R.I.P Paul

You will be missed! Perhaps the studliest of all actors from his generation and that's no small feat! As my friend Hassan told me earlier, he wishes he was in the U.S. to commemorate by buying a bottle of his Caesar dressing which is SO good. He always was about quality on and OFF the screen.

I Need To Listen to This ASAP

Here's the track listing.

1. Love & Tears
2. I Want To Live
3. Ride a white Swan
4. Life Of Leisure
5. Babywoman
6. Looks Swank (Spooky)
7. Picnic In the Rain
8. When I Think About Rain
9. All Through The Night
10. Sunshine On a Rainy Day

Looks like Naomi has a preoccupation with rain? Three songs have it in the title, four if you want to get creative and count tears. There also seems to be a bittersweet complexity hinted at in just glancing at the overall track listing, see #1,6,7, and 10. Who knew Naomi was so emotionally sophisticated? She also got a little help from her friends in the backup vocals department with Luther Vandross [!] and Chrissie Hynde contributing to Swan and Love & Tears respectively. How could anyone refuse at least one go round in the ole' boom box?

As to which song I'm most excited to listen to based on title alone, its a tough one. There is the T. Rex cover Ride A White Swan which gets me curious. Looks Swank (Spooky) seems like it might be a searing inditement of the fashion industry and Picnic in the Rain appears to be one of those ditties that captures the laughing through the tears emotions I know we all love to experience and more importantly listen to. Babywoman kind of gives me a semi as there's nothing hotter than women who act like babies, am I right guys? All Through The Night and Sunshine On A Rainy Day are too generic and Life of Leisure is just a touch too on the nose, its like duh Naomi! Ultimately its track two I want to skip to and put on repeat. I Want to Live, with its simple Corky St. Clair like affirmation really gets me salivating and itching to spend money in an ironic conspicuous way. Wish me happy hunting in the used CD section at Amoeba!

The O.G. Riot Grrrrl

One of my favorite pastimes, and by past times I mean things to do while bored at work is to research and learn about the lives of the children of presidents. I'm also deeply obsessed with first ladies. Basically, anybody who is political by proximity. What they choose to do with the role they've been given says a lot about the person's character and in many cases they do absolutely nothing [Hi Laura!]
Politics have just been on the brain lately, they're all I can think about really so I thought I'd take this time to decompress and try to express the joy and love I have for my favorite child of a president, Ms. Amy Carter. I'm going to let the photos speak for awhile before I jump back in with a word or two.

Welcome To The Dollhouse


Amy with her cat Misty Malarky Ying Yang

Amy at tennis camp about to fuck up a bitch up for taking the pic

Amy at some sort of dull inauguration thing or other

I mean looking at these photos how can you NOT hear Kathleen Hanna wailing, "We are Bikini kill, and we want revolution! girl style now! " Amy lived in the White House from 4 to 9 years of age. During her occupancy she received an elephant from a Sri Lankan immigrant and owned 39 teddy bears [Wikipedia, what would I do without you!]

She apparently received heavy media coverage as she was the first child to live in the White House since the early 60's but she never let it go to her head! Choice quote, when asked whether she had any message for the children of America, Amy replied with a simple "No".

President Carter mentioned his daughter during a 1980 debate with Ronald Reagan, when he said he had asked her what the most important issue in that election was and she said, "the control of nuclear arms". This from a 9 year old! More politically conscious than the bush twins combined.

She maintained her sass through adulthood too as she was married barefoot and chose not to be "given away," stating that she "belonged to no one." Gangsta!

Amy, I love you.

In Time, Everything Will Please Us

Look at the graphic design for these generic brand sodas from the 80's. Minimalist and mega cool, right? In that Soviet Block kind of way

Anyhow much better than the one I grew up with

The above image strikes fear into my palette. I think of rock hard, cardboard like Cheerios in my mouth. The taste of disappointment.

Magnetic Presence

What is it about musicians? I would say I do, after Nov 4th of course.



My two favorite Kim's of all time in one video!

Frightening/ Depressing Children's Entertainment

I actually saw this as a child and recall the following sequence somewhat vividly. For good reason I believe as it is REALLY disturbing! However I don't remember being as rattled then as I am now upon second viewing. The lysergic animation coupled with the monster's horrific rabid gluttony as a means to fill the painful void of being and loneliness ["I could gorge forever, I'm just an empty shell"] is nightmarish to say the least. Because this was made in the late 70's [films were crazy then!] when Raggedy Anne reveals her heart is made of candy my pulse quickened and I truly feared for her safety and what would become of her in the taffy pit.

Upon first viewing [I know, that means I watched it more than once] of this clip I fell into a deep hole of depression that I was only able to climb out of with the aid of a healthy dose of anger. Is it me or does Kathy Lee sing and dance the entire time while underage children and puppets labor and toil away. We witness a frazzled obviously overworked mouse who comes this close to a nervous breakdown on camera to children forced to sleep at their workstations, make cookies, and POLISH the jukebox! Thus confirming what we've always known, Kathy Lee is a ruthless uncaring despot.

Culture Wars

It seems like everyone is freaking the fuck out over Sarah Palin as the VP nom, myself included. Looks like we've got ANOTHER tired culture war on our hands instead of an election focusing on policy issues. Being the liberal, provincial cosmopolitan I am I initially saw McCain's pick as a huge blunder, it came across as desperate, manipulative, and uninformed. But then again I also can't fathom how this receives 16 million youtube hits or how this artist has managed to sell over 25 million records.

I guess the point is, she does have appeal and we have to get over it. Obama is a smart savvy politician. He's a Clinton slayer who can up the ante and show the working class that he cares about them because he really does. We just have to take deep breaths and try not to worry about the ever approaching November 4th date.

What I Thought of Sarah Palin's Speech Last Night

Although I must say baby trig was extra cute and stylish in a midnight blue and black striped onesie.