I Hustle and Other Things

Pet Shop boys - "It´s all right" - Introspective (album)

2012-01-30T21:52:00.000-08:00

I love the synths too @fac5c1981

Pet Shop boys - It´s all right - Introspective

Sometimes I have negative thoughts and I consider myself a super optimist, or am I?

2012-01-30T15:20:00.000-08:00

If Not Now, When

(again I'm amazed at coincidences, or are they, I posted a song previous to this and it was titled or the band is called IFWHEN)

http://www.amazon.com/Happier-Learn-Secrets-Lasting-Fulfillment/dp/0071492399/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/175-9063060-0766220

My friend Kim and I walked around Privincetown, admiring the quaint shops on the main street, listening to the waves breaking on the rocks, breathing in the salty air, savoring that precious feeling of being outside of time that can come when one is in a small town of vacation.

At the time, I was a graduate student living in the competitive environment of the university. I told kim that as soon as I graduated, I wanted to move to a place like Provincetown. I thought that without the looming deadlines and the deadly pace, I would finally experience the calm I had been looking for my entire life. I had often thought about moving to a quiet place after graduation, but as the idea took on the form of words-became tangible - I felt uneasy.

Had I not just fallen into the trap of living in the future? Did I really have to wait until graduation? Kim and I had been working on this book together and were talking and thinking a lot about the question of happiness. WE had been talking about how, despite being in a competitive environment, with a great deal of work, and keeping a fast pace, we could still experience calm. Kim said, "The calmness has to be inside. If you're happy, that happiness in transportable-you take it with you wherever you go." She paused and then added, "Not that the external isn't significant but it doesn't make us happy."

We often imagine that when we reach some future destination, we will feel accomplished, calm, and ready for happiness. WE tell ourselves that, with the attainment of certain goals, we will finally find peace. We tell ourselves that this will happen once we graduate from college, or get tenure, or make enough money, or have a family and children, or - reach any other number of goals that will likely change over the course of our lives. Yet in most cases, shortly after reaching some destination, we return to our base level of well-being. If we are normally anxious and stressed, those fellings will likely return soon after reaching a goal we though would change our lives.

Much of the rat racer's tension stems from the need to feel control over the future. AS a result, she lives in the future. The rat racer lives by the "what if" rather than by the "what is" - in the tense hypothetical future rather than in the calm real present. What if I don't do well on th eexam? What if I don't get a promotion? What if I can't afford the mortgage on my new house? Rather than fully experiencing the here and now, she is, in the words of poet Galway Kinnell, "smearing the darkness of expectation across experience."

Then there are those who, stuck in the past, do not allow themselves to experience happiness in the present. They rehearse their unsatisfying histories, their attempts to live first as rat racers and then as hedonists; they brood over the relationships they tried to rekindle to no avail, the many jobs they worked at without finding their true calling. Always reliving the past, concerned with justifying their unhappiness, they forgo the potential for happiness in their lives. Rather than allowing ourselves to remain enslaved by our past or future, we must learn to make he most of what is presently in front of us and all around us.

This is it

One of the common barriers to happiness is the false expectation that one thing - a boook or a techer, a princess or a knight, an accomplishment, a prize, or a revelation - will bring us eternal bliss. While all these things can contribute to our well-being, at best they form a small part of the mosaic of a happy life. The fairy-tale notion of happiness-the belief that something would carry us to the happily ever after - inevitably leads to disappointment. A happy - or happier - life is rarely shaped by some extraordinary life - changing event; rather, it is shaped incrementally, experience by experience, moment by moment.

To realize, to make real, life's potential for the ultimate currency, we must first accept that "this is it" - that all there is to life is the day-to-day, the ordinary, the details of the mosaic. We are living a happy life when we derive pleasure and meaning while spenidng time with our loved ones, or learning something new, or engaging in a project at work. The more our days are filled with theses experiences, the happier we become. This is all there is to it.

/// excuse the typos and grammatical errors - I gave myself more time for this then I had planned.

I've probably proven that I am an optimist.

Since self diagnosing myself with Cyclothemia a few months ago which is essentially a mood-swing disorder; 1/3 of the time "normal," 1/3 depressed but able to hide (sort of, or you just isolate yourself), and 3rd of the time in a high-energy state which you can kind of write off as a personality trait; perhaps your a tad bubbly or actually ironically a "super optimist."

Wait that last part is a bit tricky (I only gave myself 15-minutes to write this) - cyclothemia is a grey area....

I just wanted to address negative thinking.

I took a class a few years ago but sometimes I forget to keep a gratitude journal; actually I haven't in a long time and rarely have; Its important to actually write it down and not just think but I suppose that counts too.

http://ask.metafilter.com/69617/How-can-I-become-much-less-of-a-pessimist-and-negative-thinker

I even to a class on "Positive Psychology" online but very thorough and rigorous.

Finding Happiness in a Harvard Classroom
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5295168

Six Tips for Happiness

Advice from Tal Ben-Shahar.

1. Give yourself permission to be human. When we accept emotions — such as fear, sadness, or anxiety — as natural, we are more likely to overcome them. Rejecting our emotions, positive or negative, leads to frustration and unhappiness.

2. Happiness lies at the intersection between pleasure and meaning. Whether at work or at home, the goal is to engage in activities that are both personally significant and enjoyable. When this is not feasible, make sure you have happiness boosters, moments throughout the week that provide you with both pleasure and meaning.

3. Keep in mind that happiness is mostly dependent on our state of mind, not on our status or the state of our bank account. Barring extreme circumstances, our level of well being is determined by what we choose to focus on (the full or the empty part of the glass) and by our interpretation of external events. For example, do we view failure as catastrophic, or do we see it as a learning opportunity?

4. Simplify! We are, generally, too busy, trying to squeeze in more and more activities into less and less time. Quantity influences quality, and we compromise on our happiness by trying to do too much.

5. Remember the mind-body connection. What we do — or don't do — with our bodies influences our mind. Regular exercise, adequate sleep, and healthy eating habits lead to both physical and mental health.

6. Express gratitude, whenever possible. We too often take our lives for granted. Learn to appreciate and savor the wonderful things in life, from people to food, from nature to a smile.

I took head shots yesterday but it turned into more of an editorial thing; I got to use a really cool space; it was in San Francisco; it was quite (i like busy public places too but it was nice to just have soft music playing), the artist had cool t-shirts, we kept changing things till it worked; he took some digital pictures for reference (which gave me a breather here and there) on and on - afterwards the artist and I got shawarmas next to the Roxy my favorite place for shawarmas, he's from NYC, we talked about his art, we talked about the "situationists" --

So I just developed a black and white negative in my bathroom; something I love doing... They look like little sketches and thats just a roll I happened to have; three rolls of color film which should be done (same day! we'll see) this afternoon; thats awesome too.

I'm so tempted to scan this roll - because the thought crept into my mind that people might not care if there dark room printed - then I thought maybe I might scan my last shoot too and I would be done with it - sometimes I'm stubborn and just want to do things a certain way; I slowly talked myself into another position of possibly scanning just to "see everything" and then maybe printing one or two, or the ones "needed." It's not a big issue for me anymore; I think I'm going to ask everyone from my last shoot, a month ago, if I could extend my self imposed deadline just a few days so that I could finish printing "the few pictures" and one or two more to my satisfaction...

But I also had other creeping thoughts...like I said I'm fairly optimistic and I have to remind myself that its just today that you can live, its just this moment that you can live.

I wish I would have...

2012-01-30T09:44:00.000-08:00

Saturday night, instead of picking an album and posting it in its entirety (I should have picked a band and a world tour), yes impractical to post...but in spirit:) Schiller, thank you, your album selection was great; I know you always try your best and try to be helpful. You even put up with your uncle Timmy making fun of you; how your just a wanna-be blogger. Timmy has a blog; he is also so cool; he only posts a couple times a year.

I know, I know the word epic gets thrown around a lot...
The beginning is beautiful (and throughout) the clouds, colors, the lyrics and what not.

Ifwhen - Hear Less (from split 12" with Dälek)

thanks for the video Ifwhen

Ok a little weird but wonderful (you have to be in the right mood, like going to see a movie) - Gothic, noir, retro Hong Kong, fetishistic and something else i'm sure, all wrapped into one.
john maus - through the skies for you
starring astro boy and ringomilk1988 assembled by joe ibañez from "fuhrer zzz"

Thanks for the video Mr. "colbent"

Really, I'm such a dork posting an entire album, a world tour (that would surely take a while)- sometimes simple is best I could have picked one word.

Siriusmo - Wow

or a random color (at this point it's all theoretical (Saturday has come and gone))...When I listen to this song I imagine: sunny, warm Miami, a beach on Key Biscayne and an occasional tropical rain cloud but those come-and-go and always make the sunny times all the more special.

Elton John - Blue Eyes

Wow, I better go drop off that film.

"Scarred and Scared" Rod Stewart "Blondes Have More Fun...Or Do They?"

2012-01-28T21:40:00.000-08:00

rod stewart scarred and scared

This album is cool, (thanks Schiller!) albeit starts a bit cheesy "do ya think I'm sexy" it has some nice ballads and amazingly ends with this song.

I better go to sleep right now since I've got to get up early and drive to San Francisco. Another "head shot" test. Moved location from a hair salon to an art gallery in the Tenderloin, because my friend needs pictures of his exhibit; he suggested we shoot there; the make up artist lives really close by, so it all worked out.

eastbaysf (2 weeks ago)

This song tears my heart out. I remember that year it came out, I thought the music then could not get any better... Maybe i am right. I love "you keep me hangin on" Rod.

lesterclaypool1 (7 months ago)

Such an underrated and largely forgotten album thatnks to one certain "Hit". Sigh.

Started out like any one of you
Good intentions and a degree
But one hot night under the neon lights
Killed a boy just seventeen

Now I sit here rainin' on my Maker
Reprieve is all I'm praying for
Lord I fear the hangman's steps approachin'
Will the priest knock gently on my door

And I know I've let my daddy down
and I broke my mother's heart
I'd give anything turn back time again
Just give me one more start

I don't need no trial humiliation
Just tell me that I'm heaven bound
I don't want no two faced consolation
What use is that to me six feet underground

I'm going down to the engine shed
Put a gun up to my head
Blow myself into the promised land
We call it scarred and scared
And if you ever see my son again
Don't let on just how I fared
Tell him, tell him I went down big and strong
I was never, never, never scarred or scared

All the girls that once did gather 'round me
have moved along to someone else
Sitting here desperation is my close friend
What I'd give to kiss one of them now
Oo yeah I'll take you there
I'll take ya there

Standing in the shadows of love - Blondes Have More Fun...Or Do They?

2012-01-28T21:32:00.000-08:00

Couldn't find Rod Stewart's cover

THE MOTOWN STORY - STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE

Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come
Standing in the shadows of love
I'm just waitin' for the heartaches to come

I want to run but there's no place to go
'Cause heartaches will follow me I know
Without your love the love I need
It's the beginning of the end for me

'Cause you've taking away
All my reason for living
When you pushed aside
All the love I been giving

Didn't I treat you right now, baby, didn't I?
Didn't I do the best for you now, didn't I?
Don't you leave me

Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come
Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come

All alone I'm destined to be
With misery my only company
Might come today, might come tomorrow
But it's for sure I ain't got nothing but sorrow

Now don't your conscience
Kind of bother you
How can you watch me cry
After all I done for you, now hold on a minute

Didn't I treat you right now, honey, didn't I?
Didn't I do the best for you now, didn't I?
So don't you leave me

Standing in the shadows of love
Getting ready for the heartaches to come
Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come

I want to run but there's no place to go
'Cause heartaches will follow me I know
Without your love the love that I need
It's the beginning of the end for me

Now don't your conscience
Kinda, kinda bother you
How can you watch me cry
After all the things I done for you

Didn't I treat you right now, baby, didn't I?
Didn't I do the best for you, couldn't I?
Didn't I do right by you, didn't I?
Didn't I screw you right now?

Kept you in luxury, didn't I?
Didn't I do the best for you, didn't I?
Didn't I treat you right now, didn't I?
Didn't I do the best for you now, didn't I?

I'm trying hard not to cry
You know my crying ain't gonna help me now
Without your love, the love that I need
It's the beginning of the end for me
So don't you leave me

Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come
Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come

Standing in the shadows of love
I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come
Standing, standing, standing, standing
Standing, standing, standing, standing

Standing, standing, standing, standing

"Last Summer" Rod Stewart - Blondes Have More Fun...Or Do They?

2012-01-28T21:27:00.000-08:00

couldn't find video:(

Sipping a sangria, with a girl named Julia
Hot Jamaican sand beneath our feet
She purred like a cat, in a Panama hat
She said my pa*sport picture was unique

I said, "I did impersonations, would you like to see?"
Turned around to buy her one more round

Then suddenly she disappeared
Like I feared, with another guy
Love always seems to let me down
Can be found anywhere around

The carnival had pa*sed
And my heart was beatin' fast

All these married women, it ain't fair
Nervously I said, "Would you like to come to bed?"
Cold silence pierced the evening air

Instantly she recognized my insecurities
Changin' subjects quickly I agreed

Then suddenly she disappeared
Like I feared, with another guy, oh baby
Love always seems to let me down
Can be found anywhere around, nowhere around

The tourist had all gone, winter's comin' on
The hotel chambermaid didn't seem to care
Sharing a Pina Colada, we broke into laughter
I'll never know how we made it up the stairs

We spent the night together and she woke up in my arms
Kissed me tenderly and said goodbye

Then suddenly she disappeared
Like I feared, with another guy, oh baby
Love always seems to let me down
Can be found anywhere around, nowhere around

Love always seems to let me down
Maybe I'll wait until next year, next year, next year

Blondes Have More Fun (LA1979) Rod Stewart Blondes Have More Fun....Or Do They?

2012-01-28T21:21:00.000-08:00

Rod Stewart - Blondes Have More Fun(LA1979)

BIGLEYES (4 months ago)

as a blonde myself i am ok with this song suuuuuuuuuuure

Side two: "Attractive Female Wanted" Blondes Have More Fun...Or Do They?

2012-01-28T21:17:00.000-08:00

Atractive Female Wanted Rod Stewart

kapat45 (8 months ago)

There's a shortage of songs from this album on youtube. Rod's version of Standing in the Shadows of Love is my favourite, he just gives it that something more. Love how he sang "Give me a blonde that's six foot two" even then, he's got her now, lucky her.

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broncobarbie46 (2 months ago)

Good music like this never gets old nor will it ever be forgotten!
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TheChuckVaughn (2 months ago)

The BEST album Rod ever recorded and cant find Dirty Weekend on youtube wtf!
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colibridorado7 (2 months ago)

me encanta!
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probrojeffro (3 months ago)

A funny song. Rod tongue in cheek.

Is That The Thanks I Get (karaoke) Rod Steward - Blondes Have More Fun...Or Do They?

2012-01-28T21:15:00.000-08:00

Is That The Thanks I Get (karaoke)

Did you think I'd take it sitting down
And let you walk all over me?
Thought you knew me much better than that
I keep much better company

With your lawyers and your two timing friends
I guess you know who I mean
Your detectives and your private eyes
Could never win me back again

Just where did it get ya
What satisfaction was had?
You kicked the shit right in my face
Is that all the thanks I get?

You said we made such a pretty pair
Living in harmony
I'm sorry, honey, but I disagree
It seemed more like a comedy

Just look how you lied, girl
That Judas right by your side
He hung you up, so you cut me right down
Is that all the thanks I get?

Guess, I'll find me a brand new girl
That won't take too very long
There's so many floatin' 'round this town
Waitin' by the telephone

And if you want me I'll be in the bar
Back into my usual ways
Or on the corner with the rest of the boys
You and I were just a breath away

It was great while it lasted
But oh Lord, it turned nasty
You didn't give me one chance to explain
Well, is that all the thanks I get?

Is that the thanks I get?
Is that the thanks I get?
Is that the thanks I get for loving you?

the best days of my life - ROD STEWART "Blondes Have More Fun...Or Do They?"

2012-01-28T20:46:00.000-08:00

ROD STEWART - the best days of my life
thanks for the vid! TheJongjons

2634Bets (1 month ago)

A forgotten but Classic ballad by Mr. Stewart

broncobarbie46 (2 months ago)

This is such a precious song bringing back such precious memories! Thanks for posting this.

Ain"t Love A Bitch - Rod Stewart "Blondes Have More Fun...Or Do They?"

2012-01-28T20:36:00.000-08:00

Ain"t Love A Bitch - Rod Stewart

Been in pain and I've been in shame
But ain't love a bitch
I been in fights, locked away for nights
But ain't love a bitch
I been tailed, impaled, strung up
And nailed and left without a stitch
I been scratched 'n' taxed 'n' finally axed
But ain't love a bitch

Oh I didn't understand till I was seventeen
She took me way upstairs and she wiped me clean
Oh I didn't realize she made a first class fool out of me
Oh Maggie if you're still out there the rest is history

You're all alone in the freezing cold
By the underground
Your hands are numb and you're feeling dumb
Cos you been let down
You thought you were rough and kinda tough
And maybe out of reach
You're acting chic, playing hide 'n' seek
But ain't love a bitch

Oh I must state right here I been there before
My eyes were closed and so my friends
I still don't know the score
Oh don't underestimate the strength of it
It may be unwise to analyze even the cause of it

You're driving home late one night and on the radio
Comes an old familiar song you used to know so well
(you know a lot about that)
Oh I can't comprehend this thing called love
Maybe it's a matter of fact I just can't grow up
Deep down ain't we all a little juvenile
All I really wanna know is there one sweet angel
That can make me smile

Ain't love a bitch

Torrential rains, wars and hurricanes
I wouldn't budge an inch
Your rent's unpaid and your team lose again
But ain't love a bitch
You can lose your job, your home and your health
But ain't love a bitch
Take it or leave it some day you'll feel it
'cos love is the bitch

Ain't love the bitch, ain't love a bitch
Ain't love a bitch, ain't love a bitch
Ain't love a bitch

Dirty Weekend...Rod Steward "Blondes Have More Fun...Or Do They?"

2012-01-28T20:06:00.001-08:00

Dirty Weekend...darn couldn't find it on Youtube.

(rod stewart / gary grainger)

You book the hotel I'll pack the bags honey
You phone the airlines I'll call a cab
When will you return well that all depends
Just tell your mother that you're staying with friends
'cause I know that you're my best friend's girl
But it's the weekend I don't give a hell

I'll bring the red wine you bring the ludes
Your mother's doctor must be quite a dude
We'll hang the 'don't disturb' outside our door
I'm gonna rock you till your pussy's sore

Oh my sweet diana I can't wait for the manana
There's a hotel down in mexico just made for two
But I don't think you trust me and I can't say I blame you

My reputation precedes me you ain't never gonna leave me

Soon as we get there I'll go check in
Mr and mrs smith of abilene
You get naked honey I'll get down
I'm gonna chase you around
And 'round and 'round and 'round
You say you can't stand monotony
I say what happened to fidelity
Dirty weekend made for two
Just me and you honey
I wanna love that can last for ages
Not the trash you've been giving to strangers

Don't want to make your two big brothers brothers annoyed
Do you think you'll get the polaroid?

Saturday Night Concept Albums...."Blondes Have More Fun...Or Do They?"

2012-01-28T17:06:00.000-08:00

Schiller thinks so, he is always having fun! Awh, he's kinda sleepy in this picture.

"Sat Night Concept Albums" posting in their entirety (?) Nah, thats too gimmicky, maybe this once. But being that its Saturday night, that makes it sort of festive, what entire album could I post?

