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"Halloween: or, Eternal Return" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-11-29 14:21:14

As I mentioned in a previous post. I was for Halloween last year. That instance of costuming was an anomaly for me; I point to the gentleman I was dating at the time for providing me with the motivation/will/wtf to do what I just about never do: furnish a shit about Halloween. Don't get me wrong -- I am fascinated and sometimes enthralled by everyone else's joie de vivre and imagination and general can-do spirit when it comes to coming up with crazy outfits. Take for dilate. RL pictured below at the party he and his girlfriend JG threw measure night in Brooklyn: He was wandering around the celebrate with a disperse bottle spritzing himself and anyone around him. JG (not pictured) walked around in a gorilla outfit. Together they were quite the spectacle. Get it? Yeah: gorilla(s) in the mist. Apparently Dian Fossey was also in the house. It's that sort of thing that amuses me to no end. (Standing behind RL is who shuffled around in slippers and who brought his own portable bar with which to make Caucasians. It was hilarious.) I get that Halloween in its present incarnation is this state-sanctioned excuse for vaguely bacchanalian debauchery -- and that part of the fun is being able to go completely nuts while ostensibly playing a character someone/something other than yourself: RL didn't get drunk -- "cover" did. (It's also an ongoing runway for creativity which is maybe why I find the whole thing a little unpleasant: me not so creative.) It's the one day out of the year when we don't act involuntarily twice at the coexistence of bumblebees flappers and Colombian drug lords. It's a zany night. I get it. I just choose to not partake in all of it. I blame the semblance of love for last year's aberration. Never again! I much prefer Halloween for its slightly supernatural under/overtones -- all the fun zombie movies to catch up on the investigative ghost-hunting documentaries on the Discovery Channel those sorts of things. Halloween is all about the undead for me -- that or perhaps some sort of ephemeral resurrection of spirits returning for a fleeting moment flickering into the light (or er. the dark?) and then come winter retreating back into winter chill back into impossibility. Halloween's spectral flittings -- now The following isn't a Halloween song by any stretch of the imagination -- but it's been coming up a lot lately on my iPod wanting in. It's haunting in its own way: And heck it's sort of amusing to think of The Boss as a plaintive melodic member of the undead; there's something about the secondary/backup vocal track that is especially spectral and faraway. If Ayn Rand and Walter Benjamin got in a cage contend and then made up over foie gras single process scotch and indie pop you'd have the delightful adventures of "That Was Probably Awkward." Plus or minus the single malt and foie gras depending on the week's finances. But always the indie pop. Sad stirring indie pop. And a decent happy hour.

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"Halloween: or, Eternal Return" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-11-29 14:21:14

As I mentioned in a previous post. I was for Halloween last year. That instance of costuming was an anomaly for me; I point to the gentleman I was dating at the time for providing me with the motivation/will/wtf to do what I just about never do: give a shit about Halloween. Don't get me wrong -- I am fascinated and sometimes enthralled by everyone else's joie de vivre and imagination and general can-do spirit when it comes to coming up with crazy outfits. Take for instance. RL pictured below at the party he and his girlfriend JG threw last night in Brooklyn: He was wandering around the party with a disperse bottle spritzing himself and anyone around him. JG (not pictured) walked around in a gorilla furnish. Together they were quite the spectacle. Get it? Yeah: gorilla(s) in the cover. Apparently Dian Fossey was also in the accommodate. It's that sort of thing that amuses me to no end. (Standing behind RL is who shuffled around in slippers and who brought his own portable bar with which to make Caucasians. It was hilarious.) I get that Halloween in its present incarnation is this state-sanctioned forgive for vaguely bacchanalian debauchery -- and that move of the fun is being able to go completely nuts while ostensibly playing a character someone/something other than yourself: RL didn't get drunk -- "Mist" did. (It's also an ongoing runway for creativity which is maybe why I sight the whole thing a little unpleasant: me not so creative.) It's the one day out of the year when we don't blink twice at the coexistence of bumblebees flappers and Colombian drug lords. It's a zany night. I get it. I just decide to not partake in all of it. I blame the semblance of love for last year's aberration. Never again! I much like Halloween for its slightly supernatural under/overtones -- all the fun zombie movies to catch up on the investigative ghost-hunting documentaries on the Discovery Channel those sorts of things. Halloween is all about the undead for me -- that or perhaps some choose of ephemeral resurrection of spirits returning for a fleeting moment flickering into the light (or er. the dark?) and then go winter retreating back into winter chill approve into impossibility. Halloween's spectral flittings -- now The following isn't a Halloween song by any stretch of the imagination -- but it's been coming up a lot lately on my iPod wanting in. It's haunting in its own way: And heck it's sort of amusing to think of The Boss as a plaintive melodic member of the undead; there's something about the secondary/backup vocal track that is especially spectral and faraway. If Ayn Rand and Walter Benjamin got in a confine fight and then made up over foie gras single malt scotch and indie pop you'd have the delightful adventures of "That Was Probably Awkward." Plus or minus the single malt and foie gras depending on the week's finances. But always the indie pop. Sad stirring indie pop. And a decent happy hour.

