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	4/30/07 Click HERE for the latest totals. 100 Americans dead in April. More Americans now dead in Iraq & Afghanistan than killed on 9-11. Plus 655,000 Iraqis dead. Infinity My Sparkler has from an early age been interested in Infinity. And I have always dabbled in trying to understand Wittgenstein. Sparkler is good at math but me, not so much. Anyway... check it out. I'll see you next month. MacDries says, "I can only follow this until the b&w bars turn grey. But it seems to me that this is a problem of drawing tools, perception devices and not infinity. Remember the guy who wrote the Declaration of Independance on the head of a pin?" The Movies Got some movies from the library over the weekend. I checked out Fellini's City Of Women which at 2 hrs & 18 minutes was too long by 1/3. Of course Marcello was delightful as usual playing his trademark befuddled lover of women. Perhaps the most handsome actor of all time but I'll still take that one he did with Sophia Loren: A Special Day. Or 8 1/2. Then I took a second look at Quills with Geoffrey Rush and Kate Winslett which holds up very well. Makes me tempted to read a little de Sade. Or not. The Wolfman Wolfowitz to get $400,000 Golden Parachute if he resigns. Go HERE. Something To Look At The Water Is Wide I collect covers of this song. Hey Joe Toots, Sanborn, Nick Cave, Charlie Haden. Planned Obsolescence Remember back in the day when Robert McNamara's concept of annual re-design of cars began. Which of course increased the total cost of a car. Well it's not a green thing to do to make buyers want something just because it's new and it irritates me. Here's another one. I just noticed that the little packets of Splenda have just gotten smaller and the price remains the same. Next they will increase the price, like they did with candy bars, and then again later the packets will get smaller. Also the trick I learned in the 50s as a bag boy with grocery stores switching the placement of items so you have to search around and maybe see something you didn't intend to buy. Like that Snickers bar by the checkout. Well now web sites are periodically re-designing after viewers have found a good way to skim them. Same trick and I don't like it. ABCNews.com has just done it and I've decided to just take it off my daily rotation. I've actually stopped buying the New York Times as well as a green device; small as it is, it still saves me time bundling up piles of newsprint weekly.
	4/29/07 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis. And then R.T. John Cale, Shawn Colvin, David Sanborn. Take your pick who sings the true lyrics. Just discovered that I have always thought John Cale and J.J. Cale were the same person. Speaking of L.T. And Richard, the one man band, too. R.T. is the Lennie Tristano of guitar. Collection: Nana Just came across a couple more blank Tondos so I'm getting the urge to paint again. Haven't made any new art since last June. Except photos. Ronnie John's Half Hour NYC Street © 2007 Danny Dries Mississippi John Hurt Lots of stuff there. Leadbelly 3 songs. Go HERE. Impeachment Not just a word anymore. Go HERE. Commenting & Posting One thing I don't understand is why anyone wants to comment on some other anonymous persons comment in a blog or on YouTube etc. I think it is great that the internet supplies this illusion of communication to lonely people. On the other hand it depresses me to witness how many people do not have a basic understanding of grammar or even spelling; i.e. too, to etc. And I'm curious if these people go back and forth following later posts and later connect on a personal level. It seems to me a degradation of the Letter To The Editor to see your name in print. Except everyone has usernames. MacDries says, "Mine is MacDries."
	4/28/07 Muscular Dystrophy If you wanna help Carl & Carol with their campaign. Go HERE. Michael Ware On The "Surge" Go HERE. Natural Woman And then go HERE. Terrorist Attacks Up 29% This Year And that's according to the State Department. Meanwhile Cheney/Bush claim no new attacks since 9-11. Go HERE. NY Times Toady Not to mention Safire & Brooks et al. "I think we were very deferential because it's live, it's very intense, it's frightening to stand up there. Think about it, you're standing up on prime-time live TV asking the president of the United States a question when the country's about to go to war. There was a very serious, somber tone that evening, and no one wanted to get into an argument with the president at this very serious time." -- Elisabeth Bumiller Go HERE re: her defense of the run-up to the Iraq war. Usama Bin Laden "It's not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person." -- Mitt Romney Pete Seeger The Power Of Song is being shown at the TriBeCa Festival. Go HERE. Who Made Us? God Made Us Amy Winehouse
	4/27/07 Code Pink Those Pinkies are having an Impeachment day in the park tomorrow. Be there or be grey. Go HERE. Julie Christie I fell in love with Julie in her first film Billy Liar; still one of my favorite films of all time. And after all these years I've never seen her in a film I didn't like. Now there is a new one, Away From Her where her age is close to my own and she still looks beautiful. The film opens in May. I will be there. Go HERE for the trailer. The Debate Edwards won. The Obama/Billary. Cast your opinion on DailyKos. Go HERE. McCain Says Withdraw Now! From Somalia and Haiti. No oil there and they are both black countries. Buying The War If you missed the Bill Moyers show you can watch it online. Go HERE. Bush's Band Of Idiot Geniuses Go HERE. Taxi To The Dark Side At TriBeca Film Festival this weekend. Mstislav Rostropovich. 80 R.I.P. Stephen Hawking CNN.com has a video of the Professor floating in 0 gravity. Go HERE. Coincidence?* Don't think so. Many will recall that on July 8, 1947, witnesses claimed that an unidentified object with five aliens aboard crashed onto a sheep and cattle ranch just outside Roswell, New Mexico. This is a well-known incident that many say has long been covered up by the U.S. Air Force and the federal government. However, what you may NOT know is that in the month of March 1948, exactly nine months later, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Condoleezza Rice, and Dan Quayle were all born. See what happens when aliens breed with sheep? This information may clear up a lot of questions. MacDries says, "This comes via WlfSng and I've not verified it. It just sounds right." "Slam Dunk" Revised CYA 101: By George Tenet: Go HERE. He Coulda Been A Contender Mike Tyson sinks lower and lower as Ali rises higher and higher. Go HERE.
