If You Get Confused…WTF?

First Brewer and Shipley did a stoners anthem that is freaking timeless.

Then, mistaking it for a “Modern Spiritual” Lawrence Welk had Dale and Gail do it on his show in 1971.

Freaking HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!

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If You Get Confused…Give Me Just A Little Sweetness

There was a time when it just pissed me off when Warren Haynes played Jerry songs with the Dead. Then I got used to it and it seems okay now. Actually I look forward to some of his renditions of songs like Loser, Standing On The Moon and Stella Blue. I think Jerry would get proud knowing such a talented musician.singer would honor him this way.

This is a Brent Mydland song, written with Barlow and performed so sweetly before Brent’s untimely death in 1990. Now with Warren a part of the band it seems so fitting that he would perform a Brent tune or two. Sit back and fire up the bong on this 4 20  holiday and enjoy the prettiest 9 minutes of the day.

Just A Little Light.

Words by John Perry Barlow and Brent Mydland; music by Brent Mydland

Well, there ain’t nobody safer than someone who doesn’t care
And it isn’t even lonely when no one’s ever there
I had a lot of dreams once, but some of them came true…
The honey’s sometimes bitter when fortune falls on you

So you know I’ve been a soldier in the armies of the night
And I’ll find the fatal error in what’s otherwise alright
But here you’re trembling like a sparrow, I will try with all my might
To give you just a little sweetness…
Just a little sweetness…
Just a little light.

I have always heard that virtue oughta be its own reward,
But it never comes so easy when you’re living by the sword
It’s even harder to be heartless when you look at me that way
You’re as mighty as the flower that will grow the stones away

Even though I been a stranger, full of irony and spite
Holding little but contempt for all things beautiful and bright,
Something shines around you and it seems, to my delight
To give me just a little sweetness…
Just a little sweetness…
Just a little sweetness…
Just a little light.

[Bridge:]
This could be just another highway, coiled up in the night
You could be just another white-tail, baby, stranded on my brights,
There’s a tingling recognition
Like the sound of distant thunder
And I begin to wonder
If the love I’ve driven under
Won’t ignite.

So you know I’ve been a soldier in the armies of the night
And I’ll find the fatal error in what’s otherwise alright
Something shines around you that seems, to my delight
To give me just a little sweetness…
Just a little sweetness…
Just a little sweetness…
Just a little light.

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The Sounds of the Citi

Never underestimate the stupidity of the American corporation – after all Crown Publishing is paying $7 million for George W. Bush’s “memoirs.” I didn’t know the dollar table had sales in the millions.

Citigroup figures if they cannot make money in the world of high finance, they might as well try the something differnet – like the music business.

A couple of months ago I wrote about how insidious and deceptive the Credit Card Industry industry is. First they nickel and dime us to death, then they exhibit forms of usury never seen before, and finally how they use your application information to target market.

Then a couple of weeks ago I wrote about how the good folks at that fine pillar of ethical business practices – Citibank – were raising the interest rate on my credit card from 9% to 29% because I have been such an outstanding customer and paid my bills in full at the end of the month. With me being such a risk – I guess it was incumbent on Citibank to use my good standing to help pay the bills of the idiots who leveraged the company to the hilt.

Figuring I still had 4 months to go on the annual fee I paid for the privilege of using their credit card, (I have no doubt Citibank would not have refunded the pro-rated balance – and being the cheapskate I am – I was not about to let these crooks get away with pilfering $20 bucks from me, after stealing billion$ from the taxpayers) – and also knowing I don’t ever carry a balance, I assumed could handle their Shitilogo appearing in my mailbox for a few more months without much angst.

Little does Shitibank know, they are about to lose this client. Since I am currently refinancing my mortgage with one of their “rivals” (if any of you have mortgages with high rates – you should immediately call your bank or an “honest” mortgage broker – and refinance. My rate is dropping over 1% and I am saving a ton) this bank, out of the goodness of their hearts, is issuing me a “no-annual fee” credit card when I close in May. I guess not having a baseball stadium named after them allows them to be so generous with their clients. Citigroup can go take a dump.

Or maybe they do know – Citibank figured they had four more months to try and squeeze some Jacksons and Franklins out of me in another way – by target marketing (based on the stats in my application) to me products and services I would love to spend my money on. Based on the current marketing plan, I would have to guess that the marketing department is filled with the same dimwits as in the Citibank investment bank division. Didn’t they look closely at my basic stats (like date of birth)? And if they had any smarts – they would have read my post on Avril Lavigne. This is what they want me to buy:

CITI® PRIVATE PASS®
Private Pass offers Citi® Credit Cardmembers access to exciting entertainment.

