"Older Singers Should Give the Young a Hand" by Jim Fusilli
...As for 21st-century writers whose songs are worth exploring, let's begin with Peter Bradley Adams, Eef Barzelay, A.A. Bondy, Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats, Kathleen Edwards, Geoff Farina, Trevor Garrod of Tea Leaf Green,...
the thermostat in this house does not have an 'off' switch - i can set it at the lowest - 50 degrees Fahrenheit- but if the system is on and the temperature drops below 50, it automatically comes on to heat the house up to 50.
i have myself contained to one room with a space heater, and don't want to oil heat to kick on even if it's below 50.
i bought a bunch of handwarmers for 50 cents and put one on top of the thermostat under the slipper sock so the thermostat stays warm and does not trigger the oil heat.
click the sock to see the handwarmer.
the only real danger is if the slipper sock falls off and gets eaten by this terrible dog.
the magic soap in the individual bottles has a stronger, longer-lasting smell than the same flavor soap you pump yourself from the bulk jugs at the store.
there's a wild fire raging in the hills above santa barbara, since last evening. our friend sh32, aka phil, lives exactly right in the middle of it.
i heard that the eucalyptus and palm trees in the area are literally exploding when the oil inside them gets too hot - and that sends flying more flaming shrapnel.
so join me in sending phil some good thoughts and keep your paws crossed that his house survives.
having a bedtime, i remember being awake in bed a lot growing up. i hung upside down over the edge of the bed and would imagine an alternate universe where everybody was barbie-sized and would use the fans and lights and molding and tiles on the ceiling as ball rooms and tiki huts.
i walked into my bedroom and holden was sitting next to the laundry basket, looking at it and repeatedly swallowing.
he looked suspicious.
i looked in the laundry basket and saw only one sock of a pair of thick knee socks.
i freaked the hell out.
stamping my feet, crying, hand wringing, yelling at holden "WHY! GODDAMN IT! YOU FUCKING DOG! THIS IS IT!"
i have a broken CD alarm clock that for some reason goes off every day at noon and midnight (since daylight savings it's 11am and 11pm) and plays the josh phillips folk festival CD in there, which is an upbeat, soulful CD. i yelled at the clock, "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" and punched it off.
i pried open his teeth and stuck my hand as far down his throat as it would go.
i turned the laundry basket upside down looking for the other sock.
i thought about waiting to see if he would throw it up, or he would poop it out, but then i started thinking if i wait longer than 2 hours and it moved into his intestines, it could get stuck in the kinks where he's had 2 surgeries in the past, and would require another risky surgery for thousands of doghairs.
so i called the vet to see about the shot to make him throw up. i was crying & said i can't take it anymore, i have spent close to $10,000 on him this year. if he needs surgery, i can't do it.
i brought him in and they x-rayed him, saw the sock in his stomach, and gave him a shot of amorphine to make him throw it up.
now he's back home, on the dog bed resting and slightly gagging, and i'm right next to him slightly gagging too.
i volunteered last night at the local obama office with my friend michelle. they sent us to candler's finest trailer parks to hang obama signs printed with the hours and voting locations on a few very specific doors.
we knocked every time, but only one man opened up after burping heartily and told us his wife was going to vote today.
i climbed up Looking Glass Rock this weekend with some friends and dogs.
the views were truly spectacular. the rock falls off at a sharp angle and you're faced with a canyonish bowl of trees at the height of the fall color change.
this is a fantastic newsletter from Barry Cooper, the ex-Texas trooper who now does "Never Get Busted" DVDs and lectures all over the country about legalizing marijuana, and how ineffective the drug war has been, and how so many people's lives are ruined getting busted for herb.
i think he's funny and honest and i like his straightforward style and he wholeheartedly believes what he's saying.
the newsletter starts:
Candi and I often use the phrase, “these Americans are crazy!” We use this term when referencing the Americans who support McCain and Palin and the right wing conservatives of our country. We see McCain as a fake, old, mean, power hungry, little man with crazy dark eyes that dart around looking for approval. I remember facing McCain in an elevator regarding our current marijuana laws only to see him dart away as I was shoved by some of his security. The entire incident was captured by a freelancer who placed it on you tube here:...
