robinbanks

yah- robin banks was in the
pdx area band 'big daddy meatstraw'
now a dj on the 'alternative' station there. he's got big curly hair hehe

psssst nice nice nice picture taking my friend~! yum.
now to see if they'll make it thru the drama.

[Edited on Oct 31, 2003 1:20AM]

boo

saw your post in the fascism thread... had to back you up a bit.

all these fools saying you hate america if you're against any of our wars (on terror, on afghanistan, on drugs, on iraq) are the absolute least intelligent people in the world.

what a bunch of tripe...

someone with half a fucking brain cell can see that our current administration's actions aren't to the present or future benefit of the american people.

but no, these blindly "patriotic" humps just blather on about supporting the troops and agreeing with the president and love it or leave it and osama and saddam and blah blah blah.

they can't grasp the concept of taking a step back to look at history...

to see how we are being set up to take the fall as an evil war-mongering country to be made an example of, like germany after ww2. (when in fact less than a third of its population ever supported the nazi idealogy)

of course, leading to a greater "consolidation of power and wealth into higher, tighter, and righter hands"- George HW Bush..

more steps (leaps actually) towards the holy grail of all the supposedly 'opposing' political factions that have existed in the open for at least the past hundred years~ one world government. control of the many by the few, again..

the new feudalism.

I have still not met a single person in ten different states (outside of the SG boards that is LOL) that truly believes any of the lies and deceptions that have been spoonfed to them via the major media.

these same war war war people don't even read what is written on the boards. or read anything at all past skimming the headlines of their local corporate news conglomerate's offerings.

they see a few keywords in a post or article, and without comprehending what they mean: jump to conclusions, take the words and ideas as a personal attack on them, then lash out at the messenger...

what they also don't realize is that the opinions they are so rabidly espousing are nothing but the subtle (or not so subtle) results of a three year long barrage of current and easily recognizable propaganda techniques and conditioning recieved via televison... owned and operated by the same companies who control the papers, make the arms deals, and foot the bill for someone like the shrub (or Ahhnold) to steal an election.

all of this comes down to another forbidden subject in America, and that would be $$$.. who has it who doesn't and who is going to make more of it by taking it from those less fortunate... in little increments here and there until BAM! manufactured depression.
all the while news stories chiming away about our 'economic recovery' that somehow happened as almost 3 million jobs sailed overseas for good.

yeah yeah yeah, it's all a bunch of conspiracy theories according to these braniacs. even when the evidence is right under their noses.

i wonder why the white house won't turn over their september eleventh documents? hmmmmm september eleventh~ the root of everything that sucks...it must somehow remain fully uninvestigated.




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ok so thats my rant against the ignorant for today.
on another topic, i've got an 1880's style gramaphone wax cylinder player i found at my grandma's house. now i gotta get my hands on some fine musical offerings from back in the day!
word up.

hi i saw your name on the wilco thread

i see you have the tibetan book of the dead

and howlin wolf on your profie

good combination

"babys got a black cat bone"

hey, I read your journal

lorelei isn't the only one
So judging by the pics and irsh referances, am i to assume correctly that you play in an irish type band?

That's a very depressing song.

About the riots, as I am a pacifist, I pretty much agree with your opinion against violence. However, after the initial tension here died down (which was considerable and unbearable), people became much more polite to each other. I have always been the type to give a "thank you" for the least of service someone might give me, but usually people could care less. Nowadays, though, everone seems to really appreciate the small kindnesses that we are supposed to give automatically.

Other than that, I don't think much has improved as far as the immediate conditions that caused the riots. City council and the Cincinnati police haven't really done much of anything substantial. Oh well, like I really expected any changed to come from that end anyway.

BTW, I wasn't in the middle of the riots when the fellows took their potshot at me. I was just driving on the highway. Downtown was under curfew/martial law. That should give you some idea of how extreme the tension was.

I will be watching for news about your tour.

Adieu,
Jacob