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About 5 years ago one of Jake’s friends (great guy named Ray) asked me if I thought Liz Phair sold out with her new album.  This was 2003 when Phair offered her far most commercial record to date.  While critics were slogging her and old fans were bolting, the newly accessible sound was getting new fans.

I’ve casually been waiting for a context to post this for some time and with the release today (June 24th) of a 2 disc 15th anniversary edition of Liz Phair’s famous album ‘Exile In Guyville’ the opportunity seemed to make itself available.  I put in a few footnotes but the body of this is 95% untouched from when I wrote it in 2003.  Beware of grown up language and content.

You can download a zip file of most of the songs mentioned by clicking ye olde mouse right here.

Please read.  I quite like it and this is possibly the longest thing I’ve written that makes any sense.

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I’m not going to join in the poetic waxing on the life George Carlin.  Not qualified.  Though I’m a fan, I’m not as knowledgeable as many other people in the blog world.  I appreciate the hell out of him though and I’ll regret not being able get his reaction on the upcoming electoral happenings and whatever else pisses him off (which is everything).

Here are a few links:

• First is a Hype Machine search where you can get your fill of classic philosophy from the man.  Make sure to click on ‘read full post’.
• Second, my homey Craig sent me this excerpt from his book ‘Brain Droppings’.  Good stuff Maynard (James Keenan)
• Music industry guru Bob Lefsetz wrote about him today on his excellent blog.

The only thing new I might have to add are 4 scans from a spiffy Carlin Quote Of The Day calender I got for Christmas one year.   Beating people, bipartisan politics, the difference between maniac and crazy, and last, school uniforms.

This probably means that even more people will tell my dad that he looks like Carlin (which has happened various times in my life).

Trish had to work this afternoon and was/is going to see The Producers tonight so for all but an hour this morning and a couple of hours or so this afternoon it’s just me and the kids.  So, I thought I’d keep a rough journal of our day.  It’s not going to deal with the minutia of daily life (sat down, extended recliner, reclined) but more general stuff.  Not doing a time study, just having some self indulgent fun.
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Taking a breather from the busy world to talk about the kiddo’s, put up some recent pictures of the kids, and some sound clips.

This by no means will cover how great they’re doing but should shed a little light.

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