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steve gassen

March 13, 2009

I think its hard to explain or understand the number of changes we are going through. There are super stimulating people, ideas, music and even huge changes in mainstream sensibilities. Changes we have never imagined could have come. Ive been thinking about movies and generations. The parents of people now in their 40s, 50s, were transformed by ... Read Moreradio and TV and movies. For the first time, instead of local heroes or gods, people had movie stars. Things like style and morals in movies transformed Americans into dreamers, actors in their real lives. This happened at the same time as the post WW2 culture and economy. There was a second generation of media worshipers and they had a good time, comfy in their image, simple choices as far as work or getting rich with family money. It could be said that this was a kind of peak. Then, these parents of us 40, 50 year olds were the first to live in the decline and to become painfully disillusioned. We are proof that the dream was a bad one

KIM L TURNER

March 9, 2009

DO YOU REALLY GET FREE SONGS OR IS IT JUST SOMETHING THEY 'RE SAYING?

greetingsfrompoland

March 5, 2009

Hello to all ! Greetings From Poland. very Good Page !

Telmo

February 20, 2009

Started to listen to your songs in the mid 90's, a friend brought a couple of cds from the U.S. I was looking for some of your songs to show others and fell upon your site. Nice going on the possibility to download your cds, and it makes sense, since unlike most cds, your's are about culture, awareness and the rights of people, not cash.
Thanks for all of that.

February 17, 2009

you know why cam! because music is THAT powerful! STILL. whether playing at your high school dance,bfore 100,000 people, or on the porch. not even 100 years of cheese industry can stop it!

Cameron Edwards

February 16, 2009

Adam: I'm hanging on your every "word" and wonder if there is any miracle in music. Why do you continue?

chris85

February 15, 2009

Hello all from France. I've been listening to alot of PMM, and would like to try to work with Praxis Bold as Love in my class (if that's OK)
Does anyone have the exact lyrics tho? I think I have got most of it.
Thanks

JVonD

February 6, 2009

Dudes! WTF! Does Consolidated (The Band) have a myspace page? I tried to find the group on there but theirs a bunch of want-to-be's.
I'm having trouble trying to figure out what this site is all about and where your going. I've linked you guys from my WWW.JVOND.COM site for years now and notice that not much is going on here.. Good luck!

Ben Paradox

January 22, 2009

As an Australian born in the UK I've been a fan of Consolidated and Meat Beat for well over a decade. Currently I am getting into late 70s British post-punk which has a strong political aspect and I am seriously wondering when politics will come back as a major force in the independent music scene. Perhaps the global financial meltdown will bring back the importance of politics and human rights. I don't think we have felt the full impact of it yet. A 16 year old youth with a knife was shot dead by police in Melbourne a month or so ago. There was no public outcry. I find that very sick. Around the same time there were ongoing riots in Greece over a police killing of a child. I blame Australia's prosterity for the apathy over this unacceptable killing. The tabloid media tried to link him to nazi elments but I honestly believe that this is irrelevant and his death should have been widely condemned by the public.

Mike

January 5, 2009

A great resource - many thanks!

Jeff H

November 19, 2008

I just got home from a Meat Beat Manifesto concert and I don't know if I should bust out some Consoliated or some Emergency Broadcast Network. I was thinking about building a time machine instead to go back to the early '90's. Anyway, I always thought that 'crusading rap guys' were never a downer and I really could've used you guys over the last eight years. Did that really happen??

Dgimis

November 18, 2008

good guest page.
thank you.

road runner

November 5, 2008

Free Music! Stop America!
We played free music on the corner across from our county elections office last night and handed out left-over Halloween candy to all the voters in line. And there's more we can do.

Here is an opportunity to support some great work being done in Portland bringing music to homeless and at-risk youth. AMP - Artists Mentorship Program is holding a fundraiser on Friday, November 7th, @ 8pm, at the Secret Society Ballroom, 116 NE Russell St., Portland, Oregon. Please come if you can, and pass the word. If would you like to donate, please click on the link http://www.artistmentorshipprogram.org/. Rock On!

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The AMP 3rd Annual Fundraiser
November 7th, 2008 @ 8pm at THE SECRET SOCIETY BALLROOM
http://www.artistmentorshipprogram.org/

The event is set to raise much-needed funds to enable Portland’s homeless and at-risk youth to have an outlet for musical expression in a safe environment free of drugs and weapons.

We can confirm that THE OLD BELIEVERS, THE DIMES, DERBY and DOMINIC CASTILLO & THE ROCK SAVANTS are all scheduled to perform.

Our silent auction will offer a wealth of exciting packages, vouchers, and certificates: all generously donated by local businesses.

Admission to the event is $20 and includes complimentary food, wine and beer.

For further information on this event, or how to donate items for the silent auction please contact William Kendall @ WKENDALL8383@COMCAST.NET. Learn more about the Secret Society Ballroom here: WWW.SECRETSOCIETY.NET.

Aaron

November 3, 2008

seriously, where is your voice in this election?

SlistamomaBat

October 29, 2008

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I found this site: http://WATR2GASTODAY.INFO

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Anyone can use this kind of information so happy Driving

p.s. It's also a great way to SAVE the environment.

Kenny from "Incision"

October 5, 2008

Been a long time Adam, we opened for you in Houston on the Friendly tour. Hope all is well with you and yours.

Kenny

Marc Rumery

September 21, 2008

Hello Adam from pdx nice to see your hard at work, haven't seen you for a while, hope everything is going good for you and your family and I hope your playing in the local scene.

Peace

Varefronevalf

September 19, 2008

Georgia Offers Fresh Evidence on War’s Start
A new front has opened between Georgia and Russia, now over which side was the aggressor whose military activities early last month ignited the lopsided five-day war. At issue is new intelligence, inconclusive on its own, that nonetheless paints a more complicated picture of the critical last hours before war broke out.
Georgia has released intercepted telephone calls purporting to show that part of a Russian armored regiment crossed into the separatist enclave of South Ossetia nearly a full day before Georgia’s attack on the capital, Tskhinvali, late on Aug. 7.

