Monthly Archive for August, 2004

This song is your song, this song is my song….

Published on August 27, 2004 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2004_08.php#001838

This song is your song.
This song is my song.
Woody Guthrie wrote it,
And we all sing along.
Then a shitty cartoon
Brought about a lawsuit
Saying “this song belongs to me, not you.”

Music publishers
Filed the lawsuit.
Someone else’s hard work
Brought them lots of loot.
Then they said to JibJab
“You must cease and desist.
“This song belongs to me, not you.”

High powered lawyers
Were ranting and raving.
Was this crappy cartoon
Really worth saving?
But the copyright war
Was fought on principle
‘Cause this song belongs to you and me.

Dumb dancing cutouts
And insipid lyrics
Making politics
Look just like train wrecks.
But the copyright wars
Were fought on principle,
‘Cause this song belongs to you and me.

Now the music gurus
Were forced to relent.
But will their decisions
Create precedent?
The public domain
Should be protected.
‘Cause this song belongs to you and me.

There’s the Hustler case
And the 2 Live Crew one.
And every stupid fanzine
Published under the sun.
Why is it garbage
Always sets boundaries?
Still…this song belongs to you and me.

RIP, Woody.
And don’t despair
Just ’cause your message
Is beyond repair.
Read the full lyrics
Of the original
Now that this song belongs to you and me.

By the way, here are two verses everyone forgets when they sing “This Land:”

As I was walkin’ – I saw a sign there
And that sign said – no tress passin’
But on the other side …. it didn’t say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!

In the squares of the city – In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office – I see my people
And some are grumblin’ and some are wonderin’
If this land’s still made for you and me.

This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie. New lyrics by Pab Sungenis. Rights not reserved because parody is protected, goddammit. Permission to repost my lyrics is granted, as long as this note is included. God Bless America, because no one else seems interested in doing it.

Chi-town bound

Published on August 12, 2004 in Uncategorized. 1 Comment

Well, very shortly we will be departing for Wizard World 2004 in Chicago. My show is ready to ship out, and I’ll be bringing the laptop to work on next week’s if I have a spare moment, so you radio fans won’t miss much, if anything.

Wish me luck.

Hmmm….

Published on August 11, 2004 in Uncategorized. 4 Comments


Which John Cusack Are You?

Reality TV has gone too far.

Published on August 6, 2004 in Uncategorized. 2 Comments

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20040805/D8494RP80.html

Reality Show Holds Up Green Card As Bait

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Spanish-language reality TV show is offering contestants an unusual prize: the services of immigration lawyers to guide them toward a green card for U.S. residency.

“Gana la Verde” – “Win the Green” – began airing daily last month on KRCA-TV Channel 62 in Los Angeles. Owner Liberman Broadcasting also airs the program on its San Diego, Houston and Dallas stations.

“People say that our show is like ‘Fear Factor,’ but it’s different because the climax of the show involves working,” production manager Adrian Vallarino told the Los Angeles Times.

The show’s winner receives a year’s worth of help from attorneys to expedite the residency process, the Times reported Wednesday. There’s no guarantee of a green card.

Contestants have performed stunts including gulping down live tequila worms, trapping a butter-drenched pig and jumping between two speeding 18-wheelers.

Random Comic-book fanboy trivia of the week, part two.

Published on August 5, 2004 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Just for fun, search the IMDB for “Green Lantern.” See to which page it goes.

Hint: It ain’t the page for Hal Jordan.

Take THAT, Geoff Johns.

No more lesser of two evils!

Published on August 4, 2004 in Uncategorized. 2 Comments

New stuff in one of my Cafepress stores.

Rank (and genetics) hath its privileges.

Published on August 4, 2004 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

First Bush flew Osama Bin Laden’s family out of the country right after 9/11.

Now, a plane is diverted from Boston to Albany, NY, and delayed two hours. Why? To pick up Bush’s daughters!

If this was Clinton, they’d be demanding the resignation of the head of the FAA right now.

Truly frightening.

Published on August 2, 2004 in Uncategorized. 1 Comment

Serious privacy concerns have been raised about Google’s new E-Mail service.

Not to mention Google itself, apparently: The discussion of “search pets” is especially interesting.

Oh, and while you’re at it, you might want to delete that Google cookie on your browser that’s set to expire in 2038.

Stupid comic book fanboy moment of the week

Published on August 1, 2004 in Uncategorized. 2 Comments

Okay. I’m watching the first episode of the new Justice League: Unlimited series from Cartoon Network. At one point, Green Lantern is knocked out, leaving Green Arrow standing there, stupidly staring as the enemy walks away, his arrows hopeless against it.

Why is it, every time in the comics or on TV, when Green Lantern is knocked out, no one ever thinks “TAKE THE RING AND USE IT?!?!”