Some time ago, I pulled out a bunch of books by Re/Search Publications - books of counterculture that, pre-Internet, were one of the few decent collections of unusual information. I was re-reading the Industrial Culture Handbook, interviews with Cabaret Voltaire, SPK, Boyd Rice - none of this faux-angry disco garbage. And, going on 10 years since I ( Read more... )

Horrible shit and late nights and dark and quiet have a way of stirring up memories. This writer I like once said "Night time is the hardest time to be alive. Four AM knows all my secrets." And that's kind of what it feels like right now ( Read more... )

I'm going to be a father.

A FATHER.

holy shit.

Well, this sucks. A Wrinkle In Time is one of my favorite books from childhood. I credit it with teaching me that mindless conformity is bad, and that it's okay to be who you are, however strange that is. Not an untimely passing necessarily, and from all accounts she wasn't as good and perfect as her books, but still.

Well, that was quite a summer ( Read more... )

I have
the
best
father-in-law
ever.

(And my wife is also awesome.)

...and you have radio_redhead to thank for this one ( Read more... )

I'll be honest - I'm really not as worked up over the recent LJ censorship hoo-hah as some are. It doesn't affect me much. That said, I do have a few observations...

1) How does it not occur to you that a group with a name like "Warriors For Innocence" might not have - oh, I don't know - an agenda? And might not be wholly reasonable or moderate in ( Read more... )

Rich people receive better treatment than everyone else, whether they deserve it or not.

Celebrity heiress ( Read more... )

So Jerry Falwell finally died, at the age of 73.

73. Almost three-quarters of a century.

Maybe there is something to that whole "only the good die young" business after all. Huh.