Steve Sanders

August 31, 2008

http://www.openmanifesto.com/

enjoy. from the US of K

Paul Salmonsen

August 27, 2008

Wow. Good stuff. I ride.

eryshé falafel

August 16, 2008

Hey Adam, working in one of the few indie record stores still going, I found a 12" for Until December's "Heaven/Bela Lugosi's Dead" and I smiled. :D Hope this makes you smile/curse/whatever. Although I miss hearing new music from you on a CD/LP, you gotta do what feels right to you. That's cool. My best to you and yours. 'Keep rocking in the free world', indeed.

mynameisgoor

August 13, 2008

Hello. Your Site is good. Its good life.

j

July 15, 2008

Hello everybody. Good to see everyone, especially those most dedicated to this site like stelch, TimezoneLaFontaine,ldopas, forkboy, and Adam himself! I know I've been a noshow/no post the last year or so, but I have stopped by periodically to see how the discourse has progressed. I think I was starting to become concerned that I was "living in the past" somewhat and this is the first time in a long time that I felt like I had something to share. Adam- thank you, on behalf on myself and others, for your recent interaction. Again, I am not a musician, I just listen to a lot of music; but I am really starting to believe that the means by which people create and distribute music is starting to change. And certainly I am convinced that this is good thing, given what the music industry and media has decided to proffer. Adam- thank you for your recent submissions; I know that you are a busy man. But your July 1 post, to me at least, was a little cryptic. Could it have been summed up better by just one sentence- "Just play music."?

steves computer to steve

July 12, 2008

Yes and you should start writing more properly also to!

Steve Gassen

July 11, 2008

I think I may have forgotten to fill in the Name and Email address sections above just now as I sent a Comment. I now find that there is a conflict between me, my computer and this site. I communicated poorly and it will probably not be processed the right way onto the site. I wish I could go back and undo what I did. Im sorry. I will try not to do that again.....I love you computer!..........Im just kidding, but it it true.

July 11, 2008

Yes I am too poor for a robot myself...I suppose thats good. Human connections although volatile at times are like personal terrains filled with journeys, loves, losses and especially the opportunity to form the strongest kinds of bonds. I like the B Wilson lyric (or was it Van Dyke Parks), "Child is the Father of Man" it means two things to me. The man is an aged child. Also that a child or child's perspective can make a person less self centered and give inspiration beyond humankind's obsession with status and wealth. I was in a cynical and angry when I mood and I thought for a moment, a robot might help. Maybe though a sexy sounding alarm clock that reads me highlights from the New York Times in the morning.

Timezone LaFontaine

July 9, 2008

Obviously mediated experiences are not up to the same ideal as real, in-person, live, community experiences. But I can't completely dismiss their importance or turn my back on media and tools for communication and organization. I think it's important to balance these types of experiences, both mediated and immediate. Even for-profit ventures like "myspace" can and have been subverted in various ways... I recall reading that high school activists had used it to organize walkouts and protests regarding immigration issues recently. I've used it to arrange long-distance musical recording collaborations, some with people I already know in real life and some with people who I have only "met" online. It doesn't replace my immediate experiences and it isn't as high a priority as my real community where I live, but I can't just dismiss this tool as a "stupid box." This stupid box has enabled me to have a voice as an artist, musician and filmmaker without having to spend tons of money on publicists, distributors, without having to work for a record label. Of course I still only reach people who already seem to have a mindset of looking beyond just the mass-marketed entertainment diversions, but I reckon I am communicating with quite a few more people than just fifteen or so years ago when I was misusing xerox machines to make zines and such. I just can't dismiss the technological tools so easily. They don't run my life. I keep it in balance with community, having cool events like potlucks, musical events where there isn't a cover charge, where there's beverages other than booze and there are games and interactive activities and it's not just about staring at a band. This is just a chance to communicate about these things, share ideas long distance. I won't just throw it away because it's mediated because it can still bear some fruit for immediate experiences. I ain't trying to get it on with no robots though...

steve gassen

July 6, 2008

Robotic relationships sound great! Although there may be a lot of work in the area of creating complex enough robots, we should also look at lowering our expectations about what the human needs are to be satisfied.

Melson

July 5, 2008

Hi, Melson from the Netherlands here. While transferring some old cassette tapes to my PC, I found a recording of a Consolidated concert (in Amsterdam, ca. 1990), broadcast by VPRO Radio. One of the tracks is about a minute long, segues into 'White American Male' and ends with the line "Music ain't shit unless the people do something". Does anyone know the title of this song?
Also, if anyone knows the date and venue of this show, please let me know - the help is greatly appreciated.

horazmy

July 2, 2008

Romantic relationships and human robot - are no longer subject for science fiction. For several years they will become our reality. Under such an attitude meant not only mechanical sex. "I am talking about the love relationship that will be possible between man and robot in the next 40 years," - said David Levy, author of "Love + sex with robots, we have an international conference. "Robots will have emotions, feelings and personal qualities. They can� they may even love you, like other people. When the robot you say" I love you ", this will mean exactly what he said, "- continues scientist. "Robots as a sexual toy should appear on the market in the next 5 years - predicts Levy. Something like updated dolls, which now beaten all the sex shops." Such models will have special sensors in which robots will publish "inciting sounds" when a person will deal with them "erogenic zones." At the same time creating a robot like this partner, took much more time and require a lot of knowledge. "Love relationship - that's
quite another thing. In these respects the most important are completely different things. And the most difficult of all - is communication." "But I am sure that after 40 years, or maybe sooner, the robot will speak with whom you will be much nicer than with another person,"

grekigal

July 1, 2008

The Corporation McDonald's Corp. temporarily removed from the ingredients of their sandwiches in the U.S. tomatoes. This is due to the risk of acquiring these vegetables salmonellosis. Tomatoes will cease to be in a sandwich until American authorities have not identified the source of infection, reported the official representative of McDonald's Denmark Praud. At the same time, a network of fast-food restaurants continue to put small cherry tomatoes in salads, because cases of salmonellosis infection after using them for food fixed.V not currently due to contamination of salmonellosis in 16 American states, hospitalized for at least 23 people. The Office for quality control of foodstuffs and medicines USA (FDA) identifies the source of disease. According to preliminary data, the source of contamination could become some sort of tomatoes. During his negligence, he demanded compensation of $ 10 million McDonald's Corp. is the world's largest network of fast-food restaurants, it is represented in more than 100 c
ountries around the world. The network has 30 thousand restaurants and daily serves more than 47 million visitors. Net profit corporation in I quarter of 2008, grew by 24% - up to U.S. $ 946.1 million, revenues increased by 6% and amounted to $ 5.6 billion.

adam

July 1, 2008

hey steltch, ldopas, and folks,
sorry to be a dick or unhelpful in trying to facilitate 'getting the message
out'. i 'm trying to work for the same things y'all are. i just can't spend the 'mediating' time. i spend all day trying to show musicians that 'my space' is neither,and

neither is 'the real world'. the,'why play the game when the game is played', why would you want to be 'labeled','booked','diss-tributed',etc.that 'peer to peer' isn't,(it's mediated by this stupid box). we've all seen what happens to protest,
resistance,etc. when mediated by 'bands' and the 'industry'. it just seems like it's time to focus on losing the mediation. if y'all can help
clarifying these ideas to others then we're actually creating the crooked framework of a new conception of meaning.
can you help me?