Schiller recommended "Blondes Have More Fun!" The back cover says "...Or Do They?" Hey its kinda rockn' and fun, does have some heartbreakers though.

I didn't know this little guy was such a music buff! He is blonde - I guess he's up on that sort of stuff;) BTW: I kinda met Rod (well I was too little to "meet") the year this album came out - but thats anther story...

Do ya think I'm sexy? - Rod Stewart

thanks CATWOMAN1904

Track listing
[edit] Side one

1. "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (Rod Stewart, Carmine Appice) – 5:31
2. "Dirty Weekend" (Stewart, Gary Grainger) – 2:36
3. "Ain't Love a Bitch" (Stewart, Grainger) – 4:39
4. "The Best Days of My Life" (Stewart, Jim Cregan) – 4:21
5. "Is That The Thanks I Get?" (Stewart, Cregan) – 4:32

[edit] Side two

1. "Attractive Female Wanted" (Stewart, Grainger) – 4:17
2. "Blondes (Have More Fun)" (Stewart, Cregan) – 3:46
3. "Last Summer" (Stewart, Cregan) – 4:05
4. "Standin' in the Shadows of Love" (Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Brian Holland) – 4:28
5. "Scarred and Scared" (Stewart, Grainger) – 4:54

Sentimental crap / Should we be hedonist? / Synchronicity / Constantly updating my blog...

2012-01-28T01:05:00.000-08:00

"Count on me - Jefferson Airplane" is a nice song and all, I remember it came on after but then I played it (I just unlinked it) and I do believe in "Magic" but the Stones cut-to-the-chase///of what its all about (ok a bit sexist). Every song in existence seems to be about love in some form or other. "Live with Me" universal themes, nothing new, a house, a dog, kids (a butler) etc. you do have to "count on the other person" so to speak and literally at times; its just the sentimentality that suddenly irked me; Jefferson Starship eventually broke-up (not an uncommon occurrence with bands) - the Stones for better or worse - roll on (maybe, ok it could be a cash-cow, but they do seem to have integrity and some sincere love of what they do together).

I don't know why I'm posting so much - I'll get off my soapbox now, talk is cheep. I'm just listening to music; - I guess it cleared my mind though. But this is rather an interesting place for, reflection and telling our stories. I'm mindful that the reality is out-there and that there are things that are unspoken and yet to be imagined but thats another place and another time.

To quote the Black Sheep "this or that" (thanks Raven where ever you are) good advice to all; they've got a great way of putting things: Maybe its about honestly figuring out and focusing on what you love and you'll at least be happy with that or be striving so the hard work makes it worth it (the journey etc etc); and the part about (having your own back) - love yourself foremost or else how can you possibly accept or recognize what real love is (all about) or ultimately find it, or allow it to find you (didn't want to end on a preposition o.w.e.). I'm no expert, cause I think I just invented the boomerang. I think I'm going to go to bed and re-read "The Cosmic Trigger" (Thanks again Raven) Vol. 1 Robert Anton Wilson - synchronicity, chakras, and weird interesting stuff.

If you where old and dying and could somehow send a message, or suddenly appear to our younger selves - I wonder what we would each tell ourselves. Would you tell yourself to be a hedonist? Probably not the best advice, cause its kind of empty ultimately. Hmmmm?

"out to rock the globe while its still here to rock"

and

"I live with me I got my back tonight, you know what I'm saying"

Hmm...how did I suddenly connect "I live with me..." Black Sheep with "Live with Me" Rolling Stones?

The Rolling Stones - LIVE WITH ME

"You'd look good pram pushing
Down the high street" ;)

thank you "rockliveson69" "It's very clear that this song is catchy, rhythmic, and just plain awesome."

vs

Jefferson Starship Count On Me

"Live With Me"

I got nasty habits, I take tea at three
Yes, and the meat I eat for dinner
Must be hung up for a week
My best friend, he shoots water rats
And feeds them to his geese
Don'cha think there's a place for you
In between the sheets?
Come on now, honey
We can build a home for three
Come on now, honey
Don't you wanna live with me?
And there's a score of harebrained children
They're all locked in the nursery
They got earphone heads they got dirty necks
They're so 20th century
Well they queue up for the bathroom
Round about 7:35
Don'cha think we need a woman's touch to make it come alive?
You'd look good pram pushing
Down the high street
Come on now, honey
Don't you wanna live with me?
Whoa, the servants they're so helpful, dear
The cook she is a whore
Yes, the butler has a place for her
Behind the pantry door
The maid, she's French, she's got no sense
She's wild for Crazy Horse
And when she strips, the chauffeur flips
The footman's eyes get crossed
Don'cha think there's a place for us
Right across the street
Don'cha think there's a place for you,
In between the sheets?

Miracles

2012-01-28T00:45:00.001-08:00

Jefferson Starship - Miracles

Gamer606 (32 minutes ago)

I'm the daughter of the son of the man who liked this song<3
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Firebrand59 (5 hours ago)

I love this song, I dedicate this song to Joe, I love you still so much....I don't know why you turned away from me.........
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kiljoy67 (7 hours ago)

lovely song...no miracles though
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rexrockandroll (1 day ago)

THIS IS THE EPITOME OF love songs..THINK OF IT...LOVE IN ITSELF IS A MIRACLE AND SOMETIMES IT WORKS AND SOMETIMES IT DIES HARD, I KNOW THAT FROM EXPERIENCE..BUT I DO REMEMBER BACK IN HS AND COLLEGE IN LATE 70'S THIS WAS THE ONE SONG THAT GOT MANY OF US MOTIVATED AND OUT TO FIND WHO WE THOUGHT WE WANTED TO SPEND LIFE WITH...FOR ME, DIDNT WORK LIKE THAT...BUT TAUGHT ME ABOUT TONS..THANX JEANMARIE, JANET, LAURA(my x wife), ..DAMN....LIFE SUX SOMETIMES BUT TIME TO MOVE ON AND KILL AND CONQUER PAST.
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bbbbbbfg1 (1 day ago)

SUPERNATURAL RULES !!!!!
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LairaMarie (1 day ago)

This song is one of my favorites! I had a 3rd row seat at one of their concerts, and they played this song, of course. The version that was played had a disco beat to it. I cannot find that on the internet anywhere. Can someone post a link if one exists? Thank you!

If only you believe like I believe, baby
We'd get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby
So would I
If only you believe like I believe, baby
We'd get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby
So would I.

I might have to move heaven and earth to prove
It to you, baby
So we're makin' love and you feel the power
And I feel the power
Then there's really nothing that we can't do
If we wanted to, baby
We could exist on the stars
It'd be so easy
All we gotta do
Is get a little faith in you
Oh, I've been (to) so many places
I've seen some things
I know, love is the answer
Keeps holding this world together
Ain't nothing better
Ain't nothing better
And all the answers to our prayers
Hell , it's the same everywheres, baby
Nothing ever breaks up the heart
Only tears give you away
Then you're right where I found ya
With my arms around ya
Oh baby, baby, baby, love is a magic word, yeah
Few ever find in a lifetime
But from that very first look in your eyes
I knew you and I had but one heart
Only our bodies were apart
That was so easy, so easy
I had a taste of the real world
When I went down on you, girl.

If only you believe like I believe, baby
We'd get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby
So would I
If only you believe like I believe, baby
We'd get by
If only you believe in miracles, baby
So would I.

I can hear windmills and rainbows
Whenever you're talkin' to me
I feel like swirling and dancin'
Whenever you're walking with me
You ripple like a river when I touch you
When I pluck your body like a string
When I start dancin' inside ya
Oh baby, you make me wanna sing
Yeah, baby, baby, baby, baby
Oh yeah, all right
Baby, we're sure doin' it tonight
Everytime you come by, let me try
Pretty, please sugar on it
That's how I like it
I can't even believe it, with you
It's like having every dream I ever wanted
Come true
I picked up your vibes
You know it opened my eyes
But I'm still dreamin' yeah
And you're right where I found ya
With my arms around ya.

Refrain (2x)

Moonlight Mile

2012-01-28T00:37:00.000-08:00

The Rolling Stones - Moonlight Mile

When the wind blows and the rain feels cold
With a head full of snow
With a head full of snow
In the window theres a face you know
Dont the nights pass slow
Dont the nights pass slow

The sound of strangers sending nothing to my mind
Just another mad mad day on the road
I am just living to be lying by your side
But Im just about a moonlight mile on down the road

Made a rag pile of my shiny clothes
Gonna warm my bones
Gonna warm my bones
I got silence on my radio
Let the air waves flow
Let the air waves flow

Oh Im sleeping under strange strange skies
Just another mad mad day on the road
My dreams is fading down the railway line
Im just about a moonlight mile down the road

Im hiding sister and Im dreaming
Im riding down your moonlight mile
Im hiding baby and Im dreaming
Im riding down your moonlight mile
Im riding down you moonlight mile

Let it go now, come on up babe
Yeah, let it go now
Yeah, flow now baby
Yeah move on now yeah

Yeah, Im coming home
cause, Im just about a moonlight mile on down the road
Down the road, down the road
phone

Sway

2012-01-28T00:20:00.000-08:00

The Rolling Stones - Sway

SWAY
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Did you ever wake up to find
A day that broke up your mind
Destroyed your notion of circular time

It's just that demon life has got you in its sway
It's just that demon life has got you in its sway

Ain't flinging tears out on the dusty ground
For all my friends out on the burial ground
Can't stand the feeling getting so brought down

It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway

There must be ways to find out
Love is the way they say is really strutting out

Hey, hey, hey now
One day I woke up to find
Right in the bed next to mine
Someone that broke me up with a corner of her smile, yeah

It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
It's just that demon life has got me in its sway

It's just that demon life has got me in its sway
It's just that demon life has got me...

It's just that demon life has got me...

Wild Horses

2012-01-27T23:15:00.000-08:00

It starts iffy but give this one a chance.

The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses - 1975

priceless comments

Exilemainstreet (1 year ago)

Not the best tour, but they nailed this song. When Keith and Ronnie advance to the mics to sing.... just amazing.

TheKalen486 (3 days ago)

the band on coke, ETOH, heroin, pills (upper/downer) possible lsd but still put a satisfactory performance any band today would kill for or could live up to. i see where the old GNR got the sound and behaviors from a mixture of zepplin and stones

dannyd1572 (1 week ago)

@fondofrory I never seen a band (or some members) that could be so coked and wasted, and make drunk sound so good. Love my Stones!

Muscle Shoals

The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses '69

Wild Horses (Rolling Stones)

7sadbeeyotsh7 (1 week ago)

This song isnt about animals!

Keith Richards - Wild Horses

MegaPecicilan (5 days ago)

keith u never old... becouse drug on use.. luv yaa

a hummingbird made my day...

2012-01-27T13:55:00.001-08:00

Agonizing is too strong of a word - I've returned to a print, after a couple weeks,I thought it would be the easiest; i just looked at the contact sheet and it just dawned on me that instead of split filtering I might simply try the number three filter that I made the contact with. The highlight is right next to this deep black and they are so far apart. Last night I almost got it to where I want and right now I think I can get a fairly acceptable version. I've approached it from different angles; I just tried flashing and I'll probably do one more test strip doing that; that might help bring up the white, to just above paper white so that it will be easier to get some detail in the highlight; paper white is sometimes good but only in the "twinkle of an eye" or the edge of something shinny. I also tried solarizing but its not the right kind of picture for that.

Maybe it felt like agony because I hadn't had lunch but I had had about 3 cups of coffee too many;)

Around lunchtime, it's so sunny today, I sat in some ice plant and contemplated life, for those three extra cups of coffee, I was enjoying it so much, the warmth of the sun it was great; I tried not to think about anything not even tomorrow or even that afternoon, just that moment - it was becoming really hard to snap-out-of; so I thought i'll play some music on my phone just three songs progressively more upbeat so that I could actually get stuff done.

So when I was playing Blur Song 2 (techno remix) i felt some drops hit my hand and also land in my coffee; what? I looked up and there were no other birds around accept a hummingbird sitting on a telephone wire above my head - I swear it looked down at me and I think that little bird even laughed - he went WOOHOO! and flew off:) [I swear to god this happened]

So between the slowness and challenge of making darkroom prints, one print at a time (the tones are so beautiful, its worth it) and a hummingbirds fondness for sugar (and apparently pranks) I must conclude that sometimes life is like molasses - slow, sticky, a tad bitter, a little weird but oh s-o-w-e sweet.

Fun Facts About Hummingbirds

Do Hummingbirds Sing?
By Hummingbird
How do you describe the sound a hummingbird makes? This is somewhat difficult to do, but the sound a hummingbird makes isn’t a true “song.” Hummingbirds will vocalize by making chirping notes. The call of a hummingbird is made up of a series of short buzz trills and chirps. Hummingbirds’ wings ‘buzz’ or make a whirring sound while the birds are in flight. This sound is referred to as a "wing whistle." The hummingbird will frequently vocalize in effort to attract a mate.

Well it sounds like a melody, I've heard hummingbirds before and their cute little singing; and their cute little laugh too. So I'll never forget today because it was also the day that I drank hummingbird pee in my coffee;)

Haselfuchs (2 months ago)
"Nice footage but I miss Herr Lloyd here and his fabulous cheekbones and furious body moves...snif"

Alphaville Sound Like A Melody Musik Convoy
Oh Germany, I love Germany...

"Snif," at the end, you got to love that comment.

Blur - Song 2 (Prezioso ft. Marvin Remix)

WOOHOO!
WOOHOO!
WOOHOO!
WOOHOO!

I got my head checked
By a jumbo jet
It wasn't easy
But nothing is,
No -

WOOHOO!
When I feel heavy metal WOOHOO!
And I'm pins and I'm needles WOOHOO!
Well I lie and I'm easy
All of the time but I'm never sure why I need you
Pleased to meet you!

I got my head done
When I was young
It's not my problem
It's not my - problem -

WOOHOO!
When I feel heavy metal WOOHOO!
And I'm pins and I'm needles WOOHOO!
Well I lie and I'm easy
All of the time but I'm never sure why I need you
Pleased to meet you!

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah

Anne Clark - God Willing / I just tried to flip a head shot picture in Canvas...

2012-01-26T21:11:00.000-08:00

Im probably the only photographer on the planet who doesn't own Photoshop. This is so ridiculous I'm laughing at myself. I use to use Photobucket to re-orientate horizontals to vertical and what not but then my browser went out of date; the last few months I've been emailing my pictures to a friend and he'll flip them for me (he is a saint); I need more RAM for my MAC for the latest browsers. Damn I guess I procrastinated enough and I'll get Photoshop while I'm at it so I can at least spot pictures [Or fuck, probably not; it might take away from my Blogging, 5 posts since midnight; I feel like Andrew Sullivan;].

I've relied on my dear old friend Albert for any Photoshop work and recently Kenny. I kind of like the idea of "outsourcing" certain things which I appreciate but am no so interested in learning.
There is the whole efficiency sake and self sufficiency arguments that can be made (of course). When I use to scan my black and white negatives it was so hard to have to wait (I owns a scanner but not as good and its so time consuming) my buddies at the camera store have always tried their best to expedite (thanks Ethan), sometimes I've gone to get coffee; it only takes 15 minutes.

As of last year I swore that I wouldn't scan my b&w negatives - making a contact sheet is actually quicker sometimes and I've learned to be patient. BUT Wow this last shoot Dec. 29th...I could have been finished, theoretically that is, on Jan 1st! This is only the third time that i've only made darkroom prints; 4 weeks and I haven't even made that many prints but I've finally dialed it in; today I made educated guesses on exposures and that saved a lot of time. At least the color stuff comes out fairly quick; that too needs spotting etc. (thankfully done with those).

So I'll post that head shot picture later, hold your breath in anticipation.

Thanks Jennifer, Vanessa, (Albert, Ethan, and Kenny (eventually) needs retouching but I like this "hot" version too) and the lady at the salon.

More head shots to take this weekend...

This is the song for the picture - I hope it can live up to "God willing (JCRZ Moroderian Remix)"

if it doesn't at least you have that amazing video "Koyaanisqtasi" featured in the God Willing video

Pet Shop Boys feat Anne Clark - God Willing (JCRZ Moroderian Remix)

Sheryl Crow - Soak Up The Sun

The Rolling Stones Hang Fire

Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.

2012-01-26T10:43:00.000-08:00

Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.

this dream came true and kinda went and probably will return

my biggest decisions these days is whether I should tone a print (or not)

then i'm daydreaming doing (that) and it takes five hours [7 of the same print and all the in between test-strips - research on the internet & a little daydreaming; then went swimming] - i did make a breakthrough rediscovering techniques; thanks Mr. Carson for accompanying me in my "woodshed"

Wes Carson

Crazy Train- Ozzy Osbourne

2012-01-26T09:29:00.000-08:00

Crazy Train- Ozzy Osbourne

I woke up this morning wanting to listen to this song.

Neil Young Round Round (It Won't Be Long)

2012-01-26T01:46:00.001-08:00

Neil Young Round Round (It Won't Be Long)

"Round & Round (It Won't Be Long)"

Round and round and round we spin,
To weave a wall to hem us in,
It won't be long, it won't be long
How slow and slow and slow it goes,
To mend the tear that always shows.
It won't be long, it won't be long.

It's hard enough losin'
the paper illusion
you've hidden inside,
Without the confusion
of findin' you're usin'
the crutch of the lie
To shelter your pride when you cry.

Round and round and round we spin,
To weave a wall to hem us in,
It won't be long, it won't be long
How slow and slow and slow it goes,
To mend the tear that always shows.
It won't be long, it won't be long.

Now you're movin' too slow
and wherever you go
there's another beside.
It's so hard to say no
to yourself and it shows
that you're losing inside,
When you step on your pride and you cry.

Round and round and round we spin,
To weave a wall to hem us in,
It won't be long, it won't be long
How slow and slow and slow it goes,
To mend the tear that always shows.
It won't be long, it won't be long.

How the hours will bend
through the time that you spend
till you turn to your eyes,
And you see your best friend
looking over the end
and you turn to see why,
And he looks in your eyes and he cries.

Round and round and round we spin,
To weave a wall to hem us in,
It won't be long, it won't be long
How slow and slow and slow it goes,
To mend the tear that always shows.
It won't be long, it won't be long.

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TheFishMiester (7 months ago)

I was listening to this song when I got the call from the hospital that my Dad died of Cancer in 1971 ! It was terminal so that's why I think I Could relate to this tune, because I knew he could go at any time, but it was so ironic that I had this on when I got the call !
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bwilburful (2 months ago)

I first heard this in 86, I was 22. Now I am 47 and it's been a blink of an eye. So yea, it won't be long whether you are 22 or 47, or 69. Time doesn't matter. Make the best. Fishmeister, my heart goes out to you.
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Arf1223 (1 week ago)

Takes me back to a quiet summer afternoon in '77, a two story cabin in the counry in Oregon, going thruogh my Hippie neighbor's records. Before this I'd only heard Harvest. A few weeks before leaving home far too young.
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rumbapsych (2 months ago)

Robin Lane. She has an amazing voice.

Joni Mitchell - For free

2012-01-26T01:03:00.000-08:00

Joni Mitchell - For free

I slept last night in a good hotel
I went shopping today for jewels
The wind rushed around in the dirty town
And the children let out from the schools
I was standing on a noisy corner
Waiting for the walking green
Across the street he stood
And he played real good
On his clarinet, for free

Now me I play for fortunes
And those velvet curtain calls
I've got a black limousine
And two gentlemen
Escorting me to the halls
And I play if you have the money
Or if you're a friend to me
But the one man band
By the quick lunch stand
He was playing real good, for free

Nobody stopped to hear him
Though he played so sweet and high
They knew he had never
Been on their T.V.
So they passed his music by
I meant to go over and ask for a song
Maybe put on a harmony...
I heard his refrain
As the signal changed
He was playing real good, for free

I was eating pistachio ice cream for breakfast...

