Sunday, March 31, 2002
Saturday, March 30, 2002
Just a day
Worked. Helped Clare move stuff, it was only two floors down. Did have a discussion with her about something I was unsure about, which made me feel better. Found out Wilco is playing Northwestern, so that's a yay! Next Week should be waaaaay better than this!
I need lasagna.
"You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, but they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of them just cheat on you."
~Silent Bob
Friday, March 29, 2002
Happy Valentine's Day!
Late, but I got a loverly package in the mail today. Considering I missed his birthday and V-D AND Saint Patricks Day, I guess I should make it a belated Easter gift...if I wait until Sunday I can buy him a ton of Peeps for cheep!!
Don't Need You
lyrics excerpted by Alejandro Escovedo
The time he takes to twist his lies
just to keep his story lit
and you wish you would have bit your lip
then followed him to sleep
I don't need you
Like you don't need me-
You don't need me
Thursday, March 28, 2002
I'm all stuffy :(
And I don't do sick well. Got baked (potatoes!!) last nite and watched
Zoolander and
Wet Hot American Summer last nite with Mike. I didn't want to hurt my brain. Zoolander was as dopey as I expected (but Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are such hotties) but
WHAS is pure genius!! Not to mention my future wife Janeane Garofalo is in it. I higly recommend this one.
Wednesday, March 27, 2002
Southern Gentlemen...and a Seattle Lady
Peter Buck, second left, and his wife Stephanie, with fellow REM band members Michael Stipe, left and Mike Mills on the far right pose outside Isleworth Crown Court near London, Wednesday March 27 2002. REM guitarist Peter Buck is accused of going on a drunken rampage aboard a trans-Atlantic British Airways flight last April. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin)
Stipe Testifies on Peter Buck's Behalf
LONDON (AP) - R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck was a "Southern gentleman" who was never rude to anyone, the band's lead singer, Michael Stipe, told a court Wednesday.
Stipe appeared as a character witness at the trial of Buck, who is accused of going on a drunken rampage aboard a trans-Atlantic British Airways flight last April.
The R.E.M. singer said Buck was "like a big brother," and said the allegations against his friend of 23 years made no sense.
"He's just not a person who is rude to anyone," Stipe said in Isleworth Crown Court.
"Something that people don't often know about the American South, there is what is called a Southern gentleman, and Peter is my definition of such.
"He is someone who is considerate of all people, gentle and polite. That is why this whole thing to me is absurd."
Buck, 45, denies charges of being drunk on an aircraft, assault and damaging British Airways crockery. Last week, he testified that he took a powerful sleeping pill at the start of the Seattle to London flight and can't remember his alleged behavior.
The trial continues next week.
okay Stipey, but Pete was born in...California I think. And now lives in Seattle. But nice try.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
I am experiencing a moment of goodness. Everything is in its right place, and I am comfortable with me, and those around me. A special thanks to those who helped put me there, even though it was mostly me, as I am repsonsible for my own happiness and such. Kumbaya, and drinks are on me.
now, if I could just knock this nasty cold thing I have.
HIIIIIIIIIIIII!
I dunno, update later or something?
Monday, March 25, 2002
Who's Your Inner Rock Star?
sam, your inner rock star is Bjork!
Wow, your inner rock star is Bjork. You've charmed the world with your beautiful, zany, personal style. To say you're a member of the alternative set would be a gross understatement. You and Bjork define alternative in its purest form.
well, I do do a great Bjork voice and have been known to punch out photographers ;)
Buck's Air Rage Trial Heats Up
March 22, 8 p.m. ET, RollingStone.com
The British press has had a field day this week with Peter Buck, as the R.E.M. guitarist sits accused of "air rage" in a London courtroom. "Terror As Rock Star Rampaged On Plane," screamed the full-page headline across Tuesday's Evening Standard; "I Feared R.E.M. Rocker Would Stab Someone," read the story in Wednesday's Daily Star; "My Jet Attack By Drunk Rocker," detailed the story of a flight attendant's testimony in the Daily Express. "R.E.M. star 'became drunken yob,'" exclaimed another.
