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Kynik's LiveJournal:
| Thursday, February 7th, 2002 | |
| 2:01 pm | And now fate can't decide whether to smile or frown at me. Current Mood:  anxiousCurrent Music: System of a Down - Toxicity |
| Monday, January 21st, 2002 | |
| 5:04 pm | Rise from your grave I'm still here. Not by much, but I'm here. We have a new bass player, but lost our drummer shortly thereafter. We have a few prospects, including a guy I'd lost track of after high school, but who is apparently interested. Good deal. Our old bass player, current guitar player, myself, and my old band's drummer are doing a Misfits cover set on the 12th of April for Milwaukee's Spoof Fest at the Globe. Watch me transform into Glenn Danzig. I know at least one punk that'll be happy to see that. We have 30 minutes, so I have a tentative 17-song set. Any requests? On a personal note, just when everything's at the worst, and I'm expecting some serious shit-hitting-the-fan backblast, things start to go right. Let's just say I was in a big hole, and now it looks like somebody (more than one, actually) is tossing me a rope. Rejoice! Current Mood:  relievedCurrent Music: Ramones - Merry Christmas, I Don't Want to Fight Tonight |
| Friday, November 9th, 2001 | |
| 9:19 am | Interesting What Al-Qaida really wants In other news, we have a show with our new bass player on Nov. 17th. See our website for details. |
| Friday, October 26th, 2001 | |
| 3:50 pm | |
| 3:43 pm | For the love of everything that is decent! What the hell is going on here? http://www.kerneltrap.com/article.php?si *punctuating each word with a sharp hand-smack to the forehead* STUPID STUPID STUPID Current Mood:  angryCurrent Music: same sampler, snagged from Metalfest last year |
| 3:24 pm | What? The government did something stupid again? No, it couldn't be. Pardon my sarcasm. The new 'anti-terrorism' bill is another perfect example of the government's attempts at slowly chipping away at our rights. From cryptome.org: Another provision that troubles me a lot is one that permits the Government, under FISA, to compel the production of records from any business regarding any person if that information is sought in connection with an investigation of terrorism or espionage. I want to be clear here, as well, we are not talking about travel records directly pertaining to a terrorist suspect, which we can all see obviously can be highly relevant to an investigation of a terrorist plot. FISA already gives the FBI the power to get airline, train, hotel, car rental, and other records of a suspect. But this bill does much more. Under this bill, the Government can compel the disclosure of the personal records of anyone--perhaps someone who worked with, or lived next door to, or went to school with, or sat on an airplane with, or had been seen in the company of, or whose phone number was called by--the target of the investigation. Under this new provision, all business records can be compelled, including those containing sensitive personal information, such as medical records from hospitals or doctors, or educational records, or records of what books somebody has taken out from the library. We are not talking about terrorist suspects, we are talking about people who just may have come into some kind of casual contact with the person in that situation. This is an enormous expansion of authority under a law that provides only minimal judicial supervision. Under this provision, the Government can apparently go on a fishing expedition and collect information on virtually anyone. All it has to allege, in order to get an order for these records from the court, is that the information is sought for an investigation of international terrorism or clandestine intelligence gathering. That is it. They just have to say that. On that minimal showing, in an ex parte application to a secret court, with no showing even that the information is relevant to the investigation, the Government can lawfully compel a doctor or a hospital to release medical records or a library to release circulation records. This is truly a breathtaking expansion of police power. Part of Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold's commentary: (The whole discussion may be found at http://cryptome.org/hr3162-senate.txt) Of course, there is no doubt that if we lived in a police state, it would be easier to catch terrorists. If we lived in a country that allowed the police to search your home at any time for any reason; if we lived in a country that allowed the government to open your mail, eavesdrop on your phone conversations, or intercept your email communications; if we lived in a country that allowed the government to hold people in jail indefinitely based on what they write or think, or based on mere suspicion that they are up to no good, then the government would no doubt discover and arrest more terrorists. But that probably would not be a country in which we would want to live. And that would not be a country for which we could, in good conscience, ask our young people to fight and die. In short, that would not be America. Preserving our freedom is one of the main reasons we are now engaged in this new war on terrorism. We will lose that war without firing a shot if we sacrifice