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  • More Signs of the Times

    Thinking that students might be threatening the president by performing Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War”, the Secret Service paid a visit to a Boulder, CO high school this week.

    School Talent Show Draws Secret Service

    Colorado Band Singing Dylan Song Seen as Threatening President Bush

    BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 12, 2004 — Parents and students say they are outraged and offended by a proposed band name and song scheduled for a high school talent show in Boulder this evening, but members of the band, named Coalition of the Willing, said the whole thing is being blown out of proportion.

    The students told ABC News affiliate KMGH-TV in Denver they are performing Bob Dylan’s song “Masters of War” during the Boulder High School Talent Exposé because they are Dylan fans. They said they want to express their views and show off their musical abilities.

    But some students and adults who heard the band rehearse called a radio talk show Thursday morning, saying the song the band sang ended with a call for President Bush to die.

    Threatening the president is a federal crime, so the Secret Service was called to the school to investigate. [abcnews.com]

    For further reading, here’s the lyrics to “Masters of War” (which was first released in 1963).

  • A Sign of the Times?

    From CNN.com:

    TV stations canceling ‘Ryan’ telecast

    Worried about FCC sactions; film must run uncut

    NEW YORK (AP) — More than 20 ABC affiliates around the country, including two in Ohio, have announced that they won’t take part in the network’s Veterans Day airing of “Saving Private Ryan,” saying the acclaimed film’s violence and language could draw sanctions from the Federal Communications Commission.

    The decisions mark a twist in the conflict over the aggressive stand the FCC has taken against obscenity and profanity since Janet Jackson flashed the world during the last Super Bowl halftime show.

    Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning movie aired on ABC with relatively little controversy in 2001 and 2002, but station owners — including several in large markets — are unnerved that airing it Thursday could bring federal punishment. The film includes a violent depiction of the D-Day invasion and profanity.

    “It would clearly have been our preference to run the movie. We think it’s a patriotic, artistic tribute to our fighting forces,” Ray Cole, president of Citadel Communications, told AP Radio. The company owns three ABC affiliates in the Midwest.

    …

    Cole cited recent FCC actions and last week’s re-election of President Bush as reasons for replacing “Saving Private Ryan” on Thursday with a music program and the TV movie “Return to Mayberry.” [CNN.com]

    I don’t know about you, but I certainly find “Return to Mayberry” to be much more offensive than “Saving Private Ryan“. I really hope this isn’t some kind of sign of what TV will be like in the near future.

  • It’s Not Easy Being Green

    Since I saw the Shrek Twinkies at the store today, I just had to get some and take pictures of them. I was only able to stomach a few bites though. I’m just not a huge Twinkie fan.

  • My Hometown

    I posted a bunch more pics to flickr tonight. My mom had asked me to pick up some apples so she could make some apple pies. I took the opportunity to play around with my new camera some more and try out some of the things I’d learned about it. I took a bunch of pictures of this one brook (complete with squirrel), and pictures of the first two houses I lived in.

  • Full Metal Alchemist and Ghost in the Shell: SAC

    Excuse the ad, but I’m just doing my part to help promote Full Metal Alchemist and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Crisis start on Cartoon Network tonight. In general Cartoon Network has done a pretty crappy job with promoting anime, so I thought I’d help out a little. Yes, I’m a geek.

    To folks that are just sitting around tonight doing nothing, I highly recommend checking these out, even though they come on a bit late. They are two of the better shows that Cartoon Network has picked up as far as anime goes. Also, don’t be mislead by the beginning of Full Metal Alchemist, it gets pretty intense at times.

    Here’s some info on both Full Metal Alchemist and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.

  • Finally


    A picture of me that I don’t completely hate. My friend Brian took this while playing with my new camera.


  • Stewart Copeland, Mac Geek

    Derrick Story writes about his Favorite Stewart Copeland Story:

    The next day, when we had a few moments to talk, I asked him what he thought of the laptop. Stewart was in a great mood. He said that since he didn’t have any of his stuff on it, he just nosed around, and quickly discovered GarageBand. Stewart is more of a ProTools kind of guy, so he’s never taken the time to check out GB.

    “I saw this cool looking guitar on the dock,” he said. “So I clicked on it. It seemed like about 20 minutes had passed, but it was more like a couple hours. Next thing I knew, I had some pretty sweet tracks put together. And that was without a USB keyboard (as in the musical type). I was just tapping on the computer itself.” [O’reilly:Derrick Story]

  • Neko Mimi Mode – Dimitri From Paris

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    Oh yes, there is nothing like watching a new anime and realizing that the theme song was done by Dimitri from Paris. It is quite slick. Neko Mimi Mode (AAC) is a bit of a variation on Love Love Mode, and is a nice little bit of grooviness (and it’s even better with the animation (with the cute vampire girl with cat ears on)). Definitely a fun little song that had to be shared.

    Of course I now keep having it run through my head and hearing Chiwa Saito say “Neko Mimi Mode” all day long.

  • Me as a Kid

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    I’ve been scanning in more pictures for my mom. Both of their trip to New Mexico, which was stunning, and a bunch of old family pictures she had (like ones her father took during World War II), and ran across this old school picture of me from what must have been 2nd or 3rd grade. So I figured I’d post it here.

    And on the subject of scanning, I’m still amazed at how much detail the scanner pulls out of those old black and white photos. When you look at the picture itself you think there’s just not much there, and then after scanning. WOW. I’ll post some more as I get to them.

  • Manga Addiction

    I made the mistake of going into Borders today and walked out with a stack of manga. They need to stop releasing so many things at once! Today’s purchases:

    • Negima! 3
    • D.N.Angel 4
    • XXXHolic 3
    • Hikaru no Go 2
    • The Wallflower (aka Perfect Girl Evolution) 1

    I’m most psyched about the last one. I’ve been waiting for it to come out since I heard Del Rey picked it up.