Ignore The Scaffolding

The switchover to the new Blogger yesterday seems to have gone just fine, so this afternoon's mission is going to be to update the template. One thing that this is going to do blow away all the links on the sidebar, at least in the short term. I'm going to take this opportunity to do a bit of dead link housecleaning. Anyway, if I've linked to you, and you see that that link is missing, don't worry - it'll be back very soon, although possibly not today.

Oh yeah, and we're going to have labels. Lots and lots and lots and lots of labels.

In the meantime, in lieu of actual content, I'll leave you with a video:



Update!: Construction continues apace, but I'm going to call it an evening at this point. I did warn you about the labels...

Further Update!: The labels are now being brought under control!

Happy Saturday!

There's a Friday Archaeology Blogging in the oven; in the meantime, watch a Rancid video:

Yeesh

Seems the U.S. isn't alone in seeing potential terrorists all over the place...

Terror fear over Clash fan's song

A phone salesman was hauled off a London-bound plane by police after his taste in music aroused terrorism fears.

Harraj Mann, 23, asked a taxi driver to play The Clash's London Calling through the vehicle's stereo.

Help Required - Punk People in Edmonton

I there is anyone out there who has access to a copy of the album We Want Your Beer, by seminal Edmonton punk rockers LAMS, please drop a line to mwhitinger67@hotmail.com. Her copy was stolen from a, and I quote, "shitty Whyte Avenue basement apartment," and she's very eager to find another copy!

Interesting UK Subs tour date...

[April] 16 - New City Likwid Lounge, Edmonton. Canada (also with: Slaveco + Billy & The Lost Boys)

Ye gods - those guys are still alive? Anyway, not very many more details can be found, well, I was going to give you link to the New City website, but there's nothing there about the show yet. Just thinking though, with UK Subs about, and the Distillers coming in May, and a pretty kick-ass local scene going on all the time, it's going to be a pretty banner spring around here.

Good News For a Tuesday Morning

This actually went down last week, but still...

Mia Zapata's Killer Convicted
Florida man guilty of Gits singer's murder

A forty-nine-year-old Cuban immigrant has been convicted of the murder of Gits frontwoman Mia Zapata more than a decade ago.

I must hot have been paying attention (what else is new?), since I completely missed the fact that they had actually made an arrest in the case a few months ago. Still, it's nice to see that things actually work out right. And speaking of murdered punk rockers in whose cases justice was eventually done, I was moved to trot over to some of the Brian Deneke pages this morning to see what's been going on there. For those of you who've forgotten, Deneke was the young punk from Texas who was run over during a parking-lot brawl by a guy from his high-school football team driving a cadillac. The murderer, one Dustin Camp, got off with probation, which sparked an enormous furor in the punk community. Anyway, Camp eventually violated his probation and got sent to prison, but may have been paroled by now. The official page of the Brian Deneke Memorial Committee is here.

I've been listening to The Distillers' Coral Fang a fair bit lately (got it playing at work right this very moment as a matter of fact), and I'm liking it more and more. The reader(s?) of my last blog will recall that occasionally it takes me awhile to get to really like Distillers albums, and it's been much the same with this one. However, I'm fast coming to the conclusion that it's one of those 'no weak tracks' albums.

Oh, as an aside, mine has a different cover than pictured above...

Anyway, it's struck me that the parallels between The Distillers and Hole are becoming far too many to ignore. Now, before anybody gets their knickers in a knot, I like Hole, so I consider this a good thing. Now, the angry-young-rocker-married-to-famous-musical-husband bit has been analyzed to death, so I'm going to leave it alone, and merely point out something that struck me the other day, and led me to do a bit of comparative listening. Listen to the opening verse of the opening track from Live Through This, and then listen to the same bit from "Drain the Blood", the opening song on Coral Fang, and then try to tell me that those women are not coming from exactly the same place musically. As noted above, I think this is a good thing.

Minor Chuckles at the Record Store



So, I'm in one of our excellent used record stores the other day, and I come across the aboved, which I didn't have, but wanted (mmmmm, commmas). I trotted up to the checkout counter, and the rotund bearded 60-ish fellow who owns the place took it from me to ring through. As he did so he peered at it and said, somewhat archly "Well, I see mother's birthday has rolled 'round again." Anyway, maybe I need to get out more, but it did make me laugh.

