The Heavens Open Up To Cover The Rock With A Beautiful White Blanket Of Snow (And Kick The Arse of Wall Street)

Photograph © Alex Kraus/Bloomberg News

Tao Jones'n
Wall Street
February 28, 2007

An old, miserable guy goes down to the banks of the river. He raises his arms to the heavens. He beseeches the angels. He calls on them to make things better for him. They show up, but their mood is ugly. They tell him he has a scrawny neck, that they're tired of guys like him. When he complains, they knock him down. They beat him with their thick fists. They roll him into the river. They walk off stolidly through the mists, not saying anything, breathing hard. Under their robes their shoulders are big and violent, under the great horns of their wings.

Angels, from A Man Jumps Out of an Airplane by Barry Yourgrau.


(Oh, and Wall Street, if you're reading this — Get a friggin grip!)

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Angels
(Buy: Robbie Williams: Life Thru A Lens)

He Needs Me
(Buy: Harry Nilsson & Shelley Duvall: Punch-Drunk Love Original Soundtrack)

Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
(Buy: Talking Heads: More Songs About Buildings and Food)

Shambala
(Buy: Three Dog Night: The Complete Hit Singles)

Hey, Mr. Natural!

Keep on Truckin' (through the woods — and clicking off those pictures!)

Nature photography, as well as cards and prints, available at Kirk Gentalen Photography. Really, get over to his site and buy something — he's some of the local talent!

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David Bowie: Nature Boy
(Buy: Moulin Rouge: Original Soundtrack)

Eels: I Like Birds
(Buy: Eels: Daisies Of The Galaxy)

David Byrne: Marching Through The Wilderness
(Buy: David Byrne: Rei Momo)

Talking Heads: Wild Wild Life
(Buy: Talking Heads: True Stories)

Know Your Rights (and Vote!)

friedman and yapalater
Ohio State University
Student Senate President and Vice-President
1971

If you do nothing else today — vote!

It'll work for you (at least that's what they tell me) today, just like it did for my cousin Jeff, 35 years ago (letting his freak flag fly, baby).

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Talking Heads: Don't Worry About The Government
(Buy: Talking Heads: 77)

The Clash: Know Your Rights
(Buy: The Clash: Combat Rock)

Mike Watt: Against The 70's
(Buy: Mike Watt: Ball-Hog Or Tugboat?)

It's A Bluebird Day!

The Harbor. The Rock.
October 2006

As much as I enjoy writing and posting, it's too nice to do more than this today. Get outside, while the gettin's good!

Emiliana Torrini: Sunny Road (Buy It!)
Talking Heads: This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) (Buy It!)

(Nothing But) Flowers

Garden Dahlia
August 2006

Talking Heads: (Nothing But) Flowers (Buy It!)

'Paging Mr. Herman!'

'Mr. Herman, you have a telephone call at the front desk!'



Signed 'Fun' Club Photograph
Date: 1988

If you needed any reason other then the check-in desk scene from 'Pee Wee's Big Adventure' to want to join the Pee Wee Herman Fun Club, then you probably didn't like PW any way. In which case, you can not be trusted.

Bottom Line:
There has never been a more intellectually insane children's program on television since the demise of Mr. Herman. And this, with the Paul Frank® sellout monkey and, forcefully, over-the-top characters, already sucks. Maybe the kids will start loving them when they start getting them with their Crappy Meals®.

Pee Wee Herman: Pee Wee's Playhouse (Buy It!)
Talking Heads: Puzzlin' Evidence (Buy It!)

B.Y.O B(ooks)

West Gouldsboro, Maine
June 28, 2006

I came across this sweet, little library on the way home from a camping trip. Designed by Fred Savage (1861–1924) one of the most influential architects in the development of Mount Desert and northeastern Maine (designing over three hundred buildings).

The Books: Smells Like Content (Buy It!)
Talking Heads: The Book I Read (Buy It!)