tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55156692011-07-15T21:45:35.746-04:00explanations owed: 0colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6011100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1118753493492980862005-06-14T08:50:00.001-04:002008-09-18T22:16:48.885-04:00

OK, it's time for you to move on.Store everything in a steel building and visit my new site at colincarlson.com. Ciao.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1113502167590213432005-04-14T14:02:00.000-04:002005-04-14T14:12:36.206-04:00

Sorry to hear that, Dodgy.I can't allow this blogcorpse to rot without giving it something truly horrible to catalyze its demise. How can something like this happen? You need to watch this. You'll break right out of the doldrums if you watch this. Seriously, go right now and watch this.Now you may die. Remix.

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1113243638324263662005-04-11T14:17:00.000-04:002005-04-11T15:38:14.860-04:00

Finding himself increasingly ill-equipped to deal with the rigors of polite society*, Dodgy Goodtimes has decided to no longer update this blog. His rottingcorpsefeelings have been stinking up the internet for too long now as it is. I will leave his words here, melodramatically floating in cyberspace, in the event I have left something valuable in between its seat cushions. Thanks for stopping

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1112745261991967122005-04-05T19:39:00.000-04:002005-04-05T19:54:21.993-04:00

Overthought and loveless. Sort of shit.I dig beats, and all I ever read is the internet.Someday soon you’ll be amazed by how much you love your life. it will be completely unexpected and feel completely natural, your life. I know it, I can just tell.Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."Thievery Corporation featuring the Flaming Lips - "Marching the Hate Machines (Into the Sun)"Boom Bip featuring Gruff Rhys

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1112401434372489652005-04-01T19:21:00.000-05:002005-04-01T20:48:33.880-05:00

Today was my favorite April Fool's Day. God finally leapt out from behind the bushes and shouted,"La la la! April Fool's! You really are the king!" and handed me the crown. And then the temperature in her womb dropped yet another degree.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1111698872577925902005-03-24T16:06:00.000-05:002005-03-24T16:14:32.576-05:00

Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. I am the perfect slave for your day job.Comrade Nathan has started his own blog somewhere out on the lonesome internet. It is called "Define the Center," and I hear it's a great place to take underage chicks and get them all drunk and shit.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1111614180133627502005-03-23T16:41:00.000-05:002005-03-23T17:14:55.426-05:00

where i'm at; don’t worry, yer never alone, god sez it's alright, death’s breath is still on yer neck and it's the noise in other people's heads that drives me insane!you ever walk into an elevator that someone else has just farted in? and then obsess over whether or not you should’ve just gotten out and waited for the next one as it makes its 20 second journey to the 24th floor? and then, when

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1111451622027134442005-03-21T19:22:00.000-05:002005-03-21T19:33:42.026-05:00

dear friends, family, and colleagues:please do not allow me to be kept alive by machines if i am in a persistent vegetative state, regardless of how funny it may be. ok, if it's really funny, you can do it for a little while. and, ok, if you think some congressman might say,"He is still one of us and this cannot stand. Dodgy Goodtimes has survived his passion weekend and he has not been forsaken.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1111179348580669142005-03-18T15:51:00.000-05:002005-03-18T15:58:11.710-05:00

Welcome to the machine! I ♥ u! Just so you know, the American government spent the last couple of days trying to stop doctors from removing the feeding tube from a vegetable and holding hearings on the use of steroids in baseball. Did you know that Michael Jackson is on trial for child molestation, that Scott Peterson was sentenced to life, and that Robert Blake was found not guilty of murdering

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1110823367947242142005-03-14T13:02:00.000-05:002005-03-14T13:02:47.950-05:00

no matter how random or temporary things may seem,"no, not really"will always befour syllablesl-o-n-g.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1110512873228542912005-03-10T21:12:00.000-05:002005-03-10T22:47:53.236-05:00

the dodgy symphonies volume 40 [. . .] pilfered in part from donkey 9: for the lady who wears a fake pink dick. what life was like now: you should avoid prolonged or excessive exposure to direct and/or artficial sunlight while taking this medication; we have unfinished monkey business, you and i.please play these in the specified order. you just can't trust itunes. (ik weet niet het, houdt het

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1109739980415274062005-03-01T23:58:00.000-05:002005-03-02T01:17:13.930-05:00

