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The House That Hung Sarah Palin

...does the darnedest Halloween decorations every year. Some details:

Not sure who the female is... Michele Bachman? Anyone?

And... On the guy on the left it says "Citizen Elder."

I don't know what it means, but I like it.
These pics are from my phone, but I'll try to get some better ones. Maybe.

Nu recipe: EZ black bean soup

Fill a soup bowl 2/3 or so full with Trader Joe's Latin Style Back Bean Soup.

Add:

--about 1/2 can black beans

--combination of green salsa, super-hot salsa, + pico de gallo to taste (I used leftovers from El Huarache in Highland Park)

Heat in on the stovetop or in the microwave to taste, but it works fine cold. Especially if you like cooking the lazy way, like me.

Ta-da.

Serves 1. Can easily be adjusted to serve more peeps.

Dodging bullets

I just found out that an area (Filipinotown) where we once helped run a venue-- The White Slave Trade-- is  part of an area called Westlake, + it turns out that Westlake has an extremely high murder rate! Or, at least, it comes up A LOT on The Homicide Report, the LA Times' blog that records every death by homicide in LA County. Yikes.

We actually moved out of that space after some Gs had a gun battle outside our front door one night during a show. So it's not like we were totally in the dark about it...

Now we're getting ready to reopen our venue and our new recording studio in Glassell Park-- a nice part of Glassell Park! We've been over to the space several times at all times of day and night, and have never seen Gs hanging out anywhere nearby. Lots of darling little old Mexican grandpas watering the hell out of their plants, though. :)

I'll keep you posted, my dears.

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On Blonds

I realized recently I have quite a prejudice against blonds, + I'm probably not alone. This might seem Clarence Thomasesque coming from me (see picture), but the objects of my weird feelings are natural blonds... which I ain't.

I know it's bad to be prejudiced against people for something that's not their fault. But I'm trying to recognize my prejudice and maybe flip it around like a little ball or potato for a while.

I'm sure you understand.

But just so you know, this still means I'm prejudiced against "my own people"-- sortof. I'm partly German + Scandinavian, so really... well, I'll say it: I tend to think of natural blonds as way more likely to be dopey or douchey. There's no good reason for me to think this way.

I'll try to get better soon.

On a totally different subject, my band Marfa And Ne-af will play at Club Ding a ling at Hyperion Tavern this Tuesday. We're playing with a KICKASS band called Garbaj Kaetz. And it's FREE. Starts at 10pm.

1941 Hyperion Bl

LA CA 90026