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Abord the Yorikke!
we are standers... :DD
mjp
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The Guerilla Poetics Project - THIS IS NOT A TEST #40
An admittedly biased one-man oral history of the Guerilla Poetics Project, including tricky vampire doctors, sharks, unknown poets, databases, voting blind, Ginsu knives, explaining Netflix to a monkey, swag, pawn shops, mysterious collectives, going viral, human nature, ending strong, the extinction of retail book stores (maybe), vinyl LPs, The Beatles fan club and minor miracles.
http://thisisnotatest.com/the-guerilla-poetics-project-this-is-not-a-test-40
An admittedly biased one-man oral history of the Guerilla Poetics Project, including tricky vampire doctors, sharks, unknown poets, databases, voting blind, Ginsu knives, explaining Netflix to a monkey, swag, pawn shops, mysterious collectives, going viral, human nature, ending strong, the extinction of retail book stores (maybe), vinyl LPs, The Beatles fan club and minor miracles.
http://thisisnotatest.com/the-guerilla-poetics-project-this-is-not-a-test-40
mjp
Founding member
Teeth: who needs 'em - THIS IS NOT A TEST #41
An oral history of my Teeth. Yes, teeth! Just one of life's wonders and horrors that we all share. And you can't talk about teeth without talking about Thunderdome, science and technology, surviving on 2 liter bottles of Coke and bowls full of jellybeans, stumps and crowns, implants (dental, not breast), royal decree, things you think are crazy until you do them yourself, being hypnotized out of your money, my psychology in particular or anyone's psychology in general, being busy, going to Iceland, flying vs. the bus and the Grand Central Market downtown.
http://thisisnotatest.com/teeth-who-needs-em-this-is-not-a-test-41
An oral history of my Teeth. Yes, teeth! Just one of life's wonders and horrors that we all share. And you can't talk about teeth without talking about Thunderdome, science and technology, surviving on 2 liter bottles of Coke and bowls full of jellybeans, stumps and crowns, implants (dental, not breast), royal decree, things you think are crazy until you do them yourself, being hypnotized out of your money, my psychology in particular or anyone's psychology in general, being busy, going to Iceland, flying vs. the bus and the Grand Central Market downtown.
http://thisisnotatest.com/teeth-who-needs-em-this-is-not-a-test-41
mjp
Founding member
Rumors (not the Fleetwood Mac kind) - THIS IS NOT A TEST #42
Do you believe rumors? Of course you do. Where do they come from? Word has it we'll also talk about kinescopes, spinning plates, being an eternal optimist, seeing ghosts, your Facebook feed, P.T. Barnum, Internet arguing, the liberal media, briefly trying to be good Lutherans, Rastafarians, being a feminist, a dictator's stock in trade, pollen or tree droppings, faith, religions as rumors, salted fish, Mayor McCheese and coconut trees.
http://thisisnotatest.com/rumors-not-the-fleetwood-mac-kind-this-is-not-a-test-42
Do you believe rumors? Of course you do. Where do they come from? Word has it we'll also talk about kinescopes, spinning plates, being an eternal optimist, seeing ghosts, your Facebook feed, P.T. Barnum, Internet arguing, the liberal media, briefly trying to be good Lutherans, Rastafarians, being a feminist, a dictator's stock in trade, pollen or tree droppings, faith, religions as rumors, salted fish, Mayor McCheese and coconut trees.
http://thisisnotatest.com/rumors-not-the-fleetwood-mac-kind-this-is-not-a-test-42
mjp
Founding member
Would you like to come up and see my etchings? THIS IS NOT A TEST #43
On tap today: collecting things, completism, Catcher in the Rye, TV Guide magazine, bottle caps, cat-eye sunglasses, Circus, CREEM and Rock Scene magazines, box rattlers, sealing things in hard plastic, View-Master, King Tut, silver dollars, binding sniffers, Mantle rookie cards, Electro Harmonix pedals, The Wormwood Review, The Wailers, Elvis tie racks, being no-nonsense and domesticating wolves.
http://thisisnotatest.com/would-you-like-to-come-up-and-see-my-etchings-this-is-not-a-test-43
On tap today: collecting things, completism, Catcher in the Rye, TV Guide magazine, bottle caps, cat-eye sunglasses, Circus, CREEM and Rock Scene magazines, box rattlers, sealing things in hard plastic, View-Master, King Tut, silver dollars, binding sniffers, Mantle rookie cards, Electro Harmonix pedals, The Wormwood Review, The Wailers, Elvis tie racks, being no-nonsense and domesticating wolves.
http://thisisnotatest.com/would-you-like-to-come-up-and-see-my-etchings-this-is-not-a-test-43
good episode!
extreme collecting is a sickness. i guess any level of it is.
one day, i looked around at all the shit i was "collecting" and imagined, like you said, someone having to do something with it after i died and felt embarrassed.
that kind of ended it.
well, it narrowed it down to one or two things. or three.
no need to get crazy about not collecting shit... .
extreme collecting is a sickness. i guess any level of it is.
one day, i looked around at all the shit i was "collecting" and imagined, like you said, someone having to do something with it after i died and felt embarrassed.
that kind of ended it.
well, it narrowed it down to one or two things. or three.
no need to get crazy about not collecting shit... .
