wow!

(poof)

Fed the Zed- I’m off to bed.

Dang nabit!!

I’m here.

Can’t listen yet, but I am here.

How does one decide to be against protest music?

That just sounds so, so, Liebermanesque, TRex.

*s*

TRex!!!

Peter Live. I’ll never, ever forget the “So” tour.
Thanks TRex!

Eureka Springs @ 6

How does one decide to be against protest music?

That just sounds so, so, Liebermanesque, TRex.

*s*

protest against protest music

So what is this about you being in the recording studio? I missed whatever announcement may have been made earlier.

i protest taking time out from q-bert for this protest

September, ‘77
Port Elizabeth, weather fine
it was business as usual
in police room 619

…

Man, I’m tired.

I hadn’t been in a recording studio to sing in almost ten years. I think the results are pretty good. You can tell I’m a little rusty here and there, but n the whole, I am pleased.

did suzanne log off for the night?

neurophius @ 10

So what is this about you being in the recording studio? I missed whatever announcement may have been made earlier.

Here…

TexBetsy @ 14

did suzanne log off for the night?

didn’t see it. been lurking and eating, now eating and not lurking.

BTW, did anyone tell downstairs?

althespook @ 16

TexBetsy @ 14

did suzanne log off for the night?

didn’t see it. been lurking and eating, now eating and not lurking.

Hey AL! Good to see you!

TexBetsy @ 14

did suzanne log off for the night?

Suzanne is having a connection “issue” right now and is reestablishing her link.
Sorry guys. Pretty soon.

TexBetsy @ 17

althespook @ 16

didn’t see it. been lurking and eating, now eating and not lurking.

Hey AL! Good to see you!

Good to see you altho you should be asleep by now. hope your shots manana go okay.

We don’t have enough protest music these days….

I’ll admit, a lot of it isn’t musically sophisticated, but, damn, it’s about the lyrics.

No complex chords in this, but, the lyrics can’t help but grab you, especially if you’d been reading about Cheney, Schwerner and Goodman not long before:

“Here’s to the State of Mississippi”

Phil Ochs

Phil Ochs, Here’s to the State of Mississippi Lyrics
Looking for Phil Ochs tabs and chords? Browse alphabet (above)

Artist: Ochs Phil
Song: Here’s to the State of Mississippi
Album: There But for Fortune
Buy Phil Ochs Sheet Music
Buy Phil Ochs CDs

Here’s to the state of Mississippi,
For Underheath her borders, the devil draws no lines,
If you drag her muddy river, nameless bodies you will find.
Whoa the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes,
The calender is lyin’ when it reads the present time.
Whoa here’s to the land you’ve torn out the heart of,
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of!

Here’s to the people of Mississippi
Who say the folks up north, they just don’t understand
And they tremble in their shadows at the thunder of the Klan
The sweating of their souls can’t wash the blood from off their hands
They smile and shrug their shoulders at the murder of a man
Oh, here’s to the land you’ve torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

Here’s to the schools of Mississippi
Where they’re teaching all the children that they don’t have to care
All of rudiments of hatred are present everywhere
And every single classroom is a factory of despair
There’s nobody learning such a foreign word as fair
Oh, here’s to the land you’ve torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

Here’s to the cops of Mississippi
They’re chewing their tobacco as they lock the prison door
Their bellies bounce inside them as they knock you to the floor
No they don’t like taking prisoners in their private little war
Behind their broken badges there are murderers and more
Oh, here’s to the land you’ve torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

And, here’s to the judges of Mississippi
Who wear the robe of honor as they crawl into the court
They’re guarding all the bastions with their phony legal fort
Oh, justice is a stranger when the prisoners report
When the black man stands accused the trial is always short
Oh, here’s to the land you’ve torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

And here’s to the government of Mississippi
In the swamp of their bureaucracy they’re always bogging down
And criminals are posing as the mayors of the towns
They’re hoping that no one sees the sights and hears the sounds
And the speeches of the governor are the ravings of a clown
Oh, here’s to the land you’ve torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

And here’s to the laws of Mississippi
Congressmen will gather in a circus of delay
While the Constitution is drowning in an ocean of decay
Unwed mothers should be sterilized, I’ve even heard them say
Yes, corruption can be classic in the Mississippi way
Oh, here’s to the land you’ve torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

And here’s to the churches of Mississippi
Where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rust
And the Sunday morning sermons pander to their lust
The fallen face of Jesus is choking in the dust
Heaven only knows in which God they can trust
Oh, here’s to the land you’ve torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of

one of my favorite songs of all time. favorite, as in, will be haunted forever by its beauty and tragedy.

al! How is your dad?

