An idiot romances the dance.

Why socialism isn't an epithet?

Why are sci-fi people self-hating? (Because most sci-fi is terrible.)

Cursor.org is out of money. Sucks. I used to check it several times a week. I think I even gave them twenty dollars once.

The Dusty Show with Clay Pigeon is still awesome.

Wired magazine tells me that blogs have been outmoded. It's been replaced by twitter and facebook. Don't bother starting a blog, says they! For some reason they seem to think the only reason to write a blog is to become famous.

Go Here For a Random Website!

Here is a random paragraph generator. Haven't come up with a good one yet, though. Getting some good ones from the random sentence generator. This settled scientist leans on top of an alleged nuisance. A blurb pretends. Any era wets the kernel. A finer stare betters the directive.

Another random website generator.






Here is the article Naomi Klein references in the NYT.

Obama as the Manchurian Candidate

I don't understand how he could be the Manchurian candidate. McCain is the one who was the POW! Of course, in the movie it was Korea, not Vietnam. So there you go.


Still, the Hannity movie is hilarious. (In a scary kind of way.)



UPDATE: Here's the background.

The Amen Break: A Short Doc

It's amazing what's been done with this little scrap of recorded time.

Here's the original:

NWA makes the AMEN angry.

early drum n bass


early dark drum n bass, Ed Rush:


But it's in the dark and in the mellow tunes. Examples abound. How about Oasis with the Amen? Much better!


The Amen break goes in and out of fashion. Around the time of Pendulum, circa 2005, it was coming back. They use it in really fresh ways. (If you're into that sort of thing.)


Venetian Snares, my favorite of the breakcore/idm amen-breakers. Most every song of his seems to have the amen break.


And so on.

Here is a link to some of mine.

LL Cool J; Isadora Duncan, random cut and paste

"Mama Said Knock You Out"

[LL]

C'mon man

[News Report]

And with the local DBT news, LL Cool J with a triumphant comeback
[mumbling]
but tonite...

[LL]

Don't call it a comeback
I been here for years
Rockin my peers and puttin suckas in fear
Makin the tears rain down like a MON-soon
Listen to the bass go BOOM
Explosion, overpowerin
Over the competition, I'm towerin
Wreckin shop, when I drop these lyrics that'll make you call the cops
Don't you dare stare, you betta move
Don't ever compare
Me to the rest that'll all get sliced and diced
Competition's payin the price

[Chorus:]

I'm gonna knock you out (HUUUH!!!)
Mama said knock you out (HUUUH!!!)
[REPEAT 4X]

Don't u call this a regular jam
I'm gonna rock this land
I'm gonna take this itty bitty world by storm
And I'm just gettin warm
Just like Muhummad Ali they called him Cassius
Watch me bash this beat like a skull
Cuz u know I had beef wit
Why do u riff with me, the maniac psycho
And when I pull out my jammy get ready cuz it might go
BLAAAAW, how ya like me now?
The river will not allow
U to get with, Mr. Smith, dont riff
Listen to my gear shift
I'm blastin, outlastin
Kinda like Shaft, so u could say I'm shaftin
Old English filled my mind
And I came up with a funky rhyme

[Chorus]
[LL]

Breakdown!!!

Shadow boxin when I heard you on the radio (HUUUH!!!)
I just don't know
What made you forget that I was raw?
But now I got a new tour
I'm goin insane, startin the hurricane, releasin pain
Lettin you know that you can't gain, I maintain
Unless ya say my name
Rippin, killin
Diggin and drillin a hole
Pass the Ol' Gold

[Chorus]

Shotgun blasts are heard
When I rip and kill, at WILL
The man of the hour, tower of power, I'll devour
I'm gonna tie you up and let you understand
that I'm not your average man
when I got a jammy in my hand
DAAAAAM!!!!! Oooooohh!!
Listen to the way I slaaaaay, your crew
Damage (UHH) damage (UHH) damage (UHH) damage
Destruction, terror, and mayhem
Pass me a sissy so suckas I'll slay him
Farmers (What!!!) Farmers (What!!!)
I'm ready (we're ready!!!)
I think I'm gonna bomb a town (get down!!)
Don't u neva, eva, pull my lever
Cuz I explode
And my nine is easy to load
I gotta thank God
Cuz he gave me the strength to rock
HARD!! knock you out, mama said knock you out

[Chorus]


As I mentioned in the comments your writing will improve if you learn how to make more complex sentences. Writing complex sentences involves inspecting your writing for sentences that repeat nouns, phrasal verbs and even entire phrases and then combining them to reduce repetition. Watch, I can improve my last couple of sentences by combining:
If you learn how to combine sentences that repeat nouns, phrasal verbs and even entire phrases you can reduce repetition and make your sentences more readable and interesting.