Music Player

It took me WAY too long to figure out how to make the Playlist widget in the lower right sidebar NOT AUTOSTART. I think i have finally--successfully--achieved that. I don't know bout you readers, but i always found it annoyingly too automatic that the music just started when i opened my webpage, especially when i wanted to view one of the zillions of film clips i seem to be posting more and more.

Now, if you want to hear the music, you must scroll down to the Playlist player, and hit the play button. Otherwise, you will have a silent GAITPFM experience till you click on a Brini Maxwell or Keith Olbermann or WPLO a/v clip.

Going to take a nap now!

Dusty

oh my.

Love is a Losing Game

Really love this lady. First heard her on Crossing Boundaries months ago. And dig that hair would you. And the Cleopatra eyes.

Mister, You're Gonna Love This!

I can't stop laughing! It's your favorite song Steven! I love Ellen. Why aren't we Tivoing her show?

Denny Doherty, Nancy Sinatra, and the Surreal Sixties

Denny Doherty of The Mama's and the Papa's has passed away. As Homer pointed out rather recently, Denny was really "fricken cute." RIP Denny. I love all these surreal sixties videos from Hullabaloo:



Here he is, in the black vest; his solo is the "...stopped into a church, I passed along the way..." part:



I work with a young lady who is a graphic design student at OU, who looks sooo much like Michelle Phillips. Wonder if J can sing?

Here's some surreal Nancy Sinatra I randomly just saw on YouTube also. Everytime i hear this I imagine little Dawns and Tracys dancing around on sculpted green shag carpetting, doing all these crazy Nancy moves. Dig these dancers, would you! It looks like they have nothing on under those multi-colored chemises:



Ok last one, this is just too surreal not to post:

The Future's Not Ours To See

Found this interesting piece on some aussie guy's blog. Never heard of Wax Tailor before, but checkin them now.

Newsclipping of the Day: Peace is NOT Popular

Especially now, at this, the Most Wonderful Time of the Year. This is really unbelievable. This person has been fined by her "neighborhood association" for having a wreath/peace sign on her house. It's inspired me to add a peace sign motif to my fabulous green feather wreath. That's about the only bit of Xmas we'll have time for this year. Sometime, Steven has a story about peace signs and people who are offended by them that he would LOVE to tell you!!



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It's the most wonderful time of the year
With the neighbors belief selling
And everyone telling you
Be of good fear
It's the most wonderful time of the year

It's the hap-happiest season of all
With those First Amendment bleepings
And great sappy meetings
When neighbors act small
It's the hap-happiest season of all

There'll be rules for the posting
Spirituality for roasting
But religion only says NO
There'll be scary hysteric stories
And tales of the mind's glories
Of independent thinking long, long ago

It's the most wonderful time of the year
There'll be much opinion forcing
And minds will go on closing
When peace signs are near
It's the most wonderful time of the year

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Bah fucking humbug, in my best Andy Williams voice.

Bill Maher outs Ken Mehlman remix

Somebody has already remixed this, to my utter delight. Ok, Republicans, reality is on the phone. Are you going to take the call?

A Beautiful Day

What a beautiful day in Athens. I've been walking around all day, enjoying seeing everything up-close, and enjoying the relative desertedness of the town. It's sunny and 55 or so here...lovely, my favorite kind of weather. Click on the title of this post to link to a Chad Fox podcast to go with such a lovely day. Chad is a rather exuberant San Fran Gayboy who I blogstalk (which doesn't mean anything sinister...I just read his blog but never leave any comments or anything. Secret, like a stalker). It's zany, and since i haven't gotten around to linking to it, you can go here to see all his podcasts:

http://chadfox.podomatic.com/

or here to see his blog:

http://chadfox.blogspot.com/

Spring Broken

I got all done with my deadline early, with much success--but not without hiccups--I might add, thinking that i'd have plenty of time to fuck off this weekend and do nothing, watch tv, go to the movies, catch up on some personal work...go to the gym, etc. before I go to Arkansas on Monday to workshop. But damned if this silly little town isn't buttoned up for the next week, because it is spring break at OU. More like spring broken if you ask me. It's just not a very adult-oriented town. My gym is closed (but I can go to the other, bigger one starting Monday, just not today or tomorrow). The cool old movie theatre downtown that i like to walk to is closed till next Friday. Oh well, not much i can do about it. Guess it's a hazard of living in a small college town in the middle of nowhere. Guess I'll have to drive to the stinky strip mall theatre. Last night I went to Columbus to see Bombay Dreams, a slightly cheesy show about Bollywood. It was entertaining; went to a great place in the Short North afterward called the Burgundy Room. It's nice to have some down time after a deadline...I told Steven this morning that I think i've been extra sweaty-faced lately, what with the must. prove. myself. anxiety that i guess is natural before the first few deadlines. It honestly helps when what I do is well-received, of course. Gerry and Richard were both really happy with the drawings, but i'm not so sure about Melanie. I can't quite figure out what makes her tick just yet, and i'm learning that maybe she is just the type that finds very little positive in anything. I hope that's not the case; trying to keep an open mind.

Steven's coming next weekend, i'm very excited. I've got some work to do to the plants to make it look like i've been taking good care of them since he was last here. They're a wreck.

Maureen Stapleton has died

Okay, while finishing my Chivas, I just read that Maureen Stapleton has died at age 80. I really liked her in "Plaza Suite" and in Woody Allens "Interiors" she was super-fabulous. Well, obviously my blog has become a way for me to do an annotated photo album/scrapbook...I probably shouldn't get into the habit of covering obits. But somehow it is a loss to lose this lady, who apparently battled alcholism and mental illness...but channelled it all beautifully for our pleasure.