I hate people.

The title of this essay should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me or knows what I have been through thus far. I hate mean old stupid ignorant people.

Random pieces of music that I like (piecemeal style)

My last few posts have felt very “heavy” in nature whilst writing them. That is to be expected, of course. They were, after all, about rather heavy subjects, and used rather heavy terms for communication. Even the post about something I use to distract myself or as a coping mechanism for the serious shit, had to touch on a couple of serious matters.

It is the slime. Adventures in trying to get a television fixed… in Queensland.

In September of 1973, Frank Zappa released Over-Nite Sensation. The Wikipedia has it that it is, and I quote, “the seventeenth studio album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention“. Given the manner in which Frank Zappa‘s albums are counted, I am going to go with my gut instinct that the Wikipedia means this literally, that it is indeed the seventeenth album that Frank Zappa made with The Mothers Of Invention. Whether this means it is Frank Zappa‘s seventeenth album is unclear from the information I have read. Given the pace at which Zappa churned out albums, however, I kind of doubt it.

So I have been thinking… what IS accessibility?

I make no secret of the fact that during the couple of years prior to this one, I ended up in contact with people who run several different organisations concerned with better access to society at large for various individuals with various disabilities. And I have seen the word accessibility bandied about with such abandon that the Man From Mars would think that Herd Humanity had decided that it was the new “cooool” catchphrase.

We need to talk about Mr. Bungle (aka Mike Patton is a genius, part one of several)

In 1989 or thereabouts, I became aware of a crossover band by the name of Faith No More. Like many who became aware of them at this time, it was through sight of a music video for a single called Epic. The video for Epic was (mostly) very simplistic in nature, with the majority of shots simply being the band in front of a very elaborate backdrop, playing their instruments. But one of the many details that stood out to me was a shirt worn by vocalist Mike Patton in at least one shot. That shirt noticeably featured the logo of the other band Patton was vocalist for at the time: Mr. Bungle.

Doom metal, Robert Heinlein, the Internet, a musing, and a reflection

In 1961, the Putnam Publishing Group published what has since been regarded by many as Robert Anson Heinlein‘s masterpiece. And amongst his work, this is saying quite a lot.