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August 30, 2004


	"and god wept, i believe, is the next part" Posted by xtop at 09:22 PM \| Comments (6)


	My Kind of Something I really hate Chicago, said the man in the bathroom. He was not directing his opinion to me but to anyone willing to listen. I was in the public restroom of Marshall Fields, washing my hands and trying to tame these impossible curls growing on my head. The voice evidenced an older man of Midwestern background. He was behind the stall door and I had not the inclination to investigate further. Nevertheless,... Posted by vinny at 03:51 PM \| Comments (3)

August 27, 2004


	Neruda para mi diosa Tengo hambre de tu boca, de tu voz, de tu pelo Y por las calles voy sin nutrirme, callado, No me sostiene el pan, el alba me desquicia, Busco el sonido líquido de tus pies en el día. Estoy hambriento de tu risa resbalada, De tus manos color de furioso granero, Tengo hambre de la pálida piedra de tus uñas, Quiero comer tu piel como una intacta almendra. Quiero comer el... Posted by vinny at 04:47 PM \| Comments (2)


	What's Vince Been Listening to Lately? Inspired by Xtop's musings on music, here's my version ala Larry King: Having never before heard a Björk recording, I may either be the best or worst person to review her latest, Medulla. But damn it, I know what I like and I like this. A few oddball moments aside, this is compelling and passionate music sprouting from multitracked throats and not a single instrument-- unless Ive been fooled. Whatever. Be it... Posted by vinny at 03:59 PM \| Comments (0)


	J.L.B. Stolen from the Garden of Forking Paths site. Everyone, fuck whatever you are reading-- Borges is probably better.... Posted by vinny at 02:25 PM \| Comments (0)


	New B-O-R-E My favorite Japanese band, maybe the best band working today, The Boredoms, are gearing up to release a new CD. This makes me happy in the way I assume everyone else is happy about the Pixies. I love the Pixies too, but a new Boredoms CD is sure to out bam any bam thwok out there. These are exciting times, children. Read the speculative link: http://pitchforkmedia.com/news/04-08/17.shtml... Posted by vinny at 09:05 AM \| Comments (2)

August 26, 2004


	From Satan's Grand Ball something flashed like fire in Azazellos hands, and there was a soft noise, like a hand clap, and the baron started to fall backwards, as scarlet blood spurted from his chest and soaked his starched shirt and vest. Korovyov held the goblet under the pulsing stream, and when it was full, he gave it to Woland. By that time the barons lifeless body was already on the floor. Ladies and gentleman,... Posted by vinny at 08:41 AM \| Comments (0)

August 25, 2004


	We Belong Now that the entire globe is strung together like popcorn decorating a Christmas tree; now that shopping and trading shortbread recipes is easier than ever; now that porno is only a click away, we must ask ourselves an important question: is life any better? Of course, how ridiculous to even suggest otherwise. Right? I dont know. Consider this: Life on line is quite different from life in cold, cruel reality, where people... Posted by vinny at 06:45 PM \| Comments (4)


	The search for Bad Boy As this is my first attempt at blogging (ha!) I offer a personal tidbit for one and all, which may only be one. I dont know if anyone is as obsessed with their very own holy grail as I am with mine, but for almost a decade I have been searching for Bad Boy Butch Batsons classic piece of outsider art, Twisted and Bent. I have called record stores, combed the internet,... Posted by vinny at 06:34 PM \| Comments (7)


	out headed to LA, SF and all points in between for a few days. like he said below, my good friend Vinny is taking over until I get back. this is what Vinny looks like: he don't take no guff. good times ahoy. x.... Posted by xtop at 02:35 PM \| Comments (0)

August 24, 2004


	criminalia Ever since moving to Kansas City, it seems as though the criminal element I've always been around but never been touched by has seen fit to reach out and teach me a few lessons in never assuming you're safe. In the 25 years I lived in Chicago, I was never subject to a break-in, to my car getting fucked with, to even the slightest bit of street violence (though I did get... Posted by xtop at 11:52 PM \| Comments (0)


	changing of the guard Xtop has left us. I am at the helm. I am all things. I am Vincent.... Posted by vinny at 03:59 PM \| Comments (3)

