joined on 06/22/07
last updated 02/18/09
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about me
"I am a graveyard that the moon abhors."
"The folly of bottled water.."
"Spooky, though he's done better"
"A small tasty cheese biscuit for the head"
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February 18, 2008
An editing robot, in the purest John Henry steel drivin' man vs. machine sense; owns a steel-plated, dustproof, top secret Pentagon laptop. Never sleeps. Is polite to nuns. Personally knows Larry Harvey.
Doesn't like to talk about it, but served three tours in Nam. "Yeah, I was in the Shit," he told me once. "Now get the fuck out of my face."
Knife fighting expert, I think. Dead aim from fifty feet, they say.
Yellow belt in ancient art of Zumba. Ham radio enthusiast. Master woodworker. Philatelist. Thespian. Avid 17th century film buff. Ombudsman.
Joab is all of these things.
December 20, 2007
Joab is someone I look forward to sharing the privilege of absurdity with, consistently if not constantly.
(More Facebook cross-posting)....
1. Monkees, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones LTD: Taught me at a wee age that albums could be more than just a group of songs and that going slightly off-center can produce best results ( blip.fm/~3dc11).
2. Pink Floyd, Animals: Albums could adhere to a single, coherent narrative, with music & lyrics reinforcing each other. Also, spare the frippery: Not a wasted note or word here. Sum: Dark, menacing, & still enjoyable on the right night after ...
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1. "It's a Long Way to the Top (if You Want to Rock n Roll)"—AC/DC
2. "In The Heat of Venus"—Steve Roach
3. "The Hexx" (live BBC version) -- Pavement
4. "That's the Way the World Goes Round"—John Prine
5. "Nadine"—Chuck Berry
6. "It's All Right Mama, I'm only Bleeding"—Bob Dylan
7. "Streets of Baltimore," -- Gram Parsons version
8. "Time" -- Pink Floyd
9. "Saturday Gigs"—Mott the Hoople
10. "This Land is Your Land," – Pete Seeger
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Can you name the 10 albums that offended you the most? Here's a handful for me. I loved a few of these for their awfulness, but the rest just let me down.
1. "Scarlet Love" (Palmer Rockey): Around 1979, so the story goes, a mysterious and charismatic man showed up in the upwardly wealthy social circles of Dallas. He claimed he was Hollywood hotshot and that he was making a movie. Through artful mingling, he got more than a few of the well-to-do wives to act out a role or two for the p...
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Five albums That Shaped Me...
(blog entry)
(More Facebook cross-posting)....
1. Monkees, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones LTD: Taught me at a wee age that albums could be more than just a group of songs and that going slightly off-center can produce best results ( blip.fm/~3dc1...
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My 10 Desert Island songs
(blog entry)
1. "It's a Long Way to the Top (if You Want to Rock n Roll)"—AC/DC
2. "In The Heat of Venus"—Steve Roach
3. "The Hexx" (live BBC version) -- Pavement
4. "That's the Way the World Goes Round"—John Prine
5. "Nadine"—Chuck Berry
6. "It...
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The 10 Worst Albums I've Ever Heard....
(blog entry)
Can you name the 10 albums that offended you the most? Here's a handful for me. I loved a few of these for their awfulness, but the rest just let me down.
1. "Scarlet Love" (Palmer Rockey): Around 1979, so the story goes, a mysterious and ...
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