Reverend Horton Heat, Supersuckers, Murphy’s Law. The Bottleneck. Lawrence, Kansass. The show was good, but the real news is the city’s no-smoking law. It was surreal to be in the Bottleneck and not see clouds of nicotine billowing across the stage. It also appears that the Bettie Page clones in Kansas gotten much, um, heftier than their counterparts here in KC. And, memo to dirty hippies: a show with punks and rockabilly types might not be the best fit for you.
Even though the KC metro is up to 2 almost million people, many of them still have an inferiority complex about the city being a “cowtown.” While I generally don’t buy into that crap, I recently saw something that definitely gave me pause - a John Deere tractor pulling a big piece of farm machinery down US 169 Hwy.
This was just north of Downtown in the Briarcliff West area, one of the poshest of the city’s newest suburban areas and only 3-4 blocks from Mayor Kay’s new McMansion. It’s a snooty part of the city that aspires to be “the new Johnson County,” but inside the city limits.
The weird part is that I never saw this kinda thing back in my podunk hometown. Farmers never drive their tractors down I-70, yet this farmer was on one of the main highways to/from the downtown of Missouri’s largest city. It totally reminded me of Big & Rich’s “Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy” video where they are parading across the bridge into the city.
This is what America has come to - using our vast industrial powers to produce a cup holder for french fry cartons.
A megalomanic software billionare infects a small town with nano-robots than run amuck.
My dog has 7 nipples, instead of four pairs. Bizarre. I should have named her Chandler.
Wow, what a weekend. Thursday-Friday was quite a 24 hour roller coaster. A broken heart, a beautiful new niece, and a home invasion. For those keeping score, it’s Life - 2, Dangerboy - 1.
I came home from visiting the new baby in the hospital to find that the Danger Ranch had been pillaged by invading asshats. My first thought was “aw shit, I just bought the TiVo. My Precious!” Except for a ransacked house, the only casualty was a card holder with some credit cards, Social Security card, fishing license, etc. Fortunately none of the credit cards were used before I could cancel them. Now, in addition to the usual Monday morning panty untwisting at work, I have to start wading into the bureaucracy of getting a new SS card and getting my credit report flagged for identity theft.
Dangerblog might be on hiatus for some re-fortifying and hatch-battening back at the ranch, so here is a musical interlude: Hadacol’s Poorer Than Dead.
Lilly Kay Malizzi. She arrived sometime early this morning. More details and pictures later today.
The new Battlestar Galactica series on SciFi now has a producer’s commentary available via podcast. Grab each episode’s podcast and listen along while watching it on TV. No need to wait for the DVD. How’s that for synergy? Or convergence, or any buzzword of your choice…
I know at least a couple of y’all here are MSA alums, so this might be of interest to you… The last few years the Academy has had to fight an annual battle for funding in a pretty bleak state budget situation. This year is no different. At the moment, the House budget committee is recommending zero money for the 2006 Scholars Academy and Fine Arts Academy. If you are so inclined, now would be an important time to once again write to your reps in Jeff City and express your opinions. Also keep an eye on moscholars.org for more updates.
A very cool QuickTime VR panorama of people mourning the pope in St. Peter’s Square. It’s almost like being there in the middle of the crowd.
