When I have something legit and worthwhile to write/read about I will. Until then

90's Take 3

Sebadoh
"Rebound"




Sebadoh emerged at a time when it was ok to be angst ridden. Much like the 2000's the early-mid 90's was a time of great complacency. People lived. People made music. People made art. It wasn't punk, it wasn't rock, it was lo-fi cheap and flawed. MTV was a big deal, but it wasn't the monopoly it is now (there was ONE MTV channel, not 7).

One of the gem's of the 90's was Sebadoh's album "Bakesale" and their teenage centered lyrics: lost love, confusion, sex, drugs... along with the raw, rough guitar.

Standout Tracks:

-Not too Amused

-Skull

-Rebound

-Together or Alone

-License to Confuse

Not to mention Lou Barlow's amazing talent... (The Folk Implosion/bassist Dinosaur Jr.)

Sebadoh is everything that Blink 182 should of been for those of us in the late 90's.

I just finished watching "Pierrot le fou." Instead of creating a long winded rant about how fucking amazing this movie is (because it is) I will instead objectify the main character. Not only is his acting alluring, sexy, he somehow uses his body unlike any man I've ever seen on film. Never once does he have to act sexy, he just seeps it from every pore in his body. As a viewer, you can tell that his acting is his craft and he is truly passionate about what he does. Passion= pure sex. Goddamn. Not to mention he's chiseled like an ideal form, Greek statue...

Hello Art!Hello Words!

I was walking through work today, a hazy daze that was heavily lubricated with current nights of heavy drinking combined with sickness and medication.

I am telling you this because as I was walking in a practiced haze I saw information on "The National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read" I immediately became very excited.

It is nonprofit grant funded program that has the following mission:

The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. The Big Read brings together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment.

The current book they are reading is Old School, a novel by Tobias Wolff, a professor at Standford University. He is best known for his short stories, In The Garden Of The North American Martyrs. Wolff has been praised by The New Yorker, The New York Times and The Paris Review as one of the saving graces for American Lit. Wolff has words that are so beautiful and rich they almost seem unreal.

Why am I telling you this? People used to read, they used to be able to create a scene, a life inside their mind from words written on a page-- and in the medium of multi-media, computers and kindles, e-books and digital literacy, people read books less. This is sad. While cultural shifts are neat-- I would hate to see books become obsolete, a thing of the past and this program sees this shift and created a way to remedy it, or at least try.

Books <3

Let's take a hip step back for a moment.

Someone today asked me where Haiti was.

Seriously??

*Haiti is the poorest nation in the W. hemisphere

-70% of Haitians live below the "US Poverty Line"

*Average lifespan (M&F) is 49.7 years

*97/1000 infant mortality rate

*French Colonization +political oppression= crazy instability.

*45% literacy rate.

7.0 Earthquake didn't help.

7.0 magnitude earthquake = appx. half million tons of high explosive.

Think about it.

Cart-tuunez. Twenty.

Back when I was 20, when the economy was booming and I only slept 4 hours a night, I had an internship. This internship was at a very large, multi billion dollar production company that made aluminum. (When I say multi billion, I mean they spent 6 million dollars on machinery to cool metal at a faster pace so they could produce more annually)

They paid me well. In fact, they paid me more two weeks what I make in an entire month.

This might kill me a bit now when I eat my welfare bread.

Here is where that ego-mess/ hedonistic prose ties into this blog. While they paid me well, I learned how to work the system and work it well. While going through my email today (slacking off, much) I made these ironic comics, while on the clock. They made me realize I used to be funny, I used to be young and my sketches looked like Beavis and Butthead. Enjoy.

Let's play Politic

This movie was shown to me by an English Prof. my freshman year (way, way back when). I have since watched the movie, only to realize that the game of politic is both enjoyable, fun and completely cut throat. (surprise)