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art terrorism was a lot funnier before some douche from OCAD used it as an excuse to call in a bomb scare at a fundraising event for AIDS research. But I appreciate it when Banksy replaces gallery and museum pieces or viral marketing goes awry.
biotic baking brigade: I used to be really into these guys. I don't think they do much as a collective anymore, but the idea has caught on and now pompous asshats are getting pwned by pies (usually vegan) all over the world. The pie's the limit!
gwendolyn macewan is one of my favourite poets. She lived here in Toronto and wrote poetry and plays and drank herself to death. I used to live across from a park named after her. She was a depressed, broken person but utterly brilliant and prolific. Some of her poems are here but you really should check out some of her books. Also, she was a total cat person and sort of looked like me.
leftist trainspotting is a major pastime of mine. It refers specifically to the study of leftist sectarian splits. My basic worldview is similar to that of most of the people and organizations that I mock, but that doesn't matter. Most splits occur for hilarious reasons.
Here are some fine examples of leftist transpotting: U.S. | Nepal
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nestor makhno was a Ukrainian anarchist who fought basically everyone during the Russian Revolution, on horseback, and with a wicked mustache. If the Bolsheviks are to be believed, he was an utter dick in almost every way. I find him rather interesting even though I suspect that they're probably right.
phil ochs: Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan were, respectively, the Tupac and Biggie of their day. Bob Dylan told Phil Ochs that he was a journalist, not a folksinger. I gather Phil Ochs told Bob Dylan some things that can't be repeated in polite company. Both had some self-destructive tendencies but Phil Ochs died of his, whereas Bob Dylan sold out and became a Christian. Guess which one I like better?
the coming beecopalypse (OR zombie porn): I'll talk about the beepocalypse, because it's more interesting. Bees all over the world have been dying of something called Colony Collapse Disorder. There are many theories as to what causes this, but the bottom line is that if the bee population is drastically reduced, the current food shortages we're seeing (which aren't really shortages but distribution problems but that's a whole other rant) are going to get even worse. Bees die, you die. I find the idea fascinatingly horrifying. (Also see: peak bee, peak banana.)
one_serious_cat:"Comment on this post and I will choose seven interests from your profile. You will then explain what they mean and why you are interested in them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so that others can play along."art terrorism was a lot funnier before some douche from OCAD used it as an excuse to call in a bomb scare at a fundraising event for AIDS research. But I appreciate it when Banksy replaces gallery and museum pieces or viral marketing goes awry.
biotic baking brigade: I used to be really into these guys. I don't think they do much as a collective anymore, but the idea has caught on and now pompous asshats are getting pwned by pies (usually vegan) all over the world. The pie's the limit!
gwendolyn macewan is one of my favourite poets. She lived here in Toronto and wrote poetry and plays and drank herself to death. I used to live across from a park named after her. She was a depressed, broken person but utterly brilliant and prolific. Some of her poems are here but you really should check out some of her books. Also, she was a total cat person and sort of looked like me.
leftist trainspotting is a major pastime of mine. It refers specifically to the study of leftist sectarian splits. My basic worldview is similar to that of most of the people and organizations that I mock, but that doesn't matter. Most splits occur for hilarious reasons.
Here are some fine examples of leftist transpotting: U.S. | Nepal
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pemm.nestor makhno was a Ukrainian anarchist who fought basically everyone during the Russian Revolution, on horseback, and with a wicked mustache. If the Bolsheviks are to be believed, he was an utter dick in almost every way. I find him rather interesting even though I suspect that they're probably right.
phil ochs: Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan were, respectively, the Tupac and Biggie of their day. Bob Dylan told Phil Ochs that he was a journalist, not a folksinger. I gather Phil Ochs told Bob Dylan some things that can't be repeated in polite company. Both had some self-destructive tendencies but Phil Ochs died of his, whereas Bob Dylan sold out and became a Christian. Guess which one I like better?
the coming beecopalypse (OR zombie porn): I'll talk about the beepocalypse, because it's more interesting. Bees all over the world have been dying of something called Colony Collapse Disorder. There are many theories as to what causes this, but the bottom line is that if the bee population is drastically reduced, the current food shortages we're seeing (which aren't really shortages but distribution problems but that's a whole other rant) are going to get even worse. Bees die, you die. I find the idea fascinatingly horrifying. (Also see: peak bee, peak banana.)
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Anyway...
amon düül ii - legendary krautrock outfit from Munich, kind of indirectly responsible for Hawkwind too. You may be interested to know they originated from a commune which also had key members of the Baader-Meinhoff group amongst their number...
van der graaf generator - equally legendary British prog outfit, with Peter Hammill on overwrought vocals and infinitely better lyrics than most of the competition were knocking out at the time. Despite being prog, they were much loved by the likes of John Lydon and Mark E. Smith among others. Not to be confused with a Van De Graaff Generator, which is an extremely cool piece of kit in its own right (it appears that the band couldn't spell when they formed at the University of Manchester).
anti id cards - you may have heard of the British government's plan to issue citizens with compulsory ID cards and register all their details on a database, so they can fight terror. Or is it crime? Or immigration? Whatever the case I want no part of it; hopefully the current government may see sense, though wasn't that a Gloucester Old Spot I just saw flying past the window? More chance of the scheme being defeated by good old cost-effectiveness and batshit-insane IT policies than other methods though.
not voting labour - see above, also see under "the war against terror", the abolition of student grants, the whole murky sleaze about cash for honours, the exhortations to embrace "Britishness"; I could go on. And where this sticks in the craw is that it's being executed by a nominally "Labour" government; the mixture of social authoritarianism and bending over for big business is what I expected from the Thatcherites, and indeed some of the new laws being passed at the rate of almost one per day are far, far harsher than even the most rabid of the Thatcherites would have dreamed of implementing in the '80s. New Labour; putting the "national" back in "socialism" since 1997.
great cheese - dates back from when I used to hang around on usenet before it fell to the barbarians. A private joke in one of my home newsgroups, along with "HORSE". You had to be there I guess. Anyway... I have GREAT CHEESE!
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Another project for Fujitsu perhaps?
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