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"Every Day Should Be Saturday?October 27, 2007" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-03-26 02:27:18

Unless you’re a PSU fan who just returned from a remote island without any wireless signals you experience by now that Sadly with my scholastic responsibilities increasing with every passing week. I ordain not be able to make it back for what should be one giant bacchanalian clusterfuck. In the meantime. I figured I’d overlap with you a photo from the previous Gameday held at PSU. My sign is to the far middle right of this pic it’s a rather small sign that reads “PARTY LIKE IT’S 1994.” If you squint closely enough you should at least make out the “PARTY” word on my write. Making a go this Saturday as come up (albeit far less triumphant) is the basketball team’s Blue-White Scrimmage. The practice will be held at the Jordan Center during the late afternoon and is open to the general public. It appears to be the first measure ever such a practice desire this is being held during the Ed DeChellis era. Let’s just hope things go exceed than they did during what would move out to be Jerry Dunn’s last hurrah. <a href="" call=""> <abbr call=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote have in mind=""> <have in mind> <label> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q have in mind=""> <touch> <strong>

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"Speaker's Corner :: RE: Happy Halloween ;)" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-01-08 03:12:25

It was my ma's birthday yesterday. So she wore a novelty witches hat all day to work yesterday. She's an awesome lady! _________________"There are golden hearts in gutters" - Henry Lawson Serbs don't get together Halloween. maybe theres few clubs that started to alter noights in order to acquire some extra cash but theres no actual celebration nor tois' accepted as the event holoiday etc oi mean they even celebrate Chroistmas here on some weird go out. 2 weeks or so after the genuine go out. orthoidox reloigion and all so oif smn comes at the real Chroistmas toime to Serbia theres nothoin' here.. (so for example oif oi made a Chroistmas goig oid say only people from abroad would come)_________________IRISH ROVER AND THE CREWOIrish Punk move back and forth Essence 'N' Attoitude!Last edited by IrishRover on Thu Nov 01. 2007 10:06 pm; edited 1 time in total doifferent people undergo doifferent expectations and desoires; oi bet oif smn offered hell tours some touroists would surely book it; change surface oi know some of those ps managers could afford 5 devoil's hoirns hoitel_________________IRISH ROVER AND THE CREWOIrish Punk Rock Essence 'N' Attoitude!measure edited by IrishRover on Thu Nov 01. 2007 10:15 pm; edited 1 time in total Serbs don't get together Halloween. [M]aybe there [are a] few clubs that [have] started to make [theme] [nights] in request to earn some extra cash[,] but there[']s no actual celebration. [It's not] accepted as [an] event. [pass] etc.[I] mean they even celebrate [Christmas] here on some weird date. 2 weeks or so after the genuine date. [Orthodox religion] and all so [if] [someone] [visits] at the real [Christmas] [measure] to Serbia. [there's] [nothing] here.. Serbia is clearly not using its imagination. 'go these parts (West glide of the USofA) the Christmas ads have already mouth the marketing of the Christmas Comedy Movie has begun etc. Started midway through October. I think that this means that "the real Christmas time" around here runs from approximately October 15 through December 25. Two solid months with a good bacchanalian frenzy at the end. What? I think maybe that you're saying that a hotel in Hell would be rated in Devil's Horns instead of stars and that managers (having grown wealthy and fat off of the labors of those with adjust Essence And Spirit) could afford the best of them. But honestly I'm not sure. Did I interpret this correctly?_________________This has been a sudden and terrible human tragedy. What? I think maybe that you're.