Buck is charged with two counts of assault against Mario Agius and Holly Ward, one of drunkenness on an aircraft and one of criminal damage stemming from a British Airways flight between Seattle and London last April. Buck was travelling to London to perform with his band mates at Nelson Mandela's "Freedom Day" concert, when British Airways First Class flight attendants testified that he drank more than fifteen glasses of wine and became belligerent. One flight attendant testified that Buck was unruly after being refused further alcohol, had to be stopped from grabbing a bottle of champagne from the galley, and at one point from trying to take a knife from the serving cart.
"We were asking him to sit down when suddenly he punched the wall very hard," said British Airways staffer Holly Ward. "He did not seem very happy that we'd asked again to sit down. He replied to [her colleague Mario Agius] 'I can fucking take you out any time, and I can put that fucking tie down your throat.' He grabbed Mario's tie and pulled it tight around his neck."
Captain Tom Payne testified that he called a flight deck crisis meeting at 35,000 feet, after Buck ripped up a "yellow card" that warned him to behave. "We could divert to the nearest airport, drop him off or press on and call the police," Payne said in court. "I decided to press on."
In testimony Wednesday, Buck said that he has no memory of the incident in the air. After taking a sleeping pill and a glass of wine while still flying over America, his next memory was waking up in a jail cell at Heathrow Airport. "I recall . . . there were bright lights overhead," Buck told London's Isleworth Crown Court. "I wasn't really awake. I had this fear I had had a heart attack and was in a weird hospital in Disneyland. I don't mean I was seeing characters or anything like that. I was just struggling to get conscious."
Buck says it was when he saw the fingerprint ink on his fingers that it all became real. "To me, it was just incomprehensible," he said. "I have never been in trouble before . . . I will go miles away to avoid confrontation. I really don't like it."
Buck faces jail time if convicted, and in recent years, British courts have been very hard on celebrities convicted of crimes. The trial is expected to continue into April.
ANDREW STRICKMAN
(March 21, 2002)
Maybe some hard time will make the next R.E.M. album a bit better?
Sunday, March 24, 2002
What a cool show!
Last nite I saw The Waltz, a benefit put together by local artist Nicholas Tremulis at Metro. Some of the highlights for me were:
~Jon Langford doing a Ramones set with Jimmy Chamberlin on drums
~Kelly Hogan singing "Drift Away"
~Alejandro's leather pants ;)
~John Stirratt playing "Long Forgotten Love", the sappiest pop song ever, which I adore, and seemed to be the only one
~Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin and a singer from Sonia Dada ROCKING out on a song, which I don't know what it was...
~Ronnie Spector singing "Be My Baby". She still sounds and looks great.
~the Finale of "Like a Rolling Stone" featuring Graham Parker, Alejandro and Steve Earle on the verses (Graham being the only one who didn't have to read the lyrics). I'd love a copy of that!
Saturday, March 23, 2002
please please please
let everything be okay.
Friday, March 22, 2002
new poll
Results of the Flag Poll:
What's your favorite flag? (comments welcome)
my own state's 0 (0%)
my own country's 2 (9%)
another state's 0 (0%)
another country's 4 (18%)
one i made up in 6th grade 1 (4%)
other 1 (4%)
wacker 14 (63%)
For the 14 Wacker respondants, NOBODY entered the "create the wacker flag" contest which leads my to believe Wacker humor is on the way out. I think Skokie has a chance to be the new Wacker, but I'll let the readers decide with this new poll.
Thursday, March 21, 2002
Official UT Party Nite 1 Recap
The PBR started flowing at 8:30 pm. Did not get a shirt, and they gave away the copy of the CD they were playing after 7 songs or so, so I had to give them mine to hear "Gun". Ended up going bowling around 1:30 or so. I haven't bowled in a while, I barely got over 70 in my second game. I wil give Lane 'props', he's a fine bowler. That's the only praise he shall ever recieve from me. :P
In no way to post
dear gods, ended up bowling tonite. full recap later today.
Wednesday, March 20, 2002
not much going on...
Well, the UT party tonite at Delilah's (I'll be wearing a leopard print cowboy hat and my "Tweedy is God" tshirt).
