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Friday, February 27, 2004
Goodbyes and Planetarium Shows
Last night we had a going away party for Nathaniel at Ed & Molly's place. It was nice to have good friends at a small get-together, although it was disappointing that more of Nathaniel's friends didn't show up. Basically, it was Hello Nurse and our significant others and a friend of Ed/Nathaniel/Molly from Vassar.
I had an idea to make Nathaniel a going away present, and Joe brought it to life. I wanted to give Nathaniel a picture of himself performing, and Joe made a wonderful collage. Check it out below.
This morning Nathaniel is loading up his jeep and moving out. It was awkward saying goodbye this morning. Hopefully his move will be painless and uneventful - because it seems like moving can always bring surprises.
In other Hello Nurse news, we bought HelloNurse.com! No longer will people type hellonurse.com and be subject to the vile and disturbing images of cartoon porn from New Zealand. Now when people want to find our website they can type in the most logical website name and easily find our site. Now when a producer looking for the next big indie-rock explosion needs a band to throw money at, s/he can find us easily. Now when some guy in New Zealand really needs to get his cartoon porn fix, his trusty cartoon porn bookmark will now bring up the ugliest cartoon broads around - Ed, Joe, Mike, and Christian!
Tonight Jackie and are going to see SonicVision at the Hayden Planetarium. Here is a description of the event:
With a mix by Moby and featuring tracks from Radiohead, U2, David Bowie, Coldplay, Queens of the Stone Age, Prodigy, The Flaming Lips, Fischerspooner, Spiritualized, Audioslave, Stereolab, Boards of Canada, David Byrne and Brian Eno, Goldfrapp, Zwan, White Zombie, and Moby, the music ignites this one-of-a-kind computer-generated musical and visual experience, which uses next-generation digital technology to illuminate the Planetarium's dome with a dazzling morphing of colorful visions.
I'm looking forward to the show! I've never been to the Hayden Planetarium before, and I find it funny that I won't actually be seeing an astronomy presentation while I'm there. Maybe sometime I'll get there for an actual science-related exhibit. I just showed the link for SonicVision to my coworker, and she said, "Is everyone there going to be on drugs?" to which I commented, "Um, I think many people there will be wearing sunglasses." I felt busted for a second, then she said, "That looks cool - send me the link." And to her I say, "BUSTED!"
6:57 AM
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Where do I begin?
Ok, I have a lot of things to spew today. Of course, I have a ton of work to do so I'm going to try to make this quick.
1. Last night's show at Arlene's Grocery rocked. Nathaniel started off the set playing his bagpipes - it was hilarious. We intro'd one of our songs with the chord progression at the beginning of Eye of the Tiger, in honor of heavy metal karaoke. Before our last song, All Choked Up, we did an instrumental punk version of For He's a Jolly Good Fellow in honor on Nathaniel. Being the last time every playing All Choked Up with him, we were all a little teary-eyed at the end.
2. We stuck around for a little bit of Punk Rock Heavy Metal Karaoke, and it was hilarious. I highly recommend this event, which takes place every Monday at 10pm at Arlene's.
3. Hello Nurse would like to officially introduce Mike Garcia as our new lead singer. Please check out the site updates at HelloNurseRock.com for our farewell to Nathaniel, pictures of the new guy, and a hilarious diatribe about Math Rock written by Joe Crespo.
4. Today is Grey Tuesday! Please check out GreyTuesday.org for all the juicy details. Basically, a producer named Danger Mouse took the lyrics from Jay-Z's new Black Album and used samples from they Beatles' White Album to make the Grey Album. Of course, EMI doesn't want this album to be sold due to copyright issues. Everyone's favorite music-activism watchdog, DownhillBattle.org, has launched Grey Tuesday, where participating sites turn themselves grey for a day, and some are even hosting the Danger Mouse album for a day. I highly recommend reading EMI's cease and desist letter and DownHillBattle's response. It's a highly controversial issue. I have changed the top of this blog to grey in support. What do you think?
5. We won the auction for HelloNurse.com! Soon we will no longer have to confuse people with HelloNurseRock.com. Of course, I always found it funny when I typed in HelloNurse.com and went to a New Zealand-based porn site. Whooopsie!
6. Jackie and I are going to San Francisco for Spring Break the third week of March. During the fourth week of March, I will be in Syracuse interviewing Teach For America applicants. Yeehah! Time to buy a suitcase.
7. And because everyone needs a chuckle at some point in their day:
9:28 AM
Monday, February 23, 2004
Nathaniel's Last Stand
Tonight is Nathaniel's last show with Hello Nurse. We had our final practice with him last night, and it wasn't until the end of the set that I realized it was our last practice with him. We flew right through the songs without even taking note of the finality of it all.
