Free Tookie (or not- just don't kill him)
12/005/2005
Urge you guys to read Big Louie’s blog (http://sinfronteras.blogspot.com/ ) latest entry of his plea to the Governator of California to spare Tookie Williams from the death penalty. Tookie was the founder of the Crips and was convicted in 1981 for murdering 4 people. Since then he’s spent his life behind bars writing books, being an anti-gang advocate and was even nominated for the Nobel peace prize. I believe that he deserves to remain behind bars but not put to death. His accomplishments have tuned many a youth away from that lifestyle and just the fact that he turned his life around is also should be considered. I believe there’s a movie about his life out there and of course- his books are out there as well.
You can email the governator at governor@governor.ca.gov and give him your thoughts but do it before 12/13/2005 because that’s the date of his execution. Learn more at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/valley/la-me-williams5dec05,1,475143.story?coll=la-editions-valley&ctrack=1&cset=true which includes a bad ass pic of Tookie’s fro…
Interview with Alexander Siddig at http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=interviews&id=5258 . Nice to see this guy get more work- he was really cool as Dr. Bashir on DS9- although I originally thought he was of Indian descent not middle eastern (PS: he’s related to they guy who was in Clockwork Orange!). Funny to hear how Oliver Stone didn’t hire him based on the fact that he was in a Star Trek show. Also funny how ten years ago when DS9 was on his race was not an issue for his character- nowadays unfortunately it will be (not that I’ve seen him in other productions other than DS9 or MI-5). It’ll be interesting to see his portrayal of the historical Hannibal (especially since he’s a pretty skinny guy and his Bashir was kinda femme). Required viewing: the DS9 episodes where his genetic enhancements were revealed, the one where he plays a faux James Bond and the eps of his dealing with Starfleet’s CIA (also his MI-5 episode).
Supposed to get colder this week (in the 20’s and a chance of sleet). Not looking forward to driving on ice. I’ve been in Canada in the winter as well as Alaska during Christmas- the coldest I’ve been out was when visiting the Anchorage Zoo when it was minus 20 degrees. Also bizarre to see such warm climate creatures such as camels in the heavy show. They did have the most awesome tiger there- really cool orange against the white and lying about like he was the true master of his domain and the cold didn’t bother him. But pretty sad was an enclosed and lone elephant. There was some issue regarding this elephant a while back- I think they were trying to get rid of him and get him back with others of his kind while those who wanted him to stay argued when the hell are you going to see another pachyderm in Alaska again (unless wooly mammoths make a comeback- which would kick ass…)
All things aside- I have no love for cold weather unless I’m at home in bed, under covers with Holly and just being lazy….sigh…it’s only going to get colder too…
Curious thing on the news this weekend: Austin prides itself as being a very literate and leaned city- yet there’s a woman out there who wants to ban certain books from school libraries due her understanding that it teaches kids cuss words. Now, I know that kids love to seek out r-rated things and all but I hope nothing comes out of this- cuz next thing you know, we’ll be covering up images of Michelangelo’s sculpture of David’s lil peeper.
Heh, heh…I said peeper…
Today’s Play list:
Ghost in the Shell Soundtrack- Kenji Kawai: good but not great soundtrack, totally bizarre cantopop tune at the end
Punk goes 80’s- Various: heard this last night at Borders and bought it on impulse, some good covers but a there’s a totally horrible version of Just Like Heaven on it
You and me against the world- Apoptygma Bezerk: AKA the mainstream album- with more guitars than electronica…the Apop guy’s been wanting to break through to the mainstream for a long time and this is his latest effort to do so. Fans have hated it, but there are some good tracks here if you’re willing to give the guy a chance. That said, it is a weaker album (especially with a wannabe Korn song) and I hope he goes back to his industrial roots for his next album
Nihil- KMFDM: this one has the song Ultra that was used by Manga Video to promote their videos a while back. I love that song and find it totally appropriate that KMFDM use scenes from Patlabor in one of their Music Videos
Blue Sunshine- The Glove: for many Cure & Siouxsie, this album is an oddity and nothing but I love this album and would have liked to see what would happen if they made a second album. Robert Smith is including this in his Cure re-releases as a two disc set.
Bossanova- The Pixies: My fave album from this band. Made me want to wander the Arizona desert landscapes and research all the UFO references. Nice to see the band together again- now where’s the new album? Some of the magic seems to be gone though…what made them special was the myth of them never, ever getting back together again- how Frank Black and Kim Deal just wanted to kill each other. The same with Jane’s Addiction, Bauhaus, New Order (although they never officially broke up) and even for a while in the 90’s the Cure and Depeche Mode seemed done and over with. At least with New Order, they have the legend of Joy Division always looming over them and they don’t go on nostalgic world tours (even Tears For Fears did that). Now, all we need is for Morrissey and Johnny Marr kissing and making up so the Smiths can assault our ears again…although the one time I saw Morrissey he opened his show with How Soon Is Now? and a third of the show seemed to be Smiths songs.
I wouldn’t mind seeing Oingo Boingo back together again though…but Danny Elfman makes too much money making movies…a person I used to know once told me she met one of the Boingo dudes on a cruise heading up the house band.
There’s a life sized King Kong in New York: http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=21966
How weird is that?