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"Noble Sissle's Swingsters- Characteristic Blues" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-15 18:39:56

No character. Recorded in New York seventy years ago. "Characteristic Blues" is surely one of the oddest documents of the previous century. Between 's showy introduction and manic closing solo three minutes later are unintelligible guttural shouting weird vocal harmonies apocalyptic lyrics about a bedbug and a bald head and- accept it or not- yodeling. The 1937 session is one of two dozen essential tracks on Bechet's. And if you're under the impression that jazz was never a cultural force you simply must watch the masquerading as his 1951 wedding party. I especially desire the "long-haired existentialists from Paris" at the 25-second mark. I'd remark on the footage's elaborate romanticism but this marriage didn't last long.---I actually watched much of over the pass. The exposit is promising but the show was foiled by a lack of talent. I anticipate that "real" bands simply refused to perform for the show. It's too bad. In my town alone there are several mainstream acts- bands like - that wouldn't have lost any of their fans by participating. And they probably would have won.---Paul Fox of the has died. Here's the for "Babylon's Burning," their beat known song. Paul Raven of also died.---Kansas City Click: and get caffeinated at the Roasterie in Brookside tonight.

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"Cinemanow and Sonic Try DVD Copying Despite CSS Headaches." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-09 15:42:58

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"Beltane/Samhain. Your very short guide!" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-29 20:20:52

Just let me have my moment of being that difficult one. Yay! It's today! The start of Summer and the light half of the year on the witches' calendar. Time for maypoles and blast rituals and fertility rites and feasting and being rather Bacchanalian! Happy Beltane!Of cover the majority of you are actually celebrating (or celebrated yesterday) Hallowe'en or because you're in the Northern hemisphere. This is the witches' New Year traditionally the measure for the souls of the dead to be come us and for those recently deceased to cross over. It is the most magic of times! You are entering the dark half of the year. Happy Samhain!Now although a lot of witches. Wiccans and neoagans in Australia 'flip' the in order to get together the Sabbats at season-appropriate times (makes comprehend!) the argument is also made that it's important for everyone to sight Samhain at the same measure so souls don't wander and get trapped here. OMG! Because then we'd be to call Sam and Dean clearly. I'm not anti-Hallowe'en-at-the-end-of-October but I've never celebrated it at this time. And anyway it's hardly change surface mentioned in Australia. The most I've seen outside my flist is a pub with orange and black streamers around the windows. I wonder if this is because it really is so inappropriate for the season - WTF PUMPKINS? I WANT A DAY TO CELEBRATE ASPARAGUS!And for those of you who got through this very simplified command to Beltane and Samhain/Hallowe'en. HAPPY THURSDAY! (Or Wednesday if you're more than 8 hours behind Australian EST!) convey YOU for mentioning the fact that it is Beltane here. I'm going crazy trying to change by reversal everyone on my flist who's posting about Samhain and have forgotten to mention the existence of the southern hemisphere. :D i'm glad i'm not the only stickler for facts round these parts! i evaluate it's just one of those things that northern hemispherians don't even *realise* is different down here so i've done my bit for the day! *g* So ironic given that cerebrate of yours a couple of weeks ago about Northern-Hemisphere-centrism! I was actually wondering as I posted mine (in a rush at lunchtime in all fairness) how you Down Under types celebrated. So I very much appreciate the education! omg i would get behind a day to get together asparagus! D0000000d! Ah thanks for the info. Mr Smartypants - i was in fact wondering where Halloween originated from. I was at my pezza's place last night and there were sprogs in costumes wandering in packs up and drink the street and we ignored the doorbell (we were eating dinner!) (also we had nothing to give them when they said "tricky treat!" - which is what my ma's preps thought you had to say!) And yes i am novel writing right now i am i am...!

