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Before actually buying CDs, I used to draw shapes on their playing surfaces and use their altered sounds during performances. When I finally broke down and decided to actually buy one, I actually bought two: • Klaus Schulze: Dune: and • Brian Eno: Thursday Afternoon I think that this was '85. I remember that a big deal was made about the Eno being the first CD to take advantage of the longer format and that you could now have an hour of uninterrupted sound. My sweetheart's first CD was in '88: • Elvis Hitler: Disgraceland As for a CD Player: that wasn't until '92. Up to that time, I used the ones at my workplace.

Yeah, they really take their comics seriously! (Isn't that an oxymoron?)

Nah, that damn eagle was flying, so I had to wait until today.

OK, here's a website page to go to. You may get a popup window first, but just close it. I'll let you find the info on the page. It's pretty easy to find. DO NOT GO HERE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW! I know that it's a little like saying, "Don't look at that green elephant" but if you are seriously considering going to this film, then I highly recommend that you wait and find out at the theater 'cause it'll have more of an impact. Anyway...the info is here. Rod

I've heard that Wednesday's worse!

It's only 30 seconds long, but it's a very important plot twist! "dont you know who I am? I'm the Juggernaut, BITCH!"

Thanks!! Found this too: Monday

If you decide to go and see this - stay in yer seat until the very end - after the end credits run.

I may have mentioned a while back that, for years, I've been a member of the Southern Poverty Law Center. They're a law firm devoted to civil rights and have been very successful in having legal victories against hate groups. I was happy to contribute to the making of a documentary on Rosa Parks that won an Emmy Award and was nominated for an Academy Award and has made the rounds to various schools in the nation. The SPLC also puts out a quarterly magazine called Intelligence Report that, even tho it's painful to read, really serves up a frightening view of a part of our society that many of us don't want to believe exists. There is no reason to read Stephen King for your horror fix when you have this magazine around. Reality is sometimes frightening and sobering enough! Anyway, on it's last page, they always feature a bizarre, almost surrealistic moment taken from our current society. Reading the following, you never know whether to cry or laugh or how to react to the rights as citizens of this country that we have. This is what happens when a whole lot of clashing ideas meet in one space in Washington DC: http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport...cle.jsp?aid=626 Free Radicals The First Amendment gets a workout as anti-immigration zealots, neo-Nazis, anarchists, black nationalists and Marine cadets collide. by David Holthouse WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Shivering in their short-sleeved dress uniforms, a squad of the Marines' Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps attending a mid-February National Young Leaders Conference stood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol and stared in bewilderment at the four-ring, free-speech circus under way on the west lawn of Capitol Hill. Standing at a podium was a silver-haired, red-faced man howling into a microphone about "criminal invaders" and "politically correct mind control." He addressed a cheering throng of about 50 anti-immigration hardliners, one of whom was dressed as Uncle Sam and wore a sign around his neck that read, "Kick me, I'm an American." Nearby was a band of young, scraggly counter-demonstrators with bandanas across their faces and a sign: "Change your name, you're still the KKK." Behind the counter-demonstrators, two men in Nazi outfits--shiny jackboots, black ties, swastika armbands, and brown shirts stretched tight over body armor -- thrust their right arms skyward in sieg-heil salutes. They chanted, "Deport all non-whites, legal or illegal!" Meanwhile, a group of about 20 African-American men and women wearing black berets, black turtlenecks and leather jackets marched toward the neo-Nazis, raising closed fists and shouting, "Black Power!" Scattered throughout this tableau were police, journalists and highly amused tourists. One of the Marine cadets approached a reporter scribbling notes. "Excuse me, sir," he said. "Do you know what the hell's going on?" The reporter identified the man at the podium as Jim Gilchrist, co-founder of the Minuteman Project, and, along with Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, the star speaker at the rally. The reporter then explained that the counter-protesters, who were now chanting, "Immigrants are welcome here," were mostly anarchists and open-borders activists who'd come to protest the Minutemen, but were also anti-Nazi. The cadet turned to look at the jackbooted duo. "Who're those assholes?" They were from the National Socialist Movement, the journalist said. He explained how the NSM had crashed Gilchrist's party about 15 minutes after it started, how they trotted up and started ranting about Jews controlling the U.S. Congress and how the Minutemen should come out of the closet as racists. He pointed out Bill White, the NSM's national spokesman, who by this time was yelling, "Go back to Africa!" at the bereted marchers, whom the reporter explained were members of the New Black Panther Party. "Let me see if I've got this straight," the Marine cadet said. "The Minutemen are protesting Mexican immigrants, the anarchists are protesting the Minutemen and the Nazis, the Nazis are protesting the Minutemen and the anarchists, and the Black Panthers are protesting the Nazis, who are American, but also Nazis, like 'We love Hitler' Nazis?" The reporter confirmed that was indeed correct. The blond-haired, crew-cut officer-in-training thought for a second, and then marched straight across 1st Street, stood at attention behind White, and shouted, "Wiener schnitzel!" every time the NSM leader opened his mouth. Misreading the JROTC cadet's intentions, one of the anarchists yelled across the street at him, "That's right, junior fascist, get over there with the other fascists where you belong." "What's up with that?" the cadet yelled back. "I'm over here protesting the Nazis!" "Well, I'm protesting you," the anarchist called back. "If anybody gave you an order to torture an Iraqi, you know you'd follow it like a good little fascist." Back at the Minuteman mini-rally, Mothers Against Illegal Immigration founder Michelle Dallacroce warned of Mexicans taking over America by "outbreeding our mothers." Gilchrist's towering, pony-tailed bodyguard shoved a news photographer who got too close. Meanwhile, a group of high-school boys in business suits with National Young Leaders Conference name tags made their way over to the neo-Nazis, where they stood next to Bill White and sieg-heiled while their giggling girlfriends snapped souvenir photos. "This is the best trip to D.C. ever!" one of them said. The JROTC officer was disgusted. "I'm going to make sure your mom sees those," he said. "Freedom of speech, dude," said one of the Young Leaders before pocketing a Nazi pamphlet White's minion handed him. "Freedom of assembly and shit. The First Amendment's a beautiful thing." ' Intelligence Report Spring 2006

