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B A C K_ to current Daily Planet
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D A I L Y _ P L A N E T
A R C H I V E
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(observations / suggestions / suppositions
made on a not-so-daily basis and to be taken
with a grain of salt or whatever might be
worth even less)
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12.30.01
DEFINITION DAY
Suckass: Winter* has begun.
Kickass: The days are getting longer.
Morass: The state of my keyboard
instrument cables.
*Winter needs to begin on Dec. 1
and end on Dec. 25.
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11.26.01
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11.20.01
Maybe the Pilgrims had fun at the
very first Thanksgiving because
nearly half of the original Pilgrims
(the half who may have been
the original annoying-Pilgrim-relatives)
died aboard the Mayflower.
PAR-TAY!
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11.07.01
We  Laika and the Cosmonauts.
Will you marry us?
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11.28.01
KANU's The Retro Cocktail Hour
(The University of Kansas public radio
Saturday night program on the Web)
seems to be the thing.
10.29.01
Actually, an alterna-oldies station
would be much preferred, with a playlist
including Eden Ahbez and Esquivel
and Jimmy Scott and Yma Sumac
in addition to Dino et al. George Martin's
version of "She Said, She Said." And
Betty Carter instead of Barbra Streisand,
PLEASE!
10.28.01
"Music of Your Life"
on the internet (stream) –-
a couple of ads every 45 minutes or so,
for things like diabetic supplies, cruises,
and butter substitutes are worth it
to hear Dean Martin followed by Elvis
followed by the Hugo Montenegro version
of "The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly."
And multiple versions of
"Baby It's Cold Outside."
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10.16.01
Drummers who can dig
the drum machine aesthetic
are mere teeny tiny steps away
from Nirvana.
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10.02.01
Andrew Bird = DREAMY.
Note: The views expressed here
do not represent the views
of Cigarbox Planetarium or its
member stations.
e.g. Andy: "He looks like Mark Trail."
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09.17.01
If more people would wave
their Freak Flags instead,
things might be a little closer
to an "Imagine"-style utopia.
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09.08.01
Drinking too much and then
having to throw up can feel terrible,
but drinking too much and
throwing up next to the
Dupont Circle mansion of
the Church of $cientology
can induce a warm & fuzzy
feeling.
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08.31.01
Daniel Day Lewis
in "The Age of Innocence"
somtimes resembles
James Canty.
The best thing about that film:
Pomeranians.
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08.05.01
Only one Speedo espied this year
at the beach, and even that
was not surrounded by the usual
bountiful overhang of hairy flesh.
Maybe I was just lucky.
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07.21.01
These cookies are sold in Spain.
While it's true some of us may
be considered brown and tasty treats,
I'm not sure this is the best name
for these cookies.
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07.09.01
Oxymoron of the Day:
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
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07.07.01
R.I.P.
Dodge van
1977-2001
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07.03.01
The newly remastered "Saturday Night Fever"
soundtrack is great. Disco may
have sucked BACK THEN,
but compared to the horror of today
that is rap-metal,"Jive Talkin'"
contains a timeless beauty.
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06.26.01
Performing outside in the sun
in the middle of a summer day
without benefit of a tent
is not a good idea.
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06.15.01
(author unknown!)
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06.03.01
"The Music of Your Life"
(or more appropriately, "The Music
for the End of Your Life")
is sorely missed.
If someone can bring it back
to D.C., I promise to buy and listen to*
Wink Martindale's "Winking
At Life -- God, Country, Mom and
Apple Pie" [shudder].
*or read? Is it a book?
Whatever – I was joking anyway.
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05.28.01
Richmond: GETS IT.
Kudos to the audience vocals on
"The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly."
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04.30.01
Circa 1974, Andy witnessed Gary Wright (the "Dreamweaver") opening for Yes along with Peter Frampton, playing in a band with three other guys all wearing matching jumpsuits (each in a color within the spectrum of orange to red), and all playing strap-on keyboards worn like guitars. With a drummer.
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04.13.01
"Mamas, don't let your babies
grow up to be Frat Boys."
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03.29.01
Benicio del Toro looks a little like
James Dean AFTER the car wreck.
Cute, but mangled.
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03.23.01
M i x i n g_M y t h s:
Take the story of Jesus and combine it with the myth of Oedipus and what do you get? A messiah who kills his father (who is really himself, as in Father = Son = Holy Ghost) and f*cks his eternally Virginal mother. A self-generating (since he got his own virgin mother pregnant), self-crucifying guy whose water-to-wine party trick would make him a messiah in my book.
And doesn't "Jedipus" sound like an appropriate name for the king of incest? As in Uncle Jed from the Beverly/Thebes/Nazarean Hillbillies.
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03.13.01
Willem Dafoe's centuries-old Nosferatu character in "Shadow of the Vampire" bore chompers far more worthy of being featured in a Close-Up commercial than Bobby Peru's mossy/moldy molars in "Wild at Heart" |
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