tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post4021328700670403637..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Craven Conformity and Pseudo-Rebelliousness of the LeftGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38032035595763772082007-03-31T07:34:00.000-07:002007-03-31T07:34:00.000-07:00eQuite a valuable post, despite its rather generic...eQuite a valuable post, despite its rather generic headline. Yes, artists - not limited to music - often convey deep beauty and truth despite the flaws of the person. Sometimes it looks like whatever force magnifies the art also magnifies the flaws. I have a good friend who cannot enjoy art if he knows that the artist is obnoxious or hold despicable opinions. He is deprived of much beauty that way, is how I see it.Magnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38244856338918039972007-03-31T03:54:00.000-07:002007-03-31T03:54:00.000-07:00Nomo:Don't forget, a good cartridge is critical. ...Nomo:<BR/><BR/>Don't forget, a good cartridge is critical. <BR/><BR/>Gecko:<BR/><BR/>You're so right about Iz causing chakras to open. What a gift. It shows you without a doubt that musical complexity does not equate to musical sophistication or perfection. There are just certain voices that prove the divine by making it present.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49707707822791369572007-03-31T00:35:00.000-07:002007-03-31T00:35:00.000-07:00Hi Infidelicoons, what a garden it is here and alw...Hi Infidelicoons, what a garden it is here and always so much thanks goes to Dear Leader for creating this city that is set on this cyber hill and continuing to shine that light and showing everyone how he does it - preparation really is everything. <BR/><BR/>Smoove, how can one not love the voice of Iz- it causes chakras to open. In Makaha where he lived on Oahu all traffic stopped as his music blasted out of all the speakers and honked their horns to honor him as lei laden canoes and surfboards went out to sea to scatter his ashes in the Pacific. He, like so many others, it seems did have the artistic vital man's hunger for certain illegal substances .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-78493073520665666602007-03-30T21:58:00.000-07:002007-03-30T21:58:00.000-07:00Bob - I recognize a lot of the bands, but I missed...Bob - I recognize a lot of the bands, but I missed the collection. I will definitely check it out. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>I may have to hold a service for my trusty 35 year old Pioneer solid walnut case turntable - finally gave up the ghost. They don't make 'em like they used to. The Sony replacement I picked up is all plastic and a lot smaller and works fine - but without the same "spirit". Ah, the way of all things.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6747817339111063122007-03-30T20:57:00.000-07:002007-03-30T20:57:00.000-07:00Soldier said:"Some of us are natural followers, an...Soldier said:<BR/>"Some of us are natural followers, and we suffer when we are not paid attention to and specific and detailed action plans are not provided."<BR/><BR/>You don't have to be a leader to have initiative and a can do spirit.<BR/>Anyone who has been in the military, fire, police, (among other jobs) knows that if they paid any attention at all to what was going on.<BR/><BR/>You don't have to be sharp as a tack to know that.<BR/><BR/>Apply that can do spirit to finding the truth (and Truth) and you wouldn't be deceived by people like jonwo.<BR/><BR/>In other words: you need to learn the self evident truths before you start asking Bob questions (even though you don't question Bob).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38573220543620638872007-03-30T20:37:00.000-07:002007-03-30T20:37:00.000-07:00Bob said:"Who could possibly be more predictable a...Bob said:<BR/>"Who could possibly be more predictable and vacuously conformist than Katie Couric, Maureen Dowd, Wolf Blitzer, Chris Matthews, or Keith Olbermann? Have they ever had a creative thought in their lives -- not counting paranoid creativity? Doubtful."<BR/><BR/>Craven conformity indeed.<BR/>The first thing I notice about leftists is how incredibly ignorant they are.<BR/><BR/>They loathe any research and simply accept their marxin orders without question.<BR/><BR/>Leftists accuse men and women in the military of never questioning orders, which is a projection on their part, because the vast majority of Sailors, Marines, Soldiers and Airmen (don't forget the puddle puppies, the Coasties),<BR/>certainly will question stupid or unlawful orders.<BR/><BR/>Leftists don't have the courage to question their leaders or their own unreal beliefs, which is why they repeat crap that has already been debunked, usually many times (plastic turkey anyone?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15922382576713911952007-03-30T19:50:00.000-07:002007-03-30T19:50:00.000-07:00Nomo--I assume you're familiar with this fantastic...Nomo--<BR/><BR/>I assume you're familiar with this fantastic box set of ''80s & '90s groups that slipped under the commercial radar, <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000B5IOWK/103-0073253-5764633?ie=UTF8&tag=onecosmos-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B000B5IOWK" REL="nofollow">Children of Nuggets</A>?Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88670460694780618812007-03-30T19:33:00.000-07:002007-03-30T19:33:00.000-07:00eeyeah eeyeaaha, eeyeah eeyeaaha, eeyeahe eeyeaaha...eeyeah eeyeaaha, eeyeah eeyeaaha, eeyeahe eeyeaaha...oh sorry, just rockin' out to Sun 60. I dig 'em.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, I "discovered" and introduced my 3 sons to a lot of the music they and their friends ended up listening to in high school and college - just had a knack for it. Live, Counting Crows, Dave Matthews, TMBG, U2, REM, Barenaked Ladies, Bob Schneider, etc. etc. Good 80's and 90's fare.<BR/><BR/>I was ahead of the curve. Now, I'm not sure I would even recognize the curve if I saw it...and its OK.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13879298927338388412007-03-30T18:02:00.000-07:002007-03-30T18:02:00.000-07:00Hey Smoov,One more cup of coffee just came on the ...Hey Smoov,<BR/><BR/>One more cup of coffee just came on the shuffle.....It is good...He seems to be the best and brightest out there right now. I saw them live before really ever listening to an album and they rocked my world in a big way. You can go multiple nights because every show is different and has a distinct vibe. One night will be really psychedelic hard rock and the next will night will be country bluesy rock. Different set list each night too. Then all this huge sound coming from only two people. It's earth-shaking.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969685296436358865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-80920314028285153142007-03-30T16:10:00.000-07:002007-03-30T16:10:00.000-07:00OK. Affirmative action. The Ward Connerly operatio...OK. Affirmative action. The Ward Connerly operation is <A HREF="http://www.acri.org/" REL="nofollow">The American Civil Rights Institute</A>. Join, get informed, give money until you know what to do next. <BR/><BR/>Detailed conservative leadership. There is something known as "chunk size." Too small chunks, too-focused on detail, too early in a process, aborts it. One thing OC points toward is letting the personal/Vertical foundation rebuild, for clarity, courage, vision. No magic formulas, except being willing to wake up astonishingly sharp one day when the situation requires. No magic leaders, just intelligent cooperation. Boils down to faith, hope, and love.<BR/><BR/>I like <A HREF="http://www.thework.com/index.asp" REL="nofollow">Byron Katie's</A> "Be the person you've been looking for." I for one could always be kinder&calmer -- <EM>Don't slow me down in traffic, you bastard!</EM>; more disciplined -- tax time anyone?; more prepared -- learn one more friendly sentence of Spanish, renew my passport.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, for those of us cowed into <A HREF="http://davidthompson.typepad.com/photos/pictures1/ninja_stealth.jpg" REL="nofollow">Ninja invisibility</A> because we're not on board with tinkling piano-bar manic despair, nostalgic howling (<EM>Kim the Waitress</EM>??!!) and general pitch-assisted headbanging, the hegemony of rock, hiphop, and jazz might, just might, be oozing away here on the rainy Third Coast. This week's alternative weekly <I>Chronicle</I> cover headline (the Chronicle sponsors SXSW, big Austin player) features Big Banjos: <A HREF="http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/8063/cover_big.jpg" REL="nofollow">"Is 'Old-Time Music' Austin's New Punk Rock?"</A><BR/><BR/>So, just my thoughts. It could be worse than this little prosy-advice exercise. I <I>almost</I> spent the allotted comment-pixel-ink on lotsa t<A HREF="http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/e/beholdbc.htm" REL="nofollow">hos</A>e <EM>tr<A HREF="http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/r/e/rejrejbe.htm" REL="nofollow">immed</A>-lamp</EM> <A HREF="http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/l/t/ltburnin.htm" REL="nofollow">hymn</A>s, a background score for the River link, [to handle the water music, I suppose...].Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44183572238167527722007-03-30T15:07:00.000-07:002007-03-30T15:07:00.000-07:00You guys are killing me! I've go stuff to do this ...You guys are killing me! I've go stuff to do this afternoon, and sitting here laughing my arse off :)<BR/><BR/>Lisa's poppies finally came in the mail, by the way, and can now be viewed by all <A HREF="http://juliecork.wordpress.com" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>They are just gorgeous!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73158415338456231772007-03-30T14:43:00.000-07:002007-03-30T14:43:00.000-07:00Also, you may want to Keep your Lamps Trimmed and ...Also, you may want to <A HREF="http://www.river-cocytus.com/content/view/96/1/" REL="nofollow">Keep your Lamps Trimmed and Burning.</A><BR/><BR/>O->(k)!Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61411432528641685662007-03-30T14:40:00.000-07:002007-03-30T14:40:00.000-07:00Any thoughts on Willy DeVille? I've been getting ...Any thoughts on Willy DeVille? I've been getting into that vibe lately too.<BR/><BR/>wv: tstxxy (can't make things like this up!)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969685296436358865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65546637654062018522007-03-30T14:37:00.001-07:002007-03-30T14:37:00.001-07:00Oh Van,I was wondering how long it would take you ...Oh Van,I was wondering how long it would take you coon boys to notice my silly vulgarity? How can you not when the topic is Rap? (That is not an insult to Rap, quite the compliment!)