Jonas Brothers

Grammy nominated and platinum-selling recording artists, Jonas Brothers, are embarking on “The Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009.” The tour will take the pop-rock sensations to three continents and will feature new music from the June 15th release of their upcoming Hollywood Records album. And Private Pass is your connection for access this summer for an unforgettable Jonas Brothers experience. Presale Tickets, Preferred Tickets and VIP Packages for select markets available now for purchase!

Yes folks, the lame brained computer program at Shitimarketing sent me a targeted marketing email, a male over 21+ years old, to use my Citicard and BUY tickets to the Jonas Brothers – aka three incredibly untalented siblings who wear purity rings. Hanson of the 21st century. And I thought Avril Lavigne lacked talent – she is frigging a combination of Janis Joplin and Aretha Franklin compared to these three.

Or maybe they were able to see my collection of David Cassidy, Leif Garrett and Andy Gibb CD’s right near the American Idol DVDs.

First of all Shitibank is a bit late – I got the email today and the tickets went on sale last Wednesday. I would assume it is sold out, after all New York has 4 million girls under the age of 17 who would force their parents to pay anything, including bailout money, to see Nick, Joe and Kevin. As of March 24 – it is now Post Sale. But maybe if become a member of the super double secret citiprivatepass – i will have my “in” to the Jonas Brothers concert.

Here is what the package includes:

The Jonas Brothers VIP package includes:

• 1 Reserved Premium ticket
• Premium parking
• Soundcheck party
• Early entry
• Official commemorative VIP laminate
• Gift bag

For three guys with purity rings (if you watch enough morning television you can learn all about the Jonas Brothers) – I can only imagine what is in the gift bag of the Jonas Brothers VIP “package.” I will let all of you fine people come up with the appropos punch line. But the deal doesn’t include transportation to the arena – and those Jonas boys are not even playing in the big evil sin city of Manhattan – they are in East Rutherford, NJ at the Izod Center (which used to be Continental Arena – I guess an alligator ate the airline pilot) and at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale – both inconvenient to a person without a car. If I am gonna go see the Jonas Brothers on a VIP pass, the least they could do is supply a limo (with a ton of Cuervo). And what the heck is a soundcheck party? If it doesn’t have Michael Phelps’ bong it might not be worth going to.

So I go to the citiprivatepass site, which is playing this incredibly awful jazz-like music that has about 6 notes. You then click on a bunch of links to links and where do I eventually end up – at the bastion of legalized scalping – Ticketmaster.

I should have known better.

So it turns out one can buy the Jonas VIP package for $397 – all three included! What cheap hookers these boys are. Larry Craig would have paid a whole lot more for the Jonas Package and not having to tap shoes in the men’s room of the Izod Center. And be sure to charge it on your Citicard.

Crown Publishing and Citibank – American capitalism at its finest.

Crossposted at DCap’s blog DistributorcapNY.

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If You Get Confused…BE AFRAID! Gawd Is An American.

With Trent Reznor chasing him down the street it is obvious why David Bowie is afraid of Americans.

Nine Inch Nails And David Bowie

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Music Too!!! I Love Music.

Over at my Alien Trucker site I have a feature that is mostly music. I call it “If You Get Confused…” in reference to the Garcia/Hunter song “Franklins Tower” made famous by the Grateful Dead. (One of the lines Jerry sang was “If you get confused listen to the music play.”)
My tastes are eclectic, covering a wide range of styles from the Blues to old country. I like all kinds of music but cover songs seem to be my favorite. So Many artists pay tribute to the originals by doing fine renditions of the songs. In this one I present Dolly Parton doing John Lennon.

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SSG Dizzy- ‘War Pigs’- karaoke

This is SSG Dizzy with his air guitar singing a karaoke version of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs”.

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Fabulous Tbirds-Shes Tuff

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Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

My apologies. My brain appears to be suffering a 404 page error, today. Maybe it’s the lack of caffeine. Maybe I’m suffering from “John McCain Syndrome”. Not good for a lass of my age.

Of course, it could just be that I am still recovering from my usual work-weekend. During the rest of the week, I wake early and bed down early. But, since I work bar hours, and still find myself getting up early to IM with my darling husband in Iraq, my aging body can’t cope with the bedtime disparities (early to rise, late to bed). It’s hard on this morning person. I feel bad for sleeping in when there is so much blogging and housework to be done.