get out of the towns, find a nice hamlet to spend time, rent a room from a friendly old lady.Or save even MORE money and stay with a friendly, and oh so generous board member! Well, I think I've got around these overpriced places, but Couw's idea is what I'm doing for part of the time. A nice little place outside Köln that I like to stay at in Unterbersten. Plus, Köln's Hotel Lint is giving me a discount probably because of my devotion to their place, I suppose. I'm thinking that the very last days of FIFA (doesn't it end on July 9?) will be the CrAzIeSt in the cities, so I'm staying off the streets. (It can't be as insane as the Pope's trip last summer can it?) The positive side is that I can probably get some great pix! Rod

Oh, good! The sharing continues...

OK, maybe on Monday...

Thanks for all that you do!

Hamza el Din

Yup, that's the link that I was gonna send out. Maybe another day long rodcast is in order?

I can hear a little connection, but my ears may be burned by my just listening to Lattimore do their version of What You See Is What You Get but calling it Sweet Vibrations instead.

Who's to say that some of us don't already have a hubload of Hubbard? Man, being able to have Miles sides collected together in sets with great sound, extra unreleased tracks, beautifully made booklets with copious liner notes gets me all jiggy both inside and out! Man, I don't know where you're coming from. In addition to buying younger artist's work, I love it when companies present collections of our jazz past in lovingly produced sets - whether it's Miles, Trane, or others. Our music is in our history - "Ancient to the Future" - "Duty Now For the Future" and all that...

Guy Debord is shouting from his grave.

(Aric)

I wonder if this is for new accounts only. I've used them for about a year and a half and've not received this email. Hafta look some more...

Son, I think you need some valerian.

Your first excuse: I'm assuming that this "Dinosaurs" disc is something very specific, because there are discs on Dinosaurs for both platforms. Having "row after row after row of PC software" of course means that it's good quality pickings eh? Nope, sorry, if I'm interested in buying something well tested and has a better than average guarantee that it won't fail, then I'll go somewhere other than the suburban flea (flee?) markets thank you. Yes, poor little Billy's dad should've bought him a PC...in order to teach him patience - in order to show him that quantity doesn't always translate into quality. When you hear many people complain about technology making our lives more difficult, what they really are referring to is it's unwanted visibility. Just as you are not supposed to be aware of your various organs - ringing in your ears, spots in your eyes, a full stomach, etc - software that works invisibly is what most people want - not something that proudly displays it's innards like some ancient car on blocks in Jethro's yard. People generally are wowed by visible simplicity on the imput side coupled with invisible complexity on the output side. I think that this is why Apple is "hip and trendy" (which is another way of saying that it's getting more favorable attention than someone cares to see). Your second excuse: I agree. They should've had a (re)charger included. Some things are quite mystifying when it comes to how companies decide what to include or not with their products - not just Apple - especially with items that involve audio and/or video - often having no USB or FireWire cables or manuals, etc. Yes, Microsoft is noted for rushing unfinished software out - when it actually does come out: think Vista which was due in '04 and is now postponed to '07 - but Apple has the occasional cosmetic issue when it comes to some of their new ideas - the probs with the easily scratched screens on the nanos and they sometimes deal with these fixes in a less than professional way. I'd like to see that change some. All in all, I think the majority of us want to stay as the "techno-illiterate masses" as long as our software stays invisible.

regularly for breakfast!

All I know about this FIFA business is that it's made a serious dent in my summer schedule in Germany. Hotels are charging three times as much on weekdays and SIX times as much on FR/SA/SU.

Bill Griffiths, certainly.