The recently blacklisted Fargo City Commissioner, Linda Coates, seems to be the creator and head of this embryonic organism, the Prairie Progressives which held their second ever meeting tonight at the Radisson in Fargo. There were about 200 people in the audience. She encouraged us to visit the cash bar to help pay for the room. (The misanthropologist's sister had her wedding reception in

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1109347191864961892005-02-25T10:54:00.000-05:002005-02-25T10:59:51.866-05:00

A break from self-absorbed navel-gazing which is just as well since I cannot hear out of all of my ears anyway so we go to the tape and findLast night, Drudge had a headline on his page reading:"PG-13 MOVIE: 'F**K, S**T, NI**ER, A**HOLE'... "I wondered what movie would have his panties all twisted in a bunch. Is someone finally gonna fuck a pie again? Well, this morning that headline is linked

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1109116171824421172005-02-22T18:39:00.000-05:002005-02-22T18:53:36.150-05:00

I'm starting to feel sorry for this Jeff Gannon character. He's in way over his head -- a head which will soon have an extra hole in it, I can just tell. And the Empire State Building is just three mad chords stretched out in a dirge.Miss America ain’t never tellin’ anyone how she feels ever never ever again. They can’t take it, the whitetickfat she lays out for them like monuments in a row."I

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1108738627914011442005-02-18T09:54:00.000-05:002005-02-18T09:57:07.916-05:00

They are the When We WereSwitch on the TV and meet the Abortion Generation.They have food and armies and disease. Make nice. They're the ones who'll feed us when we're blind.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1108678173583249962005-02-17T17:09:00.000-05:002005-02-18T10:34:53.690-05:00

There are worms and birds and butterflies and big expensive spaceships punching through the purple sky. It’s all I hear on the internet.It was a relief to find out that nobody knew nothing nowhere. It was a relief to have time speed it all up, so that we could recognize that their great ballets were really just flagellations. They were less like rocks and more like dust. It allowed the odd hope.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1108655909542371482005-02-17T10:57:00.000-05:002005-02-17T10:59:25.950-05:00

Now mike greenwell wants the mvp trophy that is rightfully his; and happy birthday dear paris hilton: daddy loves you even though he was never really there; and perhaps it’s time to fish in a smaller pond.At least three of us sat in this guy’s parent’s basement in the late eighties and he was called something like “snoop dogg” with the same number of syllables and some of those letters and vowel

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1108607633642351732005-02-16T21:28:00.000-05:002005-02-16T21:37:59.313-05:00

we find notes all the time. and they say things, likeBoy, was it a wild, wild wednesday. Mostly because I couldn’t sleep tuesday. Garbage trucks kept the cuckoo bird up all hours of the night. The trucks sounded like "michael jackson didn't do nothin'" and it made the cuckoo bird sing, “I am a Landfill! I am a Landfill! La la la! Lay lay lay!I send Bad Things to their Death!” till all our ears

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1108396150566928892005-02-14T10:29:00.000-05:002005-02-14T10:49:10.566-05:00

This makes me happy. Oh, sorry. I meant this.

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1107883640630155852005-02-08T13:25:00.000-05:002005-02-08T12:27:20.630-05:00

So we go back to the drawing board. Expect something genuinely worthwhile here before too long. There's no need for Dodgy Goodtimes to be afraid of Dodgy Goodtimes, is there? We'll see. History is on the way.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1107827485475602202005-02-07T20:12:00.000-05:002005-02-07T20:52:48.326-05:00

"Randall" asks in the comments to the previous post, What is up with trailer parks? I mean really! If they aren't out back fixin' on their autoMOBILES they are in the back laying out on the deck stark naked giving their poodle the once-over with the wrong side of a hair brush. What can we do about this plague of mobile home dwellers? "Randall" makes many fine points, and this is something I have

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1107644292610140872005-02-05T17:54:00.000-05:002005-02-05T18:01:59.223-05:00

and then complain when you ran out. "But you said you had free dog shit. Therefore, I am entitled to it." The Kleptones are offering a new mix here.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1107462964112961112005-02-03T15:33:00.000-05:002005-02-03T16:35:06.406-05:00

I didn't watch the speech last night. I have things to do. But I will say that America is lost, and she’s going to drag everyone down with her. Those douchebags wearing purple at that bullshit session (whether it was on their fingers, on their ties, or simply their assholes turned inside-out and wrapped over their heads) remind me of those sportspricks who behave as though their team’s success

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1107455080403485612005-02-03T13:18:00.000-05:002005-02-03T13:54:12.776-05:00

I just wanted to congratulate Nathan on being one of the 42 people banned from attending King Monkey's appearance in Fargo, North Dakota, today. You'll find more on this at Talking Points Memo. Nate, now you'll always be known as "The Moorhead man [who] wrote a letter to The Forum last spring calling the Bush administration's reasons to go to war 'disingenuous at best, if not outright lies."

