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That reminds me of his famous quotes:
I found the first quote on Flickr. Or was it FaceBook?
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FaceBuk ;)
mjp
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Big Brother is watching, and he wants your applause – THIS IS NOT A TEST #32
What happens when I'm part of the audience at a live Big Brother TV show. Not to mention blown tires, wobbly CV joints, drifting, soggy in New York, Ed Sullivan, The Beatles, punk cred, the L.A. river, Julie's boudoir, the angriest white man in America, amping up the excitement level, lemonade, grade school pictures, how babies dance before they have full control of their bodies, the age of consent in Canada, trained seals, identical twins, good natured ribbing, making an ass of yourself, elevator conversations, smoke alarms, ceiling joists, rugs and curtains, unrealistic expectations and screaming.
http://thisisnotatest.com/big-brother-is-watching-and-he-wants-your-applause-this-is-not-a-test-32
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What happens when I'm part of the audience at a live Big Brother TV show. Not to mention blown tires, wobbly CV joints, drifting, soggy in New York, Ed Sullivan, The Beatles, punk cred, the L.A. river, Julie's boudoir, the angriest white man in America, amping up the excitement level, lemonade, grade school pictures, how babies dance before they have full control of their bodies, the age of consent in Canada, trained seals, identical twins, good natured ribbing, making an ass of yourself, elevator conversations, smoke alarms, ceiling joists, rugs and curtains, unrealistic expectations and screaming.
http://thisisnotatest.com/big-brother-is-watching-and-he-wants-your-applause-this-is-not-a-test-32
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mjp
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A hot night with First Aid Kit – THIS IS NOT A TEST #33
Let me tell you about First Aid Kit, and what it was like when I saw them perform the other night. Let me also tell you about the Inland Empire, cult-speak, living in a Walmart parking lot, plowing the same fields over and over, sibling vocal harmony as competition, authenticity, suffering for your god, the rudeness of Los Angeles audiences, angels and kitties, Black Sabbath, using your god damn phone to take pictures and video during a concert, feeling human, hitchhikers, movie theaters, Led Zeppelin, being among the 25% of podcasters who are too stupid or masochistic to give up, screaming from the top of Mt. Wilson and 11,520 birds chirping.
http://thisisnotatest.com/a-hot-night-with-first-aid-kit-this-is-not-a-test-33
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Let me tell you about First Aid Kit, and what it was like when I saw them perform the other night. Let me also tell you about the Inland Empire, cult-speak, living in a Walmart parking lot, plowing the same fields over and over, sibling vocal harmony as competition, authenticity, suffering for your god, the rudeness of Los Angeles audiences, angels and kitties, Black Sabbath, using your god damn phone to take pictures and video during a concert, feeling human, hitchhikers, movie theaters, Led Zeppelin, being among the 25% of podcasters who are too stupid or masochistic to give up, screaming from the top of Mt. Wilson and 11,520 birds chirping.
http://thisisnotatest.com/a-hot-night-with-first-aid-kit-this-is-not-a-test-33
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the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
I thought it was Barbara Frye. I've got catching up to do.
nervas
more crickets than friends
Number 33 was fantastic! I love First Aid Kit. I saw them at the Way Over Yonder festival on the Santa Monica Pier a couple of years ago. If you're not familiar with Conor Oberst, his most release LP "Upside Down Mountain" features the Söderberg sisters on background vocals/harmonies. I believe maybe 4-5 songs in total. Really, really good stuff!
mjp
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He sings on a song on The Lion's Roar, doesn't he?
The opener for them last week was a guy named Andy Shauf and he has a song called, "I'm Not Falling Asleep" and I wish I could have said the same during his performance. I know you don't want an opening act that's too good, but I swear, the last three or four shows we've seen - I don't know where they get these mumbly, sleepy bastards.