SA Judge: “Why do you call youselves Black when you are brown?”

Steve Biko: “Why do you call yourselves White when you are pink?”

You can blow out a candle, but you can’t blow out a fire

The Lurking Mod @ 18

TexBetsy @ 14

did suzanne log off for the night?

Suzanne is having a connection “issue” right now and is reestablishing her link.
Sorry guys. Pretty soon.

TexBetsy will distract everyone with a delicious desert treat!

TRex @ 13

Man, I’m tired.

I hadn’t been in a recording studio to sing in almost ten years. I think the results are pretty good. You can tell I’m a little rusty here and there, but n the whole, I am pleased.

I missed the news of this - what’s up (nutshell version)?

Nice choice montag. I listen to Ochs almost every day lately.

The Lurking Mod is guilty of a sin of omission, and begs forgiveness of the Pups. I was hoping Suzanne would be back quicker, and I played for time.

damn lighter is burning my fingers…

Eureka Springs @ 22

al! How is your dad?

good, all things considered. All his MRSA infections are healed and his alzheimers is no worse. He does have to have cataract surgery in both eyes and he needs dentures (lots of teeth pulling, can’t go under a general and yank em all at once). Also has a suspicious mole on his back, it has a bush/cheney mini-mole sticker on it. And i’ve discovered a techno fix for his hearing that may allow him to have normal conversations rather than shouted ones.

I, on the other hand, am dayam near dead.

kirk murphy @ 23

SA Judge: “Why do you call youselves Black when you are brown?”

Steve Biko: “Why do you call yourselves White when you are pink?”

You can blow out a candle, but you can’t blow out a fire

Reminds me of Frank Zappa’s retort to Joe Pyne (who’d lost a leg in WWII) when Pyne had him on to rag on him. Pyne said, “so, your long hair makes you a woman.”

Without missing a beat, Zappa said, “so, your wooden leg makes you a table.”

I thought I would throw this up one more time on the way to bed.

Just a drive by, O’Hanlon is back with another op-ed in the NYT:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09.....ref=slogin

He is second author and cagier this time but the message is the same. He says civilian casualties are down by 1/3 since late last year. The truth is no one knows how many civilians are killed because there is simply no reliable accounting of them. Even so, I checked icasualties for the last 3 months of 2006 and the last 3 months (Jun-Aug of 2007). I came up with a decrease of just over 10% and I have not yet done but will do a year to year comparison to check for seasonal effects.

I have to say the NYT is really ginning up the case for continuing the “surge”. There is a long piece by their pre-eminent war whore Michael Gordon in their magazine section. And there is this second O’Hanlon op-ed. Military progress is being madem, complicated, bad things will happen if we leave. Bill Keller seems to be pulling out all the stops because he wants to show the world that the NYT is Very Serious and the only way he has found to do this is to cheerlead the biggest and stupidest wars he can find.

Anyway, good night.

TRex, thank you for singing. You get the first dinosaur slice.

After that, serve your listeners some cake please.

Eureka Springs @ 26

Nice choice montag. I listen to Ochs almost every day lately.

“Cops of the World” might have been more apropos these days…. *sigh*

TexBetsy @ 32

TRex, thank you for singing. You get the first dinosaur slice.

After that, serve your listeners some cake please.

I think we need to give American Idol a call here…

Biko is an awesome song, but, this is my fave Peter Gabriel!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VMzkn-h8Z4

montag @ 30

kirk murphy @ 23

SA Judge: “Why do you call youselves Black when you are brown?”

Steve Biko: “Why do you call yourselves White when you are pink?”

You can blow out a candle, but you can’t blow out a fire

Reminds me of Frank Zappa’s retort to Joe Pyne (who’d lost a leg in WWII) when Pyne had him on to rag on him. Pyne said, “so, your long hair makes you a woman.”

Without missing a beat, Zappa said, “so, your wooden leg makes you a table.”

God, I miss Frank.

The Lurking Mod @ 27

The Lurking Mod is guilty of a sin of omission, and begs forgiveness of the Pups. I was hoping Suzanne would be back quicker, and I played for time.