I guess I need a wake-up song: ACE OF BASE – BEAUTIFUL MORNING

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Let this Ten Post Round-Up serve as your wake-up call:

1: Puh-leeze! Taxes are for the little people! Please leave those poor business execs alone to enjoy the fruits of YOUR labor…

“We’re paying executives like successful entrepreneurs, without asking them to take entrepreneurial risks”–AMERICAblog

2: But will anything worthwhile come of this?…

Common Cause calls out McCain on Campaign financing–Crooks and Liars

3: Well, if you can’t afford health care, then maybe you just aren’t supposed to have it…

McCain Health Care: Social Darwinism For All, Especially The Already Haves–Firedoglake

4: The fraud was not the exorcisms, it’s the performing of exorcisms without a license?…

Exorcism Fraud–Friendly Atheist

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Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

With my kids getting a little older and not needing 100% constant supervision (including the fact, as we are doing lessons, they can follow me around the house for instruction when I give them homework) and with the limited time I chat with my husband, online, I am finally getting a groove where I find that I can actually accomplish many things of substance and in a short amount of time. I haven’t had that since before the little ones were still in diapers (which is about the same time that I also started my business). So, now, I am actually experiencing boredom. What a relief!

So what do I decide to do on a workday, when I could be resting up for the long night ahead?

Chocolate? Yes, of course.

But, not only that, I decided to post a round-up. I must like you guys, a lot. Besides, according to my site stats, I have one loyal reader, so I don’t want to disappoint him/her.

It’s snowing outside, so it’s possible that I may not even go to work if it get’s nasty. The weather outside and all the dramz in the nooz is putting me in a miserable funk, so I figured I’d offer up something upbeat and funky for your musical intervention, today (btw: Dizzy abso-friggin-lutely LOVES this song): Ce Ce Peniston – Keep On Walkin

Stop a moment and let me walk you through today’s Ten Post Round-Up:

1: Wholesale Lies: The surge is not working as planned…

General William Odom Tells Senate Rapid Withdrawal Is Only Solution–AfterDowningStreet.org

2: Health Compromised: Eating ourselves to death…

Pollan: Nutrition “Science” Has Hijacked Our Meals — and Our Health–AlterNet

3: Worthless Education: President with an MBA failing the USA in the time of financial crisis…

“Mr. Bush has sometimes seemed invisible during the housing and credit crunch”–AMERICAblog

4: Let’s Raise A Toast(er): The Cylons are coming! The Cylons are coming! (PSA: Friday night on Sci-Fi Channel) Consider yourself warned!…

Battlestar Galactica–BuzzFeed

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Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

Crazy, crazy days, these have been. Reading the headlines crossed over from April Fool’s Day and finding that the stories that seemed like jokes were not laughable, at all. Little kids plotting to kill their teacher. Bernanke speaking in hushed voice about the current impending great depression recession. A Democrat actually getting a significant discount during a recent visit to a prostitute (well, compared to Eliot Spitzer).

Sometimes I think I read/watch too much news. It’s making me jaded to the point where, although some things make me want to throw things and yell at the top of my lungs, “WTF???”, most days, nothing surprises me anymore.

I’m in the mood for another classic rock golden oldie: DON HENLEY “Dirty Laundry” (live)

I don’t believe today’s Ten Post Round-Up will make me any less jaded:

1: How do I put this delicately? The taxpayer Pentagon is spending Tiffany prices for dollar store quality goods and not even getting our their money’s worth, yet still grossly overbudget…

About that military budget George…–Bring It On!

2: Riddle Me This: Hasn’t this country had enough of one overgrown frat boy’s antics over the last 8 years?…

In Praise of the Lowest Common Denominator–BlondeSense

3: Can we play another game, this one sucks! Rock, paper, scissors, perhaps?…

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: How Judges make you do the time even if you didn’t do the crime.–The Huffington Post

4: Question of the day: Would watching Faux Nooz make Dizzy more or less jaded?…

When Neil Cavuto Doesn’t Announce the Closing Numbers on the Dow First Thing, You Know it Was Down–News Hounds

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I know many people who visited my blog on April Fool’s Day, probably thought that I had jumped off the deep end. Rest assured, I am completely sane, at least according to my own biased standards…

In the spirit of April Fool’s Day past, I offer this video: Steve Miller Band – The Joker

Some of the posts in today’s Ten Post Round-Up are no joke:

1: Ignored: Voter intimidation of African-Americans in Dallas…

The FBI Ignored Threats to Black Voters–AlterNet

2: Bad Publicity Sucks: Walmart cries “uncle”…

Wal-Mart Backs Down, Drops Draconian Reimbursement Case–Crooks and Liars

3: I Spy: Google goes into business with the CIA and the NSA…sort of…

Is Google in the Spy Buisness?–Dyre Portents

4: Brown-Nosing: China pwns the U.S., therefore Bush must go to China…

Only Bush HAS to go to China–Firedoglake

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Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

No kidding, it’s April Fool’s Day and there are a whole lot of April Fools in the news and, alas, none of them are very funny.