I'm trying to think of a new poll. Any ideas please email me. Never got any Wacker flag designs, I'm a little disappointed.
ugh
Some people annoy the snot out of me. And they probably don't even know who they are :P
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
R.E.M.'s Buck A 'Drunken Lout' On Flight
R.E.M.'s Peter Buck was "loutish and drunken" and assaulted British Airways staff during a flight last April, according to statements made in a London court at the musician's resumed air-rage trial, the BBC reports.
"His temper, which was perhaps made worse by drink, got the better of him," prosecutor David Bate said, according to the news agency. "Like an irate motorist believing he had been cut up, he simply lost it."
Buck is accused of one charge of being drunk on an aircraft, two counts of common assault against the flight attendants, and one charge of damaging airline crockery stemming from the incident on the Seattle-to-London flight 11 months ago. He allegedly ignored threats of the plane being grounded because of his behavior and tore up an official warning issued to him by the plane's captain.
"He went on to upturn a breakfast trolley, smashing the crockery inside," Bate alleged. "He then picked up a knife and tried to slip it up his sleeve before it was taken from him by one of the crew."
Buck denies the charges but prosecutors used the day's remarks to paint a different picture, one which has the guitarist ignoring efforts by the crew to calm him down while using his rock-star notoriety for his own sense of immunity.
"He said to the captain, 'I am R.E.M. and I can make up a story that I was assaulted," the prosecutor said.
Upon arrival at London's Heathrow Airport, Buck allegedly referred to himself as a Jeckyll-like character, "claiming to be shocked at what he had done and remembering nothing of it."
The trial is expected to last eight days.
-- Neal Weiss, Los Angeles For
launch.com
"I am R.E.M."?? Come on Pete, maybe if you had told them you were Bono it would have made a difference. Good luck, and hope you make it to Chicago by April 6!
"I got drunk, and I fell down"
I got drunk last nite. Apparantly, after someone gets you the UT Anthology at a midnite sale, its common courtesy to stay up 'til 6:30 am and drink with them. gods bless America. Oh yeah, and buy this collection! It's beautiful; the music, the packaging. Perhaps I'll have a more coherent review type thing after I've gone to work, then come home and taken a nap. I have to be well rested for the UT partying at Delilah's Wednesday nite.
Monday, March 18, 2002
No more drinking!
Until Wednesday, and probably Friday. yep, part time teetotaler.
Purity Test
The WWW Purity Test
Congratulations! Your Purity score is 53% (I've gone down a bit since last time).
Sunday, March 17, 2002
Happy March 16-20
A way more important holiday than fucking St. Patricks Day.
Saturday, March 16, 2002
Happy St. Patti's Day
(a veiled shout out to Patti...hey)
Dubya was in town today for the parade. We're going to the fun parade tommorow. Tonite we're going to see Showgirls, as interpreted by sock puppets. It's BYO, so we will be the ones drinking left over New Year's Champagne, liberated from newly moved Drew and Nicole's.
Hard at work
Friday, March 15, 2002
Update on British homeless Karate kid.
Is sleeping at abandoned theatre near my store, as youth shelter is closed. Did I metion a fake full length fur coat, full "crow" makeup and going by aka Raven? Came tonite to store and insisted on buying Meggie a Slurpee. And taking cigarette break with her, and telling Marilyn he didn't know she was a man. oh yeah, and he's gay. as if that would make us feel more comfortable. Hopefully his Greyhound bus driving dad will send him on his way soon, as we had legitimate crazy person first dancing barefoot to that "everybody needs a bosom for a pillow" song then passed out in front of door to store, talking to imaginary 'ex-boyfriend' on cel phone that resembled hand and telling him HE was a turnip. ???????
oops
Seem to have flashed several people tonite. and broken the mouse tray from computer desk. nobody woke up yelling barking or meowing though. Madonna has made way for Wilco Box Full of Letters single. Possible the best Wilco song ever.
out the window
Have I lost my music snob cred by coming home drunk from gay bar at 3am and listening to Madonna?
Thursday, March 14, 2002
Please note:
Anyone who needs to call me to email someone their NCAA pool picks should wait until, say, noon. Ten is way too early.