	4/26/07 Redneck Genius Discovery Eddie Izzard plays the father in my current fave TV show The Riches. Here he is in his cross dressing persona from his show Dress To Kill. Lots of other links as well. Hillarious. Buy It! Dress to Kill Clippy v. Rove Quote* "I don't like that man. I must get to know him better." -- Abraham Lincoln via Sister Dee Grupp Are You Ready For Some Foot-in-mouth?* 1st Democratic debate is on for tonight. 8 candidates. How many can you name? I'll start you off with Billary/Obama and John Edwards. Because The Night Al Gore'08 "I hope Al Gore enters the race; I think it would be good for the country." -- Michael Bloomberg Macdries says, "After voting against candidates so many times in my life, it would be nice to finally have a positive vote." This Ought To Be Good Richard Meier has opened his warehouse in Queens by appointemnt (212) 967-6060) on Fridays where he stores his models. Go HERE. Buying The War The Moyers show last night was well worth watching. Moyers and his guests showed how complicit the so-called "liberal media" was in the run-up to the war in Iraq. The New York Times, The Washington Post and the major networks were especially soft-ball to the Bush/Cheney team. Check PBS for info on re-runs if you missed it. American Medicine-11 I drove myself to the chemo treatment today. Was pretty proud of myself, and my labs were pretty good. BUT, now the Doc says I will most likely start feeling fatigue again as we go on with this treatment... darn it. I was sooo hoping I would breeze thru this one. I guess we will wait and see. He also said one of the side-effects is tingling and numbness in the fingers, so to be sure and watch for it and let him know. I am not scheduled to see him until May 23rd, but he said if I have problems to call and he'll get me in. I will continue with my weekly Taxol chemo treatments though. Three down; nine to go. Laura & The Shrub Suffer More Than Anyone Each and everyday. Go HERE.
	4/25/07 Jon Stewart v. Saint McCain Jon cuts John a new one. Go HERE. From WlfSng "In some mysterious and wonderful way you are part of everything, And in that same mysterious and wonderful way, everything is a part of you." --Nippawanock, ARAPAHOE MacDries says, "If you can tell me which part of me is Bush/Cheney, I'd like to start sticking the needles in them when I take my insulin. Thanks." Lying from Day 1 News Flash!!! Saint John is running for President. Abu Ghraib A film called Taxi To The Dark Side will be showing at the TriBeCa film Festival this weekend. Go HERE. Jessica Lynch Reminder: Buying The War On PBS Tonight: Bill Moyers is taking on this story of the run-up to the Iraq war. This ought to be good. Moyers mentions some of the chief proponents of the war, memebers of the Liberal Press, who refused to speak to him for this program, including Thomas Friedman, Bill Kristol, Roger Ailes, Charles Krauthammer, Judith Miller, and William Safire. Go HERE.
	4/24/07 Shrub Given Purple Heart "I don't deserve it," he said and the heart immediately turns yellow. Go HERE. Guns & Drugs Robert Reich discusses the differing regulations. Go HERE. Church & State The problem with majority rules is... Say It Ain't So Merle... Merle... why did you do what you did. You went and wrote a song for Hillary. Go HERE. Patti Smith Patti has a new album of covers by such peers as Rolling Stones, Dylan, Neil Young, Doors, and lessers, Nirvana, Tears For Fears. Should be worth sampling or buying. Twelve Redneck Genius Just Another Day: Living In Baghdad The gorgeous Lara Logan reports for 60 Minutes. Go HERE. You should also Google Ms. Logan for more video coverage from Iraq. Very smart. McGovern My man George predicts Bush/Cheney will be forced to resign. GO HERE. MacDries says, "He's been wrong before but I still believe in him." Ray & Van & Stevie Quote Of The Day "We're lost. But we are making good time." -- Yogi Berra Wolfgang's Vault Some concerts from the vualt are now available to download for $9.98. Go HERE. The Man Who Made Mapplethorpe That's a bit much. Go HERE.
	4/23/07 Harmless Graffitti Picasso invented it but the Japanese add their twist. Pika Pika. Go HERE. 200,000 Visitors Sometime today one of you will be the 200,000th visitor. Thanks for stopping by. If you are the one, please take a screenshot of the counter at the bottom and email it to me along with anything you want to tell me about yourself. You will then win a digital print for your very own. Exciting? Bad Day Yesterday Not to sure about this one either.
	4/22/07 Joni 71 & Sunny Now that's what I call weather.
	4/21/07 New Yorkers My daughter Kate The Great is finishing her 1st year at the University of Chicago and coming home for the summer in June. She will be available for work to replenish the coffers from June to Septemeber. If any of you know of any jobs available, please contact me @ . She is dilligent and hard working and smart. Appreciate it. My Back Pages Maybe The best band ever. And one of the best songs Dylan ever wrote. OMG!!!!! It's official, there is no Limbo. My question is: What happened to all those babies who used to be stuck in limbo. Go HERE. Redneck Genius More Amy Winehouse Many Things Visual Fascinating site with lots of links. Go HERE. And for the Geek in you. Go HERE. UFO- China Go HERE. Sol LeWitt @ Dia:Beacon Go HERE. Sunny & Warm Finally.