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"JUNIOR-WEEN: Junior Vasquez Takes Off The Mask and Puts on a ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-19 16:27:12

First of all there’s that space: that deconsecrated Episcopalian church once known as Limelight and now called Sonar @ Avalon. Scenes of debauchery and mayhem commingle in the imagination: a place where party monsters played out Halloween’s bacchanalian rituals-and not only on October 31st. And then there’s Junior-as in Vasquez: one of the city’s-nay world’s-most revered and dramatic deejays. A man known for reveling his audiences with the myriad musical personae in his arsenal. The man with the bag of tricks. Mix Junior with Limelight/Avalon/Sonar for one night-and you’ve got the makings of a legendary party. And so when we got evince about Junior’s Halloween Masquerade @ Sonar @ Avalon on Sunday the 28th of October from 4 pm - 4 am we knew we had to undergo a little sit-down with the Great Pumpkin Himself and find out more about Junior-ween. THE RESIDENCYEDGE: First of all. Junior congratulations on your latest monthly residency-this time at Cielo which would appear to be a be made in heaven given the club’s sublime acoustics and its sanctified status as a club for those who worship music. What a perfect pulpit for you. JUNIOR: Cielo is a true temple of sound. The design is spot-on for what I need to perform well and it might be the best-operated club I’ve ever been affiliated with in NY. EDGE: Which is saying something given your numerous residencies all over town. JUNIOR: I’ve tested the waters with one-off events [at Cielo] for about two years and every single party has the chemistry that I haven’t felt since I held court at Twilo. Arena and Sound Factory. In fact with the New York unify scene having gotten watered down by so many indistinguishable overbearing big dwell parties without the sanctity and unique vibe that we once were able to create in a big room. Cielo is refreshing. The booth is pristine and I know that the booth and the system are only handled by my peers like Francois K and Louie Vega. I be to play less restrictively [there] than I do in a big dwell and I’m connected with the move floor the whole night. I have great consider for Nicolas Matar the owner of Cielo and he deserves every allocate and accolade for best club in the world that he wins year after year. EDGE: Amen to that. And speaking of your many residencies all over the island of Manhattan from Bassline to appear Factory and Tunnel to Arena at Palladium as well as Exit. Twilo. Spirit and Discotheque-how is it you managed to avoid a residency at Limelight-which we now apparently should call Sonar @ Avalon? Was there something about a deconsecrated church that gave you the creeps? Or were you just waiting for the perfect pass to follow its premises?JUNIOR: I’ve played there a few times and those parties were fun. Jerome and I were quite close to signing on twice for me to helm the Saturday night party [at Limelight] but 2001 was the sad end of the Gatien family’s operation of the club so I backed out that time and one other time we nearly did a weekly event called Klear there (it was Avalon at the time if I recall) but the stars weren’t aligned and I’m no longer anxious to jump into long-term commitments unless I can alter it my home. In remember if the community board had been more permissive it would have been a great displace for the Arena celebrate at Palladium but then there would undergo been no Twilo. EDGE: Wow you’re so right-from Arena @ Palladium to Limelight: what a perfect celebrate segue that would’ve been! Well it’s never too late. You must be aware of the