THINGS I LEARNED FROM THE SIMPSONS

Watched the episode "You Kent always get wgat you want", which is of course a play on the brilliant Rolling Stones song and learnt the following - "Never trust Dracula to get your pizza order right"

MUSIC THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

I was listening to "Humpty Dumpty LSD" (compilation of unreleased tracks, rarities etc etc) by the Butthole Surfers tonight and track 1 "100 million people dead", reminded me that it was the first ever Buttholes song i ever heard, and really my gateway into the realm of non-commercial music and pretty much the forerunner of my musical taste today. without that late night on RAGE i would probably still be loving big hair bands and dancing to Wolfmother as we speak. Anyway, the clip for this song came on one late Saturday night, with no name or anything (which happened quite a lot back then) i was probs 14 and totally blown away. First i thought, two drummers, huh, and then that twangy solo started up, then Gibby with "woo woo etc etc" it was probs a month later when i saw the clip again and thought "the Butthole Surfers" how homo is that name.....i love it Unfortunately music of this genre was not very highly appreciated in singleton, but upon going to uni i came across many like minded individuals who loved these guys as much as me. Many acid/LSD/mushroom type experiences with the Buttholes ensured. When the single "pepper" came out, i remember people saying to me "hey, these are those guys you been banging on about for ages, can you lend us some of their stuff. i remember giving them the likes of "Locust Abortion Technician" and they were just like "Whoa, what is this stuff". So click below for the monumental track that changed my musical life......

Another band that i got hooked on via late saturday night rage was Man or Astroman? The song "The Miracle Of Genuine Pyrex" is brilliant, these guys are brilliant. I'm looking for a clip in which one of the guys runs around with a cardboard TV on his head which is on fire but can't find it...help please. I loved the sat night rage, still do, but it doesn't seem as shocking or monumental anymore, maybe it's because i now have my musical eyes opened. who knows, anyway, hit below for man or astroman?...later

STATE SANCTIONED MUDER HITS ARMIDALE or WARNING SHOT TO THE CHEST FAIL

A young man was shot this afternoon in my little home town of Armidale. He was believed to be wielding a kitchen knife.reports say he was shot from close range in the chest. (there were numerous witness as he was shot (executed?) in a public place in front of numerous witnesses.)
Followers of my previous blog will know that these sort of police shenanigans really piss me off, and they should be held accountable for these deaths.
Now, I'm not some bleeding heart looking after crims or anything like that, don't get me wrong here. It just seems that shooting deaths, caused by police shooting youths armed with knives or non-projectile weapons is on the rise.
Some would say it is time to arm our police with tazers, so police have a non-lethal form of action. but i disagree as current trends would just lead to misuse of these. People been tazered for all manner of things.
I believe police already have non-lethal methods. They are taught negotiation skills and disarming techniques and i believe these need to be used more.
Also police need to be held responsible for use of their firearms. They must be held accountable for the deaths they deal out. Unless of course we have entered the future world of Judge Dredd, where the law man has become Judge, Jury and Executioner.
Whatever the legal result of this, hopefully the officer involved realises he has blood on his hands.... comments welcomed!