August 20, 2004


	Oh BTK Police Lt. Ken Landwehr asked the public for help in identifying anyone who had contact with the late professor P.J. Wyatt or knew someone familiar with a folk song titled "Oh Death." Police said Friday that a letter sent in May to KAKE-TV that included a table of contents titled the "BTK Story" that had a chapter titled "PJs." Landwehr also disclosed that in a 1978 letter, the killer included a poem... Posted by xtop at 06:27 PM \| Comments (0)


	tonight So I am not going to the AC Newman show. I will not be seeing Rogue Wave. Nor will I be seeing the Neins. Nor will I see the Grand Champeens, who are not even from Lawrence, they are from Austin, and have been inexplicably added to the bill which is already full to bursting. So I will not drive the 45 dead, pitch black and flat minutes to Lawrence for a... Posted by xtop at 04:22 PM \| Comments (2)


	just because Posted by xtop at 01:01 PM \| Comments (3)

August 19, 2004


	the mad dog factor Next to stories about abused kids, nothing pushes O'Reilly's buttons like stories about lily-livered, spineless, cowardly, anti-American lowlifes like these two deserters. He brings on a guest to "discuss" the "issue": Toronto Globe and Mail columnist Heather Mallick, who has dared to call the two deserters "fine American men." O'Reilly is not happy. And from the top of the "interview," he strikes that special note of scathing, keening contempt that might be... Posted by xtop at 02:16 PM \| Comments (0)

August 18, 2004


	a memo from steve stevens Posted by xtop at 06:14 PM \| Comments (3)


	a memo to steve stevens Posted by xtop at 01:43 AM \| Comments (7)

August 17, 2004


	someone else's tent COVENTRY, Vt. An autopsy is scheduled for a concertgoer found dead at this weekend's Phish festival in Coventry. Police say the person appears to be a man in his early 20s, but that he wasn't carrying any identification. They say he wandered into someone else's tent and died. insert your own dirty, sponging hippie joke here... Posted by xtop at 10:36 AM \| Comments (0)


	nancy boy! nancy boy! If you ever want to feel like an utter moron lacking both coordination and the capacity for rational, expansive thought, take piano lessons when you're no longer 6. You will question your ability to recite the alphabet, to tell your left from your right, to move your hands and feet and talk all at the same time. The first reaction I always get when I tell people is, "Are you serious?" When... Posted by xtop at 02:21 AM \| Comments (11)

August 14, 2004


	meditations in green (2) Posted by xtop at 03:36 AM \| Comments (0)


	some notes on music: 8.13.04 The Streets: A Grand Dont Come for Free It starts with a late fee on a DVD and ends with jeans washed too high, spans from defeatism to acceptance, transforms from a raised eyebrow to a frog in your throat. This might be the best thing Ive heard since the last time I said that, whichd be about two weeks. More than an album, not exactly a novel, maybe a musical. A... Posted by xtop at 01:23 AM \| Comments (8)

August 06, 2004


	as if on cue ah, cleverness...... Posted by xtop at 04:02 PM \| Comments (0)


	thing thing Posted by xtop at 01:25 AM \| Comments (0)

August 04, 2004


	the shortwave and the calling Washington Post (registration required) covers the man behind the Conet Project. As if the recordings weren't strange enough, this amps it up a couple dozen notches: A few things you should probably know about Akin Fernandez: There's the basic background stuff -- that he's the son of Nigerian-born parents, that he grew up in Brooklyn and moved to London when he was 15 years old. He calls himself a geek. He believes... Posted by xtop at 12:32 AM \| Comments (0)

August 03, 2004


	back and to the left channel requires NYT registration Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have begun work on a digital scanning apparatus that they believe will be able to reproduce sound from the only known audio recording of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas. The recording was made through an open microphone on a police motorcycle during Kennedy's motorcade into Dealey Plaza, where the president was shot to death.... Posted by xtop at 11:31 PM \| Comments (0)

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