I hate new music

I have been Accused of hating all new music, and I do see a point. When a close friend mentioned that none of the bands I listen to are less than 10 years old, I had to accept that this was more or less true.
And while this is a great source of Distress for my inner punk rock kid, times like this, O my brothers, reaffirm this predilection in musical taste.
To Wit: I have been Given a CD by a Female

This has Never gone well.
Along with such Bull Shit as full albums from Bowling for Soup and Lostprophets, I now add "The Drug in Me is You" by Falling in Reverse.

For those too lazy to read the entire thing, your takeaway here is "you can't autotune the Suck from an album"

The lead singer spends much of the album assuring us that he is, in fact, good at singing, as well as music in general, despite no evidence given to bolster that assertion. The lyrics were obviously stolen from the Lisa Frank notebook of a mildly retarded fan of screamo, whom at least had the good Goddamned sense not to record any of the 'songs' due to a massive lack of fucking talent.
I will grant that several songs are relatively entertaining (Raised by Wolves, The Drug in Me is You) , but the surrounding wall of awful that is the rest of the album makes listening to them comparable to bobbing for horse apples in a latrine.
"I'm not a Vampire" is the song I imagine Edward from Twilight writing in his spare time. If this is "Post Punk", punk is indeed dead, and these fuckers killed it. I must now go listen to TSOL and pour one out for my homies.

Rewatching Star Wars

After some time, I have just re-watched the original Star Wars (Episode IV).
I am old enough that my copy is on VHS, and has minimal tampering.
Fortified with a bottle of gin, and an associate who has also viewed the trilogy multiple times, we Decided to re-interpret the movies based on
a) knowing the entire plot
b) being jaded motherfuckers
c) the aforementioned bottle of gin

I Highly Encourage everyone who is a fan of the movies to do this at some point. In our Vision, Han Solo is a stumblefuck retard, and all-around shitty negotiator. R2-D2 is a sex-bot only in it for the lulz. Luke is a stone-cold killer, and Obi-Wan is a lazy manipulating bastard.

Further detail will follow if the muse permits and the gin holds out.

Here, I burn bridges.

As I have gotten somewhat older, I have found that I am much less 'tolerant'. Some of this is generic old-person crankiness and resistance to change, to be sure, and another portion is a result of having absorbed much knowledge and reading and considering a great many things Trivial. I belive the third portion is due to a mile-wide streak of "Fuck the Man", which I was instilled with at a young age.

Bearing that in mind, I feel the Urge on Occasion to piss in things other people put on a pedestal.

So, today's post: Jesus of Nazareth, kind of an Asshole.

The passage in question is about Lazarus, homeboy of Jesus, and his ressurection.
The link is above, for those who would like to check my sources.
Initially, Jesus gets a message that his friend Lazarus is ill, and needs help. Jesus' response is "Fuck it.". More specifically, the Lord did not wish to interrupt his bender to go see his friend on his deathbed. The disciples encourage Jesus to join Laz and his family that they might "die" and comfort the family. After two (2) days, Jesus gets on his ass and goes to see Laz. Who is, at this point, dead. For four (4) days.
Bronze-age communications technology being what it was, He can be Forgiven for two (2) of those days.
Jesus greets the grieving family of Laz and tells them that Laz is just fine. Martha (in my mind, rightfully) calls Jesus a dick, and says that if He had been there, Laz would not have died. Jesus dares her to disbelive His divinity, saying her brother will rise/live again.

Mary, at this point, berates Jesus for his laziness and also tells him that if he had been there her brother would not have died.

Now, Jesus says "I got this." and raises Laz from the dead. During the passages that describe this incredibly dickish action, we get the shortest passage in the bible: "Jesus wept".
Because he was a lazy asshole, and got called on it.
Bear with me.

Jesus just raised Lazarus from the dead. His family has already stated that they admit that Jesus is the son of God. So. Everyone in the scene has to deal with the following Unfortunate Implications.
1) Jesus chilled for two (2) days rather than help out his homeboy.
2) We must assume that Laz is a Righteous Dude, as his family knows J.C. and he was raised from the dead.
3) Knowing and believing that Jesus is the Son of God, these two women had to mourn for their brother for four (4) days after he died, and deal with Jesus taking two (2) days to dick around before showing his face.
4) Laz was in Heaven. In the Presence and Glory of God, experiencing the Ultimate Reward for a live lived well. And then Jesus tormented his family and brought him back to Earth into a rotting body that was mentioned as being smellier than a hobo's ballsack (John 11:39).

Or, as I like to put it: "Surprise, your zombie brother is alive again, headed back to the bar, fuck ya'll!"

