tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post2141751282933859976..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: The President of Muzak Himself Says That Humming Along Constitutes Time TheftUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-50878429607101210342011-04-14T20:25:08.522-04:002011-04-14T20:25:08.522-04:00Grew up a mile from Roy's and I've never b...Grew up a mile from Roy's and I've never been inside.SeatSixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-5882075088669129622011-04-14T19:01:24.070-04:002011-04-14T19:01:24.070-04:00Serendipity is the holyfuckingest.Serendipity is the holyfuckingest.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-12515833804360049272011-04-14T18:19:28.140-04:002011-04-14T18:19:28.140-04:00Landru: Yeah 5/4/70 definitely is an understandab...Landru: Yeah 5/4/70 definitely is an understandable catalyst. The truest visceral origin for me would be that date, and a pair of related things from that era: (1) the Kim Phuc photo; and (2) my mother's cousin returning from In Country a psychologically destroyed human, though corporally intact. <br /><br />Sadly I expect we're going to relive 5/4/70 at some point in the next 5 years.<br /><br />Conscious thinking wise, though, I think the class at HotP (I forgot about that nickname!) with Marilyn Moors was the real start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-13776770280591170202011-04-14T16:45:51.082-04:002011-04-14T16:45:51.082-04:00True, but so's being a congenital asshole.True, but so's being a congenital asshole.Landruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954074164878242561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-15048868573274875022011-04-14T16:45:17.929-04:002011-04-14T16:45:17.929-04:00May 4, 1970 is tough to ignore.May 4, 1970 is tough to ignore.Sashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06501998212859335778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-24600861292017849272011-04-14T16:45:15.815-04:002011-04-14T16:45:15.815-04:00Oh, and yes BFF, Quaaludes sounds a lot like Skinn...Oh, and yes BFF, Quaaludes sounds a lot like Skinner, although Morganstern (the pseudonym, not the Jojo--and yecch to me for thinking of THAT) would also be a possibility if he had any ability to get a job. Which I'm not sure he ever did.Landruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954074164878242561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-13509855874788940152011-04-14T16:41:25.922-04:002011-04-14T16:41:25.922-04:00Such power I wield; I have merely to scream primal...Such power I wield; I have merely to scream primally (with mild snark to follow) to make Himself feel warned. I totally rock.<br /><br />Auteur Formerly Known as CFO: Marilyn Moors was the widow of my Unitarian minister, and yes, a Soc/Anthro prof at HotP. I usually attribute my anger to May 4, 1970; others note that I became noticeably and markedly angrier around the time of her husband Bill's death in 1976. Still others posit that it's organic, and I'm just a congenital asshole. All that self-gazing aside, yes, that sounds very much precisely like a course Marilyn Moors would've taught.Landruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954074164878242561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-61624281134019082202011-04-14T12:20:50.510-04:002011-04-14T12:20:50.510-04:00Wow, it *is* 72-D chess! And nothing wrong with ga...Wow, it *is* 72-D chess! And nothing wrong with gazing. I figure that someone, somewhere with better knowledge of the details and who is s-m-r-t-er than I is going to throw down 256 paragraphs on that something. Why compete?Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-17079070727655378842011-04-14T11:17:51.441-04:002011-04-14T11:17:51.441-04:00PS: for more serendipity:
When I finally got arou...PS: for more serendipity:<br /><br />When I finally got around to watching Wim Wenders' documenting of Ry Cooder & the Buena Vista Social Club project maybe 2 or 3 years ago, and seeing the Cuban people and settings, I had a moment of flashback to when Moors was talking fondly about Cuba and Cubans.<br /><br />It's pretty hard to not see American Society as The Matrix if you're willing to step outside it and question how it "informs" and/or "educates" ...and how it reinforces such educating and informing through cultural mythology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-10868353541735945692011-04-14T11:13:11.200-04:002011-04-14T11:13:11.200-04:00I took a very interesting sociology class at Monke...I took a very interesting sociology class at Monkey College in 1980, from a lady named Marilyn Moors, if I recall correctly. She spent a fair amount of time contrasting our society to that of Cuba. The last few classes contained her slide show of Cuba, which she narrated by explaining the scenery, and then some class discussions on the difference between how Moors saw Cuba, and how the US "news" media and Govt portrayed Cuba to us citizen weevils. <br /><br />Great class, and probably responsible for the origins of my unAmerican perspective.<br /><br />Also had a good math teacher there, who helped me crack calculus better than my HS teacher or my Fall 1978 teacher at Testudoville.<br /><br />*************<br /><br />It's a tough sell, informing people of the plutocratic urges underlying the beginnings of Our Freedom-Loving Democracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-57232702989100984022011-04-14T10:29:05.366-04:002011-04-14T10:29:05.366-04:00Serendipity again: I see the Hogeland the day afte...Serendipity again: I see the Hogeland the day after thinking/writing about the history teacher at Montgomery College. I remember a student rhapsodizing about the Founding Fathers and Duane cut him to pieces re: the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence controlling upwards of 90% of the wealth of the colonies.BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-13855625040400264542011-04-14T10:12:17.849-04:002011-04-14T10:12:17.849-04:00Banksters can't be prosecuted, but wrong-color...<a href="http://wonkette.com/443115/banker-controlled-government-cant-figure-out-how-to-prosecute-bankers" rel="nofollow">Banksters can't be prosecuted, but wrong-colored lady gets 10 years for $31 of pot</a>.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-35555513457784718162011-04-14T10:07:54.857-04:002011-04-14T10:07:54.857-04:00Nice to see the Hogeland bit exploring the origins...Nice to see the Hogeland bit exploring the origins of our plutocracy. I used to spend a lot of time telling people to examine the period 1776-1787 if they wanted to know why we say we're a democracy but have little of the stuff.<br /><br />Nobody listened when I said it. Maybe some will listen to Hogeland?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com