March 2011
12 posts
“People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one...”
– Malcolm X
Ambition.
Ambition is a strange beast. Its reach can be anywhere in the range from humble to very…ambitious. Both poles of this are in evidence in a reminder note that I wrote to myself 3 years ago that I just found on my phone:
‘1. Pass some exams. 2. Kill the Arctic Monkeys. 3. Solve the Middle East crisis.’
The word ‘some’ in that list is the only thing keeping me from a 0% success rate.
Noble’ War In Libya – Part 1 →
Media Lens time!
‘It is important to remember that the anguished cry, ‘Something must be done!’ is in response to a manufactured image of the globe supplied by a corporate media system. The image highlights particular news hotspots – Japan after the appalling tsunami, Libyan opposition forces under attack. Crucially, it does not feature the crimes of Western allies in a comparable way. And...
Doug Stanhope on the 31st March…
Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, Def Leppard, Pendulum, System of a Down, The Cult, The Darkness, Thin Lizzy, Twisted Sister and a fuckload of other acts at Download in June…
Iron Maiden sometime in the latter part of the year…
Whatever else may sail his way, actwithoutdoing is a very happy boy for the rest of 2011.
beyondthebubble asked: HOW DO I USE THIS. WHAT ABOUT GAMES IN THE THE LIST. THUNDERCUNT.
A Louis CK joke
You ever think you’re gonna fart, and then you accidentallly shit on your father’s face? And then everyone on the bus is like, ‘that’s not appropriate.’
Bla, bla, and bla.
It’s an odd world we live in. In the course of one day I’ve seen a pigeon use a zebra crossing, a woman beat-boxing a baby to sleep and have had someone say to me that I look ‘weather-beaten’, and mean it as a compliment.
Earlier today, I witnessed an aberration against nature; a completely paradoxical creature that shouldn’t exist: a cockney emo.
I’ve been noticing an increase in the amount...
The List
It’s taken several years, many hours of quiet contemplation and a not insignificant amount of drunken conversations, but I’ve finally come up with the definitive list of…
(Cue dramatic music)
The 10 Best Things in the World.
Yeah.
1. Trees
2. Sex
3. Music
4. Books
5. Drugs and Alcohol
6. Taking a Good Shit
7. Language
8. Coffee
9. Reason
10. ...
Every hero needs a quest. Apparently mine is...
Ah, the joys and wonders of the free market; where success is dictated purely by the even-handed judge known as quality. Many gladiators enter the arena, but only those who can best please the consumers – the ultimate rulers of the coliseum – can truly rise to the top. What a perfect and pure system!
Or, not. And I’m looking at you, Sky. I didn’t want to add another drip to your vile bank...
Rik the Red
Last night I was hungry, and so - lacking the imagination to go somewhere interesting - I went to my standard default bar and grabbed a pizza and a beer. I ate the pizza and took the beer out onto the balcony to have a nice and healthy post-pizza cigarette. For about twenty seconds I was alone on the balcony, but then I found myself sharing the space with two slightly older guys – both of whom...
