fandom fandom

somebody musta made les rallizes denudes evil genius takashi mizutani aware that julian cope's japrocksampler book was out, because a new batch of "quasi-legit" product by that shadowy and mysterious jappsych outfit has appeared on forced exposure and elsewhere, reminding me of the obscene price of japanese cd's, and the general insanity of record collecting.

also stumbled on an interesting belgian-based zappa-related blog/online community the day before it was served a cease-and-desist by the zappa family trust's attorneys for streaming bootleg audio, reminding me of how the level of discourse and civility in such communities tends to drag the gutter (i'd a thought one poster in particular was a shill for the zft, if they were dumb enough to hire an angry and abusive shill). the intarweb: it's so much more than p0rn.

all of which pales in significance to the _real_ stuff about my family that's occupying my mind lately, but it's a good way to kill time when i have insomnia late at night.