This is the "gay" version of Whipping Post. I hate to see anyone mocking the Allman Bros.'s authenticity, but the song begs for it - so to speak. Plus, it's kind of amazing to hear music that is both accomplished and entirely satirical.
But, in truth, I'm sure there is some reverence in Zappa repeatedly covering Duane Allman's song. As Zappa described it in 1983,
"It started about ten or twelve years ago when some guy in the audience at a concert in Helsinki, Finland, requested it. He just yelled out "Whipping Post" in broken English. I have it on tape. And I said, "Excuse me?" I could just barely make it out. We didn't know it, and I felt kind of bad that we couldn't just play it and blow the guy's socks off. So when Bobby Martin joined the band, and I found out that he knew how to sing that song, I said, "We are definitely going to be prepared for the next time somebody wants 'Whipping Post'--in fact we're going to play it before somebody even asks for it." Source
Monday, March 31, 2008
Operation Chaos, or how to steal the election
According to the Rude Pundit, this is an actual transcript from Rush Limbaugh's radio show. It's not so far fetched when you consider that Bush won by just a few hundred votes in 2000.
"There are many phases to Operation Chaos. We are simply here in phase one. Phase one consists of operatives changing party registration, voting in the Democrat primary in upcoming states, as happened in Ohio and Texas in record numbers, looks like it will happen in Pennsylvania in record numbers, in this case voting for Hillary or voting for Obama to continue the bloodletting in the Democrat Party all the way through their convention, for this chaos to continue. However, the second and third phases of Operation Chaos consist of exactly what you have heard happening in Texas. Our operatives actually are being named delegates to state party conventions. The third phase of Operation Chaos leads to some of these delegates actually being named delegates to the Democrat National Convention in Denver. So you Democrats and you members of the Drive-By Media, you who think that Operation Chaos is ineffective and isn't working, remember this. When we get to Denver and the Democrat National Convention, and you look around, and you're a delegate, the person next to you could be mine. The person sitting next to you in your delegation could be an Operation Chaos operative."
"There are many phases to Operation Chaos. We are simply here in phase one. Phase one consists of operatives changing party registration, voting in the Democrat primary in upcoming states, as happened in Ohio and Texas in record numbers, looks like it will happen in Pennsylvania in record numbers, in this case voting for Hillary or voting for Obama to continue the bloodletting in the Democrat Party all the way through their convention, for this chaos to continue. However, the second and third phases of Operation Chaos consist of exactly what you have heard happening in Texas. Our operatives actually are being named delegates to state party conventions. The third phase of Operation Chaos leads to some of these delegates actually being named delegates to the Democrat National Convention in Denver. So you Democrats and you members of the Drive-By Media, you who think that Operation Chaos is ineffective and isn't working, remember this. When we get to Denver and the Democrat National Convention, and you look around, and you're a delegate, the person next to you could be mine. The person sitting next to you in your delegation could be an Operation Chaos operative."
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Cold zoo
We did make it to the zoo yesterday. It was a little colder than we had hoped. The temperature never cracked 50. But we soldiered through it, even having our picnic lunch outside. All the indoor exhibits were very crowded. Some of the animals, like lions and penguins, were actually livelier than they are in the heat of the summer. It was a sight to see LB running from exhibit to exhibit in his new green crocs. Later BB went to a swim birthday party at the Y.
I'll be working in BB's classroom tomorrow on a creative project. I think I'll be helping with binding books that they've been putting together. I'm looking forward to it. I've also discovered that kids get special privileges when their parents volunteer for something. So BB got to lead the line the other day.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Headed to the zoo
We're headed to the zoo today, weather willing. It will be LB's first time. I can't wait to hear him say "nake," "nake." Or "brrd," "brrd." Or even "uck," "uck."
LB's vocabulary is exponential. He says at least 10 new words every day. Apparently, he saw the sand table at pre-school yesterday and his teacher swears he cried "oh my god!" in glee.
BB's feet are growing a size almost every month. He had a good week at school. He named five friends from school and exclaimed, "we've decided to have a play date." All six kids have decided to plan a collective play date. How cool.
On AO's urging we were at the mall at 8 p.m. last night, for some much needed shoe shopping. The whole place was humming with young teens engaging in courtship rituals. There were actually a few kids playing soccer in the corner of a sporting goods store. I don't think I've ever been at a mall after 8, at least not since I was a teenager. Wow. It's like discovering that people sleep in your car every night.
I'll post pictures from the zoo if all goes well.
LB's vocabulary is exponential. He says at least 10 new words every day. Apparently, he saw the sand table at pre-school yesterday and his teacher swears he cried "oh my god!" in glee.
BB's feet are growing a size almost every month. He had a good week at school. He named five friends from school and exclaimed, "we've decided to have a play date." All six kids have decided to plan a collective play date. How cool.
On AO's urging we were at the mall at 8 p.m. last night, for some much needed shoe shopping. The whole place was humming with young teens engaging in courtship rituals. There were actually a few kids playing soccer in the corner of a sporting goods store. I don't think I've ever been at a mall after 8, at least not since I was a teenager. Wow. It's like discovering that people sleep in your car every night.
I'll post pictures from the zoo if all goes well.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Hillary's new low
From Joe Conason at Salon.
"Hillary Clinton's campaign crossed a symbolic boundary this week when its operatives sent around clips from the notoriously Clinton-hating extreme-right press to denigrate Barack Obama and his advisors . . . by dispatching a pair of articles from the American Spectator and World Net Daily in an attack on Merrill "Tony" McPeak, the retired Air Force general and chief of staff who now serves as one of Obama's principal military advisors. Both stories sought to create the impression that McPeak is not only anti-Israel but anti-Semitic -- and thus taints Obama -- because of crude comments he made during a 2003 interview with the Portland Oregonian.