the liberties of the American people. That is why I found the antiterrorism bill originally proposed by Attorney General Ashcroft and President Bush to be troubling. The administration's proposed bill contained vast new powers for law enforcement, some seemingly drafted in haste and others that came from the FBI's wish list that Congress has rejected in the past. You may remember that the Attorney General announced his intention to introduce a bill shortly after the September 11 attacks. He provided the text of the bill the following Wednesday, and urged Congress to enact it by the end of the week. That was plainly impossible, but the pressure to move on this bill quickly, without deliberation and debate, has been relentless ever since. Ugh. Isn't there some old saying about thinking before acting? Current Mood: irritatedCurrent Music: some random death/black metal sampler |
| Tuesday, October 16th, 2001 | |
| 3:36 pm | My old band just released one song from their new recording onto mp3.com. Check it out: http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/309/bord.h I'm not on it or anything, but it's still cool. Current Mood: distressedCurrent Music: Monty Python Sings |
| Wednesday, October 10th, 2001 | |
| 3:03 pm | The world has taken a turn for the surreal New David Lynch movie comes out on Friday: Mulholland Drive Current Mood: annoyed |
| Saturday, October 6th, 2001 | |
| 5:43 pm | Hmm...Mike Patton will be doing some recording work with Dillinger Escape Plan! Woohoo! Also, it seems the new Neurosis sneaked out while I wasn't looking. Current Mood:  lethargicCurrent Music: New Neurosis |
| Wednesday, October 3rd, 2001 | |
| 3:24 pm | |
| Monday, October 1st, 2001 | |
| 2:02 pm | The blind leading the deaf leading the mentally reetarded The money crunch disappears again at the last possible moment, but only temporarily. It's time to find a consistent source of income. Instability is cool for a while, but I need a change AGAIN. Time for some normalcy (ack). Maybe I'll stop getting teased about my sleep schedule then, too. Current Mood: relievedCurrent Music: B.O.R.D. - Narcoleptic Moshpit |
| Wednesday, September 26th, 2001 | |
| 5:45 pm | Thanks Terri! http://selectsmart.com/PHILOSOPHY/ No surprises here: 1. Sartre (100%) 2. Nietzsche (91%) 3. Hume (90%) 4. Stoics (86%) 5. Hobbes (83%) 6. Cynics (79%) ... |
| Monday, September 24th, 2001 | |
| 11:56 pm | Satan...errr...Pia suggested that I update this. Here's not letting her down. Nothing new to speak of. The show on Saturday went well, except for me getting mad at the audience, taunting them, and calling them names. A few people were listening, though, so I feel worthwhile. I'm sorta off looking for a job now...updated my resume to look better and fill in the blanks of the last 9 months. Yeah, it's a thrilling life. I've shaved off my goatee...do I go all the way and take the scalp with it? |
| Monday, September 17th, 2001 | |
| 3:21 pm | Appropriate quotes to our situation "After the game, the king and pawn go into the same box." -Italian Proverb "A hundred thousand lemmings can't be wrong!" -UNIX fortune 'Do you know Presidents talk to the country the way men talk to women? They say, "Trust me, go all the way with me, and everything will be all right." And what happens? Nine months later, you're in trouble!' -Murphy's Discovery Now think long and hard about this last one: No, really, think about it: "Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." -Thomas Jefferson Paranoia is often more dangerous than a real threat. Quote me on that one. Current Mood:  hungry |
| 3:13 am | I have plenty to say about the whole deal, but I'll let Phatal give you a little lead-in material. Thanks, Phatal. |
| Thursday, September 13th, 2001 | |
| 3:38 pm | Sometimes, having weird subscriptions can get you worthwhile stuff. These links are only for those of you that want to see Yet Another Angle of the various damaged buildings: http://www.janes.com/security/internatio
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| Sunday, August 19th, 2001 | |
| 12:49 am | Saw the Deftones, From Zero and Godsmack tonight. Rah rah. Off to the UP tomorrow for a show. Happy birthday to me. Current Mood:  sleepyCurrent Music: Air Conditioner Hum |
| Thursday, August 2nd, 2001 | |
| 12:57 pm | Boy, if my plane crashes tonight, it'll be fitting right in line with all of the other crap that's going on. My once-stable world is now beginning to twist and crack, and I'm running as fast as I can with the super glue trying to patch it all up like some Microsoft product. A light looms in the tunnel, however. Let's see if I have time to run to it after damage control. Then again, that could be a reflection of something else, and I may end up running face-first into a mirror. Being a contract sniper would be so much easier. ;) |
| Monday, July 23rd, 2001 | |
| 2:25 am | Yup, it's all pointless. The more you think about it, the more pointless it becomes. The less you think about it, the less you worry about it. Ignorance sure is bliss, which explains why most of the people on the earth today are still living. Current Mood: irritatedCurrent Music: clacking of hard drives |
| Sunday, July 15th, 2001 | |
| 5:07 am | Just got back from the show. Details when I'm awake and not sick. |