2012-01-25T11:46:00.000-08:00

...looking out the window at a pistachio colored ocean shipping container (the color just dawned on me) where i've set up my darkroom (thank you Dennis) I use to export "produce" a fun (crazed) time in my life and so I've occasionally wondered where that container might have traveled too but also it could have just sat somewhere for the longest time and never gone anywhere like its doing now. So before I wrote this I was looking out the window staring at the sun and wind blowing back the grass thinking (because the colors where so muted like a photograph) imagining that this was the 70's the 60's - 500 years ago, the age of the vikings - the cars passing by kinda ruined it but not really - that grass and sun kept blowing it was more powerful everything else seems trite by comparison.

- I was just drinking (barely) a cup of yesterdays reheated coffee, I had to really press down.

"my heart leaps up"

i can make more:)

P.S. I just looked over on my bed and noticed my pistachio colored copy of "The Poems of Spencer" 400 years ago too. Alright, thats overkill

P.S.S. (yes i reread my own blog (sometimes)) I just noticed the header, its pistachio colored too! I had to mention that, this is its only opportunity.

Yuri Liberzon playing Dance of the Forest Ghosts by Konstantin Vassiliev

I've never been the type to sit around and listen to "Hooty" but sometimes in the darkroom, I can't change the station (though I think I've always liked this song, just a bit too loose on those long chorus fake out breakdowns, I like it tighter-but-loose (what?) like "the rolling stones" maybe i'm trying to say I like a good riff OMFG i just remembered a dream I had last night I was like the 3rd guitarist in a band and then it came time for my lead; it was so simple a classic 50's chuck berry shuffle; i was slightly off stage doing who knows what - so i'm simultaneously walking back, other guitarist gives me my Q - it was crap but somewhat inspired, I still managed to "one string it" as I turned up the volume

Hootie and the Blowfish - Time (lyrics) - Cracked Rear View

Julien Sorel...or William Keith

2012-01-24T11:10:00.000-08:00

Funny, never, then suddenly people are contacting me through my blog for photo shoots...
I had forgot that I had switched my"real name," no real reason; anonymity (?) not really, I think just for fun so I could "try out" new names...

One of my (most) favorite novels. Spoiler alert: Don't read the entire link if you intend to read.

"Julien Sorel" from Stendhal's The Red and The Black

Another name idea was keep the first and change the second "William Keith" My hero has always been Keith Richards; I use to play a lot of guitar...in my early 20's i wrecked a nice Gibson Hummingbird and ran over a 12-string; finally a few years ago in a "haze" in Hollywood (classic) pawned my last electric a blonde tele with a humbucker; oh yeah sort of related (this was an accident; we forgot the due date) on an impromptu trip to Montana I pawned a beautiful Gibson J200 with ebony fret board, abalone inlays; because a friend needed to get his video camera out of a pawn shop (I shouldn't have reminded myself of that)...

So, "William Keith," Its like a first-name-last-name thing, why not (?) I'm not sure; a friend I made in NYC liked it and another friend too - who knows me better.

Sorry father, but hey we would still share a first name (yours being in spanish); I've only had your last name for about half my life anyway; oh yeah and wasn't it my mother who wanted me to take on your last name (now i'm starting to piece it together....) Nothing personal because see with my slacker California accent, it kinda gets stuck in my mouth and I even lost the ability to trill my RRR's and some old timer guy made a joke about sleeping in cars - you know "Car" "dozing" hahaha Oh father and not a grudge either just the reality, saw you once in twenty-years; then when I'm 20-minutes away; right turn left turn Santa Monica Blvd. you came over once in two years. Oh yeah and my younger brother who's awesome; i regret not coming over - his name is "William" too, In spanish I think, thats cool, just doing a tally;)

L.A. is nice this time of year...maybe I should pay you a visit.

Half an hour later...interesting, I feel better; maybe I will change my last name.

The Clash - Whats My Name?

Clash
What's My Name

What the hell is wrong with me? I'm not who I want to be
I tired spot cream an' I tried it all I'm crawling up the wall!
What's my name naaaame...naaaame....naaaame....
I tried to join a ping-pong club, sign on the door said all full up!
I got nicked, fighting in the road an' the judge didn't even know
What's my name
Dad go pissed so I got clocked
Couldn't hear the Tannoy so he lost the lot
Offers Mum a bribe through the letter box
Drives you fucking mad
What's my name
Now I'm round the back of your house at night
Peeping in the window - are you sleeping tight?
I laugh at your locks with my celloid strip
An' you won't know who came
What's my name

"Rainy Day", Shuggie Otis

2012-01-23T22:58:00.000-08:00

Friday night, when it was raining, I was listening to this song and looking out the window watching the light shimmering and the sound of the water.

Afterward, the next day, I was surprised (I shouldn't have been surprised) - the name fit the mood of the song.

I've had this CD for 10-years but haven't listened to it in a while, "Inspiration Information" (1974), Epic Records, I remember buying it at the Virgin Mega Store in San Francisco. I liked the cover and the titles; they seemed intriguing.

"Rainy Day", Shuggie Otis
Thanks for posting pilhasonora; the Forest Service cartoon is perfect.

I suddenly can't seem to find songs for my blog...

2012-01-22T02:02:00.000-08:00

Thursday's post was going to be the swan song - the "WKRP in Cincinnati" theme..."in case you ever wondered what ever became of me, I'll be living on the air in Cincinnati, Cincinnati WKRP W...K...R...P... in Cin-cin-nateee

Earlier last year I noticed that I had really slowed down with the blog posts; I think it was because I was trying to make a conscious effort to not spend time in front of my computer. I never set out to get followers or "search" traffic its just been about staring at my pictures and listening to music till they both came into accord. Sometimes i'll go way back and see if I still like a picture; that sort of thing. Also, I know for a fact that my six followers don't even follow. I pretty much know them - accept for the guy from Switzerland, he was cool and even wrote me an email.

I've never written much (until recently) perhaps occasionally a weird dream. Also, I'd started regretting all my recent posts, like I said it hasn't been my thing to "share" so much - in my mind it had become "overkill" "wielding a bicycle chain." But, I suddenly had a moment of peace; in the entire scheme of things it wasn't about "hate," far from it, the exact opposite and it came from my heart and with sincerity (and on many different levels and I enjoy a pun or two). "I was only singing " "oh mi corazon"

Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello

Notorious B.I.G - Hypnotize [ ORIGINAL ]

THE CLASH - lost in the supermarket

The Clash - Spanish Bombs

i'm getting that feeling again, that sometimes, it's probably more practical to be "cool" and shut the hell up.

Morrissey Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference

Morrissey - The world is full of crashing bores

Maybe I won't quit my blog, quite yet, but after this I might stick to "instrumentals" for a while (seriously).

The Clash- Somebody Got Murdered

Death is a star-The Clash subtitle!!

Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference (Morrissey)

Such a little thing
Such a little thing
But the difference it made was grave
There you go
Wielding a bicycle chain
Oh, why won't you change ?
Change and be nicer ?

Such a little thing
A gentle tone of kindness
Or written words on paper
- can you write ?

How I love all of
The very complicated things of life
(God's good air)
How I love all of
The very complicated things of life

Such a little thing
A fumbling politeness
The difference saved me
Wielding a bicycle chain
Why won't you change ?
"I WILL NOT CHANGE
AND I WILL NOT BE NICE"
Most people keep their brains
Between their legs
(Don't you find ?)

Leave me alone - I was only singing
Leave me alone because
I was only singing
Leave me alone - I was only singing
Leave me alone
You have just proved (again)
Most people keep their brains
between their legs

Morrissey - The world is full of crashing bores

You must be wondering how
The boy next door turned out
Have a care, But don't stare
Because he's still there
Lamenting policewomen policemen silly women taxmen
Uniformed whores, They who wish to hurt you, Work within the law
This world is full, So full of crashing bores
And I must be one, 'Cos no one ever turns to me to say
Take me in your arms, Take me in your arms, And love me

You must be wondering how
The boy next door turned out
Have a care, And say a prayer
Because he's still there

Lamenting policewomen policemen silly women taxmen
Uniformed whores, Educated criminals, Work within the law
This world is full, Oh oh, So full of crashing bores
And I must be one, cos no one ever turns to me to say
Take me in your arms, Take me in your arms
And love me, And love me

What really lies, Beyond the constraints of my mind
Could it be the sea, With fate mooning back at me
No it's just more lock jawed pop stars
Thicker than pig shit, Nothing to convey
They're so scared to show intelligence
It might smear their lovely career

This world, I am afraid, Is designed for crashing bores
I am not one, I am not one
You don't understand, You don't understand, And yet you can
Take me in your arms and love me, Love me, And love me

Take me in your arms and love me, Love me, love me
Take me in your arms and love me, Take me in your arms and love me

Death is a Star - The Clash

And I was gripped by that deadly phantom
I followed him through hard jungles
As he stalked through the back lots
Strangling through the night shades

The thief of life
Moved onwards and outwards to love

In a one stop only motel
A storm bangs on the cheapest room
The phantom slips in to spill blood
Even on the sweetest honeymoon

The killer of love
Caught the last late Niagara bus

By chance or escaping from misery
Bu suddeness or in answer to pain
Smoking in the dark cinema
You could see the bad go down again

And the clouds are high in Spanish mountains
And a Ford roars through the night full of rain.

The killer's blood flows
But he loads his gun again

Make a grown man cry like a girl
To see the guns dying at sunset

In vain lovers claimed
But they never had met.

Notorious B.I.G - Hypnotize

Hah, sicka than your average Poppa
Twist cabbage off instinct n***** don't think shit stink
Pink gators, my Detroit players
Timbs for my hooligans in Brooklyn

Dead right, if the head right, Biggie there every night
Poppa been smooth since days of Underroos
Never lose, never choose to bruise crews who
Do something to us, talk go through us

Girls walk to us, wanna do us, screw us
Who us? Yeah, Poppa and Puff
Close like Starsky and Hutch, stick the clutch
Dare I squeeze three at your cherry M-3
Bang every MC easily, busily

Recently *** frontin' ain't sayin' nuttin'
So I just speak my piece, keep my piece
Cubans with the Jesus piece with my peeps
Packin', askin' who want it, you got it *** flaunt it
That Brooklyn bull***, we on it

Biggie, Biggie, Biggie can't you see?
Sometimes your words just hypnotize me
And I just love your flashy ways
Guess that's why they broke and you're so paid

Biggie, Biggie, Biggie can't you see?
Sometimes your words just hypnotize me
And I just love your flashy ways
Guess that's why they broke and you're so paid

I put *** in NY onto DKNY
Miami, D.C. prefer Versace
All Philly ***, dough and Moschino
Every cutie wit a booty bought a Coogi

Now who's the real dookie, meanin' who's really the ***?
Them *** ride ***, Frank White push the sticks
On the Lexus, LX, four and a half
Bulletproof gla*s tints if I want some ***

Gon' blast squeeze first ask questions last
That's how most of these so-called gangsters pa*s
At last, a *** rappin' 'bout blunts and broads
Tits and bras, menage-a-tois, sex in expensive cars

I still leave you on the pavement
Condo paid for, no car payment
At my arraignment, note for the plaintiff
Your daughter's tied up in a Brooklyn basement
Face it, not guilty, that's how I stay filthy
Richer than Richie, till you *** come and get me

Biggie, Biggie, Biggie can't you see?
Sometimes your words just hypnotize me
And I just love your flashy ways
Guess that's why they broke and you're so paid

Biggie, Biggie, Biggie can't you see?
Sometimes your words just hypnotize me
And I just love your flashy ways
Guess that's why they broke and you're so paid

I can fill ya wit real millionaire ***
Escargot, my car go, one sixty, swiftly
Wreck it buy a new one
Your crew run run run, your crew run run

I know you sick of this, name brand *** wit
Flows girls say he's sweet like licorice
So get with this ***, it's easy
Girlfriend here's a pen, call me round ten

Come through, have sex on rugs that's Persian
Come up to your job, hit you while you workin'
For certain, Poppa freakin', not speakin'
Leave that *** leakin', like rapper Demo

Tell them ***, take they clothes off slowly
Hit 'em wit the force like Obie, dick black like Toby
Watch me roam like Gobe, lucky they don't owe me
Where the safe show me, homey

Biggie, Biggie, Biggie can't you see?
Sometimes your words just hypnotize me
And I just love your flashy ways
Guess that's why they broke and you're so paid

Biggie, Biggie, Biggie can't you see?
Sometimes your words just hypnotize me
And I just love your flashy ways
Guess that's why they broke and you're so paid

Biggie, Biggie, Biggie can't you see?
Sometimes your words just hypnotize me
And I just love your flashy ways
Guess that's why they broke and you're so paid

Biggie, Biggie, Biggie can't you see?
Sometimes your words just hypnotize me
And I just love your flashy ways
Guess that's why they broke and you're so paid

Biggie, Biggie, Biggie can't you see?
Sometimes your words just hypnotize me
And I just love your flashy ways
Guess that's why they broke and you're so paid

Sunday Kind Of Love - Etta James, WKRP in Cincinnati, sometimes i feel like Bjork, a KFOG afternoon in the darkroom ###

2012-01-19T15:43:00.001-08:00

"Slowride, Take It Easy" Fog Hat

Men At Work - Overkill (1983)

Invisible Sun - The Police

WKRP in Cincinnati Theme

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Etta James died today...she was born Jamesetta Hawkins; January 25, 1938

Etta James - Sunday Kind Of Love

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Lets Get Physical - Summer Nights

2012-01-19T10:15:00.000-08:00

Lets Get Physical DJPDANCE remix olivia newton john

Grease - Summer Nights - John Travolta & Olivia Newton

(again) Meditation from Thaïs

2012-01-19T09:22:00.000-08:00

Massenet: Meditation (Thais) Nigel Kennedey

I get it now, the false ending of this piece @4:45 (its not in the other recording by Nathan Milstein) perhaps that recording simply has a longer "rest." Coming in Act 2, I think its a prelude to the ending, when Thaïs is dying - heaven is opening and the angels are welcoming her into their midst.

Scene 2[4]

The Cenobite monks express anxiety over Athanaël's antisocial and morose behavior since his return from Alexandria. Athanaël enters and confesses to Palémon that he has begun to experience sexual longing for Thaïs. Palémon castigates him for having attempted to convert her in the first place. Athanaël falls into a depressed sleep and has an erotic vision of Thaïs. He tries to seize her, but she laughingly evades him. Then, a second vision tells him that Thaïs is dying.

Scene 3

Feeling that existence is worth nothing without her, he repudiates all his vows and rushes off to find her. He reaches the convent and finds her on her deathbed. He tells her that all he taught her was a lie, that "nothing is true but life and the love of human beings", and that he loves her. Blissfully unaware, she describes the heavens opening and the angels welcoming her into their midst. She dies, and Athanaël collapses in despair.

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Thaïs (pronounced tah-eess / ta:'i:s) is an opera in three acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Gallet based on the novel Thaïs by Anatole France. It was first performed at the Opéra Garnier in Paris on 16 March 1894, starring the American soprano Sybil Sanderson, for whom Massenet had written the title role.[1] The work was first performed in Italy at the Teatro Lirico Internazionale in Milan on 17 October 1903 with Lina Cavalieri in the title role and Francesco Maria Bonini as Athanaël. In 1907, the role served as Mary Garden's American debut in New York in the U.S. premiere performance.

Thaïs takes place in Egypt during Byzantine rule, where a Cenobite monk, Athanaël, attempts to convert Thaïs, an Alexandrian courtesan and devotee of Venus, to Christianity, but discovers too late that his obsession with her is rooted in lust; while the courtesan's true purity of heart is revealed, so is the religious man's baser nature. The work is often described as bearing a sort of religious eroticism, and has had many controversial productions. Its famous Méditation, the entr'acte for violin and orchestra played between the scenes of Act II, is an oft-performed concert music piece; it has been arranged for many different instruments.

After Manon and Werther, Thaïs is one of Massenet's most performed operas, but it is not part of the standard operatic repertoire. The role of Thaïs, similar to another Massenet heroine also written for Sybil Sanderson, Esclarmonde, is notoriously difficult to sing and is reserved for only the most gifted of performers. Modern interpreters have included Carol Neblett, Anna Moffo, Beverly Sills, Leontyne Price and, most recently, Renée Fleming.[2][3] Géori Boué is particularly associated with the role.
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Massenet's Meditation from Thaïs

2012-01-19T00:31:00.000-08:00

Nathan Milstein plays Massenet Meditation

Teodora recommended this one, I thought she was only into ROCK. Italian opera, right, of course. Awh, if it were possible I would take her to the opera, to see Thaïs, its her favorite.

Act 1

Scene 1

A group of Cenobite monks go about their daily business. Athanaël, the most rigorous ascetic of them all, enters and confesses to the senior monk, Palémon, that he has lately been disturbed by visions of a courtesan and priestess of Venus named Thaïs, whom he had seen many years ago in his native city of Alexandria. Believing these visions to be a sign from God, he resolves, against Palémon's advice, to return to Alexandria, convert Thaïs to Christianity, and persuade her to enter a convent.

Scene 2

Athanaël arrives in Alexandria and visits his old friend Nicias, a wealthy voluptuary. Nicias welcomes him with open arms and reveals himself to be Thaïs's current lover. Upon hearing Athanaël's plan, he laughs and warns him that the revenge of Venus can be terrible. Nevertheless, he procures clothing for his friend in preparation for a feast that evening at which Thaïs will appear. His slaves, Crobyle and Myrtale, dress Athanaël and mock his prudery.

The feast begins. Thaïs arrives and sings a bittersweet love duet with Nicias: this is their last night together. She then asks him about Athanaël, who overhears her and tells her that he has come to teach her "contempt for the flesh and love of pain." Not tempted by this proposition, she offends his sense of propriety with a seductive song. He leaves, angrily promising to come back later. She taunts him with a parting shot: "Dare to come, you who defy Venus!"
[edit] Act 2

Scene 1

Exhausted after the feast, Thaïs expresses dissatisfaction with her empty life and muses on the fact that one day, old age will destroy her beauty. Athanaël enters at this vulnerable moment, praying to God to conceal her beauty from him. He tells her that he loves her according to the spirit rather than the flesh, and that his love will last forever, instead of for a single night. Intrigued, she asks him to teach her the ways of this love. He nearly succumbs to her physical charm, but succeeds in explaining to her that if she converts, she will gain eternal life. She nearly succumbs to his eloquence, but then reasserts her nihilistic worldview and drives him away. However, after a long meditation she changes her mind.

Scene 2

Thaïs has joined Athanaël and resolved to follow him into the desert. He orders her to burn down her house and possessions in order to destroy all traces of her wicked past. She agrees, but asks if she can keep a statuette of Eros, the god of love, explaining to Athanaël that she sinned against love rather than through it. When he hears that Nicias gave it to her, however, Athanaël demands that she destroy it. Nicias appears with a group of revelers, who see Athanaël taking Thaïs away. Furious, they begin to stone him. Although Nicias is astonished at Thaïs' decision to leave, he respects it and throws handfuls of money to distract the crowd. Thaïs and Athanaël escape.
[edit] Act 3

Scene 1

Thaïs and Athanaël travel on foot through the desert. Thaïs is exhausted, but Athanaël forces her to keep going and thus do penance for her sins. They reach a spring, where Athanaël begins to feel pity rather than disgust for her, and they share a few moments of idyllic, platonic companionship as they rest. Shortly afterwards, they reach the convent where Thaïs is to stay. Placing her in the care of Mother Superior Albine, Athanaël realizes that he has accomplished his mission—and that he will never see her again.

