I DON’T MIND WINDMILLS

The Olympics start today. Will I turn on the TV and watch what Danny Boyle has been up to or will I try to think about something else despite the UK media barrage? One thing that’s grazed my brain of late is the way that I turn on the local news and find groups of middle-aged folk – seemingly both conservative and green – protesting the building of windfarms. Frankly I don’t get it. Okay, so birds do fly into the blades, but I have to figure that there will be a Darwinian solution to this, and also the number of birds killed by windmills is a fraction of a percentage point of the number of birds killed by cats. The other complaint is that they are unsightly – ugly even – but I find them rather beautiful. When I lived in Los Angeles, the windfarm out along the I10 near Palm Springs was a joy to behold.   

Click here for All Angels, about the scariest cover of Bob I have ever encountered.

Click here for the GTOs by way of an antidote.

The secret word is Gust

DOES ANYONE, ANYWHERE, STILL DOUBT THE CATAPOCALYPSE?

AND IF THE CATS HOOK UP WITH THE DOLPHINS, HUMANITY IS TOAST

GRATUITOUS KRISTEN STEWART

…since she currently graces every celeb gossip medium I happen across.

42 YEARS AGO TODAY...

Russell emailed me this morning reminding me that today is the 42^nd anniversary of Phun City. I had totally forgotten, but my memory for dates is nothing compared with his. Above is a shot of Brother Wayne Kramer at full power on the day.

Click here for MC5 – probably the stars of the show excluding the naked Pink Fairies 

The secret word is Edward

AN APT QUESTION?

GRATUITOUS PINK FAIRIES (at Phun City)

HOWDY NEIGHBOUR

Did you ever have one of those days when you needed some distance from reality? American homicide, capitalist corruption, Syrian tyranny – please gents, could I take the day off? Seemingly we have a new hot nearby planet.

“Scientists have discovered what appears to be an alien planet just two-thirds the size of Earth, a heat-blasted world perhaps covered in molten lava, a new study reports.

Astronomers discovered the newfound alien planet, known as UCF-1.01, using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The diminutive world is just 33 light-years away, making it a near neighbor of Earth in the cosmic scheme of things. "We have found strong evidence for a very small, very hot and very near planet with the help of the Spitzer Space Telescope study lead author Kevin Stevenson, of the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, said in a statement. "Identifying nearby small planets such as UCF-1.01 may one day lead to their characterization using future instruments."

Click here for Scientist

The secret word is Galaxy

MARILYN SEZ…

“What happened to Sunday breakfast?”

THIS IS MORGAN FREEMAN – HE’S COOL

“Marijuana! Heavens, oh yeah. It’s just the stupidest law possible, given history. You don’t stop people from doing what they want to do, so forget about making it unlawful. You’re just making criminals out of people who aren’t engaged in criminal activity. And we’re spending zillions of dollars trying to fight a war we can’t win! We could make zillions, just legalize it and tax it like we do liquor. It’s stupid.”

FLY TO DIE FOR

GRATUITOUS MILA KUNIS