Eric

June 30, 2008

Where the hell have you been???? I saw Consolidated back in 1990something. Television is still the drug of the nation and feeding radiation!!! P-E~A*C`E

cq

June 28, 2008

Hello,
Adam, you and I had some correspondence years back during the "Dropped" tour and you mentioned that you had some live stuff stored away... ;)

Steltch, 'tis probably a good chance that Pistel has some stuff, he seems like the sort of guy who would have amassed a vault full of items.

Nettwerk's store still has a few singles and albums (Childman included) available for cheap @ werkshop, but their customer service is hit-or-miss. I know that many former Nettwerk artists speak ill-will of Terry these days, but if Nettwerk maintains distro rights, then 'tis probably best to respect those rights and acquire the discography legally when possible. Albums are also available on emusic and iTunes Store, including "Stockpiled..." for $10(!.. not so free).

cheers!

ken

June 26, 2008

i just got here! but how & where can i get copies of the music?

adam

June 25, 2008

sorry steltch, you know free music can't be 'distributed'. not only is paying 'tribute' for music an insult, but this additionally is a 'dissing' 'tribute'...but y'all can do anything you want with our old 'products'. i just hope we can 'share' some real time playing music one day...fyi, i don't have any consolidated shit that you probably don't have.. plus, the mass public's lack of interest is always disappointing... late

steltch

June 25, 2008

Hello Idopas,
no, Adam has not sent me anything but wouldn't that be great. Especially if it were a collection of rarities and demos. I could saturate the peer to peer sharing community with it. I understand the responsibility aspect. I would not alter or interject anything. I would just seed it and stay away from connecting it to myself or my agenda. Unfortunately we might be disappointed at the mass publics lack of interest. As you may know it takes a bunch of people to share the material for it to succeed as an available share. C'mon Adam, Is there a way you could give peer to peer as a way to distribute free music a shot?

steltch

June 25, 2008

Study concepts of communism today. For instance in the USA the rich now operate in a government protected (communist like) bubble. Our goods, energy etc. are effected by government subsidies and regulations (socialism). If we can't change this structure from the ground up we can hope that we soon experience a change where being humanistic and green are seen as profitable and we can have hope again as we see, (finally), "kinder and gentler" movements instead of grab the money and run ethics.

Tipper Gore

June 13, 2008

Don't you see, If you music people had let me, I would have watered down corporate music and created a void that could have only been maintained by the underground. The good records would would have to be sold at adult comic book stores etc and never make it onto the Walmart shelves. Gangstas would be selling tapes instead of crack.
By the way, me and my husband Al love Consolidated. We listen to it every day to inspire us in our causes.
Peace

never quite

June 10, 2008

barriers to independent music
to free music?
anybody could always do it
the barriers were never there and are always there

which way you gonna look?

the nightly news or the three guys in the
back of the bus that scare ya cause they are
singing too loud?

watching rich guy$ chasing nirvana cause
they don't see that it's already there (and FREE)
or not

maybe they figure they can fly around the globe
fast enough and catch up with themselves

meanwhile the minstral plays
the fools dance
kids don't need a thing to make it happen
where did we lose the imagination?

the orche$trated, goal oriented get fru$trated
by the business of business disguised as professionalism

who's really in charge?

what happens

when you pull the plug?

Im not crazy

May 31, 2008

In response to Matski's informative piece here about CD Baby. Right on and thanks for the info, but I take offense to the attempt to cut Dereck Sivers (who I do not know) down because he has been in a mental hospital. Mental health is a complicated and serious issue. There is much to be learned and a serious need to improve the mental health system. Those lucky enough to think mental health is a joke should think again. It is also a sad truth that often times it is not the patient in the hospital who needs fixing, it is relatives, wars etc that send some people seeking mental refuge from abuse only to find a creul system and a judgmental society.

ldopas

May 28, 2008

What the....

Ok its been three monnths since I last posted. What have I missed?

Steltch, have you become the keeper of Adams CDs, and if so have you put them up for free download? With great power comes great responsiblity man! ;-)

Hello anyone who remembers me. Adam, I read your comments, you seem to knock yourself too much. May be my impression. But any guy who can write such music as The Window and Shell NEVER needs to feel bad about anything!

I'll try and think of something useful to say in a bit, its been a f*cking hectic few months, so apologies for not annoying people here more! ;-)

Petra Dunn

May 16, 2008

Adam,

Here I am on your page again. When will Consolidated by on Myspace? SOON?! Please...with a...cherry to top! ;*) All my best!

steve gassen

May 11, 2008

Happy mothers day Timezone LaFontaine .

steltch

May 11, 2008

Partying like its 2008!
Since I have a four year old who loves music and most other things that are super loud and crazy, this is how I have made my way in the current scene. I create jams with him and his friends. They love it.
I remember as a kid I was convinced only magical people with TV shows and fluffy uniforms on had the magic to make music. My younger brother proved me wrong when he got a cheesy keyboard and teamed up with a few other kids. I remember having a heart to heart talk with him in order to convince him only supernatural magicians actually make music. Gladly he paid no attention and within weeks his band had a freaky little set of songs. I had heard Zappa using tape loops and edits, speed up, slowed down and played backwards so I started recording my brother weird songs and "producing" cutups etc..........I must be doing something right because at this time, my sons absolutely favorite music, besides "me and his mom" are the Residents and the "Franglers" (Stranglers)

Adrian (my four year old) headlined without any coaching, his first gig at a club a few months ago. He sets up his own light and amp and FX. When he is ready we follow his guitar madness and its a real good time.