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1107274066894856252005-02-01T10:52:00.000-05:002005-02-01T11:07:46.893-05:00

Paul Krugman has an excellent column explaining how anyone who supports Bush's risky privatization scheme is being duplicitous and dishonest. Which brings us to the privatizers' Catch-22. They can rescue their happy vision for stock returns by claiming that the Social Security actuaries are vastly underestimating future economic growth. But in that case, we don't need to worry about Social

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1106269026359909382005-01-20T19:55:00.000-05:002005-01-20T23:09:13.733-05:00

Boy, does this guy have some craaaaaaaazay ideas! There's a good summary of them for 2005 here. Spread your freedom, for Inauguration Day: "Galvanize" by the Chemical Brothers feat. Q-Tip "Left Right" by the Chemical Brothers feat. Anwar Superstar

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1106088050769072522005-01-18T17:22:00.000-05:002005-01-18T18:00:16.943-05:00

Beck's new album leaked. The slavish idiot in my brain says, "I like Beck. But all of his albums are almost immediately disposable, with the exception of Mutations and Sea Change. The rest of his albums feel like retarded monkey jokes within two months." But when was the last time I had any desire to listen to even those two albums? So why do I care? Because I am empty. Utterly empty. I open my

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1105976494293626242005-01-17T10:39:00.000-05:002005-01-17T10:41:34.293-05:00

I used to get this day off, but no more. Perhaps my new boss finds "psychological discomfort in paying tribute to a black man who tried to teach white people the meaning of civilization." Perhaps. "By the Time I Get to Arizona" + "Are You a Hypnotist?" = "Are You a Visionary" by the Kleptones

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1105648296955400202005-01-13T15:26:00.000-05:002005-01-13T16:49:55.273-05:00

Sacha Baron Cohen (a.k.a. Ali G, Borat, etc.) nearly started a riot at a rodeo in Virginia. After telling the crowd he supported America’s war on terrorism, he said, “I hope you kill every man, woman and child in Iraq, down to the lizards ... And may George W. Bush drink the blood of every man, woman and child in Iraq.” He then sang a garbled version of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”Nice work.

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1105634500463462362005-01-13T11:28:00.000-05:002005-01-13T11:54:46.933-05:00

I just bought an iBook G4 from NDSU for $600. I'm going to use it primarily to record music. If it's good enough for Bono and Thom Yorke, an Apple Laptop is good enough for me. I just have to buy an interface box and then I should be all set. I've been getting really fucking sick of all the hiss that comes along with the shitty 4-track tape recorder that I've been using. Conformity is Freedom

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1105545644087327002005-01-12T10:50:00.000-05:002005-01-12T11:03:11.520-05:00

I will now focus my political energy on the upcoming fight over Social Security. There are plenty of stories coming out every day and I'll link to them if I find something particularly interesting. But for now I want to give big respect to Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) for being unequivocally against any privitazation schemes. I went to the first meeting of the newly formed, tentatively

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1105455109077486752005-01-11T09:45:00.000-05:002005-01-11T10:35:45.253-05:00

King Kaufman has a good column up about all the bullshit we football fans had to put up with this weekend, from Joe Buck and Chris Berman's bonerific outrage over Moss, to the ABC crew's fellation (word?) of St. Louis's just-above-average offense, etc. It is also nice to see something of a backlash against the faux outrage over Randy Moss' celebration. Hey, I'm not defending Moss -- my opinion

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1105169277141192352005-01-08T01:17:00.000-05:002005-01-08T03:13:44.096-05:00

darwinian law: that’s a good name for a game. let’s cut off our thumbs 1. "Story of the Whole Thing" Out Hud 2. "Safe" M83 3. "Gjort Bort Sig" Dungen 4. "Who Could Win a Rabbit" Animal Collective 5. "From the Bench at Belvidere" The Boo Radleys 6. "Square Dance" Eminem 7. "Worlds Apart" ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead 8. "Awesome Sound (live)" Ween 9. "The Boxer" The Chemical

