She’s a gem. I did see her and Neko live a couple of times. I also loved the Jody Grind albums, I bought one through Google Play Music when you could still do that but it somehow doesn’t exist on YouTube Music even though it was a download and my other purchased downloads are there. Hogan had a great Tumblr for a while and she posted a really well written piece on how her bandmate was killed by a drunk driver that’s really haunting. She once said “I’m broke, I’m fat, I’m on cuckoo pills, but I’m happy”, and I just love that energy…

Also a big fan of Hogan! They don’t perform together anymore though, Hogan sings with Mavis Staples and the Decemberists. It seems like she and Neko had a falling out. I saw Neko last fall with Nora O’Connor Kean singing backup.

Looks kind of like the Monster logo, what I can see?

That’s what they do in US prisons, use them for unpaid labour, or they get a very small amount. But imagine forcing someone to put out a blazing forest fire when they’ve never done such a thing, and then taking them back to prison. That’s insane. It’s all insane.

For the fires in Los Angeles, they sent prisoners to put them out, chain gang style.

I also had one for 20 years. The standing newer model one I got threw a belt in about five years and was garbage.

Apparently Biden has approved a payment to them of 770 dollars? Big whoop. Commute their sentences. The least you can do.

I am now free.

I actually think the reason he and Space Karen act the way they do is because they know they can buy a lot of things, but they can never buy being cool, and that bothers them both a LOT.

Oh, Gordon and Maybe You Should Drive are honestly wonderful. Maybe try listening to Rock Spectacle? A very great live recording. Steven Page’s solo work is also absolutely amazing.

Aw it was sad that all of Mel’s Nazi memorabilia burned to a crisp.

No it’s actually some guy. She eventually found out who he was and he had some charge in the past so she’s sure that means he’s after her son.

I would like someone to do a functional MRI of a sovereign citizen to see how that brain processes.

Ambien. I know that it’s not great but unfortunately it’s more complex for me than just sleep, so it’s necessary. I don’t think I’d ever sleep again without it. Wow can you do some weird things on Ambien if you don’t put your phone away.

Cannabis can actually lower your IQ, kick off schizophrenia and depersonalization disorder, and put you in the ER with hyperemesis. Heavy use isn’t great.

I’ve been sick for six weeks so all of January has been an endless round of trying to work, not being able to work, and going to the doctor for another note for work. I might have atypical whooping cough and am waiting for results. I do not have a cough but my immunologist friend tells me the spectrum of symptoms is wide, and it doesn’t always include coughing. I am vaccinated of course. But yeah, 14 days of January of not being able to talk above a whisper is fun.

My elderly pug getting up with a frantic look on his face that means we have under a minute to get him outside. Aging is not easy in a dog.

This one is from 2001 and is about how the pornography trade was getting increasingly violent, interesting to read in a post internet porn world. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/mar/17/society.martinamis1

I like this one about tick borne illness a lot. https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/essays/jungle-wedding/

As sure as God’s got sandals.