Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Poetry as I need it

Thanks to Peter K for pointing me to the Nietzsche Family Circus - keep refreshing for some indeterminate fun.

Some favorites so far:
here - here - here - here - here

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Cats Be Jammin'

Call it pussyfootin'.

Misha's Pief did it 40 years ago.

And of course there was...

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Flowers and Sweets

It's much, much worse than we thought:
An estimated 655,000 Iraqis have died since 2003 who might still be alive but for the US-led invasion, according to a survey by a US university. *** While critics point to the discrepancy between this and other independent surveys (such as Iraq Body Count's figure of 44-49,000 civilian deaths, based on media reports), the Bloomberg School team says its method may actually underestimate the true figure.
read the report (pdf)
more; more

Who's the terrorist?

Friday, October 06, 2006

Bush & Foley


"Foley, let's compromise. If they're smaller than this, I'll call the police."

Tower Records, R.I.P.

A fond farewell to an institution that helped me and millions(?) others discover a lot of great music you'll never find in Wal-Mart or Best Buy - and where, flipping through the bins, I occasionally found something I wasn't specifically looking for.

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Brazilian Bad-Ass


I haven't listened to the album yet, but damn!

Reminds me of...