Never been one to let the carrier drop

You all knew it. 😉

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And funny they be, too.

For Halloween me and P. went to Freak Night – mostly because PvD was playing and P. was really dissapointed about seeing his earlier show, but also because I had read good things in netland about Freak Night.

It was okay.

It wasn’t a rave, and it wasn’t a mainstream concert – it was somewhere in the middle – with tinges of ‘Techno Mosh Pit’ which I could have done without.

I’m really glad I was sober, though. I would NOT have enjoyed being altered for that.. everyone was too pushy and I had a very hard time finding the vibe amongst the .. well, whatever they were. And I kept feeling like I was on some kind of twilight zone drug just because of all the costumes and lighting and contact buzz from other people who were obviously tripping out of their gourd. But none of the warm, happy, loved feeling that I usually get at parties.

One guy came up to me and said ‘third time rolling, third time raving’. I didn’t know how to explain to him that he wasn’t at a rave.. 😉 Hope he had fun.

At least no one accused me of dancing like I was gay or threw water bottles or physically intimidated me.. 😉 [Referring to one really bad night at Club Fusion]. Actually, everyone was pretty cool, all in all. Except that the place was packed to the nines and somehow the attendees were less gentle than ravers usually are.

My one other beef is that someone seems to have decided if they couldn’t have good sound, they would make up for it in volume. I have *never* found myself wearing earplugs at any kind of show before, and I’ve been to many, many concerts.. but I ended up tearing up a old train ticket and rolling it up into earplugs because I couldn’t take the volume. I’m still noting a distinct lack of frequency response in my left ear. And yet, the sound sucked. That’s the unbeleivable part. 50 kilowatts and it still sounded like the crossovers were set by a drunk monkey. Of course, it was somewhat hard to tell because the sound pressure levels were high enough to make my _ears_ distort.

USC: memo: next time, less watts, more quality. And try spreading the speakers out a little instead of making two monster stacks out of them. Bass bins in the back as well as the front would be appriciated. Maybe even suspend a few from the ceiling to try and keep the stereo image as you wander back? Thank you.

PvD had a really good set though.. a few old familiars and a few new things, and he kept flipping back and forth between trance and jungle which was quite odd but rather tasty in a way..

There were a lot of totally excellent costumes, however. That was probably the best part, for me. Between the twenty foot clown on rollerblades, Little Bo Peep complete with sheep, the human cow (man, he must have been hot.. cow suit, face paint, and a uniquely placed udder.. ;-)), the Klondike Bar (Yes, really), the giant pug dog, many butterflies, and too many others to list or mention.. it was a great night for checking out the costumage.

speaking of costumes, my hair is still blue.. I’m about to wash it, though – which is good, because having blue hair makes me feel like a anime charicter.

Though purple hair might suit me.. 😉

Hope you all had good Halloweens.

New clips from me + ron’s jam session last night, cut up and sans all the talking and whatnot:

http://www.sheer.us/stuff/RonJam-10.22.03-three.mp3
http://www.sheer.us/stuff/RonJam-10.22.03-one.mp3
http://www.sheer.us/stuff/RonJam-10.22.03-two.mp3>http://www.sheer.us/stuff/RonJam-10.22.03-two.mp3

And, from a recent jam session with Mike:

http://www.sheer.us/stuff/JamItOn.mp3
http://www.sheer.us/stuff/SweetHomeSomewhere.mp3

And, from a long ago meeting of Howling Moon (the band I was in with MIke for a while):

http://www.sheer.us/stuff/southern_cross_howling_moon.mp3

You know, it’s amazing how many of my audio clips I originally hated that six months or a year later I decide I really like.. I wonder if it’s just repetition, or if something else is going on there.

By the way, if anyone likes the clips of me + ron, tell your friends! We need fans. 😉 [Maybe we should start a mailing list or something..]

By a regular plain old citizen of the United States Of America
A Proclamation

Bush can have debilitating effects on communities (especially those who happen to be standing in the way of him getting more oil), marriages (especially between gay people), families (I may never forgive my mother for voting for him) and children. (Like my friend Jen, who recently found her child approaching a police officer and asking him to do something about “the bad man in the white house”). During Protection From President Bush Week, we commit to take steps to confront the dangers of Bush.

The effects of President Bush are perticularly pernicious with respect to children. There are very few things more scary than growing up in a world where wars are started based on things that are broadly known to be lies – especially to children who may not understand that these things *are* lies, and may honestly believe that Saddam has weapons of mass destruction and is planning on using them at home – or, once discovering that they are lies, may be very disillusioned to discover that the President of the United States is a man who will lie and have innocent people killed for personal profit or revenge.

We have commited significant resources to making sure that Bush will not be elected for the first time in November. We are vigorously prosletyzing and severely critizing the actions of those who would harm our children. Last year, MoveOn.Org launched a series of initiatives intended to help educate the populance as to the frauds perpitrated by Bush.

Last year, I wrote messages on my web site apologizing to Iraq and other countries. I encourage all Americans to author web content that is in the interest of promoting peace, love, and respect, and to start dialogues which may lead us to a greater understanding of each other. Working togeather with our fellow Americans, we are making progress in protecting our children from war, hate, and disrespect.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JONATHAN W (“Sheer”) PULLEN, Ordinary citizen of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the First Ammendment Of The Constitution and laws of the United States which permit me to say any darn thing I please, do hereby proclaim October 31 through November 6, 2003, as Protection From President Bush Week. I call upon public officials, law enforcement officers, parents, and all the people of the United States to observe this week with appropriate programs and activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of October, in the year of somebody’s Lord two thousand three, and of the Independence of the United States the two hundred and twenty-eight.

Jonathan W. “Sheer” Pullen

[See this for what this article is parodying.. although I am being somewhat serious. We *need* protected from this guy.]

http://sheerpanic.friendtest.com/ – how well do you really know me? It’ll be interesting to see if anyone manages to get 100%.. I’m betting either or could.. 😉

Well.. It’s been brought to my attention that the web site mentioned two posts back is actually run by some very left-wing people. So I amend my statement: There are some right AND left wing whack jobs.. 😉

Of course, given that I would like to stop corperations from poisening groundwater and enslaving people in third world nations and whatnot, am I guilty of attempting to apply my morals to other people? It is a bit of a problem.. it turns into one of those ‘it’s okay when I do it, but not when you do it’ sort of things. I haven’t really come up wityh a good solution for this, although I don’t think it’s unreasonable to want to live in a world where people aren’t starting wars for ficticious reasons and/or to make large profits.

Anyway, I don’t care whether you vote democrat or republican, porn is not the biggest problem facing us. Gay marriage isn’t a problem at all – except that gays can’t get married yet. I hope that one day soon humanity will be able to come to terms with the fact that some people are gay and some are straight, and that’s just kind of the way the world works.

But until that happy day.. sorry that I just assumed by the content found within a article that it was coming from the religious right..

My opinions still stand – left or right. [Just like if I had had to choose between McCain and Gore, I would have voted for McCain.. McCain and Kucinich, though, I’d have to go with Dennis. McCain and Dean – well, I’m really not sure. I’d have to hear them debate. But it’s a non-issue, since McCain will never be on the presidential ticket.. he’s simply too decent and honest to be a president of the U.S. – of course, you could also say the same thing about Kucinich.

Bleh. Enough politics. Back to parking meters.

[I’m listening to one of the new Ron jam things right now.. and really digging it.. ]

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Use babelfish. 😉

S.