Monday, November 01, 2010

Another trip around the stupid sun

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Poem For My 43rd Birthday by Charles Bukowski To end up alone in a tomb of a room without cigarettes or wine-- just a lightbulb and a pot...
Friday, October 08, 2010

Return of the Son of the Third Cousin of the Shirt-tail Relation of the Girlfriend's Sister's Hairdresser of Ukulele Friday

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Also, still blogging at bark bugs leaves & lizards .
Monday, September 20, 2010

And anudder t'ing ...

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Head over, if you will, to bark, bugs, leaves, & lizards to peruse my first post there, a field report on the elusive classic Shuh-caw-...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Bark, Bugs, Leaves, & Lizards: Soon with Added STDPM

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Not sure if anyone is left around here, after some months of inactivity. But, regardless, I'm checking in to publicize the fact that I...
Saturday, August 07, 2010

Marlon Brando in Libertyville

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A nifty website.

Hank leaves the band (2010)

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Dammit, I can't believe Turbonegro broke up ... again. Fuck you, Hank! You Norwegian bastard!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

From the CBRAT Print Archives: (We're All) The Children of Bosse-de-Nage #1

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Joan was quizzical; Studied pataphysical Science in the home. --Lennon/McCartney The song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" probabl...
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Pop Lecture and Video Seminar 5/15/10

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The Boomerang Effect. It's an old story, how traditional West African music has been the dominant influence on North American blues musi...
Friday, April 30, 2010

The Return of! Friday Night Veddeos!

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Less talk, more rock. The Nazz - Rain Rider Some men sail the waters, some men live on the land I was born Apollo with the reins and ...

More stuff I wouldn't post on FB, now that it's riddled with relatives and the FBI, CIA, NSA, and the DAR

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Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore John Prine While digesting Reader's Digest In the back of a dirty b...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Boycotting the D-bags

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I was thinking of buying a cheap ticket (there are usually single tix available in the crappy seats) for the Cubs game tomorrow afternoon. I...
Monday, April 05, 2010

Neither Maverick Nor Paladin Nor Marshal Dillon

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According to The Huffington Post , according to Newsweek, John McCain said, "I never considered myself a maverick." I never thou...
Sunday, March 28, 2010

"Who are you, and what are you doing with Mr. Royko's sock?"

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In 1984, Rupert Murdoch bought the Chicago Sun-Times, and columnist Mike Royko quit in disgust, moving over to the rival Chicago Tribune. In...
Friday, March 26, 2010

From the CBRAT Print Archives: GmbH #2 "Eric Gill: Just as God Made Us"

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Insert the usual palaver about how time flies, etc., or spare the both of us, but it's been almost ten years since I published my last x...
Saturday, March 20, 2010

"Question your besotment with a manky job," indeed

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To the extent that I have a personal philosophy of life, coach, it is encapsulated in the lyrics and music of this song. Bankrupt the ba...
Friday, March 19, 2010

As the weird pro turns gone ...

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Yeah, this is going nowhere fast. And slow. Both. The way I see it, this blog can go three possible directions. First, I could just quit f...