Timezone LaFontaine

May 8, 2008

Notes on Advantages and Dangers for Independent Artists.
You don't have to perform and/or release material under one single name, or in one single configuration. You can be multiple bands or projects or personas, which could be defined by varying styles. One group of people can also be multiple bands or projects, in different instrumental configurations and/or structural configurations (e.g., a democratic group, then a group with a leader or music director, then an improvisational "jam" group, then one that does all written and rehearsed material). Signed musicians and bands are contractually obligated to perform and release material under a single moniker, and there are expectations to do so in a limited stylistic range (i.e., they are expected to repeat themselves with slight variations for their entire "career"). Musicians who are not obligated to labels via contracts are free to explore, change styles, change names, change images, change incarnations and embodiments and identities. These multiple expressions can all be truthful and honest and from the heart, or they can be playful explorations of fictional identities. Your catalog of recordings could embody an entire fictional record label made up of a roster of a dozen different fictional bands and musicians. Or, you could make a couple of albums under the guise of a band that then splits up; your subsequent musical output could continue by embodying the resulting other bands and careers of the multiple fictional musicians who then move on, have rivalries, make up and then record a reunion album years later. Even in this fictional approach, the songs that you write can still be truthful and meaningful. Or, rather than concocting fictional identities, you could choose to adopt different personas periodically as another way of representing the different stages and eras of your life – a simple but meaningful poetic flourish as an expression of identity.

Your recordings don't have to be released in a standardized format. The CD-in-jewel-case format, while graciously providing a few square inches of available space for artwork, is really just designed to streamline shipping and retailing needs. A few standard variations on this format are offered by manufacturers in order to take advantage of artists who worry about environmental issues – that is to say, they charge you extra for wanting to manufacture an album that is packaged in biodegradable materials. They charge thousands of dollars to artists who are duped into thinking the key to success is to imitate an image of "professionalism" – your CD has to have a UPC barcode and shrinkwrap, and somehow that'll help get you sales. Well, none of these things will really sell CDs… in fact, you've gotta ask yourself if there's many people who even want to buy CDs anymore. A lot of people don't want their music collection to embody much physical space at all (MP3 collections), and for a lot of people, the "album" concept might be outdated. Now, on the other hand, there are still some people who love albums and if they love an artist, they will collect much of their body of work and enjoy the visual artwork, the physical packaging of the music. But unless you're touring regularly and paying for some publicity and promotion, you're probably not going to sell 1,000 copies of an album within the amount of time it takes you to write a whole 'nother batch of songs and put out another album and so on… so why not avoid the whole "professional" manufacturing service and focus on "packaging" your album in a beautiful, unique, handmade container of some sort? Or maybe some weird and interesting alternative CD-R form, like mini-CD-Rs or weirdly shaped little CDs that come in unique tins or envelopes or boxes? Or include your CD-R in a Xeroxed zine, or a strange custom-designed origami container, or in a repurposed toy that you find at a second hand store. Or it could be a collection of MP3s that are hidden in a custom-designed puzzle website. You also have the freedom to give your music away for free, and trade it for other independent musicians' work. Some people might insist on giving you some money for your music; you may accept or deny the money they are offering, but either way be respectful of their effort to show you some appreciation in this way. You can always redirect that money to some grassroots activism or nonprofit organizations whose work you admire. There's also always going to be some people who love vinyl, and although it can be quite expensive and does require some interfacing with manufacturers, there are really cool things that can be done with records like picture discs and uniquely shaped records. There are still people who are into cassettes as well. Once you've freed yourself from the notion that you need to imitate a veneer of "professionalism" designed by the music industry, you can get back to the much more interesting matters of making sure that your music is embodied in a physical form that is as artistic and unique as the music itself. A few other notes: there is no law that states that your CD has to have an artist name and title on its spine, or on its cover, or a record label logo, or a track listing, or even any text at all. With unique artwork it will still be instantly recognizable. There are no rules and the standardized design elements of the music industry can be taken or left, or satirized, at your whim.

You are free to create and discard "record labels." Previously, record labels, and "getting signed" with them, were supposed to be one of the main goals for musicians to strive for. As more and more people have realized that they are equally legitimate artists as the "successful" signed artists who contractually work for record labels, the business model can't handle the volume of people who want to participate in the business. Record labels functioned in some ways similarly to banks (or perhaps more like loan sharks) – they fronted the money for the incredibly expensive processes of recording and manufacturing records, publicizing them and arranging and promoting the tours designed to expose the material to potential buyers. Insidiously, some of these businesses did all this in such a way as to perpetually keep the artists in debt to them. Nowadays, you can find ways to record and duplicate your own songs and albums and avoid these businesses altogether. There is still a general perception that an artist should be "on" a label in order to be considered successful, but the concept of a label can now be redefined to the artist's preference – even eliminated entirely. Now, a label can be completely imaginary. It can be a collective, or a symbolic "umbrella" of likeminded artists which is merely designed to signal to listeners that "if you like this artist, there are a few others who you might want to check out." It can be a satirical expression. It can be a signifier of a "series" of works, in a similar manner to the way that painters or sculptors work in series. John Prine said that one day he realized he could just walk out into a field, put his foot on a rock and announce "I am a record label." It can be anything that artists want it to be, including gone and irrelevant.

You have as much time as you want to record your music and prepare for shows. You can take years to record a single album. Or you can make a game of it and record an entire album in a week, or in a day. Playing with different time frames can break you out of compositional ruts and habits and give you new ideas. You can play shows every week or you can only perform once in a blue moon. You can play shows that are arranged differently than "a bunch of spectators staring at a few performers." Everyone can participate. You can play shows in places that aren't clubs or performance halls. Instead of trying to get your album into a retailer's precious shelf space, you can just leave it laying around in random places downtown, the pockets in the back of seats on Greyhound buses and airplanes, giftwrapped on a café table.

You are not bound to particular musical genres. The names of types of music are by and large imposed by business structures to streamline their processes, for their convenience. Myspace music categories are in place to provide market research that they can sell to advertisers. Some music genres, of course, developed organically and have identifiable stylistic characteristics and regional characteristics. But things just aren't that simple. Eventually things seize up and get kind of gross – we've all encountered (maybe even been) someone who grouses bitterly that this or that isn't "real" punk rock or "real" hip-hop, that things have changed in a bad way. But the "real" stuff doesn't stick around forever within its fossilized categorical delineation. It keeps moving and changing. There are also ridiculously fine-tuned variations and categories, for some reason, especially of electronic dance music. But the best musicians listen to and learn from everything, and intentionally seek out music that is very different from what they are trying to do. This gets actualized in various ways, some more obvious than others. The point is, you are free and anything that is too restrictive should be mocked, satirized, and otherwise played with until it loosens up.

Musicians are not required by law to take promotional photographs in which they balefully stare at the camera, but it sure seems like it sometimes. It also seems like some people became musicians because they secretly just wanted to be photographed umpteen times staring expressionlessly at a camera. You are free to be more imaginative than this. You are also free to ask someone else, who is visually very imaginative, to help you with this if you really feel it's necessary to be photographed and can't think of anything unique yourself. You are not even required to appear in your own photographs, or even to have photographs that correspond to your artistic identity. There are lots of different types of visual art. You are not required to lip sync to your song in a music video while staring at the camera.

