-- by klipschutz
I was just walking down the street
and there stood Gregory Corso,
looking just like Gregory Corso --
to a T the spitting image
of himself.
(He was, in fact, spitting.)
I congratulated myself on such fine luck
my very first day in San Francisco,
and pushed on.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Circus Devils
A RIOT OF GOLD TEETH
(2001 - 2010)
A retrospective of 33 songs chosen by Robert Pollard, taken from every Circus Devils albums to date, starting from Ringworm Interiors (2001) and ending with Mother Skinny (2010). 74 minutes of listening rapture.
Click here for product info and ordering info.
MOTHER SKINNY (2010)
Produced by Todd Tobias. Voice, lyrics and cover art by Robert Pollard. Music by Todd Tobias and Tim Tobias.
Track listing: 1) Sub Rat 2) Lurking 3) Wolfman Chords 4) Hard Art 5) Get On It 6) His Troops are Loyal 7) Kingdoms of Korea 8) Bam Bam Bam 9) Germ Circus 10) 8 Legs to Love You 11) 17 Days on the Pole 12) Freezer Burn 13) Angels of War 14) Living Necklace of Warts 15) The New Nostalgia 16) Cave of Disappearing men (inst.) 17) Mother Skinny 18) All the Good Ones are Gone 19) Pledge 20) Shut Up
Available April 2010.
(2001 - 2010)
A retrospective of 33 songs chosen by Robert Pollard, taken from every Circus Devils albums to date, starting from Ringworm Interiors (2001) and ending with Mother Skinny (2010). 74 minutes of listening rapture.
Click here for product info and ordering info.
MOTHER SKINNY (2010)
Produced by Todd Tobias. Voice, lyrics and cover art by Robert Pollard. Music by Todd Tobias and Tim Tobias.
Track listing: 1) Sub Rat 2) Lurking 3) Wolfman Chords 4) Hard Art 5) Get On It 6) His Troops are Loyal 7) Kingdoms of Korea 8) Bam Bam Bam 9) Germ Circus 10) 8 Legs to Love You 11) 17 Days on the Pole 12) Freezer Burn 13) Angels of War 14) Living Necklace of Warts 15) The New Nostalgia 16) Cave of Disappearing men (inst.) 17) Mother Skinny 18) All the Good Ones are Gone 19) Pledge 20) Shut Up
Available April 2010.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Cookie Fortune
We treat this world of ours as though we had a spare in the trunk.
Learn Chinese:
North - Bei
Lucky Numbers:
56, 20, 41, 9, 29, 37
Learn Chinese:
North - Bei
Lucky Numbers:
56, 20, 41, 9, 29, 37
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Closure
Fishtown Community Branch
[Free Library of Philadelphia]
will be closed on the following
days, including Saturdays and
Sundays:
Thursday, December 17th
Thursday, December 24th
Friday, December 25th
Thursday, December 31st
Friday, January 1st
Signage posted at said location
[Free Library of Philadelphia]
will be closed on the following
days, including Saturdays and
Sundays:
Thursday, December 17th
Thursday, December 24th
Friday, December 25th
Thursday, December 31st
Friday, January 1st
Signage posted at said location
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
...
Book Review
ON THIN ICE
"The prognosis isn’t good. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service listed the polar bear as a threatened species last year after a protracted political battle (the short version: oil companies feared the listing would limit access to new oil fields in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea, 30 million acres of polar bear habitat, so the Bush administration stonewalled the listing until after it had auctioned off the oil leases)." -- Bruce Barcott
IN DEFENSE OF TRUTH
"The novelist Louis Begley ends 'Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters' with a question: “Will some day in the near future the crimes of the Bush administration, like . . . the crimes against Dreyfus, disappear under the scar tissue of silence and indifference?” His answer wittily echoes the apocryphal assessment of the French Revolution, sometimes attributed to Chairman Mao, sometimes to Prime Minister Zhou Enlai: “It is too soon to tell.”' -- Ruth Scurr
More:
22 million Bush-era e-mails found
It will be years before the public sees any of them.
Related:
Lieberman - "Independent"
or not?
...
click here for music break
...
Bonus Round
Hello out there in big-bang land
Hubble captures galaxies 13 billion light-years away.
...
Footnote:
Joe Lieberman cartoon by Pat Oliphant
ON THIN ICE
"The prognosis isn’t good. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service listed the polar bear as a threatened species last year after a protracted political battle (the short version: oil companies feared the listing would limit access to new oil fields in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea, 30 million acres of polar bear habitat, so the Bush administration stonewalled the listing until after it had auctioned off the oil leases)." -- Bruce Barcott
IN DEFENSE OF TRUTH
"The novelist Louis Begley ends 'Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters' with a question: “Will some day in the near future the crimes of the Bush administration, like . . . the crimes against Dreyfus, disappear under the scar tissue of silence and indifference?” His answer wittily echoes the apocryphal assessment of the French Revolution, sometimes attributed to Chairman Mao, sometimes to Prime Minister Zhou Enlai: “It is too soon to tell.”' -- Ruth Scurr
More:
22 million Bush-era e-mails found
It will be years before the public sees any of them.
Related:
Lieberman - "Independent"
or not?
...
click here for music break
...
Bonus Round
Hello out there in big-bang land
Hubble captures galaxies 13 billion light-years away.
...
Footnote:
Joe Lieberman cartoon by Pat Oliphant
Friday, December 11, 2009
the rehab wars
Can a radical nun and a house full of junkies save Philadelphia from drug addiction?
click here for complete article/story
written by Isaiah Thompson
photographs by Neal Santos
published by Philadelphia City Paper (12/10 - 12/17/09)
click here for complete article/story
written by Isaiah Thompson
photographs by Neal Santos
published by Philadelphia City Paper (12/10 - 12/17/09)
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Major Fail of the Day
We haven't got enough limos in the country to fulfill the demand.MAJKEN FRISS JORGENSEN, managing director of Copenhagen's biggest limousine company, on the 1,200-plus limos that have been ordered for attendees of this week's climate-change summit
More Info:
5 Things to Watch for at the Copenhagen Climate-Change Conference
Bonus Round:
Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public Health and the Environment
After a thorough examination of the scientific evidence and careful consideration of public comments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people.
Addendum:
New York Times Editorial - The Endangerment Finding
Footnote:
Political Cartoon - Climate Conspiracy! by Morten Morland @ PolDraw
Friday, December 4, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Book Paper Scissors: An Artists' Book Fair @ the Free Library of Philadelphia
This Saturday, the Philadelphia Center for the Book is hosting their annual Book Paper Scissors Festival, an artists’ book fair complete with workshops.The event, which is free to the public, features prints, artists’ books, handmade paper, origami, jewelry… pretty much anything and everything made out of paper. A lot of the items on display, from paper sculptures to intricately designed blank books, are made by local, Philadelphia region artists, and will be on sale.
The event takes place at the Free Library of Philadelphia from 10AM to 4PM.
Book Paper Scissors Artists’ Book Fair
December 5th, 2009, 10AM – 4PM
www.philadelphiacenterforthebook.org
Free Library of Philadelphia
1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 686-5322
www.freelibrary.org
Info via uwishunu Philly & Eric Smith
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