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Wednesday, 08 October 2008 |
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Dear Al Franken Campaign, Please stop apologizing and going on the defensive. Every time you apologize you validate Norm Coleman's position, and give his ads credit. How about this instead: "Yes, I hate those right-wing motherfuckers. Shouldn't you? Since they came to power we've had constant war, economic collapse, the biggest terrorist attack on American soil since the Brits torched the White House, and a complete degradation of the environment, the constitution, our world reputation, and our civil rights.So, yeah, I hate those right-wing motherfuckers, and so should you. I'm Al Franken, and I approved this message because I hate those right-wing motherfuckers." Adam "I hate'em, too" Stemple | | This item includes 1 comment |
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008 |
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As the reprehensible right marches it's next liar to the podium, let's look at their latest attack on Obama as a "flip-flopper." http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/flipflops Oh wait, those are 76 McCain flip-flops aren't they? Shocking. Absolutely shocking. I am so sick of all republican right wing a-holes, I could just spit. I actually play volleyball with a guy who still believes the swift boaters told the truth about Kerry. He claims to be an independent, but would rather have another 4 years of Bush than Obama. WTF do these people think? Are they blind? Stupid? REally, really stupid? I am not ready to foment armed rebellion yet, but if McCain does get elected, any republican I know or meet, and any "independent" who voted for one of the single most ridiculous tickets in the history of democracy, gets a solid kick in the rocks. You have been warned, idiots. | | No comments for this item |
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Friday, 05 September 2008 |
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Well, the Republican convention is over, and I, for one, can’t wait for these right wing a-holes and their jackbooted minions to get out of town. I’m sick of hearing about one more person getting arrested for: - Taking a picture
- Driving an art car
- Planning a legal protest
- Throwing a bucket of….
Ok, the idiot who threw urine probably had it coming. Regardless, the pattern of police intimidation and lawlessness was frightening to behold. People zip-tied in their homes with rifles to their heads and no warrant shown. A man followed home at sundown and a spotlight shown on his house till 3 am. A loudspeaker announcement during a protest that said, “This entire area is now a crime scene and by law all media members must now leave.”
Heard this from an Indonesian classmate today:
“How can this happen here? This is America. I know in my country we have to be quiet or we get arrested. But this is America! It is a democracy. This is not supposed to happen here.”
It was sobering to hear the pain in his voice, as if his dream of freedom in America was dying before his eyes.
Heard this from a gal at the bank whose husband is a St, Paul sheriff’s deputy:
“He’s kind of sad that it’s over. His unit was always on the other side of where the protests were happening, and he never got to get in there.”
Yep. Sheer disappointment to get all dressed up in your fancy gear and not have the chance to bust some kid’s skull open with your super-sized nightstick (does the riot squad have more to compensate for then other police?)
Meanwhile on the inside of the Excel center, I was pleased to see a sign that said, “The Real Mavrick.” Note to self: spelling is a sissy endeavor not practiced by real mavericks.
Note to anyone who disagrees with my assessment of the situation and wishes to comment: I am not a nice person and I don’t fight fair. You have been warned.
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Wednesday, 13 August 2008 |
Heading home after WorldCon in Denver. Was a very interesting convention and I was on a bunch of panels that were lively, intelligent, and sometimes a little contentious. Always fun. I bought a Black Company book directly from Glen Cook which was kind of fun. I got to ask him if there was ever a sequel to The Swordbearer, which is one of my favorite of his early books. He said he'd written about three quarters of one but then he'd started the Chronicles of the Black Company and cannibalized a lot of it for those books.
I drove out to Denver with my family, taking a couple of days and stopping in the Badlands, the Petrified Forest, Wall Drug, Mt. Rushmore, and Deadwood. It was bikeweek, so it was pretty funny, as everywhere we stopped, it was me and the wife and kids in our rented Kia Sedona, and 15 kazillion Harleys. I even played poker with a bunch of bikers at the casino in Deadwood. After mouthing off to one and having him tell me, "Did you notice I'm kind of a big fella?", I said, "I'm five foot eight. All I do is fight guys bigger than me. I can't ever find a midget who wants a piece."
He didn't have much to say after that.
Got a round of golf in with an old friend who we were staying with in Denver. I'm terrible at the game but love it anyway. Luckily, the other guy who played was just as bad as me, so I wasn't alone in spraying balls all over the course. The course was quite hilly, and I became out of breath a number of times. I claimed it must be the altitude, and added, "I'm not out of shape, I'm just fat and can't run very far."
Just moments ago, driving over the vast and empty high plains of east Colorado, my wife got my attention.
"There it is," she said.
"There what is?" I asked.
"Fuck all. I wondered what it looked like."
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Monday, 07 July 2008 |
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Just finished the last of my 4 panels at ConVergence. (Should have been five but I got double-booked with a show at Kieran's.) I really enjoyed myself. When I first walked into the Sheraton South on Friday for a 3:30 panel I thought, "Hey, wait a minute. I remember this..." It had the feel of Minicon of long ago: a ton of people, young folks in costumes everywhere, people loitering and talking, playing the pianos, eating, drinking...it looked--dare I say it--fun! Where MiniCon failed when it cut down on its extraneous programming (killing its membership and falling into a death spiral that it has recently tried to pull out of valiantly, but seemingly hopelessly. Sorry if I offend any of my beloved friends who help run/plan Minicon, but you know me; offending is what I do best.) was in thinking that people came to the Con for the programming. People came to the Con for the same reason they do a lot of things: they came to have fun. For many, this involved going to programming. I know a large part of my fun is being on and going to panels, but I'm rapidly becoming a stodgy old fart. Most young people just want to have fun. And for your field to be vibrant, for it to be relevant, it must engage the youth. And it must continue to engage the youth. If it fails to do so it is no longer a living medium, it is a dying medium. When I and my friend were young, very few of us went to Minicon for the literature panels. Most of those people are voracious readers of SF and Fantasy today. And their children are readers of the genre as well. The field grew because it was bloody well fun to get involved in. Now, I'm not saying you need to pander to be successful. But no art form is so great that it can just stop trying altogether and expect people to come and search it out due its friggin' fabulousness. Convergence is largely a media-centric con. But there is a cadre of dedicated people who put together some very good literature programming. And it has been growing year to year. Literature programming has a dedicated space--a double-room, no less--right smack dab in the middle of all the other programming. It is not tossed aside; neither is it presented as the be-all-end-all of SF and Fantasy. People who come to the con for the costumes, for the movies, for the opportunity to shake Chewbacca's hand, for the carousing, drinking, eating, for the *gasp* pure fun, will, in my never-humble opinion, eventually begin reading the books that startedthe whole thing. | | This item includes 3 comments |
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