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[30 Oct 2006|07:28am]
Fuck you, God

A Day Without Immigrants [30 Apr 2006|09:44pm]
[ mood | tired ]
[ music | Painted for Battle - Grayhorse ]

The one thing I would like to ask is that all of my European American friends join the general strike tomorrow.

While most of my European American friends are not the right-wing types wanting to build a 20ft high concrete wall between the US and Mexico, we all must acknowledge that there is a major disconnect between the status-quo belief that White/Euro-Americans are somehow "real" Americans and that Mexican citizens crossing the border to try to feed their families are some sort of parasitic group of criminals that need to be stopped/regulated/controlled.

There is no difference between the European boat people whose families have been here a few generations and citizens from any country showing up here now.

YOU ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS.

White/Euro-Americans: Honor your own families and history by joining the general strike tomorrow.


If it is really important to you that the flow of immigrants to the United States be controlled, please let me know and I will *personally* come to your house and help you pack so that you can more easily repatriate yourselves to Europe. For many centuries, the flow of immigration from Europe was uncontrolled and the ENTIRE world is now paying the price.

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eench-bess-ess? [11 Apr 2006|02:39am]
Hey, you got girlfriend Nagorno-Kharabakh? Wow baby. Me so HORNY. Me so horny. Me love you long time. You party?

for the locals [18 Mar 2006|02:05pm]
[ mood | busy ]
[ music | Laibach - Vade Retro ]

Ward Churchill is speaking at the Anarchist bookfair today at 4pm.
You know I'll be there.
Just thought I'd post for anyone interested.

And for my friends trying to get ahold of me this past week, I was under the weather. Probably a slight relapse of the flu I had a couple weeks back. Fortunately for me, Ward stopped by the house, burned some cedar over my head, and now I'm right as rain.

I'll be catching up on email over the next couple.

love y'all like fuck.

2 to the 7

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Flatline Transmissions playing a hella mella local show. [01 Mar 2006|05:15am]
[ mood | schooled by Satan ]
[ music | Tenacious D - "Tribute" ]

Its short notice, sure.
Whatevz, brah, its just a local show, rockin a chill Mission district bar, along with another local band that deserves a listen. Its cheap, its chill, have a drink and let us rock you like you know we can.

Flatline Transmissions


Trashtronix



tonight, March 1st at the El Rio (3158 Mission St.)

If you aren't yet hip to the sound, you can hear a few tracks at the Flatline Transmissions MySpace page.

here's a little visual appetizer from our show at Studio Z back in November, in case you were doing your fuckin laundry that night and missed it.





but fuck man, if its that big a deal, I think there *is* a laundromat on the same block, so just bring it, k?

(and a motherfuck of a happy birthday to our girl [info]missmorte. you know who loves ya)
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spaseebo, gospodeen vladimir [28 Feb 2006|04:32am]
[ mood | calm ]
[ music | Bad Brains - Pay to Cum ]

I know so many people that seriously need to read this quote, and then re-read it.

Learn it.
Love it.
Live it.

Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve. - Karl Popper

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absence [24 Jan 2006|03:26am]
[ mood | content ]
[ music | Freezepop - Duct tape my heart ]

Holy fuck, that flu that has been going around this winter is a virulent BITCH. Sara and I came down with it at exactly the same time and were so fucking miserable that we could barely take care of each other. I was in bed (not reading email or returning calls, if you've been wondering) for fucking two weeks. I'm finally on the mend and playing hell of catch-up from the past two weeks. If you've written or called and haven't heard from me, that is why and I will be getting back to the lot of you post haste.



It seems like it wasn't that long ago that I mentioned that sometimes crazy people save you. It actually would have been more accurate to say that sometimes crazy Irish people save you...

Cathrine Macauliffe, whereever you are, I hope you have found some peace. I miss you terribly...Fortunately, one of your countrymen (countrywomen?) has been holding my head together. I hope yours is in one piece as well. Saoirse...

