1st Political Rant of the Year

Frigging jagoff this mayor of ours. Last week he trots around talking about how much he loves the rich and how taxing them is going to trickle down and hurt businesses and workers and blah blah blah. Really Bloomberg? Really? You subscribe to Reagonomics that whole "trickle down" thing that didn't work 20 years ago and let the poor suffer while Wall Street went on a coke binge?

Its amazing to me that we have to put up with "leaders" who trot out in front of the press and tell us these Mickey Mouse stories like we're really still supposed to believe this shit. He's all like "oh the rich do everything for us they keep the economy alive".... if the rich understand they can't be rich without the masses maybe they'd stop bitching about taxes. Poor people pay taxes too and its a hell of a lot harder to fork over 40% of $1,000 than it is to fork over 40% of $100,000. Lets get it right...it is NOT the rich that drive the economy. Its the poor and middle class that buy the Rich's crap and services that runs the economy. You honestly think folks don't see that? I mean really I don't think the makers of Spam or quarter water (its a NY thing) are running around praising the rich for their success.

Then he unveils his new plan to close off 7th Avenue at Times Square. Type of bullshit is that? Oh I get it, you're still mad your congestion fees you tried to push through failed. So now you're trying to create MORE traffic in one of the more densely travelled areas of the city so you can whirl around like Tinkerbell and say "see I told you we need congestion pricing" and the peons and morons in office will go "yeah you're probably right".

I swear it really ain't hard to hate the rich....

wicked random

Ahoy scallywags....

Okay so I said we'd update this thing more regularly....and its been over a month. So sue me, I'm an artist my concept of time is more refined than yours deal with it chum.

Moving right along into "spitting wicked randomness". What nonsense can I cram into this blog....let's see...Well I'm guesting at Winter Music Conference with Leo Tardin who just released a remix EP with neo-house (sometimes indy hip-hop) legend DJ Spinna. And No Surrender's official pixie Monica Sharp will be down there too.....can't wait to watch her pass out on the beach and whip out the magic markers....(or maybe she'll run into that chick from that magazine and I'll get to watch them fight again....heh...just remember to kick HER not ME next time luv). Damn I love life....

Great things are happening on the licensing front...our partners Zero Killed music has been taking meetings left and right and looks like things are bubbling .....Oh and the Italians are flipping out over the Godda Get It video...they think they can get it aired....we'll see.

Okay housekeeping aside, I've been a bit behind on buying junk to review and brag about because I've been real frigging broke. Like that beer and the apple you had was dinner broke....That means I haven't seen the Watchmen movie yet so I'm feeling a little left out but I've been praying to Zeus to send me riches so I should be okay (sometimes you gotta go around the back way, hit up the lesser gods).

But I did hit paydirt recently. I stumbled out of Savalas and someone's angry girlfriend had tossed some poor sucker's Playstation 2 video games and clothes into the street. I have been spending lots of time on my couch drinking cheap beer, playing games and slowly making my way through every DVD I own (no cable ya know). I'm half way through The Fist of The Northstar TV series....watching heads explode is theraputic in a twisted way. This weekend I may even give myself a double feature....Liquid Sky and The Clash: Rude Boy...haven't seen those in awhile. And they both go well with cheap beer. Life CAN be perfect harmony if you let it.

Oh wait, I did splurge a few weeks ago and copped the above re-issue. Richard Simms is a Disco weirdo from the D.C. area that made really strange disco and Prince-esque tracks in the late 70s thru the 80s. I'd heard of him and was curious...I didn't like it the first spin but its growing on me...kinda like how it took awhile for me to get into Liquid Liquid...now whether I'm really into them...or into them cuz music geeks are supposed to be I dunno...that's a question for some idiot Psychology professor. You should check it out though if your tastes lean towards the strange....If you don't like your disco weird....there's this group called The Pointer Sisters...and they are waiting to WOW you friend. Yes they are.

Speaking of strange....more accurately...the beautifully strange I checked out Xaphryn Folicle at Fontana's last weekend....John Zorn should find her and just give her a check to stay in hiding. It will make life easier on those "New Music" snobs. I mean really how do you call it new music and march a string quartet on stage? That's like calling an Atari 2600 high tech. What cuz they bow their viola with a crazy straw I'm supposed to be impressed? Pfffffttt. I kid, I kid Zorn you are God. (sometimes...but only a little more than me....sometimes).

Also been seeing a lot of my once and future crewmates/No Surrender allies Rae Dawn and Tes Uno....feels really good. Love you cats!! And been seeing a lot of Voodoofe and Jim Kelly from New Kingdom....man do we have plans....

Anyway, I honestly don't have much else to contribute to society today, and I'm both nursing a nasty cough AND I'm out of beer...so...until next time....remember kids...Eat your veggies.