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1104173408121174712004-12-27T13:46:00.000-05:002004-12-30T14:18:01.280-05:00

22,000+ people dead. Horrible. UPDATE: 120,000 now presumed dead as of 12/30/04. Does anyone honestly give a damn what happened to some supermodel or actor or whatever?!?! Or the tourists?! Get some perspective here. These are incredibly poor countries getting pummelled by something completely out of their control and the American press is filling it's insatiable minute-by-minute account of

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1104172791699456992004-12-27T13:31:00.000-05:002004-12-27T13:39:51.700-05:00

Does a 63% majority really constitute a ringing approval? I understand that in politics (the prism through which all news is now viewed), 63% is a huge number. But, when it comes to the people who are risking their life to defend America, only 63% of the people actually fighting think our President is handling the war effectively. 60% think that the war is worth fighting. Isn't this setting

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1103506180185727502004-12-19T19:54:00.000-05:002004-12-19T20:34:00.056-05:00

Dungen - "Festival" Swedish! LSD! Mercury Rev - "Secret for a Song" Can you stomach another Rev album? I'm not sure I can! Out Hud - "The L Train Is a Swell Train and I Don't Want to Hear You Indies Complain" I took the L train today! It was indeed swell! Low - "Death of a Salesman" Tab this for me! Is the guitar tuned to G? I'm too lazy to figure it out! The Monkees - "For Pete's Sake" A

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1103315447069119812004-12-17T15:27:00.000-05:002004-12-17T15:30:47.070-05:00

Check it. (Washington Monthly) So I wrote off for a copy of the trustees report, read up on tax policy and demographic projections, pored through various analyses, and — to my surprise — learned that the problem was either (a) fairly modest and quite solvable or (b) not a problem at all.

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1103130650336907402004-12-15T13:09:00.000-05:002004-12-15T12:10:50.336-05:00

Gruff Rhys discusses his solo album (out in March in America, on my computer anytime after December 22nd), here.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1102710146581685992004-12-10T15:21:00.000-05:002004-12-10T15:22:26.583-05:00

thanx, hotcakes! ;P

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1102647439022147762004-12-09T21:26:00.000-05:002004-12-09T21:57:19.023-05:00

Morrissey - You Are the Quarry His band is still dull as shit, but our generation could use a gay Frank Sinatra, and he’s probably the kind we deserve: an impotent solipsist who’s seen too many movies. MP3: "The Never-Played Symphonies" ("Irish Blood" b-side) The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free The “Six Feet Under” of concept albums: a stupid, melodramatric soap opera elevated by terrific

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1102544794030275882004-12-08T17:24:00.001-05:002004-12-08T17:27:53.513-05:00

Talking Heads - "Listening Wind" [more Talking Heads -- deal with it!] From Yahoo! News: Spc. Thomas Wilson had asked the defense secretary, "Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass to up-armor our vehicles?" Shouts of approval and applause arose from the estimated 2,300 soldiers who had assembled to see Rumsfeld. "You

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1102525387238190482004-12-08T11:59:00.000-05:002004-12-08T12:06:30.116-05:00

Low - "Blue Christmas" Flaming Lips - "A Change at Christmas (Say It Isn't So)" Graphic stolen from 1115.org.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1102520665369086582004-12-08T10:39:00.000-05:002004-12-08T10:44:25.370-05:00

Talking Heads - "This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)" [live] Let's wash out the awful taste of Arcade Fire's cover of this (posted below) with the version that appeared in the film Stop Making Sense, and was included on 1999's expanded, remastered version of the soundtrack.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1102433048099597392004-12-07T09:43:00.000-05:002004-12-07T10:24:08.100-05:00

I was just talking about Social Security with two of my housemates last night--a Canadian who is paying in on Social Security from his payroll checks and will never see a single cent back, and a retiree who is now drawing Social Security after paying in his whole life. This Krugman op-ed is a good summary on the state of Social Security. Key graf (my emphasis): But it's a problem of modest size