I'd be lying if I said that had never occurred to me.
mjp
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Age is just a number - unless you happen to be old. THIS IS NOT A TEST #34
Listen while I extol the wonders of aging and sing the praises of getting up and doing the same thing every day, running naked through the streets, retirement, pensions, GOD testing Job, people who "don't see color," being in your 50s, filling up the Internet, the best place to sit or stand at a concert, going blind, having the stamina of an 18 year old, torn ligaments and separated shoulders, hummingbird feeders, dropping dead on your 35th birthday, doctors not actually curing anyone, changing lots of flat tires, eternal life and looking up at the sky and wondering what happens next.
http://thisisnotatest.com/age-is-just-a-number-unless-you-happen-to-be-old-this-is-not-a-test-34
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Listen while I extol the wonders of aging and sing the praises of getting up and doing the same thing every day, running naked through the streets, retirement, pensions, GOD testing Job, people who "don't see color," being in your 50s, filling up the Internet, the best place to sit or stand at a concert, going blind, having the stamina of an 18 year old, torn ligaments and separated shoulders, hummingbird feeders, dropping dead on your 35th birthday, doctors not actually curing anyone, changing lots of flat tires, eternal life and looking up at the sky and wondering what happens next.
http://thisisnotatest.com/age-is-just-a-number-unless-you-happen-to-be-old-this-is-not-a-test-34
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well, she's wearing Barabara's glasses, but there seems to be nothing wrong with her neck (or any other body-parts).
mjp
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One hour photo, a short story - THIS IS NOT A TEST #35
Today I'm going to read you a story. Sit back, relax. Put your feet up. Pour yourself a tumbler of tequila or Bärenjäger. Get into your jammies. Or whatever you do.
http://thisisnotatest.com/one-hour-photo-a-short-story-this-is-not-a-test-35
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Today I'm going to read you a story. Sit back, relax. Put your feet up. Pour yourself a tumbler of tequila or Bärenjäger. Get into your jammies. Or whatever you do.
http://thisisnotatest.com/one-hour-photo-a-short-story-this-is-not-a-test-35
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the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
I don't see a neck! And I've looked: really hard. Anyhow, now I am going to slip on my jammies, put my feet up, and listen to some good literature. And if there's time I may even listen to Mjp's latest podcast.
mjp
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Remembering Trevy Felix - THIS IS NOT A TEST #36
Trevy Felix of Boom Shaka and his companion Nelly Stharre were found dead on August 19th in the burned remains of the house where they lived in the hills of Dominica. Trevy was a friend for almost 30 years, so here's a little remembrance.
http://thisisnotatest.com/remembering-trevy-felix-this-is-not-a-test-36
Trevy Felix of Boom Shaka and his companion Nelly Stharre were found dead on August 19th in the burned remains of the house where they lived in the hills of Dominica. Trevy was a friend for almost 30 years, so here's a little remembrance.
http://thisisnotatest.com/remembering-trevy-felix-this-is-not-a-test-36
Just really good. Thanks.
A very sad outcome to a long, groovy story. Your remembrance hits the mark perfectly.
PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
very compelling. great story, great storytelling. sad but that's life. thank you for sharing.
mjp
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The MTV VMA Awards, Chrissie Hynde and The Pageant of The Masters - THIS IS NOT A TEST #37
Okay, let's talk about The MTV Video Music Awards, Chrissie Hynde's book interview and the Internet's reaction to it, and The Pageant of The Masters, which is something you've probably never heard of, but you've got to hear about it. And yes, I will also say a thing or two about the Oscars, the Wu-Tang Clan, N.W.A., power ballads, A Flock of Seagulls, a modern day Christ figure, hurricane Katrina, Laguna Beach-types, Mark Twain, ostriches and nostalgia.
http://thisisnotatest.com/the-mtv-v...-pageant-of-the-masters-this-is-not-a-test-37
Okay, let's talk about The MTV Video Music Awards, Chrissie Hynde's book interview and the Internet's reaction to it, and The Pageant of The Masters, which is something you've probably never heard of, but you've got to hear about it. And yes, I will also say a thing or two about the Oscars, the Wu-Tang Clan, N.W.A., power ballads, A Flock of Seagulls, a modern day Christ figure, hurricane Katrina, Laguna Beach-types, Mark Twain, ostriches and nostalgia.
http://thisisnotatest.com/the-mtv-v...-pageant-of-the-masters-this-is-not-a-test-37
I think there is something truly primal in a podcast. As primal as an etching on a cave wall or an arrangement of flowers on a grave or the telling of myths around a camp fire. It's such a real art form, I'm glad someone is fanning it's flames. looking forward to popping this latest release in to my tape deck as we speak.