	4/20/07 Dana, Dana If even a few Republicans were as beautiful as Dana Perino, it might make me question my revulsion for all things Republican. And when she is conferencing with the press, one almost wants to believe her. Happy Birthday Ava Ava Jewett is my Sparkler's BFF and it's her birthday party tonight This is the two of them in Paree a week ago or so. I think she's 15 but not sure. Emma's sleeping over so I think I will refine the anchovie pasta tonight. My Generation Buying The War Bill Moyers is taking on this story of the run-up to the Iraq war. This ought to be good. Moyers mentions some of the chief proponents of the war, memebers of the Liberal Press, who refused to speak to him for this program, including Thomas Friedman, Bill Kristol, Roger Ailes, Charles Krauthammer, Judith Miller, and William Safire. Go HERE. Redneck Genius People Get Ready Eva Cassidy @ Blues Alley Live at Blues Alley Pulitzer Prize In Photography Grim photos of a mother and son who is dying of cancer by Renee C. Byer. Go HERE. To Burn Or Not To Burn A scientist now calls for an end to cremation to help with global warming. Consider burying your self under a tree in a cardboard box. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Someone needs to devise a way to microwave me or something, cuz the thought of being planted somewhere and rotting slowly as if I will sprout again is really depressing. We can't all have our own tree and I'm misantropic enough not to want to be stacked up next to a bunch of Republicans." Songs of Love and Creation Friend Somi Roy is producing a concert of music and dance at Symphony Space. Go HERE for a preview and info. Anchovies The recipe last night was delicious. One tip: since anchovies can be a bit salty, depending on the brand, I would suggest not salting the water for your pasta. Bittman also suggests a bit of pepperoncino can work well too. Next time.
	4/19/07 New Recipe Got a new pasta item from the Minimalist, Mark Bittman. Gonna try it tonight cuz none of my girls would eat it. Anchovies, garlic, cherry tomatoes, fresh parsley with shell pasta of your choice. In proportion to how many servings you need. Looks easy but get good anchovies in olive oil. If you get the ones packed in salt, you need to rinse them in milk for a while first. Those are the ingredients, I'm not going to teach you basics. Just start the pasta at the same time as the sauce and it should work out. Brown 2-3 cloves in EVOO, add anchovies, and then cherry tomatoes. Anchovies should melt and Tomatoes should split and give up their juice. If it gets too dry, just add a bit of pasta water. When pasta is al dente, drain and add to sauce, stir, add fresh parsley and serve. Schumer Reams Gonzales AG/AG is merely counter punching, he looks un-bloodied but if he survives it only proves that the Shrub is now King George. Go HERE. Redneck Genius Happy 45th B-day Scott Brother Spike's only son is 45 today. A righteous dude. Saint McCain Remember back in February John said he would make an announcement in April (if) he was running? Well April is half over your Saintliness. Busted!!!! Sudanese man forced to marry a goat. Go HERE. Hero Worship The Buzz Kate and Gretchen are into Amy Winehouse and this is my fave so far. Great song. I just discovered that the sexy mole above her lip is actually a piercing. Lots more stuff there too. Redneck Genius Start The Day .................... .. ... /´ /) .................... ..../... ./ .................... ..,/¯ ../ .................... ./... ./ ............./´¯/' ...'/´¯`€¸ ........../'/.../... ./... ..../¨¯\ ........('(...´(... ....... ,~/'...') .........\.......... ..... ..\/..../ ..........''...\.... ..... . _.€´ ............\....... ..... ..( ..............\..... ..... ...\ To the NRA.... Time to ban automatic and assault weapons. My children have right to live. I can accept the fact that there are many malicious felons in the world. We have a President and Vice-President and an Attorney General from the get-go. I do not accept the idea that they have a right to own assault weapons capable of randomly killing. Nor do I believe they have the right to wage wars of aggression. Years ago they changed the name of the War Department to the Defense Department. Which is what it should be. Meanwhile: Why does my Government have a list of everyone who takes anti-depressants. Or, indeed any drug prescribed to you and me. Go HERE.
	4/18/07 American Medicine-10 Chemo was given today. And, other than being just a little light headed when it was over, I feel pretty good. Unless something drastic happens, I'm going to drive myself to the next ones. No point in having someone take me when I feel pretty darned good. The best part of this is S.... goes back to work full-time next week so he won't have to use any of his time to haul me back and forth!! Hooraaaayyyyy! I'm gonna whip this thing. MacDries says, "Hooraaaayyyyy! You go girl. I'm sure a mother's son doesn't mind a weekly ride with his mom." Blast From The Past Subject: i met friends of Timothy Leary in NYC and then finally met Leary remember I was in a multimedia course at Washington University and i made some strange artwork, like a slide presentation of the crazy guru from India Maharaji (he is still around and suprisingly or not suprisingly neo-Neanderthals like ta get together = he got an award from Kofi Annon and Michigun Governor Jennifer Greenhorn, ), but I was mostly at Washington University studying chinese mandarin and zen buddhism and meditation techniques etc... hodge podging around but i do have some artwork to send you that I've never put on line. I lived in Taiwan Republic of china and studied the nutritional situation there and have since discovered the extraordinary medicinal quality of firm tofu (japanese made, NOT chinese made Dofu), only when Tofu is a house hold name will society think about making vodka and h_mp equal under the law. Once the pizza spagehetti society we are now slaving under finally collapses, we the globality society begin to put stuff like tofu and tahini in the widely knowness that pizza y spaghetti unfortunately has. I remember once I spoke with Sara G....... while in NYC, she gave me yr phone number and I called you up during the sandinista contra war and I mentioned that i found a somewhat secret loft where cubano communista wood go, and the have an english jewspaper called GRANMA, [www.granma.cu = english button] = does that sound familiar>? thank you for memo = i'm intrigued yr still on earth. it's just that in michigun territori ya meet so mani hillbilly types that doing this kinda anthropology makes ya wonder "Where are iz the literati?" MacDries says, "One of my former students, an identical twin I recall, found me on "the pipes" and emails me now. This is why I love the internet." Two For Kate Back in the days before internet porn one had to go to a record store and browse through Carly Simon record jackets. Drag Queen/Draft Dodger Like Bush/Cheney, Rudi had other priorities. Go HERE. Naked Sushi Not as interesting as it sounds. Go HERE if you can't resist. Today One of those days.
