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Saturday, March 05, 2005
Friday, March 04, 2005
Beatallica: Cease And Desist
Sony Music has shut down Beatallica, all their music downloads, and their websites. Beatallica performs parodies of Beatle songs done in the style of Metallica. I love this stuff.
It is no surprise that those killjoys at Sony wanted this music off the net. They want to be able to use The Beatles music to sell sneakers and detergent. This could dilute that??
Tunes like Hey Dude, Leper Madonna, I want to choke your band, and A Garage Dayz Night are clearly parodies, and should be allowed.
An online petition has been started (if you believe in petitions) at http://www.petitiononline.com/p1gp0g/petition.html
It is no surprise that those killjoys at Sony wanted this music off the net. They want to be able to use The Beatles music to sell sneakers and detergent. This could dilute that??
Tunes like Hey Dude, Leper Madonna, I want to choke your band, and A Garage Dayz Night are clearly parodies, and should be allowed.
An online petition has been started (if you believe in petitions) at http://www.petitiononline.com/p1gp0g/petition.html
Thursday, March 03, 2005
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
List No. 14--> 1,121 Words The NFL Does Not Like On Jerseys
This is the list of "naughty" words and phrases the NFL Shop won't allow on custom jerseys. The javascript on their web site was hacked amd these words were pulled out (the NFL has now hidden that app.). Some of these are very strange. Showtime, gay, primetime, barf, blackout, slant, foot action, free for all, got Jesus? There has been a big controversy over the word gay being considered "naughty" or obscene.
I had the list on this web site, but decided to delete it before the web spiders started crawling and every porndog in the world showed up looking for adult entertainment...
If you want to see the list, just go to
http://outsports.com/nfl/2005/0301nflshopnaughtywords.htm
I had the list on this web site, but decided to delete it before the web spiders started crawling and every porndog in the world showed up looking for adult entertainment...
If you want to see the list, just go to
http://outsports.com/nfl/2005/0301nflshopnaughtywords.htm
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Opening Statements In The Michael Jackson Trial
In this bizarre trial, anything can and probably will happen. Up to and including this statement by defense attorney Thomas Mesereau:
Mesereau added, however, that Mr. Jackson kept titles like Playboy and Hustler in a briefcase."Mr. Jackson will freely admit that he does read girly magazines from time to time."
Stay tuned tomorrow when Meserau for the Defense talks about Jacko's love of cigars, bourbon, boxing, four wheeling, and big-game hunting.
Poem: Notes On Flying
[note: I am not happy with the rhythm of the poem, much of the meter, the stanzafication, the lack of comedy and viable transitions, and the gestalt of the poem as a whole. I find the flight issue difficult to nail down--my irrational (?) fears are balanced against the cooly nuanced reassurances of my friends and family. If I liked to write short stories, I think a flying piece would be a good one. Anyhow, I decided to lob this over the fence and figure out where it ends up later...]
1. not flying can be worse than flying
The downside of flying is its antithesis: not flying.
And even not flying is fine,
As long as not flying is the initial state.
The trouble begins (and ends)
When you transition
From the flying state
To the not flying state.
2.
Flying is a side issue.
I fear the falling.
The more I see,
The more I see
There is to see.
3.
Falling per se is not a bad thing.
The problems arise when falling
Becomes not falling.
I read an article in which
A plane embedded in the ground
And scattered across the desert
Was called an uncontrolled landing.
4.
Flying is like toilet paper
Or transmission fluid
Or bubble wrap,
Or light bulbs:
Not something inherently pleasurable,
But, maybe, a necessary evil.
5.
Fear of flying
Is not rational--
Not even close:
Why don't I worry
When my wife or children fly?
The fear takes over
Only when my own carcass is on the line?
6. pharmacological aspects of flight
Vallium, oxycontin, zantax,
Codeine, or vicoden, beer at the airport
Bloody Marys on the plane.
7. landing
The instant the plane
Begins to descend,
My fear evaporates
In a bizarre reflexive action.
I love landing!
Even when the plane
Is just barely uner control.
Within a mile of the ground,
I rejoin the living.
8. why I don't like round trips
The angst sets in
At about t-minus ten days.
It slowly accumulates.
I mostly slough it off,
But the fear is always there,
Perched on my shoulder
Like a blackbird.
The trip itself is clouded
With the knowledge I will
March back up the dreaded ramp.
9.
The pleasure is destination;
The best part of flying
Is when you no longer are.
10. we weren't meant to do this
Flying is best left
To the ospreys, turkey vultures,
Daredevils, self-destructive,
And the fools and knuckeheads among us.
