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*****UPDATE*****

Randi’s lawyers and authorities from the NYPD have stated that the claims of the attack are bogus.  She fell while walking her dog and banged herself up pretty badly, but no mugging.  She’ll be back in the studio on Thursday, and I’m sure her opening monologue will be fabulous.

The paranoid lefties that give us all a bad name can all calm down now.

*****END UPDATE***** 

According to fellow Air American Jon Elliot, Randi Rhodes, the Goddess of Radio, was assaulted late Sunday night outside of her Manhattan apartment. She was wearing sweats, wore no visible jewelry, and carried no purse or bag. All she had was Simon, her teeny-tiny dog with a penchant for growling at Republicans on the teevee.

Apparently, she was roughed up pretty badly and the attack left her with more than a couple of teeth missing. Bastards! She’ll be out for the rest of the week and will have Sam Seder sitting in for her on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the Sammy Cam WILL be in effect.

People in Bloglandia and the Randi Rhodes messageboards have been speculating this might be an attempt to silence Ms. Rhodes by some wackjob from the right wing. It’s too easy of a conclusion and way too speculative this early on in what’s more than likely an ongoing investigation. There are crazy people everywhere late at night, even 39th St. and Park Avenue.

Paranoid liberals annoy the shit outta me sometimes.

Get well soon, Randi! I’ll be waiting for your triumphant, fake-toothed return next week.

From Genesis P-Orridge’s site on October 11, 2008:

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and her reactivated Psychic TV aka PTV3 are terribly sad to announce the cancellation of their November North American tour dates. This decision is entirely due to the unexpected passing of band member Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge.

Lady Jaye died suddenly on Tuesday 9th October 2007 at home in Brooklyn, New York from a previously undiagnosed heart condition which is thought to have been connected with her long-term battle with stomach cancer. Lady Jaye collapsed and died in the arms of her heartbroken “other half” Genesis Breyer P-Orridge.

I had a teenage obsession that has lasted until my current ripe age of 28 with Thee Temple Ov Psychic Youth, COUM Transmissions, the vomit-inducing (yet oddly sexual) noise of Throbbing Gristle, and the sometimes saccharine, always psychedelic pop sounds of Psychic TV. Genesis P-Orridge was my Charlie Manson after reading Helter Skelter one too many times in junior high. I was able to see Psychic TV in 2002 at Chop Suey in Seattle and I must say, my face was rocked off. All of my expectations, everything I had built up in my mind about Genesis/pandrogeny/Psychic TV/Thee-Sacred was there and that show ranks up there in my top 10 shows of all time (so far).*

My condolences go out to Genesis and his family after the death of his wife/other-half.

now i am older
just a bit bolder
ready to explore my life
ready to ignore the strife
…
i was afraid that i would be made
to try and be a person that i didn’t learn from
oh how i cried when i looked inside
and saw someone else that’s not myself
i say, i don’t think so, i don’t think so
…
you know that it’s true, yes it’s you, oh its you

And since I usually blog about politics, here’s Genesis on politics, from the San Francisco Chronicle on October 31, 2004:

We’re facing potentially a really dark time, a dark ages of bigotry, hypocrisy, plague and destruction of the environment on a scale we’ve never managed before. We have to choose another path … To put it bluntly, being nice is probably the most powerful political action you can take right now

Everything about LOW, the band has been written, so I wont try to get into how much their music has affected the way I listen to such sparse music (don’t call it slowcore), or just how incredible brush sticks can sound on a floor tom. I dug up my old copy of ‘The Curtain Hits the Cast,’ and it took me back to the first time I saw them perform at an in-store show at 33 Degrees in Austin. Drums and Guns is the lastest release from the Duluth, Minnesota trio and they went back to their lonely, holy roots.

Mitt Romney ain’t got nothin’ on these Mormons.

Alan Sparhawk (vocals+guitar) and Mimi Parker (vocals+drums) provide impeccable harmonies that are sooooo punk rock in that really slow, drone-y kind of way, and Matt Livingston, who replaced Zack Sally, who replaced John Nichols is their bassist. The fact that Alan and Mimi met in the 4th grade and are now married also warms the cockles of my little, black heart.

This is my favorite track off of the new album. Enjoy.

Breaker – LOW

Our bodies break
And the blood just spills and spills
But here we sit debating math
It’s just a shame
My hand just kills and kills
There’s gotta be an end to that
There’s gotta be an end to that