	4/17/07 I Miss Richard Pryor The "N" Word. There is tons of his stuff. Check it out. Bill Cosby, eat your heart out. Bromberg & Kaukonen Lots of good stuff in that que. Go HERE for Jorma's online tutorials. Buy Hot Tuna: Double Dose Go HERE for Wolfgang's Vault. Save The Date Artist/Friend Claire Seidl is a wonderful painter and also an accomplished photographer. On April 28th she is showing her photographs @ 323 Greenwich Street (5th floor) in Tribeca. 4-6pm. Or by appointment @ 212-226-4052. I'd check it out if I were you. Years Ago My friend Carl writes a lot and has a good imagination. But here is a pdf of a story that seems more of a memoir of a trip to Cuernavaca. Thomas 'n Charlie What's Goin' On? Live. As fresh as ever. Redneck Genius You Got It Coming Too An elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%. The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, "Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again." The gentleman replied, "Oh, I haven't told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times!"
	4/16/07 Only Great Minds Can Read This This is weird, but interesting! fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too Can yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! Of Course Not! You're not old enough. But I remember the 1956 Democratic convention when JFK gave his speech shooting for the VP nomination. He didn't get it but 4 years later... voila. Obama gave his similar speech in 2004 and now it seems, (given no big screw-ups or screw-overs and given the dis-array and malfeasance and corruption and felonious and unconstitutional actions of the Reprobates in power...) that a mixed-race, eloquent, clean, Christ-loving, Baptist of a sort, with good pecs, might actually be electable. Those are a lot of ifs, but... Of Course Not! Another wacko shooting with 30 plus dead. Will killing machines ever be outlawed? The right to own guns is one thing but there are already laws outlawing carrying them that have been passed in some states. In other states you must be licensed. If you want a gun for sportsmanlike reasons; shooting varmints and food species, OK. Eat what you kill. I've been told I'm not so tasty, so if you intend me harm, drunk or sober, in your car or with your gun, I want our police officers to know who you are. If you are a terrorist, The Shrub wants to know who you are but you have a right to own assault rifles. Ex-Governor Romney wants one so he is a friend of the NRA and will get their votes. OK? GOT THAT STRAIGHT! Finale The last concert at Fillmore East. The Allman Brothers. Go HERE. "One day soon this guitar is going to wired directly to my brain." -- Duane allman MacDries says, "One Way Out is my fave and 14 minutes of Memory Of Elizabeth Reed and Midnight Rider still kicks ass. Then there is 19 minutes at the Whipping Post. And damn, if this concert is not released it will be a sin. Duane died 3 months later in a motorcycle accident. Barry Oakly followed soon a few blocks away on his motorcycle." Quote Of The Day "I don't believe it is in anybody's interest for members of the Senate to be impugning the other side's patriotism or, by the way, hiding behind the troops as political justification for what we are doing.'' -- Sen. James Webb (D-Va) Ray You Got It Coming Too An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen. The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, "Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great. I would recommend it very highly. The other man said, "What is the name of the restaurant?" The first man thought and thought and finally said, "What is the name of that flower you give to someone you love? You know... The one that's red and has thorns." "Do you mean a rose?" "Yes, that's the one," replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, "Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went to last night? Persians & Arabs I'll bet Bush/Cheney even know this much. Kerry, The Tease Is On John now says the door is still open if y'all wanna draft him. Redneck Genius Still Raining Luckily we didn't flood as it sometimes does. It was about a foot deep in the street. Full moon last night so of course I lay awake for 2 hours. Happens all the time.
	4/15/07 I'm A Good Guy It's been raining buckets steadily all day and is expoected for 2 more days. I'd really like to order a couple movies for tonight but the thought of the poor guy delivering them in the weather makes me decide, No. too cruel. Hope there is something good on the TiVo box. Something To Understand "If you invade someone¹s country, they¹re going to fight back. Evidently that wasn¹t taught at Yale." -- Kurt Vonnegut Something To Look At Townes Van Zandt And other legends. Book Title Of The Year And the winner is: The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification. Runner-up: Tattooed Mountain Women and Spoon Boxes of Daghestan. Go HERE for more. Cold & Rainy Nothing new. Nap time.
	4/14/07s Something To Look At 10th Anniversary Rudi started his cross-dressing career a full decade ago. And shows no sign of quitting. Go HERE. Stonehenge Re-loaded Check this out. Chelsea Going up to Chelsea to see what art looks like these days. Sunny and warmish and hope the subways are not totally screwed up as they usually are on weekends. Update: Didn't see much of anything exciting except a few mural sized photos by guy named David LaChapell at Shafrazi. Go HERE. And got some good exercise. Lots of gay couples and women pushing strollers. Assistants sitting at computers and staring blankly.