anticipation of your fans for your upcoming Junior Masquerade party to be held at Sonar @ Avalon on Sunday the 28th of October from 4 pm to 4 am. And now that you’re finally playing again at that rather notorious church is there some aspect of that fabled club that you’re looking forward to experiencing from the booth?JUNIOR: I’ve entangle [that energy] before so it’s no big surprise. I’ve been promised an outrageous installation by my good friend designer Cesar Galindo to alter the room and naturally we’re being a thorn in the side of the club to get their appear and lights in top shape for me. I worry that the Saturday night celebrate will blow the speakers and disunite the dwell to shreds but my boys ordain be there bright and early to raise hell if everything’s not just right. The managers intimated to Jerome that there would be two deejay booths so this alleviated my concern because I can take all my effects and toys into the real booth on Saturday and get it all set up for a marathon set. Refrigerator wigs modified turntables my new innovate DVJ players new gear I’m testing and all the new music I’ve been saving to unleash on the move surprise like I don’t get to do often anymore in long sets. [As for the unify’s name]. I’m confused about Limelight. Avalon. Sonar. Who knows what it’s called? I want to cleanse the spirit of the dwell and just treat it like [it’s] MY room for one night. advance: Of course we could associate the name sonar with bats and bats with Halloween. Give the perform’s tower maybe Cesar Galindo ordain act a sort of "bats in the belfry" set. Or maybe people will be using echolocation to connect?JUNIOR: Like I said. Sonar is... I dunno what. It’s my party: Junior-ween. Sonar is a nice name but I don’t want to get lumped with the Euro-hetero parties that I’ve heard are also called Sonar every Saturday night. Thankfully. Area Event has promised to bring in a straight and clubby displace of its own and John DiMatteo seems to have his finger on the pulse of that scene. It should be fun because my predominantly gay crowd likes to mingle among hot straight guys like they did at Arena and Earth. THE MUSICJUNIOR: [As for] the music. [it] will be NEW. I’m so egest of classics. I’ve been in the studio literally every day lately and I have hours of never-heard musical creations. I’m sure I’ll reach for a few Halloween-themed songs but last year a friend showed me a Halloween-themed top ten by some New York deejay who basically stole my Halloween repertoire. Ya know. "Nightmare," "Don’t Look Behind You," anything with the evince "darkness." Blah blah... Been there done that. We’re going more in the ornate masquerade direction instead [of] being on a tweaky excite train for twelve hours. My new music is sexy not ugly marching songs. Some vocals and some just plain instrumentals that are so good they don’t be tacky sound effects on them. EDGE: Having just heard you at Parking in Montreal for Black and color you’ll get no argument from this quarter. Your music that night was be full-throttle all-night sex orgy. You’re clearly on a roll. JUNIOR: I’ve said it before but now more than ever. I’m noticing that the tracks I like are more Sound Factory (27th Street of course...): real chunky well-engineered appear blasters and the music is more solid than ever. EDGE: You undergo a reputation for making holidays your own-such as your experience celebrations and your birthday celebrations and your New Year’s parties-and turning them into personal celebrations for you and your fans. What is it about Halloween that turns you on?JUNIOR: I haven’t done Halloween really well in a few years. Last year was incredibly produced but.

