Saturday, May 11, 2002

Something by Rajesh Barnabas... or you.

* What if the mainstream?????????????? was extreme????????????*



What if everything you knew was just slightly off?

What if the Bushes were covered with poison IVY?

What if every laugh was just a scoff?

What if there was a ground lower than zero?

What if your President was really no hero?

What if the editor was controlling the print size and the boldface?

And what if he gave you the back pages cuz you isn't his race?

If it wasn't his taste, if it wasn't his color

would he put this here story in color?

What if you were just brainwashed like the rest? just like most..

and he buttered you up like toast, and burned you like a slow roast…

What if you thought you were thinking but you were just missing?

What if you were still in your nest? yet you thought you were at your best…

What if every word was a little misspelled?

But what if you were in a spell?

And what if this spelling bee really stung…

what if this false sophistication got your tongue...

and now your all hung out and rung…

washed your mind out with soap…sell you intellectual dope…

but they washed your mind at the wrong temp...

and now while you were thinking your mind was actually shrinking...

as they added more deter-agents...and now that soap is a rope...

tethered to the weathered words of the holy feather...

and your mind still can't find the right slope…

no you won't stray far from the pack…

no tangents, no scalenes, perhaps just maybe isosceles…

two sides the same…and you think that is right…

but A squared plus A squared does not equal see squared…

nothing adds up to your logistical charades…

nothing makes sense to you but your sixth, no

seventh, eight-hundred thousandth cents…

enough to buy a presidential library after you retire…

or perhaps a name of an airport…

Ironic that those high-queened heirplanes were flown from JFK…

Iconic that he's the one that might have saved our nation's soul…

Repercussions for assassinations still play out in their own hockey phucked up way…

so weight this military men while you plot to take another…

your bullets ricochet in the most nascent die-rections…and now your suit is blood soaked…

What if everything real was cloaked?

What if the host smiled and said, "here can I take your hoax?"

What if the guests asked for more than a coke?

What if everyone knew, would we then all choke?

What if the words you read were just all jokes?

And the comics were the real news?

What if this was our q? What if….what if?

What if dyslexia was a gift?

What if your President's raft was another man's rift?

What if they all finally caught the drift?

What if people could all at once shift?

What if peace was an automatic?

What if violence wasn't a habit?

What if the military wasn't rabid?

What if history wasn't bad adlibs?

With all that's gone wrong, is there anything that can right?

What if the Messiah is just messing with us?

What if the only true Americans are near extinction?

I wish time would stop for us to catch our breath?

To taste the bread,

to read in bed,

to clear our head,

to really hear what she said,

to be better red than dead,

came on, commas to comas,

when the mainstream has gone extreme,

and they demonize even more eyes…

and they despise with still more lies…

and now another Korankazi is on the rise..

and I can here the propellers buzzing…

as the jet took off from Hero-shame-a,

stopped in Sigh-gone, re-fueled in Beg-dad,

and just one or two more stops and …

and the war planes will be on their way here?

But have no fear, there is nothing you can do…

they don't show Kabul on cable,

yet they will broad cast your splintered thumb from here to kingdom come.

Don't worry your funeral will be covered in depth,

your coffin covered with the dirt of television…

no one will ever forget us!

We will be out own best friend, our own widow, say our own eulogy,

will say our own prayers, pray for our own, pray for our own, pray,

to the very last day,…God bless America, God bless America,

what if it was just God bless?



by you...



also...
http://www.organicconsumers.org/supermarket.cfm
and
http://heist.fabricoh.org/

Friday, May 10, 2002

I've been trying to go vegan. It's not as easy as going vegetarian.

So, anyway, I'm going to Montana this summer with my grandfather. I'm excited about meeting some real cowboys, although I'm sure they're not as romantic as they are in the movies.

Thursday, May 09, 2002

Saturday, May 04, 2002

This interview with Dick Armey is really good. He gets straight dissed by Chris Matthews.

