GranolaBox

Knock Knock
Who’s There?
Biden.
Biden who?
Obama lin Biden, the terrorist responsible for 9-11.
I like it.
Let’s get it out there.
See if we can get that Baldwin… not the one that yelled at his kid…. the former Jesus freak… to get it out there on Fox
Something even little kids can remember
Could we get it [...]

Filed under: Politics on August 28th, 2008 | Add Comment! »

I was a latecomer to the Grateful Dead scene, and was by no means a serious Deadhead. I was into them in their final years, from 1987ish to 1995. During that time, when they were hot, they were smokin’, but there were a few shows I saw that never seemed to get off the [...]

Filed under: Music, Yesterdaze on August 24th, 2008 | Add Comment! »

Can you still be badass if you’re driving an old Honda Odyssey minivan with plates that say GEEKGRRL at 55 miles per hour on cruise control with the windows open wide blasting Abba?
Hell Yeah.
And to the guy on the Harley who looked at the licence plates, then me, then heard Dancing Queen…
Badass from Robert Coats [...]

Filed under: General Observations on August 21st, 2008 | Add Comment! »

I’ve always been fascinated by how much people look like ants when you watch them from above. I took this video at the Museum of Modern Art last May. This is the atrium from three stories up.
Untitled from Robert Coats on Vimeo.
This shot is from the hike the Queen of My Universe and [...]

Filed under: General Observations on August 19th, 2008 | Add Comment! »

I’m really having a hard time figuring out how and why, after this freakish summer of weather all over the country, some people are still in complete denial of climate change. One of the good things about the Finger Lakes, and our part of Western New York is that we haven’t gotten the deadly [...]

Filed under: General Observations on August 15th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

So far I’ve refused to fall into the trap of Olympic jingoism, but this time I think those godless communists have gone too far. This is just one human rights abuse too many.
It seems they found the cherubic voice they needed to sing their national anthem, but the angel’s face didn’t quite [...]

Filed under: Music, Politics on August 14th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

If you want a clear, concise, up-to-date explanation of why the American Empire is going to hell in a handbasket, follow this link to Nouriel Roubini’s article The Decline of the American Empire. Once you follow the link, you’ll have to register to read the article, but it’s free and it’s well worth it. [...]

Filed under: EWAKI, Politics on August 13th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

This whole thing going on in Georgia is being completely misfed to the press by the government. Most of what I’ve read from any mainstream American press goes along with Bush’s line of bullshit delivered a couple days ago. He said “Such an action is unacceptable in the 21st century.” Ummm, George, [...]

Filed under: Politics on August 13th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I used eat, sleep and breathe REM for a period of my life. Then after the Monster CD I kind of lost track of them. I like their hits, but nothing new really tripped my trigger until the “Reveal” cd came out. That reminded of the REM I used to know, love [...]

Filed under: Music, Yesterdaze on August 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I was just reading a Rollingstone.Com article about John Mellencamp’s new album, which I can’t wait to get, about the bleak times in America. I’ve gone back and forth about Mellencamp, but I think I’m going to like this CD.
Anyway, one of the comments was a rewrite of the classic Mellencamp song [...]

Filed under: EWAKI, Politics on August 10th, 2008 | Add Comment! »