Nawty, nawty!!! :P

persiflage @ 36

montag @ 30

Reminds me of Frank Zappa’s retort to Joe Pyne (who’d lost a leg in WWII) when Pyne had him on to rag on him. Pyne said, “so, your long hair makes you a woman.”

Without missing a beat, Zappa said, “so, your wooden leg makes you a table.”

God, I miss Frank.

Frank is hangin with the great googly moogly and is jus fine. trust me on this. would I lie?

persiflage @ 36

montag @ 30

Reminds me of Frank Zappa’s retort to Joe Pyne (who’d lost a leg in WWII) when Pyne had him on to rag on him. Pyne said, “so, your long hair makes you a woman.”

Without missing a beat, Zappa said, “so, your wooden leg makes you a table.”

God, I miss Frank.

Be happy. Frank is playing chess with Hunter Thompson.

I just had to brag…this is my first time ever in the bot spot at the top

I, on the other hand, am dayam near dead.

Well I knew when you gave us an update on Dad we would have a pretty good idea how you are..)

Hang in there, amigo.

With so much to protest, I don’t know if we could have enough protest music. ;)

But we are blessed to have:

chumbawamba

seize the day

david rovics

casey neill

dana lyons

Congrats to blub!

newtonusr @ 39

persiflage @ 36

God, I miss Frank.

Be happy. Frank is playing chess with Hunter Thompson.

More like target practice on the lightning bolt range…. :)

Blub @ 40

I just had to brag…this is my first time ever in the bot spot at the top

You are clearly unaware of Teh Secret FDL Protocols of Hamsher!

First, you get a printout of your “zed”. laser is best and in color of course.

Next, you laminate said printout. Use heavy plastic.

Finally, you bronze the laminated zed printout and put it on a tasteful wooden frame (kobe prefers cherrywood) and hang it on your trophy wall.

We’ll add this to the FDL Snarq Faq real soon now.

speaking of gravity (previous thread) - Gabriel’s later career has been rather disappointing, alas. here’s one very good thing, however: a guest-singing gig with Afro-Celt Sound System:

When You’re Falling

Well, punaise, I told the guys if they donated some money to my friend Poppy’s Cat Fund that I would make a YouTube singing an Amy Winehouse song.

We recorded it (video with audio running to a board) tonight and my friends are getting the video and audio synched and we should be in business very shortly.

I did one Amy Winehouse song and Peter Gabriel’s “Here Comes the Flood” and then we ran out of time. Like I said, though, I am fairly pleased with the results. It’ll be when I wake up in the morning that I’ll want to confiscate the master tapes and burn them.

Eureka Springs @ 41

I, on the other hand, am dayam near dead.

Well I knew when you gave us an update on Dad we would have a pretty good idea how you are..)

Hang in there, amigo.

I will, thanks.

kirk murphy @ 42

With so much to protest, I don’t know if we could have enough protest music. ;)

But we are blessed to have:

Also Eliza Gilkyson, Dar Williams, Pearl Jam, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Linkin Park, others

althespook @ 38

persiflage @ 36

God, I miss Frank.

Frank is hangin with the great googly moogly and is jus fine. trust me on this. would I lie?

You wouldn’t be jiving me with your cosmic debris?

thanks for the explicky, TRex. look forward to hearing the results.

persiflage @ 50

althespook @ 38

Frank is hangin with the great googly moogly and is jus fine. trust me on this. would I lie?

You wouldn’t be jiving me with your cosmic debris?

I hear Frank will be moving to Montana soon…

neurophius @ 52

persiflage @ 50

You wouldn’t be jiving me with your cosmic debris?

I hear Frank will be moving to Montana soon…

gonna be a dental blog tycoon

persiflage @ 50

althespook @ 38

Frank is hangin with the great googly moogly and is jus fine. trust me on this. would I lie?

You wouldn’t be jiving me with your cosmic debris?

Moi? Nevah! Besides, I found out doing a scan for Karen Carpenter. She married Elvis and they have two kids. Ghod they do a show when they’re not busy training up with the Armageddon HRT Corp…

montag @ 44

newtonusr @ 39

Be happy. Frank is playing chess with Hunter Thompson.

More like target practice on the lightning bolt range…. :)

Much better!

neurophius @ 52

persiflage @ 50

You wouldn’t be jiving me with your cosmic debris?

I hear Frank will be moving to Montana soon…

All the while, avoiding the yellow snow….

Ugh. Early day tomorrow. Goodnight, everyone.

