friday flinky...

Gary Todd's LP collection

The Whitney and The Gap: together at last...

Merit tours NYC

What Does It All Mean?

Visit Henry Darger's apartment...!

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Crossville

O'Reilly ExplO'des

You're Nogood

New Country Projects

blingee in curved air...

[ Blingee + Riley ]

somewhere else...

[ photo by arcite ]

quote... [Robert Rauschenberg, R.I.P.]

"A pair of socks is no less suitable to make a painting with than wood, nails, turpentine, oil and fabric."
-- Robert Rauschenberg

New York Times obit

[ Erased de Kooning Drawing (1953) ]

link-a-doodle-doo III: revenge of the link...

John Adams (not that one... or that one...)

MC Mike Gravel lobbies Obama Girl

Ron's Manife$to conquers NYT list: #7 on 5/11, #1 on 5/18...

Sharing a Sonority

In a State of Jazz

Musings about Muti

Guess the mystery pianist

President Barr...?

748 buttons...!

who is (Ron) Paul...?

friday Fahey flick... [fare forward edition]

what's wrong with this picture...?

[ via arcite ]

rEVOLution overthrows Oprah's Book Club...

Non-Amazon.com reviews...

"This book takes a wrecking ball to the political establishment." -- Barry Goldwater, Jr., former Congressman

"Anyone expecting another bigot blow-up is going to be disappointed." -- David Weigel, Reason magazine

"It's a very small book... easy to carry around." -- John Roberts, CNN

"All humans must buy eight copies." -- Jim Newell, Wonkette

"Ron Paul, political loser, now best-selling author." -- Andrew Malcolm, Los Angeles Times

"LOL....Ron's book is kicking the SHIT out of Gingrich's new book." -- Bill Fathauer, Ron Paul facebook group

libertaria-palooza...

Sure, the 2000 LP convention [pdf] was fun, but 2008 is gonna be insane... fire up your C-SPAN on Memorial Day weekend, kids!

Who's Going to Get Your Wasted Vote?
A guide to the wildest Libertarian Party nomination fight in decades

... The result of all this manuevering is a wild, unpredictable, and possibly disastrous battle for the LP nod. Every faction of the party is represented in the race, and the 702 delegates and 146 alternates slated to go to the national nominating convention over Memorial Day weekend are up for grabs. They will vote until one candidate scores an absolute majority. Here is a current, rough ranking of the highly fluid race, based on conversations with multiple delegates and campaigns...

meme-tography...

Stolen from A Potato's Ramblings...

Flickr Meme
1. Go to http://www.flickr.com/
2. Type in your answer to the question in the “search” box
3. Use only the first page
4. Copy the html and paste for the answer.

1. What is your first name?

2. What is your favorite food?

3. What school did you go to?

4. What is your favorite color?

5. Who is your celebrity crush?

6. Who is your favorite Disney Princess?

7. Favorite drink?

8. Dream vacation?

9. Favorite Dessert?

10. What do you want to be when you grow up?

link-a-doodle-doo two: electric boogaloo...

The green fairy's lollypops

Robot conducts Detroit Symphony

Fadeeva.com

Trapped in an elevator

Eliane Radigue

Songs in A & E [preview]

Stevergo is steamed

link-a-doodle-doo...

Garfield minus Garfield

Defaced Art

No More Marijuana Arrests

Come Out graffiti

Bunny rabbits

The Most (Un)Wanted Song

Audacity of Hope

quote... [Earth Day edition]

"The United States government, which acts as steward and protector of the nation's environment, is itself the worst polluter in the land."

-- David Armstrong ["The Nation's Dirty Big Secret," The Boston Globe (November 14, 1999)]

Suggested listening...

David Axelrod: Earth Rot

Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygene

Suggested viewing...

Koyaanisqatsi

buy some records, damn it...!

Saturday April 19, 2008 is Record Store Day...

So if you're lucky enough to have any independent record stores left in your area [click to find out], go there tomorrow and buy a few CDs, LPs, cassettes, 45s, 78s, 8-tracks, whatever.

Like Henry Rollins says...

I have watched independent record stores evaporate all over America and Europe. That's why I go into as many as I can and buy records whenever possible. If we lose the independent record store, we lose big. Every time you buy your records at one of these places, it's a blow to the empire.

... and it's fun!

the rEVOLution will not be publicized...

In another of a long string of head-scratching unorthodox incompetent campaign moves, Ron Paul has just published his provocatively-titled new book, The Revolution: A Manifesto. Your local mega-bookstore probably won't have it in stock, but it's currently second only to O'Bamarama on Amazon's political bestseller list. [ Also available as a 5-CD audiobook for illiterate rEVOLutionaries... ]

Why Dr. No didn't do this about four months ago when it might have garnered some much-needed media attention before the vast majority of GOP primaries (or would have at least gotten his book on the Christmas wish lists of paleo-libertarians everywhere) rather than now with virtually no chance of securing the nomination (except of course in virtual reality, where he's been living in the CGI White House for months now) is anyone's guess...

Coincidentally, for those who prefer monosyllabic political commentary, Jesse "The Body" Ventura recently emerged from obscurity with his own rather desperate-sounding anti-establishment tract, Don't Start The Revolution Without Me!

Perhaps there is some method to this madness after all...

PAUL / VENTURA 2008...? FTW !?!?

birthday bash...

quote... [Tax Day edition]

"For most people, their income tax return represents their most meaningful interaction with the federal government. It requires them to confess their actions over the past year to the IRS in excruciating detail. It's an annual ritual guaranteed to elicit strong feelings of disgust. Thanks to the deception of income tax withholding, however, some people actually look forward to tax time and a much-anticipated refund. Imagine how quickly Americans would demand lower taxes and spending if they had to write the federal government a check each month."
-- Ron Paul [Cough Up (4/11/2006)]

grassroots rebellion...?

index card found in the grass while walking today...

friday fun flick (within a flick)... [Heston memorial edition]

[ the last man alive... is not alone! ]

police state... for kids!

Via Hit & Run...

Looking for a toy to get your kid acclimated to post-REAL ID America?

From the product description:

Pull over! The traffic police have blocked the road to all vehicles. Wearing realistic uniforms and printed emergency vests, they have set up a roadblock with 4 warning lights and 2 pylons. They are also equipped with a map, stop sign, and pistols.

What, no Breathalyzer?

25 of 25 people found this Amazon.com review of the Playmobil Police Checkpoint helpful...

This playset is one of the best purchases I have made for my three-year-old. In the past, when we have been stopped at roadblocks, or when during one of Daddy's arrests, he would start crying uncontrollably. Now, after playing with this for the past several months, he is perfectly docile.

As an adjunct to this product, I would also recommend that you purchase the Playmobil Armed Standoff Playset, Fisher-Price Little People Battering Ram, and the Nerf Tear-Gas Canister Deployment Gun.

Bill of Rights sold separately.