This Thursday 2/26 in San Francisco, I'll be part of the fun, rollicking Censorship panel in San Francisco- Fun? Rollicking? Censorship? Yeah, that's right! Show up & see how we do it!
“Censorship: What the 'bleep', I can't say that?”
Presented by Independent Arts & Media
TIME & DATE: Thursday, February 26th 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Chez Poulet- 3359 Army, San Francisco
DESCRIPTION: Freedom of Speech doesn't mean we can't say or print anything we want. We will discuss what can and can't be said; and if what we aren't allowed to say - should be said or not.
Our panel will tell what they know of censorship from what they have heard and what they have experienced in their lives.
SPEAKERS:
Jennifer Joseph - Manic D Press
Jesse Townley - Alternative Tentacles, KALX, & Gilman
John Hell - Community micro radio DJ on Pirate Cat Radio
Moderator - V. Vale - ReSearch Publication
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Death Race!
First off- Death Race 2000 is my favorite movie ever. Period.
So I rented the "remake" of it, last year's Death Race, not expecting much. Credits showed that Roger Corman, who directed the original, was involved peripherally, so that was a good sign. The remake, though much more limited in scope than the original, is good- crap, considering how bad it could've been, it's a frickin' masterpiece- and its car effects were super.
What pissed me off though was the smacked-ass director, in some dvd extra, claiming that his version was a broader statement about society than the original. Huh. Sounds like he's never seen the original. That's a broad dystopian vision of a corporate/religious dictatorship pandering to the masses. His is a limited, focused dystopian vision of a corporate dictatorship pandering to the masses.
Little creep. Other than that, Death Race is pretty darn good, but isn't going to knock the original off its pedestal.
So I rented the "remake" of it, last year's Death Race, not expecting much. Credits showed that Roger Corman, who directed the original, was involved peripherally, so that was a good sign. The remake, though much more limited in scope than the original, is good- crap, considering how bad it could've been, it's a frickin' masterpiece- and its car effects were super.
What pissed me off though was the smacked-ass director, in some dvd extra, claiming that his version was a broader statement about society than the original. Huh. Sounds like he's never seen the original. That's a broad dystopian vision of a corporate/religious dictatorship pandering to the masses. His is a limited, focused dystopian vision of a corporate dictatorship pandering to the masses.
Little creep. Other than that, Death Race is pretty darn good, but isn't going to knock the original off its pedestal.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Luscious on the Air!
It's the holiday season & that means I'm subbing many many shows on KALX here in Berkeley, in addition to DJing my regular Tuesday morning show from 6-9am. Tune in live either via 90.7FM or on-line at http://kalx.berkeley.edu.
The site streams all shows live, and you can see the last 24 hours of songs on the site anytime. Click on the link to the right to see all of my playlists.
Tues 12/23 6-9am
Wed 12/24 noon-3pm (my annual celebration of Joe Strummer!)
Fri 12/26 9am-noon
Sat 12/27 3pm-5:30pm
Mon 12/29 noon-3pm
Tues 12/20 6-9am
Wed 12/31 noon-3pm
Fri 1/2 3pm-6pm
(all times Pacific Standard Time)
P.S.- As always, these shows are holiday-free zones- that means NO x-mas, hannukah, or kwanza tunes! Rock the radness!
The site streams all shows live, and you can see the last 24 hours of songs on the site anytime. Click on the link to the right to see all of my playlists.
Tues 12/23 6-9am
Wed 12/24 noon-3pm (my annual celebration of Joe Strummer!)
Fri 12/26 9am-noon
Sat 12/27 3pm-5:30pm
Mon 12/29 noon-3pm
Tues 12/20 6-9am
Wed 12/31 noon-3pm
Fri 1/2 3pm-6pm
(all times Pacific Standard Time)
P.S.- As always, these shows are holiday-free zones- that means NO x-mas, hannukah, or kwanza tunes! Rock the radness!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Tonight in ice hockey
Going into tonight's game we're in 1st place by 2 points (5-1-2). I had a shutout last week, so my overall GAA is 1.71 (12 goals in 7 games). Tonight we're playing one of the teams tied for 2nd place, so it ought to be a good one. Afterwards, BBQ!
For the games that we have specific stats for:
109 shots, 9 goals 1.50 GAA 0.917 Save %
For the games that we have specific stats for:
109 shots, 9 goals 1.50 GAA 0.917 Save %
Monday, November 10, 2008
Hockey bits & pieces
In our Bronze ice hockey team, I'm 3-1-2 (3 wins, 1 loss, 2 ties). Not all of the games had shots kept track of, but the goals against average is 2.00 (12 goals in 6 games).
Counting the games that were shot totals kept, I've got a 90.6% save percentage. Decent, but I did better last season. There's more than 1/2 the season left, so there's time to get more shutouts (1 so far this year).
I really love playing ice hockey, even when we lose!
Right now our team is tied for 1st in the league. We just lost 2-0 in the final minutes last night to the other 1st place team. It was our 1st loss of the season (we're 4-1-2).
EDIT: Just realized that I didn't mention that last season (see the 8/11/08 post below) our ice hockey team won the championship for the first time since I've been playing on the team (2+ years, I think? At least 4 or 5 seasons- one in summer & one in winter). It was a great night!
In BASH (Bay Area Street Hockey), the Saturday S.F. league I play in, I play out & am currently the backup goalie. After too many years, I finally scored my first goal on Saturday. Then, our goalie was injured during the game so I had to rush & put on the pads & play the last few minutes of the game. I got the win too!
Counting the games that were shot totals kept, I've got a 90.6% save percentage. Decent, but I did better last season. There's more than 1/2 the season left, so there's time to get more shutouts (1 so far this year).
I really love playing ice hockey, even when we lose!
Right now our team is tied for 1st in the league. We just lost 2-0 in the final minutes last night to the other 1st place team. It was our 1st loss of the season (we're 4-1-2).
EDIT: Just realized that I didn't mention that last season (see the 8/11/08 post below) our ice hockey team won the championship for the first time since I've been playing on the team (2+ years, I think? At least 4 or 5 seasons- one in summer & one in winter). It was a great night!
In BASH (Bay Area Street Hockey), the Saturday S.F. league I play in, I play out & am currently the backup goalie. After too many years, I finally scored my first goal on Saturday. Then, our goalie was injured during the game so I had to rush & put on the pads & play the last few minutes of the game. I got the win too!
More votes...
Thanks to Slate Mate Igor, I now know our vote totals are increasing as more of the huge backlog of absentee ballots are being counted.
NP - Nicole Drake 23447 18.24
NP - Igor Tregub 23240 18.08
NP - Judy E. Shelton 22702 17.66
NP - Jack Harrison 20111 15.65
NP - Jesse Townley 17381 13.52
Yay us!
NP - Nicole Drake 23447 18.24
NP - Igor Tregub 23240 18.08
NP - Judy E. Shelton 22702 17.66
NP - Jack Harrison 20111 15.65
NP - Jesse Townley 17381 13.52
Yay us!
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