Scene 2[4]

The Cenobite monks express anxiety over Athanaël's antisocial and morose behavior since his return from Alexandria. Athanaël enters and confesses to Palémon that he has begun to experience sexual longing for Thaïs. Palémon castigates him for having attempted to convert her in the first place. Athanaël falls into a depressed sleep and has an erotic vision of Thaïs. He tries to seize her, but she laughingly evades him. Then, a second vision tells him that Thaïs is dying.

Scene 3

Feeling that existence is worth nothing without her, he repudiates all his vows and rushes off to find her. He reaches the convent and finds her on her deathbed. He tells her that all he taught her was a lie, that "nothing is true but life and the love of human beings", and that he loves her. Blissfully unaware, she describes the heavens opening and the angels welcoming her into their midst. She dies, and Athanaël collapses in despair.

Teodora "She's my little rock n' roll..." Torn and Frayed, Winter, Sweet Virginia

2012-01-17T22:22:00.000-08:00

I got into a spat with my photo enlarger today - her english isn't very good (she's Italian). I thought I was being meticulous: 2 days, rrr 3 actually, 35 test strips (!I felt like ansel-fucking-adams!), final print and no fuckn way the bulb had been slightly dimming and i had been slightly correcting - five more minutes and it wouldn't have mattered.

She fuckn giggled so I made her squirm when I replaced her bulb;) She's making me confess on my blog (catholic thing). Her name is Teodora, she's into clothes and interesting people (she thinks landscapes are boring) - she can be a little bitchy but she does have a lot of soul.

Sometimes, in her broken Italian I hear her singing, "I'm zipping through the days at lightning speed Plug in, flush out And fire the fuckin' feed.." or "The sunshine bores the daylights out of me chasing shadows, moonlight mystery.."

Sometimes we sing together, to songs on the radio.

Awh, she's my little rock n' roll...

Rolling Stones - Little T&A

Rocks Off ~ The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones - Torn and Frayed

The Rolling Stones Winter

The Rolling Stones - Sweet Virginia

ROCKS OFF

Oh yeah
I hear you talking When I'm on the street Your mouth don't move But I can hear you speak
What's the matter with the boy? He don't come around no more Is he checking out for sure? Is he gonna close the door on me?
I'm always hearing voices On the street I want to shout But I can't hardly speak
I was making love last night To a dancer friend of mine I can't seem to stay in step 'Cause every time that she pirouettes over me
And I only get my rocks off While I'm dreaming I only get my rocks off While I'm sleeping

I'm zipping through the days At lightning speed Plug in, flush out And fire the fuckin' feed

Heading for the overload Splattered on the dirty road Kick me like you've kicked before I can't even feel the pain no more
But I only get my rocks off While I'm dreaming I only get my rocks off While I'm sleeping
Feel so hypnotized, can't describe the scene It's all mesmerized, all that inside me

The sunshine bores the daylights out of me Chasing shadows, moonlight mystery

Heading for the overload Splattered on the dirty road Kick me like you've kicked before I can't even feel the pain no more
But I only get my rocks off While I'm dreaming I only get my rocks off While I'm sleeping
I only get my rocks off While I'm dreaming I only get my rocks off While I'm sleeping
Only get them off Only get them off Get them off Only get them off

WINTER

(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

And it's sure been a cold, cold winter
And the wind ain't been blowin' from the south
It's sure been a cold, cold winter
And the light of love is all burned out

It sure been a hard, hard winter
My feet been draggin' 'cross the ground
And I hope it's gonna be a long, hot summer
And the light of love will be burnin' bright

And I wish I'd been out in California
When the lights on all the Christmas trees went out
But I been burnin' my bell, book and candle
And the restoration plays have all gone 'round

It sure been a cold, cold winter
My feet been draggin' 'cross the ground
And the fields has all been brown and fallow
And the springtime take a long way around

Yeah, and I wish I'd been out in Stony Canyon
When the lights on all the Christmas trees went out
But I been burnin' my bell, book and candle
And the restoration plays have all gone 'round

Sometimes I think about you, baby
Sometimes I cry about you
Lord well well well

Sometimes I wanna wrap my coat around you
Sometimes I wanna keep you warm
Sometimes I wanna wrap my coat around you
Sometimes I wanna burn a candle for you

SWEET VIRGINIA

Wading through the waste stormy winter
And there's not a friend to help you through
Trying to stop the waves behind your eyeballs
Drop your reds drop your greens and blues

Thank you for your wine, california
Thank you for your sweet and bitter fruits
Yes, Ive got the desert in my toenail
And hid the speed inside my shoe

But come on come on down sweet virginia
Come on honey child I beg of you

Come on come on down you got it in you
Got to scrape that shit right off your shoes

\(^0^)/ Move This Shake Your Body Technotronic Anime

2012-01-17T10:53:00.000-08:00

Move This Shake Your Body Technotronic Anime
I'm going to learn all these moves;) thanks! mistyzboy

\(^0^)/

OurGangFan (7 months ago)

I miss the 90's!

dillard92 (9 months ago)

great song!!! no wait epic song!!! :D

fresh101505 (5 months ago)

1:42 She be breakin it down

BlowItOutYourAss69 (5 months ago)

Did you know this song was made famous, by the cover girl commercial with Cyndi Crawford.

waluigisgirl (1 year ago)

i friken love this song X3

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Yo Come On Move This

Shake That Body
Shake That Body

People dont you know, dont you know
it's about time
can't you hear the jam is pumpin'
while you taste the piece of mine
many different flavours
and the spice is strong
get into the hot stuff
let me pour a little some

Baby let me show you how to do this
you've gotta move this
you're doing fine
theres nothing to it
you gotta move this
come on and move this
shake that body for

People don't you know
don't you know its about time
can ya hear the jam is pumpin while
u taste a piece of mine
many different flavors and the spice is strong
get into the hot stuff let me pour a little some

(Chorus)

Can you feel the mellow crawlin fast
come on baby
rhythms blast
pump it pump it pump it up
nothin can make this one stop

youve gotta move this
youve gotta move this

oh yeah you gotta groove this and move this on
shake that body for baby let me show you howda do this

(chorus)

Toes be tappin
Fingers snappin
hands clappin my mouth rappin
Talkin about cold lappin
shut up and do the walk
use what you got show me
your on the floor so let me see
dont say nothing less i saw
and remember i like it raw

you've gotta move this
you've gotta move this
oh yeah yeah yeah
you've gotta move this
uh uh uh uhn shake that body fo me

baby let me show you how to do this
you gotta move this, your doing fine
theres nothing to it you've gotta groove it
c'mon and move this shake that body
baby let me show you howda do this
you gotta move this and move this
aint nothin to it you gotta move it
move it shake that body for me yo shake that body for me.
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Tracy Chapman - Fast Car - Heart of Gold - Wish You Were Here - Drowse

2012-01-16T21:20:00.000-08:00

It was another satisfying afternoon in the darkroom; I'm grateful for that. Then as I was getting ready to go swimming I realized that the pool was going to be closed tonight. I haven't swum in a couple days and so I was ready drive all the way to Monterey to another pool because its better then feeling anxious but instead I felt the sudden urge to climb into bed.

It was so peaceful at first... I was thinking about the dream I had early this morning and other things - I was in a restaurant with two friends, seated on barstools against a wall; it was an ocean side restaurant and we couldn't see out - then it kinda changed and I laid down to watch a movie; there was barely enough room and a girl came and laid down next to me, lots of hair that sort of formed a tent and I kinda had to lay on her shoulder - she seemed to like me; it was really pleasant :) thats the part I wanted to get back to. Then that abruptly changed. There was a man with "18 pairs of children" they where all wearing suits and paired by age, kinda like a strange version of "The Sound of Music." They seemed so needy wanting their parents attention, I could see it in their faces.

As I lay there, I started thinking about the reality of my life... A few times I've run away from certain situations and at first it seems liberating with the rush of adrenaline and desert highways beckoning (literally) but ultimately you can't run away from yourself which has sometimes been my problem...

So there is that old adage that the most precious things in life are free and I agree with that it's just that sometimes its like buried pirates treasure; If your lucky you'll at least find a map but there is no guaranty.

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

Neil Young - Heart of Gold/Lyrics

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Roger Taylor-Drowse

Words and music by Roger Taylor

It's the sad eyed goodbye
Yesterday's moments I remember
It's the bleak street,week kneed partings I recall
It's the mistier mists the hazier days
The brighter sun and the easier lays
There's all the more reason for laughing and crying
When you're younger and life isn't to hard at all

It's the fantastic drowse
Of the afternoon Sundays
That bored you to rages of tears
The unending pleadings
To waste all your good times
In thoughts of your middle-aged years
It's the vertical hold all the things that you're told
For the everyday hero it all turns to zero
And there's all the more reason
For living or dying when you're young
And your troubles are all very small

Out here on the street we'd gather and meet
And scuff up the sidewalk
With endlessly restless feet
Half on the time we'd broaden our minds
More in the pool hall
Than we did in the school hall
With the down town chewing gum bums
Watching the night life the lights and the fun

Never wanted to be the boy next door
Always thought I'd be something more
But it ain't easy for a small town boy
It ain't easy at all
Thinkin' it right and doin' it wrong
It's easier from an arm chair
Waves of alternatives wash over my sleepiness
Have my eggs poached for breakfast I guess

I think I'll be Clint Eastwood
Jimi Hendrix he was good
Let's try William the Conqueror
Now who else do I like?

"Turning Japanese" I really think so...

2012-01-16T13:00:00.000-08:00

I really am, better than other alternatives... For some reason I always make quick friends with japanese "nationals" ... ok i guess two friends isn't a trend and ah, well there are two more i never see...

just checked; frozen miso paste for miso soup, thats what's for dinner...[nod head;)]

I had never paid attention to the lyrics until now.

ah listen to those chimes

The Vapors - Turning Japanese

I've got your picture
Of me and you
You wrote "I love you"
I love you too
I sit there staring and there's nothing else to do

Oh it's in color
Your hair is brown
Your eyes are hazel
And soft as clouds
I often kiss you when there's no one else around

I've got your picture, I've got your picture
I'd like a million of you over myself
I asked the doctor to take your picture
So I can look at you from inside as well
You've got me turning up and turning down and turning in and turning 'round

I'm turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so
I'm turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so

I've got your picture, I've got your picture
I'd like a million of them over myself
I want the doctor to take your picture
So I can look at you from inside as well
You've got me turning up and turning down and turning in and turning 'round

I'm turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so
I'm turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so

No sex, no drugs, no wine, no women
No fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark
Everyone around me is a total stranger
Everyone avoids me like a cyclone ranger
Everyone

That's why I'm turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so
I'm turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so
(Think so think so think so)
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so
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"Turning Japanese" as written by David Fenton
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

Eros Goes - Moods and the Creative Mind - Strawberry Fields Forever

2012-01-14T11:10:00.000-08:00

Eros Goes

Passion's fury love does soften
as I caress you more and often.
The sibilant arrow at music's rest.
The beating sound
of loves breast

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Moods and the Creative Mind

Alright, I want people to understand; I hope this helps someone and I hope I'm not coming off as arrogant by posting this link but I suppose self confidence and healthy self-esteem are well and good - I'm not speaking to the quality of the output but simply to the method.

Thank god i don't have "ADD with Agitation or Mania" but I might be dealing with Cyclothemia, as I've noticed a pattern emerge.

So I've identified moments of being uninhibited and now suddenly "slipping" to a lower state with no specific cause. One month up more or less, "up," enough to execute a photo shoot (and do other things)... In doing my research these past few months I've prepared accordingly; made new friends and have a busy weekend planned - I can't make it to my pool this afternoon but I'm going running right after I post this...I'm sure i'll always be high and low, ebbing and so forth - it's normal too; we're after all on an island flying through an ocean of space and It's just a dream.

PS> in the shower "silent" arrow became "sibilant"

The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

Let me take you down
?Cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real
And nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever

Living is easy with eyes closed
Misunderstanding all you see
It's getting hard to be someone
But it all works out
It doesn't matter much to me

Let me take you down
?Cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real
And nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever

No one I think is in my tree
I mean it must be high or low
That is you can't, you know, tune in
But it's all right
That is I think it's not too bad

Let me take you down
?Cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real
And nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever

Always, no sometimes, think it's me
But you know I know when it's a dream
I think I know I mean a yes
But it's all wrong
That is I think I disagree

Let me take you down
?Cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real
And nothing to get hung about
Strawberry Fields forever
Strawberry Fields forever
Strawberry Fields forever

THE ISLAND - The Salmon Dance

2012-01-13T10:35:00.000-08:00

THE ISLAND

Like a lapping wave
Your tears rolled slowly to the sea
Oceans filled to sandy depths
Dark, deep and treacherous

The sea laps quietly upon the shore

Hidden valleys spring forth rivers
the oceans roil
waves foam heaven’s heights;
they crash upon your cliffs.

The sea laps quietly upon the shore

Starlight, moon, burning sun
Eternal cycle locked
Rise and fall
like a lapping wave
burns anew as heaven’s shower
a rainbow bridge of mystery

West End Girls [Dance Mix] - Pet Shop Boys

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“The Egoist” A Comedy in Narrative by George Meredith Chapter XXI – Sir Willoughby Achieves Pathos
Page 320

“I am unable to speak decisively on that or any subject. I am, I think you once quoted, “tossed like a weed on the ocean.” Of myself I can speak: I cannot speak for a second person. I am infinitely harassed. If I could cry, “To Italy to-morrow!” Ah!… Do not set me down for complaining. I know the lot of man. But, Laetitia, deceit! deceit! It is a bad tase in the mouth. It sickens us of humanity. I compare it t an earthquake: we lose all our reliance on the solidity of the world. It is a betrayal not simply of the person; it is a betrayal of humankind. My friend! Constant friend! No, I will not despair. Yes, I have faults; I will remember them. Only, forgiveness is another question. Yes, the injury I can give: the falseness never. In the interest of humanity, no! So young, and such deceit!”

Laetitia’s bosom rose: her hand was detained: a lady who has yielded it cannot wrestle to have it back: those out works which protect her, treacherously shelter the enemy aiming at the citadel when he has taken them. In return for the silken armour bestowed on her by our civilization, it is exacted that she be soft and civil nigh up to perishing-point. She breathed tremulously high, saying on her top breath: “If it – it may not be so; it can scarcely…” A deep sigh intervened. It saddened her that she knew so much.

“For when I love, I love,” said Sir Willoughby; “my friends and my servants know that. There can be no medium: not with me. I give all, I claim all. As I am absorbed, so must I absorb. We both cancel and create, we extinguish and we illumine one another. The error may be in the choice of an object: it is not in passion. Perfect confidence, perfect abandonment. I repeat, I claim it because I give it. The selfishness of love may be denounced; it is part of us! My answer would be, it is an element only of the noblest of us! Love, Laetitia! I speak of love. But one who breaks faith to drag us through the mire, who betrays, betrays and hands us over to the world, whose prey we become identically because of virtues we were educated to think it a blessing to possess: tell me the name for that! - Again: it has ever been a principle with me to respect the sex. But if we see women false, treacherous…Why indulge in these abstract views, you would ask! The world presses them on us, full as it is of the vilest specimens. They seek to pluck up every uprooted principle: they sneer at our worship : they rub us of our religion. This bitter experience of the world drives us back to the antidote of what we knew before we plunged into it: of one…of something we esteemed and still esteem. Is that antidote strong enough to expel the poison? I hope so! I believe so! To lose faith in womankind is terrible.”

He studied her. She looked distressed: she was not moved.

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The Chemical Brothers - The Salmon Dance ;)

Hello Boys and girls, my name is FatLip
and this is my friend Sammy the Salmon

''1 - 2''

Today, we're going to teach you some fun facts about Salmon,
And a brand new dance.

Let me introduce to you a brand new dance
I know you're gonna love it if you give it one chance
It's not complicated, it's not too hard
You don't even have to be a hip hop star

See anyone can do it, all you need is style
Listen up peep gang (?) I'm a show you how
Put your hands to the side, as silly AS SILLY AS IT SEEMs
And shake your body like a salmon floatin' up stream!

I'll float up stream
(you know how we do it, you know how we do it)
Again

*All my peeps spend part of their life in fresh water*
*And part of their life in salt water*

Wow, very interesting

*We change round a couple of days after spawning*
*Then we DIE* (?)

When I first did the Salmon all the people just laughed
They looked around and stood like I was on crack
I heard somebody say out loud what the fuck is that
This nigga's dancin like a fish while he's doin' the snap

But the more I kept doing it the more they kept feelin' it
Tnd then I heard some bitches say yo that niggas killin' it
By the end of the night everyone was on my team
And the whole club was dancing like a salmon floatin' up stream!

I'll float up stream
(you know how we do it, you know how we do it)
again.

*Most of our friends find their home waters by their sense of smell*
*which is even more keen than that of a dog or a bear*

Wow.

*My family also rely on ocean currents, tides*
*The gravitational pull of the moon*

The moon? Fish pay attention to the moon? Wow.

*Did you know?*

What?

*That I could go to Japan, and back.*

You're kidding me. Amazing. Jeez.

*Polluted water can kill both baby salmon, that are developing*
*and the adult salmon, that are on their way to spawn.*

Wow what a shame, what a shame
Huh?
Woah.
Wow. Hey kids, hey give it up for Sammy the Salmon and his amazing salmon dance.
Huh? Whadda ya say?
Who's Hungry?

So this lady at the pool asks me about ab excercises...

2012-01-11T21:53:00.000-08:00

Its not like I'm Tarzan and I don't even have a six pack but I guess I'm slender in comparison.

So I popped out and showed her how to do the planck exercise.

She seemed sincere so I asked her for some advice too. This lady with great sounding advice hasn't been in a relationship in years and has dealt with loneliness by doing hobbies and being with her extended family. She never gets depressed because she feels she has a good life and there are people worse off in the world. I even told her that she was great to talk too and surprised to hear her explain being alone. She was vague and didn't spill the beans much...

In a macadamia nutshell I had told her that I might have gotten emotional and overreacted and then overreacted because I over reacted...huh? Well it made sense.

Her grand advice was to say "Look Away from Yourself" and I said thats what I'm trying to do but that I'm worried because it means so much to me. Today I asked myself that, "why does this mean so much to me?" A week and a half ago things where quite and then suddenly bang (!) out of the blue yonder mountains before my eyes...

Anyhow this talk made me feel better being on autopilot and going to the pool paid off.

I had felt like I was being a "12 year old girl" about things but I suppose deep down I'll always be that new kid in 8th grade. It would be nicer to be about 7 years old but thats when I didn't spell marry with two "RRs" during a quiz because someone said you would be. It didn't help that every year I was at a new school, until high school, and It was scarier when I was smaller; I feel It now it was always cold and I was never an early bird - that kinda messed with my head (then) too.

I was happy whenever it was I first heard this song driving in a car looking out the window...