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1102184893317610512004-12-04T13:24:00.000-05:002004-12-04T13:30:51.943-05:00

(Note: Here is where I begin offering some incoherent thoughts on some of the albums that moved me (in both good and bad ways) during 2004. I encourage others to share their thoughts in the comments as well.) I don't know if an incredibly tuneful, acid bluesy album about personal growth and the ravaging effects of romantic ideals and alcohol could have come at a better time for me. Though he

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1102143463211866372004-12-04T01:42:00.000-05:002004-12-04T13:39:34.553-05:00

Radiohead - "Where Bluebirds Fly" I went to a restaurant tonight and karaoked for the first time in ages. Asia Roma is located in a part of town where sanitation workers shout "asshole" every time they empty someone's garbage. As far as karaoke sessions go, it was absolute murder -- and I mean that in the nicest possible way. My initial attitude toward singing a song was "No fucking way."

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1102109204313837932004-12-03T16:03:00.000-05:002004-12-03T16:29:29.523-05:00

Yeah, this whole run up to the election and month after has really taken the wind out of my blogger sails. I'm not reading blogs as much as I used to, much to the benefit of my employer. I'm really not that interested in lamblasting the right-wing anymore; it's too easy and no one cares. Plus, check out any of the Dodgy's politics blogroll and you'll see that they're much better at it than I. I

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1102085085057435612004-12-03T09:25:00.000-05:002004-12-03T09:44:45.056-05:00

Blur - "Don't Be" For as long as I've lived in my apartment, there's a been a crappy, hole-in-the-wall PC store on the corner. About a year ago, they gutted it out and installed an internet cafe, a shipping center, those espresso bars the kids love so goddamn much, etc. It was orange and neon and sort of beautiful, but then... nothing. It never really opened. Over the course of the last few

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1101997655855771892004-12-02T08:48:00.000-05:002004-12-02T13:08:05.226-05:00

I must be brief today (suddenly there is so much ointment, and so little time), but I want to keep this active, so I have 2 full radio sessions from 2 of the great gay space rock acts of our time. The Arcade Fire - In Session CBC Radio 3 (11.03.04) (zip file; 33 MB) Tracklist: 1. No Cars Go 2. Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles) 3. This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody) [Talking Heads cover] 4. Haiti 5

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1101920185823927382004-12-01T11:55:00.000-05:002004-12-01T11:59:05.763-05:00

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - "Summer '91" Maybe I'm just getting old, but I really don't mind watching my favorite bands mature. My tastes tend to evolve with, or be formed by, my favorite bands. With the exception of Think Tank, I like each Blur album better than the last. I was ecstatic to hear Modest Mouse sharpen their sound and arrangements on Good News for People Who Love

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1101914290166598802004-12-01T10:16:00.000-05:002004-12-01T10:27:49.846-05:00

bravecaptain - “Good Life" In early 1997, C’mon Kids by the Boo Radleys was my favorite album, and drinking heavily was my favorite pastime (and remained so for nearly 7 more years). I was going to college in St. Paul at the time, and First Avenue (which recently closed, but has now re-opened) was where my favorite Britpop bands played, usually for 5 dollars. I saw Pulp, Radiohead, and countless

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1101831088364362652004-11-30T10:35:00.000-05:002004-11-30T11:11:28.370-05:00

I'll be honest with you: this blog doesn't really interest me that much anymore. Most things that interested me a year ago, or even a few months ago, are of little interest to me now. I am nearly 30, so I am really only interested in propagating the awful little species that we're a part of. But I still love gay space rock and the internet. Shall we make this an mp3 blog then? Maybe that's

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I am thankful for the best year of my little life. I am thankful that there is every reason to believe that the next year will be even better. I am thankful that, with a modicum of effort and dedication, I will probably be a real magazine editor in less than six months. I am thankful that, after 10 dry months, I am beginning to write creatively again, however small-ly and infrequently. I am

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1101227988593502162004-11-23T10:58:00.000-05:002004-11-23T11:39:48.593-05:00

I criticize President Bush quite a bit in these spaces. My main gripe is that he seems to be running his entire administration based on the idea that the End of Days (or Armageddon--both great movies) is upon us, we do not need to plan for the future, because, frankly, there won't be one. Well, maybe I'm jumping the gun, but any time I see the words "Israel" "Plague" and "Locusts" in the same

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1101050989016418682004-11-21T10:27:00.000-05:002004-11-21T10:29:49.016-05:00

The Kleptones mash up Bill Hicks and the Flaming Lips in "Final Words (A Tribute)" (mp3).