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Flatline opening for Specimen [05 Jan 2006|02:20pm]
[ mood | fucking batshit crazy ]
[ music | Rhoades D'ablo - Even Jesus (Can't Keep Me Sober) ]

that's right ladies and jellyspoons!

tonight at the DNA we're opening for the legendary 80's Batcave proto-goths Specimen.



and I still don't know what I'm wearing.

FUCK!
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all you need is love. no, seriously. [07 Dec 2005|05:57pm]
[ mood | wistful, melancholy ]
[ music | Imagine ]

While I'm not really the kind of guy that believes in having heroes per se, there are certainly people whose lives have greatly influenced mine in regard to the kind of man I want to ultimately be, and the kind of life I want to live.

I remember waking up 25 years ago and sitting on the bed with my mother, watching the news and crying softly for a long, long time. I find that that generally reoccurs every year on this day, with this one being no exception.




I read the news today oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn’t notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They’d seen his face before
Nobody was really sure
If he was from the House of Lords.
I saw a film today oh boy
The English Army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book.
I’d love to turn you on
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and tonight...one night only... [01 Nov 2005|11:07am]
[ mood | busy ]
[ music | Eurhythmics - "Love is a Stranger" ]

Tonight (Tuesday, Nov 1) at Studio Z, we will be very happy to be rocking your faces again with our newwave goth/glam rock n' roll show! Come by and have a drink with yours truly and the rest of Flatline and dig the massive electro beat, pounded out ever so adroitly by our guest drummer, Kit, courtesy of The Porkchop Express. Mmmm!

and I think there's a fashion show or something as well. If you can't find me, I'll likely be backstage in the models dressing room.

you know...




from our last show at bottom of the hill...
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television void [13 Oct 2005|01:27pm]
[ mood | distant ]
[ music | Squeeze - "Goodbye Girl" ]

So at some point, we did some cable access show here in SF. A lovely afternoon, boozed up in the daylight and rocking the hell out of a bunch of cameramen who were more accustomed to filming discussions about municipal budget cuts and the horrors of redistricting.

Did the fucking show air?
dunno.

Will anyone ever see the footage?
dunno.
maybe you'll have to come over to the studio for a private, clothing-optional viewing.

whatever, dude.
rock on.



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at long last, Botto O the Grotto [02 Oct 2005|08:19pm]
[ mood | busy, misanthropic ]
[ music | Men At Work - "Overkill" ]

On Wednesday night, I will finally get to play the Bottom of the Hill. I've been wanting to play this club for years and just never got the opportunity for one reason or another.

I believe we play second, going on around 9:15 (ish). We were going to go on last, but no one liked that idea. We are really getting old, I think. Grampa can't stay up too late or his goiter will bloat.








pointless extra info )
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conjuring my butch loa with mascara [04 Aug 2005|04:46pm]
[ mood | fab ]
[ music | Squeeze - "This Could Be The Last Time" ]

bit by bit getting ready for the show tomorrow night.

Went out the other day and spent a really irresponsible amount of money at the MAC counter in Nordies.
Then, of course, me and the kids had to spend like 7 hours playing with make-up and developing my look for the show. Its going to be most dope I can promise you that. A bit more butch than what I normally do, but way more AdamAnt. And after all that time and energy spent on the canvas of my skull, we had nothing to do but just wash it all off as I seem to be the only person on the face of the earth who still doesn't have a digital camera. So many pictures I've been meaning to take and I just can't get around to it. All my friends with digital cameras use them so much that they never want to lend them out.


who says lust can't be cheezy?

Anyway, the new make-up combined with the dapper assed new jacket given to me by Ira and I'm ready Freddie. Lock up your sons and your daughters. Actually, what am I worried about? I bet there are only going to be like 10 people at the show tomorrow. Then again, maybe SMP has more of a fanbase than I give them credit for. But I'm looking forward to it regardless. Any excuse to be onstage if you know me...

Tonight Mr.Gunn comes over and I'm going to give him a total new wave make up and over.

He and I are going to set fire to that fucking stage tomorrow!

RRRRRRRRRRROCK!!!!

