Happy Groundhog Day from the New Li'l Bastard!

Sigrid Zoe

02/02/13


Baby, baby mama and dirty ol' bastard doing well!

Speaking Of Robert Popper ...

In addition to creating a phony religion (Tarvuism), writing books and music, producing a television show (Friday Night Dinner) and a podcast (Robert Popper's Timewaster Podular Cast), Robert Popper makes phone calls as a character named Robin Cooper. Here are a couple.

Aaaaaaaand ...

Volcanic Green Energy

Geothermists are going to pour 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano in Oregon this summer in possibly the awesomest green energy move we've ever seen.

"They hope the water comes back to the surface fast enough and hot enough to create cheap, clean electricity that isn’t dependent on sunny skies or stiff breezes — without shaking the earth and rattling the nerves of nearby residents." Story here.

I'm no scientician, but I'm sure the idea was inspired by that Brady Bunch volcano science project episode...

Avenge

Please don't suck. Please don't suck. Please don't suck.

Meth Monkeys

Just when you thought it was safe, new hazards to avoid. Please to enjoy local news coverage: 4 aggressive monkeys

Telly Savalas Looks At Aberdeen

Don't ask me why, but I love shit like this.

Telly also looked at Portsmouth and Birmingham. (The Birmingham film is blocked by the BBC in this country.)

I Took The eReader Plunge

The Kindle made its debut in 2007 and Kindle 2 was released in early 2009, so I'm not exactly an early adopter. But a few things recently knocked me off the fence ...

1) I spent some time reading on Bastard Matt's iPad a couple of weekends ago and it was a not unpleasant experience.

2) Kindle 2's price dropped below $200.00. ($189.99. Cheap!)

3) e-book sales have surpassed paper book sales on Amazon! For every 100 paper books Amazon sells these days, they sell 143 e-books. Wow.

4) Kindle has around 60% market share in the e-reader marker.

Anybody have any suggestions for my first book purchase?

Production Photo From Walking Dead

WARNING: Zombies may appear helpless ... but they are dead, and dangerous ...

Attached please find the first photo released from the set of AMC’s The Walking Dead, currently being shot in Atlanta, GA. Of the formation of the zombies, creator, director, and executive producer Frank Darabont says "Greg Nicotero is absolutely out-doing himself. The work he is doing is beyond what one could hope for. Our Zombies kick a**!"

The Walking Dead will premiere on AMC in October 2010 during Fearfest.

This looks like it might be really good.

Do You Wear Eleganza?

Because things happen when you do. What message could that collar be sending, and why does he have her undivided attention?

Officially Open For Bidness

Have I mentioned this movie yet? Official site is up.

Ha Ha Ha Ha

This is terrific.

Well, This Sucks

From The LA Times, earlier this year:

Jones joined the ranks of the unemployed on Jan. 17, when Indie 103.1, the scruffy but revered L.A. rock station, became a victim of a vicious downturn in advertising revenue. For five years, the Sex Pistol had been the gloriously unpolished voice of "Jonesy's Jukebox," an eccentric and unpredictable two-hour lunchtime show on which he played any obscure record he wanted, chatted up famous guests or just, well, whistled.

Read the rest here after your tears have dried.

We Survived

25 kids at our son's 7th birthday party (at home). What could go wrong?

Simmer Down, Lurker

Trailer Park Boys 2? Indeed.

Hurricane Fay

Tense time in southeast FL. Is the family down there in the line of fire, Joe?

These 3 lines from a CNN.com story are the strangest I've read in a while:

"Four catfish kept a Delta Air Lines flight from landing on time at Melbourne International Airport on Wednesday, CNN affiliate WFTV reported.

The walking catfish, which use their pectoral fins to move and can stay out of water for some time, were on the runway and airport crews had to move them before the plane could land.

Besides the catfish, crews also encountered two gopher tortoises, a blue indigo snake and an alligator, WFTV reported."

Uh, Has Anyone Heard From Joe?

It's not looking good ...

Shit

Everybody Krautrock!

Released in 1971 as a double album, Tago Mago is the second studio album by German experimental rock band Can.

Perhaps AllMusic describes it best:

With the band in full artistic flower and Suzuki's sometimes moody, sometimes frenetic speak/sing/shrieking in full effect, Can released not merely one of the best Krautrock albums of all time, but one of the best albums ever, period. Tago Mago is that rarity of the early '70s, a double album without a wasted note, ranging from sweetly gentle float to full-on monster grooves. "Paperhouse" starts things brilliantly, beginning with a low-key chime and beat, before amping up into a rumbling roll in the midsection, then calming down again before one last blast. Both "Mushroom" and "Oh Yeah," the latter with Schmidt filling out the quicker pace with nicely spooky keyboards, continue the fine vibe. After that, though, come the huge highlights -- three long examples of Can at its absolute best. "Halleluwah" -- featuring the Liebezeit/Czukay rhythm section pounding out a monster trance/funk beat; Karoli's and Schmidt's always impressive fills and leads; and Suzuki's slow-building ranting above everything -- is 19 minutes of pure genius. The near-rhythmless flow of "Aumgn" is equally mind-blowing, with swaths of sound from all the members floating from speaker to speaker in an ever-evolving wash, leading up to a final jam. "Peking O" continues that same sort of feeling, but with a touch more focus, throwing in everything from Chinese-inspired melodies and jazzy piano breaks to cheap organ rhythm boxes and near babbling from Suzuki along the way. "Bring Me Coffee or Tea" wraps things up as a fine, fun little coda to a landmark record.

Tago Mago has been cited as an influence by everybody from Radiohead to John Lydon to Primal Scream to the Jesus and Mary Chain to the Flaming Lips. (Spoon is even named after a Can song!) And according to the sometimes reliable Wikipedia, Tago Mago is included in a book called 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

So won't you open your minds and Feel The Presence of Can?

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