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1100721487649690742004-11-17T14:57:00.000-05:002004-11-17T14:58:07.650-05:00

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1100289999199577462004-11-12T15:05:00.000-05:002004-11-12T15:08:22.440-05:00

Wow, an Under the Influence CD that's probably worth picking up.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1100283215941026842004-11-12T13:11:00.000-05:002004-11-12T13:13:35.940-05:00

I guess the American War already started. Looks like it won't be televised.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1100188538957126682004-11-11T10:52:00.000-05:002004-11-11T11:00:48.890-05:00

Of course, the New York Post uses his death as an opportunity to showcase the fact that they are a cartoon and not a newspaper. Don't get me wrong -- fuck Arafat. I believe, like 99.9% of all world leaders, that he should be donated to a necrophiliac group, never to be seen again.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1100126561972608762004-11-10T17:40:00.000-05:002004-11-10T17:44:37.856-05:00

...but this is perhaps the most sobering. Fuck the South. Map stolen from here.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1100114821672607722004-11-10T14:26:00.000-05:002004-11-10T14:27:01.673-05:00

the rest...

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This is pretty brilliant.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1100109376263293992004-11-10T13:53:00.000-05:002004-11-10T13:07:52.453-05:00

Ladeez and gentlemen, your new AG. Last night, someone somewhere said that they would replace Ashcroft with someone just as awful, only more competent. Of course, my hateful opinion is driven by my immeasurable hatred of Hispanics, or "Stink-Tacos," as I like to call them. Or is that what I call the bitches? Who knows anymore.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1100103425417227862004-11-10T11:15:00.000-05:002004-11-10T11:17:05.416-05:00

People who vote for Bush are stoopid.

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DisorderRatingParanoid:HighSchizoid:HighSchizotypal:HighAntisocial:LowBorderline:LowHistrionic:ModerateNarcissistic:HighAvoidant:HighDependent:LowObsessive-Compulsive:Moderate-- Personality Disorder Test - Take It! --

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1099611922612311342004-11-04T18:43:00.000-05:002004-11-04T18:46:22.163-05:00

The new Eminem has leaked. It is both Dodgy and Randay-approved. Much better than that Eminem Show bullshit. Check out: Evil Deeds Mosh Encore I'm off to take some of my patented glamor to the drab O.C. Since I'll be spending the weekend just north of Mexico, I figured I'd look up some suggestions on renouncing my citizenship.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1099515285124377822004-11-03T15:28:00.000-05:002004-11-03T15:54:45.123-05:00

Nate's right. Fuck them. We saw what they do with "good will" and all that bullshit. If you want a daily affirmation, go read Daily Kos or something. I'm pretty numb right now, but thinking about two things a co-worker of mine said early today gets the woman-juices all over my voting booth curtain. This aforementioned co-worker voted for Bush. He is a good guy and I would consider him a friend

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1099508907188371472004-11-03T14:03:00.000-05:002004-11-03T14:08:27.186-05:00

It's over. The Civil War is coming and I'm taking sides. I will no longer appease the Bush supporters. I will not seek common ground. I will no longer apologize for my views or accept your ignorance and work to find a something we can agree on. You are all stupid, full of hate, and empty of everything else, and I no longer have time for you. You are all dead to me.

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1099499588139684362004-11-03T11:31:00.000-05:002004-11-03T11:33:08.140-05:00

I'm looking at you, North Dakota. You make me sick. I can't take it.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1099494567501871422004-11-03T10:06:00.000-05:002004-11-03T10:09:27.500-05:00

just this morning my neighbor’s dog said to me, “Nihilism is the new internet.” they said at work, “May our worst fears be unfounded.” yes, superman is dead. here comes the Great Art.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1099493646093439742004-11-03T09:51:00.000-05:002004-11-03T10:16:58.636-05:00