Some Pitfalls to Carefully Avoid

Inverse Nonreality: The perception that an artist from another place (who is either completely inaccessible or accessible only within a disempowering fan-to-icon dynamic) and the mass-produced and machine-manufactured products they promote and sell, are somehow more "real" and should be more highly regarded than the hard-working artist who is a member one one's local, immediate community, and their limited-edition and handmade products.

Indicators of False Authenticity: Things that don't really need to be on your CD – shrink wrap; UPC bar codes; label catalog numbers for labels with fewer than several dozen releases that aren't distributed through retail; label names and logos for individuals and collectives that do not function as business entities; copyright and trademark symbols and references. All of these sorts of things could be omitted entirely, or subverted in creative ways to draw attention to their artificiality in referencing and aspiring to an outdated and elitist business model imposed upon the arts.

Cop Syndrome: A musician who only has other musicians in their social life is as creepy, dangerous and out-of-touch with reality as cops who only socialize with other cops. The best artists are well-rounded people who fulfill other social responsibilities and roles within their families and communities in addition to crafting their artistry – in fact, your personal relationships are your most important artwork.

Recursive Dullness: Songs complaining about the music business are as interesting as paintings of bad art auctions. You gotta express what you feel, though, so just express it and move on; it's not necessary to dwell on the business and write multiple songs about it.

Void Focus: A tendency for artists to assume an outlook of dissatisfaction and eventual bitterness by focusing on everything they don't have and ignoring, taking for granted or failing to perceive the extraordinary and wonderful things in their life. (Of course, this danger is not limited to artists!)

These notes are based on my own mistakes, experiments and play. Take them with a grain of salt, add to or subtract from them... enjoy the wall of text and good luck with your unique path!

max

May 4, 2008

thanx adam and consolidated for all what you bring concerning the "REAL" music. you inspired me and a lot of people.

here's a little trick for those who want to play an electric instrument in public place : go in a public parc where there is, sometime, electrical outlet that provide the electricity for tree light, outdoor light or any usefull shit like that. plug your amps and instruments in those hole.

garanteed, it will work

Matski

May 1, 2008

Let me inform you about someone who made it a profession cheating small independent labels and DIY (Do It Yourself) products. His name: Derek Sivers, his company: CD Baby. For those not in music bizz or unfamiliar with CD Baby, this is how it works: CD Baby is a cd mail order. They take and distribute every cd, even if it is f.e. a handmade sharpie drawn cover with a cheap self burned cdr inside. But to drop you’re cd at that baby you have to pay him $ 35 per release. They take 5 copies of you’re product in stock, keep one for themselves (only 4 left to sell) and you get a page on their site. The rest is as any other cd-store.
Derek claims he takes care of you. So he endlessly bothers you with his irritating emails about how brilliant, great and wonderful he is. He suggests you “great” ideas how to become famous. Ideas we “never” thought of like: looking for a certain agent, find the address and contact her/him. Or: want to have your song on the radio, call the broadcasting station you like. Sure Derek, we never tried these things. You are the only smart person on this planet, we are all stupid!
Once I had a mail of Derek in which he claims that he helped the indie musician by sleeping on his office sofa for 7 years. I must say Derek, I am impressed. We all would like to get rich, sleeping. But how many indie musicians did you really help?
Derek is a typical example of a loudmouth, Pim-Frits juppy rip-you-of smug. Surfing on the web I found out that besides being selfish, he is a huge crazy narcistic maniac, handling several websites. Learning Derek’s “way of writing” he clearly talks “great” about himself in a third person! What a joke. So I read on your own pages, Derek, that you are a musician for your whole live. If you’re advises turn somebody so easy into a “big star” how come you are not the biggest, richest most famous musician in the world? Or is the name Derek Sivers a cover-up? Is you’re real name Britney Spears?
How did this mental hospital patient manage to rip poor people of? Simple. With all their false promises his company managed to get shit loads of cd releases in their warehouse. Famous and totally unknown artists. The balance between the known and the unknown is a reflection of reality. There are loads of bands and performers, only a few sell. The screaming CD Baby propaganda is the usual misleading statistics. “We pay every week over $ 60,000 to our artists”. Yes, to a handful well-known indie "stars" who’s managers leave their product at CD Baby. They would have sold these cd’s without CD Baby anyway. 95% of the cd’s at CD Baby are forgotten plastic. Collecting dust in their warehouse. Never to be sold. But Derek has $ 35 for every contribution. With all these ten thousands contributions of never selling indie cd’s (we honest real musicians worked hard for to create), Derek got himself a nice figure on his bank account. Let’s get real here. If you go to the corner store to leave a few copies of your home made cd, do you give the store owner $ 35 on top? Hell no! Since the strong indie 70ties you can easily negotiate a profit/sales price with your local salespoint. I know what I am talking about. Did and still do it myself. Have that many years behind me. Derek was probably a test-tube fetus in those years.
Yes I admit, I got tricked too and dropped some Limbabwe products at CD Baby. Got suspicious at the tone of Derek’s first mail that arrived in my box. Since that time I ignore these nonsense. He tries to lead you to other companies, probably also owned by Sivers, or his friends. And again you are asked to waste hard earned money while you’re music is lost like a needle in a haystack. Believe me, these companies are not the magnet.
We all know that it takes a lot more than one online cd store with some advices, to become a regular selling artist. If you’re cd goes well, yourself with others did the job, not CD Baby.
At the moment Derek sells the company CD Baby. Just in time, now cd sales dived to an absolute lowest level, and will only sink deeper. Whoever took over must be a big fool. Derek does not care. His bag is filled. A good figure with many zero’s earned with our sweat.
Derek steals from poor musicians in full consciousness taking in consideration that he is smart enough setting up bizznix and sell them. Do not fall for the trick!
Lucky me, there are just not enough brain cells under his skull to understand that we do not all go for the same thing. Hopefully that keeps his unfair bizznix far away from my surroundings.
You wanna have some real advice? Don’t even bother wasting your cd, time and money at CD Baby. That $ 35 is thrown away. Spend it on some phonecalls to concert promoters, or better, a set of new strings, drumsticks or other useful instrument parts. No need for this? Buy some drinks and have a jam with your friends. Than you play real music, do real music and are real music. Plus you know what, its fun. You will have a much better time than getting frustrated over these Derek emails.
CD Baby takes $ 4 of every cd sold. This is a standard cut salespoints take. If CD Baby would be a true honest competitive company, helping musicians, they would give everybody their $ 35 back without cutting services. They would get equal to similar stores and have to sweat it selling all this unheard music, earning their share from the music buyer and not the music maker. But that would be too hard of a job for the money, isn’t it Derek? Derek….Hey Derek….. Wake up! Napping on that sofa again?
As soon Derek wakes up he will start spitting around his usual bullshit. I will disappear next door, were my gear is, to jam some tunes. Maybe I switch the tape on and record a few, or invite friends to jam along. We might take it out of the house and become big stars among the local kids and apple trees, famous and beloved by the passers-by and neighbors cat joining our gig in the front lawn. For free. Hand them gratis self recorded cd’s. No stage, no soundcheck, no contract, no deal, no CD Baby, no music-bizznix, but lots of music and honest fun brought with a good spirit (apple moonshine?).
Interested in Limbabwe music? Go to the site www.limbabwe.com . You will figure out my whereabouts. Ask, and I give you. No charge. Or mail me. Email you find on the same site.