Johnny Rotten Update!!

Yup, it's update day at Oi! Thump! - the day on which we (Ok, I) pull together any loose threads that may be hanging around out there, and bring people up to date. Well (Ok, I'll) begin with Johnny Rotten's appearance on I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!!, and I'm saddened to report that Mr. Rotten has removed himself from the competition. The dream is over, people.

Well, I came into try to do some writing and some actual work on Saturday, and discovered that my account had been locked out for the weekend despite the fact that I come in pretty much every single bloody Saturday. Then I get in this morning and discover that I have to register as a "member" to get local CBC coverage, for some bizarre reason (watch out, possible impact from that on this very blog). It was a bad weekend in other regards as well, which I may or may not get into here, depending on how I feel. Anyway, nothing for it but to crank up the music and try to get something done. Hmmm, what do we have, lemme see, ah yes... This...



Good for what ails you, particularly when that's general sadness. More later.

Johnny Rotten Update


The best ever picture of Johnny Rotten. I have no idea who the fellow on the right is, but he seems to have something stuck to his forehead. However, awesome pictures aside, all is not well in Rotten-land, at least as pertains to his career as a celebrity reality-show contestant...

Timmy Mallett could replace Johnny Rotten

Timmy Mallett could replace Johnny Rotten in I'm a Celebrity.. Get Me Out of Here.

The former children's television presenter is already in Australia as a stand-by contestant.

Lydon has reportedly been "surly and uncooperative" since arriving in Australia for the show, sparking speculation he could quit.

Ok, so the other guy in the picture above is somebody named "Timmy Mallett." Is he related to Jordan? Anyway, the big shocker in this story is that Mr. Rotten has been "surly and uncooperative!" I mean, who possibly could have anticipated that? It's not like they could possibly have known about his reputation before they selected him for the show, could they? But, all is not lost...

Johnny's not so rotten, says his wife
Jan 28 2004
By Beth Hardie, icReporter

John Lydon's wife Nora has asked the public to back her husband, claiming I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here would be boring without him.

Although the former Sex Pistols singer and anarchist has repeatedly refused to tow the line, arguing with producers and spitting and swearing while on camera, his other half is backing him all the way.

I would anticipate that Mrs. Rotten is a fairly formidable woman, given that they've been married for more than 20 years. The producers of IACGMOOH (Awesome acronym!!) should probably listen to her, and have no further dealings with this Mallett person. And look! It's a happy ending for everyone, at least for now...

Lydon the new I'm A Celebrity favourite

John Lydon is the new favourite to win I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.

He is the 2/1 favourite with Ladbrokes after a string of bets in the last 24 hours.

More bulletins as events warrant.

Ok, well that will do for now. Hopefully this is legible to everyone! If not, get a better fucking monitor - it's perfectly legible to me! Anyway, minor tweaking shall continue over the next little while, of course, and hopefully I'll get around to doing something with the archives eventually - archives are a bitch, as I moaned about many a time on the old blog. Ok, well, several times. And now, to actual writing. Let's begin with some spoil-sports...




Jordan and Lydon told: 'No swearing'
Jan 21 2004
By Beth Hardie, icReporter


John Lydon and Jordan have been warned to keep their language clean by bosses of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!

Up until yesterday, when my brother e-mailed me, I was blissfully unaware that Johnny Rotten was even going to be on a celebrity reality show, and I must admit that I'm probably not as appalled as I should be. I'm actually rather looking forward to the various forms of mayhem that may be unleashed upon the unsuspecting 'celebrities' during this show. And that's what puzzles me about this "no swearing!" edict that seems to have come down form the studio higher-ups. I mean, you don't invite Johnny Rotten onto your reality show in order to hear him not swear, do you? It would be like having Rush Limbaugh on your show and ordering him not to say anything stupid and offensive. Anyway, with fond recollections of Rotten's hilarious appearance on Judge Judy echoing in my mind, I still await with some glee the shenanigans that hopefully will accompany this latest attempt at TVing reality.

I really have no idea who this 'Jordan' person is, but according to the article she's a mouthy drunk.