Right, so we didn't play in Raleigh. Sucks, but whatever. Except for the lack of equipment that WORKS, I reckon we had a pretty fun time with our own beer and audience of two. And bananas flambe. Mm. And crappy North Carolina-legal fireworks. And a new grill. Which is cool.

I don't suppose we ever really finished one song... mostly b/c I was lazy. And couldn't remember the words I originally had. Because I was also lazy in the past. And didn't write them down. I still liked the way it sounded. Especially thanks to the cool bass intro. And me finally understanding what everyone else was saying about timing. You know. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + It starts on 3.

And I really like the other new song. Which was called Flavored Wine. Which had a neat vocal melody. And words. And idea. Not that you could tell by listening last night. I reckon that mostly started with a low end minimalistic power chord dumb ass progression, which eventually had more notes added and then another sweet bassline stuck underneath. Yeah. This (and the new-ish "Unbalance") was the main thing I wanted to play in front of other people.

mp3's soon... maybe... on the other site.
maybe.

HeroesCon is soon.
I couldn't sleep last night, so I got my list completed.
Would like to finish:

Silver Surfer vol. 3 (need TWO issues)
Wolverine vol. 1 (need FOUR issues... and, wtf, issue 146... damn)

And punch some holes in:
Supernatural Thrillers (mostly, I want a NM #2)
Swamp Thing vol. 1 (2-7, hopefully)
Tomb of Dracula (20-23)
Man-Thing vol.1 (2-4)
Iron Man vol. 1 (7-10,NM #55)
Werewolf by Night (a NM #1)
Nick Fury vol. 1 (2,3)
wow. If I accomplish all of that, I will be extremely happy.
and broke.
Now isn't that exciting?

oh yeah. White Stripes on Tuesday. Foo Fighters 2 weeks thereafter. Cool.

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Dear god,
Hope you got the letter,
And I pray you can make it better down here.
I don’t mean a big reduction in the price of beer,
But all the people that you made in your image,
See them starving on their feet,
’cause they don’t get enough to eat

From god,
I can’t believe in you.

Dear god,
Sorry to disturb you,
But I feel that I should be heard loud and clear.
We all need a big reduction in amount of tears,
And all the people that you made in your image,
See them fighting in the street,
’cause they can’t make opinions meet,
About god,
I can’t believe in you.

Did you make disease, and the diamond blue?
Did you make mankind after we made you?
And the devil too!

Dear god,
Don’t know if you noticed,
But your name is on a lot of quotes in this book.
Us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look,
And all the people that you made in your image,
Still believing that junk is true.
Well I know it ain’t and so do you,
Dear god,
I can’t believe in,
I don’t believe in,

I won’t believe in heaven and hell.
No saints, no sinners,
No devil as well.
No pearly gates, no thorny crown.
You’re always letting us humans down.
The wars you bring, the babes you drown.
Those lost at sea and never found,
And it’s the same the whole world ’round.
The hurt I see helps to compound,
That the father, son and holy ghost,
Is just somebody’s unholy hoax,
And if you’re up there you’ll perceive,
That my heart’s here upon my sleeve.
If there’s one thing I don’t believe in...

It’s you,
Dear god.

-XTC

Labels: music, Religion

and did you know this?

In the small print of the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind Act, there is a clause that requires public high schools to provide the names, addresses, and home phone numbers of their students to the military.

I hate this man so much.

Labels: george bush

This is sweet. I wish something would happen around here so I could participate in such events...

From Sojourners:

Karl Rove, seeking a friendly venue for a commencement speech in Michigan, approached Calvin and offered President Bush as the speaker. The college, which had already invited Nicholas Wolterstorff of Yale to deliver the speech, hastily disinvited him and welcomed the president. But the White House apparently was not counting on the reaction of students and faculty. Rove expected the evangelical Christian college in the dependable "red" area of western Michigan to be a safe place. He was wrong.

The day the president was to speak, an ad featuring a letter signed by one-third of Calvin's faculty and staff ran in The Grand Rapids Press. Noting that "we seek open and honest dialogue about the Christian faith and how it is best expressed in the political sphere," the letter said that "we see conflicts between our understanding of what Christians are called to do and many of the policies of your administration."

The letter asserted that administration policies have "launched an unjust and unjustified war in Iraq," "taken actions that favor the wealthy of our society and burden the poor, " "harmed creation and have not promoted long-term stewardship of our natural environment," and "fostered intolerance and divisiveness and has often failed to listen to those with whom it disagrees." It concluded: "Our passion for these matters arises out of the Christian faith that we share with you. We ask you, Mr. President, to re-examine your policies in light of our God-given duty to pursue justice with mercy...." One faculty member told a reporter, "We are not Lynchburg. We are not right wing; we're not left wing. We think our faith trumps political ideology."

On commencement day, according to news reports, about a quarter of the 900 graduates wore "God is not a Republican or a Democrat" buttons pinned to their gowns.

Awesome.
and, "fuck you, bush."

Labels: george bush, Religion

Reduced Fat Cheez-Its >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regular Cheez-Its

Morpheus >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Daniel

The Toadies >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Burden Brothers

Windows 2000 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Windows XP

Peter Parker >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ben Reilly

Aliens >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Titantic

Kurt Vonnegut >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kilgore Trout

Pearl Jam >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Brad + The Rockfords + Three Fish

iTunes >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Windows Media Player

that's all I've got for now.

Oh. Except Brian Burton and Lovewhip are being kind enough to allow us to open for them at the Pour House on Memorial Day. Sweet. :)

just...
wow.

I dunno how long these articles remain... or whether you can see them w/o signing up.... but check this out: www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/breaking_news/11593934.htm

basically, a church in North Carolina voted to revoke membership of 9 of their members b/c they wouldn't sign a pledge in support of bush and his antics.

praise Jesus.

Labels: george bush, Religion

I will soil myself straight away.

In anticipation of their upcoming studio release, and to follow up on their Canadian Tour, Pearl Jam along with the Ten Club are proud to announce a 25 city tour of the United States. The tour opens on September 29th in Charlotte, NC. and ends up in New York City on November 30th. The Ten Club pre-sale starts Monday May 23rd, 2005, at 10:00 am pacific time, and ends Tuesday, June 9th, 2005, at 5:00 pm pacific time.

Fri- Sep-30, Charlotte, NC Charlotte Coliseum
Sat- Oct-01, Winston-Salem, NC Joel Coliseum
Sun- Oct-02, Myrtle Beach, SC, Myrtle Beach House of Blues

I can't imagine they'd be so kind to NC... but wow... I couldn't possibly ask for more.

Labels: music, Pearl Jam