I had a really solid collection of Topps cards as a kid. The need for booze when I was broke in college
took care of those cards for pennies on the dollar. For some reason, I've been investigating card prices
lately and was shocked to see how that market has devalued. I was going to replace some of the ones
( especially Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente) that had some meaning and could have
done so for really reasonable amounts, but thought, what am I going to do with them? There's a freedom
in no longer giving a shit, but also middle-aged sadness in being beyond that.
took care of those cards for pennies on the dollar. For some reason, I've been investigating card prices
lately and was shocked to see how that market has devalued. I was going to replace some of the ones
( especially Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente) that had some meaning and could have
done so for really reasonable amounts, but thought, what am I going to do with them? There's a freedom
in no longer giving a shit, but also middle-aged sadness in being beyond that.
The baseball card market peaked in the early 90s. And it sure has crashed back to Earth.
mjp
Founding member
With the exception of a handful of legitimately rare older cards. You could buy a '52 Topps Mantle (ungraded) for one or two grand in the early 90s, depending on condition. I saw half a dozen of them in shops around Los Angeles. Now they sell for six figures. One sold in August for almost $400,000. They say if any of the really high grade ones ever came up for auction they could probably fetch $650,000.
Back in 1986 the guy who bought the stash that included all of the really high grade Mantles that exist today paid $125,000 for the whole case. 42 like-new Mantles in there. He sold them all in the 80s and made $475,000 in the process. If you sold those now you'd probably pull in 10 times more.
About a quarter of what A-rod makes in a year. You know, real cheese.
i had to pass on that one - i'm dentophobic.
the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
I visited a new dentist yesterday. As she bore down, removing tar, I felt pain and inadvertently let out AH! She paused, then, without reassurance, she returned to the drill. It was unsettling. I have to return in three months. I plan to be scrupulous with the brush in the meantime.
mjp
Founding member
Kill my boss? Do I dare live out the American dream? THIS IS NOT A TEST #44
The title is a quote from Homer Simpson, but don't we find our truth in our comedy? While we talk about work we'll also gossip about commuting, the skyway system in St. Paul, Bob Marley, counting songs, Greek philosophers, Martin Luther, farming, disease and death, Indians, craftsmen, the rise of the machines, factories, labor unions, computers, small printing shops, accountants, Walmart, pig farms, being a millionaire, meteors, getting a text during dinner, alien invasions, 16 weeks of vacation and stock options, gold watches and bite plates.
http://thisisnotatest.com/kill-my-boss-do-i-dare-live-out-the-american-dream-this-is-not-a-test-44
The title is a quote from Homer Simpson, but don't we find our truth in our comedy? While we talk about work we'll also gossip about commuting, the skyway system in St. Paul, Bob Marley, counting songs, Greek philosophers, Martin Luther, farming, disease and death, Indians, craftsmen, the rise of the machines, factories, labor unions, computers, small printing shops, accountants, Walmart, pig farms, being a millionaire, meteors, getting a text during dinner, alien invasions, 16 weeks of vacation and stock options, gold watches and bite plates.
http://thisisnotatest.com/kill-my-boss-do-i-dare-live-out-the-american-dream-this-is-not-a-test-44
mjp
Founding member
When are you too old to "rock"? THIS IS NOT A TEST #45
Rock and roll, who's game is it? I can tell you. And what about Halloween? What's up with that? Plus a love letter to Sonny Vincent, hate mail to prog rock, the joys of mindlessness, paternity suits, being the captain of your own pirate ship, walking a cat on a leash, interesting hats, true believers, flannel shirts, tar kettles, hallucinations, and Twitter. And yes, that is indeed a picture of Sonny wearing his Beatle boots with pajamas. As if to illustrate a point or something.
http://thisisnotatest.com/when-are-you-too-old-to-rock-this-is-not-a-test-45
Rock and roll, who's game is it? I can tell you. And what about Halloween? What's up with that? Plus a love letter to Sonny Vincent, hate mail to prog rock, the joys of mindlessness, paternity suits, being the captain of your own pirate ship, walking a cat on a leash, interesting hats, true believers, flannel shirts, tar kettles, hallucinations, and Twitter. And yes, that is indeed a picture of Sonny wearing his Beatle boots with pajamas. As if to illustrate a point or something.
http://thisisnotatest.com/when-are-you-too-old-to-rock-this-is-not-a-test-45
Apropos de Sonny: Do you remember I've met him in Bamberg many years ago, where he was with a local "musician" who happenes to be a friend of mine, Else Admire? Said guy will release his latest album in 2 weeks (only on vinyl of course - true punk-attitude) and it still sounds (like it always did with Else) like the worst singing AND engineering ever even in terms of punk.