Paul McCartney - Jet (Wings Greatest Vinyl Mix)

Ab Exercises: The Plank

Freestyle drills and technique - Sculling and recovery

Here Comes The Summer - Bad Time - Hungry Like The Wolf - Down Under "Men At Work"

2012-01-11T12:02:00.000-08:00

Here Comes The Summer: Raven & Casey & Fiery Furnaces:

Here Comes The Summer: Raven & Casey & Fiery Furnaces

I'm not the best videographer, i end up, up side down, got to reign it in with stills. Wait, I was trying to make them dance. Not the best art dealer either, if that term could even be applied; i never get the, "whole amount." I've got to be a collector of those drawings (someday at least)they've subliminally influenced me. So...

updated at 5:30...EP

Better Audio:

Here comes the summer (The Fiery Furnaces)

The Fiery Furnaces EP: I almost bought this album in the East Village - this past Summer - in June...wow just realized. Take my word, it sounds awesome played s-l-o-w, I thought it was a remix. I bought Planet Earth Duran Duran (instead) because of this video. New turntable is on my list before scanner...

Duran Duran - Planet Earth (Night Version).

Here comes the summer

Last day in May, the afternoon: remember?
Black marks off charcoal from the dune: remember?
I thought it wouldn’t be too soon; we’d wait at least until its June.
The twenty-ninth of March it rained: remember?
You looked so sad that I explained: remember?
You knew it wouldn’t be too soon; we’ll have to wait until its June.
I’ve been waiting since I don’t know when and now it finally seems about to start.
I swear, I swear, that I will do my part.
December dark at six o’clock: remember?
The freezing wind gives you a shock: remember?
You knew it wouldn’t be too soon; we’ll have to wait until its June.
October damp on down the street: remember?
The sodden leaves stuck to your feet: remember?
You knew it wouldn’t be too soon; we’ll have to wait until its June.
I’ve been waiting since I don’t know when and now it finally seems about to start.
I swear, I swear, that I will do my part.
July the third we stayed up late: remember?
And thought how long we’d have to wait: remember?
It’ll be so long until it’s soon; it’ll be so long until its June.

///

Planet Earth

Only came outside to watch the night fall with the rain
I heard you making patterns rhyme
Like some new romantic looking for the tv sound
You'll see I'm right some other time

Look now, look all around, there's no sign of life
Voices, another sound, can you hear me now?
This is planet earth, you're looking at planet earth
Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop this is planet earth

My head is stuck on something precious
Let me know if you're coming down to land
Is there anybody out there trying to get through?
My eyes are so cloudy I can't see you

Look now, look all around, there's no sign of life
Voices, another sound, can you hear me now?
Is is planet earth, you're looking at planet earth

Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop
This is planet earth
Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop
This calling planet earth
Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop
This looking at planet earth
Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop
This is planet earth

I never get the "whole amount" and I always...

Guns N' Roses - Sail Away / Bad Time

Grand Funk Railroad - Bad Time (To Be In Love)

but life's best part is the journey, lest one not appreciate every aspect; one day at a time, they say, is the only way...

Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf

Darken the city, night is a wire
Steam in the subway, earth is a afire
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo
Woman, you want me, give me a sign
And catch my breathing even closer behind
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo

In touch with the ground
I'm on the hunt I'm after you
Smell like I sound, I'm lost in a crowd
And I'm hungry like the wolf
Straddle the line in discord and rhyme
I'm on the hunt I'm after you
Mouth is alive with juices like wine
And I'm hungry like the wolf

Stalked in the forest, too close to hide
I'll be upon you by the moonlight side
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo
High blood drumming on your skin, it's so tight
You feel my heat, I'm just a moment behind
Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo

In touch with the ground
I'm on the hunt I'm after you
A scent and a sound, I'm lost and I'm found
And I'm hungry like the wolf
Strut on a line, it's discord and rhyme
I howl and I whine, I'm after you
Mouth is alive, all running inside
And I'm hungry like the wolf

Hungry like the wolf
Hungry like the wolf
Hungry like the wolf

Burning the ground, I break from the crowd
I'm on the hunt, I'm after you
I smell like I sound, I'm lost and I'm found
And I'm hungry like the wolf
Strut on a line, it's discord and rhyme
I'm on the hunt, I'm after you
Mouth is alive with juices like wine
And I'm hungry like the wolf

///

wow this really happened to me "a strange lady took me in and made me breakfast," she even had vegamite but it was for her cats...I better get to work now...

Down Under - Men At Work

Thieves Like Us

2012-01-10T23:50:00.000-08:00

I can now appreciate the long intro to this song...

New Order - Thieves Like Us

I've watched your face for a long time It's always the same I've studied the cracks and the wrinkles You were always so vain Well, now you live your life like a shadow In the pouring rain Oh, it's called love Yes, it's called love Oh, it's called love And it belongs to us Oh, it dies so quickly It grows so slowly But when it dies, it dies for good It's called love And it belongs to everyone but us I've lived my life in the valleys I've lived my life on the hills I've lived my life on alcohol I've lived my life on pills But it's called love And it belongs to us It's called love And it's the only thing that's worth living for It's called love And it belongs to us It's called love Yes it's called love Oh, love is found in the east and west But when love is at home, it's the best Love is the cure for every evil Love is the air that supports the eagle It's called love And it's so un-cool It's called love And somehow it's become unmentionable It's called love And it belongs to every one of us It's called love And it cuts your life like a broken knife

New Order - The Village

When a new life turns towards you
And the night becomes a day
We shall remain forever
Everyone who meets his way
Oh, our love is like the flowers
The rain and the sea and the hours
Oh, our love is like the flowers
The rain and the sea and the hours

When the rain falls to the sea
They'll be waiting for you and for me
And the sky reflects our image
Trying to speed right through our lives
Oh, our love is like the earth
The sun and the trees and the birth
Oh, our love is like the earth
The sun and the trees and the birth

I am still here two days later
Same place, same time
And I'm stuck here two years too long
Same place, the wrong time
Oh, our love is like the flowers
The rain and the sea and the hours
Oh, our love is like the flowers
The sun and the sea and the hours

Their love died three years ago
Spoken words I cannot show

Se A Vida E & Carrying Water

2012-01-10T14:01:00.000-08:00

One of my faults is getting over emotional; I sometimes wish I was coldhearted, life might be easier that way...

Pet Shop Boys - So Hard

PET SHOP BOYS - BEING BORING

Pet Shop Boys - Se A Vida E (That's the way life Is)

Chop Wood, Carry Water

Supernatural power, wondrous activity – just a matter of

carrying fuel or drawing water. (Zen Words for the Heart 57)

My friend Mack at the pool told me about "carrying water" and how thats a Zen (thing). I just filled a bucket of water and carried it to my darkroom - I instantly felt better hearing that trickling sound of water. I'm making a mental note: live by a creek and/or always have a bucket handy;)

日日事無別 Daily, nothing particular,

惟吾自偶諧 Only nodding to myself,

頭頭非取捨 Nothing to choose, nothing to discard.

處處沒張乖 No coming, no going,

朱紫誰爲號 No person in purple,

邱山絶塵埃 Blue mountains without a speck of dust.

神通並妙用 I exercise occult and subtle power,

運水及搬柴 Carrying water, shouldering firewood.

It only makes me laugh

2012-01-10T08:44:00.001-08:00

Oingo Boingo ★ it only makes me laugh

I don't know why I feel this way
I don't know if it's right or wrong to laugh at misfortune
Darkness can never last too long

Every time I think I'm falling
And there's nobody around to hold me up
And it seems like the world has come to an end
I look for miles but not a face is friendly
Then suddenly a hole opens up in the ground
The bottom of the hole is a raging fire
I try to jump over but there's no way
The next thing I know, I'm going down

(Chorus)
Does it hurt?
Oh, it really doesn't matter
Does it burn?
Oh, I don't feel a thing
Does it sting?
Oh, yeah, it really doesn't matter
Does it hurt?
Oh, I don't give a damn
When I find myself falling and I hit the bottom
It only makes me laugh
It only makes me laugh
When I go down the hole and I hit the bottom

The last time that I fell in love
The love was milk and honey but the milk turned sour
The woman became a monster
And everyone I knew had become a stranger
And the room went black and my luck was spent
The floor opened up, down I went

(Repeat Chorus)

It only makes me laugh
It only makes me laugh
It only makes me laugh
Coming right back
Coming right back
'Cause you can't keep me down
Can't keep me down
Oh, in the ground

Does it hurt?
Oh, it really doesn't matter
Does it burn?
Oh, I don't feel a thing
I don't mind just a little pain
Ooh, oh yeah
Whoa...

Remembering when I was a young man
How everything seemed to turn against me
I didn't know a soul, it was an alien place
The sun was covered by a dark cloud
And though I tried, I couldn't find a way to escape
The only way to go was straight down

(Repeat Chorus)

It only makes me laugh
It only makes me laugh
It only makes me laugh
It only makes me laugh

I don't know why I feel this way
I don't know if it's right or wrong to laugh at misfortune
Darkness can never last too long...
When you laugh in it's face
When you laugh in it's face
I don't know why I feel this way...

Oingo Boingo ★ Private Life

This is my private life
I have no friends to fear
I've got no problems no cross to bear
If you can find me
Come and get me out of here

This is my private place
Everything is neat and clean
The skeletons are
Hidden in the closet
If you can find me
Come and get me out of here

CHORUS
This is my private life
This is my private life
This is my private life . . .

These are my private things
There they are against the wall
The dirty pictures, religious objects
These are my private things
Come and get them out of here
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/o/oingo+boingo/private+life_20102808.html ]
This is my private bed
This is where I lie at night
Staring at a light bulb hanging on the ceiling
Waiting for a dream to
Come and get me out of here

BRIDGE
Here in my humble room at night
I often wonder what goes on out there
What makes them runs o scared
I often stare at the people passing by
But they can't see me thru my window shades
Just like I'm not even there

CHORUS
This is my private life
This is my private life
This is my private life
There's something dangerous I like

This is my private life
I know my problems aren't your fault
What I really want to know
Has it always been this way

This is my private life
This is my private life
This is my private life
Come and get me out of here

waiting on a friend - run wild

2012-01-09T17:52:00.000-08:00

It's uncharacteristic for me to be writing on my blog; I guess I'm doing so because It might help someone (anyone)... I have to admit that I think too much about things; it's better not to think to much but sometimes it impossible.... (i'm going to pause and continue writing later tonight because I have to go lap swimming - i've found vigorous exercise helpful;) 2-hours of lap swimming and i had an epiphany...Sing Your Life and don't give a shit...

Morrissey and Th'Lads live debut on American TV. Sing Your Life There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends Thanks very much to BoyRacer from the Morrissey-Solo forums for the video!

Morrissey on The Tonight Show (14 June 1991)

dankashane ConnerKent

ROLLING STONES ★ waiting on a friend

Watching girls go passing by
It ain't the latest thing
I'm just standing in a doorway
I'm just trying to make some sense
Out of these girls go passing by
The tales they tell of men
I'm not waiting on a lady
I'm just waiting on a friend

A smile relieves a heart that grieves
Remember what I said
I'm not waiting on a lady
I'm just waiting on a friend
I'm just waiting on a friend

Don't need a whore
I don't need no booze
Don't need a virgin priest
But I need someone I can cry to
I need someone to protect
Making love and breaking hearts
It is a game for youth
But I'm not waiting on a lady
I'm just waiting on a friend

New Order - Perfect Kiss

I stood there beside myself,
Thinking hard about the weather
Then came by a friend of mine
Suggested we go out together
Then I knew it from the start:
This friend of mine would fall apart
Pretending not to see his gun,
I said lets go out and have some fun
I know, you know, you believe in a land of love
I know, you know, we believe in a land of love

I have always thought about
Staying here and going out
Tonight I should have stayed at home,
Playing with my pleasure zone
He has always been so strange,
Id often thought he was deranged
Pretending not to see his gun,
I said lets go out and have some fun
I know, you know, we believe in a land of love
I know, you know, we believe in a land of love

When you are alone at night
You search yourself for all the things
That you believe are right
If you give it all away
You throw away your only chance to be here today
Then a fight breaks out on your street
You lose another broken heart in a land of meat
My friend, he took his final breath
Now I know the perfect kiss is the kiss of death

Q: Who is on the cover of the album?
A: The German actress Nicolette Krebitz.

I owned this album till i threw it out the window near Sunset Blvd. and the 405 - this song was my favorite

New Order - Run Wild

"Run Wild"

Open hearts
Empty spaces
Dusty roads
To distant places
But all the time
When I'm alone
I think of you
And how you've grown

Far and wide
Sweet and simple
Jehovah knows
That I've been sinful

But if Jesus comes to take your hand
I won't let go, I won't let go

I'm not cruel
And you're not evil
And we're not like
All those stupid people
Who can't decide
Which book to read
Unless the paper
Sows deceit

You're the kind of person
That I've always wanted to be with
We'll you're really cool
And you always say the right things to me
But now I'll tell you something
From my heart beats for you deep inside
But never be a burden
And my love for you will never die,
never die, never die, never die, never die

But if Jesus comes to take your hand
I won't let go, I won't let go

But if Jesus comes to take your hand
I won't let go, I won't let go

Good times around the corner
Good times around the corner
Good times around the corner
I swear it's getting warmer
Good times around the corner
Good times around the corner
Good times around the corner

I'm gonna live 'til I die
I'm gonna live to get high

"The Spirit Of Radio" heard in my darkroom

2012-01-04T16:03:00.000-08:00

Begin the day with a friendly voice
A companion unobtrusive
Plays that song that's so elusive
And the magic music makes your morning mood

Off on your way, hit the open road
There is magic at your fingers
For the Spirit ever lingers
Undemanding contact in your happy solitude

[Chorus:]
Invisible airwaves crackle with life
Bright antennae bristle with the energy
Emotional feedback on timeless wavelength
Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free

All this machinery making modern music
Can still be open hearted
Not so coldly charted
It's really just a question of your honesty, yeah
Your honesty
One likes to believe in the freedom of music
But glittering prizes and endless compromises
Shatter the illusion of integrity

[Chorus]

For the words of the prophets were written on the studio wall
Concert hall
And echoes with the sounds of salesmen

Rush - Spirit of The Radio

thanks for the vid TehGeneralLee and thank you Rush;)

A mellow (classic rock) mood in my darkroom today... I'm becoming a profound believer in serendipity... Ok ok enough of a break, i'm going to dive back in...

"courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point." - C.S Lewis

You are not my typewriter But you could be my demon moving forward through the flaming doors

It's a war on war
It's a war on war
It's a war on war
It's a war on war
It's a war on war
It's a war on war
It's a war on war
There's a war on

You're gonna lose
You have to lose
You have to learn how to die

Just watching the miles flying by
Just watching the miles flying by
You are not my typewriter
But you could be my demon
moving forward through the flaming doors

You have to lose
You have to learn how to die
if you want to want to be alive, okay?

You have to lose
You have to lose
You have to learn how to die
if you want to want to be alive

You have to die
You have to die
You have to learn how to die
if you want to want to be alive, okay?

Here - Secret - Always On My Mind

2012-01-03T21:09:00.001-08:00

Here

thanks for the vid tomano2008

Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind

thanks nadsabtam

omd secret video

thanks for the vid

I'm so happy when you're near - You are not my typewriter But you could be my demon moving forward through the flaming doors

2012-01-02T20:14:00.000-08:00

New Years day was a roller coaster, so high and just as the sun was going down s-o-w-e low but (only) just for a little bit since I'm learning to fend off that sort of thing...

The Shaggs - I'm so happy when you're near

thanks for the vid justaglimmer

I'm So Happy When You're Near :
I'm so happy when you're near
I'm so sad when you're away
I've been happy almost every day
Now that you're here to stay

But when you have to leave
Then I'll start to grieve

Every week you have to go
Every time it's a different road
I never know what to do
I'm so lonesome without you

When you're far away
You are always in my dreams
And when you're home to stay
We make a perfect team

It's so hard to have to wait for you
To ride into the gate
But when you get there
We have many news and feelings to share

I know it has to be
I know it can't be changed
But sometimes I think we are
Completely insane

If we could see each other more
It wouldn't be so bad
If we could only find the open door
We wouldn't be so sad

So until we find the right door
You'll have to leave again
And once more both our lives will be
Very dim

The Cure - Inbetween days

thanks psloco9287

Ray Lamontagne Hold you in my Arms

thanks WelshKarey

You are not my typewriter But you could be my demon moving forward through the flaming doors

It's a war on war
It's a war on war
It's a war on war
It's a war on war
It's a war on war
It's a war on war
It's a war on war
There's a war on

You're gonna lose
You have to lose
You have to learn how to die

Just watching the miles flying by
Just watching the miles flying by
You are not my typewriter
But you could be my demon
moving forward through the flaming doors

You have to lose
You have to learn how to die
if you want to want to be alive, okay?

You have to lose
You have to lose
You have to learn how to die
if you want to want to be alive

You have to die
You have to die
You have to learn how to die
if you want to want to be alive, okay?

Show Me - Test Shoot with Bunny

2011-12-31T16:44:00.001-08:00

Test shoot with Bunny: Its never too late. Just as the year ends I finally did a shoot with Angel, a wardrobe stylist that I've been dying to work with. It all came together so beautifully, my favorite "hairdresser" Justina and Jennifer on make-up (awesome)and Bunny of course; thank god she wanted to sleep in, 1pm was perfect! Now I have to get to work developing pictures.

MORRISSEY - HAIRDRESSER ON FIRE

thanks for the vid 1AGRIPPINA

Frankly Mr Shankly - The Smiths

thanks for the vid Kaattz!

Pretenders - Show Me

thanks chissyremembers

The Pretenders "Show Me"

Show me the meaning of the word
Show me the meaning of the word
'cause I've heard so much about it
They say you can't live without it

Welcome to the human race
With it's wars, disease and brutality
You with your innocence and grace
Restore some pride and dignity
To a world in decline

Welcome to a special place
In a heart of stone that's cold and grey
You with your angel face
Keep the despair at bay
Send it away, and

Show me the meaning of the word
Show me the meaning of the word
'cause I've heard so much about it
I don't want to live without it
I don't want to live without it
Oh, I want love, I want love, I want love

Welcome here from outer space
The milky way still in your eyes
You found yourself a hopeless case
One seeking perfection on earth
That's some kind of rebirth, so

Show me the meaning of the word
Show me the meaning of the word
'cause I've heard so much about it
Don't make me live without it
Don't make me live without it
Oh, love, I want love, I want love, I want love

Sing Your Life & There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends

2011-12-27T11:47:00.001-08:00

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"Hey don't worry don't be afraid ever; because this is just a ride..."

photo: The Stature of Thomas Mann, turned to page 242 "Comparative" Thomas Mann and Goethe by Berthold Biermann - found some of my Thomas Mann books; looking forward to re-reading some of his short stories like "Little Herr Friedemann" wish i could read the original German "Der Kleine Herr Friedemann." I also have the Joseph books but I'll save those till I've broken a leg and have to sit in front of a fireplace all day, or not;)

Steve Carlisle - "WKRP in Cincinnati" Full Version

thanks toms2b

Ute Lemper - All That Jazz

Faster than light and holofractalist

The Matrix Of Illusion

thanks for the vid SatuWomyn
"Hey don't worry don't be afraid ever; because this is just a ride..."

Morrissey and Th'Lads live debut on American TV. Sing Your Life There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends Thanks very much to BoyRacer from the Morrissey-Solo forums for the video!

Morrissey on The Tonight Show (14 June 1991)

dankashane ConnerKent

Anita Berber
(June 10, 1899 - November 10, 1928)
was a German dancer, actress, writer,
and prostitute who was the subject of
an Otto Dix painting.
She lived during the Weimar period.

"She wore heavy dancer's make-up, which on the black and white photos and films of the time came across as jet black lipstick painted across the heart-shaped part of her skinny lips, and charcoaled eyes."

