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i don't know what is more fascinating, the snake-handler footage, or michael bolton's retarded attempt to be a glam rock front man. enjoy...

one of my favorite producer/director/actors. here's his wiki entry . Filmography: Director The Slender Thread (1965) director This Property Is Condemned (1966) director The Scalphunters ' (1968) director The Swimmer (1968) co-director Castle Keep (1969) director They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) director Jeremiah Johnson (1972) director The Way We Were (1973) director Three Days of the Condor (1975) director The Yakuza (1975) director/producer Bobby Deerfield (1977) director/producer The Electric Horseman (1979) director/actor Absence of Malice (1981) director/producer Tootsie (1982) director/producer/actor Out of Africa (1985) director/producer Havana (1990) director/co-producer The Firm (1993) director/producer Sabrina (1995) director/producer Random Hearts (1999) director/actor Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005) director The Interpreter (2005) director, executive producer, and actor Producer The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) executive producer...

The Overview : The murders perpetrated by Charles Manson and members of his "Family" were inspired in part by Manson's prediction of Helter Skelter , an apocalyptic war he believed would arise from tension over racial relations between blacks and whites. [1] This " chimerical vision," as it was termed by the court that heard Manson's appeal from his conviction for the Tate-LaBianca killings , [2] involved reference to music of The Beatles and to the New Testament's Book of Revelation . [3] Manson had been predicting racial war for some time before he used the term Helter Skelter. [4] [5] His first use of the term was at a gathering of the Family on New Year's Eve 1968. This took place at the Family's base at Myers Ranch, near California's Death Valley . [6] [7] In its final form, which was reached by mid-February 1969, [8] the scenario had Manson as not only the war's ultimate beneficiary but its musical cause. He and the Famil...

from now on, i'll be diversifying my blogging. for the more long-winded, serious or not-so serious post that are a bit more involved, i'll keep posting here on my blogger account. for random thoughts, sketches, mp3's, photos, cell phone posts, etc... i'll be using my page at tumblr.com. tumblr is an amazing, simple, and fully customizable (via html and css). i can post a photo, text, video from my cell phone, i.m. style chats, mac osx widget... pretty amazing. my page, averything. averywhere. all the time , is here . i'm pondering opening up my direct upload email address to anyone who wants to post to my page. i'm also going through the 400 or so post on this (blogger.com) blog in order to weed out some of the trivial posts that are just taking up space.

wow. joe posted this on alison's page. its a milk ad. holy shit. are those girls twins? is that really milk? is prince jealous? so many questions. its teethtastical. this is one of the most beautiful images i've ever seen.

these are the top 10 sites i visit most often these days google.com / the greatest search engine in the multiverses yahoo.com / homepage - mail - news politico.com / because i'm that kind of animal wikipedia.org / amazing info resource ffffound.com / image bookmarking - fantastic concept nin.com / trent has released 2 albums since january. 46 songs. iso50.com / tycho aka scott hansen's design blog. beauty. vimeo.com / its like flickr for video, very classy and useful flickr.com / the last word i suppose. myspace.com / i currently help run 5 myspace pages. gosh. ...and this page is incredible . in the same style... here's some great retro prefab photos from flickr (by finnish designer matti suuronen 1971)...

on cinco de mayo, i spent an evening at dreamcatchers studio in homewood helping my friends aaron and alan record an ep for their project, 'binge parade.' i recorded bass for two songs, ' warm's too far away ' and ' with love mr. suicide .' i love those titles. alan is the new drummer for wiseblood v.1, and aaron was in a band in bham for a few years named cordova. listen to the songs here: myspace.com/bingeparade also... my friend john seay has written a fantastic article about the birmingham and national music industry evolution, specifically, giving it all away. the article is here , via flagpole in athens, ga. ...and speaking of athens, venice is sinking, an athens band that i really like, is doing an extended residency in place of touring. excellent. ever since our residency at speakeasy w/ the spots last year, i've been a fan of the idea.

Race in the Race for the Presidency: How Media Pundits Gloss Over Race and Feed Racism Tim Wise Friend of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Author of 'White Like Me: Reflections on Race From a Privileged Son' www.timwise.org Much has been said about the role that racism may play in the outcome of the 2008 Presidential election. But what has been largely ignored is the way that media pundits, by virtue of the language they use, the questions they ask, and the way they frame issues, often reinforce racial division, and make it harder for us to examine race issues honestly. So consider the way the media has been pushing the question, "Can Obama win working class voters?" Or, "Why is Obama having trouble connecting with working class voters?" Both questions ignore that Obama doesn't have a working class problem—large percentages of the black folks who are turning out to support him at rates of 90% are indeed working class—but rather, a white working class problem. By...