I shot the back-cover of this new LP (it was his idea - so ubercool - to photograph the band in front of an atomic power plant that was about to be abandoned, but still working at the time). I like that guy, I do.
I shot the back-cover of this new LP (it was his idea - so ubercool - to photograph the band in front of an atomic power plant that was about to be abandoned, but still working at the time). I like that guy, I do.
mjp
Founding member
Self-publishing: is it just the vanity press wearing a DIY mask? THIS IS NOT A TEST #46
Self-publishing - what is it? Why should you care? Well I don't know, why should you care about anything? But if it doesn't interest you, we also have renovations, elevators and what people write in them, pissing, the possibility of executing certain types of people (not you), housewives and uneducated dandies, being deemed worthy, Thomas Edison, the mimeograph, X-acto knives, The Nincompoop Quarterly, exposure for artists, Kinkos, anarchy, Achilles, amateurs, cream, burritos, lipstick, Amazon (not the river), pundits, gain, loss, Catcher in the Rye, Huckleberry Finn, Saturday Night Live and humanity as a whole.
http://thisisnotatest.com/self-publ...ress-wearing-a-diy-mask-this-is-not-a-test-46
Self-publishing - what is it? Why should you care? Well I don't know, why should you care about anything? But if it doesn't interest you, we also have renovations, elevators and what people write in them, pissing, the possibility of executing certain types of people (not you), housewives and uneducated dandies, being deemed worthy, Thomas Edison, the mimeograph, X-acto knives, The Nincompoop Quarterly, exposure for artists, Kinkos, anarchy, Achilles, amateurs, cream, burritos, lipstick, Amazon (not the river), pundits, gain, loss, Catcher in the Rye, Huckleberry Finn, Saturday Night Live and humanity as a whole.
http://thisisnotatest.com/self-publ...ress-wearing-a-diy-mask-this-is-not-a-test-46
mjp
Founding member
Well I figured out why it didn't update, but in the process of doing that I just listened to a minute or two of an episode on Stitcher, and Jesus, it sounds like shit! I spend a lot of time and money making it sound good and they've just compressed it down to a shrill, warbly mess. I'm pulling it off of there as soon as I can.
Sorry Hosho.
But thanks for inadvertently alerting me to what's going on over there. ;)
Sorry Hosho.
But thanks for inadvertently alerting me to what's going on over there. ;)
mjp
Founding member
Most of the downloads/listens come from iTunes. I don't use it myself, but apparently a big part of the podcast listening world does.
Almost as many downloads come from Soundcloud. I did a test with a free account there where I listed the five most recent episodes, and the number of listeners surprised me, so now I pay for an account that lets me have all of the episodes available.
I'm on a short list to get onto Spotify, they are slowly adding podcasts in a kind of pilot program, but they are adding the popular shows first, naturally. I'm also on something called Tune in, that I'd never heard of, but people listen there too.
Having said all that, I always try to get people to go to the site, you can listen to everything there. It works on a phone or computer, so if you don't have a podcast app that you use, it's probably the best bet.
Google is adding podcasts to the Google Play Music store, and I'm all set up there for whenever they decide to launch. When that happens everyone with an Android phone (the rest of the world that doesn't have iPhones) will have a lot easier time listening to podcasts. One day Google may get with the times and put a podcast player onto Android phones, the way Apple did on iPhones. That would open up a potential audience of, oh, a billion people.
I may also just leave the thing on Stitcher, but there are really so few listeners there that the quality thing really makes me wonder if it's worth it.
How's that for a tedious answer to a simple question?
Almost as many downloads come from Soundcloud. I did a test with a free account there where I listed the five most recent episodes, and the number of listeners surprised me, so now I pay for an account that lets me have all of the episodes available.
I'm on a short list to get onto Spotify, they are slowly adding podcasts in a kind of pilot program, but they are adding the popular shows first, naturally. I'm also on something called Tune in, that I'd never heard of, but people listen there too.
Having said all that, I always try to get people to go to the site, you can listen to everything there. It works on a phone or computer, so if you don't have a podcast app that you use, it's probably the best bet.
Google is adding podcasts to the Google Play Music store, and I'm all set up there for whenever they decide to launch. When that happens everyone with an Android phone (the rest of the world that doesn't have iPhones) will have a lot easier time listening to podcasts. One day Google may get with the times and put a podcast player onto Android phones, the way Apple did on iPhones. That would open up a potential audience of, oh, a billion people.
I may also just leave the thing on Stitcher, but there are really so few listeners there that the quality thing really makes me wonder if it's worth it.
How's that for a tedious answer to a simple question?
