Where America sits and eats in their cars.

So I have a moment to compose a post to the blog. I'm here at the Sonic
Burger in Fullerton and something tells me that a cheesey eggy thingy is
in my future.
--thePrisoner (from Sidekick)

Cheese Friday: It's like sex.

-From The Sun UK
CHEESE can boost your sex life, help beat stress and act as a painkiller, experts claimed yesterday. Read more...

You know it's true because it's in a UK tabloid. They're nothing like US tabliods. UK ones have sports sections.

No More Mighty Morning Show

For those of you that don't live in the LA/OC area... I'm not sure what to say. Indie 103.1 is a station that came along and said, "things are gonna be different, the way it used to be". They started out pretty cool, playing lots of punk and indie rock songs from my youth. Plus they sometimes played cool new stuff too. They had DJs like Steve Jones from the Sex Pistols, Henry Rollins, Joe Sib, Dicky Barrett from the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, etc... I allowed myself to get sucked into the dream of a radio station that let the DJs play what they wanted without having management involved. I even rationalized that their association with Clear Channel was good because they would have money to keep the experiment going. But of course, it was all a lie. It's always about the money, and how to get more. Everyone wants a mainstream audience, because that's who advertisers want. I guess I just wanted to believe. The first brick in the wall has fallen. At least I still have Jonesy, but for how long?

I could go on and on about how bogus radio is, about how no one in America has a REAL choice in music when Clear Channel and Infinity own everything. About how homogenized everything has become. But I won't, because I don't want to be that guy. Even though deep down inside I am that guy. Dammit!


Here is Dicky's press release:

DICKY BARRETT FIRED LA'S INDIE 103.1 PULLS HIM AND HIS MIGHTY MORNING SHOW FROM THE AIRWAVES

Why would Los Angeles radio station India 103.1 fire an incredibly successful and much loved host and pull his show from the airwaves without an honest explanation?

That's a good question, one that should be asked until there's a satisfactory answer.

Here's what happened according to Dicky ...

Here comes Peter Cottontail...

You better watch out. Easter is just around the corner.

USB Glowing Tiki: Now With Video

Nels is at it again.
Just a few minutes ago he dropped me an IM to let me know that his USB Glowing Eyes Tiki thing as seen here, and mentioned here and here, is a wonderful reality. Not only is it made real but you can check it out in action via this bouncy bubby video.

Hey, maybe you have a spot on your desk that is just dying for some tiki goodness.

Be sure and have a looky-see what else he has for the tiki lover in your life.

thePrisoner (loves a luau)

UPDATE: Nels needs some sleep, he just sent me this version 3 revision that dances and pulese to music.

Today Is A Good Day...

I went to get Magnum P.I. Season 4 and found a lone copy of this sitting next to it.

This one is in memory of Brian Burnett.

Hey look it's コリッキー.
Sure the dude can't dance, but he breathes fire and hangs out with HINOI TEAM!

If you can't read Japanese (who has the time anymore?) there is an english-ish fansite here.

New Logo

I was playing in Photoshop today (our internet was down and I had some render-time to kill) and did this Smart Patrol Crest or Logo thingy. Enjoy

tsb_os.png Tossed up by numbersix.

More fun with scary robots!!

If it wasn't wmv it would be even awesomer!
What?
It's a word.
I just used it in a sentence, didn't I?

From http://www.hedonistica.com/

The Fun Of Junk Mail

Sometimes I actually read my junk e-mail just to check out just how poor my dick and mortgage are - or how my dick's mortgage is or the dick doing my mortgage, etc..

Today I got one email from a "Shantay Rutledge" (surely someone I've known on the planet Betafart, because wow). Here's what "she" / "it" said:

"rectangular is sideway amazon a antic not penchant cool. tokyo is brahmsian baseband is hang a ciceronian sidelong good. revery is fordham factual a fruition not kestrel cool. monomial is most shivery is capacious a diphtheria decontrolled good"

Most shivery indeed.