Okay, so I went ahead and created a board called Ugly Radio. You tell us what music you think is ugly, and why. We’ll see if it sticks… For those not in the know, here’s what got it started. Now post, will ya!
Month: August 2002
Don’t forget to register to vote
A new party is born: “The UK Electoral Commission has agreed to the registration of the MP3 Party, which aims to radically simplify British government and civil administration.” … “One of the proposed slogans for the party reads “Elect us and we will delete one regulation per day, one law per week, one subsidy per month and one tax per year.” Mmmh…
(source: spain is pain)
The Memory Hole
Essential reading: The Memory Hole: rescuing knowledge, freeing information.
Ugly Radio
As you may know, us here at Hot Poop never cease to storm our brains. Here’s an idea that popped in my head: a new messageboard, to be called “Ugly Radio”. You tell us what music you think is ugly, and why. Mind you: ugly music can be beautiful, in its own peculiar way…
Are You Annoying or Not?
Take the quiz and find out!
Some Good Links
While I’m babbling away about menstruation sites, ZZ Top and cancer-free tobacco, BossK at The Zappa Patio posts some interesting Zappa-related links, too good not to mention them to you: one, two, three, four.
Oh, and I wanted to link to Alanis Morrissette—erh— Diva Zappa. Just once!
Sharp Dressed Man Of The Cloth
ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons is now an ordained minister, and can perform weddings in 49 states. Say that again?
Hope for Smokers
Do you smoke? I smoke a lot. I’m not talking shit or pott, I smoke the regular stuff. Now it seems a company called Advanced Inhalation Revolutions (gotta love that name!) is going to deliver cancer-free tobacco: “Instead of burning tobacco, the Vapir Kit heats it and then emits its vapors so smokers can get a nicotine buzz with up to 99 percent fewer carcinogens, according to the company director Shaahin Sean Cheyene.”
The Story Of Andy’s Computer
If you’re going to build your own computer because you have way too much time on your hands, you might as well have fun while at it!
Aunt Flo is visiting
What better way to celebrate the aforementioned news, than by linking to a site that lists every possible expression for menstruation around the world?
FZ in Oz Ship Date Update
At zappa.com: It’s true. We begin shipping next week.
zappanale postlude
Yahoo has the story on this year’s Zappanale edition (hat tip, Cleetus!). This edition saw the unvailing of a Frank Zappa monument at the small town of Bad Doberan which hosts the festival. Pictures here.
Your IQ in 5 minutes
This one was kind of fun: The Five Minute IQ Test. I unexpectedly scored a whopping 132 points which apparently qualifies me for membership of the International High IQ Society (hey what can I say, I’m a genius). Funny thing though: watch out for the typing error somewhere on the results page… haaah!
Zappa En La Radio
At TBN‘s yahoo group, DebK’s been telling about how she phoned in on her local radio station with the Zappa tracks she wants most played on the radio. Mine, in this hot summertime, would be: 1. Cruising For Burgers (ZINY), 2. Fifty fifty (Overnite Sensation) and 3. Inca Roads (OSFA). Count on this list to be different tomorrow. How about yours? If you’re going to request Zappa on the radio, which tracks will you ask for?