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what if joe harriot had made an album called "swing low, sweet harriot?"

my two favorite players, kidd and nash, have both been knocked out of the playoffs. every close call went to the spurs, which is nothing new. also, the calls the lakers got through out their series with denver helped them to a sweep. it seemed that every time kenyon martin breathed, he got called for a foul. the one good thing is that the hawks are making the celtics work. what an upset that would be. go hawks!

a quote, interestingly enough, from a former chief inspector of schools, the year, 1911.

"the aim of the teacher is to leave nothing to the pupil's nature, nothing to his spontaneous life, nothing to his free activity; to repress all of his natural impulses; to drill his energies into complete quiescence; to keep his whole being in a state of sustained and painful tension."

quoted from tom hodgkinson's the freedom manifesto, which i am enjoying.

an underrated coltrane album is called mating call, a quartet album he co-led with pianist and composer tadd dameron. i believe the album to be rather unknown. recorded in november of 1956, it is the first record of my knowledge which features coltrane as the only horn. all the songs are written by dameron, one of the great composers in jazz. the ballads, "soultrane", and "on a misty night", are particular stand outs.

a horrible story about a father who held his daughter hostage and raped her over a period of 24 years has recently appeared in the news. i seem to recall a country which has held another country hostage and raped her since 1990, but since it wasn't in the news, i can't be absolutely sure.

everyone should see mel brooks sing high anxiety in the film of the same name. a great mock of the sinatra style of singing. brilliant.

starting to apply for some summer jobs, but don't really want to. it's just that my penis is already shrinking, and the thought of my bank account shrinking as well is just too much to bare.

pinko, no man that steals from net clits should ever be called a pussy.

i realize that line may get me thrown into the basement, but sometimes you have to swing for the fences under an august wilson moon. perhaps the line wasn't warren-ted, perhaps it was even a political football that i will be kicked around for, but, if it means de-feet for me, i will hand it to my opponent and move on.

obama recently said he would never disown his pastor. well, yesterday he disowned his pastor. the pastor's crime? acknowledging that racism is a powerful element in american life. obama's next step is likely to tap dance and smile a lot in the hopes that this will help to increase his support from the white working class. someone should remind these guys that hitler was quite popular with the white working class.

tomorrow is may day, the orignial worker's holiday. on this day, remember, or learn about the haymarket martyrs, the struggle for the 8 hour day, the weekend, the continued use of sweatshops and child labor around the world, the thousands and thousands who have died on the job, and the general alienation and meaninglessness that most of us feel on the gig.

and then, go out and create an anarcho-syndicalist republic.

it's the least you can do.