It seems strange that all of yesterday's exit polls (the polls that had me declaring victory early in the day) were correct -- except Florida and Ohio.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1099462830134224792004-11-03T01:19:00.000-05:002004-11-03T14:26:40.390-05:00

even "the daily show" sucked. POST-SCRIPT: In retrospect, what "sucked" about "The Daily Show" was that there was a definite pall hanging over the show, with Jon Stewart tossing out his jibes at the Bunnings and Bushes of the world with a palpable air of resignation. 11/2/04 by Dodgy Goodtimes :| :) :0 :) :| :( phhhtppppptt..... .....unnnngggghhhhh

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today -- after trudging through fat locusts and frogs with whisky in our coffee and bananas in our ears -- we arrive at the gymnasium to fill out the acrostics and remind them (today!) that their account’s in arrears. cmc

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1099417024748853082004-11-02T13:29:00.000-05:002004-11-02T12:37:04.746-05:00

"Democracy means, simply: the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." -- Oscar Wilde

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1099398775282888702004-11-02T07:28:00.000-05:002004-11-02T07:32:55.283-05:00

For the nine faithful Dodgy Disciples out there, go vote. I'm going to be at the polls all day for MoveOn, making sure the elderly and brown people don't vote. I hope you New York types will make sure the state goes 60-40. Minnesota looks pretty well locked in, but I'm going to do my best to disenfranchise as many people as I can.

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1099325877816234582004-11-01T11:01:00.000-05:002004-11-01T11:17:57.816-05:00

Everything Bush touches turns to shit.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1099078892054481372004-10-29T15:37:00.000-04:002004-10-29T15:44:41.013-04:00

From the ESPN's Cursed Franchises list: #7: So labeled by football fanatics in Canada -- where Joe Kapp, QB for Minnesota's first Super Bowl loser, had starred in the CFL. Upset that Kapp lost and tarnished the image of the CFL, Canada placed a curse upon the Vikes. Anyone heard of this shit before? And for Minneapolis' hippie, non-toilet flushing brethren, we have: #16: The Curse of Brian

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1099067187278311482004-10-29T13:25:00.000-04:002004-10-29T12:28:40.930-04:00

Impress your asshole friends with this timely mix of hits guaranteed to get you pumped as fuck for the upcoming Civil War! I'm killin' you first! zip (PC/girls) or sit (MAC/boys) 1. "The Last Day of the Miners' Strike" by Pulp 2. "Slow Life" by Super Furry Animals 3. "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" by bravecaptain 4. "Exterminator" by Primal Scream 5. "Youth Against Fascism" by

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1099058487487384462004-10-29T10:00:00.000-04:002004-10-29T10:01:27.486-04:00

"All You Need Is Hate," The Delgados

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1099017485109242162004-10-28T22:17:00.000-04:002004-10-28T22:41:38.116-04:00

The Life Myopic hereby endorses John Kerry for President of the United States. And yeah, it's more of an "endorsement against" Bush than anything. But so what? What choice does any educated, thinking person really have?* Sure, the odds of a Kerry or Bush presidency having a direct effect on my life are pretty small; right, Trey Parker? I am middle class, I am white, I am male, and I am

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1098971905696347532004-10-28T09:57:00.000-04:002004-10-28T09:58:25.696-04:00

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1098821329795359562004-10-26T16:07:00.000-04:002004-10-26T16:08:49.796-04:00

Scum of the earth busted because of this.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1098803345511613752004-10-26T11:07:00.000-04:002004-10-26T12:49:44.940-04:00

You can check out Eminem's new anti-Bush video here. The site's slow, but not quite "pwn3d" or whatever it is the nerds say. The song's not that great (it does grow on you a bit), but the video is. I can dropload the song to you, if you want. Another link, if that one still sucks.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1098375170760562582004-10-21T13:10:00.000-04:002004-10-21T12:12:50.760-04:00

Top-notch Radiohead concert from 11/2003 here. The tabloids say that Graham has rejoined Blur. Enjoy the draft!

