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Entries from November 2008

PTA

November 30th, 2008 4 Comments

post thanksgiving apathy.
i have it.
but i borrowed it from vonnegut’s post timequake apathy.
but i think i have that, too.
hooch and sarah are still wonderful. sitting around and watching them bicker is better than any television program on the pay channels. instead of finishing each other’s stories, as is the cliche, [...]

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Fancied Need: How Fear Creates New Intrinsic Markets in 21st Century Capitalism (a work in progress)

November 25th, 2008 18 Comments

i have no idea how i’m gonna keep it together. it’s 12:22 and i’m drinking beer to slow down my brain for sleep. lots of research and nonsense banging around in there.
hooch, you’re on ‘taking care of your ole boy kev’ duties this week. i don’t want to make you [...]

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ting-a-ling!

November 23rd, 2008 6 Comments

i’ve been writing a paper on kurt vonnegut lately. what a guy. if chapter 34 of timequake doesn’t make you weep like a baby, you’re a fucking ass hole.
here’s a little audio clip from a short retrospective npr did on him.
art.
it’s an instinctive, irrational process.
amen.

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this is not my baby

November 22nd, 2008 No Comments

this is chin and beta’s little girl rose back when she was wee wee little last summer.
see the look of terror in my face?

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southern stories

November 22nd, 2008 2 Comments

another week, another interesting visit to teddy’s. this one was wild right out the gate.
with a few extra lsu students and teddy’s virgins in tow, i walked into a jam that was lacking a drummer, and was on stage before i got my coat off and before i got a beer. by the [...]

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vote for nader and sam

November 18th, 2008 7 Comments

**UPDATED WITH NEW ADDRESS!!!**
If You Voted Already
PLEASE RE-VOTE!
hey y’all.
remember all the voting we did a few weeks ago? remember how well that worked out? let’s keep it going!
1. go here.
2. scroll to the bottom.
3. vote for #3, sam tripoli.
they’re in first place right now folks, so get your friends involved and let’s [...]

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nader and sam on howard 101 live now!

November 17th, 2008 2 Comments

SAM TRIPOLI, THE FINAL “I WANT TO BE HOWARD STERN” FINALIST

Sam Tripoli, the third I Want To Be Howard Stern finalist, stopped by with his co-host, Nader, to discuss their plans for tonight’s test show (7pm ET on Howard 101). Sam said they actually started on XM radio’s old National Lampoon channel, and they’ll be [...]

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flatbed honeymoon

November 16th, 2008 No Comments

i’ve found myself in a pretty good little band. they’re called flatbed honeymoon. we played our second gig last night at this little listening room called the red dragon. one of those places that is a nonprofit ‘club’ and not a bar. but you can bring in whatever you want. [...]

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music beats books

November 15th, 2008 4 Comments

it’s like a game of rock, paper, scissors. music beats books. pussy beats music. books beat digging holes.
this week music has found its way back into its premiere roll in my life: keeping me from getting shit done. while school builds to a crescendo, i have discovered, among other things, teddy’s [...]

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nader to appear on the howard stern show

November 11th, 2008 5 Comments

nader, the white man, nadskis, noddy the body, moochie (that’s old school) is scheduled to appear with his radio co-host sam tripoli on the howard stern show this coming monday. if nader is excited, i’m beside myself. they get to go into the room with howard and fred and robin and artie (after [...]

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