Brave men tell the truth

Röyksopp - Remind Me
  
Lyrics:

Will remind, will remind, will remind me,
Will remind, will remind, will remind me,
Will remind, will remind, will remind me,
Will remind, will remind, will remind me.

It's only been a week,
The rush of being home in rapid fading.
Prevailing to recall
What I was missing, all that time in England

Has sent me aimlessly,
On foot or by the help of transportation,
To knock on windows where
A friend no longer live, I had forgotten.

And everywhere I go,
There's always something to remind me
Of another place and time
Where love that travelled far had found me.

We stayed outside til two,
Waiting for the light to come back,
But hid in talk I knew,
Until you asked what I was thinking.

Brave men tell the truth,
A wise man's tools are analogies and puzzles,
A woman holds her tongue,
Knowing silence will speak for her.

So now I'll never know,
As you will only sleep beside me,
And everywhere I go...

It's only been a week,
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
The rush of being home in rapid fading.
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
Prevailing to recall
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
What I was missing all that time in England
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me.)

Has sent me aimlessly
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
On foot or by the help of transportation,
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
To knock on windows where
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
A friend no longer live, I had forgotten.
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me.)

WA and CO Recognize that Marijuana is not a Drug

Colorado and Washington became the first U.S. states to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana for recreational use on Tuesday in defiance of federal law, setting the stage for a possible showdown with the Obama administration.

But another ballot measure to remove criminal penalties for personal possession and cultivation of recreational cannabis was defeated in Oregon, where significantly less money and campaign organization was devoted to the cause.

Supporters of a Colorado constitutional amendment legalizing marijuana were the first to declare victory, and opponents conceded defeat, after returns showed the measure garnering nearly 53 percent of the vote versus 47 percent against.

Polls for the last couple of years have shown that marijuana has been gaining acceptance by a majority of the population, even those who do not condone the activity, but recognize that deeming something illegal where there are no victims is an abuse of government power. That doesn't even get into the idea that alcohol and tobacco are legal and regulated, but have negative health and social effects that marijuana does not.

The state has no real authority to regulate drugs, they have seized this for themselves without the consent of the population. This was not an enumerated power. In addition, a naturally occurring plant is not a drug. The number of real drugs that the government approves through the FDA that have negative health effects on users far overshadow those which are outside of it's invalid jurisdiction (any non-consensual act by an outside force is immoral and unjust).

"Colorado will no longer have laws that steer people toward using alcohol, and adults will be free to use marijuana instead if that is what they prefer. And we will be better off as a society because of it," said Mason Tvert, co-director of the Colorado pro-legalization campaign.

The economic benefits of the end of prohibition will be significant, including a decrease in the amount of wasteful cases ending up in the court system. I only hope that it becomes applied retroactively, and that anyone serving time for possession charges is able to appeal and gain the freedom they deserve.

The Drug Policy Alliance, a national advocacy group that backed the initiatives, said the outcome in Washington and Colorado reflected growing national support for liberalized pot laws, citing a Gallup poll last year that found 50 percent of Americans favored making it legal, versus 46 opposed.

I see it as only a matter of time before the Tenth Amendment is once again seen as being the way in which the Constitution was intended to limit the power of the federal government, allowing the states the final say on issues such as this. 

Supporters of Washington state's pot legalization initiative declared victory after the Seattle Times and other media projected a win for marijuana proponents.

Early returns showed pro-legalization votes led with 55 percent versus to 44 percent opposed with about 60 percent of ballots tallied in the state's all-mail-in election system.

The outcomes in Colorado and Washington, which already have laws on the books legalizing marijuana for medical purposes, put both states in further conflict with the federal government, which classifies cannabis as an illegal narcotic.

It is the federal government which is in conflict, and as more states refuse to oppress their residents, the federal government begins to lose consent and power. Small moves, Ellie.


Read on: Colorado, Washington first states to legalize recreational pot | Reuters

Marijuana may be more law-friendly, but it’s not more eco-friendly

It's boom times for American weed. Yesterday both Washington and Colorado voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Both ballot measures passed by comfortable margins.

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From Time:

The initiatives represent an increased public push for legalization; a 2011 Gallup poll found that 50% of Americans are in favor of marijuana legalization, up from just 12% in 1969.

This likely means increased production to meet newly legal needs, which likely means more impact on the environment.

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Source

Since prohibition created the illegal and violent drug trade, it only makes sense that ending prohibition would drive costs down while ending the violence attached to it. 

19 below Zero

19 below Zero Album Mix - YouTube

This is mad love, in love's secret domain

In dreams I'll walk with you
In dreams I'll talk with you
In dreams you're mine
All of the time

The title track on Coil's Love's Secret Domain borrows from Roy Orbison's In Dreams and from William Blake's The Sick Rose to create something unusually creepy and appropriate for this time of year. It is one of my favorite tracks on the classic Black Box collection from Wax Trax! records.

