tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post8361045341852676017..comments2023-11-22T03:32:31.513-05:00Comments on Mostly Harmless: Signs o' the GNF (2)The Constructivisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242149985581771922noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-14328152016676294032007-03-07T04:27:00.000-05:002007-03-07T04:27:00.000-05:00You know, I have better things to do with my time ...You know, I have better things to do with my time than delete postmodern real estate spam: "for all realtors and signs of any nature," indeed!The Constructivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242149985581771922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-60197024643782559602007-03-05T09:52:00.000-05:002007-03-05T09:52:00.000-05:00You know, I was going to delete the last post as c...You know, I was going to delete the last post as comment spam, but now that I think of it, no, never mind, it wasn't life insurance spam, after all. Deleted!The Constructivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242149985581771922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-26283196611877189332007-02-26T02:14:00.000-05:002007-02-26T02:14:00.000-05:00LA Brain Train joins in the fun!<A HREF="http://www.labrainterrain.com/2007/02/06/blogocalypse.html" REL="nofollow">LA Brain Train</A> joins in the fun!The Constructivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242149985581771922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-46051109981604034692007-02-02T03:33:00.000-05:002007-02-02T03:33:00.000-05:00OK, finally got through a lot of the links. Quite ...OK, finally got through a lot of the links. Quite interesting.<br /><br />I was glad to see the course includes <i>Earth Abides</i> by George R. Stewart. For the most part it is one of the most "gentle" apocalyptic renderings around. (The main character is conveniently out-of-the-way for the horrific die off.)<br />My favorite passage from it puts things in perspective:<br /><br /><i>The Great Disaster! Ish had not thought of those words for a long time. Now they seemed to have lost meaning. Those people who had died then would now be dead anyway, from mere passage of time. Now it seemed to make little difference whther they had all died in one year, or slowly over many years. And as for the loss of civilization - about that too he had long doubted.</i><br /><br /><br />And here are several more songs for the Blogocalypse:<br /><br /><i>WWIII</i> from "Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band" (and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_Boy_Slim">Root Boy</a> was apparently a frat brother of George W's at Yale.) Wish I had the lyrics - a few snippets I recall:<br /><br /><i>lookin' for a place to plug in my TV<br />When I finally realized it was World War III<br />...<br />Where the hell was Jesus when we need him now?<br />He was down in Mississippi, buying a mule and a plow</i><br /><br />Although not expressly apocalyptic, John Cale's <i>Mercenaries (Ready For War)</i> does evoke the sentiment, and has the arresting intro:<br /><br /><i>Mercenaries, abuseless, disunited, unfaithful<br />They have never enough to keep them in a battle<br />Other than a meager wage<br />Which is just about enough to make them wanna kill for you<br />But not enough to make them wanna die for ya</i><br /><br />Finally, though certainly not from source with my politics, here are some <a href="http://www.theothersideofkim.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/11409/">SHTF/EOTWAWKI tunes</a> (Shit hits the fan/End of the world as we know it.)JP Stormcrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05030144309080576736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-16186044894992253172007-01-29T12:48:00.000-05:002007-01-29T12:48:00.000-05:00TC,
Sometime sonn (I hope) I will get a chance to...TC,<br /><br />Sometime sonn (I hope) I will get a chance to go through the links above. There certainly is something in the seeming appeal of the apocalyptic recently, it seems to bespreading like a fast fiery thing.JP Stormcrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05030144309080576736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-33510356729177221952007-01-29T07:11:00.000-05:002007-01-29T07:11:00.000-05:00I'm putting Josef K's sequel that JPS mentions abo...I'm putting Josef K's sequel that JPS mentions above in the body and then letting this thing go!The Constructivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242149985581771922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-84176757083205915952007-01-29T06:49:00.000-05:002007-01-29T06:49:00.000-05:00JPS, thanks, but Josef K cross-posted that Valve p...JPS, thanks, but Josef K cross-posted that Valve piece from his blog, of the Woody Allen title, which was in the original version of this post, unlike Adam Kotsko's (and others') Weblog link, which I added after I double dared him and his commenters to <a href="http://www.adamkotsko.com/weblog/2007/01/prolegomena-to-any-future-meta.html">put their in-jokes up against ours</a>. Just to set the record straight on my lax update notification practice here!The Constructivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242149985581771922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-3567970655106708012007-01-29T05:51:00.000-05:002007-01-29T05:51:00.000-05:00And for some more good apocalyptic stuff, head ove...And for some more good apocalyptic stuff, head over to <a href="http://www.thevalve.org/">the Valve</a> for Joseph Kugelmas' two-parter on <i>The Poem And The Apocalypse.</i>JP Stormcrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05030144309080576736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-53887645985543461632007-01-28T14:53:00.000-05:002007-01-28T14:53:00.000-05:00Unfortunately, I'm way too busy to explore all tho...Unfortunately, I'm way too busy to explore all those obviously very cool links just now. Bummer.<br /><br />New job starts tomorrow, tons to do today. Well wishes and encouragement most welcome.Oaktown Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811331454878606058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198629951037494295.post-39743586008739788032007-01-28T11:42:00.000-05:002007-01-28T11:42:00.000-05:00the most predictable top 10 Songs of the Apocalyps...<i>the most predictable top 10 Songs of the Apocalypse imaginable.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.atomicplatters.com/periodic_table_100.php">Here is a great list</a> from <a href="http://www.conelrad.com/index.php">Conelrad: All things atomic</a>, a website of great general interest to the WAAGNFNP.<br />Includes <i>Jesus is God's Atomic Bomb</i> among other classics.<br /><br />And two more "predictable" ones:<br />Timbuk3's<br /><i>The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear ShadesI</i><br /><br />and Gloria Gaynor's defiantly politically incorrect anthem <i>I Will Survive</i>.JP Stormcrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05030144309080576736noreply@blogger.com