life after god

26 January 2005

Braking to Look at Car-Accidents v.1

Justin: dark night.mov

I hope he's okay. The wreck looked pretty nasty.

20 January 2005

The Final Bars of Handel's Messiah Ring Out...

...and the Organist should really

put the crack pipe down.

via Alex Ross/Tim Johnson

19 January 2005

Iraqi Election "Debates" Heat-up

Three Candidates and 26 Others Killed

Spreading Freedom and Democracy to the Rest of the World!

BAGHDAD, Iraq

A suicide bomber struck the Baghdad headquarters of Iraq biggest Shiite political party Tuesday, killing three election candidates, as the government announced plans to close borders and restrict movements to bolster security in the national election. The three candidates were slain as insurgents intensified their campaign to subvert the ballot.

The Bush Administration and Iraq is just a big fucking disaster. Iraq is WAY worse than Vietnam ever was.

Military officials are now admitting that even as Bush kept asserting that we were making "good progress in Iraq", the insurgency was growing in numbers and effectiveness, and that the Army Reserve is "rapidly degenerating into a 'broken' force," and oh, by the way, we'll need to spend at least another $100 billion to pay for war expenses and replace damaged equipment. But the accountability moment, says Mr. Bush, is behind us.

As proven yet again yesterday with CondiRice, the Bush-Liars-Team have no credibility, no integrity and are not fit to hold ANY of the offices: President, Vice-President, Secretary of State, Sec. of Defense, etc.

Four more years people, 4 more years.

17 January 2005

The results are in from The Golden Globes...

And who fucking cares?!!?

Please...enough. Just stop all this...Please?
Do you suppose people should reexamine their valuable time spent obsessing on these kinds of things? Maybe think about their adoration of completely self-absorbed people like this, the exaltation and emulation of the clothes they wear, and on and on. It's REALLY insane, when you think about it.

I mean...if Brad Pitt and that Friends girl can't fuck each other anymore, and live committed to each other in all their "interestingness"...what hope do the rest of us have?

The next awards show...let's not pay attention, ok? Deal?

15 January 2005

First Images from Titan

from Cassini-Huygens

Scientists are exultant ! This raw image was returned by the ESA Huygens DISR camera after the probe descended through the atmosphere of Titan . It shows the surface of Titan with ice blocks strewn around. The size and distance of the blocks will be determined when the image is properly processed.

More images here

14 January 2005

Other Minds Music Festival in SF

The 11th Other Minds Music Festival (OM11) which takes place February 24-26, draws together cutting-edge composers and illustrious guest performers from around the world for premiere performances, artist talks, and master classes, and offers a rare opportunity to hear important new works—including four world premieres—by nine of today’s most innovative composers, all of whom will attend in person. The 2005 festival also includes a centennial tribute to a gifted but forgotten American composer, Marc Blitzstein, known for his legendary 1937 musical The Cradle Will Rock.

The impressive Other Minds #11 schedule

Includes Evan Ziporyn, John Luther Adams, and...

Fred Frith
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12 January 2005

I'm still waiting for them to throw flowers at us...

WMD search-team finds nothing in Iraq, goes home.

and in related stories...

Convoy of U.S. and Iraqi Troops Ambushed
General: Insurgents' road bombs getting stronger

At Least 15 Dead in Iraq Attacks

Iraqi Victim Says U.S. Torture Worse Than Saddam

via: WTF is it NOW!

07 January 2005

KJC stories

"I know it's a silly story, but I will never forget it."

The quote above is from Craig Bork, who hit it on the head. (He sent me an email with a great Kellie-story that I've shared at the bottom.)

There's an old Hindu proverb that goes: "Tell me a fact and I'll learn. Tell me a truth and I'll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever."

Besides my own (rather lengthy) post about Christmas Day, Kellie stories have appeared on other blogs this past week: Jon T's, Terry Moe's, Bridget's, to name a few.

On this post, I'm asking people to share their own Kellie stories, or thoughts, or whatever.

If you're on the main page: Click the (#) comments link (at the bottom of this post) and you can first read what other people have shared. (If you're on the permalink page, you will already see people's comments below.) At the bottom, you can Post a Comment. A sign-in box will ask you to enter username/password (if you have a blogger account) or just click the: Or Post Anonymously. A box for typing in your story appears and when you're done, hit Publish Comment. (You might have to hit your browser refresh button to see your comment posted) Whaddya waiting for?

Also, for those who asked:
Kellie's SF Chronicle obit is linked here

Craig's Kellie Story
When Kellie, Tim Lyons and I were all in Phoenix and you in SF, Tim and Kellie decided to visit me late at night while I was living at my parents house. I was about to go to sleep when a tap comes on the bedroom window from the hand of Kellie. I got her to the front door and Kellie and Tim were there seeking to get high. Went and grabbed a baggy of weed and headed down to Clarendon school where we proceeded to head out onto the field to toke up. I had the baggy in my hand and was proceeding to fill up a pipe when a police light shined directly on us. We were directed to come to the cop, I stupidly stuffed the baggy in my pants (if I were only smart enough to have poured it out) and when we reached the cop, he asked me to produce what was in my pants and then set me in the back of his police car. Tim and Kellie were mortified. Kellie was begging the cop to let me go, (telling him that) it was her idea to rouse me in the first place. And it turned out, the cop did let me go. On the way back to my house Kellie still wanted to gey high, so I went inside, got somemore pot, we got stoned and I went to bed. I know it's a silly story but I will never forget it.

31 December 2004

My favorite live performances of '04

I listened, motionless and still;

And, as I mounted up the hill,

The music in my heart I bore,

Long after it was heard no more.

........................................................................ -William Wordsworth

Sufjan Stevens and Joanna Newsom
7.29.4 - Dante's, Portland

"Boy Howdy RIO"
4.16.4 - Cervantes Ballroom, Denver
(Chris Cutler, Thom DiMuzio, Hamster Theater, Janet Feder, Cuong Vu,)

Okkervil River
4.6.4 - Berbati's Pan, Portland

The Walkmen
7.14.4 - Berbati's Pan, Portland

The Arcade Fire
12.10.4 - Bossanova Ballroom, Portland

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Also worth mentioning:
The Decemberists – Nocturnal, Portland (1.24.4)
The Mountain Goats – Berbati’s Pan, Portland (5.24.4)
Quasi/The Thermals – Crystal Ballroom, Portland (3.12.4)