http://www.the10000things.com Aqui tienes la sensacion de nacer y perecer cada dia Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:46:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.the10000things.com/2008/07/24/ep26-joe-johns-world-of-wizards-tattoo-stowe-pa/ It is great, but it's not as dark as some are playing up. No sexual violence for example, no sex at all really. And there was one helicopter crash that was lame CG in my opinion, but it's pretty great for a main stream film. Cool sound ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/07/21/dark-knight-review/ Somni 451 still lives! http://www.the10000things.com/2008/07/15/ep-255-west-chester/ Hand's down one of the coolest bookstores in America- http://www.the10000things.com/2008/07/14/25-uncle-toms-book-barn/ http://www.the10000things.com/2008/07/12/24-hardwire/ I'd like to take a moment out from other adventures to offer my full support for the gorgeous cause of Senora Monserrat Morilles, and can only hope those fascists didn't grope her too severely in that Mobile Armored Grope Wagon (MAGW)... Stay strong, sister! Viva Las Angelas del Diablo! http://www.the10000things.com/2008/07/11/chilean-protest-stripper/ The fast goes well, as does the trip. "Ah...Layla...."(drool, dribble, drool) http://www.the10000things.com/2008/07/09/ep-23/ It's been ready for a while now, but we kept running into technical and legistical difficulties. But certainly the best episode to date... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/07/08/finallyep-22/ In the whirlwind midst of settling in PTLD, helping with the relocation, frustration with things I can't control (I know it's a bitch there aren't more episodes up by now...), I'm going to focus on things I can. So I'll be out of touch for a bit in Buxton, ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/07/07/the-fast/ We made it, rolled in last night around supper time. Instantly smacked in the heart by yet another one, drinks and a ferry ride to Peak's isle. Woke up to the words "Dude, now lets go on a spiritual journey. No, I'm serious." Great to be ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/07/02/safe-and-sound-in-ptld-me/ Well it's been a whirlwind week, and we still have long way to go. But we're finally getting around to editing and putting up the stuff I'm in. Enjoy! http://www.the10000things.com/2008/06/25/ep-21/ Just got our first on the fly guest spot from Wizards World of Tattoos I just outside of Pottstown, PA, which makes "the fixer" feel much better about our budget before we roll on to Bogata, NJ and The Apple. Can't have too much $ around there... Thanx Joe! Also ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/06/25/update-from-stowe-pa/ I'm not in it, wasn't at the shoot, but this is the first where I helped with post production. Also music by Don Chambers, and teenage girls! http://www.the10000things.com/2008/06/23/ep-17-of-the-road-show/ OK: narrative isn't going to work here, even in poetic form. I am against censorship, and oppose it at most costs, but unfortunately litigious realities in our modern America being what they are, and out of respect for a friend's potential custody battle - this media is gonna have ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/06/22/the-book-barn-in-westchester-pn/ Wow. Careful what you wish for, as Corbett used to say. I'm so overloaded with adventure and sleep deprivation right now, a roller coaster of bad luck and the continual pleasant strangers, sleep deprivation, there's no way I can capture it all in a post. So you get part ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/06/21/1st-half-wimington-nc-update/ Don't be sad kids: lots of juicy posts and adventure coming very soon, as I leave with Michell Atkinson in a few days, to ride around on his crazy train for a bit. http://www.the10000things.com/2008/06/15/update/ Bo Diddley http://www.the10000things.com/2008/06/03/bo-diddley/ You've heard about the controversy over Rachel Ray wearing what appears to be a keffiyeh in an online Dunkin Donuts ad, which has subsequently been dropped? Another example of ignorance and xenophobia against the muslim world. Even if Ray had been intentionally making a symbolic show of support for the ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/06/02/right-wing-idiots-dictate-fashion-and-commercialism/ I got PR on this Doc from one of my tribe.net contacts, having heard about this guy before and pleased to know the film had been made. Being a fan of both buddhism and the DIY punk ethos myself, I see no major problem with combining the two, and ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/06/01/meditate-and-destroy/ I'm so psyched Mitch is doing this vagabond thing, despite some of the ups and downs so far. But as we get older, it is so refreshing to see those who are still willing to stray from "the more stable thing" in the name of quixotic adventure. A tattoo artist ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/05/27/the-mitchell-atkinson-wandering-roadshow/ I've only recently discovered this pop psychedelic creation of Guy Peellaert, and haven't seen any of the actual comics yet. (great, another expensive hobby no one needs: collecting vintage European comics...) And sadly, I sense none will add up to be as cool as this animated sequence, a ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/05/25/pravda-la-survireuse/ When I was 5, I had a crush, and how much more innocent can you get, on a character from one of Syd and Marty Croft's action/adventure shows "Electra Woman and Dynagirl". Sure she was the sidekick, second fiddle, but the combination of a woman's body and those pigtails ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/05/23/i-heart-dynagirl/ So I guess this is one of those "I've been so lame lately" posts, and it seems everyone in my blogroll has been getting behind with the updates. But when the weather's so nice, what are you gonna do? Well I've been getting into wood crafty shit: some signs for ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/05/11/blogging-suffers-in-the-spring/ Albert Hoffman http://www.the10000things.com/2008/04/30/albert-hoffman-rip/ I'm a huge fan of this little bar, which is a fine place to catch a film or play a poker tournament in the room on the right hand side. There is of course music going on most nights over there as well, but seldom an evening as well ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/04/25/druid-citymadelinegeoff-reacherflicker/ So here's my take: this guy is simultaneous trying to build buzz for his soon to be published memoir and giving a big "Fuck You" to the corporation that previously employed him. I met an Aussie who claimed to be writing for LP in N. Italy in '04, but this very ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/04/13/naughty-travel-writer/ I'm back in Athens for a while, and over 35. While I can't agree with everything this hilarious guy points out in the clip, believing there is something to the "come and go" plan, he definitely makes some relevant points. But the same points go for many college ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/04/06/patton-oswald-on-athens/ *Warning: if the title of this post isn't clear enough, links may contain adult themes and material* You've heard about this phenomenon right? Young women who choose to "save themselves" for the right guy, but meanwhile have nothing against a good time in the realm of sodomy. I certainly ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/04/05/vaginal-virgin-but-anal-gung-ho/ I've been sitting on this juicy gossip since last summer, but now that it's premiering at the Tribeca filmfest in a few weeks, I'm more in the "grassroots promotion" zone than the "inappropriate leakage" zone. My buddy Jason did the sound design (and possibly score) and I got to ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/03/29/the-auteur/ Interesting doc on the history of hacking featuring: phone phreaks, the uncanny power of a piece of plastic from a cereal box, nerds of various flavors (duh), an early ultimatum from the dread ogre Gates, and an attempt to chronicle the moment when pranksters became boogie men. http://www.the10000things.com/2008/03/26/hackers/ Sundance channel is running this film and I caught it over the weekend. I can't recall exactly where I first heard about Punishment Park (1971), but it was fairly recently, and considering the controversy, was surprised to get a chance to see it. Overall as a film, I ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/03/24/punishment-park/ Arthur C. Clarke http://www.the10000things.com/2008/03/18/arthur-c-clarke-rip/ creston and tanner evil creston Had a double dose of Athen's greats Harvey Milk recently, once there over the past weekend and last night in ATL @ Drunken Unicorn. Overall I must prefer the first show, though this is a minority opinion due to their more drunken state at the Caledonia ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/03/12/a-depressed-bunch-of-dudes/ I didn't have this set, but had some other micronauts. I'd love to see the multi-compartment white plane again, or the magnetic black and white knights. The music in this clip sounds like an outtake from one of the first few Trans Am albums. Props to JTO ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/03/06/japanese-micronauts-commercial/ This will only be news to certain devoted, and many will smirk 'so what' as you read, but it just might add a little poetry to your day. Double interest to me, as it was discovered at Reed College, many of whose trustifarian students used to annoy me at ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/03/02/recently-discovered-earliest-recorded-reading-of-howl/ Buddy Miles died a few days ago and I didn't see much mention about it. Hendrix "Band of Gypsys" was the dopest project he was involved with of course, but I went with this "Playboy after Dark" clip for an even Foxier Vibe - bad audio syncing due to ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/02/28/buddy-miles-rip/ Wow! What a satisfying film. Great soundtrack; animation with occasional intricate layers, amazing use of negative/positive space constantly, at times simplistic, then lush and detailed at moments that point to a Persian pride. I was unfamiliar with the graphic novel but was completely drawn into the ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/02/27/persepolis/ Forget fears about turbulence, fellow rogue passengers with box cutters, ethanol in the engine or ever shrinking carry on and leg room...is the pilot freaking out or dead? Automobiles are statistically far more dangerous of course, and while I've never experienced anything too scary in the air, it isn't hard to ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/02/25/i-am-a-nervous-flyer-but-do-it-anyway/ stand up comic, Athenian drinker, chess player http://www.the10000things.com/2008/02/20/33-pete-mcbrayer/ I have nothing against the idea of a vegan strip club like the one recently opened in Portland, OR, it just sort of cracks me up. As does this quote from the young woman in the article- ” I can’t stand the smell of smoldering rotting carcasses when I walk ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/02/09/left-coast-pdx-does-it-again/ So you've heard about all of the snow related travel chaos in China, intensified because it is their New Year, or Spring Festival. I have friends now in Beijing, north of the main commotion and not directly effected. This video shows how they do up the fireworks over ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/02/07/spring-festival/ http://www.the10000things.com/2008/02/05/wsb-bday/ It's the anniversary of when Patty Hearst was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army and was thus able to live out the bad girl fantasy of bank robbery, only do 22 months for the crime and later receive a full pardon. Hurray for rich kids... why shouldn't they have ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/02/04/patty-hearst/ I stole this from Jasonaut, but feel no guilt, as I've always been something of a word-nerd myself. Wordsmith.org has this Anagram generator. The following phrases all come from arrangement of the letters (but not all of them in many cases) of my full name. A Mystical Prickle/ ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/02/01/creative-jibberish-generator/ I-mockery presents you with the following list, some I've played, some I've never even seen. Ah, to have the money, space and patience with continuous repairs to collect such things. Home systems have their advantage, but as a Gen X'er, I'll always have nostalgia for these big clunkers. ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/01/22/list-of-50-greatest-video-game-cabinets/ This will be "old hat" to some English druggies and serious electronica fans, but I just saw it for the first time a few months ago and am realizing it may not be as well know among some peers as anticipated. It's Chris Cunningham's video for an Aphex ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/01/12/rubber-johnny/ I caught Conan the Barbarian last night on cable and was noticing how hot the character who plays his mom is, and with a little research, wasn't too surprised to find Nadiuska was in fact an Italian porn star. Actually, most every actress in the film looks like she ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/01/11/conan-what-is-best-in-life/ In no way do I mean to discredit global warming, or human influence on earth's weather patterns in mentioning 1816, The Year Without a Summer. If anything, it calls attention to how relatively fragile the entire system is: volcanic activity in the South Pacific can have startling influence on ... http://www.the10000things.com/2008/01/07/fragile-climate/ OK, so I realize this is destined to be misunderstood by many, but that never stopped me from "going there" before. I intend no specific disrespect to the victims, and it's a drag this story will get so much play in absence of heavier events when so many have ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/12/26/im-tellin-ya-there-is-romance-in-the-notion-of-being-mauled-by-a-tiger-on-christmas-day/ http://www.the10000things.com/2007/12/25/candy-in-the-mouth/ I just finished and am really excited about this novel Out from Japanese writer Natsuo Kirino. I'll let the english translation speak for itself, but as a teaser, here are excerpts from a few interviews she's given. From Japanreview: -Tokyo is a bleak and joyless place in your books. Is Japan ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/12/14/out-natsuo-kirino/ You don't appreciate what you have until it's gone- we all know it, but wow how it can still sting. I recently caught some nasty adware/worm, possibly win32.netsky, and drove myself nuts downloading various scans and tricks trying to rid myself of the thing. Eventually I just had to try ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/12/07/virus-blues/ I definitely chose this clip because of the classic, 70's slack ass music- http://www.the10000things.com/2007/12/01/evel-kinevel-rip/ So Thanksgiving has come and gone but you still feeling patriotic. Here's an animated piece made by Vince Collins back in the days when you could get the govt. to fund such projects. Made in 1975 for the coming bicentennial celebration, he made sure to include elements of ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/11/24/psychedelic-patriotic-animation/ *There may be spoilers ahead...but I'm gonna try not to focus on that and remain appropriately vague* So I'm sort of caught up in McCarthy fandom and decided I definitely had to read this novel before I saw the film. I have also been a serious fan of Cohen bros. ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/11/17/there-are-no-clean-getaways-no-country-for-old-men-review/ No animals were harmed, only slightly annoyed, in the making of this film. Make your own through the site! http://www.the10000things.com/2007/11/11/lilly-poses-for-animated-gif/ David A Anderson directed this amazing animated short, written by Russell Hoban, that ran on BBC4 back in the early 90's. The embedding has been disabled, but hopefully the title, and general love of animation, will get you to follow the link to watch. It's a short tale ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/11/07/deadsy-and-the-sexo-chanjo/ visual artist, American traveler, ancestral craftsman http://www.the10000things.com/2007/11/03/32-tyler-kline/ More on the history of the ol' Gorilla-Whale. And a link to the hilarious American botch job trailer. http://www.the10000things.com/2007/11/03/gojira-turns-53/ This year, I have selected Elizabeth Bathory, kook-ass Hungarian noble lady. A sadist who decided the blood of virgins kept her complexion vital and thus chose to bathe in their blood. Her reign of terror is scary enough, but picturing her life ending locked in chambers of her ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/10/31/a-halloween-tale-out-of-history/ I caught this great flick on IFC last night, and then was stunned to realize the main actor was the writer and director as well. Thus was my introduction to Larry Fessenden, and now I'm curious to learn more of his work. 