The Fruition of G.B.'s Lament (as promised)
Before I begin to go on and on about nothing:
My denim jacket is rotting in hell
I also fell in the wishing well
(Bass: De Do Do Do Du)
Get the bike out of the store
Johnny, I got no tiles for your floor
(Bass again)
Chorus:
Here I am, take my hand and sent it
My dad likes to work, please don't vent air (Fortification 1 2 3 4 5)
(Bass)
Trust in me on the bike
I have my hands on the bike
(Bass)
Pennies on the dollar, pennies on the dollar
We don't earn much just pennies on the dollar
Chorus
(This followed by the final verse which was given a couple of posts ago)
I can't translate or guarantee any of the notation given, but it's been copied as written in a fine red notebook. I did edit the spelling a bit though, as that was never the writer's strong point. He sure knew how to abuse high school English teachers though as the following page indicates with take on Romeo and Juliet:
Balthasar: Hey, they got a Whitesnake CD for $4.99 up there.
Benvolio: Nolan, whe thinks your worthless at this point anyway.
Juliet: He would probably have some sort of weird fluid coming out of his eye.
Romeo: I don't know, my dad used to live down in Wahpeton for awhile.
Mercutio: Hey, that's my fucking arm you're petting.
It's not a very smooth script, obviously a rough draft. If my memory serves me correctly the refinement of this project earned him high honors. There also appears to be a badly stained piece of loose notepad paper here that has some interesting notes, but the stain is a detriment to this interest. I will post more at the discretion of the templars.
Off the subject of red notebooks, the following information should be posted under a different title, but I have not the strength for that. And this information may twist your nipple a bit, depending the individual reader's relationship with the American Medical Association. Recently, due to the large amounts of mystery and intellectual interest surrounding spring break behavior, the AMA was forced to conduct a study of its own. What did they find? Specifically (and scientifically), spring break girls (gone wild) can expect "more sex, more drinking, and more sloppy and promiscuous behavior." Shit, really? It's about time I can rely on a real study to point out these important items rather than relying on Girls Gone Wild as my main source of information. And to think, I thought that was just a few bad apples engaging in lesbian action all to be viewed for the low, low price of $9.99. Not so my friends. As it turns out, if you just travel a bit during the month of March, you can view or even create, some debauchery of your own.
Similarily speaking of obvious news of bad apples, has anybody heard of that Duke Cunningham fella? He was the recent bad apple of the republican party. Admitting to corruption on a grand scale, he'll should now serve some prison time. He apparently received around 50 grand (from defense contractors) for every $1 million in defense contracts he secured. Pretty good business I say. He also sold kitty cats on the side to boost his personal image. Later he burned up 3 unsold kitties, which proved his satanic tendencies. As was mentioned, he was labeled a "bad apple" just like thousands before him. "We've got a corrupt government!" Let's all shout this now, just like hundreds of thousands, probably millions before us. Then let's take a time out to look at some history books. "We've always had a corrupt government!" Now let's chant this, and then let the inevitable feeling of hopelessness slowly set in. That's right it doesn't matter if this guy goes to prison, dies due to a catastrophic rock slide, or weasels his way out, the corruption will continue. Just as drug pushers' methods are ever-evolving, so are those of white collar criminals. The only difference is that more money is involved, and everyone pays the price for the latter group of scum, and nobody puts out propaganda to fight the "war on corruption." On the bright side, it's great political fodder if you're trying to get elected. And again, we refer to the past, and see that really that's the only thing it's good for, and that there's really little consequence. We'll see this theory in action when the Enron case drudges through the courts over the next 10 years. They were labeled bad apples too. We should return to organic farming i think, the strong pesticides are a cancer to us all.
My denim jacket is rotting in hell
I also fell in the wishing well
(Bass: De Do Do Do Du)
Get the bike out of the store
Johnny, I got no tiles for your floor
(Bass again)
Chorus:
Here I am, take my hand and sent it
My dad likes to work, please don't vent air (Fortification 1 2 3 4 5)
(Bass)
Trust in me on the bike
I have my hands on the bike
(Bass)
Pennies on the dollar, pennies on the dollar
We don't earn much just pennies on the dollar
Chorus
(This followed by the final verse which was given a couple of posts ago)
I can't translate or guarantee any of the notation given, but it's been copied as written in a fine red notebook. I did edit the spelling a bit though, as that was never the writer's strong point. He sure knew how to abuse high school English teachers though as the following page indicates with take on Romeo and Juliet:
Balthasar: Hey, they got a Whitesnake CD for $4.99 up there.
Benvolio: Nolan, whe thinks your worthless at this point anyway.
Juliet: He would probably have some sort of weird fluid coming out of his eye.
Romeo: I don't know, my dad used to live down in Wahpeton for awhile.
Mercutio: Hey, that's my fucking arm you're petting.
It's not a very smooth script, obviously a rough draft. If my memory serves me correctly the refinement of this project earned him high honors. There also appears to be a badly stained piece of loose notepad paper here that has some interesting notes, but the stain is a detriment to this interest. I will post more at the discretion of the templars.