Brain Hemorrhage Cocktail

The above image does not depict a shot glass full of red Kool-Aid that was left in a very warm garage for a few months, but a drink intentionally made to look insane. Dubbed the “Alien Brain Hemorrhage,” the cocktail consists of half a shot glass full of peach schnapps, with Bailey’s Irish Cream poured on top. Once the shot is almost full, a small amount of blue curacao is added, and once that settles, a small splash of grenadine tops the drink off. Head on past the break to check out a video of the concoction.

There’s a bit of profanity in the video, so either plug in some headphones, or connect your computer to the biggest speakers you can and turn the volume to max.

Alien Brain Hemorrhage Cocktail | Geekosystem

I have made mine without the curacao for years, but that's a neat twist on it. It's actually quite sweet, almost too much for some people, especially if they have a gag reflex. There is also a texture issue that some find difficult to, *ahem*, swallow. Now, do I have time to make them this weekend?

Flash Fiction - Undead

It's sometime after noon on a Wednesday, I think. I don't have room to carry a calendar, and I stopped wearing a watch when the Earth fell into Hell. Today, I can report that the undead have learned to climb, so ladders are no longer a viable escape option. They can follow us. Our team got lucky, this time. Hopefully we make it back so that these reports are read and our efforts are not in vain. It has been some time since our expeditions out of the sanctuary have seen loss of life, but I fear that our luck may be running out, and the dead are catching up with us. We may no longer take comfort that even the dead die eventually.

While on a scouting expedition, our reconnaissance team stumbled into a herd of walkers, just as has happened before. In the past, we have found that, in most cases, we are able to avoid without incident. Our latest excursion has proven that we had become complacent, that our preparations may have not been enough, that our comforts had been a luxury we would even now have to abandon. What we believed to be a biological anomaly has led us to believe otherwise. The dead of man had not simply come back, they were attempting to supplant mankind. They were not decomposing material with leftover impulses. They were growing more intelligent and capable. The dead were being reborn, though more like dying in reverse. Life ended, then began to rewind. The world was better when life was a one-way street.

To be continued?

The Glitch Mob - We Can Make The World Stop

The Glitch Mob - We Can Make The World Stop

I don't always network socially...

I don't always network socially, but when I do, I do it in person

Blur - Parklife

Blur - Parklife - YouTube

Is it possible that I've missed seeing this video, yet have listened to the song maybe hundreds of times over the years?

Damn, I forgot how old Albarn is. I saw the Gorillaz Plastic Beach show in Austin. He's obviously older, but no less energetic, having become a bit more of a composer than ever, or even a ringleader.

Blur is one of those timeless bands of which I will never tire.

Hallowe'en Theme Music

It's that time of year again. Time to darken the mood and dim the lights. It's time to welcome the shorter days and longer nights. Here's a long list of darker music for  All Hallows Evening (and a Pandora playlist I created). Enjoy!

