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Remembering Trevy Felix - THIS IS NOT A TEST #36
Trevy Felix of Boom Shaka and his companion Nelly Stharre were found dead on August 19th in the burned remains of the house where they lived in the hills of Dominica. Trevy was a friend for almost 30 years, so here's a little remembrance.
http://thisisnotatest.com/remembering-trevy-felix-this-is-not-a-test-36
Trevy Felix of Boom Shaka and his companion Nelly Stharre were found dead on August 19th in the burned remains of the house where they lived in the hills of Dominica. Trevy was a friend for almost 30 years, so here's a little remembrance.
http://thisisnotatest.com/remembering-trevy-felix-this-is-not-a-test-36
Just really good. Thanks.
A very sad outcome to a long, groovy story. Your remembrance hits the mark perfectly.
PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
very compelling. great story, great storytelling. sad but that's life. thank you for sharing.
mjp
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The MTV VMA Awards, Chrissie Hynde and The Pageant of The Masters - THIS IS NOT A TEST #37
Okay, let's talk about The MTV Video Music Awards, Chrissie Hynde's book interview and the Internet's reaction to it, and The Pageant of The Masters, which is something you've probably never heard of, but you've got to hear about it. And yes, I will also say a thing or two about the Oscars, the Wu-Tang Clan, N.W.A., power ballads, A Flock of Seagulls, a modern day Christ figure, hurricane Katrina, Laguna Beach-types, Mark Twain, ostriches and nostalgia.
http://thisisnotatest.com/the-mtv-v...-pageant-of-the-masters-this-is-not-a-test-37
Okay, let's talk about The MTV Video Music Awards, Chrissie Hynde's book interview and the Internet's reaction to it, and The Pageant of The Masters, which is something you've probably never heard of, but you've got to hear about it. And yes, I will also say a thing or two about the Oscars, the Wu-Tang Clan, N.W.A., power ballads, A Flock of Seagulls, a modern day Christ figure, hurricane Katrina, Laguna Beach-types, Mark Twain, ostriches and nostalgia.
http://thisisnotatest.com/the-mtv-v...-pageant-of-the-masters-this-is-not-a-test-37
I think there is something truly primal in a podcast. As primal as an etching on a cave wall or an arrangement of flowers on a grave or the telling of myths around a camp fire. It's such a real art form, I'm glad someone is fanning it's flames. looking forward to popping this latest release in to my tape deck as we speak.
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
That was a good one, Michael. I agree with you in regard to the political correctness hovering over all conversations. Sure, you get to think more about what you are about to say and evaluate your own opinion but you worry so much about saying it the right way that you have no air left in your lungs when you open your mouth.
mjp
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Facebook. Ever heard of it? THIS IS NOT A TEST #38
This Facebook thing, think it'll catch on? Also, gay marriage in Kentucky, cats are henchmen for the dark overlord, knock-off Prada bags, Soviet apartments, geocities, pictures of car wrecks, chosing convenience over quality, hedge funds, the Holstee Manifesto, five thousand dollar bicycles, mystery meat, snake oil, those Victorian-era bikes with the giant wheels, taxidermied deer feet, 80 year old hammers, wiping your ass with a corncob and Ben Franklin.
http://thisisnotatest.com/facebook-ever-heard-of-it-this-is-not-a-test-38
This Facebook thing, think it'll catch on? Also, gay marriage in Kentucky, cats are henchmen for the dark overlord, knock-off Prada bags, Soviet apartments, geocities, pictures of car wrecks, chosing convenience over quality, hedge funds, the Holstee Manifesto, five thousand dollar bicycles, mystery meat, snake oil, those Victorian-era bikes with the giant wheels, taxidermied deer feet, 80 year old hammers, wiping your ass with a corncob and Ben Franklin.
http://thisisnotatest.com/facebook-ever-heard-of-it-this-is-not-a-test-38
PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
Oh! Ben Franklin. Philly's very own. Statues and plaques are everywhere in this town.
PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
There's a Ben Franklin look-a-like who does walking tours too. Likes to drink as well, just like the original. :confused:
I have it on good report that the kids no longer 'Hey, babe, wanna watch some Netflix and chill' as their preferred propositional trope. Now, it is 'hey babe, let's listen to This Is Not A Test, perhaps have a conversation about real ideas in the process .. and theennnnnnnnn chill'
I was listening to the episode about the photo mat clerk yesterday with lady of class and sophistication and she took great offense to the idea that people at photomats might stash an extra print of the occasional nude that comes down the line. A heated argument ensued. It was great!
I was listening to the episode about the photo mat clerk yesterday with lady of class and sophistication and she took great offense to the idea that people at photomats might stash an extra print of the occasional nude that comes down the line. A heated argument ensued. It was great!
mjp
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New Mexico author and artist Hosho McCreesh - THIS IS NOT A TEST #39
An inebriated "interview" with author and artist Hosho McCreesh. Including discussion of telephones, Hot Pockets, the Guerilla Poetics Project, pre-established familiarity, Four Roses bourbon, apology and explanation, leaving your balls at Disneyland, buying fake purses in Juarez, all jobs are lousy, people who use typewriters are assholes, the shrinking world of the aging, binding books with Admiral Kurtz (a.k.a. Bill Roberts), writing running its course, being stuck on a tiny dust mote in a vast emptiness and lack of preparation.
http://thisisnotatest.com/new-mexico-author-artist-hosho-mccreesh-this-is-not-a-test-39
An inebriated "interview" with author and artist Hosho McCreesh. Including discussion of telephones, Hot Pockets, the Guerilla Poetics Project, pre-established familiarity, Four Roses bourbon, apology and explanation, leaving your balls at Disneyland, buying fake purses in Juarez, all jobs are lousy, people who use typewriters are assholes, the shrinking world of the aging, binding books with Admiral Kurtz (a.k.a. Bill Roberts), writing running its course, being stuck on a tiny dust mote in a vast emptiness and lack of preparation.
http://thisisnotatest.com/new-mexico-author-artist-hosho-mccreesh-this-is-not-a-test-39
bospress.net
www.bospress.net
the Horror....