Just for fun, I thought you all would get a kick out of the footage of GWB getting booed: Bush booed at 2008 Nationals home opener

There will probably be a few boos heard about today’s Ten Post Round-Up:

1: Lack of health care coverage is no joke, but the current initiatives in place in two states are not exactly sound, either…

Cautionary Health Care Tales–AlterNet

2: Obvious Alert: “Multiracial people aren’t some new hot thing”. My own children and many of my siblings, nieces, and nephews are multiracial. My grandmother used to call us her very own “Rainbow Coalition”…

We can’t stop here! This is MULTIRACIAL country!–The Angry Black Woman

3: See what happens when you don’t corral people into political free speech zones to protect GWB from teh negative?…

Bush Gets Booed–BuzzFeed

4: Ironic? Guy who gives advice on how to deal with credit cards gets the runaround from his own credit card company…

Credit Card Expert Disputes Erroneous Charge, Frustration Ensues–The Consumerist

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Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

It’s Monday and it’s April Fool’s Eve.  I am currently planning what minor prank I shall play on my children.  I’m also steeling myself for whatever pranks might be planned for me…

Rest assured, Uncle Jay has a run-down of the political hi-jinx of the past week: Uncle Jay Explains the News – March 31, 2008

Let’s take a gander at the hi-jinx in today’s Ten Post Round-Up:

1: If this is the free-market conservatives preach about, I’d say they’d got it all wrong…

Countrywide executives showered with even more money–AMERICAblog

2: Could we be on the verge of another “Big Bang”? Apparently, some scientists want to try out a new gizmo that creates black holes. Somehow, I think Mother Nature might have a problem with that…

Uh…maybe sometimes “Because we can” isn’t enough of a reason to do something–Brilliant at Breakfast

3: Keep your opinions to yourself if you encounter other shoppers at Best Buy…

Best Buy calls copper on unsatisfied shopper–Channel Register

4: Now, if only GWB and his minions could honestly get choked up about the things that hurt the rest of America and not just themselves…

Michael Mukasey’s Tears of a Clown–Crooks and Liars

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Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

Just so you know, I am very grateful for being able to write this round-up, after having gotten myself stuck in my basement (longish story)!

After screaming and wailing for about fifteen minutes, my “MacGyver” instincts kicked in and I was able to create a contraption to extricate myself before I was overcome by cobwebs and hairballs.

As soon as I freed myself, I swore by the Flying Spaghetti Monster that I would get this round-up to you, if it was the last thing I did.

After washing my hair, painting my toenails, redecorating my living room and consulting a fortune cookie for my weekly lottery numbers, I was finally able to sit down and write this round-up.  Since I’ll be bedding down, after this, I guess you could say this is the last thing I am doing.

I’m in a jazzy, bluesy, kind of mood, so I’ll let “Lady Day” sing some blues for you: Billie Holiday “One for my Baby (and one more for the road)”

Wonder who’s singin’ the blues in today’s Ten Post Round-Up:

1: Spooky: When an internet prank based on your work finally gets to you…

Rick Astley Gets Rick Rolled–BuzzFeed

2: Typical: Bush appointee who oversees consumer product protection leaving FTC to work for largest consumer products company…

How Things Work: FTC Chair to Join Procter & Gamble–The Huffington Post

3: Stupid Laws: Want to sell a book with sexually explicit material in the Hoosier state, pay up and register with the secretary of state…

Sexual content law irks booksellers–The Indianapolis Star

4: Peculiar: Nobody thought of this before now?…

Is Beef Jerky Safe?–LiveScience.com

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My husband asked me what was up in the news, today. I told him, “same schtick, different day” (or words to that effect). I continue to stand by that assessment.

I think this youtube expresses my mood: The Right Life – Seal

Some folks in today’s Ten Post Round-Up are most definitely NOT “living the right life”:

1: They say that being an Army wife is the toughest job in the Army, but some folks don’t understand just how accurate that saying is…

For Iraq Vets and Their Families, Trauma Can Be Contagious–AlterNet

2: There is definitely a problem in this country when it’s “nothin’ but a thang” to bail-out some Wall Street millionaires but letting children and their families go hungry is “character-building”…

1 in 10 Ohioans receiving food stamps–AMERICAblog

3: This guy has one of the sweetest jobs in the world…

‘Maple cop’ helps maintain Vt. syrup’s reputation–Burlington Free Press

4: The Greens are havin’ a party and Nader ain’t invited…

It’s Easy Being Green, Unless You’re Nader–Colorado Confidential

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