Saturday, May 19, 2012

DEAD FINGER IN THE BUN


















You though this was an urban legend? Hell no. It really happened.

“When Ryan Hart, 14, bit into an Arby's roast beef sandwich last week, he got a bit more than he bargained for. The "bonus" meat was a severed finger. Steve Hall, environmental health director for the Jackson County Health Department, tells the Citizen Patriot an Arby's employee had sliced her finger while operating a meat slicer and left her station without immediately telling anyone what happened. Other workers were filling an order before they became aware of the situation, Hall says. The restaurant did not close.
"Somebody loses a finger, and you keep sending food out the window? I can't believe that," says Ryan's mom, Jamie Vail.” Click here if you still don’t believe it.  

Click here for James Last’s Silver Machine. You’ll hardly believe that either. (supplied by our pal Nigel)

The secret word is Meat

(Our Lady Of The) SPACE OPERA


GRATUITOUS KATE MOSS


Friday, May 18, 2012

THIS IS HUGO CHAVEZ…













The US media portray Hugo Chavez as either a clown or a despot but this piece in The Guardian tends to indicate that he may have a possible route to the future.

"The words and inspiration of Chávez have had an effect beyond Venezuela. They have encouraged Argentina to default on its debt; to reorganise its economy thereafter and to renationalise its oil industry. Chávez has helped Evo Morales of Bolivia to run its oil and gas industry for the benefit of the country rather than its foreign shareholders, and more recently to halt the robbery by Spain of the profits of its electric company. Above all, he has shown the countries of Latin America that there is an alternative to the single neoliberal message that has been endlessly broadcast for decades, by governments and the media in hock to an outdated ideology. Now is the time for that alternative message to be heard further afield, to be listened to by voters in Europe. In Latin America, governments following an alternative strategy have been re-elected time and time again, suggesting that it is effective and popular. In Europe, governments of whatever hue that follow the standard neoliberal template seem to fall at the first fence, suggesting that the will of the people is not engaged.” Click here for more

If you’re not going anywhere click here for weird Bob (Feed the cat)

The secret word is Innovate 

THE SEARCH IS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE


MARILYN SEZ














“Now I’m an ugly 20 foot statue in Palm Springs.” (Image supplied by Somegirl) 

YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING















I like bacon, but bacon soda

YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING 2


















Shall we get real? Sid was not Hello Kitty. This motherfucker was a psycho junkie who stabbed his girlfriend and you wouldn’t want your kids anywhere near him. 


GRATUITOUS BARDOT


Wednesday, May 16, 2012

OVER CONSUMPTION WILL BE THE DEATH OF US ALL














Humanity is allegedly the only species aware of its own mortality but we also behave as though there was no tomorrow.

“Humans are using 50 percent more resources than the Earth can provide, and unless fundamental changes are made in the way we produce energy, food, and if we cannot curb our consumption of other natural resources that number will continue to skyrocket, according to a new report. Released today by the the World Wildlife Fund, The Living Planet Report, warns that if humans cannot shift their behavior by 2030, even two planets will not be enough to support modern society. High income nations – which translates into high levels of consumption -- are doing the most damage to the planet per capita. The report names Qatar as the country with the largest ecological footprint, followed by its Gulf Arab neighbours Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. Denmark and the United States made up the remaining top five, calculated by comparing the renewable resources consumed against the earth's regenerative capacity. Though the WWF's survey follows many others as it paints a grim scenario of the cumulative pressure humankind is putting on the planet, and the consequent decline in the health of the world's forests, rivers and oceans, it also makes note of the many available solutions. "We do have a choice," write Jim Leape, WWF International's director general. "We can create a prosperous future that pro- vides food, water and energy for the 9 or perhaps 10 billion people who will be sharing the planet in 2050." Click here for more. 