"Berber's cocaine addiction and bisexuality were matters of public chatter. She was allegedly the sexual slave of a woman and the woman's 15-year-old daughter. She could often be seen in Berlin's hotel lobbies, nightclubs and casinos, naked apart from an elegant sable wrap, with a pet monkey and a silver brooch packed with cocaine."

Anita Berber Squidoo

2011-12-20T21:02:00.003-08:00

This piece is so beautiful. The very end is missing but if your not already familiar with it you won't notice, since its a false ending of sorts; its worth playing one of the other versions, I suppose I picked this one because of the quality of the recording ...
Nathan Milstein plays Massenet Meditation

thanks for the vid aimson

Tell me Why - Supermode ( original mix )

thanks for the video djleo130884

2011-12-19T22:58:00.000-08:00

one blink of an eye away from being fully awake

“WE ALREADY HAVE everything we need. There is no need for self-improvement. All these trips that we lay on ourselves—the heavy-duty fearing that we’re bad and hoping that we’re good, the identities that we so dearly cling to, the rage, the jealousy and the addictions of all kinds—never touch our basic wealth. They are like clouds that temporarily block the sun. But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.”

copied from another blog...

The Smiths - The Smiths - Accept Yourself - Live

Blondie Dreaming

Thanks - Anarchy4FR

Missing Persons - Windows 1983

Thanks fritz51319

The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer

thanks mediagod

2011-12-17T19:56:00.000-08:00

Pixies - La La Love You

thanks MR KoolMix32 !

Cheap Trick - Need Your Love

thanks for the video sessionsinthedesert

Watching Moulin Rogue (on pause) reminded of Heroes;)

N I C O HEROES

Thank you for posting "bakabana1966" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FfeXi5ymWk

Fools Rush In - Bow Bow Bow

thanks tuazafata

Jefferson Starship - Miracles

thanks for the vid SrAMagistrado

2011-12-15T11:48:00.001-08:00

Paula - Als es passierte (Andreas Dorau remix

thanks lamotomel

Uffie - First Love

thanks didi198

The Smiths - Well i wonder

thanks for the vid clemelclem

2011-12-12T13:06:00.001-08:00

Elvis Costello "Everyday I Write the Book"

thanks for the video - KOUJI322
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfFunjzyIsE

N I C O HEROES

Thank you for posting "bakabana1966" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FfeXi5ymWk

New Order - Run Wild

2011-12-10T15:56:00.003-08:00

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Dirty Work - Steely Dan

thanks xRainxWhenxIxDiex

Midnite Cruiser - Steely Dan

thanks xRainxWhenxIxDiex

Air Supply - Lost In Love (1979)

thanks for the vid nzoz1979

2011-12-05T10:51:00.001-08:00

Exile - I Wanna Kiss You All Over (1978)

Rbl Posse-Blue Bird[remix]

thanks for the vid Ligit510

2011-11-30T13:39:00.001-08:00

"A Different Person" my new favorite song: I have a hard time giving songs a chance, in this case I was distracted and let it play and got hooked at 1:50 ... Also, heard a new Rolling Stones song on the radio, an out take from 1970's Some Girls "No Spare Parts." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB67A7w1aEM

Ifwhen - A Different Person

thanks for the vid Ifwhen

Ifwhen - Hear Less (from split 12" with Dälek)

thanks for the video Ifwhen

Siriusmo - Wow

Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky

thanks for the video VideoClipRevival

2011-11-11T22:37:00.001-08:00

Flash - Queen

thanks for the vid MewShaky

The Smiths - Headmaster Ritual Live in Barcelona (Spain, 1985)

2011-11-09T18:16:00.001-08:00

Vital Ferox - Absolut

thanks for the vid Brainkicker

Heaven 17 - Come Live With Me

thanks edward4191

Cindy of a Thousand Lives ~ Billy Bragg (1991)

Made in Italy...

2011-11-08T17:31:00.001-08:00

My Durst M 601 enlarger and Darrio are both Made in Italy;) hahaha sowe funny

The Pretenders.- Back on the chain gang

thanks Juacko82!!!

The Cure - all cats are grey live metz 81

thanks for the vid syrex33

omd secret video

thanks for the vid

Made in Italy

2011-10-30T14:01:00.001-07:00

Mittagspause - 1979 Deutschland - In der Tat

thanks for the vid flaming0moe

Pet Shop Boys - Left to my own devices [Disco mix]

thnxs for vid Linkpin7

The Stranglers "Nice N' Sleazy"

thanks for the vid roddy76to86

2011-10-29T20:52:00.002-07:00

Dragonette - I get around (Midnight Juggernauts remix)

thanks for the video Mr. manomama44

Siriusmo - Feromonikon

Siriusmo - Hello Dj

2011-10-28T21:33:00.001-07:00

Wow, comments are few and far between; just now while searching for old songs in my old posts, cause my browser is so old - found this gem;) Awh he would "earn for her."

Pictures of Natasha...

1 Comments:

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October 6, 2011 4:05 AM

The Long Blondes "Long Blonde"

thanks theespc

Fischerspooner - Danse in France (Intro)

thanks for the video moiso

The Police-Synchronicity II

thanks for the vid pablosc88

2011-10-19T23:22:00.001-07:00

Bee Gees -Nights on Broadway (1979)

thanks for vid Laveamour

Ifwhen - Hear Less (from split 12" with Dälek)

thanks for the video Ifwhen

Kristen...

2011-10-18T11:38:00.001-07:00

The Smiths - The Smiths - Accept Yourself - Live

Harmful elements in the air
symbols clashing everywhere
Reaps the fields of rice and reeds
while the population feeds
Junk floats on polluted water
an old custom to sell your daughter
Would you like number 23?
Leave your yens on the counter please
Hong Kong Garden

Tourists swarm to see your face
Confuscius has a puzzling grace
Disoriented you enter in
unleashing scent of wild jasmine

Slanted eyes meet a new sunrise
a race of bodies small in size
Chicken Chow Mein and Chop Suey
Hong Kong Garden takeaway
Hong Kong Garden

Hong Kong Garden: Siouxsie and the Banshees

Thank you so much for the video Mr. "nadaz" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6lxuYme-8c

2011-10-14T17:03:00.001-07:00

Mason vs. Princess

Mason vs. Princess - Superstar Perfect Exceeder (HQ)

2011-10-13T00:06:00.001-07:00

New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream (Herve Goes Bananas Mix)

thanks extrude22

2011-10-11T23:12:00.001-07:00

Girl Talk - Ask About Me

thanks for the vid Negyxo

Kenna - Say Goodbye To Love

Tell me Why - Supermode ( original mix )

thanks for the video djleo130884

2011-10-09T13:01:00.001-07:00

DOWN BY THE SALLEY GARDENS

by: W.B. Yeats

DOWN by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.

In a field by the river my love and I did stand,
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.

'Down by the Salley Gardens' is reprinted from An Anthology of Modern Verse. Ed. A. Methuen. London: Methuen & Co., 1921.

it's All in your mind...

beck

FRED BANANA COMBO
Nicolle Meyer - Nowhere bei mir

Breeders - Do You Love Me Now

Thanks for the vid JanBaptiste12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muecvUXTMmQ

The Smiths - His Latest Flame/Rusholme Ruffians (Rank Album Live Footage)

Thanks for posting Mr. "GambiniUK"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r57Lg7YTJmk

Occupy Movement / Afghanistan War 10 years

2011-10-07T11:22:00.001-07:00

Somewhere over "Middle America" probably Ohio; probably flying over grieving families who's children have died in Afghanistan; probably flying over politicians getting political contributions from defense contractors...

Rally Against the War in Monterey, California: TODAY
Local Protest: Gary Karnes rally against the war at Monterey Windows On The Bay / 10th Anniversary of the invasion on Afganistan Friday October 7th, 4-8PM Tel: 831-899-7322

Facebook Occupy Monterey Salinas

Facebook Occupy Salinas

Facebook Occupy Santa Cruz

Facebook Occupy Cincinnati

I wonder how many campaign contributions Steve Chabot Rep. Ohio has received from defense contractors? [see further down] he's the congressman who seized cameras from Democrats at a town hall meeting back in August...

Ohio Defense Contractor Lists by County United States Government Contracts 2000 - 2010

Imagine if all this money was spent on education; nearly every county in Ohio receives Defense Contract money!

Adams County OH $249,469
Allen County OH $38,063,684
Ashland County OH $4,738,862
Ashtabula County OH $103,067,734
Athens County OH $77,406,910
Auglaize County OH $17,154,962
Belmont County OH $37,362,283
Boone County OH $0
Brown County OH $585,445
Butler County OH $2,813,808,776
Carroll County OH $197,900
Champaign County OH $195,046,754
Clark County OH $351,852,586
Clermont County OH $750,870,250
Clinton County OH $1,846,688
Columbiana County OH $73,252,471
Coshocton County OH $317,042
Crawford County OH $16,215,481
Cuyahoga County OH $2,819,474,044
Darke County OH $13,241,745
Defiance County OH $9,018,121
Delaware County OH $181,832,059
Erie County OH $7,234,400
Fairfield County OH $9,292,028
Fayette County OH $424,787
Franklin County OH $11,188,711,213
Fulton County OH $13,416,561
Gallia County OH $401,992
Geauga County OH $22,874,655
Greene County OH $5,709,195,357
Guernsey County OH $48,875,292
Hamilton County OH $18,401,088,003
Hancock County OH $48,712,776
Hardin County OH $56,084,573
Harrison County OH $1,846,276
Henry County OH $914,216
Highland County OH $12,761,145
Hocking County OH $61,127
Holmes County OH $1,907,530
Huron County OH $38,860,381
Jackson County OH $16,748,710
Jefferson County OH $8,868,745
Knox County OH $348,835,206
Lake County OH $325,579,882
Lawrence County OH $19,655,085
Licking County OH $1,595,319,385
Logan County OH $33,996,799
Lorain County OH $132,367,337
Lucas County OH $1,268,225,736
Madison County OH $23,092,826
Mahoning County OH $154,115,893
Marion County OH $1,239,193
Medina County OH $394,631,760
Meigs County OH $207,723
Mercer County OH $6,139,622
Miami County OH $751,745,740
Monroe County OH $14,569
Montgomery County OH $4,111,705,161
Morgan County OH $6,357,461
Morrow County OH $800,479
Muskingum County OH $53,280,577
Noble County OH $0
Ottawa County OH $14,822,997
Paulding County OH $20,967,036
Perry County OH $2,665,965
Pickaway County OH $8,517,052
Pike County OH $20,858,160
Portage County OH $111,058,890
Preble County OH $2,949,278
Putnam County OH $987,914
Richland County OH $40,695,073
Ross County OH $1,966,661
Sandusky County OH $31,337,150
Scioto County OH $23,628,735
Seneca County OH $20,504,826
Shelby County OH $6,936,907
Stark County OH $608,767,646
Summit County OH $3,587,244,020
Trumbull County OH $21,243,364
Tuscarawas County OH $34,613,520
Union County OH $13,166,930
Van Wert County OH $1,054,682
Vinton County OH $571,223
Warren County OH $205,316,085
Washington County OH $32,960,267
Wayne County OH $415,126,644
Williams County OH $4,487,424
Wood County OH $42,125,410
Wyandot County OH $1,602,749

http://www.governmentcontractswon.com/department/defense/ohio_counties.asp

Rep. (Ohio) Steve Chabot Criticized By Tea Party Activists For Seizing Cameras From Democrats At Town Halls by Amanda Terkel

...At a town hall meeting on Monday, a Chabot staffer directed a Cincinnati police officer to seize video cameras and cell phones from two Democratic activists who were attending the event.

...The progressive advocacy group Americans United for Change sent out a press release Wednesday about Chabot's event. "At Steve Chabot’s recent Cincinnati town hall, Chabot took an extraordinary step, banning constituents from filming the town hall and asking questions directly," the group wrote. "What didn’t he want people outside the event to see? Perhaps his defense of tax cuts for billionaires and Wall Street corporations."

Hüsker Dü - Makes No Sense At All

thnks vcpz

Just for good measure; I might have been flying over these Historic Places in Hamilton County, Ohio;)

National Register of Historic Places Hamilton County, Ohio

1 Joseph W. Baldwin House

2 James Baxter House

3 Becker House 179 W. Crescentville Rd.
Springdale

4 Benham Mound Columbia Township, off Montgomery Rd.

5 George Bennett House

6 Blair House Blair House Montgomery OH USA

7 Cyrus Broadwell House Northeast of Newtown at 3882 Mount Carmel Rd.
Anderson Township

8 Jacob Bromwell House

9 Burchenal Mound

10 Wesley Butler Archeological District Whitewater Township

11 Hugh Campbell House 332 Weathervane Rd.

12 Cheviot Fieldhouse 3729 Robb Ave.

13 Cincinnati and Whitewater Canal Tunnel Cincinnati and Whitewater Canal Tunnel

14 Clough Creek and Sand Ridge Archeological District Anderson Township

15 Clovernook 7000 Hamilton Ave.
North College Hill

16 Colerain Works Archeological District Eastern bank of the Great Miami River, north of the site of Fort DunlapColerain Township

17 Conrad Mound Archeological Site 01975-06-20 June 20, 1975 East of Cleves[10] Cleves

18 Dravo Gravel Site On a bluff above the Great Miami River, north of ClevesMiami Township

19 Dunlap Archeological District Colerain Township Also known as Fort Dunlap[4]

20 William Edwards Farmhouse 3851 Edwards Rd.

21 Eighteen Mile House Harrison Township

22 Elliott House (Elliott House) Indian Hill

23 Charles Fay House

24 Eliphalet Ferris House

25 Joseph Ferris House

26 Glendale Historic District

27 Glendale Police Station (Glendale Police Station) Glendale

28 Greenhills Historic District (Greenhills Historic District)

29 Hahn Field Archeological District Hahn Field Archeological

30 William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial

31 Harrison-Landers House

32 Elmer Hess House

33 Jediah Hill Covered Bridge Springfield Township

34 Jefferson Schoolhouse Indian Hill

35 Jehu John House Harrison

36 Josiah Kirby House

37 Gretchen Kroger Barnes Graf House Indian Hill

38 Othniel Looker House Othniel Looker House.jpg 10580 Marvin Rd., north of Harrison
Harrison Township

39 Luethstrom-Hurin House

40 Mariemont Embankment and Village Site Southern side of Mariemont, above the Little Miami River

41 Mariemont Historic District Mariemont Historic District Mariemont OH USA

42 Mathew Mound 01975-05-29 May 29, 1975 Atop the hill on the northern side of Oak Rd.
Glendale

43 Thomas Miller House

44 Miller-Leuser Log House

45 Montgomery Saltbox Houses

46 Charles H. Moore House

47 Mt. Healthy Public School

48 Mt. Nebo Archeological District Miami Township

49 Norwood Mound Norwood ohio

50 Norwood Municipal Building

51 Nurre-Royston House

52 Odd Fellows' Cemetery Mound Odd Fellows' Cemetery Mound, southern side Along Round Bottom Rd.

53 Old Gothic Barns

54 Professor William Pabodie House

55 Perin Village Site Golfing at the Perin Village Site

56 Pine Meer

57 John C. Pollock House

58 Rennert Mound Archeological District

59 W.C. Retszch House

60 Riddle-Friend House

61 Roudebush Farm Roudebush Farmhouse

62 St. Francis Seminary St. Francis Seminary entrance

63 Salem Methodist Church Complex Salem Community Church in Anderson Township

64 Louis Sawyer House

65 Shawnee Lookout Archeological District

66 Edwin M. Shield's House

67 Smith-Jessup House

68 State Line Archeological District

69 Edward R. Stearns House

70 William Stearns House

71 Sunny Knolls-Gordon E. Pape House Indian Hill

72 John Tangeman House

73 Gerald B. and Beverley Tonkens House Gerald B. and Beverley Tonkens House

74 Turpin Site Turpin Site.jpg 01974-12-27 December 27, 1974 On the old Turpin farmstead at 3295 Turpin Ln. Anderson Township

75 Twelve Mile House

76 Twin Oaks Twin Oaks, Robert Reily House

77 United Brethren in Christ Five Mile Chapel in Anderson Township

78 United Methodist Church

79 Universalist Church Historic District Montgomery

80 Village Historic District Ornate houses on Wyoming Avenue

81 Village of Addyston Historic District Building in downtown Addyston

82 Waldschmidt-Camp Dennison District Symmes Township

83 John Aston Warder House Between holes 10 and 11 of the Aston Oaks Golf Course, off Shady Lane east of central North Bend North Bend Warder's gardens, now a golf course, contribute to the historic designation.[4]

84 Washington Heights School

85 James Whallon House 11000 Winton Rd.
Greenhills

86 Whitewater Shaker Settlement Crosby Township

87 Wilder-Swaim House

88 W. L. Williams House

89 Charles Woodruff House

90 Wyoming Presbyterian Church N 84.46833°W / 39.22667; -84.46833 (Wyoming Presbyterian Church) Wyoming

91 Yost Tavern Yost Tavern

...and these schools:

* Art Academy of Cincinnati
* Athenaeum of Ohio
* College of Mount St. Joseph
* Chatfield College
* Cincinnati Christian University
* Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science
* Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
* God's Bible School and College
* Hebrew Union College
* ITT Technical Institute
* Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West
* Union Institute and University
* University of Cincinnati
* Wilmington College
* Xavier University

'Occupy Wall Street', US awakening

2011-10-05T00:52:00.001-07:00

we love you rolling stones

thanks!
maier42

The Rolling Stones-Hang Fire & Slave (Outtakes
thanks ghostryder8567

Lady Sovereign - Love Me or Hate Me (SebastiAn Remix)

thanks for the video iDoPlayGames

2011-09-28T10:17:00.001-07:00

Missing Persons - U.S. DRAG

thanks for the vid WAdolf79

Men At Work - Overkill (1983)

thanks for the vid nzoz1983

2011-09-27T20:28:00.001-07:00

Hercules & Love Affair - You Belong (Riton Remix)

than ks bramtl

2011-09-26T23:45:00.000-07:00

Autoclave - Vision

thanks for the video Andrew077

2011-09-23T09:29:00.001-07:00

Dima (Vitalic) - Dead Aim

thanks for the vid Artek777

Can You Forgive Her? [Rollo Dub] - Pet Shop Boys

Thanks for the vid soundoftheatom

New Order - "Temptation"

thanks for the video mandaluyongboy

Autoclave-I'll Take you Down

2011-09-21T10:22:00.001-07:00

Autoclave-I'll Take you Down

thanks for the vid futureofwhat

2011-09-14T23:06:00.000-07:00

Only A Fool Would Say That - Steely Dan

thanks for the video xRainxWhenxIxDiex

Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me

thanks billyjoelVEVO

AC/DC-Who Made Who

thnks OnlyInaDodge

2011-09-13T21:01:00.000-07:00

The Smiths - Well i wonder

thanks for the vid clemelclem

Uffie - First Love

thanks didi198

The Numbers

Cindy of a Thousand Lives ~ Billy Bragg (1991)

2011-08-11T07:05:00.001-07:00

A few pictures below, Dario of "The Numbers"

Siriusmo - Hello Dj

Siriusmo - Wow

Siriusmo-High Together

Siriusmo - Feromonikon

Lords of Acid - I Sit on Acid (2000 Soulwax Mix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCgiLlGCYDs

koffinkat666 (7 months ago)

THE REAR!!!!!! Fucking say it!!!!! dude fuck this wack ass mix, best part is her fully sayin fuck me up the rear.

Lords of acid sit on acid soul wax remix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnmRvZ-usSM

Cazxiro (4 weeks ago)

I actually like this remix better with the "Blue Monday" sample. Where did this version come from?