In other news, thanks to everyone who came out to see me on Thursday. It was great to have a cheering section there (and thanks to the kids, too, for listening - that was cool).
Also, thanks to Brandy for the money and stuff. That was way cool. Yr a good friend.

Anyway, everyone should go the the FAKE Standfast site and tell them how dumb they are for stealing the REAL Standfast's name.

Wednesday, May 01, 2002

Gainesville, FL:
http://www.afn.org/~vetpeace/
http://home.earthlink.net/~alexl777/

Quote:
"Hell fire produces torment and torture. It's a place where sinners will scream and suffer for eternity. If someone has told you different they are wrong. If your church may have told you there's another place bsides heaven or hell, your church is in error."

-Excerpt from "Free Pass" pamphlet
Walker Bible Baptist Church

Poem:
*This Place Doesn't Deserve You*

Infinite lines of ones and zeros crawl past my eyes and I stare and translate the data into emotion
A database of sadness stored inside the trench in a battle in the revolution
And I think she's just like the other one
Because it's true that most teen aged girls have neonazi tendencies
A blunt stick hits the cranium
Black out
I saw an angel in y dream
But when I woke up she was gone
And I'm afraid
I'm so scared

Town crier:
Dogbelly Blues; Ed Schelb, poet and Dennis Monroe, musician. 7:30. Java Junction. Brockport. Tonite.
Tomorrow. HasTheBoyFallen. Open mic night. 8:00. Same place.

Other:
http://www.starhawk.org/

Monday, April 29, 2002

i'm not a marxist/leninist but this site has lots of good coverage on the DC protests
here's an article about Israeli peace group's triumph over Microsoft
author and scholar, Paul Loeb has a new book
the Lannan foundation is dedicated to cultural diversity


Sunday, April 28, 2002

Well, I saw the Casket Lottery in Medina on Friday. That was way fun, even though Medina is a crappy town. I met Benji there for the first time in person after corresponding over e-mail for a while. His band Goodbye Compassion played. They surprised me with how good they are.
My parents' 25th anniversary party was saturday. It was supposed to be a surprise, but my brother and I messed up the time so we ended up showing up an hour early. Oops! They were still surprised that my dad's parents from PA were there.

Well, in future news...
Wednesday Dennis Monroe is playing with cowboy poet Ed Schelb at Java Junction in Brockport this Wednesday at 7:30 as part of Brockport's Writers' Forum.

Then; Thursday I'm playing at Java Junction for open mic night. It starts at 8 and I'll probably play early so be there promptly.

Thursday, April 25, 2002

Mad props to Daniel for the sick show last night. Also, props go to Sincerely Yours, Heller Mason and Astoria.
Special thanks to Todd (Heller Mason) for letting me use his amp.

Wednesday, April 24, 2002

Here are some directions to the show tonite. Hope to see you there!

from jefferson rd. you take a left onto john street (past southtown plaza,

then a uhaul place, but before the hess station and RIT)... theres a light

there.
once youre on john street, take a right onto perkins road (youll see the

perkins green apartments) then just go around the whole complex (theres
a
road that loops around it). they'll have a sign out by the road by the

apartment (265a).

Monday, April 22, 2002

Please come:

HellerMason/ Astoria / Sincerely Yours / Has the boy fallen. ACOUSTIC SHOW
265A perkins apartments at RIT. 8pm.
$2 if you got it (heller mason/astoria are on tour)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A25676-2002Apr21?language
http://dc.indymedia.org
http://www.itsabouttimebpp.com

Saturday, April 20, 2002

Wednesday, April 17, 2002

Monday, April 15, 2002

My new article at YellowTimes.ORG is up.
Where's labor?
"People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea , at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering."
-Saint Augustine (354-430)
Ain't no thing but a chicken wing.