'Habit', made over a decade ago, ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/10/28/habit/ I've been painting a house in Grant Park lately, staying with a friend. It's quite a neighborhood: head toward the park, you might hear the little train whistle from the zoo, occasionally even animal calls. Really large, nice, old houses - general affluence. Joggers and young mothers ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/10/25/near-full-moon-from-grant-park/ I had a "what ever happened to" moment with this distinctive comic artist recently. I was a fan of 'Stray Toasters' in the 80's, apparently there has been some work on a film project - not sure how I feel about that, but I guess this would be the ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/10/24/bill-sienkiewicz/ I am of no relation to this deceased Taiwanese kingpin, nor am I in anyway linked to the "Bamboo Union". The name similarity is pure coincidence. http://www.the10000things.com/2007/10/19/just-for-the-record/ I haven't gotten around to interviewing DJ yet for the podcast but meanwhile check out his blog from the frozen bottom of the earth. Is this the 3rd or 4th season he's gone down now? Congradulations on the engagement as well! http://www.the10000things.com/2007/10/15/blog-from-antarctica/ Got this today: From The Desk of Attorney Matthew Spencer. My DearFriend, I am Attorney Matthew Spencer a personal attorney to my late client (Mr.Ladonna) who is a nationality of your country unfortunately died on Terrorist Bomb blast attack on the 7th July 2005. Since the death of my late client, ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/10/11/some-of-these-spammers-arent-even-trying/ Buddy Jasonaut and some others are involved with a new site Art Relish. Check it, bookmark it, and for lawd's sake darlings...relish the local arts! http://www.the10000things.com/2007/10/06/new-atl-based-art-site/ So like everyone who's tuned into what's going on with this crazy ol' earth beyond the red, white and blue borders of celebrity, sport, talent shows and farces; I've been following, as best anyone not there can, the situation in Burma. Such bizarre repression that still holds on to ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/10/03/i-have-yet-to-go-to-burma/ I finally got around to seeing the latest Cronenberg over the weekend. It's OK, solid, much what you'd expect - perhaps a little more conventionally "human" than some of his other work. Here's a great interview from Greencine. Viggo and David seem like interesting guys to hang ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/10/02/eastern-promises/ screenwriter, survivor http://www.the10000things.com/2007/09/27/31-brian-padian/ http://www.the10000things.com/2007/09/23/another-quicky-from-don-hertzfeldt/ This article on tattoo removal really burned me up, no pun. Couldn't you just come out and tell the kid "That's what your daddy so enjoyed looking at while we were making you"? Cover ups are one thing, you shouldn't be expected to live with a botch job ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/09/17/tattoo-removal-not-only-an-idiot-but-a-regretful-one-too/ On this day 22 years ago, Nintendo corporation released Super Mario Bros, which may still be the best selling video game in history. It featured the music of Koji Kondo, who also worked on the Zelda series. Feeling old? Well that's because you are- http://www.the10000things.com/2007/09/13/the-quest-is-the-quest/ artist, activist, traveler, stripper, template for womanhood http://www.the10000things.com/2007/09/10/30-ms-nina/ Meet Victor Licata, one of HJ Anslinger's main case studies when he fought to demonize ganja in the USA in the 30's. Licata confessed to smoking pot in Tampa, FL before murdering his family. But even an amateur's glance at his mugshot makes one wonder if there might ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/09/09/careful-with-that-ax-victor/ You said McKinley, right? Because the shot was fired by Leon Czolgosz on this day 106 years ago. Society wanted to label Leon an anarchist, creating a real shitstorm for other political radicals at the time, and while he did have radical political convictions, one also gets the ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/09/06/name-the-three-us-presidents-to-have-been-assissinated/ "Paging the ghost of HG Wells, white courtesy telephone please..." I've often pondered how completely sad it is that humans are still squabbling over really simplton issues like gay marriage, when we are in fact living in the early years of the genetic revolution. The splitting of the ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/09/05/are-we-not-men/ I'm around cable again these days and am watching Kubrick's brilliant film right now (screw that remake shit, I'm not even gonna discuss it). Never mind how young many of we Gen X'ers were when we first saw it, it's still delightfully horrific stuff - King's novel too. ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/09/02/some-fun-facts-about-the-shining/ http://www.the10000things.com/2007/08/31/perversion-for-profit/ music promoter, musician, BE SURE TO CATCH MUSICFEST NORTHWEST SEPT. 6-9, 2007 Portland, OR! http://www.the10000things.com/2007/08/29/29-trevor-solomon/ On this day 80 years ago, two Italian immigrants were executed by the state of Massachusettes for their alleged involvement in theft and murder. Many believe the case was actually about anti-immigrant and anti-anarchist sentiments in the community. Ancient history, right? Additional thanx to the late Kurt Vonnegut JR. ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/08/23/sacco-and-vanzetti/ More specifically, the final day of the festival, when James Marshall Hendrix gave this amazing performance. Still the best and most authentic version of our National Athem I have ever heard. Certainly the avatar (yes, I still am that hippie dippy) realized his vision of the "Electric Church" ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/08/17/its-the-38th-anniversary-of-woodstock-brah/ So I just caught another great PDX film op., though this one through less conventional sources. Norge's girlfirend Summer is part of a PDX German society and they screen films outdoors on Sunday nights. Johnny Berlin passed word on to me, sort of, and I was able to ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/08/13/the-adventures-of-prince-achmed-1926/ Like many cities, Portland, OR (PDX) is changing quickly. C'est la vie - I came late to the game myself. But my personal beef is with destruction of landmarks from Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy. They knocked down the St. Francis hotel, one of the more dramatic examples. ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/08/10/lovejoy-columns/ actor, writer, functional alcoholic http://www.the10000things.com/2007/08/09/28-johnny-berlin/ Tell me you heard about the recent discovery in the D.F. of the exciting Aztec tomb. Not only does it turn out to be possibly the first time the burial chamber of an Aztec ruler has been discovered, but it also might be the great Ahuizotl's, oh be still ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/08/08/mexico-city-find/ I first saw it at last month's 1st Thusday, via Pony Club, though I chose to wait for this month's to buy, in a feeble attempt to keep a handle on the budget. Anyway, I am now the proud owner of this amazing book. If $15 seems steep ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/08/04/asiaddict/ Charles Simic has risen to the occasion, which hopefully inspires you to check some of his stuff, if you are not already familiar. I recommend Eyes Fastened with Pins as a starter. Snooping around a bit, it's not hard to find examples where he himself is reading. ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/08/02/america-has-a-new-poet-laureate/ I've been on the coast down by Tillamook over a long weekend for "OysterFest II". We hiked in a few miles, schleped lots of grub and gear, then blissed out as a rotating cast of characters came and went. Max came too, but the other animals obviously stayed ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/08/01/oregon-coast/ So I was out walking Max yesterday, amazing azure sky, strong breeze defeating any hint of heat, cloud 9 sort of day. But heavy copter activity quickly became apparent in the area. 'Somethings up', I thought 'big wreck on I-5?' But we walked on, ran into Jason's new ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/07/25/quite-a-commotion/ west coast visual artist, talk of Gen X mainstream and indie comics and adaptations, his development as a working artist http://www.the10000things.com/2007/07/22/27-martin-ontiveros/ I haven't done any single track mountain biking in more than 10 years, and wasn't very serious about it back when I did. So I'm really out of touch with the latest, but on Oregon Field Guide tonight was caught up with the free riding phenomenon: crazy jump stuff ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/07/20/free-riding/ It's the anniversary of the death of the musicologist Alan Lomax. He and his father did great recordings which captured various folk musics in the United States and also elsewhere in the world. It's weird to look at the history of recording and broadcasting and to see where we stand ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/07/19/alan-lomax-13115-71902/ So before making my way to this mega-"here come the cops again" summer houseparty, I went with Fasil and Trevor to see Talkdemonic at the Aladdin. Interesting stuff some of you will be taken with, in the vein of The Rachels, or defunct Asa Nisi Masa. I missed ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/07/14/talkdemonic/ I was sent the link to this site, it's all in Japanese but I'm trying to figure out translation software, at least for the text bits. You can see many trailers linked here, again, no english subtitles, but it's really cool stuff. My education continues... Ganime is also ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/07/11/japanese-animation-score-from-pamela-turner/ A few weeks back, I was with a friend in Oxford Comics in ATL and got some small press stuff. I was really taken by Jeffrey Brown's 'Feeble Attempts' and as there are various coincidences in his path and my own I decided to write him. Not only ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/07/08/jeffrey-brown-interview/ I love the idea of couples keeping it real with world travel! You can follow their adventure via Jasonaut:Foolish Mortal in the blogroll to the right. Viva viagatorri- http://www.the10000things.com/2007/07/07/jasonaut-and-al-tour-chile/ This in and of itself wouldn't be such a post, but they happen to be Josh and Ana Ziady, the newlyweds I'm housesitting for in Portland while they adventure elsewhere. Their blog has been added to the role for as long as it continues to be of interest. ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/07/03/so-some-newlyweds-go-down-into-ol-mexico/ Tonight I made my way to the Clinton Street theatre, met with Hyrnsboy, fresh off glorious sociopath success with Johnny Berlin and General Impression of Size and Shape (podcast forthcoming...) to see the Roky Erikson biopic You're Gonna Miss Me. Riveting stuff I was priveledged to see, like the ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/07/03/another-great-pdx-film-op-roky-erikson-biopic/ Woops! In the midst of everything else I missed the anniversary of Rod Serling's death. The man was hugely influencial in the history of 'good television writing', such as it is... Here's an interview by Mike Wallace in '59, interesting stuff about the nature of censorship. ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/06/30/rod-serling-122524-62875/ I often bitch about the ATL film scene (and Athens is even worse...) and people tend to not believe Portland's to be superior when I try to explain this to them. That's their problem: I definitely know better. Having seen some recently released powerful stuff before I left, ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/06/30/floating-world-animation-festival/ So I'm heading out to Portland, OR to housesit for several weeks. I made my flight in ATL to Vegas, but the plane took off late - storms in the midwest. Sure enough we missed the connection. So after waiting in a huge long line, turns out ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/06/27/stuck-in-mccarran-airport/ I've been coming across some heavy hitters lately, like the stark Jock Sturges (who I first thought to be NAMBLA, but quickly realized he was presenting something far more challenging to our culture), and the japanese great Nobuyoshi Araki; as well as subject matter, like the abandoned island of Gunkamjima. ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/06/25/more-photographers/ I am pleased to report I believe I was among the first general admin. audience to view this film in ATL. Thanks CL. It's not Miyazaki, but on par with that stuff: amazing plot with elements of childishness, quirky creativity, and all the tentacles and sacrine technopop you'd ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/06/22/paprika/ I'm always interested in the "bread and circus" arguments. Do violent video games nuture psychotic behavior in game players, or allow them tension release? I can't completely argue either side of this coin, but do recognize a serious division between free speech and action - one is guarenteed ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/06/21/banned-video-game/ No, this isn't a post about the Michael Faber novel, but since I appropriate the title for that of this post, I'll go ahead and urge you read it. This is just another macbre post inspired by recent musing on tribe.net concerning things to be done with skin after the ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/06/18/under-the-skin/ OK, so everyone has enough bad news in their life. I hope I can present the following in the name of 'information' rather than 'downer', but the following links are definitely a downer. Evidence of human slavery still going on in our modern era, mysogynistic acts of ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/06/13/3-completely-depressing-things-from-asia/ The Mattoid have been touring to support a new ep. I contacted the label just now, as at this point I can't figure out the price or how to order it, but hopefully these issues will sort themselves out soon enough. Meanwhile viva indie music video! http://www.the10000things.com/2007/06/08/new-mattoid-ep-is-out/ So two days ago I finished Cormac McCarthy's The Road (my 3 word review=obsidian lyrical mastery), loaned from a friend and left with another. Then good ol Cadalai, who I haven't heard from in a while, got in touch via email. I asked for info on another mutual ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/06/06/synchronicity-takes-me-to-some-strange-places/ It's the 18th anniversary of when "Tank Man" stood before the heavy metal during the seige following the Tiananmen Square Massacre, an extremely powerful image that brings to light not only the symbolic power of a single peaceful individual, but also the modern difference between how Google works in China ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/06/05/street-fightin-man/ Dr. Death did eight years for his belief in the right to die. They let him out on parole, though his tongue is clipped by the threat of going right back if he says the wrong thing. And apparently Hep C, which he contracted back in Vietnam from ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/06/05/welcome-back-dr-kevorkian/ maverick intellect, musician, drinker, thoughts on the afterlife, quirky phrases, and 'punk rock' http://www.the10000things.com/2007/06/04/26-medallion/ http://www.the10000things.com/2007/06/01/kids-dont-fix-stuff/ Wow, I just saw a really intense program on the documentary channel about James Nachtwey called War Photographer. You must see some of the images this guy has captured, understand the reason behind what he is doing. I'm feeling really conflicted right now about the travel I've managed to do ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/05/27/james-nachtwey/ The current administration and whomever exactly they are representing refused to sign the Kyoto treaty in 2001, which is old news. Now they have snubbed another consensus of world opinion on enviornmental policy. While we can't control emissions from population giants like China and India, as that is ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/05/26/usa-again-choses-present-over-future/ I recently swung through Oak Ridge, TN where my mom was born and I spent much time at my grandparent's home growing up. I went to see their graves, then rolled around town a bit, letting the possibility of old memories have their chance to wash over me. ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/05/25/we-had-no-choice/ assistant director, female traveler, musings on racialism http://www.the10000things.com/2007/05/24/25-alameda-punkass/ Mt. St. Helen's blew it's top on this day almost three decades ago, what wikipedia calls the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States. The biggest earthquake was Alaska, '64. I intentionally use a less than completely dramatic shot (actually of Mt. ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/05/18/27th-anniversary-of-a-massive-eruption/ Consider the case of Andrew Feldmar, a Canadian psychologist denied a visa to the US due to his open experiments with LSD decades ago. The craziest part to me is the customs agent's use of Google as some sort of authority. Imagine randomly selecting people from the line ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/05/14/the-changing-state-of-us-borders/ Choosing some dietary kookery for yourself is one thing, but don't force your diet on growing infants. Not every court will convict you of murder, but it ain't right. http://www.the10000things.com/2007/05/10/vegan-death/ "She gave me a look that only a mother could give a child." -PRESIDENT BUSH , on the reaction of Queen Elizabeth II after he nearly said she had visited in 1776. No, Mr. President. That is a look anyone would give an idiot, with an added nuance of first ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/05/08/nyt-quote-of-the-day/ It was on this day 70 years ago that the Hindenburg was destroyed in Lakehurst, NJ. Looking back, it seems strange that humans could consider compressed gas airships a plausible means of transportation in the theoretical presence of lightning, or that at that time there were direct zepplin flights ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/05/06/hindenburg/ creators of 'Wall of Brown' podcast, Tarantino debate, autographs from famous people, thoughts on 'media' and 'celebrity' http://www.the10000things.com/2007/04/29/24-jared-and-hillary-brown/ It's the anniversary of the riots that followed the verdit in the Rodney King beating, really bad in LA, but also events in ATL, Fresno, Dallas, NYC and other cities that seem to already have been overshadowed. What's changed for Black America? Other documented beatings and aquitals of ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/04/29/15-years-later/ Seriously. Do you think he stole an election, fabricated an expensive war, declared a specious victory, then a few years of tuff guy chest thumping on someone else's bill and blood just to let a bunch of washington beauracrats end the fun? *I've got my power pen! My ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/04/27/what-would-reformed-alky-spoiled-rich-fuckwit-jesus-do/ A longtime favorite I could still watch 1,000 times more. But don't let people tell you Wonderwall is an equal, it's more like Magical Mystery Tour, i.e. not 'all that'. http://www.the10000things.com/2007/04/20/yellow-submarine-trailer/ Another great writer dies. I saw him speak on the UGA campus in the early 90's. He seemed hilarious and possibly drunk. http://www.the10000things.com/2007/04/12/kurt-vonnegut-jr-111122-41107/ http://www.the10000things.com/2007/04/09/a-rebellion-of-human-garbage/ A young video blogger ended up with some footage of an anti-G8 rally in SF that the Federal Govt. wanted to look at and he refused, claiming journalistic license, and went to jail. He has released the video now which you can see here. In it you can ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/04/03/joshua-wolf-cuts-a-deal-for-his-freedom/ Have you ever thought that there are unconsidered cycles effecting peoples stress levels and behavior toward strangers? Police, EMT's and hosptial emergy room staff will tell you evenings of the full moon are definitely kookier. I think there might be other forces at work in what are apparently ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/03/23/theory-of-cyclical-negativity/ I wrote a short story years ago about a guy who starts going batty after a semi-addictive combination of factors including the watching of a scrambled porn channel. Ubiquitous internet porn has rather dated this premise, and it wasn't really well written anyway, but at one point, in a ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/03/19/long-time-coming-no-pun/ I just found this W.T. Vollmann interview in the "Bat Segundo" podcast. I was really excited at first, but after a listen I have to say it's just OK. The intro to this podcast is completely unlistenable and I advise any interested to skip in a half a ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/03/14/found-vollmann-interview-podcast/ So Iran is pissed over the depictions of Persian culture in 300. WTF? It started as a comic, and was later made into a really stylized homoerotic S+M flick. Wait, the ancient Persians didn't actually have giant mutant monsters on chains they could send into battle? No legions ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/03/13/xerxes-was-not-that-androgynous/ OK, so maybe the Iraq II war was a distraction from a struggle against Al Qaeda, but a severe cultural theft has taken place while we were preoccupied: the Muppets have moved to France. They speak French, no doubt pay outrageous taxes into an inefficient system, Kermit raps a ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/03/09/france-steals-the-fuckin-muppets/ http://www.the10000things.com/2007/03/07/dali-does-commercials-for-chocolate-alka-seltzer-and-liquor/ It's the 315th anniversary of women being brought before the magistrate in what would become known as the Salem witch trails, or by the wikipedia info, the day some of the accused were searched for "witches teats". How do I get a job like that? Included here are ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/03/01/shes-a-witch/ So some forms of the lovely human papillomavirus become genital warts, while other forms of this really common virus lead to cervical cancer in women. Oh wait, surprise, it can lead to penile and anal cancer too, so it's not just a women's health issue. But Texas (AKA ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/02/28/bachelor-educates-himself-about-womens-health-issue/ For any who may not know, there is an archive called zinewiki. It features both of my favorites, very influencial on me, Cometbus and Dishwasher. I had casual correspondence via snailmail with both Arron and Pete back in the '90s. Ah, snailmail- http://www.the10000things.com/2007/02/20/zine-source/ I've been exposed to some AM/right wing radio recently. Obnoxious, of course, but occasionally it's intersting to check in with the squares and fascists. Isn't it interesting, the psychology behind it all, constant demonization of the "liberals" and the culture of acceptance, every day some new outrage to ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/02/15/f-you-and-your-mullah-too/ I really was in no hurry at all, no more than they were. I'd pretty well come to the point, the age, you might say, when a man knows he's losing with every hour that passes. But he hasn't yet built up the wisdom to pull up sharp ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/02/14/a-special-valentines-downer-from-a-frenchman/ MUS and I recently watched a documentary on the Weather Underground. Hardcore shit. A student organization that went totally guerilla, bombed the pentagon and capitol among other things, robbed banks to finace operations, broke Tim Leary out of prison for $20,000 paid by a collective of acid kings. ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/02/12/bring-the-war-home/ You think you're a fan of a director's work, even though you know he's a weird one. Then you sit through 3 hours of utterly baffling footage and may not know what to think... I remember walking out of Mullholland Drive scratching my head with a friend in Portland, ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/02/10/inland-empire/ Here's a great little animated short I found through Twitch. It was made by Automatic Vaudville studios out of Montreal. Those slimey little sound effects can really get under your skin quick. Viva animation! http://www.the10000things.com/2007/02/05/what-they-ate/ Father of the midnight movie, maker of some of the strangest films you'll ever see, Alejandro Jodorowsky is a cinematic force. Here's a trailer from an upcoming documentary and boxed set. I also recently got the graphic novel he wrote for illustrator Moebius mentioned by the Spainards in both podcasts ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/02/03/jodorowsky/ I was really on a tear Friday nite, buzzed before I left the house, though responsibly not driving to the bar (walking is quality time to get down a few more beers), ended up kissing some strange girl in an alley, by which I mean someone I didn't really know ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/01/30/why-no-christian-constellations/ drummer, criminal, traveler http://www.the10000things.com/2007/01/22/23-dylan-fuscillo/ The discovery of Rochom P'ngieng has me thinking: what would it be like to live in societal isolation for 19 years? In this era of connectivity, we tend to forget those who are not plugged in, which is still most of the people on earth. But then you ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/01/19/musings-on-the-life-of-cambodian-jungle-girl/ So this guy Rikki Kasso is a photographer and artist, and is also working on a film, I believe called Somewhere in the Middle. Here is a trailer, wow. Another site affiliated is called Tokyo Undressed. Lots of links through the provided, WARNING: much sexy weirdness throughout. http://www.the10000things.com/2007/01/17/another-bizarre-film-i-look-forward-to-seeing/ and say what you will about Ann Coulter, but this shit really cracked me up... I don't completely swear by Rollins' Film Corner on IFC, but often find myself tuning in. At times he really comes to life in rants such as these. http://www.the10000things.com/2007/01/14/say-what-you-will-about-henry-rollins/ Sound designer, musician, actor, traveler - and Chi Li gets called out on his hippy past http://www.the10000things.com/2007/01/13/22-jason-wells/ I took statistics to try and swipe my math requirement back in my incompleted UGA days, and admit I didn't do very well. Perhaps that is the reason I don't understand sensational headlines such as this. Part of me wishes I'd stuck out the math tedium to have ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/01/11/what-the-fuck-is-going-on-in-ireland/ I saw this in action on Japanese television on the way over to SE Asia in the fall of last year. It's eyes alert the subconscious that something is off, and the hands have a way to go (in their color at least), but it's an amazing andriod. The Koreans ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/01/09/repliee-q1-expo/ I came across these clips from Kanashimi No Belladonna ('73), which I have yet to see and wonder how difficult it would be to find a copy. There is some minor poetic sexual violence in the following, essentially two back to back trailers for the film. I love what ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/01/05/tripped-out-anime/ I got some indirect feedback recently on the podcast/blog, friend of a friend who shall remain nameless, said he loved what I'm doing, but sometimes thought I came off as "anti-American". I know what he means, and this sort of rhetoric does get especially heated after returning from Asia. ... http://www.the10000things.com/2007/01/02/things-i-love-about-america/ While I was in Asia, my sister and brother-in-law, whose dog I am currently taking care of and whose house I am watching while they vacation, switched over to a different cable provider. While retaining some fav's from from old system (IFC!, HBO), but losing a few of the cool ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/12/30/cable-tv-approaches-the-worthy-horizon/ I searched through a lot of clips to find the one I wanted to memorialize Augusta, GA's own native son, James Brown. This is what I went with: maybe it's the 'stash, maybe the congas, perhaps the shirtless horn section, maybe just the obviosity of how much more SOUL ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/12/29/supabrother-the-godfather-rip/ Interview with Spanish traveler: tales of London squats, Sumatra, the guy who almost died in front of us, and few of my own stories. Again, recorded some weeks ago in Vang Vieng, Laos. http://www.the10000things.com/2006/12/25/21-javi13/ So I got this from a myspace connection (thanx Amy O, whom I still have yet to meet), supposedly came from LA craigslist. Who knows if it's real or not. I have yet to go to Vietnam, and this does seem to have been written from the perspective ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/12/22/hilarious-la-craigslist-complimentary-rant/ Hilarious! From Jesus Camp. Feel free to list what you think might have happened to other fictional characters in settings taken completely out of context - historically and geographically. For example, in modern times, Nabakov's 'Lolita' surely could've found herself signing a big ol' check (and another carefully worded ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/12/19/you-dont-make-heros-out-of-warlocks/ Baked interview from Vang Vieng, Laos with Dutch and French travelers http://www.the10000things.com/2006/12/15/20-marnix-and-george-verat/ OK, let's get away from my own adventures here (but there will be some more from the latest Asia trip down the line, in podcast form, if no other), now that I'm back and burned out - all up and in the Red White and Blue Prison, and get back ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/12/15/another-intense-writer/ This town has become such an nutty rollercoaster: up and down, both to extremes beyond belief. I'm here for a few more days. So much has gone down I'm not sure I can even access all the files. And fuck sharing it with ya'll anyway for free ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/12/09/bkk/ So the time finally came to leave Vang Vieng behind before I turned completely into a butterfly or something of the sort. So I came down to the border in the back of a pick up Laos style, crossed the border and have a few hours to kill here ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/12/01/back-in-nk-thailand-heading-south/ Spanish travelers, Lovers, Boddhisatvas. http://www.the10000things.com/2006/11/24/19-arturo-and-mariana/ Yes, the best bamboo bridge did wash out last April and the concrete one has gone up, but it's still cool when you're walking home at night and come to the guard rail to haggle with the shirtless teens for the 40 cent one way tax, promise again to play ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/11/18/vang-viang-still-feels-like-home/ Swedish traveler, audio and visual designer, sedate ladies man. http://www.the10000things.com/2006/11/17/swedish-traveler-audio-and-visual-designer-sedate-ladies-man/ That last night in BKK was an absurd party I'm not going into right now. On three hours of sleep in morning train station ran into Spaniards Arturo and Mariana, rode with them to Ayutthya. 1.2 hour ride for 65 cents. Just stayed up anyway and rented bicycles ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/11/13/update-from-nang-khai-thailaos-border/ Highlights so far: started a chaste relationship with a lovely woman from Surin named Oh. She moved me out of the farang Banglamphu backpackers ghetto and into a room next to hers at a non-farang hotel (she put in the good word for me with mgmt.) nearby where I ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/11/06/still-all-up-and-in-the-bkk/ I really must apologize for the lack of podcasts. Sometimes things just turn out that way, haven't put anything up in over two months. But I'm off to Asia again and hopefully will get some 'field interviews'. So you can expect less frequent blog posts here too. ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/11/01/im-outta-here/ I had an interesting experience yesterday: recently saw the profile of a young woman on deviant art and she had some images of asian youths dressed in this neo-goth (as opposed to victorian goth or one of the other subsets) gear, i.e. cosplay. I'd seen some similar shots on ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/10/27/suddenly-marylin-manson-comes-off-like-rebecca-of-sunnybrook-farm/ Another gem from the Jasonaut vault. Careful ladies: sure, you're just letting some guys video tape this now. Maybe they ARE older pervy freaks, but it's fairly innocent. However within 10 years technology will be available for them to share this with the entire globe!, right about ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/10/26/origin-of-the-spatula/ I found this woman recently through Flickr. She's a professional photographer who's travelled all over the world, and the thing most likely to catch a hetero male (or bi female) eye about her work are lots of shots of sex workers. Lately she posts these along with headlines ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/10/24/gail-orenstein-rocks/ It was on this day in '69 old alchy Ti Jean gave up the ghost. Here's a montage of him representing some of his best (but of course the very best couldn't have been televised) on the Steve Allen show (oh, sure your ain't nervous Jacky boy) and some ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/10/21/kerouacs-death-day/ So I guess this nostalgia kick continues. I searched through lots of old Electric Company (most Revolutionary theme song of children's television ever: "We're gonna turn it on! We're gonna bring you the power!") and Vegetable Soup (those Outerscope 1 puppets freaked me out then and still do! ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/10/19/when-heads-ruled-childrens-television/ So the earliest influence Japanese culture had on me, even before the 10 year old 'I want to be a ninja' phase, was through monster shows and anime. Sure there were movies, but the same thing was being done in late '60's television, then a few years later we ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/10/14/two-blasts-from-the-childhood-past/ You may know Don Hertzfeldt from the short 'Billy's Balloon'. Here are some supposedly rejected animated films he did for commercial spots. Eventually everything spins out of controls in a unique way... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/10/11/hilarious-rejected-commercials/ On this day in '67, recently turned over by American CIA/Special Forces fresh from the Vietnam conflict flown in for the 'hunt', Che Guevara was executed by the Bolivan govt. I can't find a link to my favorite quote of his, so I'll parphrase from a documentary through which I heard ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/10/09/ches-death-day/ So I've been looking to go back to Asia for most of the summer now, but have been discouraged by the price of tix. I went in '05 and even in Jan of '06 for around $800, but lately couldn't find anything under $1100, and the difference in that ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/10/07/f-ing-airline-tickets/ Good ol' Laurie Anderson! And the way strange traces of the avant garde can find their way into a young, impressionable mind who finds himself wallowing in 80's suburbia. She seemed to have more of a presence in the 80's and early 90's, not sure what she's up ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/10/01/psa-addresses-the-often-mis-guided-nature-of-feminism/ I first found this through woostercollective.com, a great site for street art. There are links to several youtube clips from different angles. What is apparently seen is a giant puppet walking through the streets of Reykjavík, operated by large helicopters, a stunt pulled off by a jeans company ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/09/28/giant-puppetviral-ad-phenom-in-iceland/ Nothing like the joys of the modern era to migrate a silly old VHS short you did and put it on youtube for God and all the real cops to see... This is a project from my acting days, and has finally moved beyond the litigation phase that I ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/09/26/criminey-at-1707/ I had expected A Scanner Darkly to be my 'film of the summer', but unfortunately didn't get to see it until well after Labor Day. I wasn't disappointed, but coming from such a solid novel and in the hands of a compitent director, there was no surprise there. ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/09/24/do-you-know-dick/ So I'm behind the curve on this one: but I am officially obsessed with this NY woman of Jewish-Russian decent. She first got into my consciousness from a NYTimes popcast a few months ago, and there've been several times when I've heard someone and gone "Is that the girl ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/09/20/regina-spektor/ Title : Year of Release : Director Rashomon '50 Akira Kurosawa Seven Samuri ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/09/18/a-chi-li-list-of-intense-japanese-films-not-to-be-missed/ So that guy in the clip who looks like he won the "Jethro Tull: Ultimate Fan" contest is in fact Alan Moore, creator of the graphic novels 'V for Vendetta' (from which the recent film was made) and the far more impressive 'Watchmen' (which part of me hopes will never ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/09/17/alan-moore-tells-a-tale-of-witchcraft/ note complete lack of computer generated imagery... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/09/17/i-say-anyone-for-tennis/ Some folks in Britan have made a film depicting a future fictional assassination of President Bush (the younger). Wow. This is weird on a number of levels: first of all that they feel the technology is at such a point that they can realisticly pull this off (for ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/09/12/the-future-of-digital-manipulation-is-now/ As a nod to how well the latest Robert Zimmerman record is doing, here he is performing on The Johnny Cash show (that's right! ran on ABC from '69-'71). It's that 'Nashville Skyline' voice he's singing in. The entire song is rather ironic and deep, about romantic relationships, ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/09/07/dylan-37-years-ago/ So another Dragoncon has come and gone. Once again I went down to get some pics and sneak around, past pesky hotel security, to take pictures without paying for a pass, and if you'd seen the line to get passes, you wouldn't judge me on this, unless, I guess ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/09/05/dragoncon-06/ Are there any other Yo La Tengo fans reading this? I love 'em, and was psyched to find this 'video' for 'Sugarcube' on the ol' YouTube. I bookmarked it but didn't get around to watching it for a while. Little did I know.... It's got your buddy and ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/09/01/hilarious-ylt-video/ I'm not exactly sure where my research began, but I've got this thing about female Chinese pirates (wha?...I don't tell you what to think about when you're "spankin' the pig"...), the most famous of which may be Cheng I Sao AKA Ching Shih. She was essentially a stone-cold, freak ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/08/30/chinese-female-pirates/ traveller, expatriot, minor scholar, rockin cool woman http://www.the10000things.com/2006/08/28/17-cadalai-interview/ This article got me thinking: first of all in a cynical way, because these guys happened to be working for Fox News at the time, how willing they might be to twist their statements for the sake of an agenda... And about the nature of 'integrity' in general. “I’m really ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/08/28/fox-journalists-freed/ I missed the ATL showing tonight but I imagine I'll be getting this at some point. http://www.the10000things.com/2006/08/23/harvey-milk-documentary/ Today is the anniversery of the Sacco-Vanzetti execution, events I was turned on to through Vonnegut's Jailbird (-thanx Kurt). These events are relevant not only as part of a lesser know darker side of US histroy, as well as the history of the Anarchist experience in America, but with ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/08/23/saccovanzetti/ http://www.the10000things.com/2006/08/22/hilarious-chingrish/ 7 poems and 'Amish inspired bonding' - a tale from the Hound http://www.the10000things.com/2006/08/22/16-more-chi-li-writing/ Another amazing 2 piece I saw out in PDX (....can you tell I'm really mising Portland lately?) and wanted to spread the word on but didn't have recordings of. The added visual element is nice too, in conveying awe, as just the audio can come off as autistic for ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/08/21/getcha-math-on/ I saw these cats in Portland, OR some years ago. As a huge Guided By Voices fan I must admit, they have some quick gem songs ('Greyhound Wires' etc) but Bob has never written a tune this short. A word about the name: 'banana' is derogatory Asian slang - as ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/08/20/melt-banana/ podcasting hosts of 'Mostly ITP', blog runners, and founders of the GA podcast network http://www.the10000things.com/2006/08/18/15-amber_and_rusty/ So I want everyone to know the name Jan Svankmajer. I was turned on to him around the time of my visit to the Czech Republic in '97 and have looked for and enjoyed his work sense. He has a unique and twisted sense of humor, hard to ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/08/18/czech-animation-innovator/ As a nod to Pakistan's independence day, I remind you of the great Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. You've most likely heard him sing at some point but might not have been aware of his background or Sufi form of Islam. I love this tidbit as well: ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/08/14/nusrat-fateh-ali-khan/ If you've never seen this animated Czech/French film from '73, I recommend it. http://www.the10000things.com/2006/08/14/the-fantastic-planet/ So I guess the logic goes that you might have to know some of these phrases during your upcoming American vacation, but it sure is nutty to see in this format. http://www.the10000things.com/2006/08/11/bizarre-workout-video/ I don't know who she is, I don't know how she does it. But I do know I wouldn't mess with her- http://www.the10000things.com/2006/08/06/knife-girl/ So when you're out there in the blogoverse, ingesting information, tackling code and searching for that missing semi-colon that will make it all right and 'clicktasic'- you gain access to certain priveledged facts and links. Then you have to decide if ethics grant that you might share this info ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/08/04/why-clog-your-harddrive-with-filthy-evidence/ I've been busy migrating book reviews from where they used to be on a friend's site years ago and cross referencing with links to various things therein. You can see it all on page three, next to contacts. So meanwhile, I bring you another gem from the youtube ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/08/03/bettie/ So you most likely know him as The Professor, but 'Giligan's Island' only ran from '64-'67. An actor's got to work in the meantime, and the Giligan rehash shows were years away. Thus are the circumstances that lead Russell Johnson to find himself involved in a project like ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/07/31/hitch-hike-to-hellrussell-johnson/ builder of things, teacher, feeler, DIY icon http://www.the10000things.com/2006/07/30/14-chris_purcell_interview/ So last night I made the scene at an underground venue in Athens going by the name of Secret Squirrel (among other things) and was priveledged to catch HAm 1 back from a Tennesee mini-tour and their friends The Mattoid which is an outfit lead by this guy whose ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/07/30/the-mattoid/ So I met this guy through tribe.net. He's gone over to Iraq three times now (his is the story to the right of the other and continues below the first one, if you look at the pictures it makes more sense) since the war began and was recently in ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/07/28/shooter/ Warning: don't go making a surly post if the kids' singing of that infectious Gamera theme song gets stuck in your mental 'heavy rotation'. http://www.the10000things.com/2006/07/27/gamera/ I always love serendipitous facts like these: turns out the same guy who directed the films More and Obscured By Clouds (La Valle) for which Pink Floyd did amazing soundtracks and I grew to love also made Barfly, which was to be a huge influence on me later in life, ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/07/26/barbet-schroeder/ For your consideration, linked from their own website bios, the backstory on some beauties of the screen - B movie and straight up porn. Tura Satana Asia Carrera (...don't miss the bit where Asia mentions all night fragfests with her LAN Unreal Tournament posse. And click the 'why I do porn' link ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/07/26/the-sordid-pasts-of-japaneseamerican-starlets/ Why, Japanese sex crazed beatniks of course! I think this film actually came out after 'beat' had it's heyday (don't know what it was like in Japan.....) but still has that look and feel due to the clothing, the jazz. The japanese also got away with being more ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/07/25/whats-better-than-sex-crazed-beatniks/ Cartoonist, Painter, Film and Rock Historian http://www.the10000things.com/2006/07/24/41/ http://www.the10000things.com/2006/07/19/vader-sessions/ And it's all the easier to miss them when watching a cute chick with an accent discovering her inner godess. Those were the days my friends! Especially love the intro to one of my fave Harrison tunes at the end. Wonder where it went from there: this ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/07/17/god-i-miss-those-days/ Sam Peckinpah is so great, it almost makes me weepy; he originated the 'violence ballet', made completely un-P.C. films as only the 70's could produce. You definitely must see: as it is in a sense, The Ultimate Western, and I'm told the first time women and children were ever shown ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/07/16/more-practice-peckinpah/ So, to those of you who know me, this may sound like old hat, rehash, but for those who dont: I think Q Tarantino is an absurdly overrated director and pop figure who exploits the average Americans limited sense of history and historical context. He doesn't pay homage to ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/07/15/fuck-tarantino/ If you dig Manga, and have the better part of an hour to kill, here's a cool short film from The South Bank Show. I was lead to it by my love of Japanese artist Junko Mizuno, whose 'Pure Trance' is not to be missed. Female eating disorders ... http://www.the10000things.com/2006/07/11/manga/ Linguisit, international student, angelheaded cowgirl, from Cortez, Colorado! http://www.the10000things.com/2006/06/29/12-cortez-molly-interview/ Stripper story #2, and California 281 - an ep from Stiffy, the Stovepipe Ensemble circa '95 http://www.the10000things.com/2006/06/08/11-lofi-from-the-vault/ Modern dancer, musician, performance artist, storyteller in the celtic tradition. http://www.the10000things.com/2006/05/03/10-blake-dalton-interview/ Multimedia artist, illustrator, vocalist, horror enthusiast. http://www.the10000things.com/2006/04/24/09-gus-fink-interview/ Long time rocker, poly-sci ABD, international journalist. http://www.the10000things.com/2006/03/01/08-morgan-neil-interview/ Fortune cookie fiasco, Mind's Eye Radio theatre, music, and misogynist haiku. http://www.the10000things.com/2006/02/14/07-medley/ Traveller, impulsive activist, expatriot. From Beijing, China! http://www.the10000things.com/2006/01/23/06-billy-ball-interview/ Teacher, expatriot, father (with additional input from wife Carla and son Romeo) http://www.the10000things.com/2005/12/28/05-alex-jones-interview/ How much can you trust Cambodia? How much can you trust yourself in Cambodia? http://www.the10000things.com/2005/09/29/04-cambodia-story/ Ex-chef, blogmaster, world traveller, drummer for Magnapop... http://www.the10000things.com/2005/09/09/03-chad-williams-interview/ Sleuth, immigrant, musician, dispatcher ... http://www.the10000things.com/2005/08/27/02-lee-eddie-interview/ The story of a stranger who came to town one day ... http://www.the10000things.com/2005/08/22/satori-of-a-departed-quack/