Merry Christmas, Mo December 24, 2007
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“Merry Christmas, Mo. If you put this in boiling water, it will smell like flowers for a while. Again, Merry Christmas.”
Immigration December 23, 2007
Posted by Phineas in : Political/Editorial , add a commentSome people just don’t have enough people to hate. They need new reasons to hate more people. And they really hate people who don’t hate the same people *they* hate.
And that’s what I think about the immigration “issue”.
Commentary: You cant take Christ out of Christmas - CNN.com December 20, 2007
Posted by Phineas in : Political/Editorial , add a commentCommentary: You cant take Christ out of Christmas - CNN.com
Oh yeah, that reminds me to recycle my “War On Saturday” post from last year.
Whaddaya know? I just took the Christ out of Christmas!
Television December 14, 2007
Posted by Phineas in : Music , add a commentDigging this old vid. That is all.
Freedom Requires Music December 7, 2007
Posted by Phineas in : Music , add a commentJust as music requires freedom.
Just some random music notes.
Reading a playlist is *nothing* like listening to it. What a list of song and artist names evokes is so pale compared with how it feels to spend the time listening to the songs. Pleasure in music is about time, I think, mainly. Identities and genres and lyrics and histories and personalities are just not really what it’s about.
Sometimes I will be listening to a stream of music, whether on my mp3 player or over last.fm or whatever, and I get kind of stuck doing it. I keep wanting to hear this song to the end. I keep wanting to wait till I find out what the next song will be. If it’s good, I want to listen to the end. And so on. I’m often grateful for a crappy song to come along to break the spell. Otherwise I’d be doing nothing but listening to music.
Christmas songs categorically all suck. I’ll just come right out and say it. I don’t care if it *is* Dean Martin, or Louis Armstrong, or the Beach Boys, or whatever your idea of a cool artists is. They just can’t save “Little Drummer Boy.” There’s no cool way to sing “Let It Snow.” I’m sorry. I have this mix on my ipod which is like 50% of my favorite cool rock and roll, %15 random rock and roll,%20 my favorite Jazz, and %15 of the most tolerable Christmas songs I could find. Sung by my favorite artists, etc.
Guess what? %15 of the mix sucks. You’re grooving along three, four songs at a time, then some damn jing-jingaling-jing-jing bullshit comes on. It’s a crappy song, but it’s Jonathan Richman. It’s a crappy song, but it’s Ella Fitzerald. Somehow that’s almost worst than if it were Perry Como or Mel Torme.
The many other things about Christmas which suck are for another post.
Music is awesome, otherwise. I prescribe it for what ails ya!
Fear and Anxiety December 6, 2007
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“But enough about fear. Let’s talk about anxiety.”
Freedom Requires Atheism
Posted by Phineas in : Political/Editorial , 1 comment so farJust as atheism requires freedom.
I’ve decided to require that freedom requires atheism. Thats my requirement from now on.
Oh, also, fascism requires religion, just as religion requires fascism.
Romney, you horrible moronic idiot.
( asshole )
Food Fights, Part 2 December 5, 2007
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“May all your fights be food fights.”
Time Travel December 1, 2007
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“Sure, I’d like to travel through time. But I have so much to do, and there’s lots to see right here in Glendale.”
