Monthly Archives: June 2008

one song mix

A Hand-Me-Down From God Knows Where

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Hey, it’s time for another one song mix!

Have you heard All Tomorrow’s Parties, off the Velvet Underground’s first album?

It’s a nice song, sung by Nico, kind of hard to describe — maybe formal and pounding?

Anyways, I flipped when I recently heard a cover of the VU song by the 1980’s Athens, GA band The Method Actors.

The Method Actors – All Tomorrow’s Parties

I wasn’t aware of The Method Actors when they were actively playing. I actually discovered these guys back when I was downloading a lot of music from newsgroups in the late 90’s.

I had no idea who they were, but I saw that their double-album Little Figures was available for download. I thought to myself, “Hm. Method Actors. That’s kind of a cool name.”

Don’t underestimate the fun of picking up something just because you like the name of the band, or like the album cover, or whatever. I picked up Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation ’cause I thought, “Hm, that’s a nice picture of a candle.”

Anyways, The Method Actors are now one of my favorite bands. Unfortunately, I don’t have all their music. This weekend, I visited their MySpace page and heard this amazing song.

I don’t know, it’s just awesome — awesome and worthy of a one-song mix.

So enjoy it (or don’t)!

adventures in amateur filmmaking

Deserted Industrial Location On The South Side

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So, I took another excursion earlier this evening, this time visiting a neighborhood off Ashland Avenue, near I-55.

I’m still scouting for locations for my upcoming short film.

I liked what I saw tonight. The buildings were a little bigger, things were a little rougher, not as well-kept as some of the other industrial areas I have visited. The neighborhood itself wasn’t that rough, at least that’s the impression I got.

Here are some pictures.










politics

Please Help Me

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For the purpose of telling him to go away, I’m going to try and keep President Bush in my sidebar for as long as I can stomach it (yes, you are correct, it makes absolutely no sense).

I’m getting sick of seeing that same picture, so I welcome anyone who wants to doctor it.

If you wish to provide me with a picture, please adhere to a few simple rules:

1) Use the pic above as the starting point for your picture.
2) Don’t change the dimensions or size of the original pic – it has to fit in my sidebar.
3) Don’t obscure the yellow lettering (I don’t want people thinking I support the man, for crissakes).

There are some bloggers out there who are also sporting “Go Away, Bush ” sidebar items, and I’m sure they would appreciate your contributions just as much as I.

I actually have a couple doctored pics ready to go, but it won’t be enough to last me through the remainder of the Bush presidency.

America needs YOUR HELP.

Thank you, and God Bless The Blogosphere.

UPDATE:

p0nk has contributed two pictures to the Bush sidebar cause!

I’m especially enamored of this one, referencing one of my favorite mugshots from The Smoking Gun.

Falwless has made some solid contributions as well.

Some Guy has given the world this unholy union:

Blaniage (my brother) has provided several wonderful pics, including this very disturbing one (Bush without pancake makeup!):

Another unholy union! This time Cheney and Condi get some face time, thanks to DGuzman:

Tim has joined the fray:

As has Jess!

Ed has joined the “Go Away, Bush” Army!

Manx has provided some “Go Away, Bush” goodness:

Blaniage has provided several more wonderful pics, including a mashup of my adopted actor’s breakout role from The Warriors (this explains Bush’s foreign policy quite well, I think):

Germaine Gregarious has given us someone I can tumble for — Boy George Bush!

Beckeye submitted this well-crafted addition:

Another stellar contribution from Germaine Gregarious:

Gifted Typist has found this exciting new species:

More goodness from Beckeye:

One final pic from my brother::

Thank you Beckeye for Cletus Bush!

You may or may not have noticed, but I’m updating the bottom of the Go Away, Bush page with any contributions I get.