AC/DC - Hells Bells
AC/DC-Highway To Hell
Addams Family Theme
Alice Cooper - Prince of Darkness
Alice Cooper - The Ballad of Dwight Frye
Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
Artie Shaw - Nightmare
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (or the cover by Peter Murphy, Trent Reznor, and TV on the Radio)
Bauhaus - Stigmata Martyr
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
Blue Oyster Cult - I Love the Night
Blue Oyster Cult - Nosferatu
Bush - Mouth
Carlos Santana - Black Magic Woman
Charlie Daniels Band - Devil Went Down to Georgia
Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Dr.Bones
Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Teenage Brainsurgeon
Concrete Blond - Bloodletting (Vampire Song)
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)
Concrete Blonde - Ghost Of A Texas Ladies Man
Coven13 - Haunted
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Tombstone Shadow
Dark Shadows Theme
David Bowie - Please Mr. Gravedigger
Don't Fear the Reaper-Blue Oyster Cult
Dropkick Murphys - Halloween
Drowning Pool - Bodies
Eels - Beloved Monster
Eels - Souljacker - Friendly Ghost
Eels - Souljacker - Souljacker Part 1
Eels - Teenage Witch
Fake Blood - Mars
Five Blobs - The Blob
Frank Sinatra - Witchcraft
From Dusk Till Dawn Soundtrack
Godsmack - Voodoo
Grateful Dead - Friend Of The Devil
Grateful Dead - Hell In A Bucket
Halloween Theme
It Always Feels Like Somebody's Watching Me-Rockwell
Jane's Addiction - Paint It Black
Jethro Tull - Witches Promise
Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child
Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - Halloween Spooks
Laverne Baker - Voodoo Voodoo
Little Red Riding Hood-Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs
Lost Boys Soundtrack
Ma Rainey - Black Cat, Hoot Owl Blues
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams
Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love
Marilyn Manson - Voodoo People (KMFDM remix)
Marilyn Manson - You Spin Me Right Round
Mark Snow - X-Files Theme
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Rocky Horror Picture Show
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (from the Exorcist)
Misfits - Day Of The Dead
Misfits - Die Monster Die
Misfits - Ghouls Night Out
Misfits - Halloween
Misfits - Monster Mash
Misfits - Monster Mash
Misfits - Pumpkin Head
Misfits - Some Kinda Hate
Munsters Theme
Natalie Merchant - Sympathy For The Devil
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand (or anything from Murder Ballads)
Nina Simone - I Put a Spell On You
Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
Oingo Boingo - Flesh & Blood
Oingo Boingo - No Spill Blood
Oingo Boingo - Weird Science
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon
Pantera - Cemetery Gates
Pixies - Gouge Away
Prodigy - Voodoo People (Chemical Brothers Remix)
Ramones - Pet Semetary
Rasputina - Transylvanian Concubine
Ray Parker, Jr. - Ghostbusters
Rob Zombie - Dragula
Rob Zombie-Living Dead Girl
Rod Willis - The Cat
Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
Screamin Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
Screamin Jay Hawkins - Little Demon
Screaming Jay Hawkins - Whistling Past The Graveyard
Screaming Jay Hawkins- I Put a Spell On You
Sifl and Olly - Fake Blood
Smashing Pumpkins - We Only Come Out At Night
Smashing Pumpkins - World is a Vampire
Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground (Saint soundtrack)
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Voodoo Child
Stone Temple Pilots-Dead and Bloated
Sublime - Under My Voodoo
Sugar Ray - Abracadabra (I wanna reach out and stab ya)
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
The Crow Soundtrack
The Cure - Burn
The Cure - Lullaby
The Dark - Dead Shall Rise
The Dark - The Dark
The Doors - People Are Strange
The Doors - The Ghost Song
The Drivers - Dry Bone Twist
The Eagles - Witchy Woman
The Freaks Come out at-NightWhodini
The Ramones - Pet Cemetary
The Residents - Hello Skinny
The Rocky Horror Soundtrack
The Specials - Ghost Town
The Specials - Ghost Town
The Tubes - Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
They Might Be Giants - Dead
Thurl Ravenscroft - Headless Horseman
Tito & Tarantula - After Dark
Tom Waits - Cemetery Polka
Tom Waits - Everything Goes to Hell
Tom Waits - Hang Me In A Bottle
Tom Waits & Primus - Coattails of a Dead Man
Violent Femmes - Country Death Song
Virgin Prunes - Baby Turns Blue
Voodoo Glow Skulls - Closet Monster
Warren Zevon - Werewolf In London
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
Ween - Voodoo Lady
Wonderwall - Witchcraft

Garry Lee and Showdown - Rodeo Song

Garry Lee and Showdown - Rodeo Song - YouTube

Young Man With A Horn

I have a penchant for early and late black and white films, though my favorites tend to me more along the lines of the Thin Man, Chaplin's films and Fritz Lang oddities than mainstream, trendy classics. That being said, I've somehow missed a few Kirk Douglas films, including this gem with Bacall from '50.

Here's a good old Kirk Douglas film with Lauren Bacall. Too bad it takes a tragedy to wake us up (Bueller, Bueller?). I must be showing my age again...

Young Man With A Horn - Trailer - YouTube

The Best Beers are Belgian

I gave New Belgium's Abbey a try and was pleasantly surprised. The best beers are often Belgian, and the Abbey is no exception.

Report: Beer consumption in Ireland declined 1% in 2011

The Irish Brewers' Association says 2011 showed a marginal decline in Irish domestic beer consumption, with the average person in Ireland drinking 86 litres – the equivalent of 151 pints – of beer last year. That's down from the figures for 2010, which showed an average consumption of 91 litres, or 160 pints. 2010 had seen consumption rise marginally from 2009, when it had stood at 90 litres (158.5 pints).

via TheJournal.ie

Supporters Of Marijuana Decriminalization In Springfield, MO Short On Signatures

Supporters of a measure in Springfield, Missouri to decriminalize small amounts of cannabis are short on signatures to get the issue voted on, and they are running out of time.

The city clerk's office says petition organizers need another 649 signatures before the initiative can go before the city council. They have until Aug. 7 to collect those signatures.

Petition organizer Maranda Reynolds says the group, Show-Me Cannabis, still hopes to have the issue before the council at its Aug. 13 meeting.

The Springfield News-Leader reports ( http://sgfnow.co/MOhHiG) the petition would reduce the penalty for having 35 grams or less of marijuana, to a fine, community service or counseling.

The city council can vote the initiative into law or to put it on the November ballot.

If you live in Springfield, MO or know someone who does, spread the word. Any measures that will help keep cannabis users out of jail are worthwhile.

- Joe Klare

Step up and help out the community folks!

Supporters Of Marijuana Decriminalization In Springfield, MO Short On Signatures is a post from: The 420 Times