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1098221979584936822004-10-19T17:38:00.001-04:002004-10-19T19:38:35.836-04:00

SpongeBob & Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall of Energy. Eh. And if you like the Shins, well, then I'm going to come over there and kick your ass.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1098200949052117602004-10-19T10:37:00.000-04:002004-10-19T11:52:28.996-04:00

This week's New York Times Magazine has a must-read article by Ron Suskind titled Without a Doubt. Go read it. It really fleshes out the whole faith-based approach the Bush White House takes towards everything. It is also the most reporting I've seen on the explicit references George W. Bush often makes to his red-meat crowds of evangelicals. Here's a few choice passages (sorry for the length of

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1098136180779329572004-10-18T17:49:00.000-04:002004-10-19T19:41:09.826-04:00

You can download the best album of 2004 right here. And then you have to buy it. It's not like they're Madonna or anything.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1098115018443297132004-10-18T11:55:00.001-04:002004-10-18T11:56:58.443-04:00

You can watch Jon Stewart's heroic appearance on "Crossfire" (last last Friday, I think) here. "Dick" is a good word.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1097858120381469322004-10-15T13:33:00.000-04:002004-10-15T12:35:20.383-04:00

This video actually made me like Bill O'Reilly a little more. Until the sucker punch at the end. But, hey, empirical evidence aside, Dodgy also understands how straight men think, etc.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1097849710026416572004-10-15T10:09:00.000-04:002004-10-15T10:20:44.403-04:00

They hate us for our freedom, indeed. Richard Swaney, 65, of Central Point, said had joined in a peaceful protest outside the Jackson County fairgrounds where Bush spoke, and then went to Jacksonville to join the protest there. He said he was walking with the crowd away from the inn when he was hit in the back with three separate bursts, one of which knocked him down. He felt a stinging sensation

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1097770074689083482004-10-14T13:05:00.000-04:002004-10-14T12:07:54.690-04:00

...but a DVD is on the way.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1097766298256731912004-10-14T11:01:00.000-04:002004-10-14T11:04:58.256-04:00

WTF? I'm not the nervous type, but I'm like a fat midwestern wife convinced the Mall of America is about to blow up, typing this on the 24th floor of the Empire State Building. Probably shouldn't have read In the Shadow of No Towers.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1097341668013421952004-10-09T13:06:00.000-04:002004-10-09T13:08:41.320-04:00

The Star Tribune editorial sums it up pretty well for me: Give President Bush this much credit: In Friday night's debate, he was much more forceful in his presentation of nonsense. Gone was the flustered president of last week's encounter, who at times seemed unsure of the next words that would come from his mouth; here, in Round 2, was a president who, though combative and defensive, showed the

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1097255300035736192004-10-08T13:06:00.000-04:002004-10-08T13:08:20.036-04:00

Scandal du jour: Bush was being prompted during the debate. Is Bush Wired?

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1097109916859268182004-10-06T20:41:00.000-04:002004-10-06T20:45:16.860-04:00

Question: What condition was Iraq's nuclear weapons program's condition in?

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1097105204979246532004-10-06T19:23:00.000-04:002004-10-06T19:33:25.343-04:00

Trailing 1-0 in the best-of-five series, Yankee cutie Derek Jeter took a curtain call after hitting a solo home run to tie the game at one -- in the bottom of the first inning. Defend that, Smokestack. NB: "Move, bitch, get out the way / Get out the way, bitch / Get out the way" plays when Sheffield comes to the plate. Sheffield is the only Yankee I can stomach, save Kevin Brown, who publishes a

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1097080464002792302004-10-06T13:22:00.000-04:002004-10-06T20:54:46.133-04:00

I missed the Twins' 2-0 victory over the Yankees in Game One of the ALDS. Apparently, Torii Hunter is the Yankees' daddy. I missed the VP debate. Seems the spin wants to call it a draw, if you ignore all of Cheney's lies, and that is a win-of-sorts for Edwards. I have to give Cheney credit, though: it sure was sweet of him to give George Soros' website a plug (factcheck.com). The internet is a

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1097079330375920112004-10-06T13:14:00.001-04:002004-10-06T12:15:30.376-04:00

Unreal.

colin carlsonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1097072067668243342004-10-06T09:42:00.000-04:002004-10-06T10:14:27.666-04:00

I think the debate last night was essentially a draw. Cheney was able to not seem quite as sinister and evil, and I didn't feel like bouncing Edwards up and down on my knee. When it came to policy issues, Edwards was telling what some may call 'the truth'. I'm old school in that I think that still means something. However, as performance, I think it was basically a draw. Cheney did manage

Nathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301308583346233761noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515669.post-1096914533901353402004-10-04T14:27:00.000-04:002004-10-04T14:28:53.903-04:00

Maybe they're hurt because Kerry forgot them. And just when C+ Augustus learned to say that dumb guy's name...

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