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969685296436358865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26783882793382535862007-03-30T14:37:00.000-07:002007-03-30T14:37:00.000-07:00ibn hafiz,Course if you're looking for a slightly ...ibn hafiz,<BR/>Course if you're looking for a slightly more dignified (looking) method, I'd suggest rattling Petey's sad little tin cup of Amazon links on the main page, particularly the Coonifesto.<BR/><BR/>I've got several useful links to free online texts on my site in the side bar, and four particularly good ones in my previous post <A HREF="http://blogodidact.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-doctor.html" REL="nofollow"> The I Doctor</A>.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55607089088513901162007-03-30T14:28:00.000-07:002007-03-30T14:28:00.000-07:00ibn: Here's a good place to start...Also:'I happen...ibn: <A HREF="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%201;&version=9;" REL="nofollow">Here's a good place to start...</A><BR/><BR/>Also:<BR/>'I happen to enjoy Rap (very pelvic chakra stimulating)!'<BR/><BR/>Better keep the temperature down here for us bucks, here! Whew! Though, I agree. If they could eschew the stupid/vicious lyrics and just do the beats and cool vocal styles, it would be incredible! And yes, a mans got ta drop some beats once in a while.<BR/><BR/>One take!Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8903847088449637612007-03-30T14:25:00.000-07:002007-03-30T14:25:00.000-07:00ibn hafiz - I know you didn't ask me, but...there ...ibn hafiz - I know you didn't ask me, but...there are different views...here's my short version biblical one in terms of condition and consequence:<BR/><BR/>Believing in Christ is the "coondition"...eternal life is the "coonsequence". (John 6:47)<BR/><BR/>Simplicity by design.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55932784907171800282007-03-30T14:23:00.000-07:002007-03-30T14:23:00.000-07:00ibn hafiz said... "I renounce my previous faith: I...ibn hafiz said... <BR/>"I renounce my previous faith: I now want to be a raccoon. I would like Van or Dilys to explain to me what to do."<BR/><BR/>Grasp your nose between the left thumb & forefinger, leap up & down while keeping roughly the posture of a hormone crazed salmon, and shriek loudly at the top of your lungs "Rock Lobster! Down! Down! Dooooowwwwnnnnnnn!"<BR/><BR/>That'll pretty much set you apart from he pack no matter where you go.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90723764499130093462007-03-30T14:20:00.000-07:002007-03-30T14:20:00.000-07:00Juliec & Smoov,I thought my kids would shun my fav...Juliec & Smoov,<BR/>I thought my kids would shun my favorite bands, but I was raised to a new status of respect when I showed them the right way to play 'Smoke on the water', some AC/DC & Def Leopard songs.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76403062206600349612007-03-30T14:17:00.000-07:002007-03-30T14:17:00.000-07:00You know, I spent the entire decade of the '80's l...You know, I spent the entire decade of the '80's leaping about the stage (I'd perfected the Townsend leap with a 360' spin - usually without knocking anyone else off the stage), often performed amazing feats of Chin Foo Do on jealous bikers while never missing a beat, and I don't have a <I>single</I> action shot, let alone one as cool as Gagdad's.<BR/><BR/>wv:ypukht I'm not even going to say it.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62307466772934476062007-03-30T14:14:00.001-07:002007-03-30T14:14:00.001-07:00Bob - Some diabetes news that may be of interest....Bob - Some diabetes news that may be of interest...<BR/><BR/>http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=nw20070330124106660C803648<BR/><BR/>Excellent post today. I particularly love the title - it should piss off any self-disrepecting leftist - since they pride themselves on being the opposite.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75889978719086800492007-03-30T14:14:00.000-07:002007-03-30T14:14:00.000-07:00I renounce my previous faith: I now want to be a r...I renounce my previous faith: I now want to be a raccoon. I would like Van or Dilys to explain to me what to do.<BR/><BR/>I am ready to do anything required to be a raccoon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53627544782560657062007-03-30T14:10:00.000-07:002007-03-30T14:10:00.000-07:00juliec said... "Touch Me Poems? Oh, the horror (my...juliec said... <BR/>"Touch Me Poems? Oh, the horror (my imagination is on overload!)"<BR/><BR/>Hmmm... speaking of overload, Lisa said "I happen to enjoy Rap (very pelvic chakra stimulating)!"<BR/><BR/>Smoov said "True art is timeless! On that we can all agree."<BR/><BR/>Exactly... "Rock Lobster! Down... Down... Dooooowwwwwnnnnnnn!"<BR/><BR/>wv:lgwge large wedgee? yeah, rock lobstah! Down.....Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31087661279953306952007-03-30T14:02:00.000-07:002007-03-30T14:02:00.000-07:00hrm. not yet. I'll give it a few minutes.hrm. not yet. I'll give it a few minutes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75073224605394910422007-03-30T14:00:00.000-07:002007-03-30T14:00:00.000-07:00So - is LL Bean going to be selling Bob's book? A...So - is LL Bean going to be selling Bob's book? After all, the book was what started the Raccoon Craze....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com