anodyne

sympathy for the devil - (i prefer the jane's addiction cover) just about everything alice cooper recorded before 1986 anything by venom or early celtic frost and if you dig the misfits, this is the time of the year to dust off the UNDEAD records (bobby steele's post misfits band)

my current congressman is about to become a senator. sherrod brown is a wellstone type legislator and i'm glad he represents me. ohio's pretty fucked, but i think these elections will make it a little less fucked.

this idea of dissent being bad reminds me so much of sam adams after the revolution. republicans had shitloads of negative stuff to say about clinton, but now we're at war and need to fall in line lock step. (disclaimer: i had lots of negative stuff to say about clinton, too. i never thought i'd see a day where i'd think he was a decent president. i sincerely hope no one comes along to make these the good old days.)

the point is bush is in a sense an inverse of lady macbeth. he is hallucinating clean hands and ignoring the blood. stay the course is roughly translated "shit happens but we're making money."

the jc-120 is the most underrated clean amp in the world. i'd like to have a stereo setup with one of these and a peavey 5150 head into a celestion vintage 30 2x12 cab.

i was molested by alcohol, so i'm going to check into a church.

was kiddie-diddling one of luther's 95 theses?

throw a set of elixr strings on there and see if you notice a difference. i think they sound really nice for a long time.

i have an old korg dtr-1 (similar to dt-10) that not only handles alt tunings VERY well, but also shows every note (sharps and flats) and can do strobe tuning. i got it used for $75. that said, if i didn't get that sweet deal, i'd certainly use a boss tu-2.

i liked the video for land of confusion. best muppets ever.

nah, just reprogramming the hold music for the suicide hotline. i like listening to sad songs when i fall asleep, or when fighting traffic on my commute.

i'll start it out - FOR NO ONE by the beatles

this is bullshit for two reasons. 1 - the mayan calendar ends in 6 more years. that'll be the end of everything anyway. 2 - this would require far too much selective breeding, and as long as alcohol is both making people braver/more attractive, we'll never get to passing on such traits reliably *unless that's where the shortsquat servant division originates.

the D is playing in detroit the following night. family in michigan might not be so bad.

the browns have been bombing enough without the terrorists helping. just an aside, but i bet even osama hates art modell.

in 2000, perhaps. now he wants to be elected so badly he's rubbing elbows with people he's demonized previously.

he has been hanging out with crazy evangelicals. for someone talking about a presidential bid, he's got to realize he's under the press microscope. this kind of thing is a joke pretty much anyone would make, but not everyone wants high office.

demonstrate how to clean an automatic assault rifle. that'll get you quite an excited reaction from the crowd. for bonus points, wear a trench coat with marilyn manson patches on it.

if you're dloading stuff from pre-1996 that you own in another format, it isn't illegal to download it in another format. that hasn't gone to court yet, but the language is pretty clear. if i ever get sued, i'm headed to the used record shop to pick up a couple o' things as my defense.

neko case drag the river lucero bob mould neil young

her actions might be evaluated on november 7th. in a democracy, actions matter. you say her actions haven't made iraq less peaceful, but at this point, war support is a minority in part because of her and other protesters. the fact that our government flagrantly has distain for popular opinion (the basis of democracy itself) has been highlighted by sheehan's actions. that will likely cause a shift in congress in a few weeks.

i've smacked my son's hand once (when he was poking at a light socket as a small child). he got smacked on the butt once during a temper tantrum as i carried him up stairs and his kicking almost got him dropped on the steps. outside of those rare and somewhat dangerous situations, he's not been spanked. i do think in some circumstances, corporal punishment is appropriate. i'd like to see it return to public high schools (but not so much elementary schools).

fugazi was one of my first shows, too -- but that was in 1990.

wow - ohio lost 11 places since last year (from 20 to 31). sucks.