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November 29, 2005

podcast 4 + new gig at boogaloo in williamsburg: UPDATE!!

hardcore fans of exaltron know that monday night podcasts are as punchy as they come and this one's no different. As promised, this one features the exaltron drum'n bass version of Don't Dream it's Over (Crowded House) with Tara Perry on vocals and exaltron on all instruments and backing vocals. Also, be sure to not.. um, miss the exaltron interview with my adorable 9-year-old niece Julia, wherein I get to the bottom of what makes Julia think her uncle is so "weird".

UPDATE!!! The Boogaloo gig has been moved to FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9TH!!! It's gonna be ba-na-nas.

Technorati Tags: hip-hop, objectivism, podcasts, electronic

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November 28, 2005

Antidote to the Post-Thanksgiving Blahs

OK, so you're totally bummed about Thanksgiving being over and don't know what to get for your family and friends for Christmas. So I'm here to warm your spirits with some unprecedented exaltronic stuff:

1. New gig!! It's at boogaloo in Williamsburg in Brooklyn- Saturday, December 10th. More details to come, but definitely block it out on your calendar if you can make it!

2. New exaltron cover song featuring the vocal stylings of Tara V Perry. "But wait", you say, "Is that the same Tara V Perry, accomplished stage and screen actress?". Yup, she can sing too. This will be featured on my next podcast, prolly today or tomorrow.

3. If that doesn't do it for you, take a look at these pictures of my adorable nieces and nephews that I visited with in Rhode Island. Also special thanks to Sophia, Mike Rodgers and the rest of my friends and family that helped me get my birthday party on in Newport (birthday party, phase II).

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November 10, 2005

Fuel to the Fire

My friend Lou just posted this entry on his blog about the oil industry's "excessive profits". Here's my response to his post with links added:

I think the quote that sums up this whole farce is this one from Barbara Boxer (D- California) addressing Oil execs in the Senate Hearing (from the NYT):

"Working people struggle with high gas prices," she said. "And your sacrifice, gentlemen, appears to be nothing."

First of all, working people having to pay market costs for gasoline is not a "sacrifice", but of course Boxer doesn't really care, she just wants to paint a picture of a collectivist society where those who create wealth have a responsibility to make sure those who can't create it be treated "fairly", in other words the oil "profiteers" should sacrifice for the common good. Except where was she when the Oil industry was taking a hit and losing money, when their stocks were tanking, was she calling for "shared sacrifice" then? No way, politicians like her figured it was the oil industry's risk of being in business, so, different class, different rules. How's that for some classism? Totally incompatible with individual rights!

Ah, of course, those in the know will point out that Big Oil has received subsidies and tax breaks to prop it up, so you could say the government is an equal opportunity muckerupper in peoples' lives. But the subsidies and tax breaks don't even come close to compensating for all the money lost to overregulation, existing price controls, and taxation. Hell, why do we need subsidies for the oil industry in the first place? Because ever since the government stepped in and did society the favor of breaking up Standard Oil, the most efficient oil producer in history, the oil industry has had to deal with this enforced crippling in the name of "fairness", ie, one company should not be allowed to win, no matter how superior it is. Oh well, it's all for the public good, right? .. grrrrr!

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November 09, 2005

Podcast #3: Can I Get a Yes-Man?

Ok, I did say my podcasts would be shorter, but I actually meant to say longer, three minutes longer even. I just don't care. And speaking of longer, I totally lied about the CD, hence the little outburst on this the latest podcast, podcast #3.

For a more focused expression of anger, check this out:

scammin on tha public whichya marxist rhetoric
bloated and hairy like your boys karl and frederick
foaming at the mouth like a rabid animal
economically you're nuttin butta glutinous cannibal

A sweet little ode to Michael Moore and his ilk from the first professionally mixed and mastered tune on the upcoming CD, knocked out by my man Rex Gibson last Saturday at Shabby Road Studios in Williamsburg. If you really need to hear this, feel free to fast forward through the improv section, just keep in mind that this week's improv, 'luckies' is an exaltron podcast exclusive- doesn't sound so lame now does it?

Other news: I'm trying to get a gig at Boogaloo- anybody got a contact over there? I guess I could just call them up and figure out who does their booking. But it seems like it would be a cool place for a gig. Also I'm trying to organize a New Year's Eve party. Hit me up if you have any interest in helping me organize this shizz. It could be bananas.

Finally, I had a good time last week watching and helping to beat this idiot Richard Martin with his own severed limbs when he tried to pass off a completely dishonest and vicious smear of Ayn Rand on an out-of-the-way newsblog called New West Politics (I guess he didn't count on his article coming up on Rand-ar searches like the one I put at the bottom of this blog). Normally "playing whack-a-mole with irrationalists" is not my cup of tea, but in this case I think the point was made that you can't judge a book by what some propaganda spewing leftist tries to attribute to it.

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