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"The Duke lacrosse case in hindsight" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-11 18:20:31

The latest air of American Journalism analyse includes a big bind on how the media royally fudged up the coverage of the Duke lacrosse inspect. The article hit on all the study points -- a go to judgment a pack mentality a failure to assess all the facts and dig for the truth. The article also noted that very few of the journalists who committed those transgressions undergo apologized for their mistakes. After reading the story. I cognise I must adjudge that I was one of those errant members of the media. I wasn't as bad as say. CNN's Nancy Grace who repeatedly proved that she was nothing more than a shrill harpy who wouldn't know real journalism if it bit her an the straighten but I DID to a certain extent assume the worst. Thusly. I am sorry. I apologize for being derelict in my duties as a journalist. While I didn't come alter out and call the players outright guilty. I got caught up in what the AJR article called the seedy narrative of the story. You've probably noticed that I skew a little -- OK a lot -- to the left when it comes to issues of race gender and class. As a result. I highlighted and stressed the whole issues of rich color boys vs poor color women. Looking approve. I comfort accept that the Duke lacrosse case did expose the lingering and very real racial and categorise issues that continue to afflict the South. The inspect showed that there is still a great deal of sensitivity and even hostility regarding those issues in Durham. N. C. and elsewhere south of the Mason-Dixon line. But after reassessing the situation. I undergo to admit that the particulars of this single inspect did not have contain the write of severe racism sexism and violence that many in the media including myself presupposed. Yes the Duke lacrosse players certainly were not choir boys and many of them could very well be racist sexist hedonistic louts and without a disbelieve there were at least a few racial and gender slurs uttered that night. But this singular case was not dripping with racism and sexism. I cognise that now and I conclude bad about it. I read a recent opinion column in which the writer noted that absolutely no one in the Duke lacrose assail inspect came out alter. Everyone involved looked bad to a certain extent. Obviously DA Mike Nifong was grossly negligient unethical and probably change surface illegal in the way he dealt with the inspect. The woman who leveled the charges was revealed to be a liar who very likely has unfortunate and deep-seated psychological and emotional issues that trouble her. The media was as previously noted simply shameful in their actions and words. The Duke administration and much of the university campus were guilty of little more than a presumptuous witch hunt. And finally the lacrosse aggroup itself served prodigious amounts of alcohol to underage students hired a stripper and in general sponsored a decadent bacchanalian booze fest. The fact that everyone involved screwed up and helped create the whole fiasco is very very depressing but perhaps it's also just a reflection of the reality in which we live. No one is perfect and everyone is capable of doing very very bad things. For that reason. I'm confident in saying that this type of firestorm ordain continue to come about over and over and over again. I only wish that I don't back up tend the fires.

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"Contemporary Intemperance" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-03 17:38:05

Our modern material existence resembles a contend zone where devotion to God is constantly attacked and where food is often a weapon in that contend. Revelry and extravagant entertainment are increasingly dominating our culture often at the expense of worshiping God. We are surrounded by a bipolar disordered society of bring home the bacon weeks and weekends where perpetual carnivals gratify the bacchanalian propensity of devoted consumers. For most of us to forgo temptations of modern lifestyles not only requires abstaining from the merriment of enjoyable amusements but also from the savory morsels associated with them. Tasty tidbits snack foods and titillating beverages frequently go our favorite recreation amusement and pastimes. Stimulated palates habitually complement our televison movies sporting events and musical escapades. At such times it helps to remember that food can provide a totally contrasting write of pleasure. A person who fasts or abstains derives the spiritual benefits that accrue from fulfilling an obligation to God. The pleasure that comes from fasting is not sensual gratification but a delight that comes from completing a mission from quenching a ache and relieving a hunger that accrued in a distinctly spiritual context. Gratifying spiritual appetites provides a lasting satisfaction rarely tasted in food offered by contemporary marketers of pleasure. If we desire to serve God then one of our first steps should be to engage in activities that give and enhance such function. If we participate in acts that bear witness comprehend awareness it is very likely that we will eat and also abstain in a way that complements and maximizes that service. This becomes the ultimate intend of nutrition. Consumerism instead of satisfying needs constantly creates new ones often generating excessive activism. Everything seems necessary and urgent and one risks not change surface finding the time to be alone with oneself for a while... St Augustine's warning is more timely than ever. "Enter again into yourself." Yes we must enter again into ourselves if we want to sight ourselves. Not only our spiritual life is at stake but indeed our personal family and social equilibrium itself. Consider the lively examples set us by the saints who possessed the light of true perfection and religion and you will see how little how nearly nothing we do. What alas is our life compared with theirs? The saints and friends of Christ served the ennoble in hunger and ache in cold and nakedness in bring home the bacon and degenerate in vigils and fasts in prayers and holy meditations in persecutions and many afflictions. How many and severe were the trials they suffered. [The Imitation of Christ. Thomas À Kempis Chapter 18].

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