You really think Bono is that powerful, Oscar?

@RLY: you can't compare. apples to passionfruit. fighters to lovers. you're just a apple-fighter type is all. fwiw, in the grand spectrum of things Roxy Music is far more Important, but Avalon, Flesh and Blood, High Road, etc. will keep the lovin comin all night long. oh yeah.
And I say this as someone who thinks Do…

You idiots! We're talking about Jean Luc Ponty, the greatest jazzy new age fiddle player of them all!

Wowowow
And I thought Canadians had a dry sense of humour. Fookin' kiwis.

@FC: So I take it you're in the "It's the old army game from here to eternity." camp? Can't say I disagree, but I do think there is ALSO a long game being played in the background that is about an attempt at cultural (or maybe civilizational) positioning.
Anyhoo, the interview is great for what it is: GLG gently…

My take is that the US long range strategic plans on securing resources are in shambles as unpredictable advances in energy technology are making it hard to prioritize which sources of which strategic resources are actually critical. Also, the economic development which attends resource extraction and processing is…

fuck this
Let's see the Bernie Guenther show on HBO.

In Canada, syntax is sorry. Sorry.

Jesuspuncture, I think your point is well taken. Nevermind wasn't really musically revolutionary, but it absolutely marks some kind of watershed change in the masses idea of what popular rock is. Wow, do I remember this. SLTS could be overheard everywhere all the time for a few months. To put another way, after…

effin' upstart young races
But , but I was here before all…

The funny thing is, I actually like the Nick Cave of that time. Seriously, in my estimation, Birthday Party is an example of what was good in 80s. Another jewel of the 80s: The Cramps http://www.youtube.com/watc….
I repeat my thesis: the 80s were a sort of painful cheese. Like Limburger with pickled jalapenos in it.

@ Flaubert, u said it. plus pervasive smell of dogshit and peoplepee in urban areas.
A recommendation though for anyone going on the cheap, boho tip: http://www.hotel-esmeralda.fr/

Oh yeah. I found myself there one New Years for reasons not easily explained. It is the only city where the fireworks are actually explosives and are handed out to children like sparklers. I've never been to an actual warzone, but I can't imagine possibly seeing more newly burnt-out cars than I saw the morning after…

In conclusion,
Everywhere is better than you thought from the movies.
Except Moscow and Naples. They really are bad places with bad things for bad people.

Its the use of THE definite article that slays me everytime: "the this, the that and the everything". It's so grandad.

the 80's were not fully cheesy, e.g.,
http://www.youtube.com/watc…
painful maybe, but not really cheese.

Miller, I fucking laughed and laughed when I read that quote:"the this and the that and the God-almighty". Borg9 is such a righteous interview.

Uh, no, no, ummm, like,
*stares emptily in the camera*
*swallows back lunch gas*
*shuffles background notes on desk*

The devil in the details:
Performance evaluation systems are limited in their ability to make meaningful measurements of the "art" of the teaching. Performance evaluation systems generally measure how well people can work the system (ie, mimic their language, format, etc.) but not necessarily their understanding of…

Actually, Don C., I would go with that, plus Namlook too. Its hard to stop, once I start thinking about it. Funny thing, I thought of Tetsuo when you mention Tetsu, which would be great fun too.
Also, O Mighty Chimp of the Phuture, do not sleep on Electronic Meditation. One of the great "i'm losing mymind" freakout…