Matski

Ron in Halifax

April 28, 2008

Dear Adam
Im a 28 year old grad student who is to be married next month. The problem is that my mother in law does not like my aunt who is providing all the flowers and bows. My uncle James is visiting from Greece and wants a motorcycle wedding but insists the motorcycles have ice racing spikes on the tires. This has angered my mother in law even more who wants to use yellow motorcycle tires made of sponge to match my aunts flowers. She also wants the spiked tires to be used as table decorations as well as on the tricycles for the kids. I just wish all these people would at least take the time............ to.........woops. I thought this was Dear Abby.....sorry

Jen

April 22, 2008

Hello Adam! Saw Consolidated way back in 1991 (when I was eighteen!) at Limelight in NYC. Still own a cassette of Friendly Fascism. Want to get all other previous & future releases I've missed. You guys were great. So kind and informative. I am slowly re-educating myself again after political meandering/wavering beliefs, and suffering from anxiety/depression/emotional abuse. Have you read any of Derrick Jensen's books? Or even Cunt by Inga Muscio? That's some right-on, hot shit! May good things come your way!

Lovejoy

April 16, 2008

Adam, when I brought you to Sol 3 Records I had only the best intentions and the most respect for you. As time went on I saw how fucked up the music business was (is) and without recognizing it at first I realized that by association I became a part of the Dog & Pony Show. After hearing Business of Punishment I felt so connected to your lyrics that I wrote a letter, just thanking you for being fucking honest about what goes on in our world, and that's how we met. I had to explain to the people "above" me that you weren't an artist all about the money, the tourbus, and the numbers. Unfortunately I was left out of a lot of the decisions that were made regarding your music and the "direction" it was suppose to take. I know that "Dropped" is a beautiful record, and "Tikkun" and Childman. I never meant to make you a part of the machine that you despise, but in retrospect that's exactly what I did. You inspired me from the first time I heard "No Answer For a Dancer" and I've been a veggie for 10 years, thanks to the knowledge you dropped. I love the new videos and I would love to see you in Portland soon. BTW- Fractured Fairytales is still my favorite song. Cheers to big butts! Lovejoy

georgie

April 15, 2008

dear adam,
i was feeling you today.
prior to coming home and opening my email and seeing your email sharing "Free Music, Stop America" with us, i was dialoging with some mates about how your music, message, strength and conviction in not only speaking up but also doing what needs to be done to make this spinning planet of ours, a better place had inspired me to take action in my community to help right the wrongs.
peace & prosperity to you... and the rest of the planet.
georgie

(p.s. forgive my crummy grammar)

Michele The Webhelper

April 14, 2008

The complete fockumentary "Free Music, Stop America" is now available to watch on the homepage of this site! You'll need a flash-capable browser, but that's all - you shouldn't need any plugins or have any BS related to watching them. Check them out and if you have any problems with them, post here and I'll sort it out for you. :)

Capitalist Roader

March 24, 2008

The music industry is gasping its last breath. The barriers to the creation of culture have come back down to where they were 150 years ago. Anybody can do it now!! And yet it has become very hard to find anything decent to listen to anymore.

steltch

March 24, 2008

Im so confused, right now I want to hang out with Rhianna, under her umbrella.

Steltch

March 22, 2008

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music. Groucho Marx,

steve gassen

March 22, 2008

These days my all time favorite "music" comes from the sounds of people living and animals and the wind and on that rare occasion, the greatest song of all, silence. once a song is recorded it is stuck in time and also a part of a vast library, this can stress me out.
At the same time I still love its existence and sometimes go goo goo over it.

Matski

March 20, 2008

“Eve of destruction” was written by PF Sloan in 1965 and we’re still in that eve. Critical pop-songs, or so called “protest songs”, have always been written, and adored by people seeking for confirmation that something is “wrong”. The industry and artist are very aware of this. Here money is made. Whether you are Bono or Bob, Consolidated or Crass. Their concern about the cash is more important than social circumstances. The ”Kollaps” (collapse) never came, instead did money and fame. Biafra has his holidays on the beach in Montenegro now. If the message would be real out of the heart they would give their music away for free! Can you “Imagine” it? “People get ready” wondering “what’s going on”, meanwhile the “answer is blowin’ in the wind”.
Thank you for the money.
www.limbabwe.com

adam

March 16, 2008

hey john jake! great to hear from you, hope you're great! got nothing here..everything's fine. still destroying the music industry. took a while but we're almost done. hopefully playing free music in horst...
cheers to all,

John Jakobs

March 10, 2008

Hello Adam, what is it your doing these days!? Hoep you are well. Greetings from the Netherlands,

John jake

michelle

March 8, 2008

you shouldn't run yourself down, Adam. how can people take what you say seriously when you make it sound like you think you're worthless?

the music industry blows. but you're making a difference, regardless of how big or small you think it is.

thanks for doing what you do. hope you do it for a lot longer.

~

Matthias

March 7, 2008

Gladly remembering the 90's ... whyever.

steve gassen

February 5, 2008

Im a tall, crazy haired white guy with questionable clothing. I take a long commute through the southside of Chicago often where Im the only non black on the train. Im not a paranoid so I know I dont have to look at my lap the whole trip, I start conversations usually. Today, Super-Tuesday, something magic happened. Im not kidding, there were tons of people smiling and nodding at me........I feel pretty darn good right now, thanks all you people and thanks Barack...

Steltch

January 29, 2008

Ok, I will happily be "Steltch Consoliseeder". Iv'e been talking with my wife and kid about a road trip...It might co-inside with some of the US Non-tour? Is there any Idea when these non- shows wont not be happening?