TRex, you get a slice yet? They’re waitin on ya!

burnspbesq @ 57

Ugh. Early day tomorrow. Goodnight, everyone.

Night, BBQ!

newtonusr @ 39

persiflage @ 36

God, I miss Frank.

Be happy. Frank is playing chess with Hunter Thompson.

I’m sure, wherever he is, he’s making mischief and having fun. It’s me / us I feel sorry for.

Sleep well burns.

althespook @ 45

Blub @ 40

I just had to brag…this is my first time ever in the bot spot at the top

You are clearly unaware of Teh Secret FDL Protocols of Hamsher!

First, you get a printout of your “zed”. laser is best and in color of course.

Next, you laminate said printout. Use heavy plastic.

Finally, you bronze the laminated zed printout and put it on a tasteful wooden frame (kobe prefers cherrywood) and hang it on your trophy wall.

We’ll add this to the FDL Snarq Faq real soon now.

Dayam, I never knew that, how come nobody told me about all that…!!! 8-(

AK, I’ll bet you’re beat. Just keep in mind that your granddaughter is watching how you treat your father. She is learning the proper way to take care of the elderly.

CTuttle @ 62

althespook @ 45

You are clearly unaware of Teh Secret FDL Protocols of Hamsher!

First, you get a printout of your “zed”. laser is best and in color of course.

Next, you laminate said printout. Use heavy plastic.

Finally, you bronze the laminated zed printout and put it on a tasteful wooden frame (kobe prefers cherrywood) and hang it on your trophy wall.

We’ll add this to the FDL Snarq Faq real soon now.

Dayam, I never knew that, how come nobody told me about all that…!!! 8-(

They’re SUPPOSED to be “secret” protocols….

burnspbesq @ 57

Ugh. Early day tomorrow. Goodnight, everyone.

Nite, Burns!

montag @ 56

neurophius @ 52

I hear Frank will be moving to Montana soon…

All the while, avoiding the yellow snow….

…on his way to Saint Alphonso’s Pancake Breakfast.

Just a quick “hi” to everybody. I really miss hanging out on the Late Night threads. My new schedule just doesn’t permit it. Tonight is a fluke, and I can’t stay. I will have to read the thread later.

(sniffle)

good night, burns! sleep well.

Loo Hoo. @ 63

AK, I’ll bet you’re beat. Just keep in mind that your granddaughter is watching how you treat your father. She is learning the proper way to take care of the elderly.

Amen!

Blub @ 40

I just had to brag…this is my first time ever in the bot spot at the top

What’d you pay for that, Blub?

will the video act a carrot for ann?

neurophius @ 66

montag @ 56

All the while, avoiding the yellow snow….

…on his way to Saint Alphonso’s Pancake Breakfast.

… with Suzy Creamcheese on his arm….

althespook @ 64

CTuttle @ 62

Dayam, I never knew that, how come nobody told me about all that…!!! 8-(

They’re SUPPOSED to be “secret” protocols….

Well, I never…!!! :P

SusanD @ 67

Just a quick “hi” to everybody. I really miss hanging out on the Late Night threads. My new schedule just doesn’t permit it. Tonight is a fluke, and I can’t stay. I will have to read the thread later.

(sniffle)

Well hello and goodbye, until we meet again.

SusanD - so good to see you (hugs)

Kleenex?

montag @ 30
Joe Pyne, oh man, what a show. I wish I’d seen that particular one, though.

d*y*am f*rk*ng rattzle-snatzzle aoh*ll disconnect this ar**h*l*s

ouch - that hurt - sorry folks, got booted off and took 35 forkin minutes to get back online.

thanks to The Lurking Mod for letting ya’ll know in between curse laden phone calls from me.

CTuttle @ 62

althespook @ 45

You are clearly unaware of Teh Secret FDL Protocols of Hamsher!

First, you get a printout of your “zed”. laser is best and in color of course.

Next, you laminate said printout. Use heavy plastic.

Finally, you bronze the laminated zed printout and put it on a tasteful wooden frame (kobe prefers cherrywood) and hang it on your trophy wall.

We’ll add this to the FDL Snarq Faq real soon now.

Dayam, I never knew that, how come nobody told me about all that…!!! 8-(

They didn’t like you as well as they liked Al?

Loo Hoo. @ 63

AK, I’ll bet you’re beat. Just keep in mind that your granddaughter is watching how you treat your father. She is learning the proper way to take care of the elderly.

