Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Check this out. Pop-art Hitler show sparks outrage.
Proving journalism and good taste can co-exist, Sacramento Bee Editorial Page Editor David Holwerk nominates Merle Haggard for California's next poet laureate.
Read "Poet of the people".
Artist Chris Savido became an overnight sensation when an uproar in response his painting "Bush Monkeys" caused an entire exhibit to be closed down.
He feels really guilty to have put all those artists out of work, but that hasn't stopped him from selling limited edition giclee prints of the contraversial painting at his website.
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Managing editor of The Washington Monthly Christina Larson has written an in depth article about Alfred Kinsey and depictions of the sex researcher in response to the movie contraversey. Read The Joy of Sexology.
Grab Bag and The Haunted Hillbilly by Derek Mccormack come highly recommended by The Village Voice.
This description sold me.
"Gay vampires. Lonely highways. Country songs. No, it's not a Stephin Merritt musical (not yet, anyway). It's the double debut of Derek McCormack, who conjures creepy worlds using little more than elliptical triads. Weird, inventive, magical, the omnibus Grab Bag features a lonely closeted teenager named Derek McCormack and a grotesque fascination with carnivals, drifters, and disease. The Haunted Hillbilly reimagines Nudie the Rodeo Tailor, who in real life dressed Elvis in gold lamé, as a bloodthirsty undead Svengali with a crush on his doomed client, c&w legend Hank Williams—perverse, mesmerizing, heartfelt. With a morbid comic vision and a delightfully twisted imagination, McCormack delivers a one-two knockout punch that establishes him as one of the best new voices of the year."
Looking to beef up your holiday music collection? Aside from this guy's pissed off response to political correction, he's got some good ideas.
John Water's Christmas Comp is near the very top of my list.
This chick is actually allergic to cold.
Read Activists Dominate Content Complaints .
Sunday, December 12, 2004
Ahhh...REAL tamales were served following the Our Lady of Guadalupe mass at Nativity of Our Lord Church in South Scranton today!
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Just when you think the mysterious THEY can't get any more irresponsible... An article like this pops up in a foreign newspaper.
Misleading kids about the facts is one of the surest ways to lead them to rebel. Wake up!
Don't have time to take the link? Here's the gist -- "The Bush administration is funding sexual health projects that teach children that HIV can be contracted through sweat and tears, touching genitals can result in pregnancy, and that a 43-day-old foetus is a thinking person.
Sex gets more subversive by the day! Yee Haw!
On Alternet today ... "Some residents of eastern Afghanistan blame aerial eradication of opium poppies for an outbreak of illness. They also say the U.S. is responsible.
Kitty's Wish List #5-8
I almost bought one of the "dance moves" cuffs for myself until I remembered I don't even have enough money to spend on other people right now.
Call me old fashioned, but I like the FU ring best of all.
They were all out of these last time I dropped in to Lip Medic
I don't even remember where I saw this -- maybe Bust -- but it looks swell.
Friday, December 03, 2004
Thursday, December 02, 2004
Jo Jo Famous: From Tears to Laughter the Life Story of Jo Jo the Clown
by Joann M. Jordan aka Jo Jo the Clown
"Joann was raised in Old Forge, a small coal mining town in northeastern Pennsylvania. Her parents were poor, hardworking people of Italian descent. Growing up she faced many painful hardships. Only a teenager when she married, she suffered much abuse, causing a breakdown. Joann was barely seventeen when she bore her first child. Despite her sufferings, she was determined to raise her children with love and faith in God. She had an unusual experience as a child, causing her to believe that God had bestowed her with so many gifts and talents because He had something special for her to do with her life. This book not only answers the never-ending question: “Whatever possessed you to become a clown?” It gives hope and inspiration to others who may be suffering abuse and trials, that through faith in God and themselves, they too can overcome adversity, and live a happy, fulfilling life."
Softcover [$19.95]
http://www.publishamerica.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=43&cat=Autobiography
In the last 60 years, the petrochemical industry has contaminated ever living thing on earth. Join Barbie as she reviews elements of her dreamhouse, dissecting and identifying the causes that are affecting every species on earth--reducing sperm counts, disrupting female reproductive cycles, altering sexual behavior, causing birth defects, impairing the development and function of the brain, reducing cognitive ability, causing cancer and compromising immunity.
Barbie's Dreamhouse and The Pink Poison Problem
The Stella Marrs' 2005 Calendar is available at buyolympia.com for $12.
In this week's Village Voice, Eric Weisbard writes about the Bert Williams recordings, with an emphasis on the early years (1901-1909), as released by Archeophone.
