Breakin' It
Fatigued from Sisyphean task of attempting to reanimate The Somnambulant among us - the roughly seventy percent of Americans who shrink from the words opposition and resistance like flaccid dicks in a glacial tributary (yeah, I'm talking to you, San Francisco) - I ain't posting this week.
Instead, I will be re-training my bleeding psyche on generating a personal income, which is no big loss for either of us since I've been a broken fucking record for the last fewdays weeks months years. I take great pride in giving marks their money's worth, so please feel free to refund your ticket at the gate.
Suckers.
Upon my return, The Carnival of Horror will be dabbling in the ubiquitous format known as podcasting. Hopefully, the prospect will shock Your Humble Carny's frighteningly sober brain into exploring previously unconsidered possibilities for sharing future horrors - even if they're just the same old horrors delivered in a slightly more visceral package.
Questions?
A: No, management doesn't care if you don't like podcasts. Next.
A: Transcripts? Hell, no. Next.
A: Yes, being a dial-up monkey complicates matters, but I have ways. Never underestimate the tenacity of an angry, embittered idealist accustomed to fighting unwarranted hope and justified depression simultaneously. Just keep your expectations extremely low - just like you always have - and we'll get along just fine. Next. Nothing else? Anything at all? Fantastic. That settles it.
Ciao, babies. Have a blissful week.
Instead, I will be re-training my bleeding psyche on generating a personal income, which is no big loss for either of us since I've been a broken fucking record for the last few
Suckers.
Upon my return, The Carnival of Horror will be dabbling in the ubiquitous format known as podcasting. Hopefully, the prospect will shock Your Humble Carny's frighteningly sober brain into exploring previously unconsidered possibilities for sharing future horrors - even if they're just the same old horrors delivered in a slightly more visceral package.
Questions?
A: No, management doesn't care if you don't like podcasts. Next.
A: Transcripts? Hell, no. Next.
A: Yes, being a dial-up monkey complicates matters, but I have ways. Never underestimate the tenacity of an angry, embittered idealist accustomed to fighting unwarranted hope and justified depression simultaneously. Just keep your expectations extremely low - just like you always have - and we'll get along just fine. Next. Nothing else? Anything at all? Fantastic. That settles it.
Ciao, babies. Have a blissful week.
posted by Arvin Hill at 7/30/2007 01:28:00 AM
9 Comments:
Hey, I'll listen. Multi-media Carnival! I'm sure it will be much more interesting to listen to on the way to work than National Propaganda Radio!
Arvin, noting your suggestion, I searched around for comment editing plug-ins and found what looks to be a safe one. You post your comment and then if you don't like what you see you're able to click on your name and edit it. There's a time limit though. Anyway, I installed it and it seems to be running fine.
Looking forward to the podcasting.
Fatigued from Sisyphean task of attempting to reanimate The Somnambulant among us - the roughly seventy percent of Americans who shrink from the words opposition and resistance like flaccid dicks in a glacial tributary (yeah, I'm talking to you, San Francisco)
Ha!
"People come to the Bay Area because they can get lost," Holmes says. "If they find that getting lost isn't the exact answer, they may choose to end their lives at the bridge."
The Carnival of Horror will be dabbling in the ubiquitous format known as podcasting. Hopefully, the prospect will shock Your Humble Carny's frighteningly sober brain into exploring previously unconsidered possibilities for sharing future horrors - even if they're just the same old horrors delivered in a slightly more visceral package.
Podcasts.
1. That's like broadcasts, right? Where you pontificate and we listen; not much like a conversation. Kinda like an oldenyear static web page where commenting and quoting is extremely difficult? I'm thinking the traffic is overwhelming the site and you're looking for ways to weed out the philistines.
2. You're going to make us download a binary file -- which probably contains some incriminating payload. "Honest injun officer, I had no idea that embedded information was wedged asswise in the bits. Just because it's on my computer doesn't mean I was receiving direct action instructions. Well, yes, those disturbing pictures did contain steganography, but I thought it was just noisy art..."
3. I don't think you're supposed to rudely waken sleepwalkers. If anything, one should take advantage of their highly suggestive state.
great comments on salon re: hilary piece. i agree 100%, thanks for writing it.
manayunker, thanks for stopping by and taking a moment to express your support. It's very much appreciated. Welcome to The Carnival of Horror.
(Our latest guest is referring to these comments (see "Frauds Supporting Frauds") I made in response to Michael Scherer's piece on the mutual ass-kissing between Hillary! and The Democratic Faithful at The Second Annual DKos Circle Jerk O'Rama.)
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teddy/melllvar, your usual & customary piss on the fire hydrant has been duly noted.
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idyllopus, thanks for indulging my OCD with that plug-in.
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tlaz, I would take great pleasure in sparing anyone's ears from a few minutes of National Propaganda Radio... and that's coming from a former longtime (and, dare I say, rather generous) supporter of NPR. I refused to support its FOXification after BushCoup2000, when more than a few of its hosts and commentators insisted on chastising those of us who refused to "get over it." NPR was a hard habit to break. I still miss Liane Hansen on Weekend Edition. But that's divorce for ya. Sometimes, a person just has to say goodbye.
P.S. Since I'm still drowning in work, I probably won't get around to posting the podcast until Wednesday.
Arvin, as per your Salon comment, there is a Vermont Progressive Party.
I've only paid rare attention to commentary (letters) at Salon. But I was looking at the Editor's Choice Selection of Letters for the article and that made me wonder what criteria the Editor employees for "Choice".
Arvin, as per your Salon comment, there is a Vermont Progressive Party.
God bless Bernie Sanders' heart. I wonder what it is about Vermont that makes it a holdout in the rampant corrosion of spirit afflicting the rest of the nation.
I've only paid rare attention to commentary (letters) at Salon. But I was looking at the Editor's Choice Selection of Letters for the article and that made me wonder what criteria the Editor employees for "Choice".
Two things: Supportive comments which tend to reinforce the author's perspective in a way that adds to the original piece, and; gentle disagreement, which, typically, the author and/or editor recognizes should have been included in the original piece.
I've never seen an Editor's Choice letter in which the word motherfucker appears. But it's not just expletives. Most often, spirited disagreement is treated as rabble-noise, regardless of points made.
When I comment there, I try to make it on the first page but will settle for the second page (either can set the tone for subsequent letters), or; failing that, am quite content with the last page.
Overall, there were many people who agreed with my assertion that the DailyKOS herd is just that - a herd whose allegiance is to the Democratic Party, not ideology or principle or anything else. I was surprised at the number of letters which took issue with the popular notion that DailyKOS represents "the liberal blogosphere." But, then, Michael Scherer & Company - meaning most of the Salon writers along with the Beltway Royal Punditry - have a problem with groups and institutions that are not necessarily monolithic. Unfortunately, so does the rest of the country, which leads to an unnecessary sense of isolation among those of us who aren't so easily categorized.
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