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"Whatever McPeak's offenses, the Clinton campaign went too far in responding. When it starts circulating material from the same ultra-right rags that have routinely accused the Clintons of felonies and treason, its behavior reeks of cynicism. Shall we all start reading World Net Daily for news and guidance? If so, we could learn the "real story behind the Clinton body count," how Hillary plans to "snatch wages" from uninsured workers, the latest developments in "Hollywood mogul" Peter Paul's fraud lawsuit against Bill Clinton, and hot new charges by both former impeachment counsel David Schippers and former White House employee Kathleen Willey that the Clintons burglarized their homes. That latter story appeared in World Net Daily a few weeks ago under the permanent slug "All the Ex-President's Scandals."
I didn't really care when I began reading recently in comments on the liberal blogs that many people thought (think?) the Clintons see themselves as more important than the democratic party. I suppose all politicians see themselves transcending party to one extent or another, but it just seems like Clinton's increasing disregard for the process by which we remain fellow travelers gets worse with each day. As a pretty loyal democrat I don't know how I'm going to be able to vote for her if she does win the nomination. Honestly, it makes me really sad.
"Hillary Clinton's campaign crossed a symbolic boundary this week when its operatives sent around clips from the notoriously Clinton-hating extreme-right press to denigrate Barack Obama and his advisors . . . by dispatching a pair of articles from the American Spectator and World Net Daily in an attack on Merrill "Tony" McPeak, the retired Air Force general and chief of staff who now serves as one of Obama's principal military advisors. Both stories sought to create the impression that McPeak is not only anti-Israel but anti-Semitic -- and thus taints Obama -- because of crude comments he made during a 2003 interview with the Portland Oregonian.
. . . clip . . .
"Whatever McPeak's offenses, the Clinton campaign went too far in responding. When it starts circulating material from the same ultra-right rags that have routinely accused the Clintons of felonies and treason, its behavior reeks of cynicism. Shall we all start reading World Net Daily for news and guidance? If so, we could learn the "real story behind the Clinton body count," how Hillary plans to "snatch wages" from uninsured workers, the latest developments in "Hollywood mogul" Peter Paul's fraud lawsuit against Bill Clinton, and hot new charges by both former impeachment counsel David Schippers and former White House employee Kathleen Willey that the Clintons burglarized their homes. That latter story appeared in World Net Daily a few weeks ago under the permanent slug "All the Ex-President's Scandals."
I didn't really care when I began reading recently in comments on the liberal blogs that many people thought (think?) the Clintons see themselves as more important than the democratic party. I suppose all politicians see themselves transcending party to one extent or another, but it just seems like Clinton's increasing disregard for the process by which we remain fellow travelers gets worse with each day. As a pretty loyal democrat I don't know how I'm going to be able to vote for her if she does win the nomination. Honestly, it makes me really sad.
Friday robot blogging
Another photograph I took recently. This is like the Beaker (from Sesame Street) of robot sculpture.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Losing your freedoms, one at a time
Now it's breasts (with nipple rings) that could be terrorist weapons. And the $64,000 question: why are the rings safer once they've been removed?
"Hamlin said she told the woman that she was wearing nipple piercings. The female agent then called over her male colleagues, one of whom said she would have to remove the body piercings, Hamlin claimed.
Hamlin said she could not remove them and asked if she could instead display her pierced breasts in private to the female agent. But several other male officers told her she could not board her flight until the jewelry was removed, she said.
She was taken behind a curtain and managed to remove one bar-shaped nipple piercing but had trouble with the second, a ring.
"Still crying, she informed the TSA officer that she could not remove it without the help of pliers, and the officer gave a pair to her," said Hamlin's attorney, Gloria Allred, reading from a letter she sent Thursday to the director of the TSA's Office of Civil Rights and Liberties. Allred is a well-known Los Angeles lawyer who often represents high-profile claims.
Hamlin showed reporters at the news conference how she took off the second ring by applying pliers to the torso of a mannequin that had a peach-colored bra with the rings on it.
She said she heard male TSA agents snickering as she took out the ring. She was scanned again and was allowed to board even though she still was wearing a belly button ring." Link
Why is "security" so often run by thugs?
"Hamlin said she told the woman that she was wearing nipple piercings. The female agent then called over her male colleagues, one of whom said she would have to remove the body piercings, Hamlin claimed.
Hamlin said she could not remove them and asked if she could instead display her pierced breasts in private to the female agent. But several other male officers told her she could not board her flight until the jewelry was removed, she said.
She was taken behind a curtain and managed to remove one bar-shaped nipple piercing but had trouble with the second, a ring.
"Still crying, she informed the TSA officer that she could not remove it without the help of pliers, and the officer gave a pair to her," said Hamlin's attorney, Gloria Allred, reading from a letter she sent Thursday to the director of the TSA's Office of Civil Rights and Liberties. Allred is a well-known Los Angeles lawyer who often represents high-profile claims.
Hamlin showed reporters at the news conference how she took off the second ring by applying pliers to the torso of a mannequin that had a peach-colored bra with the rings on it.
She said she heard male TSA agents snickering as she took out the ring. She was scanned again and was allowed to board even though she still was wearing a belly button ring." Link
Why is "security" so often run by thugs?
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Taken away
Do you ever have one of those dreams from which you wake up and can't really tell whether it might have actually happened? I had such a dream last night. The cops came to my house, woke up and scared my children, and then took me away in handcuffs in front of all my neighbors. I was being driven downtown, with tears in my eyes, wondering how I'd ever take a shit in front of another person while in jail, when I woke up. But I still can't shake the feeling that something like this happened to me. I can still feel the painful bite of the cuffs and the hard back seat of the cop car.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
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