Salon goes Right Wing

I was disappointed to discover that Salon.com, normally a favorite source of online news, headlined this article about an individual who was investigated for the production of child pornography.

Essentially, the author and another father took the kids camping. They took pictures of the kids skinny dipping, then got them developed. The store clerk reported the pictures. Instead of reacting with sincerity and cooperation, the author was defensive and uncooperative. His friend demanded to see the officer in charge of the investigation. He hired a lawyer. By his reaction, he made the process last longer than it normally does.

The author also obstructed justice. On the drive to the forensic interview with the authorities, he told the kids that the state wants to take them away from home. He admits this in the article.

All that said, the process worked. It worked more slowly than normal -- thanks to the author. But it still worked. There were no charges filed, and the state never even attempted to take the kids (when the children could be in danger, they take the kids right away -- so the state used appropriate restraint here). And now, the poor author (who has moved to France) complains about depression and tears. This guy has problems.

To make matters even worse, the author then cites an "expert witness" who makes a living testifying for child molesters and pornographers (I won't even repeat his name or website here). I would expect to see this individual cited in an article in the Weekly Standard, not Salon.com.

Overall, weak.

More Joe Feeney

I currently can't upload podcasts. So here's more Joe Feeney! [Video is down, but I'm keeping the post up for sake of completeness.]

Unheard Cure

It has been a long time since the last update. Here is a podcast with some lesser-known Cure songs. Enjoy. It will probably be a few more weeks before the next update.

Rush Limbaugh is Wasted

On today's Rush Limbaugh broadcast, El Rushbo admitted that he was wasted. The audio is here -- not edited at all (although perhaps only slightly out of context).

Tee Vee

Joe Feeney with a nice rendition of "Love, Here is my Heart" originally from 1964 on the Lawrence Welk show. Notice how Geritol sponsored the show even then? [Video is down but I'm keeping the post up for the sake of completeness.]

Hot New Music

Some hot new music for you -- all stuff released this year.

From a Child's Book

I have a fuzzy brown spot, can you touch it with your toes?

Last Post of Christian Nostalgia

At last, the last Christian podcast is here. The last song is also the last song I ever played over the airwaves during my radio days.

Cobra Kai

Cobra Kai. Strike First, Strike Hard, Show NO MERCY.

Canibus Concert

I attended a Canibus concert recently. I was pretty close to the front, as you can see. This is for real.

I LOVE Trader Joe's!

Here's another Unwilted completly unpaid advertisment. Trader Joe's. At first glance, a crappy little pseudo-grocery store. Upon more inspection, the best damn source for food and alcohol in the country. I've had four of their beers tonight, and I must say that they are top-knotch. Best hefeweitzen outside of Deutchland. I had some of their frozen pasta for dinner. I had some of their trail mix for a snack this afternoon. And I had some of their cereal for breakfast. Everything is top-quality and low-cost. In addition to the beer, wine, and frozen foods, there are many other favorites. The hummus, the vodka ("Vodka of the Gods"), the whole fruit jelly, the salads, the juices, the pita chips, the bread. On and on. If you live near a Trader Joe's and you don't know it, you are missing out.

Silence!

After about five months of listening to my computer sound like a blender or weed eater, I finally mustered up the balls to replace the video card fan -- the source of the problem. Damn near had to break the video card to get the crappy old fan off. But I was going to either replace the fan or break the card and buy a new one. The noise became that extreme.

The new fan is from Arctic Cooling. It is so huge that I had to take out the modem next to the video card, but I wasn't using that anyway (I have not used a modem in 6 years, and doing so would probably drive me to alcoholism).

As you might guess (because I'm able to write this), it all worked out. The difference is huge. Now I notice all sorts of noises that never even existed before.

Anyway, this is a huge quality of life increase. We use the computer for all our music and TV, in addition to the standard internet stuff, such as porn. Let the good times roll!

More Christian Music

As the below post indicates, I'm not exactly in a Christian music nostalgia trip sort of mood. But I pretty much had these particular songs lined up and ready to go. With the exception of one song (the second), these are more obscure than the previous Christian podcast. So here it is. A special prize to whomever can identify each of the artists.

Maybe I'm just not in a Christian mood because my icon for this blog (a picture of Jesus with guns and blood) has disappeared from the web. It was from some "Jesus Freaking" website. I kept meaning to save a copy for myself, but never did. Jesus left me.

I previously pointed out the irony that most of my Christian music was stolen. Also ironic are all the many unholy--even unnatural--acts perfomed with this holy music as a soundtrack. A lot of the Christian music sounds like pop music (most of it bad pop music). We just sort of ignored the lyrics. Or pretended that the "precious love" that they were singing about was of a more terrestrial sort. Some of the songs and artists -- Amy Grant, Margaret Becker, for example -- even sounded sexual when they sang to the Lord.

A suggestion to the local Christian radio station: take a black light through the studio. The carpet may need to be replaced before the next Shareathon.

Hot New Look

Unwilted has a hot new look. But what will I do when I'm not feeling goth?

Christian Nostalgia

Those of you old timers may enjoy this post, but the rest of you will be scratching your heads. In any case, I was driving home yesterday with the ipod on shuffle and a Keith Green song came up. Which set me down a road of nostalgia which continued when I got home. I dusted off some old Christian CDs (all of which were stolen -- an irony that brought me some pleasure at the time and even now). This is the first of what will probably be three Christian podcasts. Enjoy! And if there are requests for specific songs, I can try to do a fourth (assuming I have the songs).