Two Lists

Songs From The 80s About Masturbation:
Cindy Lauper - She Bop (youtube)
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself (youtube)
The Vapors - Turning Japanese (youtube)
Divinlys - I Touch Myself (Technically from '91, but deal with it) (youtube)
Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey* (youtube)
Clarence Carter - Strokin' (youtube)
Billy Squire - The Stroke (youtube)
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun (youtube)
The Cure - Close to Me (youtube)
Gary Numan/Tubeway Army - Everyday I Die (So it's from '79. Sue me.) (youtube)
DEVO - Jerkin' Back and Forth (youtube)
DEVO - Whip It* (youtube)
DEVO - Praying Hands (youtube)
Oingo Boingo - Nasty Habits (youtube)
The Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict (youtube)

*Not actually about masturbation.

Songs from the 80s about Nuclear War:
Timbuk3 - The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades (youtube)
Prince - 1999 (youtube)
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance (youtube)
Soft Cell - Tainted Love (youtube)
Nena - 99 Luft Balons (youtube)
The Clash - Stop the World (youtube)
REM - It's the End of the World as We Know It (youtube)
Fear - Let's Have A War (youtube)
Fear - Bomb the Russians (youtube)
Alphaville - Forever Young (youtube)
Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes to Midnight (youtube)
Laurie Anderson - O Superman (for Massenet)* (youtube)
The Weirdos - We Got the Neutron Bomb (mp3)
Bonzo Goes To Washington - 5 Minutes (youtube)

*Also about other stuff.

Regret

Regret is a futile emotion. It is unproductive and emotionally unhelpful. Nothing useful comes from dwelling on what could have been.

I still feel it, time to time.

A Muddle.

Everything is a muddle.

I Dream

If you found a genie in a bottle, an interesting first wish would be "I wish that we'd fall in love."

Dream

Sometimes, I'll have a dream so weird or intense that when I wake up I have to spend the first few hours of my day thinking about it.

We're on a Journey

Usually I go ten over in the left, but sometimes, I go five over in the right.

Computer Blue

I'm glad Prince is still with us.

Differences

A sleep researcher is someone who investigates and studies the phenomenon of sleep.

A sleep searcher is someone who takes a lot of naps.

The Webs We Weave

I've got some fish, and they live in a swanky tank.

I'd like to write a monologue about the fish. It would detail how the fish had moved into a new, hip apartment. Everyone involved was really excited about the new pad, and good feelings ran high. However, as the months go by the good cheer would grow stale. The fish would settle into a routine, and somewhere along the line it would turn into a rut. Nobody comments on it, and nobody does anything. After a while, life as a fish just wouldn't be any fun anymore. Tensions would begin to tear at the formerly good fish friendships. Passive-aggressiveness would become the law of the land, and soon nobody would talk to each other anymore, and nobody would come over for parties anymore.

Then I'd like to record a dramatic reading of this awkward social slice of life, and have it be the soundtrack of a recording of my fish, swimming in their swanky tank.

Target Audience

Late at night radio stations have less commercials, but television stations have more commercials.

An Album From Every Nation on Earth.

Thus far completed. If you are interested in any of the albums listed here, contact me or use Google Blogsearch.