Flangerdaddy (2 months ago)

@CrazyAnimatorOfDoom Not really, this song is just taken from a mix, where Blue Monday happened to come up before this song, so at the beginning you heard a bit of the mixing. Plus, nobody can ruin blue monday.

2011-08-08T09:50:00.001-07:00

3rd and Macdougal, New York, one of my favorite places to hang out, Washington Square Park is just around the corner. I'm sitting on a chair talking to Russell, he told me he was going to take a short nap. Russell moved to New York from North Carolina 20 years earlier - I bought a Paul Klee book from Russell a few days before this, "in the land called precious stone," I always walk by and say hi, today there was an extra chair; he was asking for quarters because his books had gotten rained on, he keeps them in a small cardboard box; there are more elaborate book sellers on near by streets and around the park but his collection was pretty astute. A family walked by, they looked like tourist and they ignored him (I guess they where ignoring me too) but their little girl, she must have been about five, was trailing behind a few feet - she took a long look at Russell.

Obama Speaks: Pablum and Bullshit:
As I post this: I'm thinking cynical thoughts imagining "two-lawyers in love" I hate to bring Michelle Obama into this but I was hoping she would be the one to talk sense into her husband...

Lawyers in Love: Heard this song in the darkroom yesterday; at first I thought it was kinda corny but then it grew on me; I was making the above print and couldn't change the station; I wouldn't have guessed it was Jackson Browne.

Jackson Browne - Lawyers in Love

thanks for the video PullMyFing

Paul Klee in the land called precious stone

I was just listening to KRXA
"Ash-Lee Henderson of Appalachia Rising will be discussing how politics, poverty, and strip mining intersect in an often overlooked part of America. Appalachia Rising’s latest action is the March on Blair Mountain."

AppalachiaRising.Org

march on blairmountain.org

Harvey from Berekely called in to comment about the tax breaks energy companies receive.

"Rockefeller defends tax breaks for big coal"
http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/2010/02/02/rockefeller-defends-tax-breaks-for-big-coal/

itenef-Of All The Things We Made (in vertical take off mix)

2011-08-03T13:39:00.000-07:00

3 years ago...

Helpless situation at times…procrastination upon procrastination; seeming lack of success getting anything done; grateful for the time spent with my son (3 punte); just feel ashamed to not put my “spare time” towards better use; I did set-up a new darkroom (3 punta) a couple weeks ago but haven’t used it in 12 days…I will today (1 punta) ; my excuse has been that it’s a bit fidgety i.e. a pain in the ass to get dark; I made three contact sheets, (1 punta) but haven't gotten around to making the individual prints...

Right now, I’m thinking, I’ll print some “nudes" from a few summers ago and of course I will also print some from my shoot with “The Numbers” …

update: (a few hours later) I followed through and used my darkroom;) (1 punta) "The Numbers" domani;)

Temporary link till i print something from this shoot...Eva 2008 Phoenix Hotel San Francisco"

What else…grateful that my freestyle technique is more consistent; going to the pool in the evening is the one thing that keeps me sane…. (1 punta)

deux bieres, s’l vous plait – practicing my French (1 punta)

2 Many DJ's Mix

thanks hopey1986

O~M~G @ 4:20 ok actually @ 4:30;) Detroit Grand Pubahs / New Order The Beach / Sandwiches thanks again hopey1986

While in the dark making prints listening to music and having trouble dodging Eva's ass (kinda ironic but I'm being sincere) it occurred to me that we need a woman as our president...but it would have to be someone real, someone who's not afraid to show some skin (for instance) someone who won't be a sell out...

x

addendum to my comment above: gender shouldn't be an issue but for arguments sake on my "long list" for President (nobody is perfect i just read her Wiki) I would vote for Sen. Maria Cantwell D - Washington for "drilling" BP and Transocean...

All reasonable claims...remember the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill last year???"

2011-07-27T11:19:00.001-07:00

This picture deserves at least three music videos posts;) #ihaveashoefetish #imnofashionista
Dolce & Gabbana gold lucite left and the blue, low slip on heels with a bow, Kristen is wearing are also "made in Italy" ;) I feel like a well dressed woman listening to talk radio because she's driving to work and can't change the channel; i just looked at two fashion blogs waiting for the stove to get hot #ihaveashoefetish shoe related blog post

the Glamourai blog { introducing } b. brian atwood

i wish i could go outside visit a news stand or just walk by it maybe walk by a cafe see some people walking down the street someone dressed in drag, someone dressed so casual because they live near by wearing flip flops walking a dog doing laundry none of that here but i did see guys riding fixies at the exact same place two days in a row on the way to the pool, they must have the exact same schedule as me; a guy with a bad ass Cinelli (a little jealous) and a guy with a cruiser-trail-bike-fixie don't like those really what's the point - drank some coffee writing this now i'm going to make some pancakes...

more pictures of Kristen "black coffee" "overkill"

SebastiAn - Motor

thanks for the video Sanderinnewyork

The Clash - Red Angel Dragnet

Olivia Newton-John "PHYSICAL" (2005 Remix)

thanks for the vid dazmas06

2011-07-22T18:59:00.001-07:00

Webster Hall (The Ritz) "Captain Krunk & Shark Girl"

Alekhine's Gun live at The Studio at Webster Hall NYC june 18 2011

I was wandering around on a Saturday afternoon and saw guitarist (flying V) stage-left, being interviewed by "Horns Up Rocks" I talked to him for a bit and he gave me a ticket to the show...unfortunately i only had polaroids and i messed up an entire box - take my word for it Alekhine's Gun and the other bands rocked-extremely-hard - i only took the shot above and then i wandered around some more...

Horns Up Rock Blog June 2011

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Vital Ferox - Absolut

thanks for the vid Brainkicker

2011-07-22T18:34:00.000-07:00

Wandered into Washington Square Park and ended up meeting Matteo & Darrio; they were blasting an amazing set...More pictures soon.

The Numbers

Vital-Ferox - Slerotika

thanks again Artek777

2011-07-22T18:28:00.000-07:00

Vitalic - Juliet India

thanks Artek777

My shoot with the number see post above...
BORN IN THE 80S-The Numbers feat. Rachel O'Neill

thanks for the video ivancazzola

a dream i had this morning...

2011-07-12T12:36:00.000-07:00

Dream July 13

Driving around like CIA with Arab informant / a square park like in El Salvador / one side of street / waited and watched; standing in a field between two houses next to chicken coops the wind was blowing hard and watching birds trying to survive the elements there was a white dove that i had been watching it was sitting on a cloud and resting and seemed kinda sad; hawks where swooping down.

There was a green steep hill side a high ridge knife back and a highway bridge with a train falling just slow enough so people could think about their lives just before they died. Dropped-off left guy in the car glad to get rid of him, i'm wearing a suit at the park i get out of the car leave arab informant behind; girl colleague says she would rather go to that other bar across the street but didn't bring her "butch" clothes. I try not to slip on the grass hill i'm waring dress shoes...we had passed a small reservoir with a boat ramp i can feel the fish resting - back to park, we pause as we walk across park and i tune my radio to this chill radio station somewhat meditative....

Ifwhen - Hear Less (from split 12" with Dälek)

http://www.kfjc.org/music/playlist.php?i=38493

Ifwhen - Hear Less (from split 12" with Dälek)

thanks for the video Ifwhen

July 12, 2011

I was sitting in a library a classroom and my name was called out…because I had a book that a girl wanted, so that it could be signed, it was a book buy Guy and he was there actually there and he was going to sign this book. He was so casual looked to be in his mid 40’s sitting where the librarian usually sits; I stared for a moment remembering that I was dreaming but it continued on but weirder of course. My friend started talking to him going on and on stupid questions but I’m not sure what I would have asked and I waited patiently listening; how a girl very depressed had come to him with her portfolio and he had told her that you need a very clear concept etc. he was sympathetic but you could tell a little impatient, he had been willing to sign a book for this girl but didn’t expect to be bombarded. This was the man who had gone to Man Ray seeking him as a mentor; wasn’t he dead? Not in my dream, I ran and ran but it took forever I was going to get my portfolio to show to him; but I finally gave up it was taking so long and I couldn’t seem to get there and so I returned but he was gone. I was scaling the side of the campus it was on a hill. There was some guy playing guitar underneath a big heavy press of some kind, he was good he was showing off, again I was waiting my turn and finally decided to split but as I jumped off a roof into wet grass I noticed people looking at us; their was a table and people making fun of the man who jumped off right before me – they where saying things about me and cracking up I also offered one final insult insinuating that perhaps he was also realizing that he was an unwanted pregnancy. So I said by to someone I new at the table and jumped off a wall with a sense of urgency I could have hit my head on the way down but I pushed off.

People looked at me and I looked into a room of a woman I knew and took some of her stuff in order to help her out and finally I was in a open top red Porsche and pulled up next to my own car, I was going to empty out her stuff but noticed a female police officer staring in my direction, I hadn’t noticed her before and then someone pulled up next to her and she became alarmed and pulled out her gun; I had been drinking and thought she might arrest me but this seemed more alarming as she shot this person but it seemed within reason somewhat as they where acting irrationally and seemed to have been attacking her or perhaps they where just trying to help me to escape? Suddenly Michele was with another woman and they where trying to get away but M was in no condition to do so she was drunk. There was an urgency that lady didn’t know how to get out of here, I knew that you just had to get over the hill so I did I climbed and climbed and suddenly realized that I had come upon someone slower then me, the leaves where wet I sprayed water so that when I passed they would be wet suddenly we where at the end and I got nervous and didn’t want to walk into the encampment I was going to walk up the steep hills and sneak around; so I backtracked and carefully jumped off the trail in order to not leave a sign and I went beneath a tree and up against an embankment.

They where looking for me, I don’t know why but they where and for a bit they couldn’t find me because I was pressed up against and under the embankment but it wouldn’t last I was literally beneath their feet. They found me and made it clear that I wasn’t going to get away and that they needed to talk to me – I was pushed into a market and this man intending to intimidate me lunged at me with a knife a few times motioning that I come with him and do what he says; for some reason I pulled out a gun and accidentally shot him in the side of the head but he didn’t even flinch he just got more mad and I suddenly realized what they might do to me and he was mad so I shot him again and killed him. The man that was ahead of me on the trail gave me a look that I was in a bad situation and I thought about what they might do to me; and I tried reasoning with him that that had been my only option and that I was going to run and that he should help me, I saw a bit of sympathy in his eyes as we exited the doorway, I was surrounded but there was a brief moment of confusion and so I thought about running and that I had a chance because of the woods but they all had guns. Then I woke up.

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Review from Matt M.
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New York, NY
4.0 star rating
7/22/2011

This is the end my friends.

I've gone and closed.

Goodbye neighborhood.

The most disgusting bar ever is dead.

The end.

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Brooklyn, NY
4.0 star rating
Updated - 7/19/2011

So long, you stinky, smelly, scary bathroom, 'Oh my god please guard the door so no one busts in on me!,' 'don't order a drink that comes in a glass', advised a friend who used to barback there, free drinks, cool bartenders, old punk rock, kick ass jukebox, many a fight broke out, hang out after ex-boyfriend's band played at the Continental (when it was a punk rock bar), tattered upholstered barstools, stumble out of there near 6am in 1999, bar.

i think you ran your course after i started to see gawkers, and NYU students there years ago.

i will think of you fondly. you can now join Coney Island High and CBGB's....

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Review from Eric H.
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Chicago, IL
5.0 star rating
7/19/2011

No! Say it aint so! Say it aint so!

One could posit that the ghost of Mars Bar will soon have their revenge served cold amongst the rest of the historical biting flies on the hide of The (dying) American Leviathan that killed the only true dive bar in America*******

But I do so solemnly swear, that when that USA wrecking ball made from imported Chinese steel slams into the side and crumbles this sacred space into sticks and stones, our American Empire's decline will become irrevocable marching forward in double time to our sealed fate as a nation of low waged servants.

Alas poor Mars Bar, I knew ye well. A TV-less Bar
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: it hath
borne me on it's back a thousand times while I drank liberally; and now, abhorred in my imagination it is!

******** before I have half of Louisiana( the living and the dead) breathing down my neck with righteous indignation and furious anger about the above label of America's best diver bar, Louisiana still holds the record of the world's best dive bar, so back off! and show some respect for this Eulogy!

Singed;

The Management!

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Austin, TX
5.0 star rating
7/21/2011

I used to drink here when I was 15. They actually carded me when I was 25. If you dont like the bathroom go piss on the condos across the street. Cant believe this place is closed

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Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, CA
3.0 star rating
7/18/2011 1 Check-in Here

I felt like I was in the inside of a urinal

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New York, NY
5.0 star rating
6/28/2011

Diveiest dive bar on the planet. Kind of punk/biker feel. Disgusting inside.

No beer on tap and they will probably spit on you if you order a cocktail.

No suits any where in that place.

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Hempstead, NY
5.0 star rating
6/23/2011

This dive bar to me is everything a bar should be. Rock on the jukebox (!) that's a little too loud. People I would never see in daylight laughing too hard over bottles too warm. Writing all over everything.

I couldn't stop looking around and I met some of the coolest nutters I've ever had the pleasure of talking about the future of the internet with, over the strongest gin and tonic this side of the Mason-Dixon line.

I heard this is getting torn down, which is a complete waste. I need a place to wallow a little and laugh a lot, this Mars Bar is perfect. I may resort to the sewers next.

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Brooklyn, NY
5.0 star rating
5/29/2011 2 Check-ins Here

Good times. It's a real shame they'll be tearing this place down. I'd say check it out before they do. Pretty much every square inch is covered with graffiti. When I went, I saw this crazy coked up dude get thrown to the floor by this other dude who seemed to be a regular or an off-duty employee or something. Later, this one girl spit in this other guy's face and the dude threw him out.
Ok, I don't always revel in seeing that sort of thing, but for some reason it just didn't bother me. I don't know what that means exactly. But I really like it here. Maybe because there's nothing faux about it. The lighting isn't planned out for maximum luxuriant impact. The crowd is there to drink and to be loud. There's crazy drawings all over. Shit yeah.

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New York, NY
5.0 star rating
6/16/2011

the best bar!
I'm furious this place is being torn down. More evidence NYC is being a giant mall - goddamn disneyland. The last of what the this city used to be

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Review from sandy c.
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New York, NY
4.0 star rating
4/21/2011

Punk is NOT DEAD!

It's alive and kicking at Mars Bar. Double sized shots for $6, and mixed drinks served in Styrofoam, jukebox filled with all the punk rock classics, sharpie graffiti on the walls, urine on the floor in the bathroom with NO DOOR LOCKS. I love this place, but couldn't bring myself to use the bathroom. Went in it three times, only to turn around and walk back out, "I don't have to go THAT bad." I've grown up since my punk days....

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Cherry Bomb!

Smell the filth, throw back a few shots of Jamison, chant the lyrics to punk rock anthems.....a dirrrrrrty dirrrrrttty good time.

Cheers!

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Review from Amanda M.
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New York, NY
4.0 star rating
4/4/2011

The village is my all time favorite neighborhood in all of New York. I have always said that I want to live above "Search and Destroy" and eat "Pomme frites" for the rest of my days...

I have never been to Mars Bar because I am the stay-at-home type... My friend and I decided to head out to St. Marks for some udon... I decided that tonight I was going to drink and that I was going to try out Mars Bar... I have always been the Dive type... So, why not?

I walk in... WHOA... it was dirty, smelly, crowded, covered in graffiti, full of tattoos, etc.

I was a little hesitant that the patrons of Mars Bar were going to give me that "she doesn't belong here" look...

I had the most fun that I have ever had at Mars Bar... I was offered a seat on a chair that was torn up... I ordered plenty of beer... had a karaoke session with a drag queen... and danced the robot with a bunch of drunk people.... It was awesome.

This the ultimate Dive.

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Parsippany, NJ
5.0 star rating
5/9/2011

It's small, dirty and crowded. No beer on tap and they will probably punch you in the face if you order a cocktail with more than 2 ingredients. So yeah it's perfect.

Where else can a group of 35-56 year olds wander in on Saturday night, have a great time and not feel like a chaperone at an NYU party....oh and the bartender insisted on seeing our ID's...including mine(yeah look at my picture)

If this bar is torn down for another soulless apartment building there is no god...oh shit I'm an atheist!

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Brooklyn, NY
5.0 star rating
3/16/2011

I've never been kicked out of this bar. Even after spitting in some girl's hair. (SHE CUT THE BATHROOM LINE OK?) Great jukebox. Cheapppppppp drinkies. Tip Amy or I will find you...

So glad I got to hang out here before it's merely legend. If you're prude, use a restroom somewhere else first, as someone WILL walk in on you (no locks.. no handles actually) Saw someone hammer a nail into his urethra jim rose circus style on a thursday at 4 pm while the bartender looked on, bored to tears look in his eye.

So yea you get the gist?

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Review from Fallopia T.
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New York, NY
4.0 star rating
3/5/2011 3 photos

Fuck, I love dive bars; I went here with a friend last night to soak up the atmosphere. I couldn't help congratulating myself for not drinking, thereby avoiding the $6 draft beers--although I have to wonder: with all the money I've saved not drinking for over 20 years, why don't I have a house in the country or at least an IRA?

My 50-year-old friend got proofed and was offended; I guess they do it to everyone. I was reluctant to come here, but it was like Br'er Rabbit saying, "Please don't throw me in dat briar patch!" I get a contact buzz just from being there.
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Edit: Sadly, Mars is closing by the end of this month. "Thanks for the memories" is painted on the marquee outside.

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New York, NY
5.0 star rating
2/13/2011 1 Check-in Here

"A World Apart"

Mars Bar is a self-contained dystopia frequented by would-be graffiti artists, British expats, and homosexual queens named after large jungle cats, celestial bodies, and 80's hair bands.

In short: it is a perfectly unique, absolutely grungy, once-in-a-lifetime experience. Not a single abnormal phenomenon discovered within the dirty walls of Mars Bar could exist anywhere else. In the words of Hunter S. Thompson, Mars Bar is "too strange to live, too rare to die".

The lone bartender works with diligence to slack the thirst of the eclectic roster of patrons, at times joined by one local or another behind the bar. Make no mistake about this seemingly familiar and laid back ritual: you are just a visitor here, you are not family.

Most of the people at Mars Bar will tell you about how they have been coming here for 20 years. How the walls have been repainted over and over again, yet their signatures - etched in colorful Sharpie - have been reapplied over each fresh coat.

Some of them will sit on the bar, eyeing you like a delicate morsel or some rare delicacy, and then offer to blow you in the bathroom. Some will rant and rave about how America was once great, but is now damned and broken and nothing but a hollow shell of its former self. Others will tell you of those they have lost to drugs, AIDS, suicide, and murder. They will share with you lyrics from their unfinished songs, sonnets, and soliloquies.

It is a dark place, inhabited by souls and specters who have not yet realized they stand with one foot in the grave. They all have unfinished business, and every one of them seems unaware that dawn quietly approaches. With the sun comes life for the rest of the City, but for Mars Bar it brings only silence.

As day breaks and the shadowy figures seep back into the dark recesses of Bald Mountain*, you cannot help but feel as if the City itself has changed as a whole. Something sinister has exited the stage. A great beast has lowered its head to sleep.

The streets are cold and quiet, but there, on the corner, is a shack filled with oddly shaped spirits and an old jukebox; echoing the collective melancholy and loss back at anyone still listening.

