Urban Honking

missive from teeny lucky bass player, in Japan: “ate a smoked egg — it-s a miracle — hardboiled egg and a veggie dogsmoked meat in one great taste…. my love to the kids and the blogosphere” (‘s tough to type on a non-English keyboard; punctuation intact, to exemplify the touring genius’ labors)

The Nation on Punkvoter, Project Democracy, and this year’s movement to register kids to vote at punk shows.

Give this woman the Pulitzer. This paragraph was of particular interest: “It is hard to measure the increasing acceptance of brutality in American life, but its evidence is everywhere, starting with the video games of killing that are a principal entertainment of boys — can the video game ”Interrogating the Terrorists” really be far behind? […]

My COLLEAGUE IN ADVENTURE calls RJD2 “commercial music”; last night, homeboy was selling manta rays and jellyfish, screening The Blue Planet behind his four-turntable/MPC feast. Fish schools beckoned with Latin American psych (the “Istanbul” song being the best). The sub-woofers sat waist high and I pressed my hips to them, rave-casualty style, in order to […]

I got up early this morning to take my dear boyfriend to the airport. Then I went for a jog. When I got back, I began thinking about some of the more embarrassing moments I have experienced in my young life, and I thought I would share them with you, my public, using my special […]

No, not the horrifically dysfunctional fakeality show. This blog. Curt Merrill, He of the Merrills Honking, has reformatted C’n’P by his own volition, but based on my nitpicky requests for brown, pink, and cowboyz and poodles. Thank you Curt for putting up with my vague demands. Is everyone liking it okay? Yay? Nay? You want […]

Jessica and I, flamethrowing the ivory tower/your office with our gut-mincing cerebral gymnastics. HEED THIS—we are ladies of the lake, we will samba on yr desks of walnut. And also, give us jobs.

Lizzy Mercier Descloux, in psychic sisterhood with a band that sang about Tony Randall. RIP, all around. And Gloria Anzaldua, too…

PDX vs. Seattle laptop battle redux, boycotted by many local veterans for its cutthroat techniques and lengthy nature, jumped off with lovely new acquaintance Eric Prado going, “Hey, you write Cowboyz ‘n’ Poodles, don’t you?” Dude, I got called out for my blog while judging a laptop battle. The implications are not beyond comprehension. I […]

from my boss: a Shakira poseable action figure. Language on the box: “Shakira (TM)… voice of a new generation Her music is energetic and powerful And has a unique Latin sound” questions: 1. Shakira has a TM?! 2. Is Matt Cibula’s haikunymous alter-ego moonlighting at Mattel?