hmm... as was said earlier, just for shits and giggles...

but why the fuck is it so bloody huge??? you would think at 11kb it would be rather tiny... at least it is on my compy...


this is my way of apologizing for not attending the twister fest tonight. I hope you guys accept my flower.

probably 10ish

so, uh, what time does twister typically get underway? given my perpetual eye twitch and falling asleep standing up while denuding oven-dried twigs today... I think I shall be curling up in the fetal position a little too early to join in on the fun... but I would love to participate some other time if you plan on returning to your weekly format.

doot doola doot doo aside (one of the weirdest, and bestest parts of CHART magazine throughout the late 90's), though I really do want to join in.


Yeah, Beck, I don't think I've been getting enough sleep... but all the same, I've been getting a rather consistent amount of sleep over the past couple weeks... maybe I just built up a large enough deficit now.

hmm... there's a cloud shaped like an anteater outside... what does that mean??? haha!

TWISTER TONIGHT

Hey.
Come and play Twister tonight for your chance to win the new Nardwuar DVD
If you come out you can also snag a copy of the new issue of VICE


and peep our website. we got some new tracks up on HIPSTERTWISTER.COM: LOVESTINK - GANGSTA BOOGIE if you you're diggin' Gnarls Barkley's Crazy you'll love this. Cee-Lo from Gnarls is on this

THE KOOKS - CRAZY (GNARLS BARKLEY COVER) like the Arctic Monkeys covering it
ARCTIC MONKEYS - WHO THE FUCK ARE ARCTIC MONKEYS? from their upcoming EP of the same name

PHARRELL - BIG WHITE SPACESHIP from Lil' Skateboard P's upcoming full lenght
CURTIS MAYFIELD - MOVE ON UP Sample source for Kanye's Touch the Sky - which was actually produced by JustBlaze, who's lightin' shit up this summer. Seriously, his track "Champ" for Ghostface's new album may be the best one on there
anyways check that out
and i hope to see you

My general objection to Hitler/Nazi comparisons notwithstanding, there are still concerns with the comparison. I will grant you that Ahmadinejad doesn't quite fit our idea of an acceptable leader of a foreign nation (translation: the guy is fucking insane, and thinks that he's simply fulfilling apocalyptic prophecy.)

First, though, the comparison is grossly inaccurate. It would be easier to compare Slobodan Milosevic (who oversaw actual genocide) to Hitler, or the Janjaweed in Darfur (who actually carry out, right now, genocide in the Darfur) to the Nazis, than to compare the leader of Iran to Hitler. If you want to claim that someone goes beyond merely being a threat to his neighbours and becomes a threat to humanity, there are far better candidates.

Worse, though, is the exaggeration (allegedly) being made at a planning level. In our society, Hitler is, pretty much, the personification of evil. He is, at least, one that we all agree on, across faiths and backgrounds. Casting Iran in that light -- evil that we must stop at all costs -- casts any conflict in a similar apocalyptic, desperate light. And overestimating the danger, particularly when such an overestimation brings us into the area of using nuclear weapons, is all the more hazardous.

The bottom line, I guess, is that the choice of comparison edges into the perilous. It puts the "let's nuke the bastards" option on to the table when, based on what we currently know, it has no business there.

The tragic thing is that the Nazi comparison may very well be deserved, just not for Iran. We ignore the greater crises of our world, the greater tragedies, because the US is stuck in the Middle East. Because of a judgement error made three years ago. Because of, as I recall, the overselling of the gravity of a threat.

Besides which, to paraphrase Jon Stewart, the Nazis worked really hard to be evil. Don't let's throw that mantle around without good cause.

While it's fairly easy to dislike the Bush administration, I'm not so sure that president Ahmadinejad is such a swell guy. When choosing historical figures to liken Irans president to... why is "Hitler" such a poor choice to make?

That being said, everybody's doin' it. Hell, in this one article... they quote Chavez likening Bush to Hitler, and mention Rumsfeld having likened Chavez to Hitler. Perhaps comparing someone/something to Hitler & co. is getting a little worn.

Anyways, on a completely unrelated note... the Soup Nazi opens up in Toronto.

Happy Belated B'day Beck

mmmm... juicy pussy.