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Another death of someone I only knew of online reminded me of Mike Arietano.

In 1990-1991 I was a constant presence on the CompuServe rock ‘n’ roll forums. There were a lot of interesting smart people there, and it was the good kind of music discussion where we turned each other on to new things and had a hilariously good time making fun of crap.

My favorite guy was Mike. He was obstreperous, outspoken, funny, and genuinely excited about music. His writing style was an homage to Richard Meltzer and Lester Bangs mostly, but was definitely Mike’s own. He released a text filter that produced lovely bastardized text. And he wrote really well about music: http://www.xnet2.com/neslon/mike/index.html

Some time in 1991 Mike got really tired driving home from a show and drove into a tree. I still miss the guy. Glad someone archived him.

…in Northern England.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/docbrite/161716.html

War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning

Why do we go to war? Why do we like it when we get there? Why do we stay there, and go back? How does war change how we live and think and act? Chris Hedges spent a lot of time in a few wars and didn’t blink so much. What he discovered may surprise you.

No matter what you think of this current war or any war, read this book and understand it a little better.

The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life…

There’s a new set of official feeds from the FOX Sports website, which I syndicated here as:

foxsports All headlines

foxsports_cbk NCAA College Basketball

foxsports_cfl NCAA College Football

foxsports_golf Golf

foxsports_mlb Major League Baseball

foxsports_nba NBA Basketball

foxsports_nfl NFL Football

foxsports_nhl NHL Hockey

foxsports_wnba WNBA Basketball

foxsportshorses Horse racing

foxsportsnascar NASCAR Auto Racing

foxsportssoccer Soccer

foxsportstennis Tennis

I Can’t Believe It’s a Business
Loser Depot
Darget
Valmart
Fourth-Best Buy
Acres of Tweakers
Recalls ‘n’ Reorgs
Doomed “R” Us
Layoff McBackorder’s Big Empty Box

Now here’s a reason to be on myspace:

http://groups.myspace.com/httpgroupsmyspacecomantibroaliiance

VELOUR TRACKSUIT JIHAAAAAAAAAAD

I just got an automated phone call from the recorded voice of one Peter Bell, who apparently is in charge of C.A.R.E.

I immediately started to cringe, partly because I hate automated phone calls and partly because I thought “oh no, they aren’t going to…”

He delivered a short eulogy to Margaret Hassan and then asked that everyone honor her memory by working for a more peaceful world. And he didn’t ask for a contribution, or even give contact info or tell me to go to a website or anything. He just said thank you.

So, despite the automated phone call, I’ve got say this guy is a class act.

lolwarkthxbye

(flash)

A lot of media attention today on http://www.live-shot.com/ which purports to be a site that allows you to shoot a gun via the internet. Stinks of hoax from top to bottom to me. There’s no real contact info, the site’s domain is cloaked by a privacy service, and it’s just the perfect sort of troll that gets the news people interested.

However, we live in insane times. And it’s about America and guns. And it’s in Texas! What’s your call?

Edit: I fixed the stupid broken poll.

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