Author: elvis

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Well, today I: 1) paid for my condo in kona, for a trip one month from today. 2) read the reports on a historically large earthquake in that same region. In that order. So you know, life remains interesting. More as I learn if this has any effect on me apart from possibly meaning it’ll […]

Well, today I:

1) paid for my condo in kona, for a trip one month from today.

2) read the reports on a historically large earthquake in that same region.

In that order.

So you know, life remains interesting. More as I learn if this has any effect on me apart from possibly meaning it’ll be easier than usual to get reservations at the best luaus.

Well, this isn’t sounding like it’s too terribly serious. Big pain in the ass for those who saw damage to their houses, and I’m sure, scary as hell, but unless i hear otherwise from the condo joint, i’m thinking all is well. Though I’m thinking a lot of silly people will now cancel plans for travel and crowds may be down.

You don’t know what love is Bukowski said

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I wish I’d written this. I almost wish Bukowski‘d written this, but then it wouldn’t be quite as cool. In fact Ray Carver wrote it – in circumstances I do not know. But he brilliantly captures both Bukowski’s voice and his own in one single piece. I don’t understand how he did it; but if […]

I wish I’d written this.

I almost wish Bukowski‘d written this, but then it wouldn’t be quite as cool.

In fact Ray Carver wrote it – in circumstances I do not know. But he brilliantly captures both Bukowski’s voice and his own in one single piece. I don’t understand how he did it; but if you’ve heard Hank read, you know the tone, and this piece hums with it.

Bukowski’s one of my personal heros. I know many writers who say the same of Carver; and yes, he’s brilliant, yet I’ve not truly found him yet, i’ve not gotten in a deep and fundamental sense why people love him the way they do. Possibly I need to write twenty or thirty more short stories to get it.

That aside – You Don’t know What Love is.

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The Head Cat

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Rockabilly Lemmy? Yes. And you know, it kinda works. Lemmy wanted to make a record of the music he says inspired him to start playing, and it’s hard to get much better backing players than Slim Jim Phantom and Danny Harvey for a record like this. Give it a listen: Big River Not Fade Away […]

Rockabilly Lemmy?

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Yes. And you know, it kinda works. Lemmy wanted to make a record of the music he says inspired him to start playing, and it’s hard to get much better backing players than Slim Jim Phantom and Danny Harvey for a record like this.

Give it a listen:
Big River
Not Fade Away

I’m really big on that version of Not Fade Away. I think it’s the best track on the disc. On the other hand, there are tracks that really, really don’t work, like the title track, ‘fool’s paradise’. Lemmy isn’t what you’d call a gifted vocalist, and while I adore what he does when he’s in his comfort zone, when he’s outside it, he’s way, way outside it. So there are some painful moments; painful like karaoke with a buddy, so it’s the sort of i love ya man but knock that the fuck off feeling. It’s the let’s have us another drink and fuck it, we’re singin’ feeling. You know what i’m talkin’ about.

It’s not a run-out-and-buy-it CD by any means; and yet I did.

MTLJPost fix!

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The most excellent Gavin of Kode Koan just got me an incredibly simple one-liner fix for MTLJPost, an MT plugin that cross-posts MT to LiveJournal (MT 3.x broke it.) If you read me there, you can see it works again! This fix is cake – in your MT install, edit this file:       [MT […]

The most excellent Gavin of Kode Koan just got me an incredibly simple one-liner fix for MTLJPost, an MT plugin that cross-posts MT to LiveJournal (MT 3.x broke it.)

If you read me there, you can see it works again!

This fix is cake – in your MT install, edit this file:

      [MT Root]/plugins/MTLJPost/MTLJPost.pl

Change this line:

      $t->param(‘TRACKBACKCOUNT’, $entry->trackback_count);
to
      $t->param(‘TRACKBACKCOUNT’, $entry->ping_count);

And that’s it. It should start working.

Thanks, Gavin!

Life Beyond IM

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I decided to try something new at work today. Not turning on any IM client. I know. Radical. Weird. Crazy Talk. But I’m just that livin’ on the edge kinda guy. I just had this insane idea that maybe, just possibly I’d get some work done.

I decided to try something new at work today.

Not turning on any IM client.

I know. Radical. Weird. Crazy Talk. But I’m just that livin’ on the edge kinda guy.

I just had this insane idea that maybe, just possibly I’d get some work done.

Three Days to Never

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I just finished Tim Powers new book, Three Days to Never: The short version is this – if you’ve never read Powers, this might not be a bad place to start, to get an idea of exactly how insane Powers’ world is. If you’re a completist, you’ll wanna go grab it, like I did. However, […]

I just finished Tim Powers new book, Three Days to Never:

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The short version is this – if you’ve never read Powers, this might not be a bad place to start, to get an idea of exactly how insane Powers’ world is. If you’re a completist, you’ll wanna go grab it, like I did. However, for the casual fan, don’t, you know, race out to get it.

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Ace of Skulls

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Oh my god. Tony Creed is the fucking MAN. I give you the Ace of Skulls. Tony. Dude. If I had a sister I’d give her to you. Here, keys to my car. I MUST HAVE THAT RING – but it’s gotta have sparkin’ gems in the eyes. If you like to gamble, I tell […]

Oh my god.

Tony Creed is the fucking MAN.

I give you the Ace of Skulls.

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Tony. Dude. If I had a sister I’d give her to you. Here, keys to my car.

I MUST HAVE THAT RING – but it’s gotta have sparkin’ gems in the eyes.

If you like to gamble, I tell you I’m your man,

You win some, lose some, all the same to me,

The pleasure is to play, makes no difference what you say,

I don’t share your greed, the only card I need is

The Ace Of Spades!

Lost fucking Posts

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Crap. I spent an hour this morning writing something about nightmares and – nightmarishly – i nuked it somehow rather than saving it. I was just going to finish it up and post it and — nothing. I can’t even begin to describe how much that irritates me. On the other hand, I saw a […]

Crap. I spent an hour this morning writing something about nightmares and – nightmarishly – i nuked it somehow rather than saving it. I was just going to finish it up and post it and — nothing.

I can’t even begin to describe how much that irritates me.

On the other hand, I saw a baby great white shark today at the monterey bay aquarium. So you know, it ain’t all bad. And damn, it’s a cute lil’ thing.

Dead Eyes

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I got skulls in the bottom of a whiskey glass I’m a big bold man, but I think I’ll pass Better slow up, I’m moving up too fast Something’s come for me at last Hot flame licking on the burning meat Black smoke broiling off broken bones Something came close in the dead of night […]

I got skulls in the bottom of a whiskey glass
I’m a big bold man, but I think I’ll pass
Better slow up, I’m moving up too fast
Something’s come for me at last

Hot flame licking on the burning meat
Black smoke broiling off broken bones
Something came close in the dead of night
Found him in the dark, and he was all alone

Dead eyes, dead eyes
Dead eyes, dead eyes

Skulls in the bottom of a whiskey glass
I’m a big bold man, but I think I’ll pass
Better slow up, I’m moving up too fast
Something’s come for me at last

Dead eyes, dead eyes
Dead eyes, dead eyes

     —Guadalcanal Diary, Dead Eyes (click the song name for the mp3)