We're playing at Arlene's Grocery tonight at 8pm. It should be a good show, with lots of extras thrown in. Nathaniel is going to show off some of his bagpipe skills, and the band has a quick surprise planned for him that we will play before our last song. I'm sure he will be going crazy on stage, in true Nathaniel style. I'm looking forward to it. In fact, I have been so completely unproductive today that it's almost shameful.
After our set I'm going to stick around for Punk Rock/ Heavy Metal Karaoke. It should be a good time. If I'm up for it, I might sign up to sing "Radio, Radio" by Elvis Costello.
After Nathaniel left practice yesterday, the new guy, Mike Garcia, showed up for a marathon session. We played from around 1:30-6:00, with a break for sandwiches in the middle. We went over a few songs, some with new lyrics. We also spent some time working on a new song. We're adding background vocals to a lot of our stuff, with Joe and I crooning Ooohs, Aaahs, and Yeahs over Mike's lyrics. I can't wait to get started recording!!
And before I get back to work, or at least back to thinking about working, a quick word on Nader's decision to run. I really don't think Democrats needs to pull their hair out after hearing Nader's decision to enter the race. I feel confident that Nader-supporters from 2000 are intelligent enough to vote for the Democratic candidate this time around. In fact, I think Nader's ego is the only mind willing to vote Nader in 2004. Plus, he's not even running as a Green party candidate, so it is unlikely he will even be on the ballot in many states. Democrats just have to watch out for the swing states. If anything, Nader's decision to run is just another match to light under each Democrat's ass to encourage him/her to go get off the couch and vote in Novermber.
Furthermore, I would like to be optimistic and hope that Nader brings some issues to the table that need to be discussed. For all the "Anyone but Bush" talk I hear, it seems like so many liberal issues are being ignored by the Democratic party. I'm happy to hear John Edwards talk about Free Trade, because I feel that all the WTO protests need to enter into the public dialogue. There is a reason people have been organizing massive protests in Seattle, Vancouver, and Miami, and there is a reason that police have been reacting against these protesters in extemely violent ways. This is a SERIOUS issue that people seem to ignore. Of course, with terrorism, gay marriages, and turmoil in Israel/Haiti/etc. taking the front page, most candidates would rather not talk about Free Trade. I want to hear these issues discussed, but at the same time I don't know if I'm ready for trade to be taking a chunk of time in upcoming presidential debates either. In response to what Matt Davis commented on an earlier post, it would be nice if we could focus only on the issues (environment, economy, taxes, education) in which traditionally conservative voters might be willing to vote for a Democrat to get Bush out of office. I agree that Bush-removal is priority number one. But, I can't help but feel that it's about time some of other important, but far left, issues came front and center in the media. It would be convenient for these things to come front and center in December after a Democrat has been elected President, but nothing ever works out that clean.
11:00 AM
Friday, February 20, 2004
I fully support gay marriages
Just so everyone in cyberspace knows my stance on the issue, because I know all my friends probably already know. I stand 100% in support of gay marriages. All these bible thumpers who cry that gay marriages destroy the sanctity of marriage need to take a good hard look at the state of straight "marriages."
Here is a link to a Yahoo slide show. Some slides show two friends of mine from college, Janet & Jamye. Janet and Jamye, I wish you both the best and my warmest congratulations!
Slide show is here.
From the slide show, it looks as though thousands of gay couples in San Fransisco are taking the plunge. In my mind, I can't help but think that this is something that should have happened in the 60's and 70's. I can't believe that today there are still so many people against gay marriage, not to mention homosexuality in general. I guess there are so many types of attitudes that I cannot fathom - homophobia, racism, sexism - that I want to scream, "What the hell is wrong with you people. WAKE THE EFF UP!"
Then again, I'm sure for every Adbusters-reading furious liberal there is a loving mother of three who volunteers, gives to charity, but won't put up with a woman's right to choose. It's hard to be tolerant when there are so many repulsive ideologies.
Coming soon.... App reading lowlights. The switch may be on, but the filament is barely flickering.
9:47 AM
Thursday, February 19, 2004
bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzy
This week I've been reading applications for Teach For America. I've been reading about 55 apps per day. This morning I threw away the stack of papers I have already read, and it was about 2 reams high. I can't imagine how many words I've read - I probably could have finished many novels. And each application deserves concentration, so it hasn't been casual reading.
Thank goodness for my iPod.
Ok, back to reading. I have 60 to ready today!! Thank goodness there are so many people out there who are great writers and outstanding candidates. But for every awesome person, there's someone who says, "I think children are such an innocent and curious breed."
BREED!!