	4/13/07 Throw The Bums Out! Another voice and this time from a corporate icon. Lee Iococca. "Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder. We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, "Stay the course." Stay the course? You've got to be kidding. This is America, not the damned Titanic. I'll give you a sound bite: Throw the bums out!" You oughta read this. Go HERE. Get it @ Amazon. Where Have All the Leaders Gone? June & Johnny Quote Of The Day "If flying-saucer creatures or angels or whatever were to come here in a hundred years, say, and find us gone like the dinosaurs, what might be a good message for humanity to leave for them, maybe carved in great big letters on a Grand Canyon wall? Here is this old poop's suggestion: WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE SAVED OURSELVES, BUT WERE TOO DAMNED LAZY TO TRY VERY HARD..." -- Kurt Vonnegut The Other Side Of Imus This what makes it all so fuzzy. Wonder if Rush Limbaugh has a decent side. Go HERE. Milt Hinton If you have a music collection it is almost certain you have recordings including bassist Milt Hinton. He is also a wonderful photograher. Go HERE. American Medicine-9 I like this Taxol chemo. Isn't as bad as the other two that I was on. It's early yet, but I don't seem to be as exhausted as I was before. On that treatment, I knew I couldn't drive for nearly a week, but today I drove over to the grocery store and put gas in the car. I feel a little tired now, but still.... that's pretty good. I'll keep in touch. Friday The 13th Comes on a Friday this month,
	4/12/07 NOW IS NOW "Yeah, I have a timetable, it's called now. There's no reason why Democrats should give the president any money, they have the power to end the war now." -- Dennis Kucinich Go HERE. Nine Eleven Someone just sent me a PowerPoint file of the immediate aftermath. If you'd like to see it, send me an email and I'll forward it to you. It's too large to embed. Loudmouth v. Loudmouth Interesting parlay today. Those Dukesters have all charges dropped and were apologized to by the prosecutor. Al Sharpton was one of the loudest voices protesting the boys and supporting the accuser. Now he is shouting loudest for Imus to be fired. Meanwhile, Snoopdoggiestyle Dawg argues it's okay for him and his homeys to dis' his hos and bitches but no one else can use the language spewing from every hip-hop piece'o crap pumping out of heavy bass speakers in every SUV pimp-mobile on the street. I have teenagers who hear the music of the day and are well versed with street talk and have even begun to pick it up, much to my horror and disgust. I have heard chat words such as "he's hot" and "she's a bitch" and yes even "she's a ho". Friggin' is now the F word and every sit com uses it. I've made it clear to my children that such language is not OK. Even Jesse "Hymietown" Jackson has foolishly jumped into the fray. And a few months ago, when Bill Cosby dared to criticize ghetto speak and "ebonics" he was quickly muzzled by his own black-community. I think it has sunk in, at least in my house but it is not re-inforced on the street. Even Imus must have developed a callous attitude about who can say what, where and when. The idea that Jon Stewart can use the word "sheeny", and I can not. That he can use the acronym WASP or the word "gentile" and it is not a derogative term, I find bogus. If I say I think Israel and the United States are the two biggest terrorist states far surpassing Al Qaeda, do I need to preface it with the fact that I have several Jewish friends who think likewise. I don't actually have a single black friend anymore but as I have mentioned, to paraphrase Willie Nelson, "my heros have always been black folks". The only positive about all this recent yakking is: It is more important than Anna Nichole Smith's actual silicone amplified slutishness. Brad Mehldau I've got a lot of Mehldau's music and like it all. Places, a solo album, just came up on the rotation and I've discovered it is an under-rated masterpiece. Check it out! Places Something To Look At Kurt Vonnegut, 84, R.I.P. A unique voice, capable of serious humor, is gone. So it goes. "When Hemingway killed himself he put a period at the end of his life; old age is more like a semicolon." -- Kurt Vonnegut
	4/11/07 Patty Griffin Heavenly Days. The Anchor Man Trembles "You're going to be up against people who have an opinion, a modem, and a bathrobe. All of my life, developing credentials to cover my field of work, and now I'm up against a guy named Vinny in an efficiency apartment in the Bronx who hasn't left the efficiency apartment in two years." -- Brian Williams MacDries says, "Can't stand the heat, pretty boy? Get a job." Imus The Icebreaker Now that Bad Boy uttered the nhh words and is being punished too little or too much for it, every one has to weigh in and repeat it; every news report gets to say n.... h..... h.."s. Every commmentator gets to say it and giggle a bit feeling superior. Milk it everyone. You Can Count On It When the door bell rings in the movies and there is more than one person in the room, one person will say, "I'll get it." In my house if the door bell rings one of my children will say, "Dad, someone's at the door." In the movies if someone asks another if they'd like coffee, the other will always say, "Yeah, black." In NYC, regular coffee means milk and sugar. Toxic Fumes Go HERE. Got Milk? & Bread "A gallon of milk is probably about a $1.50, ($4.19) a loaf of bread about a $1.25, $1.30. ($2.99" -- Benito Guiliani Tough On Peace "If Bush vetoes funding for the troops, he's the only one standing the way of the resources they need. Nobody else. Congress must stand firm. They must not write George Bush another blank check without a timeline for withdrawal - period." -- John Edwards Louie Louie Great version of My Back Pages. Bob in great form. The whole concert is there. The Multi-Million $ Baby So who really cares who of the dozens of possible fathers spawned Anna's heir? If you are not sick of this story and thus the life going forward for baby Dannielynn, you ought to get a life.