Next- I wanna see the OG Godzilla life-sized in Tokyo…how cool would it be if Peter Jackson’s next project is Godzilla? I know he wouldn’t fuck that up…
Oh well…
Urge you guys to read Big Louie’s blog (http://sinfronteras.blogspot.com/ ) latest entry of his plea to the Governator of California to spare Tookie Williams from the death penalty. Tookie was the founder of the Crips and was convicted in 1981 for murdering 4 people. Since then he’s spent his life behind bars writing books, being an anti-gang advocate and was even nominated for the Nobel peace prize. I believe that he deserves to remain behind bars but not put to death. His accomplishments have tuned many a youth away from that lifestyle and just the fact that he turned his life around is also should be considered. I believe there’s a movie about his life out there and of course- his books are out there as well.
You can email the governator at governor@governor.ca.gov and give him your thoughts but do it before 12/13/2005 because that’s the date of his execution. Learn more at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/valley/la-me-williams5dec05,1,475143.story?coll=la-editions-valley&ctrack=1&cset=true which includes a bad ass pic of Tookie’s fro…
Interview with Alexander Siddig at http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=interviews&id=5258 . Nice to see this guy get more work- he was really cool as Dr. Bashir on DS9- although I originally thought he was of Indian descent not middle eastern (PS: he’s related to they guy who was in Clockwork Orange!). Funny to hear how Oliver Stone didn’t hire him based on the fact that he was in a Star Trek show. Also funny how ten years ago when DS9 was on his race was not an issue for his character- nowadays unfortunately it will be (not that I’ve seen him in other productions other than DS9 or MI-5). It’ll be interesting to see his portrayal of the historical Hannibal (especially since he’s a pretty skinny guy and his Bashir was kinda femme). Required viewing: the DS9 episodes where his genetic enhancements were revealed, the one where he plays a faux James Bond and the eps of his dealing with Starfleet’s CIA (also his MI-5 episode).
Supposed to get colder this week (in the 20’s and a chance of sleet). Not looking forward to driving on ice. I’ve been in Canada in the winter as well as Alaska during Christmas- the coldest I’ve been out was when visiting the Anchorage Zoo when it was minus 20 degrees. Also bizarre to see such warm climate creatures such as camels in the heavy show. They did have the most awesome tiger there- really cool orange against the white and lying about like he was the true master of his domain and the cold didn’t bother him. But pretty sad was an enclosed and lone elephant. There was some issue regarding this elephant a while back- I think they were trying to get rid of him and get him back with others of his kind while those who wanted him to stay argued when the hell are you going to see another pachyderm in Alaska again (unless wooly mammoths make a comeback- which would kick ass…)
All things aside- I have no love for cold weather unless I’m at home in bed, under covers with Holly and just being lazy….sigh…it’s only going to get colder too…
Curious thing on the news this weekend: Austin prides itself as being a very literate and leaned city- yet there’s a woman out there who wants to ban certain books from school libraries due her understanding that it teaches kids cuss words. Now, I know that kids love to seek out r-rated things and all but I hope nothing comes out of this- cuz next thing you know, we’ll be covering up images of Michelangelo’s sculpture of David’s lil peeper.
Heh, heh…I said peeper…
Today’s Play list:
Ghost in the Shell Soundtrack- Kenji Kawai: good but not great soundtrack, totally bizarre cantopop tune at the end
Punk goes 80’s- Various: heard this last night at Borders and bought it on impulse, some good covers but a there’s a totally horrible version of Just Like Heaven on it
You and me against the world- Apoptygma Bezerk: AKA the mainstream album- with more guitars than electronica…the Apop guy’s been wanting to break through to the mainstream for a long time and this is his latest effort to do so. Fans have hated it, but there are some good tracks here if you’re willing to give the guy a chance. That said, it is a weaker album (especially with a wannabe Korn song) and I hope he goes back to his industrial roots for his next album
Nihil- KMFDM: this one has the song Ultra that was used by Manga Video to promote their videos a while back. I love that song and find it totally appropriate that KMFDM use scenes from Patlabor in one of their Music Videos
Blue Sunshine- The Glove: for many Cure & Siouxsie, this album is an oddity and nothing but I love this album and would have liked to see what would happen if they made a second album. Robert Smith is including this in his Cure re-releases as a two disc set.
Bossanova- The Pixies: My fave album from this band. Made me want to wander the Arizona desert landscapes and research all the UFO references. Nice to see the band together again- now where’s the new album? Some of the magic seems to be gone though…what made them special was the myth of them never, ever getting back together again- how Frank Black and Kim Deal just wanted to kill each other. The same with Jane’s Addiction, Bauhaus, New Order (although they never officially broke up) and even for a while in the 90’s the Cure and Depeche Mode seemed done and over with. At least with New Order, they have the legend of Joy Division always looming over them and they don’t go on nostalgic world tours (even Tears For Fears did that). Now, all we need is for Morrissey and Johnny Marr kissing and making up so the Smiths can assault our ears again…although the one time I saw Morrissey he opened his show with How Soon Is Now? and a third of the show seemed to be Smiths songs.
I wouldn’t mind seeing Oingo Boingo back together again though…but Danny Elfman makes too much money making movies…a person I used to know once told me she met one of the Boingo dudes on a cruise heading up the house band.
There’s a life sized King Kong in New York: http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=21966
How weird is that?
Next- I wanna see the OG Godzilla life-sized in Tokyo…how cool would it be if Peter Jackson’s next project is Godzilla? I know he wouldn’t fuck that up…
Oh well…
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