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Smoke and Mirrors?

April 19th, 2006

What if it was carefully orchestrated incompetance.

What if it was conciously crafted in order to build a more dangeroius 'new world order'.

What if it was a plan to continue justification for un-fucking-believable military expendatures.

What if it really was a consipracy.

I guess you could call it self-defense.  Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz the Bush administration…they guys have been around for a while.  Decades in some cases.  They all harken back to the same 'school', PNAC

I think the 'echoing in the background' is there.  The initial filmy framework, like a fleeting bubble on the breeze, an idea has formed and it tenuously flittering about.  The US public has gone through the stages of Grief : denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance…most people now accept that George Bush is no good as a president.  

Will they come to realize he was the figurehead of one of the most dangerous groups to ursurp control of the worlds remaining superpower, who played god with the lives of millions of people around the world to 'keep business good'? 

Its been a little quiet around here lately.  Been busy, but things have also been going well in general for the US.  The public is waking up, they've grieved their fantasy regarding Bush.  The winds of change are in the air.  However, if we really want to stamp out this maddness from the soul of our society, the battle for the minds of the people is just beginning.  They need the blinders torn off.  I think I've found the theme of my blog for the next couple months.  

If things go really well, Bush & Co. will end up in jail, the PNAC and all of those involved will be tried for treason against the US public.  If things go really bad (well, really well for Bush & Co and their friends at PNAC) the terrorists will take advantage of the 'planned incompetance' 'just in time' to salvage Bush's floundering presidency and if Bush is really lucky, Congress might just hand him the keys to the car and declare martial law.  Can you imagine it?  You know thousands would dissapear, dissent would be stifled.  I'd be gone: if the software they run at the Pentagon is worth anything, it would have even sniffed this little backwater out. 

If things continue 'business as usual', Bush & Co. will slip back into the woodwork and continue their machinations from the saftey of their refuge at PNAC, like cockroaches scurrying from the light of the truth, to continue their reckless and destructive self-serving scheming.  I'm hoping for either of the more extreme outcomes, myself.  The Status Quo is injustice, waste, corruption…it is a god damn travesty that schools and colleges have to scrounge money for education FOR FUCKS SAKE…while the MIC has money thrown at it willy-nilly with no regard for results.  Need $100 billion for some pet project that keeps you and your friends 'employeed' for the next ten years?  No problem…etc etc until I vomit from thinking about it.  I'd rather they come out and say openly that they are interested in the absolute control, as I accused them in the spring of 2001.  I'd rather 'the shit go down', either good or bad, so that all of the cards are on the table.  Imagine the US with 1/4 the military spending, with free education through college for every child, universal healthcare, reduced taxes (and I'm not talking about rega-fucking-nomics here…), a small and intelligent military force geared towards global policing, not global domination.  A vastly reduced nuclear capacity.  

You can achieve victory through economic, cultural and technological means.  Killing the other guy with a weapon is so old fashioned and terrible… 

 

 

Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam

April 16th, 2006

We have about sixteen days left.

 

Billboard - Overview

Billboard - Band on individual songs

 

I'm currently listening to a leak, about 1/4 mastered and the rest unmastered.  Upon my third listen through, I am…well, I am nearly estatic.  I'm currently listening to "Inside Job" and it reminds me of Rusted Root, Dire Straits, and Pink Floyd all at the same time.  Fucking awesome.

 

I could review each song, but I'll quote someone else who did a fine job:

 

It’s nice having friends who work for management companies…

My Personal Review of the new album “Pearl Jam”… (excuse any type-o’s)

Life Wasted: One of my favorites and a perfect way to open up the new album. Very upbeat and you can tell it’s a Pearl Jam song, but it doesn’t sound like any of their other tunes. “Life Wasted I’m never going back again. I escaped it, a life wasted.”

World Wide Suicide: Most of you have heard this song so I don’t have to get to into it. When I first heard it, I didn’t like it too much… but it has grown on me.

Comatose: Not my favorite by any means. But people who like “Spin The Black Circle” will love this song. It has that same energy and reminds you of Vitalogy.

Severed Hand: Again, not one of my favorites. Although this is the first song I really can hear Boom playing his keys. The guitar is also really good. I am just not a fan of Eddie's style on this song, where he dubs his voice about 4 times… Kind of like “Gremmie Out Of Control”. The bridge is really good on here though.

Marker In The Sand: One of my favorite songs on the new album. Eddie sounds great, the chorus is amazing and reminds me a little bit of “Down” although it shouldn’t because they sound nothing a like. But this is a great song. Favorite line “Now you’ve got both sides, killing in God’s name, but God is nowhere to be found.”

Parachutes: Did someone say fucking amazing? Reminds me a lot of (old) Genesis meets the Beatles. This song is beyond great. It’s a slight departure from anything they have done in the past, but the closest would be “In Hiding” from Yield, but again it’s nothing like it! Top notch song writing here.

Unemployable: Again another song most of you have heard. I love this song. It’s not Pearl Jam’s best, but it is catchy and the chorus is so smooth and gets you feeling great and optimistic… at least it does for me.

Big Wave: One of the heavier songs on the album. Reminds me a lot of the Ramones… which is a good thing. Once again Eddie’s vocals are amazing… not to mention the great riffs by Mike and Stone. Close to punk… in the Pearl Jam sense of the word of course.

Gone: There always has to be one like this on every album, which I am thankful for. Think of All or None, Nothing man, and each “slower” song. I could have seen Bruce Springsteen doing this song. It’s a good song but I think I need a little more time for it to grow on me. I love the verse, but to me the chorus gets to “pop”.

Wasted Reprise: This is a Boom song with Eddie singing the chorus of Wasted Life while the sounds of the organ are growing. Just under a minute… more of filler than a song.
… FUCKING AWESOME! I can’t even explain this one, lyrics, vocal pattern, chorus, guitars, it’s amazing! The first notes make you think of the Cure’s disintegration, but when Eddie sings, it becomes a new Pearl Jam classic.

Come Back: Very 50’s sounding to me, which is good, cause I love classics like Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. Of course one can tell its modern, but it just has the “oldies” feeling. A great song, I am glad they wrote this one. I guarantee this one will be played before many encores at upcoming shows.

Inside Job: Coming in at just over 7 minutes, I think this is the longest Pearl Jam song released. It’s very slow and think Pink Floyd (guitars and bass) meets Bruce Springsteen (lyrics and piano). A great way to end a great album.


I am so happy with this album. Sure I’ll skip through one or two songs, but hey, I do that with most of my albums, except of course The Beach Boy’s Pet Sounds.

I think you’ll all be happy come early May… Peace.

Army Reserve: Again

 

That and a whole lot more…

Its official…

April 15th, 2006

Pearl Jam on David Letterman, May 4th!   And of course, on SNL tonight :)

 

I didn’t notice because I use Firefox…

April 11th, 2006

But it looks like the site template is broken when viewed with Internet Explorer.  I verified this on Kelleys computer as well.  Anyone else see the menu pushed to the bottom and the text off-center to the left?

 

Might be time to reinstall from scratch, call this first effort a learning process… 

It was a hell of a party…

April 11th, 2006

A Good Time

…a good time was had by all…

Watch out…

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