	4/10/07 It Goes On Don Imus is toast and probably rightfully so. Anyone who talks that much is likely to say many stupid things and when you are talking that much on the public airways you need to sometimes just STFU. Next in line is Limbaugh, Coulter; Stern has been sent to outer-space where he belongs. Anyone enamored of their own voice ought to listen as much as they spout. No big deal, Don has millions of $$$$$. Plus he can retire to his ranch and wear his silly hats where they look normal. Joan Crawford Defends Darwinian Theory Bocephus Hank Jr. from Wolfgang's Vault. Go HERE. The Chocolate Jesus Don't know if this little episode hit your radar but I was just wondering: Is the protest about the "chocolate jesus"? Or would it have been the same if it was "white chocolate"? And if a man actually began to eat the art and didn't stop when one came to the genitals, would that mean you were gay? I could sort of understand when elephant dung was associated with the mother of Christ, but chocolate? Who doesn't like chocolate? Read'em & Weep Billary Obama Edwards easily beats all Reprobates in a new Rasmussen poll. Go HERE. Saint John Loves His Mis-Speaks Yet another GOPper in denial. Not wrong, he just mis-spoke. Go HERE. Those Little Stickers On Fruit Irritating as they are, they can be useful. The numbers do stand for something. If the number begins with a 4, it means it was raised using pesticides and fertilizers. If the number begins with a 9, it means it was organically grown. Those fruits beginning with a number 8 are genetically modified. Go HERE for more. Nifty Patterns Go HERE. Who Ya Gonna Believe "Extremist Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr is in hiding, his followers are not contesting American forces." -- Sen. John McCain, 4/8/07 "You, the Iraqi army and police forces, don't walk alongside the occupiers, because they are your archenemy....God has ordered you to be patient in front of your enemy, and unify your efforts against them -- not against the sons of Iraq." -- Muqtada al-Sadr, 4/9/07 Now Billary Follows Edwards Lead Decides it's safe to boycott FOX debate. Happy Birthday Leslie We ♥♥♥♥♥Ms. Carr.
	4/9/07 Lucinda Williams Again In case you haven't cought on. And Emmylou singing Sweet Old World Obama Follows Edwards Lead Barak boycotts FOX debates too. Guess he's taking a que from Edwards. Go HERE. 100 Million iPods Plus Apple said its iTunes online music store has sold more than 2.5 billion songs, 50 million television shows and more than 1.3 million movies. Give'em what they want... and they will come. We only had 220 shares but K&E can watch it build. We Are All Bigots, Some Of Us Are Racists The recent demonstrations by Michael Richards and now Don Imus on the one hand and Newt Gingrich and the raft of others on the other hand, to wit. The left hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing and neither does the right. The trivial examples only clarify what is happening with all these religeous wars we've been waging. We should all know bigotry is wrong and are surprised when we hear it streaming from our own sound bites. The ones spewing through "the media" are the ones that get the attention. Don Imus has done the best of any of the apologists who have been caught. No excuses. It was wrong. Lennie Bruce had a great routine in the 60s that demonstrated what Michael Richards mis-interpreted and Howard Stern blasphemes almost daily. (But who takes Howard Stern seriously?) That's why Bruce was a genius and Richards is a mere comic and Imus is an opinionated loud-mouth with a microphone. Stern is the mouthpiece for closet bigots and racists. If you have never heard something coming out of your mouth that you knew at the moment to be patently false, wrong-minded or racist, you are either a saint or blessed with the ability to actually think a few seconds before saying something. We are in the season of politicians saying stupid things and then trying to back off quickly enough for damage control. Here is my confession: Many if not most of my heroes have been African American musicians; Billie, Coltrane, Miles, Satch, Ella, Etta & Etta, Jimi, or racial leaders MLK, Desmond Tutu, Kofi Annan. And yet today I passed a quartet of young black men on the street. One was dressed conservatively, hair trimmed normally, no obvious tattoos. The other three had combinations of baggy trousers, dreadlocks and braids and piercings. I asked myself who amongst these young guys would I trust and or hire? Without actually speaking to them about resumes and experience? You know which one. The one who looked most like me. And when I hear Snoop Dogg's racist crap I imagine Coltrane rolling over in his grave. Meanwhile Jesse Jackson seems to have forgotten his "HymieTown" remark of a few years ago and is still calling for Don's head. The Sopranos In 7 Minutes Re-cap to the last season. The Sopranos - The Complete First Five Seasons Great TV. Not necessarily Good Ethics. Take your choice, Father Knows Best? Cognitive Dissonance Two days in a row I have come across this terms so I guess the blogoshpere is getting tighter. Dilbert Blog had an extended piece on it this weekend (re: copyright and stealing) with dozen of posts. Go HERE. Today Andrew Sullivan has a piece. Go HERE. Wikipedia has this: Go HERE. It's and interesting concept and pertinent especially re: George W. Bush and posse. Also pertinent re: Don Imus, good guy who does a bad thing. Now We Know Rove & gang used GOP laptops to communicate secretly. That's illegal and thus we know they knew they were outlaws and didn't care. Go HERE. Hillbilly Highway Early Steve. Sol LeWitt, 78, R.I.P One of the greatest American artists of the 20th century has passed. Prolific and evolutionary, sparse and always beautiful. Go HERE. Then Go HERE. Then Google him. Tons of stuff. Your Accent* Take a short quiz and find out where you're from. My test said I was Philadelphia with the second closest being Inland North which is accurate. Iowa/Minnesota. Go HERE. *again via Wlfsng
	4/8/07 New Gulf (of Tonkin) U.S. offered to do Air Patrols over Iran. The Brits refused, thankfully. Go HERE. New Lucinda West Buy It! Dear Family and Friends* I have the distinguished honor of being named to the committee to raise $5,000,000 for a monument to George W. Bush. I am contacting you in hopes you will be willing to contribute to this noble cause. But, first, a little about what the committee has been doing to date. We originally wanted to put him on Mount Rushmore until we discovered that there was not enough room for two more faces. We then decided to erect a statue of George in the Washington, DC Hall of Fame. We were in a quandary as to where the statue should be placed. It was not proper to place it beside the statue of George Washington, who never told a lie, or beside Richard Nixon, who never told the truth, since George could never tell the difference. We finally decided to place it beside Christopher Columbus. He left not knowing where he was going and, when he got there, he did not know where he was. He returned not knowing where he had been, decimated the well-being of the majority of the population while he was there, and did it all on someone else's money. Thank you. The George W. Bush Monument Committee P.S. The Committee has raised $1.35 so far. So please be generous! * via WlfSng Your Egg State By State Go HERE. Man Swims The Amazon No, he's not insane. Just crazy. Go HERE. Easter A guy from my home town sends me pix like that (and even worse) all the time. Just wondered what the word means. All I could find is: Easter means Easter. And Emma's coming back today too.
