Looking for a Christmas gift for that “hard-to-please” friend or loved one? Head on over to eBay and place a bid on this scary ass clown doll. Here’s some info: “I bought this Clown doll a few months ago. It looks like it was made in the 40’s or 50’s, This is a large clown, 30 in. tall. The shoulders are a foot wide. The hands and shoes are made out of some kind of felt. Someone has patched the shoes. The body
is firmly stuffed muslin. I believe the head is rubber, painted and in very good condition, no scuffing. The eyes are inset, I believe plastic. 
The hair I think is curly lambs wool, it is glued on. The clothes are great, the shirt buttons, even the sleeves, the pants are snapped and zippered, also has plastic suspenders and front and back pockets. The vest is lined. The only worn places are the bottom of the shoes, ( ISN’T THAT ODD ? ) they are faded, patched, and holes on the bottoms, otherwise it is in great condition. There are no marks and he can stand on his own. Very sturdy.
Ever since I had it, weird things started to happens. I started to hear small children whispering and giggling, and I also heard foot steps. I would leave it in one place and the next thing you know it is somewhere else. I thought it was my imagination. So I attentionaly left it in the corner of my living room to monitor it and a few days later, it moved about 3 feet away from where I had left it. I wanted to know more information about
the doll. Maybe it was cherished by a small child that passed away and somehow lives through it…”
November 22nd, 2002
010: 010: Joy Division Closer
009: Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
008: Tom Waits Rain Dogs
007: Pixies Surfer Rosa
006: The Smiths The Queen Is Dead
005: R.E.M. Murmur
004: Pixies Doolittle
003: Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique
002: Talking Heads Remain in Light
001: Sonic Youth Daydream Nation
See the rest of the Top 100…
November 21st, 2002
The coolest aspect of the punk/DIY scene of yesteryear was zines. Kinko’s was a holy place where a few bucks could crank out several pages of your teen-angst fueled scrawlings. I liked how there was often no obvious distribution points and you often just found zines in random places– like in the corner of a campus eatery or something. If you did know where to pick one up (record stores, skate shops, etc.) it would usually cost between 25 cents and $1.00. Now, of course, publishing to the web is fast, easy, and is undoubtedly recruiting would-be zine kids. Whether or not there is the same satisfaction clicking “Publish” on a web interface as there is clicking “Photocopy” on a giant Canon copier is highly debatable. Likewise, there is an enjoyment in holding and reading folded n’ stapled pieces of paper that can never be duplicated with electronic publishing. But back in the zine heyday, there were no mega bookstores (at least where I’m from) carrying every obscure magazine under the sun. It’s strange. Now you can go to a Barnes & Noble and find an outlet for every fringe opinion under the sun (think about all the magazines there–what ideas aren’t represented?). So while print zine culture is probably on its way out, availability of what were once hard-to-find publications, is now better than ever.
My favorite hometown zine was “Fun Zine,” created by my homeboy Jeff Mozer. Actually he did several zines–this was just one era. Fun Zine was skateboarding, pop punk, andgoofy cartoons. Fun Zine was basically kids sitting on the curb, or doing cheesy skateboard tricks, making the most of boring summer nights.
A shout out is also in order for “Gimme the Rock,” a Lexington zine that married indie rock and UK basketball.
Current discussion about zines in progress
over at MeFi…
November 21st, 2002
You may have caught the NPR segment this morning regarding paying bills electronically… At first I thought the deal was going to be that the dot-com bill payment companies would soon be shutting their doors. To the contrary, some companies are viewing check-based payment as a potential revenue source and encouraging customers to pay online to avoid fees. This came as a surprise to me. Not only have I seen no incentive from companies to pay electronically, it’s been a pain the ass to get many of my billers up and running on paymybills.com. I’m currently trying to get my T-Mobile account set up online, much to my frustration.
November 20th, 2002
Boston Globe writer, Robert Campbell, recently attended the International Architectural Biennale in Venice and was among 100,000 people that visited the 8-week long festival. He writes, “Maybe the reason is that Europeans more often live in cities and towns and less often in suburbs. In a town, architecture creates the world you live in. It shapes the streets and squares; it creates the monuments and special places. Architecture tells Europeans where they’ve come from in history. It may tell them where they’re headed in the future, as in the ”green” movement in the architecture of Germany.”
November 20th, 2002
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