Don’t forget to register to vote

Posted on Tuesday, 09/28/04 by Dr Sharleena

According to an article in the major U.S. newspaper USA Today, overseas votes could make a big impact on the upcoming election. Only 51% of the potential U.S. voters showed up at the polls in 2000. This year all American voices need to be heard, but there are millions of Americans who live outside the U.S. who are not yet registered to vote. If you’re a U.S. citizen, you can use this URL to easily register to vote. This year, every vote counts!

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Stockholm ’79 Syndrome

Posted on Monday, 09/27/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

I was going to keep this a draft post until tomorrow but then I figured what the hey. Presenting what must be the first ever Early Monday Evening Boot (with thanks to Gilles): Stockholm, Sweden, 3/3/79 — you’ll love it, it’s a way of life.

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I Missed One?

Posted on Monday, 09/27/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

There are many answers as to why the chicken decided to cross the road. Colonel Sanders’ Answer: “I missed one?”
(via Chicken News)

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Brock & Duke

Posted on Monday, 09/27/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Have a look at these cool concert pictures of Nappy Brock and the George Duke Band, taken somewhere late seventies. Dig them pants!

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Imagery, Zappa Misc | 2 Comments

Biker Sox

Posted on Monday, 09/27/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Frank is a biker fox. Frank really needs to do something about those biker socks though. (via Kook)

Posted in Amusing, Randamonium | 4 Comments

Selling Bootlegs Now Legal

Posted on Monday, 09/27/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

A US federal judge has ruled that it is perfectly legal to make a business of selling bootleg recordings. The decision “stands in marked contrast to existing law and prior decisions that have determined that Congress was well within its constitutional authority to adopt legislation that prevented trafficking in copies of unauthorized recordings of live performances,” said Jonathan Lamy, a spokesman for the RIAA. (thanks SOFA)

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The Case Of The Vanishing Release

Posted on Monday, 09/27/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Where is QuAUDIOPHILIAc?

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video, Zappa News | 7 Comments

The Agonizer

Posted on Saturday, 09/25/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

“So, like, what makes it more awful? We’ve changed some of the circuit components to add just that little extra smidge of massive, atonal distortion effecto thingy. It’s now fully OPTIMIZED for bad tone and crappy sound.”

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Meet Robostrider

Posted on Saturday, 09/25/04 by Dr Sharleena

A tiny robot that can walk on the surface of the water. Interesting. But, please, check Fig 5. What is this? Is this a censored picture of two water striders, caught in the act..? Notice the euphemism in the text “during rowing or to support the weight of a companion”…oh, yes…duh, rowing! What about the stripes covering the parts, and the shameful faces, it’s like they say “yes, we are very famous porn water striders stars, but we needed the money, and here we are, posing for this supposedly scientific site…”? Do they think we can’t notice? How many more censorship attacks from the government are we going to support? Aing?

Posted in Randamonium, Science, Sex | 3 Comments

Orchestral Subculture

Posted on Saturday, 09/25/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Frank Zappa’s Orchestral Subculture: “Zappa was a hopelessly conflicted practitioner of absolute-music aesthetics in a world that chose to hear him as a rock star–he was a “serious” composer who made it to the top ten and won a Grammy (for the album Jazz from Hell, 1986) at the very point in his career when he found such industry honors most hateful and embarrassing.” (Go read the article and then come back to explain the word “Darmstadtian” to me)

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Zappa Torrent

Posted on Saturday, 09/25/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

There’s a BitTorrent of Zappa’s band rehearsing on Dec 23 ’87 (without Frank) doing the rounds (mp3 sample track here), but naturally, yours truly finds it impossible to download this thing. If anyone can recommend a good BitTorrent client for Mac OS X (I’m using Tomato Torrent right now), that would be nice.

Posted in Frank Zappa, Zappa Audio/Video | 5 Comments

Is She Wearing Glasses?

Posted on Friday, 09/24/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Funniest thing I’ve read all day, a Q’nA on the Zappa-List: Q: “Is she wearing glasses or not??” A: “While I curse you to hell for subjecting me to that photograph, I would say yes, those probably qualify as glasses.”

Posted in Amusing, Bizarre | 6 Comments

Just Some Jizz From Jimmy Boy

Posted on Friday, 09/24/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

“I’m trying to find the correct name for it … this utter absolute, asinine, idiotic stupidity of men marrying men. … I’ve never seen a man in my life I wanted to marry. And I’m gonna be blunt and plain; if one ever looks at me like that, I’m gonna kill him and tell God he died.” — Jimmy Swaggart.

Posted in Amusing, Religion, Sex | 2 Comments

Breast-Baring Considered Harmful

Posted on Thursday, 09/23/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

“The US constitution is generous in its protection of free expression, but it is not a licence to thrill,” FCC chairman Michael Powell said. “The context of the half-time show leads us to conclude that the breast-baring finale was intended.” And so…

Posted in Amusing, Sex, Silly | 4 Comments

Bush Croons Imagine

Posted on Thursday, 09/23/04 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

From the guy that brought us Dubya singing “Sunday Bloody Sunday” now comes Bush Jr crooning “Imagine”, with a little walk on the Wild Side…

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