best live music in the world. everybody comes through here. I have gone concert crazy since I first moved here and this weekend is a good example of why this town is bearable. (my beloved braves are even in town this weekend and I don't know if I can catch a game.) friday night is cornelius. saturday and sunday is the sunset junction street fair featuring sonic youth, sleater-kinney, the radar brothers, the warlocks, mudhoney, chaka khan ( chaka khan-chaka khan) and countless other bands. it's free, too, but there is a $6 suggested donation. jealous ? come down and visit - you can sleep here at the house with michael - he won't mind !

bored with the daily drudgery of life ? why continue with your monotonous schedule when you could be violently abducted for a small fee -- just sign up and leave the kidnapping to them !

thanks brad.

watt makes a man start fires is bruce siart's new watt tribute page. he has some amazing archived pictures from back in the day. bruce has been been sending us wattlisters some cool photos for some time now. thanks bruce.

2 horse fella.mp3 is a song by our still unnamed band. the full title is 2 horse fella in a 1 horse town. both positive and negative feedback is much appreciated. thanks.

*note - still a work in progress production-wise.

"I'm actually still surprised at myself," he said. "I'm elated beyond belief. Honestly, I was more concerned with myself than I was with Tiger. I knew he was making a charge, but I was pretty far ahead of the game. This sounds crazy, but I really wasn't concerned about him. I was more concerned about myself.

"I don't want that to sound pompous, but I was trying to control what I was doing and not control what he was doing. I'm so flabbergasted about this, you have no idea. I don't know when this is going to sink in."

what a great story.

some days you just have to go to the beach. today is one of those days. since I work from home fortunately I can do this, but it also means that my weekend turns into weekdays, but , I have found that I really don't "live for the weekends" anymore. not just because I don't abide by the 9-5 M-F schedule, but moreso becasuse the places I want to go and things I want to see are flooded with people on the weekends. not the case on a tuesday or wednesday. also, I could now care less whether or not I go out on a friday and saturday. here, again, I find that the places I want to go are swamped with people - even the quiet hole-in-the-walls where I like to perch. give me the week, you all can have the rest.

Thanks to filepile, I have access to so much stuff it's sickening. I can waste amazing amounts of time here, convinced that it is surreptiously helping me become more creative simply by being exposed to the media posted by highly witty folks within it's confined walls. Bitterfilms' Rejected is just one example of said gifts I find every day on filepile that make me want to go out and do nice things in the name of andre torrez.

It is doubtful that the current attack on civil liberties has much to do with security. In general, one can expect the state to use any pretext to extend its power and to impose obedience on the population; rights are won, not granted, and power will seek any opportunity to reduce them. chomsky for your monday

congratulations mat on One Year of Not Smoking !

the flaming lips are on kcrw today at 11:15 am Pacific time. listen to it online.

dashblankdash did an apartment hunting cartoon , partly inspired by my tale of pain and vindication, but based on a real experience. check it out !

mac's linkage page is a great listing - esp. the bands and label section. the whole site has a great new look. way to go mac !

ladies and gentleman: all the way from germany, where they have rocked the dead back to life, where they have closed towns for fear of toxic contamination in their wake, where they have altered the psyche of hundreds of fans who thought they'd seen rock n roll before, I bring you : Arugula !

I am going to start a cross-atlantic sister band that rocks just as hard, but is not quite as bitter - I'll call it spinach !

this is so damn good, I've got to go try out. wear a shirt I can rip off through my blistering double bass solo / stick twirl / tongue shot

maybe it wasn't the nicest thing to do at 8am, but,

you see, my roomate and I have been looking at this **GREAT** duplex in neighboring silverlake. it's a 40's mod design in the hills .. low, bamboo lined ceilings, japanese style doors, a set of brady bunch stairs, a huge deck looking out to the hollywood sign. it's a few doors down from crispin glover. the place is perfect - I work from home and sweeney would be substitute teaching at a school that was literally a couple of blocks away. it was perfect. we found out about it because I know the girlfriend of the guy who lives below the duplex. he gave a good word to her about us and we saw it and the landlady ( kristine) and I talked and she said she'd give it to us for $1500, that we were first, that the neighbor liked us, and that it was ours to lose, but she had already planned an open house that had advertised it for $1600, but "not to worry because I have a good vibe from you guys." we dropped by on the open house to meet them, and she proceeded to back out of her $1500 offer and said we had to now pay $1600 if we wanted " to be in the running for the place." I bit my tongue and didn't say a word. I couldn't do anything. I had to smile and nod my head. At that point I had a feeling it wasn't ours anymore. so today she had her softie nice-guy husband call at 8am to tell us we didn't get it --
I said ok to him , but then called right back hoping she would answer. she did.

me: kristine?

her: yeah ?

me: "I just wanted to call and tell you we don't want the place anyway 'cause we don't like doing business with people who lie. you lied to us, kristine."

her: what ? I don't...(something unintelligible..)

me: how does it feel?

her: how does what feel?

me: being a liar, kristine. how does that feel ?

her: "ummmm uhhh I don't know what.... I can't talk... sorrry..... bye."

wow that felt good. I may just call back tomorrow to ask her liars feel on wednesdays.

thanks, allyson , for this cross-eyed britney picture... that made my friday.

I am excited to bring our music to you nice people ( especially after harper called last night with good words) but we have to wait another couple days to submit the material to the copyright office. so by monday songs should be up and ready, teddy.

I'll take a safe guess that this short lived british television series may go down as the worst show ever.
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