By substitute on March 8, 2012
Folks: We know you’re just as pumped as we are about all the rockin’ events, speakers, sessions, and performances at this year’s SXSW Interactive. But it’s even better now. We’ve squeezed in some more items that kick ass so hard that we’re flyin’ here! Check out: FRIDAY: Mobile Karaoke for NGOs: Sharing Stories, Sharing Licensing, [...]
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By substitute on February 20, 2012
First, for those of you not stuck in the pop culture tar pit, a definition. Hipster: a youngish person, comfortably middle-class, with a strong interest in current popular music and a defined set of tastes in fashion, food, and other cultural matters. Unlike some youth cultures, their look and tastes have been static for a [...]
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By substitute on January 14, 2012
Wrong number email and text messages are a joy. I’ve had email addresses with just a first name or simple word and received everything from a detailed thank your for a weekend-o-sex to a nauseating consumer complaint about a yeast infection remedy. Sometimes it’s just Kismet, though. Years ago I got a mistaken invitation to [...]
Posted in doom | Tagged failure, sex |
By substitute on December 26, 2011
I’ll start by asking you as a personal favor to read this whole thing. I know that the Internet is TL;DR, but it’s important to me that everyone read this. Thanks. This is about my friend Peter Brayman. Pete grew up in a small rural town in New York. He was a New York State [...]
Posted in doom | Tagged biography, friends, neurofibromatosis-2, personal narrative |
By substitute on December 5, 2011
15. Joe Mantegna’s facial hair. Just squeaked in this time! 14. The five pound jar of Nutella. 13. Drakkar Nöir. The Baku metal scene had its high water mark in the late 90s, but nobody told these guys the grim grind party was over. We especially liked “Shashlik Midnight” but don’t stop before you get [...]
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By substitute on October 28, 2011
Five years ago I revealed that an unknown number of public figures were created as clones of the late great absurdist comedian Andy Kaufman. That article is linked here: Theory: We Are All Andy Now. This was a tremendous breakthrough. Without this knowledge, we would have been powerless against an army of Andys. It’s been [...]
Posted in doom | Tagged absurdism, andy kaufman, ionesco, rhinoceros, steve rocco |
By substitute on October 13, 2011
I first heard these set to Hans Eisler’s music, as sung by Dagmar Krause on her wonderful record Supply and Demand. My favorite is the last one, “The Swamp”. It hits as hard as it did in the forties. I The village of Hollywood was planned according to the notion People in these parts have [...]
Posted in doom, los angeles, poetry | Tagged brecht, los angeles, poetry |
By substitute on September 10, 2011
Cut word lines — Cut music lines — Smash the control images — Smash the control machine — Burn the books — Kill the priests — Kill! Kill! Kill! Happy Patriot Day, everyone.
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