mushin no shin

I lack the discipline to get into weekly theme posts like the “feel good Friday” thing, but Halloween on a Friday calls for some celebrating. Perhaps a double shot, even.
It’s just not Halloween without Danny Elfman:

Or that master songsmith of gothic macabre, Weird Al:

(Sorry I couldn’t find a version where the video didn’t sort of [...]

Somehow I got this song stuck in my head this morning, so I had to find it and give it a listen.

Last night brought nearly three hours of Henry Rollins doing his uproariously funny spoken-word gig last night. I’d seen the Rollins Band play many moons ago (Lollapalooza ‘91, back when the ass-kicking What Am I Doing Here was on my shortlist of favorites), but never had the chance to see him do his spoken word [...]

Back when I was just a smart teenage nerd with a budding anti-authoritarian streak, The Manhattan Project, a film a about a teenager who builds an atomic bomb, was a natural and instant favorite. Hell, I eventually even sampled the damn thing:
Chaos Dreary
But of course, whatever real merits the movie may have had, I was [...]

I don’t really have much to add on the new Ted Stevens mess, but Rex pointed us to this Gawker post which introduced us to:

which is just awesome in its own right. Of course I think it’s the lolcats that make it ring true. Well, that and His Noodly Appendage, of course.

I’ve been watching a Civil War flick. I may have more to say about that later, but for now — they just showed a scene where the Confederates held a barn dance, and I just wanted to remark on how it amuses me that the music they played, an ancestor of bluegrass, and similar to [...]

This song has come up in conversation a couple times in the past week or so, and it’s one of my all time favorites, so I thought I’d point a link. Plus I’ve seen a few people do something about “Feel Good Fridays”, but I figure the closest I can get is “Feel Dark, Reflective, [...]

Walked over to Coleman for the Flatrock Festival opening ceremony. Heading back over there shortly, but just wanted to share this great quote from the ceremony (paraphrased from memory) …

I’ve been in the Woodbine community for 36 years, and people always ask me, “Why on earth do you live in Woodbine?” — and now I [...]

After enjoying the Flatrock Festival this Saturday, you can come back next week for the Música de le Gente / Music of the People Festival:

A festive and FREE celebration of Mexican-American music will be presented by American Roots Music Education and Metro Parks and Recreation on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at the newly renovated [...]

I’ve been meaning to post about this, so before I forget again —
This Saturday, May 24, 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM at Coleman Park is the Hands Together In Flatrock Music And Arts Festival. From the presser:

In an effort to encourage interaction, greater understanding and tolerance among the older residents and the new immigrant [...]