gnarly footage of Barry Cooper try to confront McCain on an elevator with Cindy McCain and some shady bodyguards about marijuana harming people when it really helps people.
the newsletter also features such gems as:
"I have no respect for McCain and wish we were all on an anarchist island together so I could kick his ass…he deserves it!"
and
"So vote for Obama. He is half black and half white and totally opposes the crazy Bush and McCain generation of government. "
henry has a stuffed dog friend about half his size named humpy, so named because henry used to or still likes to hump him. when the neighbor's girl comes over to play with henry, humpy's name turns to brownie.
if we all cancel christmas, we'll kill the economy
history isn't written yet, we're not stuck in a depression yet, if we stop spending any money won't the economy necessarily shrivel and wither? shouldn't we keep spending? in places we love for experiences and things and food we love? no fear.
i keep seeing 'stocks tumble amidst fears...' let's stop fearing and stocks will climb
The temperature inside my house is currently 49 degrees Farenheit.
i am sitting at my desk chair in my sleeping bag and fingerless gloves.
i called the oil company when they opened at 830 and the guy said he'd have someone here 'before lunch.'
when i moved here in april, the girl moving out said the oil tank was empty.
the oil guy on the phone said that trying to run it when the tank is empty will draw sludge from the 100 year old oil tank into the system and the whole thing would need to be cleaned out
i just got back from the barack obama rally held in the packed and sunny football stadium of Asheville High School.
i was in a snaking line for about an hour. everybody was in good spirits. people were selling t-shirts, pins, hats, rally towels (i got one $5), stickers, car magnets, berets, for obama.
a woman in line with me has lived in fairbanks alaska for the last 10 years and said it is 'absolutely true, common knowledge' among alaskans that governor palin's oldest son, track, is in iraq as an alternative to jailtime, after vandalizing all the wasilla school buses with friends and other punk activities. so when she talks about him being there because he wanted to do all he can for this country, she's lying.
also that wasilla had to hire somebody to do the budget for her for $30K/year because sarah palin was incapable.
she had some more nuggets but you had to be there.
both sides of the stadium's bleachers were jammed full. along the fences within earshot were 3 deep at least. 50 yards of the playing field were full of old people, young people, black people, white people, babies on shoulders, and so many cameras.
barack obama looks so healthy and energetic and vibrant.
he talked about mccain wanting to 'turn the page' away from the economic crisis with swift boat distractions, and how we are not going to be 'bamboozled' and 'hoodwinked', 'okeydoke?' clearly mocking sarah palin's country bumpkin act.
he talked about health care. the specifics of his plan and how he'll fund it, and the specifics of mccain's plan and how he'll fund it. mccain's way of taxing our insurance benefits is crap. obama's way of taxing the really rich is cool.
as far as taxes go, unless you're really rich and making more than $250K a year, you're way better off with obama.
even if you're really rich, you're the same with obama as you were with clinton, and you're better than you were with reagan.
at the end of his speech, they let go about two dozen white doves and they flew in formation, no undue chaos or fear just grace and peace.
i've heard that sarah palin 'rebounded' in the debate last night. so, blatantly ignoring the actual questions asked of you and rambling your memorized talking points equals good?
i can't imagine her sitting down with a foreign diplomat who needed a translator. would the translator wink? what would the translator do with "joe six pack"? she is an embarrasment. you betcha.
and is it too much to ask that the VP candidate can pronounce NUCLEAR?
KATIE COURIC: And when it comes to establishing your world view, I was curious, what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this — to stay informed and to understand the world?
SARAH PALIN: I’ve read most of them again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media —
COURIC: But what ones specifically? I’m curious.
PALIN: Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years.
COURIC: Can you name any of them?
PALIN: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news.
if it is such a 'vast variety' why did she blank out, unable to name ONE newspaper or magazine that she reads?
is any single thing about her honest? or intelligent?
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