I had a weird dream after I went back to sleep after said event.
oh oh, I forgot one thing.
While i'm on the subject of amazing fucking underrated bands let me point out that the Uncle Tupelo anthology will be out Tuesday. They played Gun at Delilah's tonite. That song will be on there, and it rocks. was there a run on sentence in there?
no headline, but let me point out right now Blue Mountain is an amazing fucking underrated band.
...
could I
use more fucking elipses??...
One more thing...
There's a patron saint of the internet, St. Isidore. I now have glowing statue of him on my POS to go with Saint Clare on the TV.
I shouldn't even attempt this in this state...
I kind of drank tonite, which i hadn't in a while. Some highlights: Fufkin?? Fufkin.com?? Hos, Lane's eating bread.
more tommorow, what I remember.
Wednesday, March 13, 2002
stuff
:
Met with Moni from
murmurs.com today. she found some R.E.M. stuff she didn't have, so the day was successful. I bought a Clerks lunchbox...I find I identify way too much with Dante and Randall at my current job.
Random-o-Rama
Jack and Pepsi Slurpee=yum. Jack and Code Red=yum too. i think that's all the random I can handle for now.
Tuesday, March 12, 2002
Of all the dumb bunnies...
I get home from work 'round 1:00 am, get into my jammies, and fire up a bowl of Spaghetti-O's. Lane calls, wants me to bring by some videos that have been out of his possesion for nearly two years which I whined him into letting me borrow. I tell him I'll finish my Spaghetti-O's and call him if I'm coming. So I eat, get back into going out in the cold gear, pack my bag, call back around 1:50..."neh, you don't have to come, I'm getting drowsy." So here I sit, watching the videos at home and eating Girl Scout cookies.
Monday, March 11, 2002
Random Notes
I must give props to Octavia and Meggie for the pic below.
Dr. Pepper (the genuine article) and Tagalongs is an amazing late nite snack.
Met some british guy who travels the US competing in karate tournaments at the bus stop tonite. I got him to the youth shelter (which I wasn't even aware existed). It was just nice talking to someone with that yummy accent.
Thanks to Drew and Nicole, POS has a lovely desk instead of me lying on the floor on a blankie to type. my back thanks them too.
Calls at 3am while the ringer is on LOUD is fucking scary.
Sunday, March 10, 2002
Cat P. Suitcase
This is my new favorite band. I want to thank Drew and Nicole for turning me on to them and their latest album
Tied Up In Naperville. Look for these guys to go far fast.
Flashing Lights
It's all about the organ/tamborine player.He wore a cape and neckercheif and played the tambourines so hard shrapnel was flying!
Saturday, March 09, 2002
"Dancing isn't fucking."
I have a new favorite movie.
Showgirls be thy name. Just call me Nomi.
Friday, March 08, 2002
Nothing to report.
nope, nada. going to see the Flashing Lights tommorow nite. nothing planned for tonite. I know, you're thinking...I waited all day for an update, and this is what I get? Yep, I mean, how much do you pay me?
Thursday, March 07, 2002
Wacker leads, and a contest!!
It looks like Wacker is winning the flag poll, so I have a project: Design the Wacker flag contest. Email me yr design, and the meaning of the flag. the winner will get 'mad props' and some shitty prize like an old wilco mix cd. Contest open until I get at least one entry. Hurry dammit!
Lane's suck status revoked.
But just you watch it, mister.
Such a perfect day...
I'm sitting on the train coming home tonite, and that song by Lou Reed was on my mix cd i was listening to, and it hit me that it was. Sometimes there's just all these crazy little things that add up: leaving work for ice cream with no coat on, seeing really great bands you never knew existed live (Grand Champeen and Say Zuzu), getting a hot dog in Home Depot after the concert, singing out loud on the street on the way home, and being given the duty of cataloging hours of Wilco/UT/SV footage. And I only drank 2 PBRs so I can't say it's becasue I'm drunk.
Wednesday, March 06, 2002
They changed the Rwanda flag!
