Nov 26

“To John  Dillinger and hope he is still alive.
Thanksgiving Day November 28 1986″

Thanks for the wild turkey and
the passenger pigeons, destined
to be shat out through wholesome
American guts.

Thanks for a continent to despoil
and poison.

Thanks for Indians to provide a
modicum of challenge and
danger.

Thanks for vast herds of bison to
kill and skin leaving the
carcasses to rot.

Thanks for bounties on wolves
and coyotes.

Thanks for the American dream,
To vulgarize and to falsify until
the bare lies shine through.

Thanks for the KKK.

For nigger-killin’ lawmen,
feelin’ their notches.

For decent church-goin’ women,
with their mean, pinched, bitter,
evil faces.

Thanks for “Kill a Queer for
Christ” stickers.

Thanks for laboratory AIDS.

Thanks for Prohibition and the
war against drugs.

Thanks for a country where
nobody’s allowed to mind the
own business.

Thanks for a nation of finks.

Yes, thanks for all the
memories– all right let’s see
your arms!

You always were a headache and
you always were a bore.

Thanks for the last and greatest
betrayal of the last and greatest
of human dreams.


Nov 25

AFront

Salvador is force to be reckoned with.   Their new 10 inch EP “Cleansed Through Fire and Blood” is incredible!  Some of the Heaviest Shit to come out of the Pacific Northwest since, dare I say, the YOB. The only negitive thing I can say about the EP is that it is only 3 songs.

The opening riff of “Shaman of UR” is thunderous and doom crushing.  But about 4 minutes guitarist Aaron Lum hits you with this melancholy solo that is behind Singer/Bassist Kirk Evans’ epic screams that made me feel that the 4 horsemen were at my door.  Throughout all three songs Ryan McPhaill’s drumming drives the sonic powerhouse that is Salvador.

I highly recommend you taking a cosmic trip to Salvador.

Nov 23

This makes me sad.  Such a beautiful animal being hunted into extinction.  Fuck Idaho Fish and Game.  May you all die a horrible death.

So far, hunters have reached half of the total 220-wolf limit set by Fish and Game earlier this year. Hunting could still close before the March 31 deadline if hunters reach quotas set for each zone.

Montana closed its wolf hunting season Monday after nearing its quota of 76 wolves, or about 15 percent of Montana's total wolf population. Idaho officials estimate the state's population between 800 and 900 wolves.

Environmentalist criticized the decision, saying it has much deeper implications for the health of the region's wolf population. They said the season is now extended into breeding and denning season, when wolves are at their den sites and therefore particularly vulnerable.

via Idaho extends wolf hunting season, environmentalists say it’s a bad move | KLEW CBS 3 – News, Weather and Sports – Lewiston, ID – Lewiston, Idaho | Local & Regional.

Nov 22

Great Interview with Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animals.  Great Book.

Nov 22

Alright Austin Folks.  Show some love….

When little Marie was rescued from Town Lake Animal Shelter she was deathly ill with an upper respiratory infection. She wasn’t eating and had reached a “dangerously low weight”, according to APA’s vet techs. Her foster parent started nebulizing her once per day for 20 minutes and saw significant improvement. Soon she was recovered and eating on her own. Marie was adopted last week — a happy, healthy cat that could have easily died if not for nebulizing.

What is a nebulizer and why do so many rescued cats need them?

While at Town Lake Animal Center many cats and kittens develop upper respiratory infections (URIs), aka, kitty colds. At the shelter the cats stay in small spaces in close proximity to other cats and are highly stressed, making it easy for a kitty to catch a cold.

Usually once we place these cats in foster homes they recover quickly but some take longer than others. Our cats need to be healthy in order to go to adoption events and find their forever homes. If a kitten is sitting at home sick he cannot be adopted. The longer he stays in foster care the fewer cats we can pull from the euthanasia list to take his spot.

Nebulizers help a great deal when it comes to getting over a URI. They are used to help cats and kittens breathe better when they are all stuffed up. If a cat can’t breath, he stops eating because he will only eat what he can smell. And not eating certainly doesn’t help a sick kitty.

via Austin Pets Alive! » Blog Archive » We need nebulizers to save more cats.

Nov 22

This sounds Awesome!  I want to get this!  

