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Hugh_Lebowski's JournalEventually Jordan will fall back to blaming 'the gays' for their 'recruitment'
and claiming he too was a victim of their aggressive 'agenda' of trying to 'corrupt our youth'. What was he to DO, after all? They were SOOOOO powerful, back in 1986.
Nevermind the fact that he denied knowing f***ing ANYTHING about it ... for DAYS after the story emerged. Until he was exposed as a liar.
With the news being where it is at this point ... other than possibly just blaming the Coach for not doing enough ... it's now become his only play.
And he knows the brain-dead knuckle-dragging Trump/Faux Cult Members will instantly forget his lies, once he starts outright pandering to their preconceived ideas about how all teh gheyz are really just sex perverts, looking to corrupt our youth ...
I won't be surprised to see this angle start TOMORROW, frankly.
Who remembers the band Sister Hazel?
Saw these guys like 1 month after this, their first album ... came out ... they were playing at fairgrounds at a Winery in Napa, 1997, as the sun went down, great Wine buzz going. They fucking BLEW this little 600 person gathering AWAY ... The actual CD sounds way better than this youtube, it's impeccably produced, and they sounded just as good live. Check out the drummer on these tracks ... dude is a badass.
Everyone knows 'All For You' that was the hit (even if you think you don't, you do
) but seriously there's not a bad track on this record, and many top notch songs. If you've never heard it and you generally like 95-2000 music ... you won't be bummed.
You know ... the CA Bay Area's 'Liberal' History ... can be a real trip sometimes ...
Came across this just now, randomly reading articles as I'm wont to do ... and as a proud native of the iconic SF Bay Area and fierce liberal and environmentalist ... and someone who's seen about a 10,000 'Mason-McDuffie' signs in my day ... I found it pretty damn ... jarring, let's just say?
http://www.alamedamagazine.com/May-2017/The-Real-Cause-of-Gentrification/index.php
In 1916, McDuffie convinced the Berkeley City Council to approve an exclusionary zoning ordinance, arguing that it was needed for “protection against the disastrous effects of uncontrolled development,” according to a 2013 historical report in The Concord Review. The city expedited the ordinance “to prevent a prominent negro dance hall from locating on a prominent corner” in the Elmwood, according to the report.
A year later, in 1917, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed city zoning rules based on race, but in the decades afterward, Berkeley and Oakland adapted by banning apartment buildings in neighborhoods like Rockridge, Elmwood, and areas of Temescal and only allowing single-family homes, under the assumption that low-income people would not be able to afford to buy a house in an upscale area. Real estate agents and banks then kept the neighborhoods white for years through red-lining practices—refusing to sell homes or offer mortgage loans to people of color in traditionally white areas.
In the 1950s, ’60s, and early ’70s, Oakland and Berkeley finished walling off white neighborhoods from development through the implementation of strict building-height limits and parking mandates that effectively made apartment buildings impossible to build.
Today, there is no evidence that racism still plays a role in opposing new dense housing in Rockridge, parts of Temescal, and in neighborhoods like Elmwood and Claremont. Instead, residents of those areas cite concerns about parking and traffic, “greedy developers,” and “shadows” cast by tall buildings as reasons to oppose new housing.
As an aside, I was married in 2011 at the Beachhouse at Lake Temescal, Oakland ... on the day Al Davis passed away, strangely enough, given I'm a life-long Raider fan ... and my divorce papers were signed by the judge ... today. Agonizing on whether to sell my (fairly large yet affordable, 2 minutes from freeway) house and flee AZ (my ex-wife's home state, hence my being here ... i'm really not a fan other than the cheap housing, esp. not here in mormonville) back home where my elderly folks and brothers and sisters-in-law and niece and nephew are ... but I'd have no hope of buying a home unless my parents pass and leave me one of theirs ...
Believe me I'm not insinuating the checkered history of politics in the Bay is part of my decision-making, I was just considering ... Alameda ... cause I love that place ... and that's why I found the article.
For the Love of My Life ...
For Floyd Fans ... an in-progress version of Young Lust w. Dave and Roger both singing
With a slowed-down, sleazier groove and a whole different set of lyrics (apart from the Chorus) ... pretty cool shite ...