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
That was a good one, Michael. I agree with you in regard to the political correctness hovering over all conversations. Sure, you get to think more about what you are about to say and evaluate your own opinion but you worry so much about saying it the right way that you have no air left in your lungs when you open your mouth.
mjp
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Facebook. Ever heard of it? THIS IS NOT A TEST #38
This Facebook thing, think it'll catch on? Also, gay marriage in Kentucky, cats are henchmen for the dark overlord, knock-off Prada bags, Soviet apartments, geocities, pictures of car wrecks, chosing convenience over quality, hedge funds, the Holstee Manifesto, five thousand dollar bicycles, mystery meat, snake oil, those Victorian-era bikes with the giant wheels, taxidermied deer feet, 80 year old hammers, wiping your ass with a corncob and Ben Franklin.
http://thisisnotatest.com/facebook-ever-heard-of-it-this-is-not-a-test-38
This Facebook thing, think it'll catch on? Also, gay marriage in Kentucky, cats are henchmen for the dark overlord, knock-off Prada bags, Soviet apartments, geocities, pictures of car wrecks, chosing convenience over quality, hedge funds, the Holstee Manifesto, five thousand dollar bicycles, mystery meat, snake oil, those Victorian-era bikes with the giant wheels, taxidermied deer feet, 80 year old hammers, wiping your ass with a corncob and Ben Franklin.
http://thisisnotatest.com/facebook-ever-heard-of-it-this-is-not-a-test-38
PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
Oh! Ben Franklin. Philly's very own. Statues and plaques are everywhere in this town.
PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
There's a Ben Franklin look-a-like who does walking tours too. Likes to drink as well, just like the original. :confused:
I have it on good report that the kids no longer 'Hey, babe, wanna watch some Netflix and chill' as their preferred propositional trope. Now, it is 'hey babe, let's listen to This Is Not A Test, perhaps have a conversation about real ideas in the process .. and theennnnnnnnn chill'
I was listening to the episode about the photo mat clerk yesterday with lady of class and sophistication and she took great offense to the idea that people at photomats might stash an extra print of the occasional nude that comes down the line. A heated argument ensued. It was great!
I was listening to the episode about the photo mat clerk yesterday with lady of class and sophistication and she took great offense to the idea that people at photomats might stash an extra print of the occasional nude that comes down the line. A heated argument ensued. It was great!
mjp
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New Mexico author and artist Hosho McCreesh - THIS IS NOT A TEST #39
An inebriated "interview" with author and artist Hosho McCreesh. Including discussion of telephones, Hot Pockets, the Guerilla Poetics Project, pre-established familiarity, Four Roses bourbon, apology and explanation, leaving your balls at Disneyland, buying fake purses in Juarez, all jobs are lousy, people who use typewriters are assholes, the shrinking world of the aging, binding books with Admiral Kurtz (a.k.a. Bill Roberts), writing running its course, being stuck on a tiny dust mote in a vast emptiness and lack of preparation.
http://thisisnotatest.com/new-mexico-author-artist-hosho-mccreesh-this-is-not-a-test-39
An inebriated "interview" with author and artist Hosho McCreesh. Including discussion of telephones, Hot Pockets, the Guerilla Poetics Project, pre-established familiarity, Four Roses bourbon, apology and explanation, leaving your balls at Disneyland, buying fake purses in Juarez, all jobs are lousy, people who use typewriters are assholes, the shrinking world of the aging, binding books with Admiral Kurtz (a.k.a. Bill Roberts), writing running its course, being stuck on a tiny dust mote in a vast emptiness and lack of preparation.
http://thisisnotatest.com/new-mexico-author-artist-hosho-mccreesh-this-is-not-a-test-39