This is the new flag of Rwanda, effective 1-Jan-2002. The new flag has a golden sun with 24 rays on a field of green, yellow and blue. The red and black colors of the old flag were replaced by sky blue, with the yellow rays of the sun shining down from the top right-hand corner. Unlike the old Rwanda flag, this flag has no red, with its connotations of blood spilt, nor black with its symbolism of gloom and mourning.
Lane still in state of suckdom...
despite retraction of initial suck accusation.
Tuesday, March 05, 2002
Wilco porn!
Today's Flag: The Chicago Municipal Flag
The flag of Chicago has broad blue stripes and four red six-pointed stars. Originally the flag had two stars when it was adopted in 1917. The white stripes represent the North, West and South sides of the city. The two blue
stripes represent the two branches of the Chicago River. The symbolism of the stars is complex. Here is how it is described:
The first red star represents Fort Dearborn (added in 1939).
The points of the first red stars signify:
1. transportation
2. labor
3. commerce
4. finance
5. populousness
6. salubrity
The second red star represents the Great Chicago Fire of October 8-10, 1871.
The points of the second red star signify:
1. religion
2. education
3. esthetics
4. justice
5. beneficence
6. civic pride
The third red star represents the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
The points of the third red star signify history of the area:
1. France 1693
2. Great Britain 1763
3. Virginia 1778
4. Northwest Territory 1798
5. Indian Territory 1802
6. Illinois Statehood 1818
The fourth red star represents the Century of Progress of 1933 (added in 1933).
The points of the fourth red star signify:
1. World's Third Largest City
2. City's Latin Motto
3. I Will Motto
4. Great Central Market
5. Wonder City
6. Convention City
ooooooookay.....
Monday, March 04, 2002
Olympic poll results
"I for one am at a loss! Where as for people who are in the know, "Bobsledding is the champaign of downhill sledding sports, where as Skeleton is the Moonshine of sledding sports". Why, for the love of god is Skeleton in third place? Hell we are not even in a respectable third place, with only 16% of the vote. I implore, voters to double vote for skeleton!!! Do it, England."
-Anonymous Respondant
Skeleton! 6 (18%)
Luge 2 (6%)
4 Man Bobsled 1 (3%)
Curling 1 (3%)
the skiing and gun shooting 1 7 (21%)
Wacker 15 (46%)
Looks like we need to petition the IOC to get Wacker in for 2006. New poll soon.
Lesson-o-Rama
Most people do not realize I fancy myself a Vexiloligist. So let me share a bit of my hobby with you, starting with Ohio.
Ohio's state flag was adopted in 1902. The Ohio burgee, as the swallowtail design is properly called, was designed by John Eisemann. The large blue triangle represents Ohio's hills and valleys, and the stripes represent roads and waterways. The 13 stars grouped about the circle represent the original states of the union; the 4 stars added to the peak of the triangle symbolize that Ohio was the 17th state admitted to the union. The white circle with its red center not only represents the "O" in Ohio, but also suggests Ohio's famous nickname, "The Buckeye State."
Quote of the Day
"I am gonna be chucking sausage at people " - Lane
Pos inaugural post
Welcome to the new samorama.com mothership, Piece of shit, or Pos as she will affectionatly be known. Pentium I, baby.
Tripod is being all crappy, and not letting me upload images. I could just FTP them, but that's too much work. so now playing is: My Morning Jacket's
At Dawn, whom I had the pleasure of seeing last night, with amazing local band Catfish Haven and Swearing at Motorists, which included a former GBVer. Trying to leave the show, Clare's car was sticken with a flat tire in 18 degree weather. I'd like to send a shout out to the kind fellows who helped to change it.
Flashback to earlier that day, after dragging Clare to Borders on Michigan Ave to see Alejandro Escovedo and getting all wet and cold, yet enjoying fried chicken then getting on a bus which just stopped working, and she got splashed with mud. A truly bad sitcom day, but way memorable.
So, now that I can lounge on the floor with Pos, expect further updates, enhancements and an accurate now playing once tripod gets their shit together.
Sunday, March 03, 2002
Update coming, i swear.
If I can remember to buy a phone cord for my new used p.o.s. tonite :)