Never thought of that. good point. I believe she’ll do a good job in that case. All the medical folk say we do a far better than average job on daddy. Since it’s my first time I have no reference.

Oh, and Teh Granddaughter is 10 tomorrow. Party delayed till next saturday, for my sins. And after a bit of a ruckus involving excessive kid-cell-phone use, Teh Granddaughter is also a budding capitalist. She has to do odd chores and such to get extra allowance to pay back the overage on her cell (teach her responsibility about money and all that) and now she’s aware that SHE can have money beyond a fixed pittance. To quote emperor Jeff Wong of the Dim Sum Dynasty, “Dis is NOT good!”

Margot @ 76

montag @ 30
Joe Pyne, oh man, what a show. I wish I’d seen that particular one, though.

Oh, yeah… remember his stock line: “ah, go gargle with razorblades.” ???

Eureka Springs @ 6

How does one decide to be against protest music?

That just sounds so, so, Liebermanesque, TRex.

*s*

Perhaps one writes a song against protest music.

I think we need more protest music. It was part of a vital force that ended the war in Vietnam.

I understand being against a genre of music, though. I oppose any music that describes the lifestyles of rockers. If there is analagous CW music, I would hate that too, I suppose.

althespook @ 54

persiflage @ 50

You wouldn’t be jiving me with your cosmic debris?

Moi? Nevah! Besides, I found out doing a scan for Karen Carpenter. She married Elvis and they have two kids. Ghod they do a show when they’re not busy training up with the Armageddon HRT Corp…

Bwahaha! What a couple!

A special treat just for Suzanne and the entire mod squad.

Amigos peritos, I would love to hang out and talk, but I am wiped out. I need to eat something and go to bed.

montag @ 56

neurophius @ 52

I hear Frank will be moving to Montana soon…

All the while, avoiding the yellow snow….

…where the huskies go?

TexBetsy @ 78

CTuttle @ 62

Dayam, I never knew that, how come nobody told me about all that…!!! 8-(

They didn’t like you as well as they liked Al?

Like has nothing to do with it. I am a trained spook, remember? I bought them on the puce market for a really nice set of pen porn.

Suzanne @ 77

d*y*am f*rk*ng rattzle-snatzzle aoh*ll disconnect this ar**h*l*s

ouch - that hurt - sorry folks, got booted off and took 35 forkin minutes to get back online.

thanks to The Lurking Mod for letting ya’ll know in between curse laden phone calls from me.

Not Good! I feel for ya, Ma’am!!!

montag says:

neurophius @ 66

montag @ 56

All the while, avoiding the yellow snow….

…on his way to Saint Alphonso’s Pancake Breakfast.

… with Suzy Creamcheese on his arm….

and a Mendocino beano…

TexBetsy @ 83

A special treat just for Suzanne and the entire mod squad.

thanks, tex, that’s one way to stop me from cursing - pie!

TexBetsy @ 78

CTuttle @ 62

Dayam, I never knew that, how come nobody told me about all that…!!! 8-(

They didn’t like you as well as they liked Al?

Probably couldn’t trust me to keep it secret…!!! ;-)

Sleep well dear therapod.

Suzanne @ 89

TexBetsy @ 83

A special treat just for Suzanne and the entire mod squad.

thanks, tex, that’s one way to stop me from cursing - pie!

(filed for future reference.)

Suzanne @ 89

TexBetsy @ 83

A special treat just for Suzanne and the entire mod squad.

thanks, tex, that’s one way to stop me from cursing - pie!

They do call it a PIE hole!

enjoy dinner and sleep well, TRex - see ya here tomorrow night, same bat time, same bat channel

G’nite, TRex -

You and that long throat sleep well, ya hear?

althespook @ 87

TexBetsy @ 78

They didn’t like you as well as they liked Al?

Like has nothing to do with it. I am a trained spook, remember? I bought them on the puce market for a really nice set of pen porn.

Dang, TRex is so easy…!!!

I never really got to know Zappa until ” ‘ “.

Any older stuff y’all would recommend?

shit, did i miss pen porn? (sticking quarter into jar)

neurophius @ 97

I never really got to know Zappa until ” ‘ “.

Any older stuff y’all would recommend?

Valley Girls of course!

Can’t get the snacks tonight, TexB. Different format.

Suz, don’t you hate it more than anything when the tech doesn’t work. Drives you mad!

TexBetsy @ 83

A special treat just for Suzanne and the entire mod squad.

Mmmmmmmm