Matski

January 29, 2008

Here the links so you can download for free the complete fockamentary "Free Music, Stop America"
http://www.limbabwe.com A bit of the movie starts to run on the frontpage of the site. Under the player right click on "download", and you can download the complete video. No extra tools needed.
http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=v337204667bpY7at
Here is the complete video on Veoh. You get a preview of 5 minutes. To see the complete movie you have to download the Veoh player, 16 mb, for free. You can also than download the fockamentary. Its all for free, just a shite player you have to download for the time it needs, you can delete this thing after you are done.
The video is complete except the start leader with the "play" button. Somehow I could not get that done, do not want to go into com-talk shite. Not interested. Watch the movie, learn, get a bike, instrument and go out there to play, communicate, act,....... Have fun, Matski

adam

January 28, 2008

hey folks'
thanks steltch. i apologize to all for these idiotic compromises around
paying for any of my music. i confess i promised my wife 9 years ago she could have any residual $ from 'dropped' and 'tikkun' for being with
such a loser,but i have tried to put every subsequent cd up for free. my dude at work is trying to load all the cds onto rhapsody,i-shite,napshite,etc. for free streaming but all have a built in
requirement of a 1$ tribute to the c.e.o.ppressors to get it in the system, blah. that's one reason this ridiculous shit is over.
steltch, i'm just going to send you my cds and you can load them on
any myspaceisneither shite for anybody...
after y'all play free music! for a while you won't want to listen to cds, with songs by bands...

Steltch

January 28, 2008

Yes, I agree...Trade in your computers for a real life......But not this week, first, something people might want to look into is that there are more Consolidated items and downloads out now than ever....

Heck at CD baby you can download a nice copy of the Audio CD "Free Music, Stop America" for One Dollar!

you can also buy "Tikkun", "The End Of Meaning" and "Dropped" (they are not Free but pretty close to it) from CD Baby.

Also, there seems to be a plan to offer the really entertaining, full length film "Free Music....the fockumentary)" here.

For now you can see it, divided into parts, on youtube. Check it out for the message but mostly it is funny and has some of the coolest music as well as footage!
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=free+music+stop+america&search=Search

photek

January 27, 2008

been lurking and finally decided to drop in ... this is an interesting place. an anti-site of sorts. yes, i want more !C! but we have to remember the first missive - "this is no rock and roll band" ... taking that in to account, we are pretty lucky for what we have thus far.

i think we need to get back to the message and away from how much or how little we get from Adam and co. he does have a family and his priorities seem to reflect on that right? so lets put our records away - and get our friends in the game... i think it would be useful if we use this forum to talk more about what we are doing to effect the change we supposedly favor.

thats enough of my bullsheeit for tonight but remember - lets MAKE change more and TALK change less. throw a fucking brick every now and then.

take care gang and thanks, Adam, for many years of inspiration and the great live shows.

Steltch

January 26, 2008

OK, thanks and take care Adam and all you mutual Consolidated fans and free jammers. Peanut butter samich slammers, Is it foolish to be optimistic?

adam

January 23, 2008

yo steltch and people,
thank you for your truth. we all have an uncle frank if we aren't uncle franks ourselves.. we all deserve to live. re: the fockumentary. it's on
(sadly) youtube now in little pieces, and it'll be here in a few days( i hope).speaking of which, since i don't deal with this box, if y'all want to
spread the idea of free music! on-line, that would be great. i think we'd agree that playing music is a lot more fun way of doing it..
if this piece of plastic and wires is of any use, fucking use it. otherwise, DO THE MOTHERFUCKIN DAMN THING!
go teach this steltch and all. teach it and learn it simultaneously, speak and listen at the same time in real time! we don't need to be a band, get a gig, or have arguments that are called 'band meetings'. we don't need to pay $ to make $.. we don't need to send emails or make phone calls.we don't require approval, mediation,or legitimacy on any level.. just (be) motherfuckers..

matthew aguirre

January 22, 2008

this is a - this is a - this is a collective!!!!!!

Amen!!!

crigantinny

January 22, 2008

Hello!
Nice site ;)
Bye

steve gassen

January 22, 2008

Even though i feel stuck between an Agnostic and a Universalist Unitarian, I am constantly feeling as if I need to follow some calling to be real, truthful, loving and deliberate in my actions. I don't presume to be wanting to please god so that I can go to heaven. I am concerned with here and now as well as the future. I'm driven with a passion to constantly do the right things in order to utilize the knowledge and wisdom I have acquired. Because this is my primary "job" in life, I am often an outcast in the worlds of employment, music dealings, even partying. It seems that thick skinned individuals rise to positions of control and power by nature. Humans are special in there Ideal of all being equal and all deserving a chance at happiness regardless of position, skill and, less so, temperament. our empathy. Yet, when the call goes out for a boss or leader it is all too often not the sensitive ones that raise thier hand. The sensitive dont want to control others especially these days with our understanding of existentialism. A less forward thinking type, ready to "sell their soul" stands up and takes the role of leader boss and that person may or may not have any empathy in decision making. Empathy is not profitable and encourages individuals to start to believe life could be much better. There is the argument that we are really still animals and we need to avoid sinking to a dysfunctional and vulnerable level by encouraging an environment that breeds neediness and provides care. In the past only the strongest of us did survive, thrive and become large enough to even think of all having the right to live and with love and respect. On the other hand ancients and even moderns have found ways to find the good and useful in most people. We were driven by not only love and compassion but also intelligence. The intelligence that says that it is beneficial to all to create an inclusive environment. Todays slash and burn mentality has lost what we had gained in that area. Now we are collectively sick and don't know why. for instance, on a small level.....uncle Frank never did well in school or socially but we loved him so he lived with us and inspired us with his alternate view of life. He could even find any number of jobs such as taking the basement of a buildings to live in. He fixed things and we counted on him to tell stories, keep us company and in most cases develope mechanical skills with coat hangers and such to keep us going. Today the cold basement is a high rent, often shabbily maintained money source instead and when the fence breaks we call a service tech to tell us we need a new one. uncle frank lives heavily medicated in a for profit mental institution that bills the government 60 grand a year to feeds him unthinkable bologna for breakfast lunch and diner. He is almost forgotten by his family. After all we must pay the mortgage and car payments, no room for losers like uncle Frank.
Now I ask myself, why do I live this way, I have seen Co-ops where dignity thrives but it is rare and no longer in the burned out parts of the big cities because the city wants to be a winner, a jewel of wealth where the cream of the crop buy lofts and live like kings. The others huddle up next to a space heater in a ghetto only to wake up before sunrise so they can be there to do the hard word that sustains the privileged ones lifestyle. We seem to be moving more and more in this direction not thinking about a sustainable healthy future for us all. After all in this economic world today a lucky one can make a lifetime of money in a year or 3. Today we can see that fewer and fewer can even do that, someone must have noticed and tripled the cost of dignity. Where will this grotesque greed take us!

