Lenny
Topic: by Lenny
Hi everybody...

As you all have undoubtedly heard (and probably forgot), I am "hitting the road," getting out of Providence and moving on to new challenges and greater things. Or I'm throwing my life away. I haven't decided yet. (Hi mom!)

My phone is getting disconnected on October 15. So don't call me. Seriously. It just won't work. I'll let you know what my new number is soon as I have one, but in the meantime you can get a hold of me here or at: studio@production68.net

I have to apologise to all of you I have lost touch with or just plain owe 'phone calls to. I'm sorry, I am terrible at keeping in touch (but obviously I am not THAT sorry, or I would have done something about it)...

Where am I going, you ask? For the most part I am undecided, but I know I will be in Pittsburgh and vicinity for the near future at least, and then I'm moving to New York City. I am planning on doing some travelling while I have the chance, so don't be surprised if I call you asking for a place to crash.

You can check out my weblog -- https://mediafaction.tripod.com/blog/ -- if so moved for my writing, music and any other artistic endeavors.

take care and I'll talk to you soon...

- Lenny

Hail Kerry! Hail Satan!
Topic: presidential election
The year 1966 was a banner year for the Prince of Darkness. Approaching the dog days of summer in that momentous year, Anton LaVey, a decadent, ex-circus entertainer, also a Jew, formally founded the Church of Satan in San Francisco. The date: June 6, 1966, or 6-6-66.

Across the nation, in New England at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, a young man spent the year 1966 in his somber new residence, the Tomb. The Tomb is a gothic, mausoleum-like stone building just off campus, adjacent to an ancient cemetery complete with Masonic tombstones, odd-shaped crypts, and what is called the "garden of the dead."

The young man's name was John F. Kerry (really John F. Kohn, Jewish). The Tomb, in fact, is the home of Chapter 322 of the Order of Skull & Bones, a satanic, clandestine lodge of Freemasonry first organized in 1832. Each year, fifteen (15; 1+5=6) carefully chosen young men of preferred bloodlines take up residence inside its thick walls. At their initiation into The Order, each man lies naked inside a coffin and "bonds" with his fellow bonesmen by confessing his sexual thoughts and deeds from birth. Then, each initiate is given, as a memento, a human bone with his new name "inscribed" on it.

...John Kerry has been, as we all know, richly rewarded for his faithfulness to Lucifer's cause. Pretending to be an Irish Catholic, Kerry first became Massachusetts Lt. Governor, serving under a fellow occultist, super-liberal Governor Michael Dukakis. Then he joined "Mr. Chappaquiddick," Ted (Catholic and Rosicrucian) Kennedy as a U.S. Senator, being elected from the state popularly known as The Peoples Republic of Massachusetts.

ConspiracyWorld "article" here.

Wiregate: Bush was wired.
Topic: presidential election
Oct. 13, 2004 | Speculation continues to run wild about President Bush's mystery bulge. Since Friday, when Salon first raised questions about the rectangular bulge that was visible under Bush's suit coat during the presidential debates, many observers in the press and on the Internet have wondered aloud whether the verbally and factually challenged president might be receiving coaching via a hidden electronic device.

Now a technical expert who designs and makes such devices for the U.S. military and private industry tells Salon that he believes the bulge is indeed a transceiver designed to receive electronic signals and transmit them to a hidden earpiece lodged in Bush's ear canal.

read the rest of the Salon.com article here.

Genetic factors in homosexuality.
Topic: Sex
Survival of genetic homosexual traits explained
00:01 13 October 04

NewScientist.com news service

Italian geneticists may have explained how genes apparently linked to male homosexuality survive, despite gay men seldom having children. Their findings also undermine the theory of a single "gay gene".

The researchers discovered that women tend to have more children when they inherit the same - as yet unidentified - genetic factors linked to homosexuality in men. This fertility boost more than compensates for the lack of offspring fathered by gay men, and keeps the "gay" genetic factors in circulation.

The findings represent the best explanation yet for the Darwinian paradox presented by homosexuality: it is a genetic dead-end, yet the trait persists generation after generation.

