Today's Moment of Zen: Kids say the damndest things ... after watching 'South Park'

As an avid "South Park" fan, I find the following, a complaint received by the FCC about the show, extremely entertaining. But there's more -- much, much more, in fact* -- at Government Attic, a site that "rummages in the government's attic" and finds ... well, just take a look:


*For a 66-page PDF of "South Park" complaints, click here.

Today's Moment of Zen: The 'Blog' of 'Unnecessary' Quotation Marks

Can you tell one of my hobbies is "being" a copy editor? I love this site!

(Image from The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks.)

This Week's Shameless Budgeteer Plug: Taconite, Dance Band, Diorama-rama 3, Sacred Heart and Over the Top dancing

Wow, this is the quickest I've ever finished this ... yay! p.s. Y'all excited for Diorama-rama 3 this weekend?

"Discover Duluth: Sacred Heart Cathedral" -- Sacred Heart is really a sight to see — inside and out. I was pleasantly surprised with how these turned out, all things considered (battery running out of juice, etc.).

"Diorama-rama 3: Bigger, Better, Shinier" -- Taconite and Dance Band headline the next go-round of the great Emerson get-together. And I mean it; the last one was a blast!

"Performance Review: Over the Top Gets Physical with 'Transformations 2008'" -- Know how I know a bohemian storm is brewing? Because I witnessed the beginning stages of one Saturday night at the Play Ground, that’s how. Serious fun.

Plus ... the latest installment of "Where in the Northland is Matt Perrine?" <- That's me! So, a bonus clue: Barrett Chase once took some awesome shots here, and wrote a couple funny things about the "neighborhood" next door.

Don't Tell a Soul, Vol. 67: NO TIME FOR LOVE, DR. JONES

Submitted for the approval of the Twin Ports Awesome Mix Tape Appreciation Society, the latest installment of "Don't Tell a Soul."

As always, to encourage the consumption of music that doesn't suck, I have provided -- wherever available -- links to free, artist-sanctioned MP3s of the songs.

Toshinden!
Matt

p.s. I've been overwhelmed by stacks o' CDs of late, so I apologize for this bare-bones, just-trust-me mix tape.

(Questions? Comments? Want one of your band's songs to be considered for an upcoming awesome mix tape? E-mail mperrine [at] duluthbudgeteer [dot] com.)

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1. Valet - "Record Store"
Rocks, don't it?

2. The Flaming Lips - "Be My Head"
Rocks, don't it?

3. Creeper Lagoon - "Parked Car"
Rocks, don't it?

4. Mr. Dibbs- "Eat Meat" (snippet)
Rocks, don't it?

5. Secret Machines - "Flying" (Beatles cover)
Rocks, don't it?

6. DJ Abilities - "Abilities Reload"
Rocks, don't it?

7. Dialogue from "Clerks" - "No Time for Love, Dr. Jones"
Rocks, don't it?

8. Ween - "Voodoo Lady"
Rocks, don't it?

9. Crew Jones - "Invisible Dudes"
Rocks, don't it?

10. Of Montreal - "A Question for Emily Foreman"
Rocks, don't it?

11. Rob Crow - "I Hate You, Rob Crow" (single vers.)
Rocks, don't it?

12. Fiver - "Horse Pill Vector"
Rocks, don't it?

13. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - "Spanish Dance Troupe"
Rocks, don't it?

14. The New Pornographers - "Mass Romantic" ("Live from the Future" vers.)
Rocks, don't it?

15. Testa Rosa - "Weather Underground"
Rocks, don't it?

16. Dan Hutt Field Recordings - "Salt is Salty HM"
Rocks, don't it?

17. Better Friends Than Lovers - "Teeter"
Rocks, don't it?

18. Both - "Brick to the Face" (Dirty Knobs' Icepick to the Ear vers.)
Rocks, don't it?

19. Sly Doc - "Mix it Up Ice Cream"
Rocks, don't it?

20. Figurines - "Hey Girl"
Rocks, don't it?

21. Dog Pookah - "Slow Down"
Rocks, don't it?

22. The Plastic Constellations - "Smallest Skyline"
Rocks, don't it?

23. The Who - "The Song is Over"
Rocks, don't it?

A&E FYI: Northern Room show canceled

If you were planning on attending Northern Room's free concert Friday night at the College of St. Scholastica, don't. (Because it's been canceled, silly.)

A statement from the band's manager, Bob Arthur: "Due to illness -- our lead singer, AJ, is battling severe bronchitis -- the Northern Room show at St. Scholastica this Friday has been postponed. We are working on re-scheduling in March, but nothing has been set."

(Image courtesy of Tony Skarlatos.)

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FURTHER READING: "From Milwaukee with Love" -- My Q-and-A with Northern Room's Andrew Jonathan, the up-and-coming group's "energy-emanating" vocalist ... aka the sick one.

28 years strong...

In case you haven't already heard, Australian actor Heath Ledger was found dead in a New York City apartment earlier today.

His death appears to be drug-related, according to an Associated Press report.

Such a shame.

Ledger proved himself to be one of his generation's most powerful actors in Ang Lee's 2005 masterpiece "Brokeback Mountain."

He can currently be seen playing Duluth native Bob Dylan in "I'm Not There." His last film was "The Dark Knight," the upcoming Batman film, set to be released this summer.

More information available here.

Today's Moment of Zen: A real-life Towelie

If only my dictionary had the right word to help me explain exactly what I felt when I first saw this ad....