shawn avery

THE CLEVER GREETING! this is my favorite day of the year because it is probably the only one we have left with which we can express ourselves properly and project the insane culture we've managed to conjure up in this country since WWII. i figured i'd share some weirdness... it is long, so if you aren't able or willing to read it... then watch the youtube clip. if you wanna read further, you'll surely get something from it. DR. PAUL BEARER! this post is about dr. paul bearer. for a few decades he hosted the " creature feature " on channel 44 which broadcast primarily in central florida. i met him at a halloween event at the winter haven mall 23 years ago today. he died at some point in the mid 90's and i really hope they buried him with his make-up. he has a special place in my hall of heroes. here's the wiki link . and here is a memoir written by a fan of the doctor. THE YOUTUBE CLIP! here's the guy in action - SOMEONE FINALLY POSTED A CLIP ...

here's 19 for 29. all pertinent specifically to this very afternoon. 1. today is ten29. for people know me well, that's some heavy shit. but it doesn't mean anything, so it can never be "profound" shit. just heavy shit. like black hash. 2. jody nelson shaved his beard, and he dressed up as the RKO dog on saturday. he is my fucking hero. the nelson-slamen-halloween conglomerate was in full effect. halloween village? are you kidding me? brilliant. they went so far as to replace their exterior flood lights with black flood lights. 3. [scene missing] 4. the spots played 2 shows on friday. almost 3 hours at the museum and almost 2 hours at speakeasy. that means we invented, (not counting the stuff we usually play) at least 3 1/2 hours of new stuff. try it sometime. 5. my magazine should be here today. 6. the synth bassline in the song " everything she want s" by wham... when combined with george michael's "ah huh uh do do do ba da da da da......

some of it could be speculation, but i know enough about key industrial age figures to know that the pieces of the puzzle all make sense.

NIN. i wish a lot of other top selling veteran artists would be this forthcoming and direct. and i mean DIRECT . in this post, trent releases details about his new remix album - he basically gives you the options at hand, one of which is the entire record in multi-track format, allowing anyone on earth who is able - to remix the whole damn thing. instead of whining about mp3 file sharing, he is actually trying to progress the form. and radiohead thought they were clever. even if you loathe nin , read this... it is another example of how artists are responding to the ever dematerializing state of the record industry, - not to be confused with the music business. this album is a collection of remixes of year zero , the convoluted concept record-alternate reality game-viral marketing breakthrough - which came out in april. trent is going so far as to include a fan remix as one of the tracks. not only is there an innovative dvd-rom release, the vinyl collection of 3 discs only has 5 side...

the sucking sound should start at any moment. the baby boomers are starting to retire . it starts officially today. the boom generation spans from 1946 to 1964. a rather protracted length of time if you ask me. someone who was 5 years old during woodstock seems more generation X, of which i am a member. i prefer the term "thirteener." here's how my generation is defined, in contrast to the boomers, apparently we jumped the shark after grunge peaked: In the book Generations , William Strauss and Neil Howe called this generation the "13th Generation" because it's the 13th to know the flag of the United States (counting back to the peers of Benjamin Franklin ). Strauss and Howe defined the birth years of the 13th Generation as 1961 to 1981 based on examining peaks and troughs in cultural trends rather than simply looking at birth rates. [5] Howe and Strauss speak of six influences that they believe have shaped Generation 13. Generation X is generally marke...

basquiat, '81.

here's a link to fox6 . the spots were the musical guests this morning. once again, they were super nice, very pleasant and the mix was crap . we did get a 2 camera thing going on though. looked nice. i look super geeky. we are playing tonight at mcwane center. also, and this is funny - the monsters of rock tour. this was my first big rock concert experience. 06.05.88. tampa stadium. very hot. something like 55,000 people there. massive. here's the promo video for the tour via an mtv contest... nice.