General

Vic Chesnutt (1964-2009)

You are Never Alone (mp3)

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It’s OK, you can take a condom
It’s OK, you can take Valtrex
It’s OK, you can get an abortion
And then keep on… keeping’ on.

It’s ok, you can take a Prilosec
It’s ok, you can take Vioxx
It’s ok, you can get a quadruple bypass
And then keep on… keepin’ on
And then keep on… keepin’ on

You are… never alone
You are… never alone
You are… never alone
You are… never alone

It’s OK, in moderation
It’s OK cutting down
It’s okay, you can quit tomorrow
But for now, keep on keeping on.
But for now, keep on keeping on.

It’s OK, you can take the bible
It’s OK, you can be saved
You can be forgiven
For now, keep on keepin’ on
For now, keep on keepin’ on.

You are… never alone
You are… never alone
You are… never alone
You are… never alone

Next time you’re watching Karate Kid Part 2, note the opening scene outside the tournament. You’ll see what appears to be a young Adam Powell (Alexander Polinsky of Charles in Charge fame) ask for Daniel’s autograph… and say he’s from Reseda. Daniel says that’s where he’s from.

IMDB has the kid labeled as one Garth Johnson, but I would almost put money on it.

We live in a mechanical age. It is an age of steel and electricity. Motors and carbon lights have come to be as familiar to us as horses and candles used to be, we have become a mechanic today in order to be of any particular use to society or ourselves. We cannot be happy and be simple any longer. We have been converted into strange forms run on the electric principle, and controlled by the pushing of a button. If we appear to go wild sometimes and cut wide figures down the middle of the road, it is because we have pressed the wrong button. It is not safe to trust ourselves on the street for fear we shall suddenly dash off without anyone at the switch. Nobody is safe anymore.

Where is the ritual
And tell me where where is the taste
Where is the sacrifice
And tell me where where is the faith
-Mark Sandman

SANDMAN: At Your Service (Featurette) from Gatling Pictures on Vimeo.

I’m just rehashing some of my favorite albums and songs of the decade. This one has carved a permanent place.

Dane Cook: I’m so popular I could get 4,000 idiots to “like” a stupid emoticon on my Facebook page.
Chris Flannery: No way… in how much time?
Dane Cook: One hour.
Chris Flannery: I’ll bet you $100 you can’t.
Dane Cook: Bring it. (Makes a shocker gesture and shakes my hand).

Oh, how the times have changed.

Hey Wilkes-Barre, Congratulations you made it in the new Michael Moore movie Capitalism: A Love Story… for sucking. I’m sure most of your children belong in juvie anyway, but you shouldn’t have tried to make money off it.

It’s become abundantly clear, Bruce Springsteen has only three good songs. Here they are in very particular order:
The Ghost of Tom Joad

Backstreets

Atlantic City

Spooky Tooth – Fillmore East – plus Groupies

The building of Camden Yards is the second most important event in Major League Baseball since World War II after Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier. – Peter Gammons [paraphrased] 9/14/09 on Baseball Tonight