Category: Misc
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A few things that piss me off **Part Deuce!**
Mark, Male 27-year-old, from MySpace: I certainly love girls who look at me and judge me without ever actually talking to me or anything, then go running to their friends talking sh*t about how I hit on her! Look at you ya dumb bitch, yea you “might” be hot but you’re dating a loser who…
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Rock N Roll Nightmare
WFMU’s Beware the Blog: I first heard of Thor not through his 80s hair-metal albums, but via a dusty video cassette from the rental store called Rock and Roll Nightmare. A good friend giddily introduced me to this film one spooky night (his mother watched it with us) and I must say that my world…
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Joseph Rohbocks Story
Texas Polygamy blog: I moved to CC after our house got built in 1999. I was working for Guy Allred at Allco because I had just had back surgery and I was not able to do construction with my brothers at the time. Anyway, the lifestyle down there was totally different than what I was…
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Hippies Score a Win v. The Pigs, Rainbow Gathering 2006
WFMU: PATRIOTIC AMERICAN COMIN’ THRU! You f*n’ c*sucker. Boy I’d like to hang every one of you motherf*rs. We Love You. F*n’ Brownshirts. Weeeeee Loooove Yoooooou! F*n’ Terrorist. CIRCLE! CIRCLE! CIRCLE! WE!! LOVE!! YOU!!!!! Here.
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The Bride Price
From The New York Times Magazine: On the day she witnessed the engagement party of 11-year-old Ghulam Haider to 40-year-old Faiz Mohammed, Sinclair discreetly took the girl aside. “What are you feeling today?” the photographer asked. “Nothing,” the bewildered girl answered. “I do not know this man. What am I supposed to feel?” Here.
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NoTxt #2 Deadline Moved To July 1
Very cool things happening with NoTxt. Get in on #2 while you can! You will be in good company. Here.
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Iron Man Slows, and So Does the Industry
From the New York Times: “Eventually,” said Randy Phillips, chief executive of the concert promoter AEG Live, “we’re going to run out of headliners.” Accounting for the shallow talent pool, some industry executives cite the effects of MTV, which lets fans see performers without ever leaving their couch. Others blame a recording industry more focused…
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NoTxt #1 posted
The first issue of the new online magazine NoTxt is now online. Great stuff. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Here.
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NoTxt site updated
New site for NoTxt. This will be where to keep current on what’s going on over there. Here.
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NoTxt deadline
Deadline for submissions for the first issue of NoTxt Magazine is tomorrow night (May 25). Photography, art, stickers, graffiti, stencil, pranks, send us your work. Debut issue goes online in June. Here.
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NoTxt Magazine
Folks, it’s finally happening. NoTxt Magazine is open for business. NoTxt is an online outlet for visual artists of all stripes, and intends to showcase the best work out there from photographers, designers, illustrators, pranksters, cel phone cams, web artists, graffiti, stickers, etc. Submissions of all styles are being accepted now for our debut issue,…
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Gay union poses trouble for Bountiful
From the Vancouver Sun: One bride is Lorraine Johnson, an American, sent by her family to “marry” Blackmore, who was then the powerful bishop. She was his 18th wife. It’s not clear whether Johnson immigrated legally to Canada or simply came across the border and stayed. The other bride is Shelina Palmer, a Canadian born…
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FLDS prophet Warren Jeffs charged with rape
From The Salt Lake Tribune: “Go back and repent,” Jane said Jeffs told her. “You go give yourself mind, body and soul to your husband like you’re supposed to. He will take you into the heavenly kingdom. Go back and do what he tells you to do.” Jane said she did as instructed by Jeffs…
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Saskatchewan says 'no thanks' to polygamist group
From the Canadian Press, a poorly researched article about a possible FLDS ‘colony’ in Saskatchewan. For the record, Bruce Wisan is hardly a spokesman for the church. They consider him the enemy. Small point, eh? From CP: Last week Bruce Wisan, a spokesman for the church, said Jeffs may be creating a new colony in…
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The Web This Morning
Yeah… latest photos of FLDS polygamy compound in El Dorado, Texas “the net will soon close…” on journalists remaining in Zimbabwe (nyt)