steve gassen

January 20, 2008

go to CD Baby to catch up........I want to know if the DVD about the problems with the music biznezz is still available

young242

January 14, 2008

I have not heard any music from Consolidated since DROPPED and I found the site finally...am I missing something because I cannot find a way to get the new stuff on here? Thanks for any help

matski

January 13, 2008

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Matski

January 13, 2008

Never expected me joining this. What the heck. Free Music is THE happening thing. Yes this is the European side of the non existing organization. Am in this music shite as long (longer?) than Adam. IT GOT OUT OF ANY IMAGINARY PROPORTION. WE HAVE TO KICK THE “MUSIC BIZZ” THEIR ASS. Did you do your “MySpace course” already at the local social centre, to make your band “famous”? Don’t believe me? It’s real. The course exist! Its time we visit your social centre to jam in front of the door! A FREE course in PLAYING MUSIC!!! FREE MUSIC!!! Yes, I am the guy working on setting up the Free Music Stop America in Europe this summer. Try to get Adam and friends over here. If you see a possibility for us to jam your town this summer, drop me a mail Matski@limbabwe.com . Whatever it is. The local street festival, anti war demo, the yearly hippy pick nick, the squat reunion, The Yankee Go Home Punk Rock Festival,…….or simply a corner of the street. And don’t forget to bring all your friends to join the jam! Did you see the ausum Free Music Stop America video film already? See some snapshots on my site www.limbabwe.com
For now : do not give up. Keep the music going and spread the message.
Matski

ZerGowneero

January 11, 2008

Make peace, not war!

Steltch

January 11, 2008

Im on it !

January 9, 2008

idopas,steltch,etc., and all those commited to stopping war and the
music industry,2008 is the time! we're attacking america with free music every week. trying to get to europe for summer street assaults; no band, no gigs no money, just strangers meeting and learning from
each other through music and art! if that happens, we'll plan an anti-tour of the u.s.-mexican border,from blackwater( san diego) to
new orleans! again, the point is to do the damn thang locally where you are. if you support bands that are ''political' , encourage them to
see the inherent corporate nature of any kind of 'band' or 'scene'. if
you're in a band, dissolve it and allow your musical and human capabilities to develope uninhibited... this shit is happening!
cheers, adam

ldopas

January 7, 2008

Happy, prosperous, safe and healthy 2008 everyone, especially the regulars who know who they are.

Thanks for posting here Adam, its rare that the person the site is about does that, its appreciated. Any plans for music in 2008 (thats a crass hint btw!). ;-)

ldopas

January 7, 2008

Happy 2008 everyone. Especially the regulars who know who they are. Have a prosperous, safe and healthy one!!!!

And you Adam. Thanks for posting on here at last! ;-) Nice to hear your views. Any plans for music in 2008 you would like to tell us, just a crass hint? ;-)

steve

January 2, 2008

for what seem to be very cool and legal torrents I like this place
http://www.greylodge.org/tracker
among other things they have "American Hardcore" and "We Jam Econo" also a bunch of great - to really bad - conspiracy torrents

agreetaRolo

December 30, 2007

very good , useful site www.consolidatedmusic.org

greg

December 23, 2007

we miss you in Europe... Since the neoCons sarkozy has been elected by the french sheeps, France has a little stink of the american way of life.

tigga

December 21, 2007

hope life gets better

Snorky the KleptoFish

December 15, 2007

The revolution continues! Check out the following video for some awesome politically-motivated hip-hop. Sigh... I wish Consolidated were still making music like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLYWIku9mvM#

DFW

December 8, 2007

Consolidated - You Suck on YouTube

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hFNIrRAfuV0

Steltch

December 8, 2007

here is another link to an older indoor guitarkestra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXHlg5uP4X0

Steltch

December 8, 2007

It has been a while but I found a link to some video of the Guitakestra event in Chicago where 100 guitars are played at the same time at an outdoor fest.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMGk1Fbyjeo

Michael Chacon

December 7, 2007

Man, haven't seen Adam (AKA Johnny Schmuck) since Until December played Santa Fe. I STILL listen to my Usuals 45 now and then, Yeah, stuck in the past a little. I miss Oscar...

Snorky the KleptoFish

December 7, 2007

Consolidated rock! Keep up the good fight, folks! Ron Paul 2008!

steve gassen

November 27, 2007

There is an old saying,
give a homeless guy a fish and he will eat for a night.
give him a fishing pole and he will eat for the rest of his life.
similarly,
start a homeless guy a fire and it will keep him warm for a night.
light him on fire and he will be warm the rest of his life.

Dumb Stuff by Angry guy Poetry Log

November 27, 2007

ENTRY #1 - "what the fuck?" - BY - forkboy
ENTRY #2 - "asss hole" - BY - jordan
ENTRY #3 - "what the heck" - BY - Steltch
ENTRY #4 - "fuck you" - BY - ryan reyes

Dicky K

November 25, 2007

I looking at the stockmarket newspaper and saw that Consolidated own a whole bunch of big companys. Consolidated this, Consolidated that. I even see their trucks sometimes. They own the meat packing place outside town also.

Thurcimiduh

November 23, 2007

Saudi Arabia and Libya were the source of about 60 percent of the foreign fighters
who came to Iraq in the past year to facilitate attacks.

germanizer

November 21, 2007

I don't know how many times I've referenced you in my rants. Remember the early 90's where CNN contgrolled the media, Bush and Cheney were in office....um...seems history is really on repeat..it's Bush and Cheney again, only difference is that Fox news is now beating the war drums and acting as the perfect advertising for the military industrial complex.

Petra Dunn

November 16, 2007

I saw Consolidated play in Virginia Beach with Spoonman, maybe the year was 1993. I want to let you know I still listen to my tapes, you still inspire me, and I can't wait to see you again. I know this will happen. You have a lot of love, respect, and admiration from a 34 year old vegetarian that was blown away at a young age. You all are beauty. ll my best. -xxxx. Petra

Deacon Dave

November 9, 2007

Hey Adam!
When are you going to put your music up on My Sace and You Tube
for the whole world to access?

Kathy Bishop

November 3, 2007

Hey Adam what's up?