Get erect. The incredibly nasty, dirty, skanky, whorish Gravy Train are touring. Nationwide even. Stop what you’re doing NOW and go to here to download “Sippin’ 40z”, then join me…
John C. Hughes
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Liz Phair is 37. I am 36. From 1986 to around 1988, Liz Phair and I lived a mere 10 miles away from each other (she at Oberlin College, me…
John C. Hughes
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After 22 months of biting my lip as the President of the company I work for screamed (at me…at his receptionist…at the guy who stocks the vending machines), today was…
John C. Hughes
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1. The internet 2. Alternative music becoming mainstream 3. (The London) Suede 4. Bowie going industrial 5. That cool Prodigy band with the “cat song” he liked so much going…
Jeff Giles
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Today we look at Kerry’s AIDS position paper, and as usual, our candidate talks a great game. In a sense, one could almost argue that these guys shouldn’t even have…
John C. Hughes
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I had to run some errands on this lovely partly cloudy day: “¢ I stopped first at Fingerprints Records to pick up the new Lloyd Cole CD (“Music In a…
John C. Hughes
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If anyone knows this incredibly hot guy in the green shorts that was at “Lapride” this past weekend, please propose to him for me. He’s obviously into bald whities, so…
John C. Hughes
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Lollipop Thrower Hits David Bowie in Eye OSLO, Norway (AP) – Halfway through his third song at a Norwegian music festival, an object came flying out of the crowd and…
John C. Hughes
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Today, I paid off the last remaining balance of a Visa I’ve had since I was 20 years old and living in Cleveland. It’s done. Over and out. $0.00. I…
John C. Hughes
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Beautiful synchronicity led me to the International Channel where I saw a quickie documentary on artist Takayuki Mitsushima. Mitsushima creates his work using nothing but colored sticky tape on white…
John C. Hughes
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In the winter of 1990, I found myself in Tongduchon, Korea, a smallish military town about 15 miles south of the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, the long stretch of no-man”™s…
John C. Hughes
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Don’t pay her a promised Toyota. Everything about this story is hilarious, from her expression, to the prize, to the fact that she expected honor among Hooters.
John C. Hughes
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A recap for those just joining us. At this point, we had been at the party for about an hour and it was a nice, mellow affair, with about 20…
John C. Hughes
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I have created the perfect rock star…one part power pop, one part classic rock and one part alterna-angst. We shall call her: Alanis Van Morrissey First single? “You Oughta Know…
John C. Hughes
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Via papito1: I hate memes. Honest. But cheggidout: J Jolly O Overwhelming H Honorable N Nerdy ? H Hairy . Name / Username: Name Acronym Generator From…
John C. Hughes
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Let’s look at tragically hip emo kids and street trash, shall we? I have a soft spot for gutter glamour. Slumming? Pining for youth lost? You be the judge.
John C. Hughes
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“¢ Peter Schilling – “The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime)” “¢ Boxcar – “Freemason” “¢ Boxcar – “Gas Stop (Who Do You Think You Are?)” “¢ Boxcar –…
John C. Hughes
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It was when I saw the combination stand-up shower/pistol shooting range located underground adjacent to the huge swimming pool that I had to stop and remind myself of how I…
John C. Hughes
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Looking at the clock, I see that it”™s just about to turn 2 o”™clock in the morning. My stomach knots up even more than it has been, the churning and…
John C. Hughes
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“I’m a true fairy,” Jobriath exclaimed, putting any debate over his true sexuality to rest, becoming rock music’s first openly gay superstar. It’s just that the superstar part never happened,…
John C. Hughes
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iChat fun: XXX: lapride’s having the motels performing..if u care for them BowiezGod: what’s lapride? BowiezGod: i like the name! XXX: we ho BowiezGod: it’s called Lapride? BowiezGod: as in…
John C. Hughes
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1. Find hot woman willing to be groped. 2. Grope said woman. 3. Have digital photo of said groping of said woman taken. 4. “Leak” said digital photo of said…
Jeff Giles
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I’ve been trying to get these out once a week, but this one took awhile, because Kerry’s “Helping Farmers and Rural Communities” position paper name-drops a lot of bills, and…
Jeff Giles
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I ended my last look at Kerry’s position papers by saying next time we’d examine his five-point plan for mad cow disease. I bet you thought I was kidding. But…
Jeff Giles
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We had no support, no training whatsoever, and I kept asking my chain of command for certain things, rules and regulations, and it just wasn’t happening. — Staff Sgt. Chip…
Jeff Giles
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“This is groundbreaking legislation that enhances the federal government’s commitment to our nation’s public education system, dramatically reconfigures the federal role in public education, and embraces many of the principles…
Jeff Giles
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So, as I may have mentioned before, I picked up a copy of Richard Clarke’s Against All Enemies a couple of weeks ago. I did this out of annoyance, mainly–it…
Jeff Giles
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To paraphrase Yogi Berra, if Sam Walton were alive today, he’d be spinning in his grave. He tried to instill a small-town retailing ethic in his company. Snake eyes on…