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Is www.heresyourwater.com too long of a URL?

To hell with the "witty" quips that only confuse the masses (and myself, apparently). I suck.

I'm infatuated with Lou Barlow's latest, EMOH. Chilling, bittersweet folk beauty. Much "prettier" than I imagined. Can't get enough of it. I like how his vocals are really prominant, cuz the lyrics are really good, and his voice is so pure.

Meanwhile, my mom's barn renter (she owns the farm I grew up on) made a 1-900 call at 2:00 AM earlier this month and she just got the bill for it (10 minutes for $35). How fucking stupid is this guy (he's a kid, really...younger than me)? I'm so disgusted that he jacked off in one of our buildings. Gross! He must have been drunk (there's been reports of him buying beer at 8:00 in the morning).

My poor mom.

I will be sitting (standing, screaming, singing...) 10 rows from the stage upon which Sir Paul McCartney shall stand on October 26, 2005 in St. Paul (heh), Minnesota.

that was a lot of prepositions

P.S. It's someone's birfday tomorrow. I love you!

Where am I?: hungry

Lookit--some of my college buddies (and former crushes--eep!) have made it big.

Well, sorta.

Finding Gold in Found Video

Don't forget to look at the pictures! And apparently there's video as well, but I couldn't find it. Perhaps it's on the Cine-Magic site.

I had been listening to Velvet Revolver because I used to be a big Slash and STP fan, but I was too tempted by Hank Williams III to continue down that road.

It's like old country & western. I lost my dog, my truck, and my woman. Now I'm crying in my beer.

And then it occurred to me--how is this different from the blues? Of course the sound is different, but the sentiment is the same. The lifestyles were only slightly different between bluesmen and traditional country folks, like Hank Williams III's grandfather. It's all about the pain.

And I like it.

I wonder if this Hank has any sons. Or better yet, a daughter.
 

Today, Mary Lucia of 89.3, The Current, said just about the funniest thing I've ever heard. It went something like this:

Mary (in as dry a tone as a DJ can get): Be the 10th caller and you'll get this pair of Gold Tickets to the Twin Cities International Film Festival. And now here's a new song from Lindsey Lohan.

Me: Lindsey Lohan??!!

Mary: [plays "Peggy Sue" by Buddy Holly.]

Me: Burst into laughter and nearly miss my turn onto Cedar Lake Road.

 

 

 

So I'm totally sick of lefty politics. I listened to Air America Radio this week. I can't stand it. I guess I was mostly listening to the local side of it. Wendy Wild--puhlease, are you trying to sound like a shock jock? And some guy named Ed (I think) is actually Rush Limbaugh without the drug addiction. It's obnoxious. His little advert says "Some people say I'm opinionated..." WELL DUH, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE ON TALK RADIO, STUPID.

I'm not trying to be all counter-intuitive here, or even counter-counter-culture. What I am saying is that the Left, in many ways, is no different from the Right. And it's sad. Maybe Howard Dean can help change that now that he's the chair of the Dems. Or maybe Russ Feingold will get louder. Or maybe John Kerry will toughen up. Perhaps John Edwards will start a new project. Who knows?

Grassroots, grassroots, grassroots. It means nothing until the big wigs in DC and in state legislatures actually get some integrity. You've got to play the game--but the game is played in DC, not Montana or Chicago. Whine all you want on the internets, but nothing will change until elected officials stand up for their beliefs. Sure, some aspects of the atrocities this administration have made were sort of brought to light by lefty bloggers, but then what? Nothing gets fixed. Bloggers keep whining. Protesters keep protesting. But nothing really changes. Is it doing any good?

Perhaps within the next few years, they will actually influence mainstream media in a good way. Not just get the media talking or bitching about bloggers, but actually change the way the media conglomerations are run, or change where people get their info. Still, the average person is going to trust NBC (or even CBS) over some blogger any day. And I'm that average some days, too. Cuz guess what--the bloggers are just as biased as the media is.

With that said...I need some new blogs to read. No lefty political blogs--it's boring and scary that these people get so hung up on this shit (even Tom Tomorrow is making my eyes roll). I want fun blogs, like the Sneeze or BoingBoing. Any recommendations?

Where am I?: sleepy

On the second or third day after The Current's birth, I wrote to Pitchfork about the new station. I figured they'd dig it and said they should write an article about it.

And today, this appeared on the front page.

Of course, the title is a play on Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW's (LA's public radio playing rock) famous show. Very nice.

I'm not sure if they have the story totally right though...anyone else know?

I saw "Bad Education" and "The Aviator" this weekend. "Bad Education" is totally hott and if you enjoy looking at Gael Garcia Bernal and other beautiful men, you too will enjoy this film.

I truly loved "The Aviator", which sort of surprised me. It's such a typical "gimme an Oscar" film, but Leo's drive of eight years to complete a Howard Hughes biopic shows in his performance of the freakish man. I've been reading as much as I can about Hughes since last night--it makes me feel so sane. Of the best picture nominees, I'm now officially rooting for "The Aviator." Have any of you seen it?

Where am I?: good

But this makes me incredibly gleeful:

McCartney Nailing Down North American Tour

Bitch better come to Minneapolis/St. Paul. Or else.

Where am I?: giddy