Afghanistan: "Ahmad Zahir - Afghan Music Volume 1"
Albania: "Old Traditional Music Recordings From Albania"
Algeria:
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangaldesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil: "Batucada: Sound of the Favelas", "Jorge Ben - s/t"
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic: "Konono No.1- Congotronics"
Congo, Republic
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt: "Music of Islam- Vol. 1: al-Qahirah: Classical Music of Cairo Egypt", "Music of Islam- Vol. 2: Music of South Sinai Bedouins", "Music of Islam- Vol. 3: Music of the Nubians, Aswan, Egypt"
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia: "VA - Ethiopiques, Vol. 8: Swinging Addis"
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Hati
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia: "Topong Bang - Gending Gending Java", "Music of Islam- Vol 15: Muslim Music of Indonesia, Aceh and West Sumatra"
Iran: "Music of Islam- Vol. 12: Music of Iran, Karaj, Iran"
Iraq: "Sublime Frequencies - Choubi Choubi! Folk and Pop Sounds from Iraq"
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan: "Soloists of the Ensemble Nipponia - Japan: Traditional Vocal and Instrumental Music", "Kôbôdaïshi Mieku - Shomyo: Chant Liturgique Boudhique", "Kodo - Ubu-Suna"
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kirbati
North Korea
South Korea
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco: "El Maalem Mahmoud Gania- s/t", "Music of Islam- Vol 5: Aissaoua Sufi Ceremony, Marrakesh, Morocco", "Music of Islam- Vol 6: Al-Maghrib & Gnâwa Music, Marrakesh, Morocco", "Music of Islam - Vol. 7: Al-Andalûs, Andalusian Music, Tetouan, Morocco"
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria: "King Sunny Ade & His African Beats - Conscience"
Norway
Oman
Pakistan: "Music of Islam- Vol. 13: Music of Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan"
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar: "Music of Islam- Vol. 4: Music of the Arabian Peninsula- Doha, Qatar"
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts & Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent & The Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé & Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia: "Music of Islam- Vol. 8: Folkloric Music of Tunisia"
Turkey: "Music of Islam- Vol. 9: Mawlawiyah Music of the Whirling Dervishes", "Music of Islam- Vol 10: Qur'ân Recitation, Istanbul, Turkey"
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
UAE
UK
USA
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen: "Music of Islam- Vol. 11: Music of Yemen, Sana'a, Yemem"
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Things I Believe, But Am Having A Hard Time With Right Now

1) The world is full of beauty. All we need to do is take the time and effort to see it.
2) My life has barely begun.

A dream

Yesterday I discovered it's unlikely I'll be able to major in Biology because of the scheduling at Knox.

Last night I had a dream that the dean of students tied me down, shot me up with sedatives and started to pry my skull in half. The sedatives didn't completely put me down and I escaped his clutches and went on the run. He captured me and I continued to struggle. Eventually I realized it was inevitable that he was going to win out in the end. He pinned me down and started to poke around a gaping wound at the base of my skull. I started to just beg and plead that he inject me with more sedatives before he kept going. He said that nobody had ever resisted such a high dose of sedatives before, and to find out why he needed to continue the dissection with me conscious.

December

Jenna came to visit, watched Kinsey, US economy officially in a recession, watched Beneath the Planet of the Apes, went to Jack's for 7&7s, made pasta, went to museum of science and industry, grabbed some greek food, watched a Hard Day's Night, downloaded spore and played a lot of it, went to a birthday party at jacks, woke up at 7 am and walked up California from Chicago to Milwaukee in the fuck-off cold, Tribune company goes bankrupt, fixed my speakers, El Topo, finally got fucking contacts, new shoes, dinner at a Lebanese restaurant w/Mom, Blago goes down, made pineapple and ham pizza from scratch, trimmed the tree, spilled boiling water on previously existing burns, jenna visted, watched City of God, hooked up Charlie's TV, went to Am. Sci&Surp; saw Andy there; purchased supplies for hookah, made hookah; funnel was broken used apple, went to Elliot's, blueberries, went back to Am. Sci&Surpl bought presents for cousin's b-day, went out to eat with fam, still playing a lot of spore, watching a lot of Law & Order, listened to the Cinnamon Bear, went over to Jack's and had a rumball, got up real early and made chili, passed out too early and was up all night, overcame traffic, weather and car troubles to buy gifts and other nonsense, read On the Road, visited Aunt Delores with cousin, stayed up waaay too late, watched a Bear's game at Jack's, went to houses nearby (Alex, Jason) then back to mine, record snowfall, last minute Christmas eve shopping, cooking, drinking w/cousin on Christmas day, record warmth, picked up Lloyd and went to Jack's where he wasn't, picked him up and played with Reggie, got beer, got more beer, went to a part that had been busted already, went home at 6 am, was going to play football in Humbolt park but everyone copped out, ended up hanging out w/Ian and Isabelle watching 3rd rock from the sun and losing my car keys, Jenna came to visit, took a taxi home, took the bus back with other set of keys, went to Egyptian party, came home and rocked until dawn, gas broke, saw Valkyrie, picked up some Mexican food, Jenna went home, gas guys tore up the backyard until 3 in the morning, went to tea at the palm room, New Year's at Elliot's.