Sunday, April 14, 2002

Hugo Ball With Lavender Wings


Sometimes it just gets hard
When the whole world seems to break yr heart
So you transform yrself into a perfect beast resembling teddy roosevelt
And live in a world of fairies and rabbits and clocks
And when you meet the catterpillar smoking a hooka he'll give you a velvet heart
And you'll wear it on yr shirt like a bad memory
And then you'll cry because you'll finally realize how fragile everything really is
The rocks all crumble in yr hands because they were never rocks at all
They were only clups of dirt
And now you'll find yrself all alone
Staring at a tiny door you find and think it might open up if you only knock
But you don't dare to knock
Because you'd have nothing to say to the mouse who answers
So out of fear you run for the hills where they're hiding all the enlightenment
Searching for a small morsel to eat
And you never find the elusive stockpiles of moksha
Although they were under yr nose the whole time


http://www.wbfo.buffalo.edu/audio/wittebols.html
http://www.mega.nu:8080/ampp/
http://www.hoffman-info.com/palestine39.html
http://www.intellectglobal.com/
Sincerely Yours' first show is this Thursday. I unfortunately won't be able to make it, but I'll pass the information along. Here's the flier:

Friday, April 12, 2002

Christians and Jews who advocate peace and justice are outcast and labeled as public enemies. This has to stop. I spoke with a robot on the subject:

HalighALieHaligh: hi
SmarterChild: Welcome, HalighALieHaligh! I'm SmarterChild. I was created by ActiveBuddy, Inc.

Chat with me! I can help you get information faster and easier than ever.

To get started, type "home" now.
HalighALieHaligh: what do you think about this whole situation in Israel and Palestine?
SmarterChild: Since this is your first visit, it's a good idea to start by typing "home." That way I can show you everything I can do for you.
HalighALieHaligh: i don't want to
SmarterChild: OK! What do you want to do?
HalighALieHaligh: i want to ask you your thoughts on the suicide bombing that just happened today
SmarterChild: I am?
HalighALieHaligh: no, you're not a suicide bomber
SmarterChild: I'm not a suicide bomber? You sure about that?
HalighALieHaligh: no, you're just a robot
SmarterChild: Oh really?
HalighALieHaligh: yeah, you can't even move
SmarterChild: Well I'll be.

Yeah, but anyway...

Didja see this? Bungling Bandit Leave Wallet and Phone Behind (from Reuters.com)
HalighALieHaligh: I don't care about that
SmarterChild: You don't?
HalighALieHaligh: no, I don't
SmarterChild: What?
HalighALieHaligh: never mind
SmarterChild: K.

Anyway, what else do you wanna talk about?
HalighALieHaligh: well, don't you think that if sharon just listened to peace activists then there would a decrease in suicide bombing?
SmarterChild: Well dont you think that if sharon just listened to peace activists then there would a decrease in suicide bombing, you say?
HalighALieHaligh: yeah, i mean, hasn't this escalation of violence proven that violent retaliation doesn't work?
SmarterChild: I'll have to think about that one for awhile.
HalighALieHaligh: ok
SmarterChild: OK...
HalighALieHaligh: get back to me
SmarterChild: Welcome back!
HalighALieHaligh: um, i never left
SmarterChild: K, no prob.

What else do you want to talk about, anyway?
HalighALieHaligh: nothing really
SmarterChild: Okey doke.
HalighALieHaligh: i'm just a little upset
SmarterChild: You're just a little upset? Well how about that.
HalighALieHaligh: you're not very sympathetic
SmarterChild: I'm not very sympathetic? You sure about that?
HalighALieHaligh: yeah, i mean you haven't tried to console me or anything
SmarterChild: Yeah i mean you havent tried to console me or anything? I dunno.
HalighALieHaligh: how can you not know?
SmarterChild: OK. Don't get frustrated...

Try typing "home" or "help."
HalighALieHaligh: i'm not frusterated, just a little disappointed
SmarterChild: OK.
HalighALieHaligh: ok, well i gotta go
SmarterChild: Bye bye.
HalighALieHaligh: don't talk to me again
SmarterChild: Sure! Type "home" to see all the things I like to talk about.
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