6:17 AM
Saturday, February 14, 2004
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7:37 PM
Friday, February 13, 2004
watch yo mouth
Last night I went out with folks from work for an evening of drinking. We had a blast. Of course, with all the drinks being served and conversation whizzing around I completely forgot to eat dinner. We kept drinking and drinking....
Then I started running my mouth. My mouth kept running and running, and eventually I was having some pretty raunchy conversations. After a while I started giving bedroom advice, and then I was completely out of control.
I came it to work today and everyone started laughing at me. Whoooopsieeeeeeee!
After drinking I went up to Jackie's place to pick up Eloise, Jackie's cat. I'm cat sitting for the weekend while Jackie is in Minnesota for a wedding. Eloise must be freaked out by my place - it's huge compared to her little UES bedroom. I set her food out this morning, but she wasn't very interested in eating. She was too busy exploring the crawl space underneath the bedrooms and climbing around my dirty laundry. Eventually a mouse will run out and Eloise will ATTACK.
Tonight I'm thinking of going to a Spelling Bee in Williamsburg. This isn't a normal Spelling Bee, though. Let's just say I'm surprised it's happening now as opposed to April 20th. (Oh man, my dad's birthday is on April 20th. Now it all makes sense....)
Tomorrow - Winter League, Winter League PARTY, and Bill & I are going to see The Shins. What a great weekend!
9:23 AM
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
I hate Republicans.
Hate is a pretty strong word. I guess I don't hate them, but I sure don't respect them.
Here is an example of someone I do hate, though. Bill O'Reilly. Do you hate him, too? The you will love this.
Not sure which candidate suits your politics? Then go here.
Pretty sure Bush fits your politics? Then please eat some of this.
9:50 PM
Monday, February 09, 2004
Happy 40 Day!
Bill, Dan, and I had a great time celebrating tonight. Of course, this isn't any kind of built up holiday. This is a low key holiday. 40's, pizza, movie, sailor talk.
And can you believe that www.40ozday.com got 1400 hits by 5:00pm? Word has spread like wildfire.
Check out our first fan mail:
now how are you gonna have a 40 site & not even link to mine? the
biggest & most complete reference to 40s & malt liquor on the net (or
anywhere else for that matter).
IMT40s is one of my board members (The 40oz Crew)
and Spicoli's site is like a grain of sand compared to the beach that is
"40oz Malt Liquor dot COM"
getting back to IMT40s site for a second, isn't it a little hypocritical
to rag on him for being a hardcore fan of 40oz's, if you're really such
an advocate of "National 40 Day"??
c'mon now. you're not gonna win over many supporters by dissing the
largest 40oz fan base there is (IMT40s & therefore the whole "40oz
Crew")
i'll rep this day though
i'm swillin a 40 of St Ides
"Happy 40 Day!"
Keep Swillin',
BRUZ
http://www.40ozMaltLiquor.com
10:03 PM
National 40 Day is TODAY
Today is February 9th, the 40th day of the year. It is the First Annual National 40 Day. Please drink your favorite malt liquor out of a brownbag, take pictures of you, your 40, and your bag, and send them to:
blitzed@40ozday.com
See www.40ozday.com for more details about the customs, history, and rituals surrounding our next great national holiday. Celebrate well, and maybe we can lobby for February 10th, 2005 as a National Sick Day.
12:30 AM
Friday, February 06, 2004
Rock, Rain, Roses
Thanks to everyone who came to the Hello Nurse show last. We had a great time on stage, and despite Nathaniel's cold he sure put on one hell of a performance. Thanks to Jackie and her McCarton Crew, Austin, Jess, Stoops, Dan K., Jon Yang (superfan!), Eric Lane, Katie, and everyone else who I may be forgetting because I'm stupid. Also, thank you to my bandmates for giving me all your drink tickets.
I think we all can agree that today is the nastiest weather of the year. Slush, yuck.
Finally, I know where I'm going to be on February 22nd at 6:30pm.
Li'l GN'R
I am so curious!
Please stay tuned for updates on National 40 Day, which is this Monday, February 9th. Drink a 40 and take pictures. FAQ to follow soon.
9:52 AM
Thursday, February 05, 2004
RESUME
GEORGE W. BUSH
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20520
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Law Enforcement:
I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the
influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver's
license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record has been "lost" and
is not available.
Military:
I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to take a
drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By joining the Texas
Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.
College:
I graduated from Yale University with a low C average. I was a cheerleader.
PAST WORK EXPERIENCE:
I ran for U.S. Congress and lost. I began my career in the oil business
in Midland,Texas, in 1975.
I bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil inTexas. The company
went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock. Ibought the Texas Rangers
baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money.