Click here for The Who

The secret word is Greed

OVER CONSUMPTION WILL BE THE DEATH OF US ALL – 2


OVER CONSUMPTION WILL BE THE DEATH OF US ALL – 3















Art by Terry Rogers click here for more (Sent by HCB) 

THE FROZDICK FAMILY


The closest Vern Frozdick ever came to fame was frisking Truman Capote 

IT’S DOWN AT THE END OF…


Tuesday, May 15, 2012

IT’S LIFE AND LIFE ONLY




















As our so-called leaders relentlessly drive the planet deeper into the material swamp, both politicians and captains of industry too plainly demonstrate that not only are they arrogant narcissists and mendacious thieves – which is to be expected – but also wholly inept arrogant narcissists and mendacious thieves – which is easily ten times worse. Meanwhile the loss of Duck Dunn reminds me that I have reached an age when members of my extended peer group are dropping like flies. In a moment when the aches and pains became tiresome I was heard to mutter that I was starting to know how the good Dr. Thompson felt before he offed himself. My comrades looked at me in horror and I had to explain that I might be hitting the codeine, but I really had no intention of going down on my Colt 1911. In fact, life serves me well. The despicable Rebekah Brooks has been charged with conspiracy and I can gloatingly watch her squirm on TV. The Deviants seem set fair to do well in the coming months, new poetic ideas are starting to flow, and good shit that I can’t quite going into yet is appearing on the horizon. To make my life affirming point, I even quoted Dorothy Parker on the subject of survival…       

“Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.”

Click here for the inevitable Elvis

The secret word is Optimism

THE TV TOLD ME (So it must be true)


JACK ELAM’S FINEST MOMENT

















Click here for the opening sequence of Once Upon A Time In The West contains what has to be Jack Elam’s finest screen moment.

THEY’LL TAKE MY LEGO WHEN THEY PRY IT FROM MY COLD DEAD FINGERS


SPACE OPERA


Sunday, May 13, 2012

SUNDAY BREAKFAST (Is It A Bird, Is It A Plane?)














No, it’s the news that the world may not end on December 21st according to this newly unearthed Mayan calendar, something that I view with somewhat mixed feelings. Okay so it’s nice to go on living, but I’m also a little disappointed. A good all-consuming cosmic apocalypse is always tons of fun. I’m not sure quite how many of them I’ve lived through already. I do recall there were two in 1999 alone. July of that year was supposed to bring holy terror of Nostradamus’ bad boy in the blue turban but he failed to materialize. And, of course, at the end of the year, there was the Y2K scare in which every computer on the planet would malfunction and we’d all be hurled back into a very unpleasant stone age. But that too never came to pass, although, merchants in Middle America made a killing – so to speak – selling portable generators, canned food, and pump-action shotguns to a paranoid populace. That’s the charm of a good End Time. First comes the panic verging on farce, and then the sheepish climb-down when we wake up find ourselves still alive. If the Mayan calendar is really out of the running, roll on The Rapture.       

“One array of numbers would be particularly intriguing to doomsday debunkers: lists that appear to denote wide ranges of accumulated time, including a 17-baktun period. "There was a lot more to the Maya calendar than just 13 baktuns," Stuart observed. Seventeen baktuns would stand for about 6,700 years, which is much longer than the 13-baktun cycle of 5,125 years. However, Stuart cautioned that the time notation shouldn't be read as specifying a date that's farther in the future than Dec. 21. "It may just be that this is a mathematical number that they find interesting, kind of floating in time," he told me. "But it certainly is expressing a capacity of time. If they were calculating something from their time period, around 800 A.D., yeah, this would have gone way beyond 2012. But again, we're not sure exactly what the base of the calculation is." Click here for more.

Click here for Jimi (supposedly)

The secret word is Exit

MARILYN SEZ…


“The future’s uncertain and the end is always near.”

JIM SEZ…













“Actually I said that.”

SPACE OPERA


MOTORMERCH













We always like to see what new merchandise our pal Lemmy is hawking to the fans. In this instance, I fear, you only get the belt.