If this don't get ya up and dancin', you just might be dead ... Scissor Sisters - Paul McCartney
Don't ask me why it's called that ... maybe cause it's like the catchiest damn song ever ... and Paul was the master of those.
Though to be honest, I'd say it's the catchiest since, well, the hey-day of Erasure lol ...
is it the party that ain't over til it's thru?
is it the wiring that's suddenly a blown fuse?
is it a chemical that makes this moment true?
is it the music that connects me to you?
Anybody Else Save All Their Concert Tix From Their Life?
I've lost a few, or got in w/o tickets a few times paying off people to let me in, and of course been to many shows at clubs that were just 'pay at the door' so this is by no means every show I've been to, but these are probably 95% of the more major concerts I've been to.
I didn't feel like laying 'em all out so you could read every single one, and a lot of them are pretty faded due to the thermal paper, but you get a sense of the #'s here at least
Grant Lee Buffalo - Dixie Drug Store
It was muggy July around supper time
When I pulled into New Orleans
I got dropped off at South Rampart Street
I was hungry for a plate of greens
I made my way down the banquette
Where I could see an open door
And overhead a sign made of painted pine read
"The Dixie Drug Store"
Peppers and roots were hanging
From the rafters above
There were oils and sprays all on display
For money, luck, and for love
I reached down to pick one up
When a dark hand grabbed my arm
And before I could see just who it was
She said "You don't want that charm"
"The last man to walk that thing out of here
Just up and disappeared
Found his wallet and his wingtip shoes
Near a tombstone down in Algiers
No, what you need my travelling friend
Is a place to wash your jeans
And I wouldn't be the least surprised
If you were hungry for a plate of greens"
She beckoned me on up the stairs
For she'd done made up her mind
Said take off your hat and kick off your boots
And leave your pride behind
She took me down to a secret place
In the bayou of her blankets
She offered to share her bourbon
I thanked her ... then I drank it
Thru a small crack in the ceiling
Burst the Louisiana moon
It shone down on our bodies
And we began to croon
Like a couple of coyotes
We were howling thru the night
And I swear they were a beatin' those
Conga drums outside
We laughed until the mornin'
By then my pants had dried
I picked up my hat and pulled on my boots
And I gathered up my pride
I figured she had done stepped out
I didn't see her anywhere
And I set out to find her
I headed on downstairs
Got down to the bottom
I couldn't believe my eyes
Gone were all the bottles
And the remedy supplies
I shouted out for Marie
I darted out the door
An old man on the wooden porch said
"What you in there for?"
"Son you got no business
The hoodoo store's been closed
Long as I remember
A century ... I suppose ..."
"But, Mister I just spent the night
With a young gal named Laveau?!?"
He said "the Widow Paris
done had a little laugh on you!"
I said "You mean to tell me
that was the Voodooing?"
He nodded "Yes, none other ...
The Queen of New Orleans"
Dave Grohl (Nirvana/Foo Fighters) Plays 'Band on the Run' at the White House for BHO Fam & Sir Paul
Imagine Dump ever, ever, EVEEEEERRRR having AAAAAAANYHING to do with AAAAAAANYTHING ... remotely this fucking cool.
Ya can't. Cause he never will. Cause he's a dick, who SUCKS in every way.
BTW, this completely kicks ass ... wish there was more of BHO and Paul, but ... hey ... still great ...
Stupid Good Performance from Midnight Special - Ambrosia - You're the Biggest Part of Me
This is an absolutely killer performance of an awesome song ... plus, this shit'll take ya BACK, man ... so, so good.
Sanford Townsend Band - "Smoke From A Distant Fire" (from Midnight Special .. you should watch this)
GREAT perf of a GREAT song ... wow.
This is what you call KILLING it. Tight as tight gets.
Really impressive.
Despite my near encyclopedic knowledge of 70's music I'm not sure I ever heard this track and never heard of the band, but if I did hear it, it was only was a few times on the radio when very young. Was just watching some TY and came across it and was floored. Dunno how this isn't more appreciated, as it's a very good song.
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