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five-times rectified chunkulated seizure slag [01 Aug 2005|05:10pm]
[ mood | busy ]
[ music | Mount Sims - "How We Do" ]

so should any of you east bay types find yourselves looking for something to burn a couple of hours this friday, I'll be rockin the metal guitar with Flatline Transmissions again on Friday in Alameda. We're opening up for SMP. I'm not sure who likes SMP these days as I'm so disconnected from that scene these days. But what-evz. If you're around that way, come have a drink with us. We'll toast some Satan.

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a different life [30 Jul 2005|04:15pm]

I love my city, my cafe, my coffee, and bus fumes [09 Jul 2005|03:46pm]
[ mood | homesliced ]
[ music | The Plugz - "Mindless Contentment" ]

Currently chilling at my cafe, and I'm telling you, there is something about this place.

Today I show up and sitting in my seat is this Choctaw woman. And not some tiny quantum wannabe, but someone who speaks her language and was raised on the Rez.

Are NDNz just naturally drawn to this cafe? What could cause this influx? Do their pastries smell faintly of frybread? They don't have a liquor license or bingo, so I know its not that...

On that note, I'll leave you with a Lub Sammich™ shot from my birthday, where you can see my friends ([info]violentbloom,[info]animikwaan and [info]fightingwords) and I have once again used my bijillion dollar studio as a 10 cent romper room for another debauched bender bash.

It happens.

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non-LJer b-day reminder [02 Jul 2005|08:57pm]
[ mood | goat ]
[ music | D.I. - "Nuclear Funeral" ]

For those of you that know Sara, tomorrow is her birthday. You could drop her a line at macondorelay@yahoo.com

[info]animikwaan and Ms.Sara


For those of you that don't, she has been one of my closest, dearest friends for many years.

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Flatline Deathstar Rockband Madmen [13 Jun 2005|04:24pm]
[ mood | maintained ]
[ music | Bad Religion - "Hooray For Me" ]



So far, this is by far my favorite hell of rockstar pic from the May 31 Flatline Transmissions show. Satan's favorite guitarists caught on digital by Stephan Vladimir (is it just me or does [info]umbria look really tiny in that shot?). I think he is actually [info]lhooqtius, but I don't think he uses LJ anymore. It was a good show. Not great, but good. An equipment failure just before we went on kinda soured my mood, but turningthe Marshall stack up to 11 and summoning The Dark Lord will usually fix my mood right up. Had a far better turn out than I anticipated for something at StudioZ with little to no promotion.

A few days previous we performed at the AccessSF studios for a TV music show that was supposed to air sometime around the beginning of the month. Did anyone catch that? I sure as shit didn't. It was a nice three camera shoot that looked quite good from the preliminary shots we saw at the time. I've never played on TV before and I wanna see it, dammit!!!

Back to work on the record, tho. This thing ain't recording itself.
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for the me about to rock, I salute me! [31 May 2005|02:50pm]
[ mood | flamboyant ]
[ music | Dir En Grey - "Berry" ]

Playing tonight at StudioZ with Flatline.
Come have a drink with us and watch me pretend to be a metal guitarist.
Its cheap as hell, so no excuses.

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Tune in right now!!! oh, you missed it. [26 May 2005|07:01pm]
[ mood | spastic ]
[ music | The Epoxies - "Robot Man" ]

obviously, I have some serious updating to do, given this last spectacular weekend.

but whether you're here in SF or elsewhere, you should immediately (right now! 7pm PDT, may 26) tune in to Western Addition Pirate Radio as they will be interviewing Flatline Transmissions' lead rockstar CoreyTheGunn.

Flatline Transmissions is the band for whom I have playing guitar lately.

And I hear they might drop in some Mark27 heavy SunshineBlind or even some DeadLanguage.

so tune the fuck in, radio or web...

========================

ok, so if you're just now reading this, you missed it, but that's cool.
Once they mic'ed him up proper, CoreyTheGunn cheezed it with gusto.
There were some ridiculous conversations about "Goth", but most of them are, enit?

They played three Flatline songs, a Soil and Eclipse song on which Corey played guitar, and a Sunshine Blind track, "You Went Away" on which I played almost everything (heh). But seriously, its one of those tracks that makes me feel all squishy about [info]caroline_blind.

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