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
we are standers... :DD
mjp
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The Guerilla Poetics Project - THIS IS NOT A TEST #40
An admittedly biased one-man oral history of the Guerilla Poetics Project, including tricky vampire doctors, sharks, unknown poets, databases, voting blind, Ginsu knives, explaining Netflix to a monkey, swag, pawn shops, mysterious collectives, going viral, human nature, ending strong, the extinction of retail book stores (maybe), vinyl LPs, The Beatles fan club and minor miracles.
http://thisisnotatest.com/the-guerilla-poetics-project-this-is-not-a-test-40
An admittedly biased one-man oral history of the Guerilla Poetics Project, including tricky vampire doctors, sharks, unknown poets, databases, voting blind, Ginsu knives, explaining Netflix to a monkey, swag, pawn shops, mysterious collectives, going viral, human nature, ending strong, the extinction of retail book stores (maybe), vinyl LPs, The Beatles fan club and minor miracles.
http://thisisnotatest.com/the-guerilla-poetics-project-this-is-not-a-test-40
mjp
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Teeth: who needs 'em - THIS IS NOT A TEST #41
An oral history of my Teeth. Yes, teeth! Just one of life's wonders and horrors that we all share. And you can't talk about teeth without talking about Thunderdome, science and technology, surviving on 2 liter bottles of Coke and bowls full of jellybeans, stumps and crowns, implants (dental, not breast), royal decree, things you think are crazy until you do them yourself, being hypnotized out of your money, my psychology in particular or anyone's psychology in general, being busy, going to Iceland, flying vs. the bus and the Grand Central Market downtown.
http://thisisnotatest.com/teeth-who-needs-em-this-is-not-a-test-41
An oral history of my Teeth. Yes, teeth! Just one of life's wonders and horrors that we all share. And you can't talk about teeth without talking about Thunderdome, science and technology, surviving on 2 liter bottles of Coke and bowls full of jellybeans, stumps and crowns, implants (dental, not breast), royal decree, things you think are crazy until you do them yourself, being hypnotized out of your money, my psychology in particular or anyone's psychology in general, being busy, going to Iceland, flying vs. the bus and the Grand Central Market downtown.
http://thisisnotatest.com/teeth-who-needs-em-this-is-not-a-test-41
mjp
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Rumors (not the Fleetwood Mac kind) - THIS IS NOT A TEST #42
Do you believe rumors? Of course you do. Where do they come from? Word has it we'll also talk about kinescopes, spinning plates, being an eternal optimist, seeing ghosts, your Facebook feed, P.T. Barnum, Internet arguing, the liberal media, briefly trying to be good Lutherans, Rastafarians, being a feminist, a dictator's stock in trade, pollen or tree droppings, faith, religions as rumors, salted fish, Mayor McCheese and coconut trees.
http://thisisnotatest.com/rumors-not-the-fleetwood-mac-kind-this-is-not-a-test-42
Do you believe rumors? Of course you do. Where do they come from? Word has it we'll also talk about kinescopes, spinning plates, being an eternal optimist, seeing ghosts, your Facebook feed, P.T. Barnum, Internet arguing, the liberal media, briefly trying to be good Lutherans, Rastafarians, being a feminist, a dictator's stock in trade, pollen or tree droppings, faith, religions as rumors, salted fish, Mayor McCheese and coconut trees.
http://thisisnotatest.com/rumors-not-the-fleetwood-mac-kind-this-is-not-a-test-42
mjp
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Would you like to come up and see my etchings? THIS IS NOT A TEST #43
On tap today: collecting things, completism, Catcher in the Rye, TV Guide magazine, bottle caps, cat-eye sunglasses, Circus, CREEM and Rock Scene magazines, box rattlers, sealing things in hard plastic, View-Master, King Tut, silver dollars, binding sniffers, Mantle rookie cards, Electro Harmonix pedals, The Wormwood Review, The Wailers, Elvis tie racks, being no-nonsense and domesticating wolves.
http://thisisnotatest.com/would-you-like-to-come-up-and-see-my-etchings-this-is-not-a-test-43
On tap today: collecting things, completism, Catcher in the Rye, TV Guide magazine, bottle caps, cat-eye sunglasses, Circus, CREEM and Rock Scene magazines, box rattlers, sealing things in hard plastic, View-Master, King Tut, silver dollars, binding sniffers, Mantle rookie cards, Electro Harmonix pedals, The Wormwood Review, The Wailers, Elvis tie racks, being no-nonsense and domesticating wolves.
http://thisisnotatest.com/would-you-like-to-come-up-and-see-my-etchings-this-is-not-a-test-43