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Brooklyn, NY
3.0 star rating
6/12/2011 1 Check-in Here

This bar kinda sucked. I always wanted to go there when I was walking by and finally did one day. I'm glad I did just to see that I haven't been missing anything. Bartender was kinda rude, drinks were expensive for being a "dive bar," ($4 for a tall boy of Lone Star I think), and it smelt like piss. Trust me, I usually don't mind bars that smell like pies because it goes with the territory (cheap drinks) but not if the drinks are even cheap. This place is closing down soon and it definitely shouldn't go on your closing businesses bucket list.

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Brooklyn, NY
1.0 star rating
6/29/2011

this place is a toilet.

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Review from Kunal M.
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Washington, DC
5.0 star rating
1/30/2011 1 Check-in Here

Mars bar is Special. The weirdest characters, cheap drinks, dark, nasty restrooms make this among the greatest dive bars in east village.

To come here make sure you have been to dive bars many times. This place is not for those with weak hearts.

Highly recommended dive bar.

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Charleston, SC
5.0 star rating
4/4/2011 1 photo 1 Check-in Here

Get here before it's too late! Great bar, great patrons, great music.

Sub par bathrooms, go in behind a dumpster before entering this LES dive.

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New York, NY
1.0 star rating
5/16/2011

assholes ! douche bags! drunkards! hobos! hot girls with daddy issues! and drug dealers gallore!

broken bottles in vomit and shit stains on the floor!

the drinks aint cheap, but please have sum mo!

once you get used to the heavy stench of old beer, and pee
youll find yourself wondering..
where else would i rather be???

come rot in hell! at the mars bar (now for a limited time only!)

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Brooklyn, NY
1.0 star rating
4/25/2011

When I go to bars, I drink alcohol. Drinking alcohol makes me have to pee. When I have to pee, I go find the bar's bathroom and I use it. I can't use the bathrooms at Mars Bar because they're fucking disgusting. So why would I drink there? I guess things like toilet paper aren't "punk rock" and neither am I.

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Review from JOSEPH M.
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Seattle, WA
5.0 star rating
5/23/2011

One of the true relics of when downtown used to be cool and far out. Weirdos to be observed, engaged with, or avoided at all hours. Bartenders are characters. Be careful who you talk to or you may end up having your ear talked off by a tweaked out pest. Awesome rock juke. Dirty, grimy, fully NY.

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Review from peter d.
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Brooklyn, NY
5.0 star rating
12/17/2010 1 Check-in Here

This bar has bottled up that uneasy subway feeling of "I hope that guy doesn't touch me, just in case that stench happens to be him."

If you stay longer than a drink, you'll realize that the stench is neither him, nor the guy in the corner, but rather the bar itself. If you stay longer than five drinks, you'll realize that you have now become part of the stench, and that the stench has become a part of you, if only for a little while.

But despite its olfactory issues -- or perhaps, in part, because of them -- Mars Bar has the remarkable distinction of being the only place I know that is never, ever boring.

And when it's gone, a small, but important piece of the city will go with it.

Listed in: e.vill empire, old new york., cheap drinks.

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Review from Angel H.
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Queens, NY
5.0 star rating
3/4/2011

Mars Bar. One time during the early 90s, I saw JG Thirlwell (aka Foetus) walk past this "refined" establishment.

Up until recently, I would say "Mars Bar-is that dump still open!?!"

The sad part, only for a little while longer.

Mars is the Old Yeller of the East Village bar scene. Once loved, but grew rabid and old with time. With tears, the boy is forced to shoot the mutt out of its misery.

While I was scared to use the bathroom, I'll still miss you, Mars Bar.

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Review from Rena J.
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New York, NY
5.0 star rating
3/13/2011

An East Village institution that is sadly closing its doors soon (they're supposedly reopening in a few years, but I wouldn't hold my breath). Even if you don't like grungy dive bars, there is no denying that Mars Bar is a unique place. The first time I went here, my friend and I happened to catch a literary event with the likes of Reverend Jen and Jason Flores-Williams. Rev. Jen read an excerpt from her book Live Nude Elf and talked about female ejaculation. Good times.

The bartenders are cool as hell, the walls are covered in graffiti, the jukebox plays nothing but punk, and the crowd is mostly freaks and weirdos (in a good way). I've never used the bathroom, but I've heard it's pretty disgusting. But what were you expecting, the Hotel Rivington?

My only regret is that I didn't discover this place sooner. Do yourself a favor and have a drink (or three) here before it's gone.

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Review from Campbell K.
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Manhattan, NY
4.0 star rating
1/4/2011

Cash only, every surface covered in scrawled marker and peeling stickers, awesome selection on the jukebox, 4 ounce shots for 6 bucks, and scruffy regulars waxing drunkenly about the "old days" (were the 90's really that long ago? I was born in '87 for god's sake). Solid shit.

Don't show up in your suit, though.

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Review from Richard O.
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Chicago, IL
2.0 star rating
1/10/2011

This might be the dirtiest place I've ever been. I didn't even feel comfortable enough to order a beverage in a bottle. Everyone calls this a punk rock bar but it seemed like they were just playing Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins all night.

We kind of felt like it used to be something interesting but now was a hollow shell across the street from Whole Foods watching the clock tick down to its demolition.

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New York, NY
5.0 star rating
5/8/2011

The Mars Bar is EPIC. Best.staff.ever. Jukebox is amazing, alcohol is cheap and hard and if you gotta go, you gotta go, just byotp and have someone watch the door for you.

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Review from Richard T.
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Manhattan, NY
5.0 star rating
11/23/2010

My usual watering holes are more along the lines of Angel's Share, Flatiron Lounge, but....
If you want to do something bad, you might as well go all the way.

-shots of johnny (red only) served in a small fish bowl
-beer in bottles only, no tap (9 outta 10 blindfolded d-bags can't tell the difference anyway)
-shots of jack served in a small fish bowl
-real graffiti as art!
-shots of vodka served in a small fish bowl

My night ended with one of my friends forever banned from a nearby restaurant. I will definitely come back here, and check out said satanic bathroom.....after a few fishbowls of jack.

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New York, NY
3.0 star rating
9/21/2010

Its a dive bar, i get it..But i was twisted when my friends took me there. Prices for drinks are reasonable and they ave BRUGAL shots. Decor is..what decor, its nothing..grapity everywhere and thats it.
STAY the HECK away from the latrine. its nasty.. besides that its an ok place to stop by, do not bring dates here, they will hate you.

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Chicago, IL
5.0 star rating
Updated - 1/6/2011

Sadly, as I predicted, it's closing:
http://www.brooklynveg...

It was great knowing you, Mars Bar. See you in the gutter.

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Last true sh1thole in the East Village. I will miss it, its shit beer, and even shittier patrons… Read more »
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New York, NY
5.0 star rating
2/11/2011

i grew up in a city, went to school in a city, and generally couldn't imagine anything else except city life.

i'm no bad-ass, but i've had my share of eye-opening experiences and can keep my cool when dealing with just about any situation. sometimes f'ed up stuff happens when millions of people are living in an urban jungle, but shit happens right?

this all said - mars bar might be the only place in new york city where upon walking in my brain started screaming -

HOLY SHIT. DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING... and don't even THINK of using the bathroom here!!!!!!!!! AH!!!!!!!

Listed in: BEST NYC, TOP NYC Bars

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San Diego, CA
4.0 star rating
11/19/2010

Highlights of the day. Getting a "shot" of Jack which I had to take two big gulps to finish. Watching a self-described drunk "vampire" getting ice chips thrown at his face and kicked out of the bar by the bartender. Actually using the restroom.

Pro tip: don't even go into the restroom. It's like Satan took a dump in there and they never got around to cleaning it.

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Brooklyn, NY
5.0 star rating
3/24/2011

The doorway to Mars Bar is a portal into a disgusting and completely unsanitary alternate reality. They have beer and huge shots of Jagermeister. Pee someplace else -- a suggestion -- the fancy new pizza place on the corner of Bowery and Houston. Or behind a car, if you've been at Mars Bar long enough not to care anymore.

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Brooklyn, NY
5.0 star rating
4/2/2011

Warning, anti hipster sentiments to follow.

How anyone could give this place one or two stars is ridiculous... I mean, god, look at the outside, if you decided to go in after seeing it than any unpleastantries you experience are your fault- no complaining. Yeah, it's a dump, yes, you'll get an STD just from touching anything in the place, and, the people used to be just as bad as the place itself. I don't know about now, I suspect that hipsters may have taken over, who sadly, just TRY to look like broke artists and punks, but who, you know, have those handy trust funds.

Anyway, my point is that Mars Bar is one of the last places left that still has any of the character of what NYC used to be (at least, when I was a kid), before it turned into a homogenized wreck of mid-western transplants housed by NYU. One of the last places that has any of that awesome, trashy history that helped make all the hipster "artists" think NYC was a cool place to live in the first place. And now, sadly, it's going to close. I give this place five stars just for being one of the very few true dive bars to last this long in the face of NYU city that been building up around it. It's certainly no palace, but it is a piece of NYC history, and I'm sad to see it go.

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San Francisco, CA
5.0 star rating
9/20/2010

Crazy cheap for Manhattan, forever changing decor that you can have your own part in creating, and some of the most interesting people that you will ever meet.
Don't come here if you want something upscale and fancy. This is a must when down in the East Village, a great place to pre-game!
However, fair warning do NOT use the bathroom there.

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New York, NY
4.0 star rating
10/17/2010

Tequila ... in a wine glass (try to ignore the permanently greasy fingerprints around the rim).

Pint-sized shots (perhaps enough alcohol to kill all the extra bacteria you are about to swallow).

Salt out of a 2lb cardboard canister (don't look at the sticky lumps inside).

No lemons to douse the bitter saline injection of filth- you can have a recycled lime slice though?

What a delicious recipe for disaster oh yes only at Mars Bar.

And no, do not go to the bathroom (plenty of excellent descriptions below and I'm sure more to come, ironically probably intriguing new explorers to at least take a glimpse, well if you must, you must).

Amazing atmosphere- yet to experience such grotty eccentricity elsewhere in the city. Best people watching. Bemusing small talk. Whether to start or end the night here, I am not entirely sure- maybe both. Maybe you should never leave.

Listed in: Libation Lucubration, I'm Locked Out But It Doesn't…, Five Stars For Dive Bars

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Astoria, NY
4.0 star rating
10/10/2010

The wind howled as my cousin and I walked into this joint, two strangers in a strange land. If ever Earth had its own version of the Mos Eisley Cantina, then Mars Bar would be it. A strange odor wafted over to us as we sat by the window, slowly drinking our beers as the regulars grunted and mumbled to each other (or maybe they were pissed off Wookies). This one guy was babbling in a thick brogue, looking for someone with whom to fight. The bartender was keeping him in check, threatening to cut him off for the night. He sat down for a few minutes, nursing his drink for a few minutes before resuming his diatribe to whoever would listen. I half expected Ray Winstone to come out of the bar, smack this guy around and toss him out, all the while reminding everyone that we didn't see anything.
I can't wait to go back.

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Island Park, NY
5.0 star rating
8/28/2010

two reasons only for getting a full rating because i believe you rate a place on the merits of what it is in reference to its milieu rather than the broader cohort of surrounding places with a different kind of vibe. This bar is a quintessential dive. If dive bars were divers, this place would be Jacques Cousteau.

I go there because I order a 5 dollar shot of Bushmills and it comes in a jigger glass filled to the top. And if that wasnt enough, the white support beam next to the juke has scrawled 'Penis 4 Eva' prominently on it. I mean, thinking about that, someone literally had to break out a pen in the middle of the bar and write that and the armies of so called good taste werent there then and arent there now. I love this place.

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Brooklyn, NY
4.0 star rating
9/18/2010

Cheap cheap....very cheap drinks, awesome bartenders, buy backs, and a funky decor. Its probably one of the best dive bars in the city. Its as dirty as hell though, and I sometimes wish I knew I was coming here in advance so I could bring my own toilet paper. (Trust me, 9 out of 10 times the stuff they have in the bathroom is wet...with God knows what)

Its a must have on a night of East Village bar hopping. Its a must have when drinking on a budget in the city. Its a must when wanting to finish up an awesome night.

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Katie...Les Yeaux Sans Visage

2011-05-28T00:26:00.000-07:00

Billy Idol Les Yeaux Sans Visage

a really cool version of this song...

"When you hear the music you make a dip
Into someone else's pocket then make a slip.
Steal a car and go to Las Vegas oh, the gigolo pool.

Hanging out by the state line,
Turning holy water into wine
Drinkin' it down, oh
I'm on a bus on a psychedelic trip
Reading murder books tryin' to stay hip.
I'm thinkin' of you you're out there so
Say your prayers.
Say your prayers.
Say your prayers."

Billy Idol and Steve Stevens

Kristen...Black Coffee

2011-05-27T23:26:00.000-07:00

Men At Work - Overkill (1983)

thanks for the vid nzoz1983

2011-05-10T21:55:00.000-07:00

Vitalic - Juliet India

thanks for the vid Artek777

"Arysta Gains Humans Lose"

2011-05-01T03:57:00.000-07:00

No Methyl Iodide! a.k.a. MIDAS

"Arysta Gains Humans Lose" Arysta LifeScience Cary, N.C.-based manufacturer.

Salinas, California April 25th 2011 Protesting Arysta's planned "sales pitch" of the controversial strawberry fumigant methyl iodide a.k.a. MIDAS - presentation to growers was rescheduled.

According to the USDA and the California Department of Food and Agriculture, California strawberries are a $1.2 billion crop and strawberry sales regularly surpass vegetable - Monterey County's number one seller and employing aproximately 30,000 people during the production season.

Methyl Iodide Manufacturer Cancels Appearance, but Protest's Still On
Monterey County Weekly

"Arysta Death Science"

F.U.C.K. "Fighting Unfair Corporate Killers" No Methyl Iodide

Pesticide Watch Photos

The Californian Pesticide Foes Plan Protest Salinas

Monterey County Weekly Movement On Methyl
"The first permit for a methyl iodide application was submitted last week in Ventura County, and then denied because the field was a half-mile away from a school."

Protestas Yoduro Metilo

Karel Stands Up Friday in Monterey

2011-04-19T11:27:00.000-07:00

Karel will be at the Portola Plaza this Friday April 22nd
Buy tickets through his website!

The Karel Show

These are the white bell bottoms i purchased recently and that I plan on wearing to "Karel Stands Up"; i'll pair them with a white t-shirt and do the Colonel Sanders/Peter Tosh look;)

You can here Karel here localy on KRXA or in the Bay Area KGO

KRXA 540AM

KGO Am 810

# Monterey things to do comedy Karel Friday April 22th 2011

Out of Space

thanks for the video crips00359

Bank of America Need Your Love

2011-04-18T09:21:00.000-07:00

"If B of A paid taxes my friends could afford an education"

There were a ton of protesters just a bit earlier, she and I were apparently a little late to this shindig, by the time I parked part of the group had moved down the street to give speaches next to a sculpture...

KSBW TV News Video "Tax Day": protest is shown twice, at the begining and at the end

MoveOn.org

Protest Santa Cruz! Tax Day: Make Them Pay

Bank of America, intersection of River St. and Water St. Santa Cruz

18 Apr , 12:00 PM

Tax Day: Make them Pay - While hard working Americans fill out their income tax returns this tax season. General Electric and other giant profitable corporations are avoiding U.S. taxes altogether. BofA received a $1.9 billion tax refund from the IRS last year, although it made $4.4 billion in profits and received a bailout from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department of nearly $1 trillion. Join us to call out these corporate tax dodgers - bring signs and noise makers. This will be a joyful attention grabbing event on the streets around BofA, and we will also deliver a tax bill to Bank of America!

CITIZENS.ORG

Offshore Banking and Tax Havens Have Become Heart of Global Economy

Cheap Trick - Need Your Love

thanks for the video sessionsinthedesert

2011-04-05T12:12:00.001-07:00

Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky

thanks for the video VideoClipRevival

2011-04-05T09:10:00.000-07:00

I read a page from William Burroughs "Junkie" at City Lights bookstore this past Sunday afternoon. It wasn't what I expected, it drew me in immediately, I paged through some other books and came back and read some more. There was another book someones memoires I believe from back when the beat thing was happening "Dinners and Nightmares" Diane Di Prima and I noticed her picture on another book a black and white photo of her at a reading. A couple days at home I finally cracked open a book of poetry that someone had given me five years ago in Missoula Montana; she told me that someone had given it to her and that someday I should pass it on as well and that I would know to whom when I met them - "The Prophet" Kahlil Gibran. I read half way through laying outside in some tall grass watching my son play in a pond that he had made; he was pushing water around and playing with the mud. That was the perfect setting and also perhaps because it was warm and I was so comfortable laying against a log but reading those words gave me so much peace of mind and thats why I'm taking the time to write this. That book has stuck with me through these past years laying in the back of my car with a bunch of junk and then it was in a box and I would look at it and think about when and how it was given to me and so i would give it some defference but not have the urge to read it and then I finally put it on my book shelf. Now I have this feeling that "now" is the time I was meant to read it; i don't know what else I want to say about this but I suppose you understand.

Cheap Trick - High Roller

thanks 1michelemichele1

2011-03-19T13:30:00.000-07:00

One of the prints I made yesterday...

In Flagranti - I Can Thrill & Delight (Rio Lobotomy RMX)

thanks for the vid brockenstube

2011-03-19T01:58:00.000-07:00

Fuck!@#$%^ you know your a night-owl (i saw one last night, yes a real owl flying at night) insomniac - late - night coffee - drinker (coffee after 3pm doesn't let me sleep) when you hear the end of Coast to Coast;)

Listening to Coast to Coast

thanks CongressmanCYD

now i'm listening to Vital-Ferox - Slerotika
i love the drone-ing droning droning

I wrote a poem the other day and then i re wrote it and it sucked-more...

2:02am next song??? wait.. wait...

I was going to listen to Blondie - Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45) - Live 9.21.1977 - Old Waldorf SF but was thwarted by Richard Myers (professionaly known as Richard Hell), Range Road Music inc., Historic Film Archive LLC/ SOFA Entertainment

2:09 Men At Work - Overkill (1983)

Australia it must be a sunny afternoon or dinner time Saturday - I just rememberd that i drank a Fosters earlier, so relevant huh?

2:15 The Pretenders.....Talk Of The Town.

I've been listening to myself breathe to remind myself that i'm alive.

2:19 Karen Dalton "Blues Jumped The Rabbit"

morning after: actually i'm not that sleep deprived...I just saw that Extreme workout infomorcial on TV: feeling guilty now laying in bed eating sugar snaps and because I didn't swim yesterday (pool was closed because of lightning danger) and because i've neglected my balance ball...

Mason vs. Princess

Mason vs. Princess - Superstar Perfect Exceeder (HQ)

Singapore "Jay B" prints

2011-03-15T10:16:00.000-07:00

Label on the back: The mass rapid transit (MRT) train makes travel in Singapore more comfortable convenient and fast (REF 1a : 20)
Jay B

My son picked out these two prints at the Santa Cruz antique faire - FYI it takes place the second Sunday of the month;)

Singapore Airlines

and I got these Barracuda goggles and neoprene hood and also found some gold lame size six 70's era bell bottoms (!) for some future photoshoot;)

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The Smiths - I Want The One I Can't Have (Paris)

thanks for the video suparni

a few years ago...test strip;)

Crop of a 6 x 4.5 negative I didn't use the *glass plates, thanks Richard for that pointer. When I got this enlarger a couple months ago I was dissapointed and stopped enlarging medium format negatives after a couple tries because I thought I had to use the glass plates - it was so hard getting them clean, I didn't even try really. * update: actually its hard to keep them flat and so I took the time and cleaned the glass holders.