	4/7/07 Edwards Leads Again Let's all snub FOX in all ways. Go HERE. Short Letter To Dubya Remember the good old days when Kings went to war with their subjects? -- MacDries James Turrell One of my fave artists has a show at Pace-Wildenstein. Go HERE. Orgamso! Rachel Ray loves her... Go HERE. An Anorexic Mind "These people can't even wrap up genocide. We've been hearing about this slaughter in Darfur forever - and they still haven't finished. The aggressors are moving like termites across that country. It's like genocide by committee. Who's running this holocaust in Darfur, FEMA? This is truly a war in which we have absolutely no interest." -- Ann Coulter U.S. of A And some other Americas. Bad Dreams Having one of those horrible menacing dreams that I usually enjoy but this time not. Still, I couldn't get out of bed until about 11. And now I'm thinking about a nap.
	4/6/07 Charles Lloyd & Billy Higgins Two Masters just hanging out. Also Go HERE for more. And Go HERE. The Other Clinton 1st there was Bill, who had his faults but nothing compared to The Shrub. And like Jimmy Carter he is going on to be an even better ex-prez. The Clinton Global Innitiative is a huge idea and getting larger. Go HERE. Why Organic? Fruits are especially good traps for pesticides. And they are not good for you. Go HERE. And Go HERE. And while you're there, explore. I Wish I Had A Government Dilbert Blog has a good one today. Go HERE. The Movies The Virgin Spring and Jules et Jim were last nights double-bill. VS was as powerful as I remembered but J&J was a bit boring. I bailed on it about half way through. Hope there is something interesting on TiVo for tonight. Agnes Isabella Guertin Dries R.I.P. My mother, known as Maybelle, (Ma to her brood of 15) died on Good Friday, 50 years ago. This is her wedding picture. My dad Frank (Poppy) died 5 years earlier just before Xmas. I miss them both but only have a few memories of Poppy.
	4/5/07 Does Flip-Flopping Matter "My support of the Brady Bill and the assault weapons ban are not going to make me the hero of the NRA....I don't line up with the NRA." -- Mitt Romney, 1994 "I have a gun of my own. I go hunting myself. I'm a member of the NRA and believe firmly in the right to bear arms." -- Mitt Romney, 2007 Self-Medicine Started treating my sore knuckles by soaking in hot/warm water for a couple hours last night and slept through the night without pain. Knuckles are still tolerable today. Fuck doctors. Now I need to figure out how to treat my weepy left eye. Optomitrist gave me eye drops which don't seem tro do anything. The Riches-3 Minnie on Pt. Dume, Malibu. Sis-in-law Carolyn sees her there with her dog. 3rd episode last night and it's still building quite well. The teenage son is showing signs of star quality and the teenage daughter has a guitar playing boyfriend. Dad discovers mom was a speed freak in prison and things move on... A Sinking Ship Benito still supports government funding for abortion. He might as well run as a Republicrat. Except Republicrat Koch dis-endorsed him. Go HERE. Surprise! BFF Ava & The Sparkler en Paree. Bunuel I didn't recall a single scene of The Obscure Object Of Desire but I know I had seen it when it first came out. Mainly the story of what used to be called a "prick tease" and a rich man. Pretty good if not his best. I prefer The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeois.
	4/4/07 Determined To Be Impeached The Shrub snubs congress once again. Uses recess appointment again to by-pass congress. Go HERE. I defy anyone to name a more wrong-headed administration; even Reagan begins to seem intelligent. The Movies Got a line-up of oldies tonight: Bergman, Bunuel, and Truffaut again. The Virgin Spring, The Obscure Object Of Desire, & Jules et Jim. I've seen them all a few times. The Bunuel is one of his trickiest but should be fun. NYC Downtown Library has only a few dozen DVDs and tapes but some goodies. And I really can't stand going to the theatres anymore. 20 minutes of commercials and previews and the smell of perfume and rancid popcorn in the row ahead. Saint McCain John Boy is doing a pretty good job of losing credibility and funding, so your assignment, if you chose to accept it, is to start working on this pretty boy Mormon Saint Romney and Benito. I can't see any of those other dozen dweebs having a chance. The Reprobates best chance is with Hagel/Romney. On the other side, it looks now like there is more than hype behind Billary's bounce. With NJ Gov. Corzine jumping on the bandwagon, some people do take her seriously. I'm still hoping Edwards and Obama will give her a few hits early and then we wind up with an Edwards/Obama ticket. Or, still hoping Gore will jump in. That's my best scenario. Compassionate Facism "Yes, of course I have the power to imprison you without charges or review of any kind, but as President, I commit to you that I intend (no promises) to 'use this authority infrequently.'" -- Rudolph Guiliani "I consider [trial by jury] as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution" -- Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Paine, Taj Mahal At Fillmore West from Wolfgang's Vault. Go HERE. Movies I've watched The Last Metro 3-4 times and each time I'm surprised how good it is. Charulata by Satyajit Ray was also excellent.
