Young Widows...again

I love this freaking band.

Henry Rollins on music.

Henry Rollins rules!

49% Mofo, 51% S.O.B

Who ever thought C.C. Deville of all people would have anything relevant to say? Actually, he may be the coolest part of Poison, which isn't saying much but it IS better then being Brett Michaels. Lemmy deserves a movie, Lemmy deserves to have a statue erected in the middle of Times Square. OK, so he hasn't saved humanity with the cure for Cancer and he isn't some philanthropic super hero. He has, however, given like 3 generations of kids a soundtrack for their adolescent anger. Plus, he is one of the coolest rock stars around...I mean even Slash says so...SLASH! He's a real pirate, a real rock star and apparently really down to earth. So, watch this movie, buy Motorhead records and say hello if your at the Rainbow and you see Lemmy in his corner booth; Send over a Jack and Coke on me.

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die. Edward Kennedy

Ted Kennedy succumbed to brain cancer last night. This from his wikipedia page:

Senator Ted Kennedy has worked to pursue justice and equal rights for all Americans, regardless of race, color, or creed. As an advocate for many who would not otherwise be heard, such as minority groups, his political positions on racial justice; women’s reproductive rights; gender equality; age discrimination; prejudice against immigrants; bigotry against gays and lesbians; and civil rights, has had an essential role in America. ^[228]

He was also a big advocate for Universal Health Care, which of course he didn't live to see come to fruition. He also drunk drove into a lake killing Mary Jo Kopechne. That happened in 1969, that's probably all you'll hear about from the #1 news source for most Americans. People are stupid.

District 9

Soooo, District 9 is about aliens in Johannesburg, South Africa living in slums for the last 30 years. Bio-technology, social commentary and explosions keep this movie moving. It's got a few flaws and could have used...something. I pegged the ultimate outcome for our protagonist as soon as the opportunity presented itself, 15 minutes into the movie. Interestingly, our protaganist isn't really all that likeable; actually, I didn't like him at all until the very end of the film. I questioned his motives, all of his actions and his apprehension to make any moves in the right direction. Maybe this was intentional, seems unrealistic to me though. If you find yourself morphing into an alien, on the run from bloodthirsty government killers and your wife has basically kicked you to the curb, wouldn't you be pissed off and ready for action? I would and it wouldn't take me an hour to do it. Bottom line, this is produced by Peter Jackson. He can do no wrong...he made Bad Taste, Meet the Feebles and Dead/Alive....er, granted he didn't direct this. He's directing The Lovely Bones a movie about a murdered girl who watches over her family from heaven, weighing whether or not she should get some revenge. That movie will probably be awesome and perfect because in my world Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, Terry Gilliam and Rob Zombie are the new rock stars...actually Rob Zombie was a rock star...whatever, Halloween 2 is coming out. I thought he promised us that Mike Myers was dead? What happened? This movie better blow the socks off of my feet straight into the hamper...seriously w.t.f?

Dumpster Pool

This is a pool in Brooklyn constructed primarily of three industrial sized dumpsters lined with plastic! Wow! What a way to make good use of old junk. It's probably way cleaner then any public pool I've ever been to, certainly looks cleaner. I love seeing stuff like this, it makes me look at things in my apartment and ponder what ELSE they could masquerade as. Could the heating coil in my coffee maker be used to warm up my water bed? Could I actually construct said imaginary water bed out of old plastic bags and a shower curtain? What of this bag of shit? Could it be used as a make shift bomb in a pinch? It is a bag of shit, filling with toxic gas and congealing as we speak. I'm just saying, think out of the box people!

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The problem isn’t Taxes, Obama, Health Care Reform, Republicans OR Democrats. The problem is us America, we have some entitlement issues. We have all grown up to trust that: America is the greatest country on earth ™, standing up for what you believe in is your duty, freedom isn’t free and democracy comes with blood. If you fed these ingredients to a baby it would grow up to be an aggressive, blood thirsty ego maniac, much like the talking heads on T.V. In reality, where most of the world lives, conversation and healthy disagreements are what spark conversation and ultimately solutions to problems. The difference is OUR differences; we all want, what we want, but no one is willing to budge. Democrats seem to believe in taking the high road and that fighting back would somehow be counter active, whereas the Republicans realize that no matter how much misinformation they spread or whatever divisive tactics they have to resort to, they will win. The Republicans are right, it’s like the little kid who repeats “I’m not touching you” as loud as he can with an outstretched finger centimeters from his sisters’ face. We get it, you want attention and you’re not going away, this dogged path of weary acceptance works every time. It works every time, unless, there is a stronger figure who turns around and informs in an authoritative manner “Cut it out, or I’m turning this car around and were going home!” When the asylum is run by the patients, nothing gets done except insane things. We have currently become the laughing stock of the world, again, because we REFUSE to hear each other out. White noise will never take the place of conversation and being misinformed will never take the place of true knowledge. You know what, no one wants to pay more taxes, no one is going to kill grandma, but unless we discuss these things with all the chips on the table there can be no positive action. All we are doing by being ego maniacs is driving a wedge between ourselves, our neighbors, our family and friends. We are so self-absorbed and filled with fear that we don’t realize how huge the wedge is becoming. Some people are jokingly hoping for Separatism, yeah, I’m sure that’s how the Birthers movement got started too. We have to realize that these feelings are ok as long as we talk it out, bitch. It doesn’t have to be a love in, but it should be fair, it should be civil and really there doesn’t have to be an outcome other than to agree to disagree. It’s not much, but it’s a start. How can we make any decisions if we can’t do that? Maybe, that’s not the point, maybe no matter what happens we are too far gone for this sort of domestic diplomacy. If that’s the case, we are not the country we think we are, we're diluting ourselves and we might as well give up now. We're not a dysfunctional family, we're a virus that infects the world and is now infecting ourselves, and we're doomed.