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March 31, 2004

 

dear you

Listening to the newly expanded and finally-back-in-print edition of Jawbreaker's Dear You felt like discovering that once upon a time I was a giant asshole....
Posted by xtop at 07:04 AM | Comments (3)
 


March 30, 2004

 

the return of jackie and judy

Take every Ramones album you've ever owned and bathe it in a solution of rock tumbler whiskey and 30,000 packs of cigarettes. Introduce the result to a carnival drowning in a boiling swamp overseen by Captain Beefheart and what you...
Posted by xtop at 03:25 PM
 


March 29, 2004

 

suffer the fool

I see myself in the dark glass of a storefront window. The image is wavering, untrue. I slip a cigarette from my pocket with pinched fingers and stare at it for two or three minutes, maybe longer. Then place it...
Posted by xtop at 09:39 PM
 


 

super goat man

When Super Goat Man moved into the commune on our street, I was ten years old. Though I liked superheroes, I wasn’t familiar with Super Goat Man. His presence didn’t mean much to me or to the other kids in...
Posted by xtop at 06:18 PM | Comments (4)
 


March 28, 2004

 

my adoring fanbase

Are you high? You ever even heard any Descendents stuff? You're clueless my friend. -ZACK...
Posted by xtop at 09:57 AM | Comments (2)
 


March 26, 2004

 

'merican

If you've read any reviews of The Descendents' new EP, 'Merican, you'll likely have encountered a long rundown of dozens of other Descendents songs that these five songs are bound to remind you of. You'll also notice that no one...
Posted by xtop at 08:57 AM | Comments (1)
 


March 25, 2004

 

btk returns

A letter The Wichita Eagle received Friday suggests that the BTK strangler was responsible for the Sept. 16, 1986, strangulation death of Vicki Wegerle, who was found dead in her home at 2404 W. 13th St. The crime was...
Posted by xtop at 01:15 AM | Comments (3)
 


March 24, 2004

 

westSIDE

There's a strain of nostalgia that Civil War recreationists and classic rock devotees often fall victim to, in which they cling to sugar-coated perceptions of the past in a desperate attempt to stave off the horrible present. The things they...
Posted by xtop at 01:52 PM
 


 

the armageddon plan

One of the questions studied in these exercises was what concrete steps a team might take to establish its credibility. What might be done to demonstrate to the American public, to U.S. allies, and to the Soviet leadership that "President"...
Posted by xtop at 01:04 AM
 


 

monsters from the deep

Scientists from Australia and New Zealand have identified more than 100 new species of fish in the waters that divide the two countries. One of the most curious discoveries made by the scientists concerned the mating habits of the deep...
Posted by xtop at 12:30 AM
 


March 22, 2004

 

tv on the radio. 3.22.04. bottleneck

click. expand....
Posted by xtop at 11:55 PM | Comments (2)
 


March 21, 2004

 

the true fate of percy fawcett

It is an unsolved riddle which has inspired explorers and writers for nearly 80 years. Yet now, after a decade of research, one British writer and director has shed unexpected light on the murky fate of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett...
Posted by xtop at 10:43 PM | Comments (1)
 


 

time shift go

The Florida International University physics professor plans to take time to task at 10 a.m. Wednesday, when he presents an experiment that involves using acceleration to speed up a digital clock by four seconds. Dolz's experiment — which takes six...
Posted by xtop at 10:38 PM
 


March 19, 2004

 

darpa's wild kingdom

In an August 2003 article, Los Angeles Times reporter Charles Pillar noted that DARPA has put forth some of the "most boneheaded ideas ever to spring from the government" -- including a "mechanical elephant" that never made it into the...
Posted by xtop at 01:39 AM
 


March 18, 2004

 

extinction no. 6

A milestone study of British birds, butterflies and wild flowers has revealed the strongest evidence yet that we are on the verge of a mass extinction of global wildlife - the sixth mass extinction in the history of life on...
Posted by xtop at 08:46 PM
 


 

four first days

click them, they will grow...
Posted by xtop at 12:26 AM | Comments (1)
 


March 17, 2004

 

last transmission from the ibook

it's a miracle i got it up and running this long. after this, it'll be nothing but the new routine of dead screen, lockups and uselessness. moving the whole operation over to a powerbook and sticking this son of a...
Posted by xtop at 01:05 AM | Comments (1)
 


March 10, 2004

 

it's on

Culture War Go: "I’m going to reveal information to you that is going to be very disturbing. So disturbing that I woke up at 3 o’clock in the morning. I couldn’t sleep, because I am preparing myself to become Jesus...
Posted by xtop at 11:30 PM | Comments (1)
 


 

lies

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March 07, 2004

 

stubbed out like cigarette butts

Today, we say a prayer for Cornelius, the 4th car I have killed. As a proud member of the army of functional wreckage, Cornelius lasted less than a year, taking me from Chicago to KC to Omaha and back, until...
Posted by xtop at 01:26 AM | Comments (4)
 


March 05, 2004

 

drive in pimp

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apparently there's a team

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Posted by xtop at 09:40 PM
 


 

will christopher baer: communicado

Will Christopher Baer's blog....
Posted by xtop at 07:12 PM
 


 

thoughtpeach: 1 year down

It's been a great year, y'all. Commence to getting awesome. via Gawker via NewYorkish via the National Equirer....
Posted by xtop at 10:36 AM
 


March 04, 2004

 

drinking at club 33

Exiting the ride, you’ll wander onto a faux New Orleans street named Rue Royale and to your left, behind an apparently fake door with the innocuous marker “33” is the entrance. Even if you’ve been to the club a dozen...
Posted by xtop at 05:40 PM
 


 

molasses strikes again

The interesting things to note here are 1) once again 21 people were killed, just like in Boston, setting a precise number of human lives that molasses requires before being sated and 2) these people actually recreate it every year,...
Posted by xtop at 02:42 PM | Comments (4)
 


 

molasses

Along with the coffee smell was another, equally pervading. One could discern throughout much of downtown Boston, and especially around the North End, the unmistakable aroma of molasses. As a boy, I never questioned that odor, so strong on hot...
Posted by xtop at 01:01 PM | Comments (1)
 


March 03, 2004

 

my adventures in menus without pictures

Tonight found me at the Udipi Cafe in Overland Park, Kansas, home of the proud white flight of Kansas City. Jacob Corbin invited Matt, Kelly Sue and myself out to dinner on him, courtesy of the ever-friendly folks who hand...
Posted by xtop at 11:49 PM | Comments (5)
 


March 02, 2004

 

barbecue nations

And there, indeed, was Richard Butler, who holds the distinction of being the oldest active white power leader in the country at 85. Butler, a former aeronautical engineer during World War II turned founder of Aryan Nations, tottered into Aryanfest...
Posted by xtop at 10:10 PM
 


 

George Saunders' Amendment

In the town where I live, I have frequently observed a phenomenon I have come to think of as Samish-Sex Marriage. Take, for example, K, a male friend of mine, of slight build, with a ponytail. K is married to...
Posted by xtop at 07:18 PM
 


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