	4/3/07 What's Wrong With Me Just realized I haven't listened to any music today. That's just sick. But I did re-watch Almodovar's All About My Mother last night and then Paul Newman in an under-rated movie called Where The Money Is written by an old pal named Topper Lillien. Also stars the sexy Linda Fiorintino who burned the theatres down in The Last Seduction. Tonight I've got The Last Metro on the que and a Satyajit Ray film I've never seen. But what's for dinner? Rummy Rummy Rummy A post-resignation interview. Go HERE. Some People Have Too Much Money Parking en suite. Go HERE. Say It Ain't So Keith, my man, we always knew you were a heavy hitter. But if you're gonna snort your daddy, please do it clean. Go HERE. Update: Next day he says it ain't so. He was joking. Jesus Freak Shrub Why is it that we never see photo ops of Dubya and Laura going to church? Orthopedist Didn't have a clue. Took xrays. Little evidence of arthritis. Sends me to a rheumatologist. Sclerodema was tossed out. Wants me to come back in 4 weeks. I didn't bother to ask him why. Ronnie John's Half Hour Candy Man Never take candy from this man. One Of Those days Can't get started. Gotta find an orthopedist for my sore knuckles.
	4/2/07 On My List To Read It's finally coming out, Nixon/Kissinger are like Leopold & Loeb, Smith & Hickock. Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power Go HERE. Picking A Scab Everyone says you should never do so. But I do, sometimes. And like that no-no, I should know better than to waste time checking on certain awful features on the internet. Indeed most videos outside of YouTube are not worth watching. Examples of this are: Amanda Cogdon's videoblogs on ABCNews.com (she knows she's cute and has a great rack) or David Pogue's videos (he thinks he's funny but is embarrassingly wrong) or the Vows videos on NYTimes.com (everyone knows a majority of marriages end in divorce so perhaps somthing else is going on). I promise never to watch any of these again but I know I will just for the S-M factor. ABCNews.com is especially odious. They have featured for months now the stories about the Indian with a twin brother growing inside him, the woman who smells like dead fish, the tiny people and the 1300 pound man. Peter Jenning is rolling in his grave. Rudi's 3rd Wife Judi Nathan Guiliani worked for 4 year demonstrating stapling techniques on puppies which were them destroyed of died in surgery. Gonna lose the pet owners vote for that little tidbit. Go HERE for the grisly details. Also, heads up! Front-runner Benito will soon announce he is running for Prez. Maybe even this month. Not Content... To pollute the earth now "they" are scattering ashes and debris in space. Go HERE. Mona Lisa Descending The Staircase The one on the right is the better one. US of A
	4/1/07 Starbucks Stole My Idea When I returned from Rome in 1969 and drank my first cup of USA coffee I said to myself, damn! why can't you get a good cup of coffee on any corner like you can in Italy. (Not that I've ever had a cup of Starbucks. I'm assuming it's decent.) So here's another idea for some one to steal and run with: Connect all the stairmasters and eliptical trainers etc. in all the "Health Clubs" to the power grid to generate at least enough energy to fuel the health clubs needs, perhaps more. If I was a business man, I'd be rich. Go for it. Advice To Dana Perino "Put your big-girl panties on." -- Education Secretary Margaret Spellings MacDries says, "If a guy said that, it would be sexual harassment. Or if Spellings is lesbian." Monk & Art Blakey Our mentor just came up on iTunes shuffle and I have to link you to this classic. Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk Tag Sale Only made $51 but met a few nice people from the nabes and got rid of a few pieces of junque. Another couple are interested in my paintings and may come back. Mind Rape I don't go anywhere much these days but when I hop on the subway I am reminded of what my children have to deal with daily. Every one or two stops the prisoners underground are reminded "If you see something, say something." Maybe it's just NYC and camo guards in Penn Station and Grand Central and LIRR and the airports but it's coming to your town soon. Paranoia is being programmed into your children's minds. Pisses me off. Doesn't it bother you? In The Event You Don't Know Why George Bush Is Insane by Harold Pinter. Go HERE. Candy Ass Candidates If President Bush vetoes an Iraq war spending bill as promised, Congress quickly will provide the money without the withdrawal timeline the White House objects to because no lawmaker "wants to play chicken with our troops," Sen. Barack Obama said Sunday. Dare ya'. No, double dare you. NOLA Popeye's Mom Still Alive I used to date her back in the 70s. Lonely Town Gonna be a long lonely week cuz My Sparkler is gone to Paree. Hurry home doll. Naima Neutralize Newt I thought we had lost this Aryan brother but he keeps raising his ugly head. Let the Reprobates nominate him and we'll stomp him into the muck and mire from which he emerged. Go HERE. MacDries says, "Most Europeans speaks many languages and make chauvanist Americans seem stupid. Get a clue Newt. " REMEMBER LOFT SALE- TODAY NYC April Fool's Day- 9-3 - 115 South Street. 3rd & 4th floor. Art, antiques, bike, Eliptical trainer, stuff and junque, books, tools, furniture, clothes. Check it out if you're in town. ANOTHER SALE UPSTAIRS. THIS IS NOT AN APRIL FOOLS DAY JOKE.
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