Off the subject of red notebooks, the following information should be posted under a different title, but I have not the strength for that. And this information may twist your nipple a bit, depending the individual reader's relationship with the American Medical Association. Recently, due to the large amounts of mystery and intellectual interest surrounding spring break behavior, the AMA was forced to conduct a study of its own. What did they find? Specifically (and scientifically), spring break girls (gone wild) can expect "more sex, more drinking, and more sloppy and promiscuous behavior." Shit, really? It's about time I can rely on a real study to point out these important items rather than relying on Girls Gone Wild as my main source of information. And to think, I thought that was just a few bad apples engaging in lesbian action all to be viewed for the low, low price of $9.99. Not so my friends. As it turns out, if you just travel a bit during the month of March, you can view or even create, some debauchery of your own.
Similarily speaking of obvious news of bad apples, has anybody heard of that Duke Cunningham fella? He was the recent bad apple of the republican party. Admitting to corruption on a grand scale, he'll should now serve some prison time. He apparently received around 50 grand (from defense contractors) for every $1 million in defense contracts he secured. Pretty good business I say. He also sold kitty cats on the side to boost his personal image. Later he burned up 3 unsold kitties, which proved his satanic tendencies. As was mentioned, he was labeled a "bad apple" just like thousands before him. "We've got a corrupt government!" Let's all shout this now, just like hundreds of thousands, probably millions before us. Then let's take a time out to look at some history books. "We've always had a corrupt government!" Now let's chant this, and then let the inevitable feeling of hopelessness slowly set in. That's right it doesn't matter if this guy goes to prison, dies due to a catastrophic rock slide, or weasels his way out, the corruption will continue. Just as drug pushers' methods are ever-evolving, so are those of white collar criminals. The only difference is that more money is involved, and everyone pays the price for the latter group of scum, and nobody puts out propaganda to fight the "war on corruption." On the bright side, it's great political fodder if you're trying to get elected. And again, we refer to the past, and see that really that's the only thing it's good for, and that there's really little consequence. We'll see this theory in action when the Enron case drudges through the courts over the next 10 years. They were labeled bad apples too. We should return to organic farming i think, the strong pesticides are a cancer to us all.
posted by fiestawizard at 10:09 AM
2 Comments:
what is "du" vs. "do"?
you were correct to post only the final verse before, as that IS the highlight, clearly. but... overall, mind-blowing, as usual. i continue to lament the fact that the author of these verses and lines and whatnot is, in fact, a happy wanderer. to say the least. i always thought that the world could have used a dose of his comic (non)sensibilities, but we'll just have to wait... probably decades... until some "genius" with enough ambition to "make it" or "be in the right place at the right time" comes along and we're all left saying that our friend was indeed "ahead of his time," which we already knew. just watch anything on "adult swim," basically, for a small taste of this small truth.
i would like to simultaneously defend and impeach the AMA, because the thing you have to realize is that the research published in the Journal (JAMA) is just what those editors choose to publish (usually thought to be of general medical interest); the AMA doesn't sponsor or engage in research itself.
what is does engage in would be akin to unionism, if they weren't mostly republicans. overall, the aim of the AMA (whose members comprise a mere 30% of all licensced physicians in the U.S.) is to further the aims of corporate "organized" medicine. Which is, to lobby actively AGAINST universal and/or single-payer health care in the U.S. (as that will bring salaries down for some, such as interventional cardiologists, and up for others, like family practitioners).
interestingly, one of the best objective studies of such a hypothetical system was published *in* JAMA fairly recently (coming out in favor of single-payer, calculating exactly how much it would cost and how to fund it and how much it would quickly SAVE). But the "fat cats" refuse to budge. Some people say that those of us who disagree with the AMA should in fact join it in order to change it, which is slowly happening, I believe. On the other hand, I am not a member currently.
later on in the post, i became lost for 17 hours in your maze of apple metaphors, but emerged victorious, an bullet through my cat's skull unfortunately, as i got confused and played william-s-burroughs- as-william-tell for the first and hopefully last time.
but i agree with you, just as i agreed with townshend when he wrote, "meet the new boss, same as the old boss." which is not quite what you were getting at, but cliches help me to comprehend difficult concepts.
finally, i have had various concepts for posts over the last days, but have been lazy. topics of choice are: gordon parks vs. kirby puckett death trip; self-pity; "the lifehouse method"; concert tickets; final fantasy IV for GBA; your dog.
see? now it took me so long to post this that i'm just plain done.
Sorry for the belated commentary- I've had it in mind for several days... the good news is that I've found that in order to fire up my readers, I simply write something that hits home: the AMA in your case. Or maybe that was far away from home for you in a comforting way. In any case, the ploy was a success in that it brought about some really good information that I've stored away for later. Thanks pal. There's more to say, but I'm just too damn anxious for my new posting topic to take form...
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