Quick update on electric cars and power outages

So, Rush Limbaugh is obviously an ignorant bastard, but I try to lay off harassing radio personalities, as saying shit in a public forum for several hours a day for years will give anyone a statistically significant chance to say something dumb.

And then that fucker did this.
Points of Note:
1) I drive a fucking Prius. It is awesome.
2) I do not have to plug my car into an outlet. Because that would be stupid.
3) I generally don't bother with using the air conditioning in my car, but when I do, it chills down in under a minute.

So, I have an "electric car" and it's fucking fantastic. Suck it Limbaugh, you silly bastard.

More of the same

Another post from my undisclosed location, working my way through several locally made beverages and my intense loathing of about 53% of the voting populace of this state. So, sure. Why the fuck not? A couple more years of stupidity, greed, & fucking over teachers, hosted by the 2009, 2011 and 2012 winner of the "Most Punchable Face In American Politics" award, Scott Walker. Watching this bastard keep his seat because a bunch of out of state assholes exploited the campaign finance rules is about as enjoyable as chewing glass. For some numbers, let's check the finance report: "Walker had raised $30.5 million, with about two-thirds of that total coming from donors outside Wisconsin. Barrett had raised roughly $4 million, with about one-fourth coming from outside the state. [...] the disparity can be explained by the fact that Walker, as a sitting governor facing recall, is not subject to the state's legal limits on campaign contributions under Wisconsin law. Barrett, by contrast, was legally barred from accepting contributions in excess of $10,000 per person."
The leftover cash going to his legal defense fund. Of Course. For those too lazy to click the link: “Virtually every single person that has participated in his public life for the past 20 years is implicated in this thing, and at its rotten core is Scott Walker,” Zielinski told Salon. “Virtually every crime that has been committed or alleged has been done for the benefit of Scott Walker.” Already hearing reports that the election was fucked with on a grand scale, and not surprised: "Taylor wrote that one group or individual is informing citizens "that they need not vote today as they have already accomplished their work." She also cites a group or individual calling from a telephone number with a Wisconsin area code that has "indicated to citizens that the recall election is on Wednesday." [...]
"Both of these assertions are blatantly false and constitute the commission of an election-related crime," Taylor wrote.
The Walker campaign on Tuesday denied accusations that it was behind any misleading robocalls, although it did not dispute their existence."
Checking in with local voters has already verified that bank account & routing numbers were being required in addition to valid identification to vote at some locations, this is just more of the same. Criminal Thugs & anti-intellecutals run rampant. Bad Mojo ahead.

A Measured and Rational Response to the recent Recall Election in Wisconsin

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A post from my undisclosed location

I am Back, after a hiatus spent drinking cheap booze having adventures, and doing things yr. parents should have warned you about. And I find myself filled to the brim with disgust & loathing for my guilty vice, politics. So. It is Time to blast the music and annoy the neighboors with a cobbled-together rant. I have a house-full of Maniacs & Degenerates and some of these horse fuckers have voted Republican in the last ten (10) years. The shame this brings me is immense, and I am tempted to locate whips and other objects of self mortification. No right-thinking person can, in these dark days, still think there is anything of value left in that desecrated corpse of a party. But here we are. As far as I can tell through the haze of a great many beers, these individuals think that less taxes and personal safety are good things. And That is a Good Enough reason to vote for what must be the vilest party to have slithered forth since the Khmer Rouge. The modern Republican part is made up of dog-rapists that in any sane society would be dragged into the streets and kicked to death for the good of the neighborhood. No negotiation can be done with these soul-fuckers, they are, down to the last individual, shifty motherfuckers of the first water. The proudly proclaim their ignorance of science, mathematics, economics, and government with every breath from their slack-jawed mouths. Also, they are racist pieces of shit, and goddammit, did we not already win a war against these fuckers? It is enough force a normal & well-adjusted man to yell "FUCK!" on crowded streets and frighten schoolchildren knowing that these assholes are winning contests for election. Every time I see "Tea party" on some handout or website, I want to shit in the eyes of anyone involved. Less taxes? Fuckers, we ARE paying less taxes. Personal Safety? I want to vomit blood. NIXON did more with the government than these assholes. We now deal with a party that wants to be elected on the platform that they hate government and in their fever-dreams will do Nothing with their term in office to make our Great Country better. Fuck them. If someone asks me for a job and states proudly & loudly that they will do Nothing, I throw them to the curb with the rest of the trash. Yr. religion or party won't let you sell legal medication? Go Fuck Yourself. You are fired and can sell pencils. And this is an epidemic! It is enough to make you want to vomit blood and drink cheap whiskey. But No, folding now would let these Jackals laugh long into the night, and we would be better served burning their corpses as fuel to dance naked around the fire, be warm, and have a Good Time. Fuck Them. Keep Fighting. More To Come. -n