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[Click for larger image.] I was lucky enough to see Black Flag play live a number of times in the ’80s, around the time Glen E. Friedman shot the photo that graces this book’s cover. I was an underage teen sneaking into grownup punk clubs, high on moshpit fumes (and, truth be told, lots else). The band, and that subculture that surrounded them, changed my life.

Spray Paint the Walls: The Story of Black Flag explores the history of one of the most important bands, if not the most important, in American punk history.

Snip from observations by writer Joe Carducci, who was long associated with SST Records (some links added):

“[The book is] very well reported and assembled by Brit music writer Stevie Chick, author of the better of the recent Sonic Youth books . Neither Greg Ginn nor Henry Rollins sat for interviews but their voices are included from earlier interviews, and more importantly Chuck Dukowski spoke to Chick – a first I believe. The story, laid out from the band’s earliest practices in 1976 to its end ten years later, makes a far more dramatic book than the usual shelf-fillers with their stretch to make the empty stories of various chart-toppers sound exciting and crucial and against the odds. “

Spray Paint the Walls: The Story of Black Flag (Amazon, book comes out later this month)

Here’s a related post on photographer Glen E. Friedman’s blog.

You may also be interested in some of Carducci’s own writings on the subject of music and fandom.

After the jump: Glen E. Friedman shares an exclusive sneak peek at the back cover, with an ’80s photo of Greg Ginn.

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Nov 22

Wow!  But I would just like to point out that their were never any chicks that looked like the picture below that were playing D&D when I was a kid.

Nerve is running “Sex Advice From Dungeons & Dragons Players,” answering questions about RPGs, role-playing, and finding mating opportunities among the nerdy. It’s a delight.

What’s the best way to pick up a D&D player?
If you’re a geek and you see a girl geek browsing the comic books and players’ manuals, don’t make assumptions. Nothing irritates me more than having someone tell me what I’m holding. I know what I’m holding. Aside from the fact that I came in here specifically looking for it, I CAN READ. Instead, try a trivia tidbit or a commentary on the quality/author/whatever. Your goal is to sound interested, not condescending. For the non-geek, we’re really not that strange and different, but we tend to be a little defensive. Be willing to listen, stumble through some conversation you don’t have the lingo for. Don’t mock. Unless your romantic candidate starts talking about their characters in detail. No one finds that interesting. Really. Get out while you still can.

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Nov 20

Great Video French rider JC Pieri.  This kid is good!

BMX Bike Riding Video – JC Pieri’s Mankind Edit – Ride BMX Magazine.

Nov 17

Probably one of the only important news items Fox News has ever put out.


CHICAGO — A disturbing video released exclusively to Fox News by the animal rights group Mercy for Animals (MFA) shows a string of alleged abuses at one of the nation's largest pig farms, including footage of employees picking up baby pigs and tossing them like footballs.

Additional scenes from the video show injured pigs going uncared for, pregnant hogs being kept in very small pens, with several portions of the video so disturbing that Fox News will not show.

MFA is now taking on America’s farming industry, hoping its latest undercover investigation will help create new federal and state laws to ensure better treatment for farm.

via Undercover Video Shows Pig Farm Employees Allegedly Abusing Pigs – Local News | News Articles | National News | US News – FOXNews.com.

Nov 16

Ignorance is bliss…or something.  These are the people that scare me.    And we have cats like this running things too.  Crazy!

What’s Going On?

Comforts “Origin”Living Waters, the evangelical Christian ministry of Ray Comfort (Banana Man) and Kirk Cameron (sitcom star of Growing Pains), is on a mission to distribute 100,000 copies of a reprinted version of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, with an introduction by Comfort attempting to refute Darwin's theories. You can see Comfort’s explanation of the project on their website. Or, you can download and read the Introduction in PDF form.

The highlights of the introduction, according to Kirk Cameron (who explains the project on YouTube), include “a timeline of Darwin’s life, Adolf Hitler’s undeniable connection with the theory, Dariwn’s racism, his disdain for women and Darwin’s thoughts on the existence of God.” The introduction also “lists the theory’s many hoaxes.”

via When Creationists “Promote” Darwin’s Work | Secular Student Alliance: Atheists, Humanists, Agnostics & Others.

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