"We have finally solved this paradox," says Andrea Camperio-Ciani of the University of Padua. "The same factor that influences sexual orientation in males promotes higher fecundity in females."

read the entire article here.

from the halls of Europe: more Bush malapropisms...
Topic: presidential election

"Well, had we joined the Quixote* treaty, which I guess he's referring to, it would have cost America a lot of jobs. It's one of these deals where, in order to be popular in the halls of Europe, you sign a treaty."

debate transcript here.


________
note: "W" was obviously referring to the 'Kyoto' treaty, but he pronounced it "kee-yo-tee"

Crowleymas
Topic: esoterica
Edward Alexander (Aleister) Crowley [rhymes with "holy"] was born October 12, 1875 in Leamington Spa, England. His parents were members of the Plymouth Brethren, a strict fundamentalist Christian sect. As a result, Aleister grew up with a thorough biblical education and an equally thorough disdain of Christianity.

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Infoshop's PICTURE OF THE WEEK
Topic: Picture of the Week

For the turtles : Animal rights activists mimick turtles as crawl on the beach of Kuta, in Bali island during a protest calling for the protection of the local ecosystem. (AFP/Str )


Infoshop.org Picture Of The Week archive.

Howard Stern on the new protest music...
Topic: music
"Music is so much a part of what I do. I'm about rock'n'roll," Stern tells Billboard Radio Monitor. "With what's going on in this country and the war in Iraq, music is more important than ever. I think there is going to be a rebirth of protest music. [My stations] will also represent music..."

read more here.

Dee Dee Ramone Goes Nuts, Vol. 37
Topic: Ramones


Dee Dee King
Standing In The Spotlight

(download the mp3 here.)

Yo, homies - betcha didn't know Dee Dee Ramone did a rap album? Yep, unfortunately, he did... Standing In the Spotlight is a collection of lame Rap attempts, ultra cheesy pop ballads, and bargain-bin Ramonesy rockers that suggest that Mr. King was at the time surrounded by more Yes-Men than Elvis himself ("Yeah, Dee Dee, that sounded HOT, man..."). That Sire actually released this turd onto an unsuspecting public is even more baffling. Throughout the album, the lyrics are concerned with how bad-ass Dee Dee is, his problems with love and sobriety, famous wrestlers, and (again) how bad-ass Dee Dee is. The ballads ("Baby Doll," "Brooklyn Babe") and punkers ("Poor Little Rich Girl," "The Crusher"- no, not the Novas/ Cramps song...) on the album are all kinda painful to sit through, but the Rap tunes are pretty damn hee-larious. Basically, Dee Dee can't rap his way out of an Addidas shoe box. The King busts out his rhymes with a monotone finesse more similar to "Monster Masher" Bobby "Boris" Pickett than to Chuck D, LL Cool J, or Ice Cube. One Hip Hop highlight is the "Mashed Potato Time"- in which the King boasts he's badder than Sly Stalone to a dorky Happy Days/ 1950's type musical arrangement with an ultra-nasty bit of 1980's Pop saxophone wank grafted on. The blame for the frightening lack of judgement here is not to be shouldered entirely by Dee Dee alone. Debbie Harry actually does the backing vox on this one. For a basic idea of the level of guffaws that this stinker will cause when played in a crowded room, try spinning the"Monster Mash" and rap along the following lyrics (preferrably in a nasal New York accent)...

[read the rest here.]

George W. Bush: Wiregate
Topic: presidential election

Bush's mystery bulge
The rumor is flying around the globe. Was the president wired during the first debate?

By Dave Lindorff at salon.com


Oct. 8, 2004 | Was President Bush literally channeling Karl Rove in his first debate with John Kerry? That's the latest rumor flooding the Internet, unleashed last week in the wake of an image caught by a television camera during the Miami debate. The image shows a large solid object between Bush's shoulder blades as he leans over the lectern and faces moderator Jim Lehrer.

The president is not known to wear a back brace, and it's safe to say he wasn't packing. So was the bulge under his well-tailored jacket a hidden receiver, picking up transmissions from someone offstage feeding the president answers through a hidden earpiece? Did the device explain why the normally ramrod-straight president seemed hunched over during much of the debate?

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