11. old school flight
For lift, you need feathers--
Not the landbound chicken's,
But an antique pterodactyl's
Or an Indian Roc's
With wings like mainsails
And miles to every wingbeat.
I'd feel safer if the wings
actually flapped.
I'd feel better hanging on the scruff
Of a large hawk's neck.
12. economics
When you hang on the sky
It is only a loan
Of altitude
With compounding odds
And a callable loan.
The interest is high.
13. the science of flying
Fly, but never believe
In flying.
Never trust gravity, lift,
Physics, stall speeds,
Thermals, trade winds
Or the deranged captain
Behind the reinforced door.
14. Boeing
I went to high school
With the guys who build these planes.
Literally.
Be scared.
15.
In flying, you can get stuck
In the middle
With no reserves
To get to either side.
In a car, you pull over
But you can't pull over halfway
Across the Pacific
Because those friendly islands--
Cyclades in the Aegean,
Sandwich Islands in the Pacific,
Channel Islands, Gulf Islands,
San Juan Islands, Catalina Island--
Just barely exist when you're Up There;
Insignificant dots and dashes
Scattered across the dark ocean.
16.
Silk is for retreat,
Drifting back to earth
In a swaying parachute.
I'd like to attach
A few hundred parachutes
To every plane.
17. it's almost like the hot squat
Belted in, my seat
Might as well be
The electric chair.
18.
The rings of the splash
Send dopplers
Into the void,
Widening and disappearing
In the cold and lonely sea.
---o0o---
jack brummet
1. not flying can be worse than flying
The downside of flying is its antithesis: not flying.
And even not flying is fine,
As long as not flying is the initial state.
The trouble begins (and ends)
When you transition
From the flying state
To the not flying state.
2.
Flying is a side issue.
I fear the falling.
The more I see,
The more I see
There is to see.
3.
Falling per se is not a bad thing.
The problems arise when falling
Becomes not falling.
I read an article in which
A plane embedded in the ground
And scattered across the desert
Was called an uncontrolled landing.
4.
Flying is like toilet paper
Or transmission fluid
Or bubble wrap,
Or light bulbs:
Not something inherently pleasurable,
But, maybe, a necessary evil.
5.
Fear of flying
Is not rational--
Not even close:
Why don't I worry
When my wife or children fly?
The fear takes over
Only when my own carcass is on the line?
6. pharmacological aspects of flight
Vallium, oxycontin, zantax,
Codeine, or vicoden, beer at the airport
Bloody Marys on the plane.
7. landing
The instant the plane
Begins to descend,
My fear evaporates
In a bizarre reflexive action.
I love landing!
Even when the plane
Is just barely uner control.
Within a mile of the ground,
I rejoin the living.
8. why I don't like round trips
The angst sets in
At about t-minus ten days.
It slowly accumulates.
I mostly slough it off,
But the fear is always there,
Perched on my shoulder
Like a blackbird.
The trip itself is clouded
With the knowledge I will
March back up the dreaded ramp.
9.
The pleasure is destination;
The best part of flying
Is when you no longer are.
10. we weren't meant to do this
Flying is best left
To the ospreys, turkey vultures,
Daredevils, self-destructive,
And the fools and knuckeheads among us.
11. old school flight
For lift, you need feathers--
Not the landbound chicken's,
But an antique pterodactyl's
Or an Indian Roc's
With wings like mainsails
And miles to every wingbeat.
I'd feel safer if the wings
actually flapped.
I'd feel better hanging on the scruff
Of a large hawk's neck.
12. economics
When you hang on the sky
It is only a loan
Of altitude
With compounding odds
And a callable loan.
The interest is high.
13. the science of flying
Fly, but never believe
In flying.
Never trust gravity, lift,
Physics, stall speeds,
Thermals, trade winds
Or the deranged captain
Behind the reinforced door.
14. Boeing
I went to high school
With the guys who build these planes.
Literally.
Be scared.
15.
In flying, you can get stuck
In the middle
With no reserves
To get to either side.
In a car, you pull over
But you can't pull over halfway
Across the Pacific
Because those friendly islands--
Cyclades in the Aegean,
Sandwich Islands in the Pacific,
Channel Islands, Gulf Islands,
San Juan Islands, Catalina Island--
Just barely exist when you're Up There;
Insignificant dots and dashes
Scattered across the dark ocean.
16.
Silk is for retreat,
Drifting back to earth
In a swaying parachute.
I'd like to attach
A few hundred parachutes
To every plane.
17. it's almost like the hot squat
Belted in, my seat
Might as well be
The electric chair.
18.
The rings of the splash
Send dopplers
Into the void,
Widening and disappearing
In the cold and lonely sea.
---o0o---
jack brummet
Monday, February 28, 2005
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