With the help of my father and our friends in the oil industry (including
Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making
Texas the most polluted state in the Union. During my tenure, Houston
replaced Los Angeles as the most smog-ridden city in America.
I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in
borrowed money.
I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American
history.
With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my father's
appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing by over
500,000 votes.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:
I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal
record.
I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one
billion dollars per week.
I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S. Treasury..
I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S. history.
I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any
12-month period.
I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.
I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the U.S.
stock market. In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost
their jobs and that trend continues every month.
I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any
administration in U.S. history. My "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice,
has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.
I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S.
President.
I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for receiving the most
corporate campaign donations.
My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends,
Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S.
History, Enron.
My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to
assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision.
I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against
investigation or prosecution. More time and money was spent investigating
the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the
biggest corporate rip- offs in history.
I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to
intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed. I
presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.
I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded
government contracts.
I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President
in U.S. history.
I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in
the history of the United States government.
I've broken more international treaties than any President in U.S.
history.
I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations
remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission.
I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.
I refused to allow inspector's access to U.S. "prisoners of war"
detainees and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.
I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election
inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election).
I set the record for fewest numbers of press conferences of any President
since the advent of television.
I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one-year
period. After taking off the entire month of August, I presided over the
worst security failure in U.S. history.
I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center
attacks and less than a year later made the U.S. the most hated country in
the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.
I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to
simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering
the record for protests against any person in the history of mankind.
I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked,
pre-emptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did
so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. citizens,
and the world community.
I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in
duty benefits for active duty troops and their families -- in wartime.
In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking
Iraq and then blamed the lies on our British friends.
I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%)
view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security.
I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD.
I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden [sic]
to justice.
RECORDS AND REFERENCES:
All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father's
library, sealed and unavailable for public view.
All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt
companies are sealedin secrecy and unavailable for public view.
All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice-President,
attended regarding public energypolicy are sealed in secrecy and
unavailable for public review. PLEASE CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE WHEN VOTING IN
2004.
3:23 PM
Tuesday, February 03, 2004
Tuesday was awful
Let's run down all of the awful things that happened on Tuesday.
1. Georgetown newspaper (a half page, $400 ad for work) printed the wrong effing ad. 2. I got soaked getting my lunch. 3. Nathaniel's car kept stalling on the way to band practice. We had to get it towed back to our street. 4. Our practice room had been broken into. Someone stole all the mics. Whoever it was kicked a hole in the wall and climbed through, a truly brilliant thief. Luckily, nothing else was stolen, but we had to waste valuable practice time with the cops in the room taking a burglary report. 5. Didn't get home until 1am, without much of a real dinner to speak of. 6. The new guys who live next door play music, and our walls are paper thin.
Good news.
1. Hello Nurse show on Thursday. Lots of people are coming. 2. Open House at my loft on Wednesday - get to meet potential roommates. 3. I will be asleep in 10 minutes.
And finally, check out this ad Joe scored. I think he asked some guy on craigslist to do it. I think it's sweet.
10:39 PM
Three links
1. Winter league pictures. Check out the creative spelling of Goy.
2. Hello Nurse at the Continental. We will be playing some rock and/or roll this Thursday.
3. Open House. I'm having people over to view the loft and undergo intense scrutiny.
10:36 AM
Monday, February 02, 2004
soreness, and Janet's boob
Yesterday I went uptown for the Columbia Ultimate Winter League. We played two games in 6 inches of snow. Running in snow is next to impossible, and we sure did a lot of it. In both games we came out on top, with an impressive come from behind victory in our second game. It was invigorating to get back outside and throw the disc around. It was also painfully obvious that I'm not in the shape I used to be. I got by on my positioning and anticipation, but I'm surprised people didn't go deep on me - because I surely would not have been able to keep up. After the games we went to Koronets for a jumbo slice, and it was glorious.
By the time I got home last night, my muscles were repeating the same message my lungs had been telling me earlier: "Boy, you done overexerted yo'self." I sat like a lump on my couch barely watching the Superbowl. (Today, I can barely walk.) I really wanted to pay attention to the game, but my eyes were only half open. I even missed Janet flashing the crowd. Not to fret, it's ALL OVER the internet today. I love how Justin is apologizing for a "wardrobe malfunction." And the wardrobe malfunction just happened to occur when he sang, "I'll have you naked by the end of this song." Riiiiiiiiight.
Back to Winter League. The Winter League party, which is the best part of Winter League, is on Valentine's Day. This is actually a good thing, because Jackie will be in Minnesota at a wedding that weekend. I'll be going to see The Shins at Bowery that night, followed by a night of WoooHoooooo!!!
8:40 AM
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